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vix thoracis latitttdine, fed dimidio fere longiora, 

 abbreviata, abdomine multo breviora. Alse albo- 

 hyalinae. Peftus & abdotnen ferruginea. Pedes 

 lutei. 



Colore & corpore glaberrimo a prsecedentibus 

 difTeit, * 



6", C. bracbypterus: oblongo-ovatus ni- 

 ger fub-depreffus, tborace transverfo bre- 

 viflimo lsevi ? antennarum bafi pedibusque 

 teftaceis. 



Dermeftes brachypterus. Fabr. fyft. eleuL u 

 $20. 45. Payk. Jn. 1. 2S8. 14- Panz. /». 



Var. b. ferrugineus totus, antennis pedi- 

 busque pallidioribus. 



Habitat in fungis arboreis paffim. 



Defcr. Parvus, urticas mir.or, & magis d^pref. 

 fus. Caput magnum porrec^um fub - triangulare 

 nigrura, 'vix purictatum; oculi globofi brunnei. An- 

 tenn^e thorace paullo longiores , articulo primo ma- 

 gno obconico ferrugineo; ftcundo etjam magno ob- 

 conico, fed nigro; 3-7parvis globofis ferrugineo- 

 piceis , 8- 10 fenfim majoribus perfoliatis nigris pi- 

 lofis, uitimo reliquis majore ovato, fub - acuminato, 

 nigro, pilofo. Thorax brevifiimus transverfus, ni- 

 ger, antice pofticeque truncatus, angulis anticis ro- 

 tundatis, pofticis fub-re6lis ferrugineo- pellucidis; 

 lateribus rotundatus , tenue marginatus , fupra pa- 

 rum convexus, laevis., vel vix vijibiliter punclulatus, 

 tenue pubefcens. Scutellum parvum rotundatum ni- 

 grum, elytris adaequatum, ut segre obfervetur. Ely- 

 tra magna, therace fere latiora, parum convexa, 

 tenue marginata, apice truncata, abdomine dimidio 

 fere breviora, fubtiiiiTime rugofo- pun&ata, tenue 



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