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little yellow ant, which takes as much care of it as of its own progeny, 

 because the Claviger secretes a liquid very much appreciated by ants, 

 who are continually occupied in licking its back. 



Fig. 465. — Staphylinus maxillosus. 



Fig. 456. — Staphylinus hirtus. 



Fig. 467. — Pselaphus Heisii (magnified). 



Fig. 468.— Claviger foveolatus (magnified). 



The Der7?iestidce attack by preference the tendons and the skins 

 of carcases. A few of the insects of this family are the plague of 



