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LEATHER-CHAFFER. 
dusky brown colour, with the upper half of the 
wing-shells whitish or ash-coloured, marked with 
black specks. The larva is often found about 
dried or salted meat, lard, &c. &c. 
Another species, seen in almost every house 
during the early part of the spring and summer, 
is the Dermestes Pellio, It is smaller than the 
preceding, measuring scarcely a quarter of an 
inch in length, and is of a very dark brown or 
blackish colour, with a white speck on the middle 
of each wing-shell. 
