DER 
rand its near allies (Dill, Mufc. t. 27, 
-ealled by Acharius Peltidea. The rite erroneoufly com- 
prehends L. pulmonarius under this genus, which is other- 
-wife tolerably natural, and will probably be retained under 
its Acharian name. 
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aa gael in Geography, a {mall 
and anciently fortified town of Germany, in the bifhopric 
of Fulda, and circle of ne Upper nei which now be- 
longs to the new kingdom of Weftphalia 
DERMESTES, in Entomology, a genus of coleoptera, 
“Thefe have the antenna clavate, the ae pedolisced: and 
three of che joints thicker than the others: the thorax convex 
-and flightly margined : head infleMed and concealed the 
thorax. Lin melin divides the dermettes genus into 
two families ; the fir ee thofe with the jaw bifid, 
‘the other fuch as hav e jaw a 
nngan genus d 
number of infeéts, dtcribed by Thunterg under the title of 
nobium, and of the Ips of Olivier, and a ie of Pallas. 
Fabricius forms hea genera of the Linnzan dermeftes. 
e greater number of 
pais ftate on the dried fins of anima's, and indeed imo 
any kind of animal fubftances; they are ecedals deftructive 
to leather, and alfo to Gabe. and fome of the f{pecies are too 
well known from the havoc they occafion eo books and 
‘furniture. A few kinds are found on flower 
Species. 
RDARIUS. Black; = part oe oe seeeee 
aa with a black dot on Lin 
his infe& ee that infelts the dad “fkins, and 
ether preparations of a 
feums; and i 
is oval and hairy, and it is in this 
ftate the infe& tees mi ife whief. 
Loncatus. Black; wing cafes at the bafe and pof- 
terior band livid; antenne and legs ferruginous. Linn 
uec. Native of Europ 
Oblong ae black wing-cafes with a dou- 
ble aie aa band. tin. Oliv. Found chiefly in 
rotten animal pa ata In eu ope. 
PELLIO. a white fpot on each wing-cafe. 
inn. Inf. Dermefles bipundatus, De- 
Donov. “Btit. 
ae The larva a this kind is oblong, and hairy, with the tail 
briftly ; its pore of iife are ee 7 ete of dermeftes 
lardarius ; and it | aie inhabits 
MaceLari uU ena Tee pitchy. Fabr. 
Refembles D. lardarius, rand is found in Germany. 
ADAVERINUS. mouth ferruginous. Fa be 
Found in St. Helens; the antenivz are brown with the club 
ferruginous, and the abdomen cinereous beneath. 
Cc py oe anterior part of the wing-cafes 
teftaceous ; 3 ab n white. Fabr. 
" Inhabits New Holland and New Zealand. 
are brown, with the club ios. al 
black, at the fides wy 3 legs 
The antenne 
head and thorax 
Taira vat black ; wing-cafes with 
three acl cinereous baad, Fabr. Byrrhus fi fufeus, &e. 
colr, 
Inhabits Europe. The margin of the thorax in this {pe- 
cies is civereous at the bafe, and the wing-cafes marked with 
a\cinereous dot at the tip. 
DER 
20. me Oblong, and black with twenty white 
dots. 
ree in ; Soxony. Nine of the white dots are difpofed 
on each of the wing an and one on each fide of the thorax. 
Bicotor. Od and black, oe teftaceous 3 
wing-cales tiated, oeabr, Tuihabits Germ 
Domesrticus. ack; wing- Sea Sia with black 
margin ; thorax villous. Linn. Fn. Suec. Native of Eu- 
rope. 
VIOLACEUS. 
Blueith-black ; — downy; Linn. Fa. 
Geo 
Suec, Clerus nigroceruleus. 
Frequent in decayed hears Ebtenee, and fometimes 
found on flowers. A native 
Ru — Bluciblck thor — legs rufous. 
Fabr. inm rufipes, 'T 
Ano 
Found in yak and feome to be a variety of dermeftes 
violaceus, 
Ruricouus. Violaceous; thorax and wing-cafes rufous 
at the bafe. Fabr. Native of Africa and India. 
Eus. Blue, hairy, and linear. Fabr. = 
Hirtus. Deep Nes and hairy. Gmel. la atray 
Fabr. Native of Europe. 
ESTRALIS. Che fnut; head ee 3 thorax fule 
cous. Linn. Byrrhbus ‘fenefr alis, M 
Commonly found crawling 
the northern parts of Europe. 
uuPinus. Oblong, {mooth, and black; fides of the 
thorax cinereous oe beneath whitifh, Fabr. Native 
of the Cape of Good ope. 
Pe Oblong, cinereous, downy and immaculate. 
Fabr. 
Found in Van Diemen’s land, and is nearly allied to the 
pecies Vulpinus. 
URINUS. ee downy, black and white clouded ; 
abdomen fnowy. Fab 
The larva is brown oun the mouth deep black; and is 
frequent in rotten animal pease! €s. 
TESSELLATUS. ong and iL fufcous and cine- 
reous clouded; abdomen fufcous. 
Navatis. Elongated; eancus. brown, with the 
eyes eae oon Native of New Zeala 
on ne a of windows in 
eyifh; thorax and wingeeafes fcabrous. 
Fabr. Tohabits the fame country as the 
EUS. ong, teftaceous; eyes eer abdomen at 
the bafe ica Fabr. Native of Hollar 
Fumat Oblong teftaceous; eyes ‘black. Linn. 
Fn. Suey Des o. Scop. Found on flowers ia 
ope. 
Picirzs. Oblong blackifh; legs pitchy. Fabr. Inha- 
its Saxon 
Cuinensts. Oblong ferruginous; wing-cafes ftriated. 
abr. Found in feeds brought t from China 
Panickus. ng rg acus eyes rufous, Linn 
Fn. Suec. Larva ovate, bee and glofly. Inhabits Gyetcn: 
UGINEUS. ferruyinous, ay es cylin- 
drical ; wing-cafes aber. Lin 
usraTius. Deep black, gloffy, a very annie. lefs 
aia mel. Found on fungi in the ifle of St. 
Euftatius. 
Pepicuuanios. 
Psat ican wing-cafes abbre- 
viated. Lin 
Suec. Frequent on flowers in Europe 
" Oblone villous, fufcous and iqoheealate. 
Inhabits Saxony. 
Oblong, villous and grey; head with 
Fabr. Found in England and other 
ee of Europe, 
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