106 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on Additions to Madeiran Coleoptera. 



Microstagetus parvulus, n. sp. 



M. ovali-obovatus, rufo-testaceus, sericeo-pubescens ; prothorace ni- 

 tidissimo, impunctato ; elytris nitidis, vix obscurioribus et (oculo 

 valde armato) minudssime et levissime punctulatis ; antennis pe- 

 dibusque vix pallidioribus. 



Long. corp. lin. vix ^. 



Habitat Maderam, hinc inde sub quisquiliis degens. 



M. like the Sericoderus lateralis, but shorter, smaller, and 

 less widened anteriorly; rufo-testaceous (the elytra a trifle ob- 

 scurer than the prothorax), and more or less clothed with a 

 decumbent silken pubescence. Prothorax highly polished and 

 quite impunctate. Elytra not quite so shining, and (under a 

 very high magnifying power) beset with most minute and lightly 

 impressed punctules, which, however, are less distinct than those 

 on the S. lateralis, and with the single stria which exists along- 

 side the suture less impressed than is the case in that insect. 

 Limbs a little paler than the rest of the surface. 



Twelve specimens only of this insignificant little insect have as 

 yet come under my observation, — three of which were taken by 

 myself (beneath vegetable refuse) near Funchal, and the rest by 

 Mr. Bewicke at S. Antonio da Serra and the Praia Formosa. 



Fam. Meloidse. 



Genus Zonitis. 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 126 (1775). 



Zonitis imperialis, n. sp. 



Z. cylindrica, nigra, dense pubescens ; capite prothoraceque profunde 

 punctatis ; scutello magno ; elytris pallido-rufis, utroque maculis 

 duabus (antica minore et interdum obsoleta) nigrescentibus ornate; 

 antennis pedibusque longissimis robustis, unguiculis tibiarumque 

 calcariis piceo-ferrugineis. 



Long. corp. lin. 5-7. 



Habitat Maderam et Portum Sanctum, inter flores in apricis infe- 

 rioribus hinc inde sat vulgaris. 



Zonitis 4-punctata, WoU. [nee Fab. 17^2], Ins. Mad. 530(1854). 

 , id.. Cat. Mad. Col. 163 (1857). 



Z. large and cylindrical, and densely clothed with pubescence, 

 which is black, robust, and suberect on the black portions, and 

 pale, silken, and decumbent on the elytra. Beneath black. 

 Head and prothorax black, deeply and closely punctured : the 

 former rather large and wide posteriorly, and flattened between 

 the eyes ; the latter somewhat uneven, and with the hinder disk 

 convex, where, moreover, it has an abbreviated central channel. 

 Scutellum large and black. Elytra pale rufous, and each of them 

 ornamented with two blackish spots on its disk, the anterior of 



