NITIDULID^E. 109 



Nitidula obsoleta, Woll, Ins. Mad. 121 (1854). 

 f 2d., Cat. Mad. Col. 40 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice arbomm truncisque recenter 

 sectis in intermediis parce degens. 



The European E. obsoleta occurs sparingly throughout the inter- 

 mediate sylvan districts of Madeira proper, beneath the bark and 

 chippings of trees ; but it has not yet been observed in any of the 

 other islands. 



Genus 97. NITIDULA. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 77 (1775). 



306. Nitidula flexuosa. 



Nitidula flexuosa, Oliv., Ent. ii. 12. 7 (1790). 



, Wott., Ins. Mad. 119 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 39 (1857). 



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



Habitat Maderenses (P to S to ) et Canarienses (Fuert.), hinc inde in 

 ossibus parum vulgaris. 



Likewise a European species, and one which we may expect to be 

 found pretty generally in these Atlantic islands if searched for in 

 the proper places namely, in bones. Hitherto, however, it has been 

 taken only in Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group, and in Fuerte- 

 ventura at the Canaries. 



307. Nitidula 4-pustulata. 



Nitidula 4-pustulata, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 255 (1792). 



, Erich. , Nat. dcr Ins. Deutsch. iii. 159 (1845). 



, Wott., Ins. Mad. 119 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 39 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde in ossibus. 



Also a European Nitidula, and one which is not uncommon at low 

 and intermediate elevations in Madeira proper occurring in bones, 

 particularly about the towns and in cultivated spots. 



Genus 98. OMOSITA. 

 Erichson, in Germ. Zeitsch. iv. 298 (1843). 



308. Omosita discoidea. 



Nitidula discoidea, Fab., Syst. Ent. 78 (1775). 

 Omosita discoidea, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 168 (1845). 

 Nitidula discoidea, Wott., Ins. Mad, 120 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 39 (1857). 



