Mr. T. V. Wollaston 07i the Goleoptera of St. Helena. 311 



was communicated by Mr. Melliss, along with his other St.- 

 Helena captures. 



Genus 15. Saprinus. 

 Erichson, in Kkg, Jahrb. i. 172 (1834). 



17. Saprinus lautuSj n. sp. 



S. submetallicus, nitidissimus ; capite prothoraceque senescentibus, 

 Ulo dense punctato, frontc ab epistomate linea transversa distincte 

 diviso, hoc versus latera et basin grosse punctato, in disco lae\'iore, 

 ad latera nudo (nee ciUato) ; elytris cyaneis (vel subvirescenti- 

 cyaneis), sat dense rugiiloso-punctatis, punctis in disco antico et 

 versus humeros obsoletis, striis humeralibus obsoletis, suhhumeraJi 

 distiucta, longe ultra medium postice ducta, 4 dorsalibus ad me- 

 dium terminatis (4** in suturalem integram antice arcuatam 

 coeunte) ; pygidio propygidioque obscurioribus, profundc punc- 

 tatis ; autennis pedibusque nigro-piceis ; tibiis anticis circa 8-9- 

 dentieulatis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



The bkie tinge (at any rate on the elytra) and by no means 

 small size of this Sajjrim/s are somewhat suggestive at first 

 sight of the widely spread S. semijmnctatiis ; but the fact of 

 its epistome being divided from the forehead by a strong trans- 

 verse line, in conjunction with its sutural stria being complete, 

 and miiting in front with the fourth discal one, remove it into 

 a totally different section of the genus — characterized by such 

 North-American species as Javeti, jmfruelis, and dimidiati- 

 pennisj which, however, appear to be of considerably smaller 

 statui'C and less punctured on the sui-face. A single example of 

 this species is amongst the Coleoptcra found by Mr. Melliss at 

 St. Helena. 



Fam. 8. Aphodiadae. 



Genus 16. Aphodius. 

 Illiger, Kaf. Preuss. i. 28 (1798). 



18. Aphodius Uvidus*. 



Scarahmts lividus, Oliv., Ent. i. 3. 86 (1789). 

 Aphoditis Ihidus, Well., Col. All. 178 (18G6). 

 , Id., Col. Ilesp. 89 (18G7). 



A single example of this widely spread European Aphodius 

 — which occurs throughout northern and western Africa, and 

 in the Azorean, Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape Verde arcbi- 

 pelagos — is amongst the Coleoptcra collected at 8t. Helena by 

 Mr. Melliss ; but as it is an insect which easily becomes dis- 

 seminated through indirect human agencies (particularly the 



