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Ptinus Rapax : Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 231. n. 5. t. g.f. 5. 6. 7° 

 Buprestis Fur : Scop. 210. 



This deftru&ive little infect rs produced from a foft and hairy fix- 

 footed larva of a ferruginous colour, which preys on furniture, books, 

 and other fimilar articles. It refides principally in wood, occupying 

 fmall tubular cavities, which it perforates in a variety of directions, 

 reducing, as it proceeds in its devious courfe, the hardeft timber 

 within the dimensions of its receptacle to a light dull or powder. 

 Ptinus Fur is alfo very detrimental to preferved articles of natural 

 hiftory. The nymph or pupa is contained in a glutinous follicle. 



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