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Show 1867-] MR. G. R. CROTCH ON AZOREAN COLEOPTERA. 375 92. P. CAESUS, Pr. Several specimens, from Flores, Terceira, and Fayal. 93. TROX SCABER, L. Abundant in the fowl-shed at Horta, Fayal; but clearly introduced. In Madeira a single specimen only has been noticed. 94. HETERODERES AZORICUS, Tarn, (ATLANTICUS, Cand.) <T1 XXIII. fig. 2.) . ' ' K Very abundant under stones, and probably universal. I have seen specimens from S. Miguel, Flores, Terceira, Fayal, and Corvo. M. Drouet also records it from Santa Maria. Mr. E. W . Janson, to whom I am indebted for a careful examination of this and the'fol-lowing Elateridce, informs me that it is nearly allied to H. rufan-gulus, Gyll., of Brazil. This and the remaining Elateridce are entirely new to the Atlantic fauna. 95. iEoLus MELLICULUS, Cand. (MORELETI, Tarn.). Mr. Janson informs me that the specimens taken by Mr. Godman are not distinguishable from the original Dejeanian types of the above South American species. It is very widely spread from Carthagena to Buenos Ayres, according to Candeze. The M. moreleti, Tarnier (1860), is slightly different in coloration; but of the few specimens before me no two are precisely alike. They were all taken at Horta, Fayal, under dead weeds. 96. MONOCREPIDIUS POSTICUS, Erichs. AA single specimen taken by Mr. Godman in Fayal is referable, as Mr. Janson informs me, to the above common Brazilian species. 97. ELASTRUS DOLOSUS, n. sp. One specimen only, in S. Miguel. This is probably the Ampedus, sp. 1, of M. Drouet's catalogue. 98. MELANOTUS DICHROUS, Erichs.? Mr. Janson refers a single specimen taken in Santa Maria to this South European species. 99. ATHOUS OBSOLETUS, 111. ? Three specimens taken in a garden at Ponte Delgada, S. Miguel, appear to be identical with the above species, which is an inhabitant of South Europe, and is new to the Atlantic fauna. 100. ATTALUS MINIATOCOLLIS, Tarnier. Terceira and Fayal, common on flowers. M. Drouet records it from Santa Maria. It is very closely allied to the Canarian A. ruficollis, Woll. 101. MALACHIUS MILITARIS, Woll. A single female specimen, from flowers near the Furnas. It differs |