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n. A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

n. A genus of coleopterous insects, the type of the family Dermestidæ.

"No creature known to man possesses more intense vitality than the _dermestes_ beetle which propagates in the skull of a mummy."

bacon beetle