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punctatus, medio nigricanti, marginibusque lateralibus albo to- 

 mentosis. Sciitellum hirsutmn seu pilis albis obsitum. Elytra 

 castanea, subtomentosa. Corpus infra albido-pilosum, seg- 

 mentis abdominis castaneo-maculatis, trigonoque concolori in 

 medio singulorum posito. Pedes castanei. Long. lin. 4, lat. 

 lin. 2. 

 Mr. Hope imagines that the remarkable light colour arises pro- 

 bably from the exclusion of light, and not in this case from the 

 drugs used in embalming. From one skull more than 270 tolerably 

 perfect specimens were taken, and from the remaining fragments of 

 others, probably double that number lived, propagated their spe- 

 cies, and died without ever seeing the light. The perfect pupas are 

 not abundant. " The remains of the empty cases, however," ob- 

 serves Mr. Pettigrew, " would lead me to believe that the greater 

 part of them arrived at the imago state some time after the process 

 of embalming was completed, when, as mummies, they were depo- 

 sited in their respective mausolea." 



5. Dermestes Roei, Hope, in op. cit., p. 55. Totum corpus supra 

 nigrum subtus albo-pilosuni. Antennas capitulo nigro, cteteris 

 articulis rubris. Thorax ater, lateribus cinereo-villosis. Cor- 

 pus infra albo-pilosum, lateribus abdominis antice macula 

 magna ovata notatis, posticeque segraentis utrinque minoribus 

 maculis variegatis. Long. lin. 3, lat. lin. 1-i-. 



6. Dermestes elongatus, Hope, in op. cit. p. 55. Differs from all 

 others of the genus by its elongate oblong form, but is in too mu- 

 tilated a state to describe, the antennse and legs being wanting. 



7. Pimelia spinulosal King. Remnants apparently of this spe- 

 cies of Phnelia, which is common in Egypt, were found in one 

 of the mummies. 



8. Copris Sabaeus ? Found by Passalacqua, embalmed, and so 

 named on the testimony of Latreille. 



9. Copris Midas, Fabr. 



10. Copris Piihecius, Fabr. 



11. A species of Cantliaris, on the collection of Passalacqua, from 

 Thebes. (No. 442.) 



Pupce of Dipterous Insects. — In the head of one mummy was 

 found a considerable quantity of the pupae of Dipterous insects, ap- 

 parently a distinct species, and from their appearance Mr. Hope 

 was led to remark that the process of embalming could not possibly 

 be a rapid one. Some of the pupse c;;ses were empty, and the 

 major part of them contained the dried up insects almost in a state 

 of perfection. Li another mummy were also found immense num- 



