ANTHICID^E. 



the surface, when it is viewed in a particular direction, a remarkably 

 silken appearance. But whether a variety of the pumila, or not, 

 the M. sericata seems to remain constant in Lanzarote and Fuerte- 

 ventura ; and I also met with it on the little islet of Graciosa, off 

 the extreme north of the former. It appears, however, to be scarce. 



Genus 367. ANASPIS. 

 Geoffrey, Hist. Abr. des Ins. 315 (1762). 



Anaspis Proteus. 



Aiiaspis Proteus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 532 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 163 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 516 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (ins. omnes) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), hinc 

 inde ad flores vulgatissima. Ab ora maritima usque ad summos 

 montes aseendit. 



There is scarcely any Coleopterous insect so abundant throughout 

 these Atlantic Groups as this most variable little Anaspis, which may 

 perhaps enter into the subgenus Silaria of Mulsant. It has been 

 found in the whole five Madeiran islands, and in the seven Canarian 

 ones, occurring on flowers, from the sea,-level to the summits of the 

 peaks. It is however more common in hot sunny places of a rather 

 low altitude than elsewhere ; and it occasionally teems in the vicinity 

 of the coast, particularly in the Madeiran archipelago. 



Fam. 87. ANTHICID^). 



Genus 368. XYLOPHILUS. 

 (Bonelli) Latr., Fam. Nat. 383 (1825). 



I. Corpus ovatum. Antennce (in utroque sexu) breviores, hand 

 serratcK, articulis intermediis brevibus, inter se subcequalibus. Oculi 

 minores, in utroque sexu distantes. Pedes breviores. (Phytobsenus, 

 Sahib.) 



1213. Xylophilus pallescens. 



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Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), sub quis- 

 quiliis prsecipue in inferioribus, sed interdum in intermediis, 

 degens. 



A pallid Xylophilus which is far from uncommon at low eleva- 





