SILPHIDAE. 39 



SILPHIDAE.* Sti^ki** 



Csfttops Payk. 



spenciana Kirb. N. Z. 108. 

 opacus Say, J. Acad. 5, 184. 

 terminaiis Lee. Agass. L. Sup. p. 218. 

 cadaverinus Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843, 254. 

 simplex Say, J. Acad. 5, 184. 

 basilaris Say, ib. 8, 194. 



HTecropliorus Fabr. 



americanus Oliv. Ent. 2, 10, p. G, tab. 1, fig. 3. Enc. Meth. 8, 154. Leach, 

 Z. M. 2, 85. ffrandisFabr. El. 1, 334. Hbst. Col. 5, 152. virgini- 



orbicollis Say, J. Acad. 5, 177. [csFrolich Natf. 27. 



mediatus F. El. 334. Leach.Z. Misc. 2, 86, tab. 90, fig. 2. Latr. Gen. Cr. 

 Ins. 2, 5 (Obs.). ccirolinus? Linn. 



marginatus Fabr. El. 1, 334. Say, J. Acad. 5, 177 (Obs.). 



Melsheimeri Kirb. N. Z. 97. 



velutinus Fabr. El. 1, 134. tomentosus Web. Ent. p. 47. 



pustulatus Illig. Mag. Ent. 6, 271. Q-pustulalusD&j. Cat. 333 M. C. bico- 



obscurus Kirb. N. Z. 97. [ZorNewm. Ent. Mag. 5, 385. 



Hallii Kirb. ib. 98. orbicularis Say ? 



pygmaeus Kirb. ib. tab. fig. 



hebes Kirb. ib. 96. 



nigritaMann. Bull. Mosc. 1843, 251. 



maritimus Mann. ib. Guerin, Icon. Begne An. 60, tab. 17, 8. 



auripilosus\. Esch. teste Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1845, 2. 



defodiens Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1846, 13. 



guttula Motsch. ib. 1845, 1, 53. 



JVecrodes Wilkin. 

 surinamensis Fabr. El. 1, 336. Oliv. Ent. 2, 6. Hbst. Col. 5, 173. 



Oiceoptoma Leach. 



margiiiata F. El. 1, 337. Oliv. Ent. 2, 10. Hbst. Col. 5, 180. Kirb. N. Z. 

 99. novaeboracensis Forst. Cent. 1, 17. 



Tlianatopliiliss Leach. 



caudatus Say, J. Acad. 3, 192. tuberculata Germ. Sp. Nov. p. 140, teste Say, 

 Bost. J. 1, 168. lapponicaLirm. Kirb. N. Z. 100. californica Mann. 

 Bull. Mosc. 1843, 253. (/ranifferaChevr. Col. Mex. 1; Icon. Regne 

 An. tab. 17, 10. 



* A synopsis of the North American species of this family is contained in the Proceedings of 

 the Academy, vol. 6. EDS. 



