142 NECROPHAGA. DERMESTIDJE. 



immaculate ; finely punctured : head as wide as thorax, which is some- 

 what 4-drate, immarginate, with the sides smooth, the hinder angles pro- 

 minent ; the disc with 2 obscure stria? ; elytra with 3 faint impunctate 

 stria? ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Hertford: 5. 



1145 unifasciatus Lett. M. xi. 256. — Zool. J. ( Westw.) iv. pi. Sup. xlvii. f.2. 

 — Pale tawny-testaceous : thorax somewhat 4-drate, with 2 faint stria? ; 

 lateral margin entire ; elytra obsoletely punctate-striate, with an obscurely 

 defined brown spot on the disc. (L. 1^1.) 



Var. ? Cu. fasciatus Ste. M. 2d. ed. col. 65. — With a distinct brown band 

 across the elytra. Under bark of hornbeam ; Henault Forest. Var. ? 

 New Forest : 6. 



1146 monilicornis Marsham. — Ste. M. iv. 223. — Testaceous-red; head 

 broad ; eyes black ; thorax finely and sparingly punctured ; disc flat ; 

 elytra obsoletely striate; legs and antennae pale testaceous, the latter elon- 

 gate, filiform, with the 3 terminal joints thickened. (L. 1-1 \ 1.) Old 

 wood ; London and Cambridge : 3-6. 



1147 testaceus Fab. E. ii. 98. — Ste. M. iv. 224. pi. xxi. f. 6. — Testaceous, 

 shining ; eyes dusky ; thorax very glossy, somewhat 4-drate, thickly 

 punctured ; the sides smooth ; elytra spotless, faintly striated ; legs pale 

 testaceous, thighs compressed ; antenna? very long, filiform, the 3 terminal 

 joints more elongate. (L. |-1 1.) In flour, &c; London and Norwich: 5-6. 



(1148 minimus Fab. E. ii. 98. — Ste. M. iv. 224. note. — Ferruginous, with 

 the thorax somewhat 4-drate, the sides entire : elytra pale, very smooth. 

 (L. f 1.) Near, and in, London, in warehouses, &c. : 6.) 



202 Uleiota Latreille. 



1149 planata L. ii. 628. — Br. flavipes Pz. F. xcv. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 225. 

 — Pitchy-black ; opaque ; very much punctured : thorax with the sides 

 denticulated, the anterior angles produced ; elytra punctate-striate, with 

 an elevated ridge running parallel with the margin ; antenna?, legs, and 

 mouth reddish. (L. 3^1.) Very rare : Hermitage, South Lambeth ; 6. 



Fam. 24. DERMESTIDyE Leach. 

 cciii. Dermestes Ant. short; club 3-articulate, large, obtuse : palpi filiform; 



max. shorter than the maxilla? : body oblong, ovate, clothed with scales : 



tarsi entire, the basal joint shorter than the 2d. 

 cciv. Megatoma Ant. short ; club perfoliate : palpi filiform ; max. longer 



than the maxilla?, terminal joint ovate, truncate : body elongate, ovate : 



elytra parallel : tarsi with the 3 middle joints shortest, 

 ccv. Tiresias Ant. very short; club 3-articulate, serrated on the inner side: 



palpi with terminal joint somewhat securiform : body ovate, flattish : tho. 



with a central lobe behind : tarsi with the intermediate joints shortest. 

 ccvi. Attagenus Ant. moderate ; club 3-jointed, terminal joint large, very 



long in o* : palpi max. longer than the maxilla?, with apical joint elongate, 



ovate, narrowed : body ovate : tho. 3-lobate behind : tarsi with basal 



joint of poster, pair minute. 



203 Dermestes of Authors. 



1150 lardarius L. ii. 561. — Ste. M. iii. 121. — Cur. xv. pi. 682. — Ob- 

 long ; black : elytra at the base with a very broad dense ashy-pubescent 

 band, in which are 3 black dots : body beneath sparingly clothed with an 

 ashy pile. (L. 3-4 1.) In skins, bacon, &c. Generally distributed: 

 3-8. 



1151 murinus L. ii. 563. — Don. xv. pi. 515. — Ste. M. iii. 122. — Ob- 

 long ; black ; marbled above with cinerous ; 2 spots on the disc of the 



