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Head yellow, the apex of the mandibles and of the palpi fuscous; the latter are 
awl-shaped, the maxillary pair rather acute; eyes with a distinct sinus; antenne nearly 
as long as the head and thorax, with a three-jointed rather lax club. Thorax suborbi- 
culate, the front margin straight, the sides and base continuously margined by a fine 
line, the disk shining, with short upright dusky hairs, and (as well as the head) covered 
with small but distinct punctures. Elytra much more sparingly and coarsely punctured, 
the punctures oblong ; each with two roundish black spots. 
A single specimen in Sallé’s collection. 
NECROBIA. 
Necrobia, Latreille, Préc. Car. Gén. Ins. p. 35 (1796). 
The two species of Mecrobia which have occurred in Central America are truly 
cosmopolitan, being, as it is probable, transported through the medium of commerce. 
A few seem indigenous to Southern Europe and to Africa. 
1. Necrobia ruficollis. 
Dermestes rujicollis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. p. 230. 18. 
Corynetes ruficollis, Fabr. Syst. El. i. p. 286. 
Necrobia ruficollis, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. p. 156, t. 9; Oliv. Ent. iv. no. 76, t.i.f.3; Spin. 
Mon. ii. p. 103, t. 43. f. 6. 
Hab. Orzis TERRARUM.—MeExico, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé); Brivis Honpuras 
(Blancaneaux). 
2. Necrobia rufipes. 
Dermestes rufipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. i. p. 230. 17. 
Corynetes rufipes, Fabr. Syst. El. 1. p. 286. 
Necrobia rufipes, Oliv. Ent. iv. no. 76, t.i. £2; Spin. Mon. ii. p. 101, t. 42. f. 6. 
Hab. Orpis TERRARUM.—MExico, Presidio (forrer), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), 
San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), Vera Cruz, Cordova, Orizaba (Sallé); Britisa Honpuras, 
river Sarstoon (Blancaneaua) ; GUATEMALA, the city, San Gerdénimo (Champion) ; Panama, 
Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). 
Var. Elytris eenescentibus. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Hoge). 
As widely distributed and usually commoner than the preceding. 
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