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Bermestesfumatus, Fab. Ent. Syst. I. i. 231, 23 (1792), 



Syst. El. i. 316, 21 (1801)?? 

 By turus tomentosus, var., B. ? Latr. Gen. Crust, et 



Ins. ii. 18, 1 (1807). 

 Bermestes tomentosus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. i. 157, 14 



(1808) ? 

 Byturus fumatus, Redtenb. Faun. Austr. Ed. i. 216 

 (1849), Ed. ii. 395(1857). 

 I will not here attempt to unravel the entangled synonymy 

 of the two nearly allied species : the references to Fabricius 

 above given are exceedingly doubtful, for he cites Linnaeus, 

 whose Bermestes fumatus we know to be a Typhcea of 

 Stephens ; and moreover, he says, " Habitat in Europce 

 quisquiliis." 



The present species, which is not unlikely mixed up in 

 many of our collections with B. tomentosus, may be dis- 

 tinguished by its usually larger size, darker hue, more 

 prominent labrum, larger eyes, and somewhat coarser sculp- 

 ture. 

 32. Tomoxia biguttata (Ziegler), Gyll. 



Mordella biguttata, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 520,3(1827); 

 Lap. de Casteln. Hist. nat. d. Ins. Coleopt. ii. 265, 

 3 (1840); Redtenb. Faun. Austr. Ed. i. 614 (1849), 

 Ed. ii. 643 (1858), 

 Mordella fasciata, Payk. Ins. Suec. iii. 455, 1 — 2 

 (1800) ; Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 606, 3 (1810), nee Fab. 

 Tomoxia bucephala, Achille Costa, Faun, del Regn. 

 d. Napol. Mordell. 8, 1, T. 20, f. 1 (1855); Mul- 

 sant, Hist. nat. des Coleopt. d. France, Longipedes, 

 19, 1 (1856) ; Waterhouse, Proc. Ent. Soc. 7 No- 

 vember, 1859. 

 Tomoxia is distinguished from Mordella by its transverse, 

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