MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. Vaz 
449, Macrostethus tuberculatus. 
Macrostethus tuberculatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 505. tab, xi. f. 8 (1854). 
Inhabits the Northern Dezerta, or Ilheo Chao, occurring beneath 
stones in the centre of the island,—where it was first detected by 
the Rev. R. T. Lowe. Exceedingly rare. 
Genus 191. BLAPS. 
Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 254 (1775). 
450. Blaps gages*. 
Tenebrio gages, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 676 [seript. per err. gigas | (1767). 
Blaps gages, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 106 (1792). 
gigas, Lat., Hist. Nat. des Crust. et Ins. x. 278 (1804). 
gages, Woll., Ins. Mad. 506 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring beneath stones, and 
in basaltic caverns, along the sea-shore. It is found likewise in the 
Canarian Group. 


451. Blaps fatadica*. 
Blaps fatadica (Creutzer), Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, ii. 205, t. 45. f. a, b 
(1807). 
—— 

, Dufts., Fna Austr. ii. 282 (1812). 
obtusa, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. v. 23 (1832), 
—— fatadica, Woll., Ins. Mad. 508 (1854). 

Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo, occurring in similar places as 
the last species,—and, like it, being found also in the Canary Islands. 
Fam. 51. TENTYRIADA. 
Genus 192. HEGETER. 
Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Crust. et Ins. iii. 172 (1802). 
452, Hegeter elongatus. 
Blaps elongata, Oliv., Ent. iii. 60, pl. 1. f.7 (1795). 
Hegeter striatus, Lat., Hist. Nat. des Crust. et Ins. x. 276 (1804). 
, Solier, Ann. de la Soe. Ent. de France, iv. 377 (1835). 
elongatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 510. tab. xi. £.7 (1854). 



Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo ; occurring beneath stones, and 
in basaltic caverns, at low and intermediate altitudes. It is found, 
likewise, in the Canaries and the Cape de Verdes; as also on the 
western coast of Africa. 
