398 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Coleopfera of St. ITdcna. 



two years ago must now 1)C increased to 59 ; and it will be 

 interesting to notice whether the relative proportions of the 

 twelve great sections under which the Coleoptera are asually 

 supjiosed to be classified have, in consequence, been much 

 disturbed. Talnilated as before, the divisions will accordingly 

 arrange themselves thus : — 



]lhj-nchophora 31 



Cordyloccrata (i. e. Lamellicoms &c.) 6 



(jrcodephaga 5 



Brachelytra 4 



Heteromera 3 



Phytophaga 3 



Pseiidotrimera 3 



Philhydrida 2 



Necropliaga 1 



Priocerata 1 



Hydradephaga 



Eucerata 



59 



Now, looking at this synoptical enumeration, the first fact 

 that strikes us is the still greater preponderance, numerically, 

 than even before, of the Rhynchojjhora over eveiy other sec- 

 tion. Indeed the more we investigate the Coleopterous f:\una 

 of St. Helena, the more pronounced apj^ears the tendency to 

 this strange and undue develo])mcnt of certain anomalous 

 types of the Cureulionids and Anthrihidw. And I may add 

 that this is in perfect accordance with my original conjecture, 

 made now more than ten years ago, that the exponents of 

 those particular groups would be found eventually (judging 

 from the remarkable diftercnce in configuration of tlie veiy 

 few which had then been brought to light) to be the most 

 numerous and the most characteristic in the whole fauna of 

 the island. 



After these few remarks, I will ]irocecd to place on record 

 the 21 additions to the list, and will then give an emended 

 systematic enumeration of the 95 species which constitute the 

 Coleopterous fauna of St. Helena as hitherto ascertained f. 



t As in my loriucr paper. I shall plaoo an asterisk (*) against all those 

 species (both in the ejuinu-ration itself and in the systematic catalogue) 

 wliiili 1 should look upon as utKiuvsliotuihlii naturalized — whether thunigh 

 the niediiini of conunerce or througli the various otlu-r methods ot' acci- 

 dental ilisscuiinalion which arc so readily traceable tliroughout the giH'ater 

 portion of the civilized world. 



