116 [October, 1844. 



2. C. pusillus. Pale rufous ; antenme and feet testaceous, x 1. long. 

 Pennsylvania. 



Latridlus pusillus, Melsh. Catal. 



Form and size of the preceding. Head and thorax punctulated, finely pubes- 

 cent, pale rufous, the first somewhat convex between the eyes, which are black : 

 antennce and feet testaceous : thorax convex, narrowed and rounded anteriorly, 

 transversely and widely indented before the basal margin : elytra deeper colored 

 than the thorax, clothed with an ashy pubescence, punctate-striate : beneath 

 dark rufous. 



Bermestidse, Leach. 



Teogoderma, Latr. 



T ] tarsale. Black ; antennae and tarsi testaceous ; elytra maculate with ru- 

 fous. If 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Body subovate, black, with minute short hairs : head finely punctulate : an- 

 tennre testaceous, thickened towards the apex, with all the joints, excepting the 

 three first, in $ , shortly pectinate, and the terminal joint long, lanceolate ; 

 antennas ( 9 ) very short, with the clava compactly four-jointed : thorax very 

 minutely punctured, sparsely covered with ashy and rufous pilose spots : elytra 

 finely and densely punctured, and minutely longitudinally wrinkled, maculate 

 with dull rufous, and with sparse ashy pilose irregular transverse lines : beneath 

 black ; femora piceous ; tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous. This is parhaps Der- 

 mophagus pectinatus, Dej. Catal. The larvae of this species infest entomolo- 

 gical collections. 



Anthrenus, Geoff. Fabr. 



1. A. destructor. Dark fuscous, densely clothed with minute ochraceous 

 scales; posterior thoracic angles and spots on the elytra, white. 1 — 1| 1. 

 long. Pennsylvania. Frequent in neglected insect collections. 



Anthrenus tricolor, Hbst. Col. VII- 333 1 

 » " museorum, Melsh. Catal. 



Brown, densely clothed above with ochraceous scales, particularly trie disk of 

 the thorax : antennae deep black : thorax with the sides of the basal margin, 

 hinder angles, and sometimes the middle lobe, white squamulose : elytra with 

 two or three irregular, undulated fasciae of minute white scales, sometimes dis- 

 posed only in spots : body beneath densely covered with minute ashy or white 

 scales, sometimes with the ventral segments laterally each with a dusky or black 

 spot : feet blackish, sparsely covered with ashy scales. Altogether different from 

 musseorum, Fabr., and does not satisfactorily agree with the description of tri- 

 color by Herbst. 



2. A. castaneae. Black; elytra dull red-brown, with scattered yellowish 

 scales. 1 1. long. 



Anthrenus castanese pumila, Melsh. Catal. 

 « « adspersus, Hbst. Col. VII. 332. 8 1 



Head black: antennse and feet dull rufous: thorax black, sometimes nearly 

 colored as the elytra, with the posterior margins and hinder angles sparsely 

 clothed with whitish or yellowish scales, and with a few scattered similarly co- 

 lored onos on the disk : elytra reddish-brown, with scattered yellowish scales, 



