88 ’ MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 
of it (I believe) near Funchal. It may possibly be the exponent of a 
fourth species; nevertheless I am inclined to suspect that its di- 
minished pubescence and somewhat altered sculpture is merely a 
local peculiarity, and that it may perhaps be the state which obtains 
on the mainland of Madeira proper. Even supposing this, however, 
to be the case, I have preferred regarding (since its characters are so 
well developed) the Ilheo de Fora specimen as the type. 
234. Melyrosoma Artemisiz. 
Melyrosoma Artemisiz, Woll., Ins. Mad. 254. tab. v. f. 2 (1854). 
Inhabits the Northern and Central Dezertas,—especially the 
former, where it occurs principally amongst the plants of Artenusia 
argentea, Herit. 
Fam. 30. CLERIDA. 
Genus 99. OPILUS. 
Latreille, Hist, Nat. des Ins. iii. 111 [script. Opilo] (1802). 
235. Opilus mollis*. 
Attelabus mollis, Zinn., Fina Suec. 186 (1761). 
Opilo mollis, Lat., Hist. Nat. des Ins. ix. 149 (1804). 
Cpilus mollis, Steph., Il. Brit. Ent. 111. 323 (1830). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 256 (1854). 
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Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring sparingly,—principally at low 
elevations. 
Genus 100. NECROBIA. 
Olivier, Entom. iv. 76 bis (1795). 
236. Necrobia ruficollis**. 
Anobium ruficolle, Thung., Nov. Spee. i. 8. f. 7 (1781). 
Dermestes ruficollis, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 230 (1792). 
Necrobia ruficollis, Ohv., Ent. iv. 76. 2. pl. 1. f. 2 (1795). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 258 (1854). 


Inhabits Madeiva proper, occurring in the houses of Funchal, 
Imported. 
Fam. 31. PTINIDZ. 
Genus 101. PTINUS. 
Linneus, Syst. Nut. ii. 565 (1767). 
