5S ORDER (OU:Oi>TKRA. 



SiLfiiA NovtBOBAi-ijcsiii. ( riatr wii, flg. 0.) 



Bud) lirprMMti : I'lytrn nifoii!! ; otitrr uiargiii <>r (he thornx light aiul mthrr l>riglil ml, 

 hlnrk iMtu-itth 



SiLpiiA AMcnirAXA. ( PUtc XX, Ak- 3.) 



Dojiri'^Msl, Mark : tlmmx yollnw, witli a iiilHjiiiiciriiiiculur l>liirk sj«.i in Iho centre ; riyira 



ktiohhy, Mntk >>t \<r'<vin\*]\ l>lark tij>j»<<l with yl•lI<•wi^ll , <>ul<r nnKl«-<< truncate, i>r 



rotintletl fnitii tlie middle, nml ^li|;)ll>y notched nt their inner nmi jM>«teri<>r angle », 



fomiing II ihitch when at re:»t : they are marked by four rather irr*t(uiar ridge<». 



GiL'cvs NECRODKS ( W h.kis). Sii.piia ( Linn). 

 » llody ohloni;; elytra tnincnje ; cliil>-<>f tl»e jiiiKmnj? gra<iually thickened; maxilFtr- 

 ' without a cinw' ( Wistwood). 



NcTHOUrji SI ItlNAMI.NHIS. ( Plate XX, fig. I.) 



Depressed, Mack : thorax sm<>«>th and shining; elytra nuirked posttriurl) with a ohort 

 rufous l>and, and traversed by three strongly marked shar{) ridges, black beneath. 



\iti<liiliil;»'. 



Tins family has the habits in part ot' tlie silphida*, as some of them are found in pntrid 

 animal matter, or fe<'diiig uixiu iiiushn«>ms ; others, however, fre<juent flowers. They aw 

 uval, l>road, and much depre^si'd ; and they have filiform antenmr, terminating in a short 

 club of two or three joints. The tlionix is transversi* nml emafginate : in some, the elytra 

 UTf shi>rt. leaving the ab<|oiuen exi>os«-d. They are small insects. 



(Jims MTIDILA 

 ' B»xly oval, suWepressed ; tliorax nmrgim-<l ; tibia aimprrssed ; fourth tarvil joint M 

 ' lobed ; third joint of antenna longer than the fourth ' ( Wkstwood) 



N'lTimi.A niri sTi i.*TA. ( IMate wiii, fig. 1 ) 



Oblnr of the IxhIv imd thorax dull bmwn : c«'ntral part of the elytra marked by a patch 

 of lighter bp-wn : inarciii lieht bn>wn. I.endh alwut two-tenths of an Inch. 



