-Mr. T. \ . Wolhistun on the Coleophra if St. ILUn-i. 4<ll.> 



Mr. Mi'lliss tVttm larviu wliicli he took tVoin grapc-viiif.s at 

 an elevation of ahout 2000 teet alwve the sea; and he tells 

 nio that the larvie are oecasionally very abundant, under 

 similar cireunistances, in various parts of the island. It is a 

 sj)eeies whieh occurs at the Cajte of Good IIo{)e, and which 

 was recorded by Erichson from Ani^ola ; and it is not impro- 

 bable, therefore, that it may have been introduced into St. 

 Helena from perhaps the f<»rmer of those localities. 



Fam. Staphylinidae. 

 (Subfam. Aleochakides.) 



Genus IIOMALUTA. 



Alannerheim, Brachcl. 73 (1831). 



Ilomalota con'aria *. 



Ilouuiluta coriarta, Kr., Nat. der In.s. Deutscli. ii. 282 (1866). 



, Woll., Col. Ail. 401) ( 18G5). 



• , III., Col. Hesp. 223 (18G7). 



Tiicre are several examples of the undoubted European H. 

 corinn'a amongst the St. -Helena Coleoptera of ]\Ir. Meliiss ; 

 and, geoirraj)hically, it is a very interesting addition to the 

 fauna, seeing that there is scarcely any member of the Sta- 

 phylinidifi which has acquired for itself so wide a range 

 throughout the various sub-African Atlantic groups. In the 

 Madeiran and Canarian archipelagos it literally swarms ; and 

 we met with it, though more sparingly, in each of the Cape- 

 Verde Islands (six in number) which we had an opportunity 

 of investigating. 



(Subfam. Staphylinides.) 



Genus Philonthus. 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. v. 226 (1832). 



Philonthus loiujicornis *. 



Philotithuf^ loni/iconiis (Kby), Steph., he. cit. 237 (1832). 



scybalurim et fuscicornis, Nordm., Symb. 94, 96 (1838). 



, Woll., Col. Atl. 492 (18G5). 



-, Id., Col. Hesp. 237 (18G7). 



Two examples of this common European Philonthus have 

 been taken by Mr. Melliss " in flower gardens," at St. Helena, 

 at an elevation of about 2000 feet ; and, like the Homalota 

 coriaria, they are of considerable interest geographically on 

 account of the Avidc range which the species has acquired 

 throughout the various Atlantic groups. It is recorded from 

 the Azores by Mr. Crotcli ; and it has been captured abun- 

 dantly by myself and others in the Madeiran, Canarian, and 

 Cape- Verde archipelagos ; and it was met with by the late 

 Mr. Bcwickc even at Ascension. 



