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Genus 70. SPILERIDIUM. 



Fabricius, Syst. Eleu. i. 92 (1801). 



240. Sphaeridium bipustulatum. 



Sphseridium bipustulatum, Fob., Spec. Ins. i. 78 (1781). 



, Mills., Palpic. de France, 154, var. B (1844). 



, Woll., Ins. Mad. 101 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 33 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ), in stercore bovino parum vul- 

 gare. 



The S. bipustulatwn, so common throughout Europe, occurs in 

 the dung of cattle both in Madeira proper and Porto Santo ; but it 

 has not yet been observed at the Canaries. Very possibly it may 

 have been naturalized in the Madeiran Group from more northern 

 latitudes. 



Genus 71. CERCYON. 

 Leach, Zool. Miscell. iii. 95 (1817). 



241. Cercyon littorale. 



Sphaeridium littorale, Gytt.jlns. Suec.i. Ill (1808). 

 Cercyon littorale, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 137 (1829). 



, Muls., Palpic. de France, 172 (1844). 



} Well, Cat. Mad. Col. 33 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can.), sub fucis necnon 

 in putridis per oras maritimas parce fodiens. 



A common European insect which occurs sparingly amongst putrid 

 substances on and near the Funchal beach, in Madeira proper ; and 

 a single example was captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the 

 summer of 1864, near Las Palmas in Grand Canary. 



242. Cercyon inquinitum. 



Cercyon inquinitum, WolL, Ins. Mad. 103 (1854). 



,Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 34 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 94 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), in putridis prae- 

 sertim juxta oras maritimas parce occurrens. 



Occasionally not uncommon in Madeira proper, amongst putrid 

 substances in the vicinity of the sea-beach, near Funchal ; but at 

 the Canaries I have taken hitherto only a single specimen, close to 

 the Puerto Orotava, in the north of Teneriffe. "We may, however, 

 expect it to be met with more generally when searched for in the 

 proper localities. 



