Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Ooleoptera of St. Helena. 307 



bring the species to light, and so enable us to decide positively 

 what it is. 



Fam. 3. CucujidsB. 



Genus 7. L^mophlgeus. 

 (Dejean) Erichs., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 315 (1845). 



8. Lcemoj)Mosus pusiUus^. 



Cucujtis minutus, Oliv. [nee Kugel. 1791], Ent. iv. bis, 8, 9 (1795). 



jmsillus, Schon., Syn. Ins. iii. 55 (1817). 



Lcemopldceus pusillus, WoU., Col. Atl. 132 (1865). 



Of the little L. pusillus — an insect so liable to transmission, 

 along with grain and other articles of commerce, throughout 

 the civilized world — a single example is now before me which 

 was taken by Mr. Melliss at St. Helena ; but, having clearly 

 no connexion with the real fauna of the island, it is of little 

 geographical importance. The species has, in like manner, 

 established itself in the Madeiran and Canarian groups. 



Genus 8. Ceyptamorpha. 

 Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 156 (1854). 



9. Cryptmnor]}ha nvusce. 



Cryptamorpha nmscs, WoU., loc. cit. 157, tab. iv. f. 1 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 51 (1857). 



, Id., Col. Atl. 133 (1865). 



A single example of this prettily marked insect — which in 

 Madeira occurs beneath the loose outer fibre of Banana stems 

 in and around Funchal — has been taken at St. Helena by Mr. 

 Melliss. I have no note as to its exact place of capture ; but 

 if (as in Madeira) it is attached to the Bananas, in all proba- 

 bility the species has been introduced into the island. 



Fam. 4. Cryptophagidae. 



Genus 9. Cryptophagus. 

 Herbst, Kaf. iv. 172 (1792). 



10. Cryjptopliagus affinis *. 



Ci-yptophagus affinis, Stiirm, Deutschl. Fna. xvi. 79 (1845). 



, Erich., Nat. der Lis. DeutscM. iii. 360 (1846). 



, WoU., Col. Atl. 137 (1865). 



A common European Cryptojphagus which — like Lcemo- 

 pliloeus pusillus, Mycetcea Mrta, and others — must clearly 

 have been imported into the island from more northern lati- 



