NITIDULID^E. 107 



299. Brachypterus velatus. 



Brachypterus velatus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 217 (1863). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 110 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz. ?, Can., Ten., Gom., Hierro), prsecipue 

 super folia Urticce urentis hinc inde vulgaris. 



Likewise a Canarian Brachypterus, and one which is common on 

 the foliage of nettles (particularly the Urtica urens, L.) in Grand 

 Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera (where it was detected by the Messrs. 

 Crotch), and Hierro ; and I also obtained a specimen which differs a 

 little from the ordinary type, and which possibly therefore may be 

 the exponent of an allied species, in Lanzarote. 



300. Brachypterus curtulus. 

 Brachypterus curtulus, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 110 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), ad flores minus frequens. 



Occurs rather sparingly in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two 

 eastern islands of the Canarian Group, but I have not yet observed 

 it elsewhere. 



(Subfam. II. CARPOPHILIDES.) 



Genus 95. CARPOPHILUS. 

 (Leach) Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iii. 60 (1830). 



301. Carpophilus mutilatus. 



Nitidula hemiptera, Fab. [nee Linn., 1767], Ent. Syst. i. 261 (1792). 

 Carpophilus mutilatus, (Hoffm.) Erich., Germ. Zeitsch. iv. 258 (1843). 



, Wott., Ins. Mad. 116 (1854). 



, Id,, Cat. Mad. Col. 38 (1857) 



, Murray, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxiv. 378 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in mercatorum repositoriis, ex alienis 

 forsan saccharinis et fructibus introductus. 



Not uncommon in the warehouses and stores of Madeira proper, 

 where it has undoubtedly been naturalized through the medium of 

 commerce. 



302. Carpophilus dimidiatus. 



Nitidula dimidiata, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 261 (1792). 

 Carpophilus auropilosus, Wott., Ins. Mad. 117 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 38 (1857). 



-, Id., Cat. Can. Col. Ill (1864). 

 - dimidiatus, Murray, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxiv. 379 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Fuert., Can., Ten.), in 



