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DERMESTID^E. 



served hitherto in Lanzarote, Grand Canary (by the Messrs. Crotch, 

 near Las Palmas), Teneriffe, and Gomera. It has been likewise 

 naturalized at the Cape de Yerdes. 



456. Dermestes Frischii. 



Dermestes Frischii, Kugel, in Schneid. Mag. 478 (1794). 



, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 441 (1846). 



Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xix. 44, tab. 350. f. D (1847). 



, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 155 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.,Can.,Ten.),ui locissimilibus ac preecedens. 



Likewise a European Dermestes, and one which occurs (in much the 

 same sort of places as the vulpinus) at the Canarian Group. It has 

 been captured in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe. And it 

 is found likewise at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of Africa. 



Genus 143. ATTAGENUS. 

 Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. ii. 32 (1807). 



457. Attagenus megatoma. 



Dermestes megatoma, Fab., Ent. Syst. v. Suppl. 71 (1798). 

 Attagenus megatoma, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 441 (1846). 



} Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xix. 76, tab. 355. f. C (1847). 



, Woll., Ins. Mad. 204 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 72 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.') et Canarienses (Gom.), in domibus ra- 

 rior ; certe ex alienis introductus. 



The European A. megatoma occurs sparingly, about houses, in 

 Madeira proper ; and two examples are now before me which were 

 taken in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, by the Messrs. Crotch. It 

 is doubtless an imported insect, through the medium of commerce. 



458. Attagenus Schsefferi. 



Megatoma Schsefferi, Herbst, Kaf. iv. 93 (1791). 



macellarium ?, Brulle, in J^ebb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). 



Attagenus Schsefferi, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 440 (1846). 



, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xix. 75, tab. 355. f. A (1847). 



f Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 266 (1860). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col 156 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), certe introductus ; 

 in domibus mercatorumque repositoriis hinc inde occurrens. 



Like the last species, clearly introduced into these islands by 

 human agency. It occurs sparingly in houses in Madeira proper ; 

 and I have taken it in similar situations at S ta Cruz, in Teneriffe. 



