484 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
Gen. BiTOMA. 
, B. crenata, Herbst. Stepli. Curtis, vol. vi. pi. 283. 
Mr Curtis informs us that this insect had not been dis- 
covered when Marsham published his Coleoptera, but 
that it was taken a few years afterwards by Mr Haworth, 
and has been found more recently in the New Forest, un- 
der the bark of beech-trees. It inhabits Duddingston 
Wood in this neighbourhood, where it feeds on the Poly- 
porus squamosus. 
Gen. Corticaria. 
C. crenulata, StepK 
Not common. 
C. gibbosa, Steph, Cortic. impressa, Marsh. 
At the roots of grass in damp shady places, occasional. 
Gen. Latridius. 
L. porcatus, Herbst. Steph. Cortic. puUa, Marsh. 
Usually found among grass, and under the bark of trees, 
not unfrequent. Figget Whins, &c. &c. 
L. ferrugineus, Kirhy. Steph. 
Among grass at Ravelston, 
Fam. DERMESTIDiE. 
Gen. Dermestes. 
D. lardarius. Linn. Marsh. Steph. 
On decaying animal substances, &c. ; generally in or near 
houses, not unfrequent. 
D. murinus, Linn. Marsh. Don. Steph. 
In such situations as the preceding, but not so common. 
