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CRUSTACEORUM et INSECTORUxM, 



F A M I L I A D E C I M A. 



N E C R O P H A G I. N E C R O P H A G E S. 



£. Mandibulce elongatcs , depressce, ad apicem angusio- 

 arcuatce aut uncinatce , angulo externo baseos producto. 



Stirps prima. Silphales. Silphales. 



Corpus depressum , latltudine altitudinem multum 

 ( duplo circiter aut amplius) superaute, dorso planius- 

 culo levlterve convexo. Caput nutans, sulj tliorace in- 

 flectendum colloque saBpius distincto. O.v promlnulum, 

 mandibulls exserlls, valldls, ultra labrum productis, 

 apice liaud emarglnato. IViorax Grbloulatns vel subse- 

 micircularis , ciypeiformls. Tarsi arlicuio quarto pra?- 

 cedentis magnlludinem a^quante aut vix illo mlnore (i). 

 Antennce artlculo uitlmo ad aplcem sulicompresso aut 

 utrlnque sublmpresso. 



Labrum transversum , emarginatum. Palpi filifor- 

 mes; maxillarlum arliculis secundo et lerlio, laliialium 

 sensim et secundo, conicis ; ultlmo omnium paulo graci- 

 liore, subcyliudrlco , ad aplcem subattenuato. MaxiilcB 



(i) Tarsi antici arliculis quatuor primis ssepius dilalalis , 

 svibcoi-datis ; medii poslicique articulis omnibus subconicis vel 

 conico-cyliiidricis , integris. 



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