agencies) over the civilized World. I t is common, chiefly in the
warehouses and stores, throughout the Madeiran, Canarian, and
Cape Yerde groups.”
Fam: Trogositida.
Trogosita, Oliv.
T . m a u r i t a n i c a , Linn.—A dark reddish-brown, flat Beetle*
one-third of an inch in length, taken in the town, of which Mr.
Wollaston says : “ Of course totally unconnected with the true fauna
of the Island, yet, having been taken by Mr. Melliss, it would seem
at any rate to have established itself in the storehouses and granaries
of St. Helena, in like manner as it has done in most regions of the
civilized world. I t is very common throughout the Madeiran*
Canarian, and Cape Yerde archipelagos.”
Fam. Cucujidce.
Lsemophlceus, Erichs.
L . p u s i l l u s , Schon.—A minute brown Beetle, one-tenth of an
inch in length, of which Mr. Wollaston writes : “ An insect very liable
to transmission, along with grain and other articles of commerce,
throughout the civilized world; hut, having clearly no connexion
with the real fauna of the Island, it is of little geographical importance.
The species has, in like planner, established itself in the
Madeiran and Canarian groups.”
Cryptamorpha, Woll.
C. m u s s e , Woll.—A light-brown Beetle, one-sixth of an inch in
length, of which Mr. Wollaston writes: “ In Madeira it occurs beneath
the loose outer fibre of banana stems, in and around Funchal;” and in
St. Helena I found it abundantly amongst the old banana trees and
rotting vegetation in a pond at The Hermitage, 2000 feet above
the sea.
Silvanus, Lat.
S . s u r in am e n s i s , Linn.—A minute brown Beetle, of which Mr.
Wollaston writes • “ A single example of this almost cosmopolitan
Silvanus is amongst the collection of insects taken recently by Mr.
Melliss at St. Helena; and although, of course, totally unconnected
with the native fauna of the Island, yet, as the species is allowed to
figure in the local list of nearly every civilized country, we can scarcely
deny it a place in our present enumeration.” I t is, like many of the
imported species, found amongst dead leaves and vegetation in
gardens.
Fam. Cryp top hagidce.
Cryptophagus, Hbst.
C. b a d iu s , St.—A small light-brown Beetle, which, Mr.
Wollaston says, “ seems to be the common European cryptophagus
badius; and I may add that Mr. Eye is likewise of opinion that it
should be referred to that species. I have therefore little hesitation
in recording the C. badius amongst the insects which have been
naturalized in the Island through the medium of commerce, though
the individual now before _ me presents perhaps a slight shade of
difference from the ordinary type.”
C. affinis, St.—A somewhat smaller species than the last, of
which Mr. Wollaston writes : “ A common European cryptophagus
^fiich—like Lcemophlceus pusillus, Mycetaa hirta, and others—must
clearly have been imported into the Island from more northern
latitudes; and therefore, even if fairly established (as is the case with
it in the Azorean, Madeiran, and Canarian groups), it can of course
have no connexion whatever with the original fauna of St. Helena.”
C. gracilipes, Woll.—A still smaller species than the others,
taken on the high land amongst garden rubbish, &c. Mr. Wollaston
says : “ Several examples 'of this most distinct and interesting little
Cryptophagus are amongst the Coleóptera collected at St. Helena. I t
differs very essentially from every member of the genus with which
■ I am acquainted; and Mr. Eye, who has paid unusual attention to
the Cryptophagi, assures me that he is not aware of any species upon
record with which it can be made to agree. Apart from its rather
small size, convex body, and dark rufo-ferruginous hue, its most distinctive
features consist in its extremely coarsely and densely
punctured surface, which is beset all over (though especially on the
elytra) with very elongate and nearly erect, soft, whitish hairs. Its
limbs too, are marvellously slender—even more so, perhaps, than is
the case in the particular section of the group (represented by the
C. Vini in Europe, and C. hesperius in the Canarian archipelago) to
which it belongs. Its incrassated anterior prothoracic angle is