92 MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 
surface, less whitened prothorax, and by its rugulose and more varie- 
gated elytra. Five specimens of it were captured by myself at Feijaa 
d’Ovelha (in the west of Madeira proper) during July 1855, 
247. Ptinus fragilis. 
Ptinus fragilis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 271 (1854). 
Inhabits the Central and Southern Dezertas, and Porto Santo, 
occurring amongst lichen in the crevices of the rocks. 
Genus 102. MEZIUM. 
(Leach) Curtis, Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828). 
248. Mezium sulcatum**, 
Ptinus sulcatus, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 73 (1781). 
,» Mshm, Ent. Brit. i, 91 (1802). 
Mezium suleatum, Curtis, Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 273 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring in and around houses. Im- 
ported. 




Genus 103. GIBBIUM. 
Scopoli, Int. ad Hist. Nat. 505 (1777). 
249. Gibbium scotias**, 
Ptinus scotias, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 74 (1831). 
Gibbium scotias, Kugell., in Schneid. Mag. iv. 502 (1794). 
, Sturm, Deutsch. Fra, xii. 32. tab. 248 (1837), 
— —., Woll., Ins. Mad. 274 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring in similar places as the last 
species; and, like it, being evidently introduced. 

Genus 104, ANOBIUM. 
Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 62 (1775). 
250. Anobium velatum. 
Anobium velatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 276. tab. v. f. 3 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and the Southern Dezerta, occurring at low 
elevations. 
251. Anobium striatum**. 
Anobium striatum, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16. 9 (1790), 
pertinax, Fab. [nec Linn. 1761], Ent. Syst. i. 237 (1792), 
striatum, Gyll., Ins. Suec. i. 291 (1808). 
——, Woll., Ins. Mad. 278 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and the Dezerta Grande, occurring sparingly at 
low and intermediate altitudes, 



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