the Coleoptera of the Maltese Islands. 395 
Fort Manoel, 10; distinguenda, Com.*, common through- 
out the year; fulvipes, Com.*, common throughout the 
year. 
TRITOMID®. 
Litargus coloratus, Rosh.*, common throughout the year. 
Typha fumata, L., Fort Manoel, 5. 
NITIDULID. 
Cercus rufilabris, Latr., Ta Baldu, 5, common. Brachy- 
pterus glaber, Newm.*, common, 5; ?n. sp., one example. 
Carpophilus immaculatus, Luc.*, Boschetto, 6; mutilatus, 
Er., common throughout the year ; hemipterus, L., common 
throughout the year. Nitidula flavomaculata, Rossi, Marsa, 
10, one specimen. Pria dulcamare, Scop., Gozo, 7, not 
common. Meligethes picipes, Sturm*, Boschetto ; lh: qubris, 
Sturm, Jniena,6. Lhizophagus bipustulatus, ¥.*, Zurico, 2. 
TROGOSITID ©. 
Tenebrioides mauritanicus, L., common near granaries 
throughout the year. 
CoLyYDIID. 
Ditoma crenata, ¥., Coll. J. J. W.  Aglenus brunneus, 
Gyll., Jniena, 10. 
CucuJID-. 
Lemophiwus ferrugineus, Steph.*, very common through- 
out the year; hypobori, Perr., L’Imtahlep, St. Paul’s Bay, 
3, 4,5, common. Hypocoprus quadricollis, Rttr., St. Paul’s 
Bay, 6, common. <enoscelis costipennis, Fairm.*, Jniena, 
10, not common. Silvanus surinamensis, L., common 
throughout the year. Cathartus advena, Waltl, Coll. J. J. 
W. Monotoma spinicollis, Aub.*, St. Paul’s Bay, 6, not 
common; picipes, Herbst*, one example. 
DERMESTIDA. 
Dermestes frischi, Kug.*, very common, 4-10; undulatus, 
Brahm, Gozo, Encita, 3, 4, rare. <Attagenus piceus, O1.*, 
v. dalmatinus, Kiist. ‘Valletta, 5, not common; mar ginicollis, 
Kiist., not common; bifasciatus, Rossi *, common, 3-6. 
Anthrenus fasciatus, Ubst., common, 3-6 ; biscrensis, Rttr., 
very common, 6, 7, 8; verbasci, L.*, Boschetto, 6, not 
common ; /uscus, Latr., Boschetto, 6, rare. 
