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the case in the Madeiran type ; but it is much longer than on the 

 villosum; added to which, its general aspect and the shape of its 

 prothorax are more in accordance with the velatum than with the 

 villosum. 



Whether (as above stated) the A. velatum be more in reality than 

 a geographical modification of the villosum, I cannot undertake to 

 decide. It seems to differ from the latter, mainly, in its much 

 longer and more erect pubescence, in its prothorax being a little 

 straighter at the sides and somewhat less rounded off behind, and 

 in its elytra being just perceptibly less parallel. 



640. Anobium paniceum. 



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

 Anobium paniceum, Wall., Ins. Mad. 277 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1867). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col 250 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Grow.), 

 in domibus mercatorumque repositoriis, passim. 



The A. paniceum, so liable to diffusion though human agencies 

 over the civilized world, occurs sparingly (in, and about, houses and 

 stores) in Madeira proper ; and it has likewise been captured in 

 Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Gomera, of the Canarian 

 Group. It will doubtless be found in all the islands which are in- 

 habited. 



641. Anobium striatum. 



Anobium striatim, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16.9 (1790). 

 Woll.,Ins.Mad. 278 (1854). 



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



-, Id., Cat. Can. Col 250 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), 

 late sed parce diffusum. 



This common European insect is widely scattered over these At- 

 lantic islands, where very likely it has become established from 

 higher latitudes, and where in all probability it is nearly universal. 

 It has been taken in Madeira proper and the Deserta Grande, of 

 the Madeiran Group, and in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the 

 Canaries. I have never met with it abundantly, and have captured 

 it for the most part in and about houses and cultivated grounds ; but 

 a note from Mr. G. R. Crotch, received during his sojourn in Gomera, 

 states that it " mines in profusion the fig- and mulberry- trees " in 

 that island. 



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