1 44 HELOCERA. BYRRHIDiE. 



Fam. 25. BYRRHIDiE Leach 



ccvii. Anthrenus Ant. 1 ] -jointed ; club somewhat solid, 3 -articulate : tho. 

 3-lobed behind : body orbiculate-ovate, flattish, densely clothed with de- 

 ciduous scales : legs short, compressed ; tarsi exposed. 



ccviii. Aspidiphorus Ant. 10-jointed ; club long, 3-articulate : tho. 3-lobed 

 behind : body somewhat orbiculate, slightly pubescent : elytra rounded at 

 the apex : legs slender ; tarsi elongate. 



ccix. Trinodes Ant. 10-jointed ; club 3-articulate : tho. 3-lobed behind : 

 body ovate, somewhat convex, densely pilose : legs slender, pilose ; tarsi 

 longish. 



ccx. Limnichus Ant. 11-jointed, longish ; 2 basal joints short, stouter than 

 the following ; club 4-articulate : tho. waved at the base : body ovate, 

 convex, slightly pubescent : legs short, compressed ; tarsi short, stout. 



ccxi. Svncalypta Ant. 11-jointed, 3d joint small; club 3-articulate: tho. 

 rounded behind: body ovate, hemispheric: elytra striate, rigidly setose : 

 legs compressed ; tarsi elongate. 



ccxii. Nosodendron Ant. 11-jointed, 3d joint very long; club large, 3- 

 articulate : tho. rounded behind : elytra punctate, fasciculated : legs short, 

 compressed ; tibia serrated ; tarsi short. 



ccxiii. Bvrrhus Ant. 11-jointed; club 5-articulate, gradually thickened to 

 the tip : palpi with terminal joint truncate : tho. slightly waved behind : 

 body ovate-globose, convex, sericeous : legs short, compressed ; tibiae dilated 

 and slightly serrated ; tarsi moderate. 



ccxiv. Oomorphus Ant. 11-jointed, 8th joint small ; club 5-articulate : tho. 

 slightly waved behind : body glabrous, broadly ovate : legs short, com- 

 pressed ; tibia, dilated, ciliated ; tarsi short, 3d joint bilobed. 



ccxv. Simplocaria Ant. 1 1 -jointed ; club 5-articulate : palpi with terminal 

 joint acute : tho. waved behind : body ovate, convex ; elytra pilose : legs 

 longish, slender, slightly compressed ; tibiae not grooved to receive the 

 tarsi, which are longish. 



207 Anthrenus Geoffroy. 



1160 Verbasci L. ii. 568. — Ste. M. iii. 129. — An. Scrophulariae Samou. 

 pi. 2. f. 4. ? — Brown-black ; above nearly clothed with luteous- scales, the 

 thorax with a narrow striola in front, a dot behind, and the sides broadly 

 white ; the elytra with 3 white bands ; body ashy beneath ; tibiae and 

 tarsi dusky. (L. 1^1.) In flowers ; London district : 4-7. 



1161 Museorum L. ii. 568. — Shaw, G. Z. vi. pi. 13.— Ste. M. iii. 129. 



— Brown-black, irrorated with rusty scales ; sides of the thorax and cen- 

 tral lobe densely clothed with whitish ones : elytra with 3 bands composed 

 of whitish and tawny scales, irregularly bent and sometimes confluent, 

 and forming a pale spot ; tibiae and tarsi reddish. (L. 1-lf 1.) London 

 district ; Bottisham ; York ; Swansea : 4-6. 



1162 varius Fab. E. i. 108. — Ste. M. iii. 130. — Ashy; with the thorax 

 and elytra varied with fuscous and cinerous scales ; body beneath ashy and 

 spotless. (L. 1 1.) London; and Crwmlyn Burrows, near Swansea: 4-6. 



1163 Scrophulariae L. ii. 568. — Ste. D. F. ii. pi. 36. — Ste. M. iii. 130. 



— Above black ; beneath whitish, spotted with black on the sides ; sides 

 of the thorax, and 3 irregular flexuous bands on the elytra of white scales ; 

 the suture densely covered with bright red scales ; tibiae and tarsi reddish ; 

 antennae testaceous, club black. (L. 1-J-l^ 1.) Rare; near London and 

 Edinburgh : 6. 



J 164 Pimpinellae Fab. E. i. 106 Pz. F. c. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 131. — 



Abo*e black, varied with red and white scales : elytra densely clothed with 



