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Ptinns scotias, Fab. .S/)ce. Ins. i. 74 (1781). 



, OUv. Iliit. ii. 17. 9 (1790). 



Gibhium scotias, Kugell. in ScJmeid. Mac/, iv. 502 (1794). 

 , Sturm, Beutscli. Fna, xii. 32. tab. 248 (1837). 



Habitat in iisdem locis ac praBcedens, sed illo paulo rarius, 



G. ovate (being attenuated in front and inflated behind), bright reddish-chestnut, impunctate, glabrous 

 and shining. Head with an abbreviated costa on either side, behind the insertion of the antennae, 

 — terminating abruptly in front. Prothorax short and minute, narrowed anteriorly and broad 

 behind (the sides being continuous with the base of the elytra) ; and 'produced backwards, or 

 angulatcd, in the centre of its posterior margin into the place of the scutellum. Elytra some- 

 what translucent, and with indications of being longitudinally dappled. Antenna and kffs long 

 and robust (though not (juite so thickened as in Mezium), and densely clothed with fine, yellowish, 

 and rather silken scales; i\x& former with their apical joint long, and straightly acuminated at its 

 extremity. 



Likewise a common Em-opean insect, although perhaps not quite so generally 

 distributed as the 31. sulcatum. It occurs under the same circumstances as that 

 species,— namely in and about the houses of Funchal ; and has unquestionably 

 been imported into the island from more northern latitudes. 



Genus 96. ANOBIUM. (Tab. V. fig. 3.) 

 Fabricius, S^yst. Unf. 62 (1775). 



Corpus parvum vel mediocre, subcylindrico-oblongum, sat durum : capite deflexo, sub prothorace vix 

 abscondito : scutello distincto : alis amplis. Antenna distantes leviter clavatse, artieulis primo et 

 secundo robustis (illo longiore crassiore), tertio ad octavum minutis subsequalibus, reliquis lon- 

 gissimis snbrequalibus, clavam elongatam laxam intus subserratam efficientibus (ultimo elongato- 

 ovato). Labrum corneum transversum, autice pilosum integrum. Mandibula magnje cornese 

 validse latae subtriangulares obtusse, infra apicem dente robusto obtuso instructse. Maxilla 

 bilobae, lobis submembranaceis apice pubescentibus ; externa leviter incui-vo ; interna paulo 

 breviore angustiore. Palpi subclavati ; maxillares articulo primo parvo, secundo et tertio 

 crassioribus subaqualibus, ultimo elongato robusto subfusiformi-ovato ; labiates artieulis primo et 

 secundo longitudine subsequalibus (illo graeiliore), ultimo elongato robusto subsecuriformi-ovato. 

 Mentum corneum subtriangulare, apice truncatum. Ligula membranacea cordata, apice pilosa. 

 Pedes parum graciles subcontractiles : femoribus hand clavatis, sidcatis (tibias subrecipientibus) : 

 tarsis artieulis quatuor baseos longitudine decrescentibus. 



Although typically somewhat more lignivorous, the Anohia, in their habits, 

 have much in common with the Ptini. They may however be easily recognised 

 from the members of that genus by their more cylindrical and longer bodies, by 

 their distant and subclavated antennae, and by their apically-bidentate mandibles, 

 —in all of which respects it will be perceived that they make an evident approach 

 towards Cis. The proportions indeed of their anteunal joints (the first two of 

 which are rather robust, the following six very minute, and the terminal three 



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