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B. uiiicolor Say. Elongate, moderately convex., light brown, clollied 

 ■with moderately long> semi-erect, yellow-cinereous pubescence ; elytra 

 uniformly light brown ; head coarsely punctate, sparsely pubescent ; 

 eyes very large and prominent, black ; antennae nearly as long as the 

 thorax, 11-jointed ; first joint, large, round; second smaller ; 3-8 decreas- 

 ing gradually in size, wider than long ; 9-10 subequal ; 11 longer and 

 rounded at tip ; the last three joints forming a somewhat compressed club, 

 which ecliuals one-third the entire length of the antennae ; thorax brown, 

 coarsely and densely punctate, pubescence long, dense at sides ; scutellum 

 glabrous ; elytra uniformly brown, very coarsely and densely punctate, 

 covered with moderately dense, long, semi-erect, yellow-cinereous hairs; 

 body beneath also brown, pubescence short and recumbent; legs testa- 

 ceous. (Figs. 1, 4.) Length 18 inches ; 4.5mm. Habitat, Atlantic region. 



B. grisescens Lee. Elongate, moderately convex, brown, covered 

 with moderately dense, long, recumbent, yellowish-gray pubescence, 

 antenna?, legs, and abdomen rufo-testaceous ; elytra light brown marked 

 with three broad transverse bands of black ; head finely and sparsely 

 punctate ; eyes moderately large and prominent ; antennal club elongate, 

 second and third joints as long as wide ; thorax finely and densely punc- 

 tate ; elytra moderately coarsely and densely punctate, brown, mai'ked 

 with three equally separated transverse black bands, of which the first is 

 the faintest, and directed obliquely backward and outward, the second 

 wider and darker, also directed backward and outward, but with a large 

 sutural light brown spot ; the third or apical band is distinct and 

 directed forward and outward (Figs. 5, 6). 



Length 13 inches ; 3 mm. Habitat, California. 



A smaller and darker species easily recognized by the characters 

 already given. 



Sub-Family H. — Dermestid.e (Genuini). 



This sub-family, whicb is distinguished by the characters already given, 

 is represented in our fauna by the following genera : 



No frontal ocellus DERMESTES. 



Frontal ocellus distinct. 

 Mcsosteruum narrow, middle coxse not wide- 

 ly separated. 

 Prosternum simple in front. 



Antennte 11-jointed, mesostcrnum only 

 deeply sulcate anteriorly, posterior 

 coxal plate long, obliquely truncate 



externally ATTAGENUS. 



Antenna} 9-jointed, mesostcrnum narrow- 

 ly divided, posterior coxal plate short, 



not obliquely truncate externally DEARTHUS. 



Prosternum lobed in front PERIMEGATOMA. 



