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TYPH/EA FUMATA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Engidae? 
Type of the Genus, Dermestes fumatus Linn. 
Typeuea Kirb., Curt. — Silpha Mars. — Mycetophagus Fab. — Dermes- 
tes Linn. 
Antennae inserted on each side of the head before the eyes, not 
so long as the thorax, pilose, clavate and 11 -jointed, basal joint 
stout and ovate, 3 following somewhat slender, oblong, 2nd 
rather the stoutest, 5th obovate, 6th and 7th subglobose, the 
remainder forming a distinctly articulated club, 8th and 2 fol- 
lowing cup- shaped, the former the smallest, terminal joint orbi- 
cular (6). 
Labrurn transverse-ovate, pilose, anterior margin slightly con- 
cave (1). 
Mandibles very convex externally, with a deep notch towards 
the base, apex acute, one with an acute tooth below (2), and a 
membranous margin. 
Maxillce small, with a linear bristly lobe on the inside, and a 
semiorbicular one on the outside, very pilose. Palpi much 
longer, rather stout, pubescent and 4-jointed, basal joint mi- 
nute, 2nd and 3rd somewhat obtrigonate, 4th as long as the 
others united, elliptical (3). 
Mentum subquadrate, anterior angles rounded, sides concave 
and pilose, the base a little dilated. Lip transverse-ovate, cili- 
ated. Palpi attached to small scapes at the base, remote, tri- 
articulate, basal joint subpyriform- truncate, 2nd the longest and 
stoutest, ovate, 3rd small, subglobose (4). 
Head trigonate, apex obtuse : eyes remote, small, globose and placed 
on each side of the base of the head. Thorax transverse, convex, 
narrowed a little anteriorly, the sides and angles rounded : scutel 
rather broad and subtrigonate. Elytra long and elliptical, the apex 
rounded : wings ample. Legs rather short : thighs short , stoutish 
and compressed : tibiae compressed, dilated towards the apex, spurred, 
bristly, especially externally : tarsi rather long, 4-jointed, anterior 
pair triarticulate in the males (5), very hairy beneath, basal joint 
longer than the Znd, which is ovate-truncate in the anterior, 3rd the 
shortest in the other feet, terminal joint very long and scarcely cla- 
vate : claws rather long and slender (f, hind leg) . 
Fumata Linn.} — Curt. Guide, Gen. 156. 3. 
In the Author’s and other Cabinets. 
