12 COLEOPTERA. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Dermestes violaceus. D. nigro caerulescens, thai 

 race villoso, pedibus nigris. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 563. 

 Gmel. 1594. Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 56. 

 Schaeffer, Icon.pl. 166. Jig. 4. a. b. 

 Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc.5. No. 6. 

 Inhabits Europe, and is sometimes found on flowers. 

 PI. 3. a. The D. violaceus of the natural size, 

 b. The same magnified, c. c. Antennae. 



