A. EH. Verril—The Bermuda Islands. 795 
Monocrepidius lividus (Dej., t. Schwarz.) Plate xcix ; figure 13. 
This Elater, sent by Miss Hayward in October, has the outer poste- 
rior angles of the prothorax prolonged in a sharp spine ; elytra 
strongly suleate ; color blackish brown. Length, 12™™. 
Dermestids; Larder Beetles ; Carpet Beetles, ete. 
Among the numerous introduced species injurious to stored pro- 
visions are several beetles of the family Dermestide. Of these we 
can record the following : Larder-beetle (Dermestes lardarius), fig. 
171, destructive to all dry animal substances; Carpet-beetle or Buffalo- 
171 171la 172 
Figure 171.—Larder-beetle (Dermestes lardarius), x11 ; and larva, nat. size. 
Figure 171a.—Carpet-beetle, with larva and pupa; after Riley, x3. Figure 
172.—Museum-beetle (A. verbasci) ; a, larva; b, pupa; c, imago; x6, All 
from Webster’s International Dictionary. 
bug (Anthrenus scrophularie), fig. 1714, whose larva is destructive 
to woolens, but the imago is common on flowers in spring; Museum- 
beetle (A. verbasci= A. varius), fig. 172, whose larva infests not 
168 
Figure 173.—Tapestry-beetle, x 31g; a, imago; 6, larva; after Chittenden. 
Figure 168.—Ham-beetle (Necrobia rufipes); a, imago; x4; b, larva, x6. 
From Webster’s International Dictionary ; after Howard and Marlatt. 
Figure 168a.—Hard-back (Ligyrus gibbosus), x 11g; after Chittenden. 
only bird skins and dried insects, but also all sorts of dried animal 
substances and some dry vegetable products; Black Carpet-beetle or 
