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243. Cercyon fimetarium. 



Cercyon fimetarium, Wall, Ins. Mad. 103 (1854). 

 ,/r/. ; Cat. Mad. Col. 34 (1857). 



Habitat Maclerenses (Mad., P to S to ), in stercore bovino et equii 

 passim. 



Found in the dung of cattle in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, 

 of the Madeiran Group, at most elevations, but nowhere abundantly. 



244. Cercyon lepidum. 

 Cercyon lepidum, Wall, Cat. Can. Col. 94 (1804). 



Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Gom.), in stercore bovino, equino, ca- 

 melino, minus frequens. 



Observed hitherto only in Fuerteventura and Gomera, of the 

 Canurian. Group, in the former of which it was taken by myself 

 (from beneath the refuse of a camels' stable in the Rio P almas), and 

 in the latter by Dr. Crotch. 



245. Cercyon nigriceps. 



Derrnestes nigriceps, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 72 (1802). 



Sphaeridium centnniaculatuni, Sturm, Deutsch. Faa, ii. 23 (1807). 



Cercyon centriinaculatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 104 (1854). 



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

 nigriceps, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 95 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ), Salvages (ins. major em, borealcm) 

 et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), in stercore 

 bovino parum vulgare. 



A common European Cercyon which is in all probability nearly 

 universal throughout these Atlantic islands, occurring in dung inde- 

 pendently of elevation. It is abundant in Madeira proper and Porto 

 Santo, of the Madeiran Group ; and it has been captured in all the 

 Canarian islands except Fuerteventura and Hierro (where doubtless, 

 however, it must exist). And a single example has been communi- 

 cated by the Baron Paiva, obtained by him from even the Great 

 Salvage. Being, from its habits, a species of 'easy transportation, in 

 various ways, we can scarcely be surprised at its having become so 

 generally diffused amongst the islands. 



246. Cercyon quisquilium. 



Scarabaeus quisquilius, Linn., Fna Succ. 138 (1761). 

 Cercyon quisquilium, Woll., Ins. Mad. 105 (1854). 





