250 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. 



which distinguish it, additionally, from the A. vela turn have been fuUy 

 pointed out in my paper on the Canarian Anobiadce. 



402. Anobium paniceum. 



Dermestes paniceus, Linn., Fna Sitec. 431 (1761). 

 Anobium paniceimi, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ill. 340 (1880). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 277 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857). 



Habitat in domibus Lanzarotae, Canarise, Teneriffae et Gomerae, 

 passim. 



Clearly naturalized through the medium of commerce — being a 

 species liable to importation, in farinaceous substances, throughout 

 the civilized world. I have taken it sparingly, in or about houses, 

 in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe ; and I have examined a 

 specimen which was found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. 



403. Anobium moUe. 



Dermestes mollis, Linn., Fna Suec. 415 (1761). 

 Anobium molle, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 341 (1830). 

 , Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857). 



Habitat Palmam ; mense Maio a.d. 1858 specimen unieum (mor- 

 tuum) cepi. 



A single example of what I believe to be the common European 

 A. molle was taken by myself, dead, from out of a cone of a Finus 

 canariensis in the Barranco above S'^ Cruz in the island of Palma, 

 during May 1858. Although considerably mutilated, I can detect 

 nothing about it to warrant the suspicion that it is distinct from that 

 species. It occurs also, sparingly, around Funchal in Madeira. 



404. Anobium striatum. 



Anobium striatum, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16. 9 (1790). 



, Gyll, Ins. Suec. i. 291 (1808). 



, Wall., Lis. Mad. 278 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857). 



Habitat in domibus Teneriffae et Palmae, baud frequens. 



This common Eiu-opean insect (which is rather abundant in Ma- 

 deira, and which is evidently a mere importation into these islands) 

 is decidedly scarce at the Canaries. I have, however, taken it spa- 

 ringly in houses both in Teneriffe and Palma, in the former of which 

 it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch. 



405. Anobium cryptophagoides, n. sp. 



A. oblongo-ovatum, rufo-brunneum, sat nitidum, grosse sericeo-pu- 

 bescens ; prothorace subconico (ad latera baud explanato-margi- 



