450. 

 ASPIDIPHORUS ORBICULATUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Dermestidae ? 



Type of the Genus, Nitidula orbiculata Gyl. 



AspiDiPHORUS Zieg., Meg., Sturm., Lat. — Arpidiphorus Gyl., Dej., 

 Curt. — Nitidula Gyl. 



AntenncE inserted before the eyes, as long as the head and thorax, 

 clavate, 10-jointed, basal joint large, cui-ved and subclavate, 2nd 

 stout subovate, narrowed at the base, as long as the 3rd which 

 is slender, 4th shorter, 3 following small and cup-shaped, the 

 remainder forming a stout pubescent elongated club, conical at 

 the apex (6). 



Labrum subquadrate, the angles rounded, the anterior margin 

 slightly concave and sjiaringly ciliated (1). 

 Mandibles trigonate, rounded externally, the internal margin 

 sinuated, slightly pubescent towards the apex (2). 

 MaxillcB composed of two rounded pubescent lobes, the internal 

 one the shortest. Palpi short 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd 

 the largest subglobose, 3rd subquadrate, 4th as long as the 2nd 

 but slender (3). 



Mentum hemispherical. Palpi triarticulate, basal joint very mi- 

 nute, 2nd stout subovate, 3rd small ovate, terminated by a vesicle 

 and a few hairs ; they are inserted at the base of the Lip which 

 is transverse and fringed with a few hairs (4). 

 lead rather large and transverse : eyes lateral small and prominent. 

 Thorax transverse, broadest at the base, the posterior margin lobed 

 at the centre. Scutellum distinct and semiorbicular . Elytra very 

 convex, suborbicular, quadrate, nearly twice as broad as the thorax. 

 Wings ample. Abdomen extending beyond the elytra. Legs rather 

 short. Tibiae simple compressed and dilated except at the base. 

 Tarsi 5-jointed, the joints very short excepting the 5th which is as 

 long as the others united and clavate. Claws acute (5, a fore leg ; 

 t hinder leg). 



)rbiculattjs Gyll. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 296. 1. Viennensis iliipy. 

 Subovate, piceous brown, head and thorax blackish, thickly and 

 minutely punctured : elytra slightly pubescent with nine punc- 

 tured striae on each. Antennae, mouth and legs pale ferruginous, 

 the club of the former black. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



