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large or larger than the preceding, terminate in a knob less 

 abrupt, and more narrow than in Dacne. 



The antennae of Antherophagus are thicker in propor- 

 tion, composed of more transverse articulations, and ter- 

 minated almost gradually in a knob ; proceeding from the 

 second to the eighth, they are almost equal. The Crypto- 

 phagiis silaceus of M. Gyllenhall, has on each side of the 

 under part of the head, a projection in the form of a tooth 

 or horn. The Tryphyllus of MM. Megerle and Dejean do 

 not differ from Crytophagus, but in the number of articula- 

 tions of the tarsi. 



We shall now pass on to some tribes in which the pre- 

 sternum is often dilated in the manner of a chin-cloth, and 

 which differ from the preceding by having their feet alto- 

 gether, or in part contractile ; the tarsi may be free, but the 

 legs at least are folded against the thighs. The mandibles 

 are short, generally thick, and denticulated. The body is 

 ovoid, thick, furnished with scales or slight hairs, which 

 colour it diversely. The antennas are usually shorter than 

 the head and corslet, and straight. The head is sunk in the 

 corslet as far as the eyes. The corslet is little edged or not 

 at all, trapezoid, wider posteriorly ; the middle of its posterior 

 edge is often a little prolonged or lobate. The larvae are 

 hairy, and feed, for the most part, on the spoils or carcasses 

 of animals. Many of them are extremely hurtful to ento- 

 mological collections. 



Those then whose feet are not completely contractile, the 

 tarsi remaining always free, with the legs narrow and elon- 

 gated, will form our seventh tribe (Dermesttni), and the 

 genus 



Dermestes. 



AspiDiPHOEus, Zieg. Dej. 



Are the only ones of this tribe whose antennae present but 



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