Plate XII. 



Fig. 99. CATOPS MORIO, Fab. [F. Silpliidfe. G. Catops, Fab.l (C. dissimulator, 

 Cwtis.) 



Oblong ovate, convex, black, pubescent, sub-opaque. Head finely and thickly punctate; parts 

 of the mouth, and base and apex of antenna^, reddish brown, the latter as long as the head and 

 thorax, gradually thickened to the apex. Tliorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the 

 sides, hinder margin nearly straight, posterior angles obtuse, thickly punctate with a depressed 

 yellowish-grey pubescence. Elytra ovate, thickly punctate, obsoletely striate, clothed with a 

 dense, fine, short, silvery-grey jjubescence. Legs reddish brown. Length, 1^-2 lines. 



In decaying fungi, and carcases. Rare. 



Fig. 100. NECRODES LITTORALIS, L., Curtis. [F. Silphidre. G. Necrodes, LeacA.] 



Oblong, rather depressed, black. Head thickly and very finely punctate, club of antennfe 

 ferruginous. Thorax orbiculato, with a faint central longitudinal channel, the sides depressed 

 posteriorly, sparsely and finely punctate on the disc, rather thickly and coarsely at the sides and 

 behind. Scutellum obtusely triangular, punctate. Elytra truncate at the apex, rather coarsely, 

 thickly, and frequently confluently punctate ; each with the suture and three longitudinal lines 

 elevated, smooth. The males often have the posterior thighs incrassate, and the tibiae bent. 

 Length, 6-10 lines. 



Common on carcases, especially on the coast. 



Fig. 101. SILPHA OPACA, L., Curtis. [_F. Silphidje. G. Silpha, i.] 



Ovate, depressed, black, opaque, clothed with a dense, yellowish, decumbent pubescence. 

 Head thickly punctate. Thorax nearly semicircular, truncate in front, tri-sinuate behind, thickly 

 punctate, with an obsolete longitudinal channel in the centre, and several depressions on each side. 

 Elytra thickly punctate, the suture raised, the lateral margins reflexed, each with three elevated 

 longitudinal lines. Length, 4g-5 lines. 



In carcases. Not uncommon in the north ; less frequent in the south. 



Fig. 102. DIAPERIS BOLETI, L., Curtis. \F. Diaperidae. G. Diaperis, Geoffr.'] 



Ovate, convex, black, shining. Head thickly and coarsely punctate, with a large impression 

 in front. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, roiuided anrl margined at the sides, base bi-sinuate; 

 finely and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra convex, with a broad, dentate, basal band, a narrow 

 central one, and the apex externally bright orange ; each with eight rows of punctures, interstices 

 exceedingly finely and sparsely punctate. Legs pitchy black, tarsi reddish brown. Length, 3-4 

 lines. 



Very rare. In boleti at Barham, Suffolk ; near Hastings, Sussex ; and in Dalston Hall Wood, 

 Cumberland. 



Fig. 103. NECROPnORUS GERMANICUS, L., Curtis. \_F. Silphidffi. G. Necro- 

 phorus, Fub.'] 



Oblong, black, reflexed margins of elytra red. Head finely and .sparsely punctate, with an 

 obtuse, triangular, yellow, membranous space in front ; antenna^, including the club, black. 

 Thorax semicircular, anterior angles obtuse, lateral and posterior margins flat, coarsely punctate ; 

 disc convex, finely and sparsely punctate, with a faint, central, longitudinal, impressed line, abbre- 

 viated at both ends, and a curved impression on each side. Scutellum thickly punctate. Elytra 

 sinuate truncate at the apex, coarsely and sparsely punctate, the interstices exceedingly minutely 

 punctate and reticulate. Length, 8-12 lines. 



Exceedingly rare, but apparently widely distributed in the south. 



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