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tacked by them, and that the ends of the toes 

 and fingers of the dead, are frequently stripped 

 of the skin and flesh. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Blatta orientalis. B. ferrugineo-fusca; elytris 

 abbreviatis : sulco oblongo impresso. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. p. 688. Gmel. 1. p. 2043. Fabr. Ent.Syst.2. 

 p. 9. Spec. Ins. l.p. 343. Mant. Ins. 1. p. 226. 



Degeer, Ins. 3. p. 530. t. 25. /. 1, 2. 



Sckaeff. Icon. t. 155./. 6,7. 



Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc. 96. t. 12. 



Inhabits America, Asia, and Europe. Frequents 

 houses, and is known by the name of black beetle. 



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