COLEOPTERA. 



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form and some of the parts of the body of the in- 

 sect remain fixed, retaining more or less of the con- 

 dition and aspect which characterized the caterpillar- 

 Hke larva. 



DERMESTID.^. 



The Buffalo-beetle or ''carpet-beetle," Anthre?ius 

 scrophularicB (Fig. 93, d), appeared in New England 



Fig- 93- 



in 1872. The beede is about one-twelfth of an inch 

 long, and is black with white and brick-red markings. 

 The distinct thoracic and abdominal rings of the larva 

 (Fig. 93, a) are supplied with tufts of hair, and from 

 the posterior part of the abdomen there extends back- 

 ward a long brush of delicate hairs. This hairy appear- 

 ance, together with the fact that the insect was first 

 found injuring carpets in Buffalo, N. Y., suggested the 

 name of Buffalo-beetle. The short legs are beneath, 



