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applicato, necnon in medio acute lobato (z. e. in angulum medium producto) : scutello minu- 

 tissimo, ifigre observando : alts amplis. Antenna brevissimse (capitis longitudiiie) clavatse, in 

 fovea sub margine pvothoracis inter otium repositfe, articulis primo et ^ecundo robustis, mde 

 ad octavum minutis subaequalibus, reliquis clavam magnam subsolidam triarticulatam efficien- 

 tibus. Labrum transversum, antice integrum rotuudatum ciliatum. Mandibula validre curtse 

 arcuatjE acuta;. Maxilla bilobre : lobo externa pubescenti : interno setaceo, intus ciliato. Palpi 

 iiliformes, articulo ultimo cylindrico apice truncato. Mentum amplum, subquadratum antice 

 angustatum, apice \dx emarginatum. Li</ula lata cordata. Pedes breves gracillimi retractiles : 

 femoribus tibiisqae (insecto quieto) corpori arete applicandis : tarsis liberis, articulis quatuor 

 baseos subsequalibus. 



Anthreniis is supposed to constitute a passage between tlie present family and 

 the ByrrUdcB, agreeing with the former ia the structiu-e and habits of its larvse, 

 and in the squamose, variegated surface and slender Umbs of its imago ; whilst ia 

 the contractility of its legs and antennse (which is more perfect than in the re- 

 mainder of the Dermestklce, — albeit not complete, since the tarsi are free), and in 

 its s-eneral subglobose contour it assimilates the latter. In their modes of life 

 moreover the species are, likewise, somewhat intermediate between Dermestes and 

 Byrrhus, being found not only amongst skins, bones, furs, &c., but also in the 

 open country on the flowers of Umbelllferw, or even, occasionally, like the true 

 Byrrlii, adhering to the undersides of stones in grassy spots. 



162. Anthrenus varius. 



A. suborbiculatus niger vel fusco-niger et squamis luteis variegatus, prothorace circa angulos posticos 

 necnon ad angulum ipsum medium niveo-squamoso, elytris fasciis tribus undatis (plus minusve 

 distinctis) niveo-squamosis ornato ; subtus squamis niveis dcnsius tectus ; antennis pedibusque 

 nigris. 



Long. Corp. lin. \-\^- 



Anthrenus Verhasci, Oliv. (nee Liim. 1767) i:nt. ii. 14. 7. pi. 1. fig. 2a-d (1790). 



mriiis, Y&h.Snt. S//st. i. 262 (1792). 



, Stiirm, Deutsch. Fna, ii. 127 (1807). 



Verbasci, Hear, Fna Col Helv. i. 441 (1841). 



varius, Erich. Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 455 (1848). 



Habitat Maderam australem, circa domos vel inter flores in hortis Funchalensibus, tempore vernali 

 vulgaris. 



A. suborbicular, black or brownish-black, and with the entire upper surface more or less densely 

 clothed with luteous or golden-yellow scales. Prothorax with the region about the hmder 

 angles, and a minute spot at the central angle of the posterior margin with the scales more or 

 less snowy-white. Ebjtra with three transverse, flexuous, or zigzag fasciae (sometimes a good 

 deal interrupted, and occasionally altogether obliterated), likewise, composed of white scales. 

 Body beneath with the scales very thickly set, and almost entirely white, — a small basal space at 

 either lateral edge of each of the abdominal segments (near which there are indications, also, of a 

 few scattered yellowish scales) being alone dark. Antenna and legs black. 



