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Ptilinus ferrdtus Fabr. fijft. ehiit. h #0. 5, 

 Ptilinns ater. Panz. fn. j> f 9. 

 Bruchus ferraticornis. Qjunf Ipiot. Iiiffpcc. 12. 

 Ptinns ferraiicornis. Thunb. Atl. Upf 4. 5. 8. 

 Dermeftes riifipes. Marfh. ent. br. 1. 62. 5. 



Habitat in ligno putrido 5 pnsfertim quer- 

 cus, paffim. 



Defcr. Statura ovata borcatomze Dresdenfis , fed 

 plerumque dupiomajor, minus convexus. Caput fa- 

 tis magnum convexum nigro- piceum, creberrime 

 pun&ulatum, linea frontali elevata, faepe obfoleta; 

 os rufo-ferrugineum; oculi globofi nigri, Anten- 

 lise thorace paullo longiores, rufo-ferruginese, in- 

 terdum apice fufcent.es, fecundum totam longitndi- 

 nem profunde ferratae, articulis triangularibus acu- 

 tis, Thorax brevis transverfus, valde convexus, ni- 

 gerobfcurus, marginibus faepe ferrugineis; antice 

 truncatus, lateribus deflexus, rotundatus , tenue 

 iriarginatus, poftice fmuato-rotundatus , fupra cre- 

 berrime punclulatus, teniie holofericeo- pubefcens. 

 Scutellum parvurn rotundatum nigro-piceum. frepe 

 ferrugineum, Eiytra oblongo- ovata, lateribus ft- 

 litiata, apice rotundata, dorfo parum convexa, regu- 

 lariter punctato -ftriata, ftriis poftice per paria con- 

 liexis ; nigro-picea, tenue pubefcentia , interftitiis 

 ftriarum fubtilifiime punclulatis, Corpus nigro-pi- 

 ceum punclulatum holofericeo - pubefcr is. Pede» 

 longiufculi pallide- rufefcentes> femoribus pofticis 

 interdum obfcurioribus, 



Var. b. plerumque dimidio minor , antennis fe- 

 moribusque omnibus , raro etjam tibiis nigro-fufcis; 

 vix tamen fpeciediftingui poteft, dum in ceteris om- 

 oibus fimillima omnino. 



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