60 OMn COL£OPTr.RA. 



Ii^ y. Aniii«i«!«ATA. (PUK'XxUI, ng.6.) 



llon.l niul thornx Muck : vhUn Murk, with two y«-ll..w !«i«<'t» on each ihtnini, shining ; 

 the i«.«liTi-.r 'i-it In *>mrwhut <»viil ; \i\>\ht aikI oiilrr miglrt black. 



Ii,. iiiniTTrLATia. ( *''«»* «X'*'f *«• 8) 



(\.|..r l.n.wu, aitll : dytni ninrkeil with tw.t UrK« jrrlluw «lot». Lrnglh aliout two and h 

 luilf linc"' 



( Dr iijidrN. 



lii.M^ ( I t 1 Jl S Cui-vuuM (Hirl.st). 

 Anfcnufl' Jihorl, iii<»nilifi>rm or clavntf ; Usui jolut »hort. 



Cvcium ri.Aviii-s ( Plate xxli, fig. 2 ) 



Dcpri-sMti, flat '«r oinpn'ss*'*! : color uiiifi>rni, inclining to hrick r«tl ; alKluim-n U-low 

 tiark, nml nearly black iij-un the margins. Ix-n^h uUmt half an inch 



DuMLsTiii i.ARi>ARU». (Flaiexxii, ng ;. ) 



B-xly oval, sul<c..nvcx. Mack, with a pray l»ar pawing acroM the anterior part i-f the iljira, 

 in which arc tlin-e tints ou each elytniui 



The eenn« Dirmkstks ij nnnied from dmnn, a skin, with whii h the larrr make gTrat 

 raTiye*. eatlni? the surface <i'> as to cause the Imir to fall i>fT. The Drrmrslcs Inrdariut com- 

 mit-* its .|eiire«lati<>n.s in houst's, usually in furs, meat. i»ork, Imcn (whence it is smielimes 

 calletl ificon fcMg-), Collections of Injects, etc. when storetl away without pn>tecli..n. It is 

 alxjut one-f-urth of an inch long, nearly hlack ; the hase of the elytra ash-color, with 

 three small Mark sjMits. 



This siK-cies is actire in attacking all aninwl collections of natural hi.story : from this 

 dopr«tl.'it<ir. they are he^^t protected by arsenic. Articles of domestic consumption should 

 be preserved by i>reventatlve measures, such as enclosing hams in canvnss and white- 

 washing them. 



The Dermfsirs ru//»i;ii/jr Is dislinindshitl fpiiu the lardarius, by having the elytra entirely 

 bbick, and the under sides and under parts »ov<re«l with white scales. It is very destruc- 

 tive to hitles, in which It Is imp>rted. In France, it has U-en obs*'rve<l to )>erforat<> walls 

 b«illt of stone «on enouuh to l>e broken by the null. It is fouml in America, Euro|>t< and 

 Asia 



Then- are several other inswts which are ilesinictive to skins, and to anatomical and 

 naturnl history collection** : one of them is the .ln/Arenw* muttttrvm {Hyrr. mtnforuv%. 

 Liim /) It is not a native <f this country : it is, however, replace«l by the .if. rfM/rwr/or, 



