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NITIDULIDJE. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, circa oppida in locis similibus ac pra> 

 cedens. 



The common European 0. discoidea is found in Madeira proper, in 

 similar places with the last species ; and, like it, it has probably been 

 naturalized from more northern latitudes. 



309. Omosita colon. 



Silplia colon, Linn., Fna Suec. 151. 462 (1761). 

 Nitidula colon, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 351 (1801). 

 Omosita colon, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 167 (1845). 

 Nitidula colon, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 39 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in ossibus minus frequens. 



The European 0. colon is less common in Madeira proper than 

 either of the two preceding species ; nevertheless it is found sparingly 

 around Eunchal, and has doubtless been introduced accidentally into 

 the island. 



Genus 99. PRIA. 

 (Kirby) StepK, III. Brit. Ent. iii. 49 (1830). 



310. Pria dulcamarse, 



Laria dulcamaras, Scop., Ent. Cam. 22 (1763). 

 Pria dulcamara?, Woll., Ins. Mad. 122 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 40 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 112 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Palmd), ad flores 

 varies late sed parce diflusa. 



This European insect occurs sparingly on flowers, at most ele- 

 vations, in Madeira proper ; and it has also been taken in Teneriife 

 and Palma, of the Canarian Group. 



Genus 100. MELIGETHES. 

 (Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 45 (1830). 



311. Meligethes echii. 



Meligethes Isoplexidis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 123 (1854). 

 Echii, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 40 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Hierro), ad 

 plantas EcJiii hinc inde in editioribus. 



Not uncommon at a rather high elevation in Madeira proper, 

 where it is attached principally (if not indeed altogether) to the 

 flowers and foliage of the gigantic Echium candicans. At the 



