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271. 

 APATE CAPUCINUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Bostricidae Lat., Leach. 

 Type of the Genus, Dermestes Capucina Linn. 

 Apate Fab., Payk., Dej. — Bostrichus Lat., Oliv. — Dermestes Lvm. 

 Antennce inserted close to the anterior margin of the eyes, clavate 

 10-jointed, basal joint longer and more robust than the 6 fol- 

 lowing which are slender, 2nd joint somewhat cup-shaped, 3rd 

 4th and 5th obovate, 6th and 7th more cup-shaped, the remainder 

 very large, the 8th and 9th somewhat obtrigonate, the 10th oval- 

 truncate (6). 



Labrum transverse-oval, densely clothed with long hairs (1). 

 Mandibles thick and trigonate, slightly acuminated but obtuse at 

 the apex (2). 



MaxillcE short, terminated by a large ovate lobe, very pilose at 

 the apex, and an equally large and similar lobe on the inside. 

 Palpi rather large, robust and very pilose, 4-jointed, basal joint 

 short, 2nd the longest, 3rd somewhat hatchet-shaped, 4th sub- 

 conic (3). 



Mentum subtrigonate, the posterior angles raised and producing 



long hairs. Lip large, heart-shaped, with a lobe in the centre. 



Palpi robust, very pilose, triarticulate, basal joint subglobose, 



2nd ovate-truncate, 3rd ovate (4). 



Head nutant received into the thorax level with the Eyes, v)hich are 



small globose and remote. Thorax globose, truncated obliquely before. 



Scutellum minute. Elytra very convex and elliptical, slightly dilated 



and rounded at the apex. Wings ample. Legs slender. Tibiae 



simple with small spurs at the apex. Tarsi 4-jointed, basal joint 



rather the longest, knotted near the base {being apparently an attempt 



to produce another joint), 3rd joint the smallest, 4th rather long. 



Claws dilated at the base (5, afore leg). 



Capucinus Linn. Faun. Suec.p. 142. n. 416. 



Black shining. Elytra and abdomen rufous. Palpi tipped with 

 red. Head pubescent and thickly punctured. Thorax pubescent, 

 except on the top, granulated and tuberculated, globose, sloped 

 off in front, with a transverse ridge. Elytra semicylindric, thickly 

 and deeply punctured, having 3 obscurely elevated lines on each. 

 Underside and legs pubescent, apex of the tarsi and claws cas- 

 taneous. 

 In the Cabinets of Mr. Haworth, Mr. Sparshall, and Mr. Stone. 



