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cylindrical, the last long ; the labrum very small, formed of 

 two lobes ; the eyes very large ; the antennse filiform, with the 

 first joint large, the last rather long, and placed on the margin 

 of the eyes ; the anterior tarsi with the last joint bilobed ; 

 the posterior tarsi with basal joint obliterate ; the species we 

 have named Cicindeloides. It is hirsute, brown, the elytra 

 with a few longitudinal striae of elevated dots, also with two 

 transverse fasciae, and the tip yellow ; the legs pale, with the 

 tarsi black. The length is eight lines. 



We also add a new species of Clerus, with the specific 

 name of Kirhyi. It has the head with the front yellow, the 

 antennae and thorax black, hairy ; the elytra yellow, with two 

 black fascia near the base ; the apex black, with two large 

 orange spots. The species is from Brazil. The length seven 

 lines. 



The TiLLi frequent plants and flowers, and live on the 

 honeyed juices, which they find in abundance there. But 

 their larvae are never met with in similar places, and there is 

 reason to believe that they live in the substance of wood, or 

 in the ground, which distinguishes this genus from that of 

 chrysomela, whose larvae live on plants, and gnaw the leaves. 



Before we speak of the habits of Necrobia, it may be as 

 well to say a word on its classification. 



Almost all the insects which attack animal substances, as 

 well as the majority of those which live in dead wood, or 

 which destroy our furniture and provisions, have been for a 

 long time designated under the generic name of Dermestes. 

 Linnaeus, the creator, as we may call him, of Entomological 

 science, having but a small number of insects to present, 

 thought proper to unite them under but few divisions, and 

 those easy to be distinguished. The genera which that cele- 

 brated naturalist established, being clear and precise, sufficed, 

 during a certain period, for the researches which were made ; 

 but since this science has become more generally cultivated ; 



