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the Agua Mansa, Yeod el Alto, the Agua Garcia, and at Las Mercedes, 

 as well as in the woods above Taganana, and on the Cumbre towards 

 Point Anaga. 



2. Tarphius camelus, n. sp. (PI. XIX. fig. 2.) 

 T. subovato-oblongus, granulis squamisque nigro-fuscis dense vestitua et 

 setulis brevibus subdemissis flavescentibiis parce tectus ; protliorace 

 longiusculo, vix ante medium lato, postice gradatim angustiore ; elytris 

 valde nodosis (nodis obtusis) ; autennis subrobustis pedibusque rufo- 

 piceis. 

 Long. corp. lin. 2-2|. 



Habitat ins. Hierro, in editioribus sylvaticis regionis " El Golfo " dictae 

 a meipso mense Februario a.d. 1858, detectus. 



Only two specimens of this Tarphius, taken by myself in the 

 laurel-woods of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro (during February 

 1858), have come hitherto beneath my notice. Its large size and 

 obtuse though much developed nodules, in conjunction with its 

 rather long prothorax (which is wide in the middle and gradually 

 narrowed behind) and its short and almost decumbent setae, will 

 sufficiently characterize it. It is more akin to the T. canariensis 

 than to any other species here enumerated ; but it is distinctly 

 larger, its prothorax is more developed and less suddenly narrowed 

 posteriorly, its colour is altogether darker, its nodules are more 

 prominent, its antennae are a little more robust, and its setae (instead 

 of being erect) are nearly decumbent. 



3. Tarphius canariensis, n. sp. (PL XIX. fig. 3.) 



T. oblongus, granulis squamisque fuscis dense vestitus et setulis brevibus 

 suberectis paulo pallidioribus tectus ; protborace in medio latiusculo, 

 postice sat abrupte angustiore ; elytris nodosis (nodis obtusis et minus 

 exstantibus sed interdum subrufescentibus) ; antennis pedibusque rufo- 

 feiTugineis. 



Var. /3. affinis [an species distincta ?]. (PI. XIX. fig. 4.) Vix angustior, 

 convexior, setulis paulo longioribus gracilioribus ; prothorace ad basin 

 leviter angustiore, angulis posticis plerumque paulo magis productis, 

 nodis rarius dilutioribus ; antennis vix brevioribus. 



Long. corp. lin. l^-vix 2. 



Habitat in sylvaticis Canariae, Teneriffae, et Palmae, vulgaris ; var. /3 ad 

 ins. Palmam solam pertinet. 



The present species appears to be the most universal of the Canarian 

 Tarphii, occurring in nearly all the laurel-woods which I have yet 

 explored in the various islands. It abounds at Las Mercedes, and 

 in the region above Taganana and Point Anaga, as well as at the 



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