Atlantic Coleoptera. 275 
p. 828 (genus Cmnopsis). 
(Sp. 914) Caenopsis Waltoni. 
Until our late visit to Madeira the admission of this 
European Curculionid into the island list was dependant 
upon a single example which was taken, a few years ago, 
by the late Mr. Bewicke, at “ the Mount ”—about 1700 
feet above Funchal. But during our sojourn at the Mount, 
in January, February, and March of 1870, we met with 
it rather abundantly, in the grounds of the Quinta do 
Prazer,—not merely beneath logs and chippings of wood, 
but more particularly by sifting fallen leaves. I did not 
observe it, however, in any other district; and during an 
after residence at 8. Antonio da Serra, although the 
Trachyphleus scaber (which so much resembles it) was 
tolerably common, there was no appearance of Ccenopsis. 
Fam. BRUCHIDA. 
p. 340 (genus Bruchus). 
(Sp. 943) Bruchus subellipticus. 
According to Kraatz (Berl. Ent. Zeitsch. 351; 1869), 
this Bruchus is the irresectus of Schénherr’s ‘Gen. et Spec. 
Curc.,’ an insect recorded as Persian, and distinct from 
the B. mimosce—with which, in that work, in habit and 
affinity, it is compared.* I had always felt it probable 
indeed that the B. subellipticus would sooner or later be 
identified with some known form, for it had every 
appearance in Madeira of having been naturalized through 
the medium of commerce; nevertheless being unable 
to identify it, | was compelled to treat it as new. It has 
manifestly acquired a wide geographical range; and Mr. 
Crotch lately re-described it, under the name of B. 
Breweri, from the Azores. Its emended synonymy will 
stand thus :— 
Bruchus irresectus. 
Bruchus irresectus, Fhs., in Schén. Gen. et Spee Cure. 
v.18 (1839). Bruchus subellipticus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 
* Kraatz likewise considers the ‘‘obtectus, Schén.’’ to be identical with 
the B. irresectus; but as the only Bruchus in Schénherr’s work which 
bears that title is a North-American one described by Say, and is placed 
at the end of the genus amongst the forms which Schénherr had not 
inspected, I feel doubtful whether the Louisiana species can be referred 
safely to the irresectus and subellipticus. 
