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261. Dermestes vulpinus. 



Dermestes vulpiuus, Fah., Spec. Ins. i. 64 (1781). 



, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1888). 



, Stunn, DeuUch. Fna, xix. 42. tab. 350. f. A (1847). 



, JFolL, Ins. Mad. 202 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 72 (1857). 



Habitat Lanzarotam, Teneriffam et Gomeram, in cadaveribus pelli- 

 busque sat vulgaris. 



The almost cosmopolitan D. vulpinus (well characterized by the 

 exceedingly minnte spine with which the extreme apex of each of its 

 elytra is furnished) is occasionally pretty abimdant, in certain spots, 

 at the Canaries. Hitherto, however, I have myself observed it only 

 in Lanzarote and Teneriffe, — namely, near Arrecife of the former 

 (where it was taken also by Mr. Gray), and near S*'' Cruz of the 

 latter (where it was found likewise by the Barao do Castello de Paiva). 

 But it was captured in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It occurs in Madeira. 



262. Dermestes Frischii. 



Dermestes Frischii, Kuqel., in Schneid. Maq. 478 (1794). 



, Sturm, Beutsch. Fna, xix. 44. tab. 350. f. D (1847). 



, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Dmtsch. iii. 428 (1848). 



Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam et Teneriffam, in iisdem locis ac 

 praecedens. 



The present Dermestes is almost identical prima facie with the vul- 

 pinus ; nevertheless the apices of its elytra are destitute of the minute 

 spinules which characterize that insect, its pubescence is blacker 

 (with the paler portions, however, at the sides of the head and pro- 

 thorax and on the scuteUum, usually of a clearer white), and the 

 ultimate segment of its abdomen beneath has merely a small, ter- 

 minal, sublunate dark patch — instead of a band extending along its 

 entire length. It is about equally common in these islands with the 

 preceding species, with which it is generally found in company. It 

 was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, from out of dead animals, near 

 Arrecife, of Lanzarote ; and subsequently, by myself, in the sandy 

 region of Grand Canary between Las Palmas and the Isleta, as also 

 close to S'" Cruz in Teneriffe. 



Genus 113. ATTAGENUS. 



Latreille, Gen. Crust, et In^. ii. 32 (1802). 



263. Attagenus pellio. 



Dermestes pellio, Linn., Fna Suee. 141 (17G1). 

 , Fab., Si/st. Bleu. i. 313 (1801). 



