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*N. alutaceus, Woll. — A smaller species, found in similar 
localities. 
ferrugineus, Woll. — Mr. Wollaston writes, compared with 
the others, this species “ may immediately he known by its nar- 
rower and more oblong outline and pale ferruginous hue, the elytra 
only being obscurely decorated with a darker suture and a more or 
less interrupted and anteriorly evanescent diseal line, both of which 
are sometimes barely traceable and at others conspicuous. All the 
species inhabit the vegetation of the high land. 
SUB-FAM. HOMCEODERIDES. 
Homceodera, Woll. 
Small black Beetles, taken from the vegetation on the high land, 
and at first sight much resembling those last described as 
Notioxeni. 
*H. rotundipennis, Woll. — About one-twelfth of an inch in 
length. 
*H. alutaceicollis, Woll. — Very common in the oak-leaf soil 
about Oaklands and The Hermitage; altitude 2000 feet above 
the sea. 
*H. pygmsea, Woll. — A somewhat smaller, but very similar 
species, and taken with the latter. 
*H. coriacea, Woll. — A very minute species, taken with the 
others. 
Fam. Bruchidcs. 
Bruchus, Gleoffi'. 
B. rufobrunneus, 'Woll. — A small, square-shaped, thick Beetle, 
about an eighth of an inch in length, and ol a reddish-brown colour, 
very common in houses on both high and low land, and ex- 
tremely fond of getting into rice, with which it may probably have 
been introduced into St, Helena. Mr. W ollaston remarks, that “ it 
is peculiarly liable to accidental importation throughout the 
civilized world, along with various seeds and fruits. 
B. advena, Woll. — A very similar species to the other. Mr. 
Wollaston says ; “ I feel it extremely likely that both of them are 
natives of the same country (wheresoever that may be), and may 
perhaps have become naturalized, through the medium of commerce, 
in the stores and granaries of St. Helena.” 
