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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. 466. Staphylinus hirtus. 



Fig. 467. Pselaphus Heisii (magnified). 



Fig. 468. Claviger foveolatus (magnified). 



The Dermestidce attack by preference the tendons and the skins 

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



