1234. Anthicus scydmsenoides. 



Anthicus scydmsenoides, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 524 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), sub quisquiliis in intermediis a DD. 

 Crotch lectus. 



This curious little Anthicus, so suggestive at first sight of a Scyd- 

 maznus, was first detected in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch, during his ex- 

 pedition to the Canaries in 1862 ; and it was from the unique ex 

 ample which he obtained that my diagnosis of the species was drawn 

 up. But it has since been met with abundantly, by himself and his 

 brother, in the same island, and in much the same district namely 

 at, and near, Ycod el Alto. Mr. G. R. Crotch informs me that their 

 specimens were taken chiefly by " sifting rubbish and leaves," and 

 that it was common " under dead bean-stalks " in their garden at Ycod. 



Pam. 88. SCYDMJENIM!. 



Genus 373. SCYDMJENUS. 



Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. 232 (1806). 



I. Palporum maanUarium art 4* distincto, sulmlato. 



1235. Scydmsenus Helferi. 



Scydmsenus Helferi, Schamn, Anal. Ent. (Dissert, inaug.) 7 (1841). 



, Lucas, Col de VAlgerie, 131 (1849). 



, Wott., Ins. Mad. 539 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 167 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, sub lapidibus in graminosis intermediis 

 editioribusque sat vulgaris. 



A rather abundant Scydmcenus at intermediate and lofty eleva- 

 tions in Madeira proper ; but it has not yet been observed in any of 

 the other islands. It occurs beneath stones and at the roots of 

 grass, and is perhaps more common on the open mountain-slopes 

 (above the upper limits of the wooded districts) than elsewhere. 

 According to Schaum, it does not differ specifically from the Sicilian 

 S. Helferi*. 



* At first sight the S. Helferi much resembles the collaris of more northern 

 latitudes : but it is neither quite so black nor quite so pubescent ; its prothorax 

 (which is branded with about six large rounded fovese at the base) is a little 

 shorter, and less widened anteriorly ; its elytra are rather rounder, or more ovate, 

 and not quite so coarsely punctured ; and its antennas are a little more abbre- 

 viated, and less thickened towards their apex, with the terminal joint appreciably 

 smaller and more acute. 



