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351. 

 CORYNETES VIOLACEUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cleridas Lat., Lea. 

 Type of the Genus, Dermestes violaceus Linn. 



CoRYNETES Fab. Stjst. Elcut. — Necrobia Oliv., Lat. — Dermestes Linn., 

 Fab. 



Antennce inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 

 as long as the thorax, clavate, curved, pubescent and pilose ; 

 11 -jointed, basal joint long and robust, 7 following short and 

 slender, the 2nd being a little longer and stouter, the 8th is ob- 

 ovate, the remainder forming an elongated, distinctly articulated 

 club, 9th joint semiovate, 1 0th cup-shaped, 11th scarcely so 

 large, transverse-ovate, pointed internally at the apex (6). 

 Labriim bilobed and ciliated, producing also a few long hairs (1). 

 Mandibles subtrigonate, curved and pilose externally, hooked and 

 acute at the apex, with a strong tooth beneath, internal margin 

 membranous and slightly pubescent below the middle (2). 

 Maxillce small, terminated by 2 rounded lobes, very pubescent 

 at the apex, the outer one obovate and the largest. Palpi long 

 stout and pilose, 4-jointed, basal joint small, 2nd long and robust 

 attenuated to the base, 3rd stout obtrigonate, 4th very long and 

 large, narrowed at the base, thin and rounded obliquely at the 

 apex (3). 



Mentum oblong. Lip obtrigonate, truncated at the base, angles 



rounded, anterior margin indented, sides hairy. Palpi nearly as 



long as the maxillary and reflexed, pilose, triarticulate, basal 



joint small, 2nd long robust, truncated at the apex, tapering at 



the base, 3rd very large, narrowest at the base, subconic, being 



truncated obliquely (4), 



Head transverse, subtrigonate. Eyes small and prominent. Thorax 



suborbicular, the posterior angles acute. Scutellum small and rounded. 



Elytra rather broader than the thorax, oval, truncated at the base, 



with a deep transverse impression below the scutellum. Wings ample. 



Legs, anterior pair rather the shortest. Thighs a little stout. Tibiae 



simple, rather slender with a fine spine at the apex. Tarsi ^-jointed, 



anterior the shortest, 3rd joint short and bilobed, 4th small, 5th long 



clavate (.5); posterior with the 3rd joint longer than the 1st (5 f). 



Claws notched at the base. 



Violaceus Linn. F. S. n. A22.—Fab. — Lat. — Fanz. 5. 6. — Oliv. 4. 

 No. 76 bis, pi. ]./. I, — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 326. 

 Very glossy, pubescent, pale cyaneous : mouth piceous : head 

 and thorax rather sparingly and coarsely punctured : elytra but 

 slightly pubescent, especially on the back, 10 rather irregular 

 lines of punctures on each, with a few very minute ones betweerj 

 them : antennae black ; legs greenish with ochreous pubescence, 

 underside of the tarsi ferruginous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



