108 NITIDULIDjE. 



locis similibus ac praecedens sed interdum etiam in aperto oc- 

 currens. 



Likewise an introduced species, and found in much the same places 

 as the C. mutilatus and hemipterus ; though I have occasionally met 

 with it in the open country, and on one occasion (in Fuerteventura) 

 from heneath the refuse of a camels' stable. It has been detected in 

 Madeira proper, as also in Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Tene- 

 riffe, of the Canarian Group. 



303. Carpophilus hemipteras. 



Dermestes hemipterus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 567 (1767). 

 Carpophilus hemipterus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 117 (1854). 



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



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



, Murray, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxiv. 362 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., 6r0m.), in locis 

 similibus ac praecedentes, hinc inde vulgaris. 



This widely spread insect has been naturalized (like the preceding 

 two) both at the Madeiras and Canaries, occurring about houses and 

 various kinds of stores particularly dried fruits. It is frequently 

 common in Madeira proper, and has been captured in Teneriffe and 

 Gomera (in the latter by the Messrs. Crotch) at the Canaries. 



304. Carpophilus tersus. 



Carpophilus tersus, Woll., Append, huj. op. 16. 



Habitat Canarienses (Gfom.\ a DD. Crotch in Euphorbia, quadam 

 emortua semel lectus. 



A single example of this distinct and rather large Carpophilus 

 was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late trip to 

 the Canaries. It was found beneath the bark of a dead Euphorbia, 

 and is doubtless therefore the exponent of a species which is truly 

 indigenous. 



(Subfam. III. NITIDULIDES.) 



Genus 96. EPUEJEA. 

 Erichson, in Germ. Zeitsch. iv. 267 (1843). 



305. Epuraea obsoleta. 



Nitidula obsoleta, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 256 (1792). 



Epuraea obsoleta, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 148 (1845). 



