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  XIV. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Heteromerous 
  Coleoptera 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Walker, 
  E.N., 
  F.L.S., 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  

   Straits 
  of 
  Gibraltar, 
  tvith 
  descriptions 
  of 
  four 
  new 
  

   species. 
  By 
  George 
  C. 
  Champion, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  [Read 
  April 
  1st, 
  1891.J 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Heteromerous 
  Coleoptera 
  from 
  

   the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Gibraltar 
  is 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  

   the 
  paper 
  contributed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walker 
  himself 
  on 
  the 
  

   Macro-Lepidoptera 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  

   Lond,, 
  1890, 
  pp. 
  361, 
  etseq.). 
  Mr. 
  Walker's 
  captures 
  

   include 
  many 
  species 
  not 
  recorded 
  by 
  Eosenhauer 
  in 
  his 
  

   important 
  work, 
  ' 
  Die 
  Thiere 
  Andalusiens 
  ' 
  (1856) 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  

   Walker, 
  however, 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  collect 
  so 
  far 
  inland 
  as 
  

   the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada, 
  where 
  very 
  many 
  of 
  Eosenhauer's 
  

   insects 
  were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  

   Gibraltar 
  (including 
  Algeciras, 
  the 
  cork-woods, 
  &c., 
  a 
  

   radius 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  ten 
  miles 
  inland) 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  extensive 
  

   one, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  ever 
  got 
  

   together 
  at 
  this 
  place. 
  A 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  at 
  Malaga, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  also 
  included. 
  

   On 
  the 
  opposite 
  coast, 
  at 
  Ceuta, 
  Djebel 
  Mousa 
  (Apes' 
  

   Hill), 
  Esmir, 
  Tetuan, 
  Benztis 
  Bay, 
  Tangier, 
  Peregil 
  

   Island, 
  &C.J 
  important 
  but 
  less 
  extensive 
  collections 
  

   were 
  made, 
  more 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tetuan 
  ; 
  

   his 
  opportunities 
  of 
  visiting 
  Tangier 
  were, 
  however, 
  few 
  

   and 
  far 
  between, 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  obtain 
  examples 
  of 
  

   many 
  well-known 
  Tangier 
  species. 
  The 
  Gibraltar 
  

   collection 
  cannot 
  contain 
  fewer 
  than 
  1200 
  species 
  of 
  

   Coleoptera 
  ; 
  examples 
  of 
  about 
  950 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  by 
  myself 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  this 
  

   Society. 
  With 
  the 
  Maroccan 
  insects, 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  

   collected 
  at 
  Malaga, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  

   Coleoptera 
  obtained 
  probably 
  exceeds 
  1500. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  the 
  

   collection 
  is 
  particularly 
  interesting, 
  as 
  showing 
  which 
  

   species 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  and 
  which 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  — 
  PART 
  II. 
  (jUNE.) 
  

  

  