Mr. T. y. W'ullaston on (he Coleoptera of St. Ilchnit. 399 



Faiii. Nitidulidae. 



( Ji'ims ('Aia'oriiiLL's. 



.Stephens, 111. Biit. Knt. iii. 50 (1830). 



( \irpoph ifu.s (liiii idlatuti * . 



Siltilula (limidiiitn, Fiib., Knt. Svst. i. 2(U (17!I2). 

 ('(trpiijihilus iniropilo.<iis, Wdll., Ins. .Mad. 117 ( 18vj4). 

 ilitiiidiutus, MiiiTay, Moii. Nitid. .'J7i) ( IHO-Ij. 



A widely dirt'useil in.seet, which appears to have been natu- 

 ralized, throufijh the medium of commerce, in most parts of the 

 civilized world, and which has ostahlished itself ni the Ma- 

 <leiran, (Janarian, and Caj)e- Verde areliiptdai^o.s. It has ])een 

 taki-n hy Mr. Melliss at St. Helena, but is, of course, totally 

 unconnected with the true fauna of the island. 



Carpopli ilus liemipterus'^ . 



Ihrtiifntts Jitniipfcnti, Linn., Syst. Nnt. ii. o<)7 (17^7). 

 Carptiphilits liiiniptcntx^ .Muiniv, .Mun. \itid. VAVl (l8t)4). 

 , Woll., Col. -Vtl. 1U8 ( 18(;>). 



Likewise captured l)y Mr. ^lelliss at .St. Helena, and etj^ually 

 difFu.sed with the last species (through human agencies) over 

 the civilized world. It is common, chieHy in the wareliouscs 

 and stores, throughout the ]\ladeiran, Canarian, and Cape- 

 N'erde groups. 



Fam. Trogositidae. 



Genus Trogosita. 



Olivier, Knt. ii. 19 (1790). 



Trocjusita maurttan ica*. 

 Tenehrio iimioitiuiicia^, Linn., 8yst. Nat. ii. 074 (1767). 

 Troyosita iiuiiiritanica, Woll., Col. Atl. 110 (1805). 

 , Id., Col. Ilesp. 00 (1807). 



Of com-se totally unconnected with the true fauna of the 

 island, yet, having been taken by Mr. Melliss, it would seem 

 at any rate to have established itself in the storehouses and 

 granaries of St. Helena, in like manner as it has done in most 

 regions of the civilized world. It is very common throughout 

 the Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape- Verde archipelagos. 



Fam. Cucujidse. 



Genus Silvan US. 



Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 19 (1807). 



Silvanus surinamensis'^ . 



J)ermest<'S surhwDiotv's, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 50o (1707). 

 Silcaiuis su>i/i(ititen,'<i!<, \\o\\., Col. Atl. l-io (1805). 

 , Id., Col. llesp. 05) (1807). 



A single example of this almost cosmo[iolitan Hilcanus is 



