4;'. 



anteriorly dilated ; elytra wiih two rather ubiicurc tk-ci* red hands, the 

 anterior one broad, dentatcd and reaching from tlx* ei)ii»Ieura to the 

 suture : the posterior one externally broad, iniernall\ narrow, and reaching 

 neither epipleura nor suture ; epijjleura deej) red, narrower than usual : 

 posterior trochanter emarginate. [Taken in Canada : at Toronto by Mr. 

 Couper, and at (.irimsby by Mr. IV'ttit.] 



137. Necrof'HORI's Mki.*»hkimkri Kirby. Length of body 9 lines. 

 A single specimen taken in tiie iourne\ t'rom New \oxV to ("uniberland- 

 house. 



[98. j IJody black. Nose separated fnjm the front by an oblusanguUir 

 line ; rhinarium orange-coloured, subtra[»ezoidal ; three last joints of the 

 knob of the antenuic ferruginous : prothorax dilated anteriorly . elytra 

 with two orange-coloured subundulated toothed bands reaching from the 

 epipleura to the suture ; ej)ipleura broad, orange-coloured : posterior tro- 

 chanters truncated at the apex with tht- ext'.rnal angle recur\ed ; tibia.* 

 dilated, especially the anterior part, or cubits : postj)ectus t)n oach side 

 covered with tawny hairs. [Taken at J'oronto by Mr. Coui)er.] 



138. Necrophorls H.wa.w A7/ -/^i'. I .ength of body 8-9 lines. Taken 

 in Nova Scotia by Capt. Hall, and in Massachusetts by Mr. 1 »rake. 



Body, as usual, black. Nose separatetl from the front by a straight 

 line, channelled ; rhinarium distinct, membranous, tawny, anterior angles 

 elongated ; knob of the antenn.ne with the three last joints dull-orange : 

 prothorax nearly circular, anteriorly emarginate : elytra with an anterior 

 angular band which does not reach the suture, and a posterior crescent 

 or kidney-shaped spot, both of a deep orange : epipleura black ; wings 

 dusky : trochanters emarginate at the tip, 



139. Necrophorls pv<;m.e.us Kirby- V\\xW ii., Fig. 3. Length of 

 Itody 6 lines. A single specimen taken in the Rocky Mountains. [Taken 

 at (Grimsby, Ont., by Mr, Pcttit : north shore of I^ike Superior (Agassiz).] 



[99.] This is the smallest known species of the genus. Nose separated 

 by a nearly straight line from the front ; rhinarium transverse, not mem- 

 branous ; knob of the antennce black : prothorax nearly circular, there is a 

 slight sinus on each side, and a deeper anterior one : elytra with an 

 anterior angular band dilated at the epipleura, and a nearly semicircular 

 spot at the apex of a dull deep red ; epipleura of the same colour but 

 black at the apex, and with a black spot at the l)ase : posterior trochan- 

 ters emarginate at the tip. 



140. Necrodes [Sii.ph.\] SURIX.V.MENSI.S Fabr. -Taken in Nova Sco- 

 tia by Dr. MacCulloch. [/Vbundant on carrion in all });irt-s of (\anada.] 



