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Known from the other species of the genus by having the margins of the elytra, 

 the suture, and the base fuscous or black, with the abdomen pitchy-red. 



Not common ; but found in the metropolitan district. " On 

 Sparganium erectum, at Cobham. 11 — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 2. ferruginea. Oblongo-ovata, subconvexa, ferruginea, tenue jmbescens, 



thorace elytrisque punctulatissimis. (Long. corp. 1-j lin.) 

 Si. ferruginea. Marsham. — Ty. ferruginea. Steph. Catal. 85. No. 919. 



Oblong-ovate, rather convex, entirely ferruginous, and very slightly pubescent, 

 with the thorax and elytra thickly punctulated ; the antennae and legs rather 

 pale. 



Some examples are of a castaneous hue, with the base of the elytra paler. 



The absence of the dark border to the elytra serves to discriminate this insect 

 from the foregoing; and its more convex and simple elytra, from the following. 



Found in fungi and beneath bark throughout the metropolitan 

 district: — taken also near Bristol. " Netley, Gloucestershire, and 

 North Wales."- Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 3. testacea. Oblonga, sub-depressa, ferruginea, tomentosa, oculis nigris, 



elytris obsolete striatis interstitiis rugulosis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Ty. testacea. Steph. Catal. 85. No. 920. : vix Mycet. testaceus. Fabricii. , 



Oblong, slightly depressed, ferruginous, clothed with a pale down, the eyes 

 black : head sparingly punctate ; thorax the same, slightly convex, with a 

 minute impression at the base on each side : elytra very little convex, most 

 obsoletely striated, the interstices a little transversely rugose : body beneath, 

 antennae, and legs, pale ferruginous. 



From the preceding, this insect — which is probably the true Dermestes fumatus 

 of Linne — [See remarks under Mycetaea fumata) — differs in having the elytra 

 obscurely punctate-striate, as well as in colour and form. 



Not uncommon in various parts of the metropolitan district ; fre- 

 quenting flowers, rotten wood, fungi, &c. 



Sp. 4. tomentosa. Oblonga, depressa, rufo-testacea, tomentosa, oculis nigris, 



elytris obsoletissime striatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Bo. tomentosa. Marsham MSS.—Ty. tomentosa. Steph. Catal. 85. No. 921. 



Rather less than the last: oblong, depressed, of a bright, but pale reddish- 

 testaceous : tomentose, with the eyes black ; the elytra very obscurely striated. 

 the interstices not rugulose. 



More depressed and smaller than the foregoing; of a paler colour, and the elytra 

 less distinctly striated : — probably the opposite sex. 



Found near London, and in Yorkshire. 



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