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Habitat in quisquiliis, cadaveribus, vegeta- 

 bilibus putreicentibus, locis umbrohs, 

 fuffocatis, pafiim, 



Defcr. Magnitudo Dermeft. tomentofi, fed ma- 

 gis convexus ; utrinque attenuatus. Caput deflexum 

 jiigrum, crebre fubtiliffime punclulatum, grifeo-ho- 

 lofericeum, fronte parum convexa ; os ferrugineum; 

 oculi globofibrunei. ^ntennae thorace pauilo longi- 

 ores pubefcentes, bafi ferrugineae, articulo primo 

 longo cylindrico, 2 breviori crafiiufculo, 3-6 mino- 

 ribus obconicis, ultimis quinque iterum majoribus 

 fufcis clavam formantibus, 8: vo tamen feptimo mi- 

 nore , breviore, ultimo acuminato, plerumque fer- 

 rugineo. Thorax brevis transverfus immarginatus, 

 lateribus rotundatus , antice pofticequetruncatus, an- 

 gulis anticis rotundatis , pofticis fub-acuminatis; fu- 

 pra cqnvexus , fubtilifiimo puucluiatus, nigro tufcus, 

 pube tenuiffima grifeo - holofericea nitida tectus. Scu- 

 teilum trianguiare fufcum, punctuiatum pubefcens. 

 Elytra oblongo - ovata , apicem verfus "attenuata, 

 fub - acuminata, lateribus tenue marginata, fupra 

 valdeconvexa, creberrime fubtilifiime punclulata, ni- 

 gro-fufca, interdum brunneo-micantia, holofericeo- 

 pubefcentia, pone medium obfoletifiime ftriata, ftria 

 iuturali evidentiori arcuata, ante apicem futurae ex- 

 currente. Corpus nigro-piceum punctatiflimum pu- 

 befcens. Femora fufco-ferruginea, tibiis tarfisque 

 dilutius teftaceis; Pedes poftici valde elongati, & 

 tarfi omnes attenuati , extrorfura anguftiores; in ma- 

 fculis tarfi antici dilatati. 



Variat rarius colore pailidiori , forte nuper ex- 

 clufus» 



2« C. agilis: oblongo-ovatus fufco-piceus 



pubefcens, thorace brevi tnnsverfo; ely- 



S 3 tris 



