ERNOBIUS-MOLLIS (L) (COLEOPTERA, ANOBIIDAE) ESTABLISHED IN CALIFORNIA

The bark anobiid, Ernobius mollis (L.), was collected in Oakland, Cali fornia; thus providing the first unequivocal North American record of this species west of Texas. Adult and larval E. mollis were collected from a laboratory cage containing the originally infested branches ove r a nineteen-month period, and adults were observed in copulo, suggest ing re-infestation of the same bark-covered wood. Because E. mollis is generally considered among pests of structures in Europe and the sout hern hemisphere, the literature pertaining to E. mollis is reviewed he re in the event that it may assume economic importance in California.