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252. Anobium paniceum**, 
Dermestes paniceum, Linn., Fna Suec, 431 (1761). 
Anobium paniceum, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16. 10 (1790). 
, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. ii. 340 (1830). 
— — _, Woll., Ins. Mad, 277 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, being attached to houses in Funchal. 
Imported. 


253. Anobium molle**, 
A. subcylindricum ferrugineum pubescens et ubique subtiliter granu- 
latum, prothorace subsequo, antice producto compresso, ad latera 
(versus angulos posticos) leviter explanato, antennis elongatis, 
articulis funiculi haud minutis (alternatim longiusculis_ brevi- 
usculis). 
Long. corp. lin. 21-21, 
Dermestes mollis, Linn., Fna Suec. 415 (1761). 
Anobium molle, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 823 (1801). 
‘ , Gyll., Ins. Suec. i. 296 (1808). 
—— — , Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent, iii. 341 (1830). 


. subeylindrical, ferruginous, densely clothed with a decumbent 
pile, and closely beset all over with minute granules, which have 
the appearance of punctures. Prothoraw rather short, produced in 
front, and laterally compressed towards the anterior angles; almost 
even on the disk, though with indications of an obsolete keel 
behind; with the sides somewhat flattened outwards, especially 
towards the posterior angles; and with the granules coarser than 
on the elytra. lytra concolorous with the rest of the surface ; 
unstriated; and with just perceptible traces (particularly in the 
male sex) of being obscurely nodose immediately before the apex, 
—a structure which is apt to cause the pubescence to be more 
apparent (and to seem therefore a little paler) at that point. 
Antenne long and slender, and with the joints between the second 
one and the club very much longer than in the other Anobia here 
enumerated,—being, moreover (inter se), alternately somewhat 
long and short. 
Two specimens of the common European A, molle were captured 
by myself in Funchal (in the garden of Mr. Bayman, at the Quinta 
da Fayilla) during the spring of 1855. It is probably an introduced 
species, from more northern latitudes. 
254. Anobium Ptilinoides. 
Anobium Ptilinoides, Woll., Ins. Mad. 278 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring in old houses near Funchal, 
Rare. (Discovered by Mr. Leacock.) 
