BEETLES. !R3 



antennae have the last three joints enlarged. The eyes are 

 round. 



* T. fumata, Linn., is the only species. It is slightly 

 flattened, rusty-red or rusty-yellow, very closely punctured, 

 with fine sessile, yellow pubescence. The elytra are finely 

 punctate-striate. It is common in the decaying portions of 

 •old trees, and is not infrequent in houses. 



Family XYIII. DERMESTID-ffl (Bacon Beetles). 



The antennae, which are inserted on the front of the head, 

 are short, straight, and usually eleven -jointed, with a club 

 •composed usually of three, more rarely of two, or more than 

 three joints. The front coxa are conical, the posterior pair 

 flattened. The tarsi have five joints, and the abdomen is 

 •composed of five freely movable segments. Many species 

 frequent flowers, often in large numbers, and the larvce feed 

 -on dead animal substances. 



Genus Byturus, Latr. 

 There are no ocelli. Antennae with eleven joints, three 

 forming the club. The second and third joints of the tarsi 

 have lobate appendages, and the fourth is very small, and 

 hidden in the third. They are found on flowers. 



* B. fumatus, Fabr. Elongated, and closely covered with 

 jellowish-grey hair. It is found on flowers, and the larvae of 

 this beetle are well known as the whitish worms met with 

 in raspberries, and less commonly in blackberries. 



* B. toraentosus, Fabr. (Plate VL, Fig. 22). Is rather smaller 

 'than the preceding. It is either black with grey hair and 

 reddish -ochreous legs and antenna, or pitchy -brown with 

 yellowish -grey hair and orange legs and antennse. It is 

 -found on flowers. 



