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ST. HELENA. 
Fam. Cerambicidce. 
Curtomerus, Steph. 
C. pilicornis, Fab. — A narrow, light reddish-brown Beetle, 
of nocturnal habits, about half an inch or more in length. I 
captured it on the window-blind inside of the house at 
Maldivia, in the town, where it had evidently been attracted 
through the open window by the light of a candle. It is not very 
common, and most likely a recent importation, inasmuch as Mr. 
Wollaston writes : “ It is the opinion likewise of Mr. Pascoe that it 
is not truly a native ol St. Helena; for he informs me that its 
proper country is the West Indies, and that it is so liable to acci- 
dental transportation (I presume, along with timber), that it has 
been taken alive on one or two occasions even in England.” 
Fam. Lamiidce. 
Coptops, Serv. 
C. bidens, Fab. A large mottled brown and grey Longicorn, 
from a half to two-thirds of an inch in length, and robust in pro- 
portion, not common, but occasionally seen about the houses and 
trees in Jamestown only. It is undoubtedly an importation into 
the Island. 
Fam. llaliicidai. 
Longitarsus, Lat. 
* L - mellissii, Wolf— Both this and the following species are 
pretty, very black, and shiny little Beetles, which inhabit only the 
fresh green fern and cabbage-tree foliage, on the highest land, near 
Diana’s Peak. That they are purely indigenous cannot be doubted ; 
and they are easily distinguished from all the other Beetles 
by their power of hopping, which they exercise as readily as 
the grasshopper, rendering their capture not at all easy. 
'\L. helenae, Woll. — A species very similar to the other, but 
about half its size. 
Fam. Cassididce. 
Aspidomorpha, Hope. 
A. miliaris, Fab. — I did not meet with this insect, and Mr- 
