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The following Memoirs were read :
Notes upon the insects observed in unrolling a mummy at Belfast, in a letter addressed to the Secretary by Robert Patterson, Esq., Treas. Nat. Hist. Soc. Belfast, by whom also specimens of the in- sects were exhibited, consisting of a Dermestes, resembling D. vulpi- nus, and a Necrobia, resembling A^. violacea, but differing in colour, and apparently identical with those described by Mr. Hope in the first part of these Transactions.
(2. Necrobia Mumiarum, Hope in op. cit., p. 54. pi. V. fig. 1^ — 3 a — d. Purpurascens, hirta, antennis pedibusque flavo-rubris. Totum corpus fere supra violaceum, pimctatum, marginibus elytrorum rufescentibus lineato-punctatis. Corpus infra ni- grum, hirtum, pedibus flavo-rubris. Long. lin. 3, lat. lin. \^.
Mr. Hope thinks it probable that these insects when alive were of a violet or deep purple colour, the medicaments used in the process of embalming having partly discharged the colouring matter. Some of them also exhibit the appearance of immaturity.
3. Dermestes vulpmus, Fab. F«c^. Linn. Trans., vol. xiv.. Ap- pendix.
4. Dermestes pollinctus, Hope in op. cit., p. 55. pi. V. fig. 4 — 7 j. imago 8 — 9 e — /. Larva of ditto and details {I representing the eyes of the latter, and not the ova, as described in p. 261). Totum corpus supra castaneum, subtomentosum, pedibus con- coloribus abdomineque infra albido. Caput fusco-rubrum oculis niEcris, antennis rubro-castaneis. Thorax castaneus,
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punctatus, medio nigricanti, marginibusque lateralibus albo to- mentosis. Sciitellum hirsutmn seu pilis albis obsitum. Elytra castanea, subtomentosa. Corpus infra albido-pilosum, seg- mentis abdominis castaneo-maculatis, trigonoque concolori in medio singulorum posito. Pedes castanei. Long. lin. 4, lat. lin. 2. Mr. Hope imagines that the remarkable light colour arises probably from the exclusion of light, and not in this case from the drugs used in embalming. From one skull more than 270 tolerably perfect specimens were taken, and from the remaining fragments of others, probably double that number lived, propagated their species, and died without ever seeing the light. The perfect pupas are not abundant. " The remains of the empty cases, however," observes Mr. Pettigrew, " would lead me to believe that the greater part of them arrived at the imago state some time after the process of embalming was completed, when, as mummies, they were deposited in their respective mausolea.")
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DNA study edit
See [1] and a quote from it: "Talking specifically about Ulster Museum’s mummy, Takabuti, Stienne says she was concerned that press announcements reference her DNA but fail to provide any context on migration to ancient Egypt and Greek and Roman invasions. She warns this echoes Victorian research that set out to prove ancient Egyptian were white, and plays into the hands of the right-wing media.". Doug Weller talk 08:20, 17 March 2020 (UTC)