74 MADEJRAN COLEOPTERA. 
one (which is now in the British Museum) in the former of the 
above-mentioned islands, and the other (more recently) on the latter. 
The Dezertan specimen has the punctures of its elytral striz larger, 
and more distinct, than the one from Porto Santo. 
Fam. 19. HISTERIDA. 
Genus 80. HISTER. 
Linneeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 566 (1767). 
199. Hister major*. 
Hister major, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 566 (1767). 
, Hab., Ent. Syst. i. 72 (1792). 
— —,, Payk., Mon. Hist. 11. tab. 2. f. 3 (1811). 
—— —, Woll., Ins. Mad. 210 (1854). 
——, De Marseul, in Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France (8i*me série), 
ii. 173. pl. 6. f. 4 (1854). 



Inhabits the sandy districts of Porto Santo, of a low elevation. It 
is recorded also in the Canarian Group. 
Genus 81. PAROMALUS. 
Erichson, in Klug Jahrb. i. 167 (1834). 
200. Paromalus minimus. 
Hister minimus, Dey. Cat. (ed. 1) (1821). 
Dendrophilus punctatus, Steph. [nec Ent. Hefte], Il. Brit. Ent. ii. 
159 (1830). 
Paromalus minimus, dubé, Ann. dela Soc. Ent. de France (2ime série), 
vili. 322 (1850). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 212 (1854). 
Carcinops minimus, De Marseul, in Ann, de laSoc. Ent. de France (3ime 
série), iii. 90. pl. 22. f. 3 (1855). 


Inhabits Madeira proper, abounding at intermediate and lofty 
elevations. 
201. Paromalus pumilio*. 
Paromalus pumilio, Erich., in Klug Jahrb. i. 169 (1834). 
» Woll., Ins. Mad, 213 (1854). 
Carcinops pumilio, De Marseul, in Ann. de la Soc, Ent. de France (3itme 
série), 11. 91. pl. 22, f. 4 (1855). 


Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring amongst rejectamenta on, and 
near, the beach at Funchal. Both the present species and the pre- 
ceding one fall into the genus Carcinops of De Marseul,—distin- 
guished by certain small characters of the pro- and meso-sterna, and 
