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Fam. MELOmffi. 



Genus ZONITIS. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 126 (1775). 



Zonitis imperialis. 



Z. cylindrica, nigra, dense pubescens ; capite prothoraceque profunde 

 punctatis ; scutello magno ; elytris pallide rufis, utrinque maculis 

 duabus (antica minore et interdum obsoleta) nigrescentibus ornatis ; 

 antennis pedibusque longissimis, robustis, unguiculis tibiarumque 

 calcariis piceo-ferrugineis. Long. corp. lin. 5-7. 



Zonitis 4-punctata, Woll. [nee Fab.'], Ins. Mad. 530 (1854). 

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



Habitat in Madera et Portu Sancto, hinc inde ad flores in inferioribus. 



Fam. ANTHICID^S. 



Genus MECYNOTARSUS. 

 La Ferte, Mon. des. Anth. 57 (1848). 



Mecynotarsus semicinctus, n. sp. 



M. fragilis, leviter punctulatus, opacus, sericeo -pubescens, testaceus, 

 solum in elytris fascia media (versus latera abbreviate, et per sutu- 

 ram anguste interrupta) nigrescente ornatus ; prothorace globoso, 

 processu antico maximo triangulari (basi lato) valde serrato in- 

 structo ; elytris subconvexis, ovalibus, apice leviter subtruncato- 

 abbreviatis ; antennis pedibusque etiam pallidioribus, gracillimis, 

 longissimis. Long. corp. lin. l|-lf . 



Habitat Canariam Grandem, in aridis arenosis submaritimis juxta 

 urbem Las Palmas a W. D. Crotch, M. D., repertus. 



This interesting Mecynotarsus, three examples of which were cap- 

 tured by Dr. Crotch in the sandy maritime region of Grand Canary 

 between Las Palmas and the Isleta, is totally distinct from the Me- 

 diterranean M. rhinoceros, being not only very much larger but 

 also entirely testaceous, with the exception of a blackish transverse 

 fascia in the middle of the elytra (which is shortened towards either 

 side and narrowly interrupted along the suture, so as to constitute 

 two large oblique patches). In minor particulars it is less densely, 

 but rather more coarsely sericeous than the M. rhinoceros, with its 

 decumbent pubescence of a pale testaceous hue instead of being 

 silvery or cinereous ; its prothorax is less opake, with the anterior 

 process both broader at the base (or more triangular) and more 

 finely and numerously serrated along the edges ; its elytra are con- 



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