REMARKS AND ANNOTATIONS 



ON THE 



SPECIES OF LINNEAN COLEOPTERA 



Dermestes, Linneus ; or Hide Eater. 



Sp. 1. Lardarius* — This species seems widely 

 dispersed throughout the earth, and in many in- 

 stances, has been transported in shipping to various 

 parts of the world. A new species from the Hima- 

 laya so closely resembles that of Europe, that it is 

 almost impossible to distinguish them apart. 



Sp. 7. Typographies. — Now of the genus Tomicus 

 Latreille. Linneus gives Europe as its true country, 

 while Kalm considers it an American insect, and 

 the same species as that belonging to England. 

 It seems probable that two distinct species have 

 been confounded together. 



Sp. 10. Poligraphus ; read Polygraphus. 



Sp, 11. Piniperda. — These insects occasion great 

 destruction in plantations of Larch. In Shropshire, 

 they are occasionally very abundant. When the 

 trees appear dwarfish and scrubby, I have almost 

 invariably found that Hylurgus Piniperda had taken 



