Kovács I. Endre szerk.: Rovartani Közlemények (Folia Entomologica Hungarica 10/1-12. Budapest, 1957)
on humera more prominent. Humera rounded in a smaller angle. Pubescence of elytrae darker, the grey hairs are few. Legs of a darker colour than in the <?. Pattern on the abdominal sternites darker. The black and the great white parts on the I s * to the abdominal sternites are of the same formation and proportions as in the o*. The 5** 1 abdominal sternite has a very different coloration. Its posterior half is black,the anterior half is composed of white hairs ,causing a semilunar undulated line with one great and two smaller rounded lobes /Pig. 4/.«* Key for the determination of the four species of the genus Dermestes Linné known up to now, from China. 1 Pronotum is wholly covered by a strong pubescence, remarkably lacking howewer several small spots. Elytrae haired in a different manner. Length: 7*5 - 10.5 mm. South Siberia, Mongolia and South China. D. dimidiatus orientális Kusn. 1928. - Pronotum with a different pubescence 2 2 The pubescence of the pronotum is denser and greater on its sides than its centre. Length: 6.5 - 8.5 mm. North, Central and South America, China,India,Malaya, Indonesia, Europe and Africa. D. caraivorus Fabr. 1775. - The pubescence of the pronr>tum is the same on the DJ-~~~ and on its centre . • 3 3 Pronotum and elytrae ax 5 uniformly dark haired on the whole surface, with single light hairs. Length: 7.0 - 9.0 mm. Cosmopolite. .... = D. ater Deg. 1774 = cadaverinus Fabr. 1775 - favarcqui Godard 1882. The following specimens of the collection of the National Museum at Prague were used for comparison: China: Peiping. Stötzner. 2 specimens; Japan: Tokyo. 1 spec.only; USSR: Vladivostok /Oriental Siberia/. Coll. Dr. S.Jureőek /det. V. Kálik/, 3 specimens; USSR: South Ussuri. Coll. Dr. S.JureŐek, 1 spec. only.
