MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 85 
Fam. 27. CYPHONIDZ. 
Genus 93. EUCINETUS. 
Schiippel, ex Germ. Mag. ii. 255 (1818). 
225. Eucinetus ovum. 
Eucinetus ovum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 242 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring at intermediate altitudes. Rare. 
Fam. 28. TELEPHORIDE. 
Genus 94. MALTHODES. 
Kiesenwetter, in Linn. Ent. vii. 265 (1852). 
226. Malthodes Kiesenwetteri. 
Malthodes Kiesenwetteri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 243 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, occurring in flowers at inter- 
mediate elevations, 
Fam. 29. MELYRIDA. 
Genus 95. MALACHIUS. 
Fabricius, Ent. Syst. i. 221 (1792). 
227. Malachius militaris. 
Malachius militaris, Woll., Ins, Mad. 245 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring in gardens in and around 
Funchal. 
Genus 96, PECTEROPUS. 
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 245. tab. iv. £.7, 9 (1854). 
228. Pecteropus Maderensis. 
Pecteropus Maderensis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 247. tab. iv. f. 7 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira, the Southern Dezerta and Porto Santo, occurring 
at high elevations. The specimens from the Southern Dezerta 
(var. @)*+ are smaller and rather more brilliant than those from 

+ I would desire to cancel the va. B of the Insecta Maderensia ; for since it 
is the tendency of the species in all instances to have its head and prothorax 
beset at the sides with granuliform tubercles, it passes so gradually into the 
state there indicated that it can be scarcely regarded, under such circumstances, 
as a legitimate “ variety.” 
