Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Goleoptera of 8t. Helena. 311 



was communicated by Mr. Melliss, along with his other St.- 

 Helena captures. 



Genus 15. Sapkinus. 

 Erichson, in Klug, Jahrb. i. 172 (1834). 



17. Swprinus lauhis, n. sp. 



S. siibmetallicus, nitidissimus ; capite prothoraceque senescentibus, 

 illo dense punctato, fronte ab epistomate linea transversa distincte 

 divisa, hoc versus latera et basin grosse punctato, in disco Iseviore, 

 ad latera nudo (nee ciliato) ; elytris cyaneis (vel subvirescenti- 

 cyaneis), sat dense ruguloso-punctatis, punctis in disco antico et 

 versus humeros obsoletis, striis JiumeraUbus obsoletis, subhumerali 

 distincta, longe ultra medium postice ducta, 4 dorsalihus ad me- 

 dium terminatis (4'* in suturalem integram antice arcuatam 

 coeunte) ; pygidio propygidioque obscurioribus, profunda punc- 

 tatis ; antennis pedibusque nigro-pieeis ; tibiis anticis circa 8-9- 

 denticulatis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



The blue tinge (at any rate on the elytra) and by no means 

 small size of this Sa2Dri7ius are somewhat suggestive at first 

 sight of the widely spread 8. semipunctatus ; but the fact of 

 its epistome being divided from the forehead by a strong trans- 

 verse line, in conjunction with its sutural stria being complete, 

 and uniting in front with the fourth discal one, remove it into 

 a totally diiferent section of the genus — characterized by such 

 North- American species as Javeti, patruelis^ and dimidiati- 

 pennis^ which, however, appear to be of considerably smaller 

 stature and less punctured on the surface. A single example of 

 this species is amongst the Goleoptera found by Mr. Melliss at 

 St. Helena. 



Fam. 8. AphodiadsB. 



Genus 16. Aphodius. 

 Illiger, Kaf. Preuss. i. 28 (1798). 



18. Ajphodius lividus*. 



ScarahcBus lividus, Oliv., Ent. i. 3. 86 (1789), 

 Aphodius lividus, WoU., Col. Atl. 178 (1865). 

 , Id., Col. Hesp. 89 (1867). 



A single example of this widely spread European Aphodius 

 — which occurs throughout northern and western Africa, and 

 in the Azorean, Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape Verde archi- 

 pelagos — is amongst the Goleoptera collected at St. Helena by 

 Mr. Melliss ; but as it is an insect which easily becomes dis- 

 seminated through indirect human agencies (particularly the 



