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G54. 

 HYLECCETUS DERMESTOIDES. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cantharidse ? 



Hyleccetus Lat., Dej., Curt. — Lymexylon Ffl6. — Cantharis Z/?'rtw. ? . 

 — ATeloe Linn. ^ . 



Antenna inserted before the eyes, a little longer than the head, 

 pubescent, compressed, slightly serrated, not much longer than 

 the head, 11-jointed, basal joint obovate, 2nd the smallest sub- 

 globose, 3rd the longest in the male (6), the remainder obtri- 

 gonate, the 6th and following a little produced on the inside, 

 apical joint almost as long as the 3rd, ovate-conic : rather shorter 

 and stouter in the female and tapering to the base and apex 

 (6 ? ), 3rd joint obovate -truncate. 



Labriim exserted, small, transverse, the sides rounded, the centre 

 slightly produced, the margin ciliated (1). 

 Mandibles short, trigonate, hairy outside, slightly bidentate at 

 the apex with a minute notch on the inside (2). 

 Maxilla small, with an acuminated lobe on the inside and an 

 ovate one at the apex, both ciliated. Palpi very large in the 

 male (3), 4-jointed, basal joint minute obtrigonate, 2nd more 

 cup-shaped, 3rd large, irregularly cup-shaped, with a large 

 double series of simple filaments united like ribs and inserted 

 on the outside at the base : simple in the female ( ? 4), basal 

 joint minute, 2nd elongated, clavate, 3rd subovate, 4th oblong 

 compressed. 



Mentum minute subquadrate. Lip as large as the mentum. 

 Palpi very much smaller than the maxillary in both sexes, yet 

 much longer than the lip (4), pubescent, triarticulate, basal 

 joint subovate, 2nd cup-shaped, 3rd a little the largest and sub- 

 ovate, oblong in the female. 

 Head orbicular slightly nutant : eyes small globose and lateral. Thorax 

 transverse, a little narrowed before : scutel subtrigonate truncate. 

 Elytra very long and. linear, nearly covering the abdomen. Wings 

 ample. Legs moderate, slender : tibiae, anterior rather the shortest 

 and stoutest, hinder with very tninute spurs : tarsi rather long, slender 

 and 5-jointed, basal joint long, the following decreasing in length, 

 the apical joint longer : claws curved acute (5, a fore leg). 



Dermestoides Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 28 F. 2nd edit. — Marci 

 Linn. — proboscideum Fab. } 



Pubescent, shining, minutely punctured ; elytra with 4 indistinct, 

 slightly elevated lines down each. Male black, the antennae 

 brown, legs ochreous ; or with the elytra ferruginous and the 

 apex fuscous. Female bright and deep ochreous : eyes black; 

 antennae fuscous, excejit at the base ; breast and base of abdo- 

 men fuscous. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. T. Desvignes, Mr. Shuckard, and the Author. 



