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647. Anobium ptilinoides. 



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

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



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), rarissimum ; in domo quadam antiqua 

 supra Funchal a Dom. Leacock frequenter captum. 



Found in Madeira proper, but extremely rare. Indeed the only 

 spot in which it has hitherto been observed is an old house (the 

 Quinta dos Padres) about two miles from Funchal, in the parish of 

 S. Antonio where it was detected originally by Mr. Leacock, and 

 where occasional specimens have been captured by him subsequently. 



Genus 204. PTILINUS. 

 Geoffrey, Hist. Abr. des Ins. i. 65 (1764). 



648. Ptilinus pectinicornis. 



Dermestes pectinicornis, Linn., Fna Suec. 141 (1761). 

 Ptilinus pectinicornis, Dufts., Fna Austr. iii. 43 (1825). 



, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 331 (1830). 



, Redt., Fna Austr. 353 (1849). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in domibus circa urbem Funchalensem 

 parce occurrens ; forsan ex Europa introductus. 



A few specimens of this common European Ptilinus were taken 

 by the late Mr. Bewicke and myself, in his house the Quinta da 

 Palmeira, above Funchal, in Madeira proper. There can be little 

 doubt that the species has been introduced accidentally from more 

 northern latitudes. 



649. Ptilinus cylindripennis. 



Ptilinus cylindripennis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 285 (1854). 

 ,Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in cultis et circa domos lignum antiquum 

 perforans. Prascipue in inferioribus sed interdum in locis pa- 

 rum elevatis occurrit. 



Taken in Madeira proper at low and intermediate elevations 

 (especially the former), where it occurs principally about vineyards 

 and cultivated grounds, boring into old wood generally. In fact it 

 is strictly the representative in the Madeiran Group of the Canarian 

 P. lepidus, though at the same time most distinct from that insect 

 specifically. 



The males of both of these Atlantic Ptilini are scarcely distin- 

 guishable from those of the common European P. pectinicornis ; and 



