30 CAPTURE OF ANOBIUM MOLLE. 
specimens into quills, and when I came to set them the following 
morning, I found that in the short space of one hour they had so 
effectually dismembered each other, as not to leave me one per- 
fect example. 
Mr. Stephens, in his description of this species, says, that the 
elytra have “the apex rounded and somewhat glossy;” but does 
not mention a pale spot, which is just within the apex of each 
elytron, and which is more particularly conspicuous when the 
insect is alive. 
THOMAS JOHN BOLD. 
Newcastle, July 1, 1846. 
The specimens exhibited are— 
Anobiwm molle, in its various stages. 
Trypodendron domesticum, a rare species, taken by Mr. James 
Hardy, near Axwell Park, in March last. 
Ophonus pubescens, also taken by Mr. Hardy, on the banks of the 
Wear, near Southwick, in May. 
