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Genus [26-4]. Dermestes. Lin. Five species. 



D. murinus, Lin. Raven black, mottled with ashy hairs ; 

 three and a half lines ; dead animals ; common. PL 35, 



fig- *■ 



Genus [265]. Tiresias. Step. One species. 



T. serra, Fab. Deep black and shining, slightly pubescent ; 

 antennae and legs ferruginous ; two lines ; beneath bark. 

 PL 35, Jig. 3. 



Genus [266]. Attagenus. Latr. Two species. 



A. pellio, Lin. Pitchy black, pubescent, with a slight ashy 

 patch of hair at the three posterior angles of the thorax, 

 and another rather larger on the disc, towards the middle 

 of each elytron ; one and a half to two and a half lines ; 

 in houses. PL 35, Jig. 4. 



Genus [267]. Megatoma. Herbst. One species. 



M. undata, Lin. Raven black, with a small patch of silvery 

 gray hair at the posterior angles of the thorax, and two 

 transverse crenulated bands of the same colour across 

 the elytra ; two to two and a half lines ; palings ; not un- 

 common. PL 35, Jig. 5. 



Family [27]. Byrrhim. Leach. 



Genus [268]. Aspidiphorus. Ziegler. One species. 



A. orbiculatus, Gyll. Black and shining ; legs reddish tes- 

 taceous ; rather more than half a line ; widely dispersed, 

 but rare ; in moss. PL 35, Jig. 6. 

 Genus [269]. Anthrenus. Geoffroy. Five species ? 



A. Scrophularise, Lin. Black, with the posterior angles of 

 the thorax covered with whitish pubescence, and three 

 transverse irregular bands of the same colour on the 

 elytra, which near the suture and the sutural markings 

 bright red ; tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; one line and a 

 half; rare. PL 35, Jig. 7. 

 Genus [270]. Trinodes. Megerle. One species. 



Tr. hirtus, Fab. Black, shining, covered with tolerably 

 long pubescence ; legs and antennae testaceous ; one line 

 and a half ; beneath bark ; Notts/ Windsor, and Exeter. 

 PL 36, fig. 1. 

 Genus [271]. Limnichus. Ziegler. One species. 



S. sericeus, Duffts. Black, covered with a silky grey pu- 

 bescence ; legs and antennae piceous ; nearly one line ; 

 grassy places on the coasts by sweeping. PL 36, Jig. 2. 

 Genus [272]. Syncalypta. Dilhvyn. Four species. 



S. arenaria, Sturm. Black, slightly shining ; covered with 



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