308 Mr. T. V. WolLaston on the Coleopem of St. Helena. 



tucles ; and therefore, even if fairly established (as is the case 

 with it in the Azorean, Madeiran, and Canarian groups), it 

 can of course have no connexion whatever with the original 

 fauna of St. Helena. A single specimen of it, which I have 

 examined with great care, has been captured (in all probability 

 in some house or granary) by Mr. Melliss. 



Fam. 5. Mycetophagidae. 



Genus 10. Mycet^a. 



(Kirby) Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iii. 80 (1830). 



11. Mycetcea hirta^. 



Dermestes fumatus, Mshm. [nee Linn., 1767], Ent. Brit. 65 (1802). 

 Silpha hiHa, Mshm., Ent. Brit. 124 (1802). 

 Ciyptophayus hirtics, Gyll., Ins. Suec. i. 184 (1808). 

 Mycetcea fumata, Stepli., 111. Brit. Ent. iii. 81 (1830). 

 hiHa, WoU., Col. Atl. 156 (1865). 



The widely distributed European M. Mrta — which is so 

 eminently liable to become naturalized, in houses and culti- 

 vated spots, throughout the civilized world — appears, from a 

 single example now before me which was taken by Mr. Melliss, 

 to have established itself at St. Helena ; but, like so many 

 others of the species alluded to in this paper, it can have nothing 

 whatever to do with the real fauna of the island. It has, in 

 like manner, been introduced into the Azorean and Madeiran 

 archipelagos, in the latter of which I have usually met with it 

 crawling on the inner walls of houses. 



Genus 11. TYPHiEA. 



(Kirby) Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iii. 70 (1830). 



12. Typhcea fumata'^. 



Dermestes fumatus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 564 (1767). 

 Typhcea fimiata, Woll., Col. Atl. 157 (1865). 

 , Id., Col. Heap. 78 (1867). 



There is scarcely any insect which has acquired (doubtless 

 through human agencies) a wider geographical range than the 

 common European T. fiimata'^ and therefore it is not surprising 

 that it should have been met with by Mr. Melliss (judging 

 from a single example which he has communicated to me) at 

 St. Helena. It occurs in the north of Africa, and abounds in 

 the Azores, Madeiras, Canaries, and Cape Vcrdes ; and it has 

 even been reported likewise from the United States. 



