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panying my diagnosis, that was no proof whatever of its being 

 positively TenerifFan, a conclusion indeed which was still further 

 evident at the time from the fact of his having sent me other insects 

 likewise, with the label " Teneriffe " appended to them, which clearly 

 were not from that island, but which were captured (without doubt) 

 either in Lanzarote or Fuerteventura (where the fauna is most 

 characteristic, and unmistakeable). But a second specimen of the 

 P. ambigua, which was found by the Messrs. Crotch in Hierro, for- 

 tunately sets at rest the question of its habitat ; and I think it is 

 most probable therefore that M. Deyrolle's example was from the 

 collection of M. de la Perraudiere, who it is well known visited 

 Hierro. 



Although quite satisfied however that the present Pimelia is not 

 Teneriffan, its proper island becomes of less importance from the 

 consideration that I cannot but feel a slight doubt whether it is more 

 (after all) than a local variety of the costipennis, in which the elytra 

 are much crumpled transversely (occasioning the ridges to appear 

 rather angular and undulated) and the prothoracic punctures are a 

 trifle more evident. Still I have not been able to connect it with 

 the ordinary type of that insect (which abounds in Hierro) ; and 

 therefore I must leave in doubt the question of its specific claims, 

 to be solved by future observation and more extensive material. 



1117. Pimelia costipennis. 



Pimelia costipennis, Woll. } Cat. Can. Col. 476 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Hierro), praecipue in subinferioribus vul- 

 garis. 



The common Pimelia of Gomera and Hierro, where it is occasion- 

 ally abundant at rather low elevations. The Gomeran specimens 

 are on the average a little larger than the Hierro ones, and have 

 their limbs thicker ; but I can detect nothing about them to warrant 

 the suspicion that they represent more than a slight insular phasis 

 of the latter. 



1118. Pimelia Isevigata. 



Pimelia levigata, Smile, in Webb et Berth. (Col) 67 (1838). 

 leevigata, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 477 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.?, Palma), saepius in subinferioribus hinc 

 inde vulgaris. 



An abundant species at rather low elevations in Palma, of the 





