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IPS QUADRIPUNCTATA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Nitidulidae Curt. Necrophagi Lat . 
Tz/pe q/ 1 the Genus, Dermestes ferrugineus Linn. 
Ips Fab., Herb., Panz., Gyll . — Nitidula Lat., Oliv., Marsh. — Der- 
mestes & Silpha Linn. 
Antennce inserted before the eyes, as long as the head, capitate, 
pilose, 11 -jointed, basal joint the longest robust subovate, 2nd 
short oblong, 3rd longer, the 5 following sub-perfoliate, increas- 
ing in diameter, cup-shaped $ the remainder forming a com- 
pressed club, clothed with a few hairs, the 9th and 10th joints 
being bowl-shaped, the 11th semiorbicular (6). 
Labrum concealed under the clypeus, horny trigonate, the mar- 
gin sinuated and densely ciliated, excepting a small space in the 
centre, on each side of which are 3 long hairs (1). 
Mandibles large, curved externally, the apex produced, oblique 
and emarginated, in one forming a tooth with a broader one 
slightly notched, the space below membranous and thickly 
clothed with hair (2.) 
Maxillae short at the base, but produced above into a long and 
broad sublanceolate lobe, densely clothed with very short pu- 
bescence on the inside, external process none. Palpi not much 
longer than the lobe, and attached to a horny process, 4-jointed, 
basal joint minute, the others robust, 2nd and 3rd cup-shaped, 
4th subovate (3). 
Men turn transverse-octagonal, anterior margin concave. Labium 
oblong and horny, terminated by 2 short membranous lobes, 
near the base of which arise the Palpi formed of 3 joints, the 
basal one minute, 2nd and 3rd robust, the former obovate-trun- 
cate, the latter ovate (4). 
Head nearly as broad as the thorax at the base. Eyes lateral , small 
and not prominent. Thorax subquadrate or transverse. Scutellum 
small and triangular. Elytra slightly convex oblong truncate not 
covermg the abdomen. Wings very ample. Legs short, similar. 
Thighs incrassated. Tibiae very much dilated and compressed at the 
apex, spurred j middle pair serrated with short spines on the outer 
edge (5*) j posterior pair with only 2 or 3 spines. Tarsi attached 
near the inner angle of the tibice, 5-jointed, 3 first joints robust, 4th 
minute, 5 th long and slender. Claws simple (5). 
Quadripunctata Herbsl. — Oliv. v. 2. n° 12. pi. 3. f. 19. — Curtis’s 
Guide , Genus 151. 
Broad subovate, shining black, finely punctured. Antennae cas- 
taneous, club piceous. Head subtrigonate, nearly as broad as 
the Thorax at the base, this is transverse, and nearly as broad 
as the elytra, but a little narrowed before. Elytra with 2 small 
orange-coloured spots on each, one near the base and another 
towards the apex. Legs dull castaneous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets . 
