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agencies) over the civilized world. It is common, chiefly in the 
warehouses and stores, throughout the Madeiran, Canarian, and 
Cape Verde groups.” 
Fam. Trogositidce. 
Trogosita, Oliv. 
T. mauritanica, Linn. — A dark reddish-brown, flat Beetle, 
one-third of an inch in length, taken in the town, of which Mr. 
Wollaston says : “ Of course totally unconnected with the true fauna 
of the Island, yet, having been taken by Mr. Melliss, it would seem 
at any rate to have established itself in the storehouses and granaries 
of St. Helena, in like manner as it has done in most regions of the 
civilized world. It is very common throughout the Madeiran, 
Canarian, and Cape Verde archipelagos.” 
Fam. Cucujidce. 
Lsemophlceus, Erichs. 
L. pusillus, Sch on. — A minute brown Beetle, one-tenth of an 
inch in length, of which Mr. Wollaston writes : “ An insect very liable 
to transmission, along with grain and other articles of commerce, 
throughout the civilized world ; but, having clearly no connexion 
with the real fauna of the Island, it is of little geographical im- 
portance. The species has, in like manner, established itself in the 
Madeiran and Canarian groups.” 
Cryptamorpha, Woll. 
C. musae, Woll.— A light-brown Beetle, one-sixth of an inch in 
length, of which Mr. Wollaston writes : “ In Madeira it occurs beneath 
the loose outer fibre of banana stems, in and around Funchal ;” and in 
St. Helena I found it abundantly amongst the old banana trees and 
rotting vegetation in a pond at The Hermitage, 2000 feet above 
the sea. 
Silvanus, Lat. 
S. surinamensis, Linn. — A minute brown Beetle, of which Mr 
Wollaston writes : “A single example of this almost cosmopolitan 
Silvanus is amongst the collection of insects taken recently by Mr 
Melliss at St. Helena ; and although, of course, totally unconnected 
