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Genus 138. LITARGUS. 

 Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 415 (1846). 



448. Litargus pictus. 



Litargus pictus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 200, tab. iv. f. 5 (1854). 

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



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), inter lichenes ad truncos arborumvetustos 

 erescentes in sylvaticis editioribus occurrens. 



Peculiar apparently to the sylvan districts of Madeira proper at 

 intermediate and lofty elevations, where it is more particularly at- 

 tached to a gigantic fleshy lichen (known locally as the " Madre de 

 Louro ") which grows in large masses on the trunks of the native 

 laurels. 



449. Litargus pilosus. 



Litargus pilosus, WolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub quisquiliis in cultis inferioribus 

 degens. 



Also peculiar (so far as observed hitherto) to Madeira proper, but 

 totally different in its habits from the last species being confined 

 apparently to the lower elevations, and occurring for the most part 

 beneath vegetable (or even animal) refuse in the cultivated districts 

 near Funchal. 



450. Litargus 3-fasciatus. 



Litargus 3-fasciatus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 154 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (6?ow.), sub quisquiliis in cultis inferioribus oc- 

 currens. 



Strictly the Canarian representative of the L. pilosus of Madeira, 

 to which, indeed, it is closely allied. It was detected by Dr. Crotch 

 in Gomera, during the spring of 1862 ; and during the past summer 

 he (and his brother) again met with it in the same island, " under 

 old cucumber-stems, and other refuse, in cactus-grounds " near 

 Hermigua. 



Genus 139. TYPHJEA. 

 (Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 70 (1830). 



451. Typhaea fumata. 



Dermestes fumatus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 564 (1767). 

 Typhaea fumata, WolL, Ins. Mad. 199 (1854). 



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



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



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Tcn.,Gom.), 

 sub quisquiliis prsesertim in cultis hinc inde vulgaris. 



