INSECTA. 537 



Anlerophagus KNOCK, Emphylus ERICHS., Paramecosoma CURTIS, 

 Atomaria KIRBY, Epistemus WESTW., ERICHS. 



Sp. Cryptophagus crenatus HERBST, Dermestes cellaris SCOPOLI, STURM 

 Deutschl. Ins. xvi. Tab. 313, fig. D. 



Stlvanus LATR. 



Mycetopliagus FABR., OLIV. Antennae gradually thicker to- 

 wards the apex or clavate. Labrum distinct, horny, covering man- 

 dibles. Mandibles with apex bidentate. Palps filiform, labial 

 short, maxillary longer, incrassate. Tarsi quadriarticulate, anterior 

 Df male triarticulate. 



Sp. Mycetophagus piceus FABR., Mycetoph. variabilis GYLL., PANZER Deutschl. 

 Ins. Heft i, Tab. 22, &c. 



Add genera Triphyllus MEG., Typhcea KIRBY, and some others 

 here omitted. 



Ptilium SCHUEPPEL, Trichopteryx KIRBY. Antennas straight, 

 yith eleven joints, the three terminal joints incrassated. Tarsi 

 ;riarticulate ; seta, furnished with terminal pulvillus, placed be- 

 ween the claws. Wings narrow, lanceolate, ciliated at the margin. 



Sp. Ptilium fasciculare, Trichopl. grandicollis ERICHS., STURM Deutschl. Ins. 

 xvn. Tab. 322, fig. i, &c. 



Small insects (scarcely more than "' long), living in ant-hills under 

 decaying leaves, the bark of trees, &c. with elytra often abbreviate, trun- 

 cated. Compare GILLMEISTER, STURM Deutschl. Ins. xvn. 1845, ERICHSON 

 Naturgesch. d. Ins. Deutschl. m. pp. 13 40. 



Dermestes L. Antennae frontal, straight, short, clavate, with 



llub mostly triarticulate. Mandibles short ; maxillae with two 



riaciniae, mostly membranous. Palps short, incrassated. Tarsi 



viih five joints. Abdomen with five ventral segments, free. Feet 



ontractile under the body. Elytra entirely covering abdomen. 



Sp. Dermestes lardarius L., BLANKAART Schouburg, Tab. xi. p. 96, figs. K, 

 L, M, DUMBRIL Cons. g6n. s. L Ins. PI. 6, fig. 10 ; 3'" long, black, with a 

 grey, transverse band at the base of the shield-covers ; very common in 

 houses. Derm, murinus L., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 40, Tab. 10, &c. 

 These insects in the larval and perfect states feed on all kinds of animal 

 substances : leather, bacon, &c. 



Note. The remaining sub-genera, composing the tribe of the 

 Dermestini, are furnished with a single frontal ocellus, which is 

 absent in Dermestes. 



