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ANTHICID.E. 



Genus 370. FORMICOMUS. 

 La Fert<, Mon. des Anth. 70 (1848). 



1216. Formicomus pedestris. 



Carabus pedestris, Rossi, Fna Etrusc. i. 22.4 (1790). 

 Anthicus pedestris, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 291 (1801). 

 Formicomus pedestris, La Ferte, loc. tit. 76 (1848). 

 f Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 163 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde sub quisquiliis in apricis sub- 

 inferioribus. 



An insect of Mediterranean latitudes which, although extremely 

 local, has been observed abundantly in one or two places of a rather 

 low altitude in Madeira proper. It was first detected by Mr. E. 

 Leacock in his garden at the Quinta dos Padres (about three miles 

 from Funchal), in the parish of S. Antonio ; and I met with it sub- 

 sequently in the same spot. 



1217. Formicomus cseruleipennis. 



Anthicus cseruleipennis (Dufour), DeJ. Cat. 249 (1836). 

 Formicomus caeruleipennis, La Ferte, loc. cit. 73 (1848). 

 Anthicus caeruleipennis, Lucas, Col. de VAlgerie, 369 (1849). 

 Formicomus cseruleipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 517 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in graminosis inferioribus parcissime 

 captus. 



Likewise a Mediterranean species, and one of which I have seen 

 as yet but two examples from these Atlantic Groups. They were 

 taken by myself, at a low elevation, in Grand Canary by brushing 

 the short grass along the edges of the freshwater pools (close to the 

 sea) at Arguiniguin, in the south of that island. 



Genus 371. OCHTHENOMUS. 



(Dejean) Schmidt, in Stett. Ent. Zeit. iii. 196 (1842). 



1218. Ochthenomus senilis. 



Ochthenomus senilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col 525 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Palma), una cum Xylophilo oculatissimo captus. 



The only specimen which I have yet seen of this Ochthenomus was 

 taken by myself at a lofty altitude in Palma, of the Canarian Group. 

 It was found in company with the Xylophilus oculatissimus, at the 

 base of some wet rocks near the edge of the great Caldeira. It 





