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PA bX. 
DERMESTES MURINUS. 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne clavated, the club perfoliated, and three of the joints 
thicker: thorax convex and flightly margined : head infleéted, and 
concealed under the thorax. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Oblong, black, clouded with whitifh down: abdomen and _breaft 
white. 
DERMESTES MURINUS: oblongus tomentofus nigro alboque, abdo- 
mine niveo Lan. Syfi. Nat. 2. 156. 3. 18.—— 
En. So. 426. 
DerRMeEsTEs MuRINUS. Fabr. Ent. Syft. T. I. p. I. 230. 14. 
DERMESTES MURINUS: tomentofus fufco cinereoque nebulofus, 
feutello fulvo. Mah. Ent. Brit. T. I. p. 61. 2. 
DERMESTES NEBULOSUS. De Geer. Inf. 4. 197. 2. 
Feeds on putrid carcafey 
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