THE DOMESXrC DERMESTES. 3.67 



Jrtg furniture, in comparifon wijih thofe worms \thieh no 

 invention has been able to deftroy. The acrid varniih, 

 tvhich is now extracted in fuch abundance from coal, pro- 

 mifes to be the inoll efFedual remedy againfl their enr 

 ciFoaehm€Bt&*. 



Jb'ermejics Zardarimf, 



This infecl is of a black colour, and eafily diilinguiftied 

 by a large tranfverfe ftripe covering the anterior pait af 

 the elytra, which is of a cinereous hue. The ftripe re- 

 ceives this pale colour from a number of final 1 gray hairs 

 which grow upon it ; it is irregular at the edges, and 

 rnterfeded tlirouglt- the middle by afmall tranfverfe flreak, 

 of black fpots, three in number, on each fide of the ely- 

 tra ; the middle fpot fomcwhat lower than the reft, gives 

 the black ftreak a ferpentine or undulating form J. 



This animal feeds upon cadaverous carcafes, and meat 

 verging to a ftate of putrefaftion; It makes its way into 

 ihe mufaeum, and is feen airong preparations, in num- 

 bers more than fufficient to gratify the curiofity of the 

 polfeflbr. In faft, it is among the greateft enemies of 

 Lis labours : and in the larva ftate, makes the greatcH 

 havock among the colleftions of infects §.. It then af- 



^ fumes 



• Vide Chap. i. feA. I. 



f Scarabe Diffcqueur oolr, Regne Anim. 



^ Barbnt ^n. mfevflorum . § Regiic AnimaJcj- Ord. i. gen. ti. 



