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1. Dermestaires , with the mesosternum longer than broad ; and 
2. Trogodermaires , wdth the mesosternum broader than long. 
The Dermestaires are again divided into two Ilarneaux/^ 
namely^ the Dermestates, with the prosternnm not produced in a 
gorget below the mouth, and the Megatomates, in which the 
prosternum forms a gorget. The former include the genera 
Dermestes and Attagenus ; the latter the knoAvn genera Mega^ 
toma and Hadrotoma, and the new genus Mcsalia. 
The Trogodermaires are likewise divided into two Rameaux 
— the Trogoderm,ateSi with all the tarsi free and tlie mesosternum 
notched in front, and tlic OrphilateSy with tlio anterior tarsi 
capable of being lodged in a furrow of tlic tibijc and tlic meso- 
sternum entire in front. The former group includes the genera 
Trogodcrjna, Tiresias, Anthremis, and Trinodcs ; the latter con- 
sists only of the genus Orphilus. By turns is not mentioned by 
the authors. Tlic species of llcdtcnbachcr^s genus Telopus arc 
also described (/. c. pp. 101-105). 
The following species are figured by Mulsant mid llcy : — DermesteS 
htrdarim (Idnn.), pi. l.figs. 1-5 (imago, larva, pupa, and details); Attagenus 
peUio (Linn.), pi. 1. figs. G-10 (imago with details and larva) ; TiresiaS serra 
(Fab.), pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Anthrenns scropludartce (Linn.), pi. 2. figs. 2-4 (imago 
and larva) ; Trinodcs hirtus (Fab.), pi. 2. figs. 5, 0 (imago and larva) ; Or- 
jdiilus niger (Rosai) = glahratus (Fab.), pi. 2. figs. 7,8 (imago and anterior 
leg) ; Megatoma nndata (Linn.), pi. 3. fig. 1 (imago) and figs. 3 & 0 (an- 
tenna) c? & $ ) ; Ilndrotoma marginata (Payk.), pi. 3. fig. 4 (imago), figs. 2 & 5 
(antennre S & $ ) ; and Trogoderma dongatxda (Fab.), pi. 3. figs. 7, 8 (imago 
and antenna), and 9, 10 (larva). 
Byiurus, Kiesenwetter (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, pp. 269-264) discusses 
the position of this genus, and reiterates his opinion, in opposition to that 
expressed by Gerstiicker, that it belongs to the Nitidiilarida). lie maintains 
that tlie clothing of the tarsi beneath is analogous in Bgturiis and the CxjcJira- 
mides, and refers to peculiarities in the structure of the tarsi and wings in 
support of his view. 
JDcnncstes cadaverinus (Fab.) and 1). pcruvmiUs (Cast.). Kraatz notices 
these species (Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1868, p. 336). 
Attagenus dichrotis (Lee.) altered to bkokr by Harold (Col. Ileftc, iv. 
p. 104) on account of A, dichrous (Roth). ■ ’ 
C. IIealy notices the habits and mole of life of Dermestes lardarius. En- 
tomologist, iv. pp. 59-64. 
Anthrdnus musceorum is figured with its larva and pupa, Amer. Natural, ii. 
p. 443, fig. 1. 
Thaumaglossa, g. n., Redtenbacher, Reise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. p. 43. 
Allied to Trogoderma ; antenna) 10-jointed, last joint very large. Sp. T, 
rufocainllata, sp. n., Redt. I c. p. 41, pi. 2. fig. 5, Ilong Kong. 
' Mesalia, 8'- l^^ulsant and Rey, Ann. Soc. 1 inn. Lyon, n. s. xv. p. l09. 
Allied to Hadrotoma] antennae 10-jointel; joint 1 of posterior tarsi, seen 
from beneath, nearly twice as long fs 2. Sp. M. f,tdikbeHi,a\\.-a., Mills. ^ 
Rey, 1. c. p. 109, Bresse. " 
