32 LEATHER-CHAFFER. 



dusky brown colour, with the upper half of the 

 wing-shells whitish or ash-coloured, marked with 

 black specks. The larva is often found about 

 dried or salted meat, lard, &c. &c. 



Another species, seen in almost every house 

 during the early part of the spring and summer, 

 is the Dermestes Pellio. It is smaller than the 

 preceding, measuring scarcely a quarter of an 

 inch in length, and is of a verv dark brown or 



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blackish colour, with a white speck on the middle 

 of each wing-shell. 



