642 MYCETOPHAGID H.—DERMESTID#. 
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tarsi is excessively long, on the hind legs nearly as long as the other three joints 
together. 
1. Catopius irregularis, sp.n. (Tab. XIX. figg.12; 124, apex of front tibia 
and base of tarsus.) 
Ovalis, postice angustatus, ferrugineus, supra picescens, pube irregulariter posita quasi maculatus. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Motzorongo (Flohr); GUATEMALA, Zapote, El Reposo, Pantaleon 
(Champion). 
Head very small in comparison with the thorax. Thorax large, almost straightly 
truncate in front and behind, but in front much arched ; lateral margin excessively 
fine; the base with a depression on each side close to the scutellum. Elytra greatly 
narrowed behind, clothed with fine pubescence in a spotty manner, punctuation absent. 
The front tarsi are only 3-jointed, notwithstanding their being so elongate. ‘Twenty 
specimens. 
TYPHAA. 
Typhea, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xv. t. 702 (1830). 
Owing to its diffusion by commerce this genus is of no special interest. 
1. Typhea fumata. 
Dermestes fumatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2, p. 564°. 
Typhea fumata, Curtis, Brit. Ent. t. 7027; Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1856, p. 15°. 
Hab. Nort America 3.—Mexico, Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé); GuaTEMALA, near the 
city, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion).—Kurops + ?. 
This species is frequently met with in old straw and hay, and is liable to be diffused 
by commerce. 
Fam. DERMESTIDA*. 
Between three and four hundred species of Dermestide are at present known. 
One of the best known of the genera of this family—Anthrenus—is apparently absent 
from our region: there is, however, a single specimen belonging to it, labelled 
N. Sonora, in our collections; but as the species are extremely liable to be carried. 
about with natural history specimens, it is probable that this individual does not really 
belong to our Fauna. 
* By D. Suarp. 
