TRICHODERMATA  .—Several families of rather soft-skinned beetles, such as the Melyridae, Cleridae (fig . 16), Corynetidae, Dermestidae (fig . 17), and Das- cillidae, are included in this tribe . They may be distinguished from the See also:

• MALACODERMATA

Malacodermata by the presence of only five or six abdominal sterna, while six malpighian tubes are See also:

• PRESENT

present in some of the families . The beetles are hairy and their larvae well-armoured and often predaceous . Several See also:

• SPECIES

species of Dermestidae are commonly found in houses, feeding on cheeses, dried See also:

• MEAT

meat, skins and other such substances . The " See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

bacon See also:

• BEETLE (O. Eng. bityl; connected with " bite ")

beetle " (Dermestes lardarius), and its hard hairy larva, are well known . According to See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

Sharp, all Dermestid larvae probably feed on dried See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal matters; he mentions one species that can find sufficient See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food in the horsehair of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, and another that eats the dried See also:

• INSECT

insect-skins See also:

• HANGING

hanging in old cobwebs .