132 CUCUJID^. 



Lsemophloeus pusillus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 321 (1846). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 162 (1854). 



; id. t Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Can., Ten.), cum fru- 

 mentariis et cset. in insulas certe introductus. 



This little Lcemophlceus (which is a species liable to transportation, 

 with grain and other articles of commerce, throughout the civilized 

 world) occasionally teems in the storehouses of Funchal, in Madeira 

 proper ; and I have taken it (though sparingly) in similar situations 

 at Las Palmas in Grand Canary, as well as in S ta Cruz of Teneriffe. 



378. Laemophlceus ferrugineus. 



Cucujus ferrugineus (Creutz.), Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 232 (1831). 

 Lsemophlosus ferrugineus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 322 (1846). 



1 Woll., Ins. Mad. 163 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in locis similibus ac praecedens, ex alienis 

 introductus. 



Also an introduced species (probably with grain, &c.), like the L. 

 pusillus. Hitherto, however, it has been observed only in Madeira 

 proper, where it is occasionally common in houses and about various 

 kinds of stores. 



379. Laexnophlceus clavicollis. 



Lsemophlreus clavicollis et vermiculatus, Wol.,Ins.Mad.l61,~L63(\-854). 



- et , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52, 53 (1857). 



, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 150 (1862). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 130 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub cortice 

 arborum necnon etiam plantarum, late sed vix copiose diffusus. 



An almost universal insect throughout these Atlantic islands ; for 

 although at the Madeiran Group it has hitherto been detected only 

 in Madeira proper, we may nevertheless expect it to occur wherever 

 there are plants large enough to afford bark beneath which it can 

 secrete itself. At the Canaries it has been taken in the whole seven 

 islands of the archipelago, and I even met with it on the little rock 

 of Lobos (off the north of Fuerteventura) in the Bocayna Strait. It 

 is found under bark generally, whether of trees or plants, preferring 

 perhaps the various species of Euphorbia. 



rowed posteriorly ; and its elytral lines are both more distinct and (at any rate 

 the inner ones) less evanescent in front. The pronotum, moreover, of its male 

 sex has usually two large impressions (or rounded foveec) placed longitudinally 

 on either side of the hinder disk. 



