402 



PIMELIAD^E. 



borealem) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Gom.), in infe- 

 rioribus late sed parce diffusa. 



This large European Blaps, although nowhere very common, is 

 widely spread over these Atlantic islands where we may be pretty 

 sure that it will be found to be nearly (if not indeed quite) universal. 

 It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, of the Ma- 

 deiran Group, and in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and 

 Gomera, of the Canaries. And it was obtained by the Barao do 

 Castello de Paiva even from the Great Salvage. 



1108. Blaps alternans. 



Blaps alternans, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838). 

 -, Hart., Geolog. VerhdUn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140. 



-, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 470 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.}, sub lapidibus magnis necnon in 

 cavernis tufse praecipue in editioribus congregans. 



Locally abundant in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern 

 islands of the Canarian Group ; but it has not yet been detected 

 elsewhere. It is more particularly in Lanzarote that I have myself 

 observed it where I met with it in profusion, beneath slabs of 

 stone, on the hills around Haria. 



1109. Blaps similis. 



Blaps similis, Lat., Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. x. 279 (1803). 



fatidica, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838). 



fatadica, Won., Ins. Mad. 508 (1854). ' 



1 Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 157 (1857). 



similis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 470 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P* S to ) et Canarienses (Fuert., Ten.), 

 minus frequens. 



The common European B. similis occurs sparingly both at the 

 Madeiras and Canaries, where very likely it may have become esta- 

 blished from more northern latitudes. It has been taken in Madeira 

 proper and Porto Santo, of the former,. and in Euerteventura and 

 Teneriffe, of the latter. 



Fam. 73. PIMELIAM2. 



Genus 335. PIMELIA. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 251 (1775). 



