﻿of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  JDinidor. 
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  spot 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  mesosternum 
  brown. 
  Legs 
  brownish 
  

   orange, 
  mottled 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  tibiaj 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  orange 
  ring 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  reddish, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint, 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  claws, 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  ; 
  coriaceous 
  

   portion 
  brownish 
  testaceous, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  

   and 
  mottled 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  membrane 
  brownish, 
  semi-transparent, 
  

   closely 
  reticulated 
  with 
  brown 
  nervures, 
  Margins 
  of 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  fulvous, 
  punctured 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  brownish 
  fulvous, 
  very 
  flat, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct, 
  smooth 
  central 
  

   furrow, 
  the 
  sides 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  black, 
  somewhat 
  confluent 
  

   spots. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  rendered 
  very 
  remarkable 
  by 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  its 
  

   scutellum, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  elevated 
  into 
  a 
  large 
  rounded 
  

   tubercle, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  slightly 
  emarginate, 
  and 
  bituberculate. 
  

   The 
  membrane 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  also 
  much 
  more 
  closely 
  reticulated 
  

   with 
  brown 
  nervures 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  described 
  species 
  of 
  

   Dinidor. 
  

  

  V. 
  Apparatus 
  for 
  destroying 
  Mould 
  on 
  Insects, 
  by 
  the 
  

   Vapour 
  of 
  Spirits 
  of 
  Wine. 
  Invented 
  by 
  M. 
  Victor 
  

   Ghiliani, 
  Employe 
  au 
  Museum 
  Royal 
  de 
  Turin. 
  Com- 
  

   municated 
  by 
  John 
  Curtis, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S, 
  

  

  [Read 
  1st 
  March, 
  1852.] 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  objects, 
  after 
  amassing 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  

   insects, 
  is 
  to 
  secure 
  its 
  preservation 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  essential 
  

   requisites 
  is 
  a 
  substantially-built 
  and 
  dry 
  house. 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  

   enumerate 
  the 
  diflSculties 
  in 
  tropical 
  countries 
  to 
  secure 
  preserved 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  natural 
  history 
  from 
  destruction 
  ; 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  North 
  

   America 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  climate, 
  in 
  some 
  parts, 
  are 
  so 
  pecu- 
  

   liar, 
  that 
  at 
  certain 
  periods 
  it 
  seems 
  next 
  to 
  an 
  impossibility 
  to 
  

   preserve 
  such 
  objects 
  from 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  damp. 
  In 
  England 
  there 
  

   are 
  three 
  enemies 
  to 
  contend 
  with 
  — 
  1st, 
  insects, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  Tinece, 
  Anoh'ia, 
  Anthrenl, 
  Acar'i, 
  and 
  an 
  Atropos; 
  2ndly, 
  grease 
  

   exuding 
  from 
  dead 
  specimens 
  ; 
  and 
  lastly, 
  moiddiness. 
  

  

  With 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  care, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  enemies 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   feared, 
  excepting 
  the 
  Atropos 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  glazed 
  drawers 
  or 
  air-tight 
  

   boxes, 
  with 
  a 
  constant 
  supply 
  of 
  camphor, 
  the 
  contents 
  are 
  secure 
  

   from 
  these 
  active 
  little 
  pests. 
  Thanks 
  to 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  

   Lepidopterists, 
  a 
  remedy 
  is 
  found 
  against 
  the 
  greasing 
  of 
  insects, 
  

   c 
  2 
  

  

  