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THE INSECT WORLD, 



When seized, they disgorge a blackish Hquid. They introduce them- 

 selves under the skin of the carcases of animals, and devour their. 



Fig, 451.— Dorcus Titan. 



flesh to the very bone, 

 adults, in carrion. 



The larvae, flat and serrated, live like the 



jne. ine larvae, nai ana serratea, uve UKe tne \ 

 The commonest species is the Silpha obsa^ra^ of i 

 an intense black, delicately dotted. l\vo species found in England ' 

 and near Paris, Silpha quadripunctata (Fig. 455) and the Silpha 



