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r CETOPHAGID^E. 



445. Myrmecoxenus picinus. 



Myrmechoxenus picinus, Aube, Ann. Soc. Ent. deFr.,viii. 330 (1850). 

 Myrniecoxenus picinus, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 265 (1860). 

 sordidus, Id., Cat. Can. Col 152 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Fuert.}, sub quisquiliis 

 rarissimus. 



An insect which occurs sparingly in Madeiran latitudes, and of 

 which I have seen hitherto but three Atlantic examples. Two of 

 them were taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, in his 

 garden above Funchal ; and the remaining one by myself in Fuerte- 

 ventura of the Canarian Group, from beneath the refuse of a camels' 

 stable in the Eio Palmas. 



Genus 136. MYCETJEA. 

 (Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 80 (1830). 



446. Mycetaea hirta. 



Dermestes fumatus, Mshm [nee Linn. 1767], Ent. Brit. 65 (1802). 

 Cryptophagus hirtus, Gytt. [nee Mshm, 1802], Ins. Suec. i. 184 (1808). 

 Mycetea funiata, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 81 (1830). 

 hirta, WolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 70 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, in cultis et praecipue circa domos oc- 

 currens. 



This widely spread European insect occurs on the inner walls of 

 houses, and about cultivated spots generally, in Madeira proper, 

 where it has doubtless been established accidentally from more 

 northern latitudes. 



Genus 137. SYMBIOTES. 



Redtenbacher, Fna Austr. 198 (1849). 



447. Symbiotes pygmaeus. 



Symbiotes pygmasus, Hampe, in Ent. Zeit. Stett. 353 (1850). 

 Microchondrus domuum, WolL, Ins. Mad. 197, tab. iv. f. 2 (1854). 



f Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857). 



Symbiotes pygmeeus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 153 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Palma}, rarissimus. 



Likewise a European insect, but one which is found very sparingly 

 in these islands. It is to be met with occasionally in Madeira pro- 

 per, both about houses and beneath the bark of trees in cultivated 

 grounds ; and two examples were taken by Mr. Gray in Palma, during 

 our Canarian trip. 



