0^ ORDER rOLEOPTERA. 



Parnhlrs. 



Till* MiKliiiiiil) U oiiui»<)M'<I of liwrls whirli In.jiuut wulvt : thiir tjl>l» nn- unjirnii-d 

 aiitl luirrovv, utul tluir |(g<t an- r<>riii<-«l (or ua]Liii|{. TUv) liiivc hii cVhI \»'*i}, auttr <<r It-*'!' 

 oonTi-x,uii<l the i>us(i'rii>r \>nri i>r llu- tliomx is as wide a> xUv nlKloiiicn <*r Ui.s«- of the el) tru 

 The «ut(>iinu- iirc sh<>rt ; iitautUI>h*s rubust an<l iiotrhnl at the tip, with ihi-ir ituuT surfart- 

 olll«((*d. A» lh<*7 riT<jtH>n( (he wuUt, Ihfir oatin* surface, as in I'akxck, Is covered with 

 cllll l<> retain air ; or, as in Ki.mih, in part «-iliate<l, for the ssinr ohJi*ct. This arraoKenient 

 givM thcin <>x)i;i'n whrn iiumrr>«^i in water. 



The two ^cni-ra I'arni's ami Ki.mih Hr«« n'>;ani<<l ns iNlonirin); |m tw- 

 belni; closely n-latrd. it is sulTicit-nt for our puri)<>!ie to plao- th«iii in ji- 



Parni tt I ANTKiiATis. ( Plate xsiii, fli;. 7.) 



Bud) oval convex ; he««l rttnictc<I : coli>r a dral> lirown ; thorax and elytra cov«Tcd with 

 a cuat of line appn*>«t-d hulr ; le^;« reddi»h ou their outer Mdvs. 



EuMi.H riiiNATis ' (Plate xxlil, fig. ».) 



BiKly (onvrx, aiv^ilatid, punctat*-, acute Ixliind ; thorax aii<l «!ura niarkid with f<>ur 

 l>l:irk d.>l». ;iiid i l;iiiit r«iidi>li >trii>4^' ujx.u »fi«h ; lrL'> nddi^h. 



Nil jihidt V. 



TuK widr d"prrsHed or flat t'lrmof liudy is a nlialiie chamrteri^ticof a pnrt ofthi- 

 They an* always pn-selit In putrt-scent animal matter : wherfvir a carc;i»« olan an' 

 derayini;, or even a lioue not iK>rf«'ctly l)Ieaehe<l, there we find nntnliers of the silphides 

 The NixRopHOKi 8, hi»wi'ver, is much Kss depresseil or flattened! than the genus Silpha. 

 and st-ems at first sight ti> constitute a ilistlnct gmup by itself. The latter are sometimes 

 oalle«i scslon brrtirs, fn>ni their hnhil of burying all the small dead animals which the} 

 meet with. In this Inh<ir, they exhibit a great amount of industr}* and |>enievenuice, as well 

 as a hijfh gnule of instinct in seemingly ilevising means to aeeonifdi.sh an end. 



Thi' 4*nalomical characters of thos*- iKftlc*. as given by Wj.stwoou and other*, are ; 

 Antcnnic thickcui-*! at tin- tips; {mlpi filiform and slmder ; labrum transvcrM: and 

 emarginatc ; maxilliebiloUd, the inner arnud with a hut>k ; mandibles sLnaig and ex>ert. 

 esjMK-iuMy in Nmropuohi s ; thorax nrhirular ur iu-micircular, forming a kind of shield for 

 the hea<l ; tai->i flve-jointcil, the four'h marly tsjiuilling the others. 



Oi.^rs NKl'RoPHOUrs ( Fa*., Lrj^ni, Ouv.) 

 ^Bxlr ohlong ; rlytra trtinrate ; club of the antennir large, round, four-jolnti'd, p«-rroll8te ; 

 ♦ maxilliP unarnicil ' ( Whit wood) 



