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and terminated in two hooks ; body oval or depressed ; head 

 oval and sunk in the thorax. 



The insects of this genus are found on dried animal substances, under the decay- 

 ed bark of trees, on mushrooms, and sometimes on flowers. 



N. bipvsiulata, Fab. Body oval, depressed, black, with a red point 

 towards the middle of each elytrum. Inhabits Europe. Lai. 

 Gen. ii. 11. 



Gen. IPS, Fab. Lat. Silpha, Lin. 



Antennae terminated in a perfoliated oblong club of three joints ; 

 tarsi with five joints ; palpi short, the last joint thickest ; 

 elytra truncated ; posterior extremity of the abdomen naked. 



The genera Cryptophagus and Aniherophagus of Paykull may be referred to this 

 genus. 



I. cellaris, Oliv. Very small, of a reddish-brown colour, pubes- 

 cent, with two teeth on each side of the thorax. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope, under the bark of trees. Nouv. Diet. xvi. 384. 



Gen. CERCUS, Lat. Dermestes, Lin. 



Body oval or oblong, slightly margined ; head small, oval, sunk 

 in the thorax ; antennae terminated in a perfoliated club ; 

 elytra coriaceous, shorter than the abdomen ; tarsi with five 

 joints, hairy or furnished with tufts below. 



C. pedicularius, Lat. Elytra short, dotted, reddish-brown ; breast 

 and eyes black ; feet yellow ; last segment of the abdomen nak- 

 ed. Europe, in meadows and moist places. Lat. Gen. ii. 16. 



Gen. DACNE, Lat. Engis, Fab. 



Antennae short, terminating abruptly in a perfoliated ovoid 

 club ; maxillary palpi filiform, and the labial clavate ; jaws 

 bifid ; elytra rounded posteriorly and covering the abdomen. 



D. humeralis, Lat. Body elliptical, black, shining, dotted ; anten- 

 nae, head, thorax, feet, and a point at the exterior base of the 

 elytra blood-red. Inhabits Europe, under the bark of trees. 

 Lat. Hist. x. pi. 81, fig. 1. 



Gen. BYTURUS, Lat. Dermestes, Fab. 



Antennas with the second joint larger than the third ; elytra 

 rounded posteriorly, and covering the greater part of the ab- 

 domen. 



B. tomentosus, Lat. Black, but appearing greenish or yellowish, 

 from the down with which it is covered ; antennae and feet ferru- 

 ginous yellow ; eyes black. 2 lines long. Inhabits Europe, on 

 wild flowers. Lat. Gen. ii. 18. 



Gen. MICROPEPLUS, Lat. Staphylinus, Fab. 



Club of the antennae of one joint, lodged in a cavity of the tho- 

 rax ; palpi scarcely visible, and the second joint of the maxil- 

 laries very gibbous. 



