154 MODERN CLASSIFICATION Of INSECTS. 



ments rather broader ; the terminal segment is entire, and the legs 

 are short. A smaller species of the same genus (Dermestes Surinam- 

 ensis Linn., Jig. 13. 12.) is sometimes found in similar situations. It 

 is, however, occasionally discovered in various distant parts of the 

 country. I possess specimens from Yorkshire, Epping Forest, and 

 Scotland, taken under the bark of trees. Mr. Ingpen has also fur- 

 nished me with a series of specimens of the insect in its various 

 states, found in bran in Scotland. The larva {fig. 13. lo.) resembles 

 that of S. dentatus, but is smaller ; it is of a whitish colour, as is 

 also the pupa {fig. 13. 11.), which has the head bent upon the breast, 

 and the margins of the abdomen, as well as the thorax, armed with 

 short thick points. 



M. Chevrolat has published an account of the small Continental 

 species Sphindus Gyllenhalii Dej. {fig. 13. 14.), found in the interior 

 of minute Lycoperdons. The mandibles are entire, the antennae 10- 

 jointed, and the tarsi heteromerous : hence M. Chevrolat considers 

 that it should be placed next to Tetratoma. A figure of the larva 

 {fig. 13. 13.) is given, drawn from a dried specimen; it is thick, or 

 oblong-ovate in form, with several blackish points, and clothed with 

 long, white, delicate, and distant hairs ; the extremity of the body is 

 entire, and rounded. 



In November 1832, I discovered a great number of the Mycetaea 

 hirta {fig. 13. 17. — 13. 18. mandible, 13. 19. maxilla, 13. 20. labium, 

 13. 21. posterior tarsus) in a large fungus, growing upon wood, in a 

 damp situation. These insects varied in their colours, according to 

 the length of time since their exclusion from the pupa, some being 

 almost white ; at the same time I found a great number of their Jarvaa 

 {fig. 13. 15., 13 16.), which are fleshy, and of a whitish colour, with a 

 dusky line down the back, caused by the dorsal vessel. They are of a 

 moderate length, and somewhat convex, the segments being divided by 

 deep incisions ; the head is small ; and the six legs are short, so that they 

 cannot be observed from above when the larvae walk ; the last segment 

 of the body is entire and rounded, and is furnished beneath with a 

 small anal proleg. They are entirely clothed with numerous thick and 

 clavate hairs ; when touched, they bend the head and tail towards 

 the breast. They prefer the dried part of the fungus, of which the 

 fresh and damp parts are first attacked by myriads of minute lead- 

 coloured shining Podurae. I did not find any pupae of this beetle. 

 Mr. Curtis {Brit. Ent. fol. 502.) and Mr. Saunders {Trans. Ent. Soc. 



