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Pesky Te eccy iit. 
STAPHYLINUS ERYTHROPTERUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne moniliform. Elytra not half the length of the abdomen. 
Wings folded, and concealed under the elytra. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Black. Wing-cafes, antennz, and legs red. 
SraPHyLinus EryTHROPTERUS: ater, elytris, antennarum bafi 
pedibufque rufis.—Jn. Suec. 842. Gmel. Linn. T. 1. 
Pad PaZo2y offs A. 
Fab knt, Syft. 
Degeer. Inf. Ae p. 21, 0. 6. 
Scheff. Elem. tab. 117. 
—JIcon. tab. 2. fig. 2; 
Found in general in moift or fandy places. 
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