164 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting 



spersiis ; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; prothorace ad apicem 

 dilutiore, pone apicem transversim constricto ; elytris fasciis 

 (luabus transversis dentatis (una sc. postmedia et alter& ante 

 apicem) pilorunn carentibus (ergo nigris), et punctulis minutis 

 nigrescentibus longitudinaliter dispositis ornatis ; antennis 

 dilute testaceis, ad apicem obscurioribus ; pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus versus apicem, tibiis ad basin ipsam tarsisque 

 hinc inde picescentibus. 

 Variat antennis pedibusque plus minus obscurioribus. 

 Long. Corp. lin. ]| — vix 2. 



Habitat Euphorbias emortuas, passim ; in ins. Gomera et 

 Palma solis adhuc baud observavi. Species valde Formosa, in- 

 digena, et in honorem Baronis " Castello de Paiva " Lusitanici, 

 ob gratias mihi amicissirae oblatas, citata. 



Of all the Coleoptera enumerated in this Memoir there is none 

 perhaps more interesting than the present one, — not merely as 

 being (with the exception of three Corynetes, two of which are 

 evidently naturalized, and the common Opilus mollis) the only 

 representative of the Cleridce hitherto detected in any of the 

 Atlantic islands, but likewise as being apparently quite peculiar 

 to the various Euphorbias which constitute such a striking feature 

 in the several portions of the Canarian Group. It is decidedly 

 scarce, and, from its habits, would necessarily escape observation 

 vmless searched for in its special localities ; nevertheless when 

 these have been fully explored, it will probably be found to be 

 universally distributed throughout the archipelago. At present, 

 however, it has been observed in only five islands out of the 

 seven, — namely, in Lanzarote (where it was first detected by 

 myself and Mr. Gray, during January, 1858, on the Risco, above 

 the Salinas, in the extreme north), Fuerteventura (near Betan- 

 curia, in the Rio Palmas), Grand Canary (between Puerto da 

 Luz and the Isleta), Teneriffe (at Orotava and on the mountains 

 above Santa Cruz) and (by Mr. Gray, near Valverde, of) Hierro. 

 "There cannot be the slightest doubt, however, that it must exist 

 equally in Gomera and Palma. I have much pleasure in dedi- 

 cating it to my worthy friend the Barao do Castello de Paiva, 

 whose careful researches in Madeira and Portugal have added so 

 much to our knowledge of the entomological fauna of those 

 regions, and who is now engaged in collecting additional material 

 from the Canaries and the Cape de Verdes. 



