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the elytra, and the pale color of the feet and antennae will distinguish the 

 species ; the elytra of the small specimen are black, while of the larger one, 

 they are reddish brown, with the base blackish, the dark color extending on the 

 suture to the middle and not being well denned. 



Anthrenus Fabr. 

 A. Antenna? ll-articulatae, clava triarticulata. 



1. A. t h o r a c i c u s, breviter ovatus supra niger, thoracis lateribus, elytris 

 fasciis tribus, guttaque apicali albosquamosis, anterioribus extrorsum confluen- 

 tibus, maculam magnam formantibus, sutura, humerisque subtus fulvo-squamosis. 

 Long. '10 14. 



Melsheimer, Proc Acad. Nat. Sc. 2, 117. 



Middle and Southern States. Differs from A. scrophulariae, by the large 

 external elytral white spot, and from A. pimpinellae by the orange colored suture. 

 The antennae and thighs are black; the tibiae and tarsi brownish; the under 

 surface is covered with white scales, portions of the pectus, and a lateral row of 

 spots on the abdomen are black. The posterior of the three elytral fascia is 

 rarely entire ; the apical spot is very small. A.adspersus Herbst, (Kafer, 

 7, 332, tab. 115, fig. 7,) may be a depauperated specimen of this species, but a 

 comparison will be necessary to determine the fact. 



2. A. 1 e p i d u s, breviter ovatus, supra niger ; thoracis lateribus albo-squa- 

 mosis, gutta nigra inclusa, elytris fasciis tribus angustis suturaque albo squamo- 

 sis, macula antica suturali aureo-squamosa ornatis, basi parce albo-squamosis. 

 Long. -11. 



San Diego, California : the fasciae at their origin on the suture run obliquely 

 backwards. The under surface is marked and colored as in the preceding. 



3. A. v a r i u s, ovatus, niger, supra luteo-squamosus, thoracis basi utrinque 

 et ante scutellum, elytrorumque fasciis tribus undatis albidis, infra albidus, an- 

 tennis pedibusque nigris. Long. 08 '11. 



Fabr. Syst. El. 1, 108. vide Er. Ins. Deutschl. 445. 



Anthrenus tricolor Herbst, Ins. 7, 333 ; tab. 115, fig. 8. 



Anthrenus destructor Mels. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 2, 116. 



Abundant in spring, on flowers, especially on those of the Peony; probably 

 imported from Europe, but now found even in California ; the larva is very 

 njurious to zoological collections. The antennae are entirely black, the club 

 narrower than in the preceding species, oval, with the three joints about equal 

 in size. The white scales of the under surface of the body are mixed towards 

 the sides and tip of the abdomen with yellow, the first segment of the abdomen 

 is entirely covered with scales. 



4. A. flavipes, breviter ovatus, niger, supra luteo-squamosus, fronte 

 thoracis lateribus (macula fulva inclusa), elytrorum guttis rotundatis sutu- 

 raque antice albo-squamosis, infra albo-squamosus, antennis pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis. Long. *12. 



One specimen, New York, Mr. Calverley. The club of the antennae is broad, 

 round and compressed ; the first joint of it is very small, and the second only 

 half as large as the last joint. The spots of the elytra seem inclined to form 

 three fasciae, and there is, besides, one at the middle of the base of each elytron. 

 The form of the body is that of A. thoracicus, and as in that species the first 

 joint of the abdomen has a denuded black line each side behind the coxa and the 

 white scales are mixed with yellow towards the sides of the abdomen. 



B. Antennae 8-articulatae, clava biarticulata. 



6. A. castaneae, ovalis minus convexus, niger, supra albo-conspersus, 

 thorace lateribus subangulatis, elytris saepissime fuscis, fasciis tribus basique 

 densius squamosis, antennis pedibusque plus minusve testaceis. Long. 06 08. 



Melsheimer, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 2, 116. 



Abundant in the Middle and Southern States, especially upon the flowers oi 



