ORDER COLEOPTR 



111 



Family Dermeiti 

 K -, aly i.i' pubes* ■ Mi. I h ; an. in 1 1 1 « ■ lai 



is destructn e i" mua llectionc 



Attagewu peiiio, which also eats holes in i 



i .1 of //<'.<- 



Fig. 121.— Museum pest. 



museum pesl is Anthrentu Fabr. (Fig. 121). .! '-//./- 



Linn, is the carpet beetle, introduced from Eun 

 Family Mycetophagidae Body dattened; head free. Living on 

 fungi and Under bark. '■' laguspu Say. 





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|2j Dermettea lardarixu and larva. Fio. 188.— ' pd"andi 



Family Cryptophagidae — Prothorax nearly or quiti - the 



»; hiud male tarsi sometimes 4- jointed. .1 

 Melsh. 



Family Cucujidi dy very Bat and long; abdomen « 



free segments. Living under bark, ants' nests, etc. S 

 meruit Linn breeds in bran, rice, and wheat. 



Familj Rhysgodidae. — Resembliug Carabidae; head with a 

 neck; living under bark. /.' -- • 111. 



Famih Colydiidae — Small insects, usuall} i I J li'i- 



drical form; with regular antennae; tarsi 4- jointi 



rial. Living under the bark of trees, in fui - ■ • earth. 



i,' J in »i l Say, 



