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syst, .illcr Ins. IV. p. 15-2. 3. Tab. 41. fi-. 9.— Scliönherr. 

 Syn. Ins. II. p. 51. 4. — Dejean, Cat. 3-inc edit p. 127, 



Necrofia RuFicoLLis OUv'icr Entonioloj^ie IV. 7G. bis p. G. 

 3. Tab. 1. flg. 3. a. b. — Latrcillc Hist. nat. des Crust. 

 et des Ins. IX. p. 156. Gen. Crust. et Ins. I. p. 274. 

 'i. — Stephens lllustr. of British Entomology III. p. 327. 

 Manual of British Coleopt. p. 198. 1569. Curtis British 

 Entomology VIII. pl. 350. 



Var. elytris colorc magis nigrescente , basi multo brevius 

 rufa, striis subtiliter interslitiis vero profundius pun- 

 ctatis, pilis longioribus, in series condensatis, ita ut 

 elytra griseo- lineata appareant. Vix vero species di- 

 versa ? 



Longit. J^Vg lin. Latlt. /V4 H^- 



Habitat in insula Sitkha. 



10. Necrophorus DEFODiENS : Niger, supra glaberri- 

 raus , antennarum clava concolore , thorace 

 subtiliter puiictulato, lateribiis sinuatis , ely- 

 tris profundius reraote punctulatis punctis 

 aliquot majoribus sparsis, fascia media dentata 

 maculaque postica aiitrorsum iridentata auran- 

 tiacis, pectore tlavido-piloso, abdomine glaber- 

 rimo, tibiis posticis rectis. 



Longit. 6*, S"/^ Uli. Laut. 3, 3'V^ lin. 



Mas : capite majore , pone oculos dilalato, 

 fronte profunde tricanaliculata , thorace an- 

 trorsum nonnihil dilatato. 



Femina: capite minore, pone oculos band di- 



