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HELOPID.E. 



principally at low elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper 

 and Porto Santo ; and I have received specimens from the Barao do 

 Castello de Paiva purporting to come from the southern Deserta (or 

 Bugio). Although I cannot feel quite satisfied concerning the latter 

 habitat, I have little doubt that it is correct the species being one 

 which I should expect to meet with on the Desertas. 



Genus 358. BOROMORPHUS. 



(Mots.) Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 492 (1854). 



1170. Boromorphus tagenioides. 



Boros tagenioides, Lucas, Col. de VAlg&rie, 338, pi. 30. f. 9 (1849). 

 Boromorphus Maderae, Wall., Ins. Mad. 493, tab. xi. f. 9 (1854). 

 1 id., Cat. Mad. Col. 153 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ), sub lapidibus plerumque in 

 apricis inferioribus. 



Found likewise in Mediterranean latitudes, and tolerably common 

 in the Madeiran Group ; but it has not yet been observed at the 

 Canaries. It occurs, principally, beneath stones and scoriae, in open 

 grassy spots of a sunny aspect and a rather low elevation ; and it 

 has been captured hitherto in Madeira proper and Porto Santo. 



1171. Boromorphus parvus. 



Boromorphus parvus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 502 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Ten.}, in intermediis et praecipue 

 editioribus rarissimus. 



The Canarian representative of the B. tagenioides, yet certainly 

 distinct from it both in structure and habits. It occurs under 

 stones and in crevices of the rocks at rather lofty altitudes, and is 

 extremely rare, having been observed in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, 

 and Teneriffe. 



Fam. 82. HELOPID^B. 



Genus 359. HELOPS. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 257 (1775). 



1172. Helops altivagans. 

 Helops altivagans, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 503 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in montibus valde excelsis usque ad 9000' 

 s. m. ascendens. 



