8 Mr. T. V. Wullastou on the Haltkida- of the Canary Islands. 



9. Longitarsus br&ovpenms, n. sp. 



L. oblongo-ovatus nitidus, capite rufo-piceo; prothorace rufo-testaceo 

 angulis posticis obtusis, sat distincte punctulato; elytris brevibua 

 testaceis, sutura praesertim in medio nigrescente, vix densius punctu- 

 latis ; antennis brevibus, ad basin, pedibus anterioribus tarsisque posticis 

 testaceis, versus apicem femoribusque posticis piceis; tibiis posticis 

 piceo- testaceis. 



Long. corp. lin. Ij-. 



Mas adhuc latet (fceniiueum tantum possedi ). 



Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, ad plantain Heliophyti erosi, Lemann, per litua 

 arenosum crescentem prope oppidum Arrecife, mense Aprili a.d. 1859, 

 a meipso captus. 



Like the last species, the present one has been also described from 

 a unique example. It was captured, by myself, from off a plant of 

 the Heliophytum erosion, Lemann, on the sands behind the sea-beach 

 to the south of Arrecife, in the island of Lanzarote, during April 

 1859. There were three more specimens in company with it, but I 

 unfortunately failed in securing them. It is apparently akin to the 

 L. atricajpiUus, Dufts., of more northern latitudes ; and M. Allard, of 

 Paris, to whom I lately submitted it for inspection, returned it with 

 the observation : " affinis Teinodactyla atricapillce, Dufts., sed aliter 

 colorata, capite et prothorace latioribus, antennis brevioribus, etcaet." 



10. Longitarsus nvhigena, Woll. 



Longitarsus nubigena, Woll., Ins. Mad. 447 (1854). 



. Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. L83 | 1857). 



Habitat in ins. Goniera : specimen unicum prope oppidum San Sebastian. 



Februario ineunte a.d. 1858 deprehensit Dom. Gray. 



A single specimen of the Madeiran L. nubigena was captured by 

 John Gray, Esq., near San Sebastian, in Goniera, during our visit to 

 that island at the beginning of February 1858. It is a trifle larger 

 than any of the few examples which I have hitherto taken in 

 Madeira ; but in all other particulars (such as colour, outline, sculp- 

 ture, tfcc.) it agrees with them precisely. 



1 I . Longitarsus dorsaUs, Fab. 

 Chrysomela dorsuUs, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 77 (1787). 

 Thi/anm dorsaUs, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iv. 815 (1831). 

 Attica dorsaUs, Lucas, Col. de FAlgeiie, 548 (1849). 

 Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in graminosis circa oppidum Haria, tempore 

 vernali haud infrequens. 



The European L. dorsaUs is tolerably common in the north of 

 Lanzarote, where it was taken by Mr. (nay and myself, in grassy 



