Orcl. I. Fam. X. , Necrophagi. 1 1 



Tihice , aut sallem antlcae, latac, elongato-lriaiigulares. 



Corpus elongato-qnadratum vel cUiplicum , quando- 

 fjue suborbiculatura. 



Thorax transverso-quadratus , aut trajiezoidalis et ab 

 apice ad basin sensini lalius, angulis posticis in omni- 

 bus dislincle acutis , lateribus niargiuatis aut subre- 

 flesis. ElyLva sa?pisslme abdomen penitus tegentia, in 

 paucis abbreviata. 



/. Corpits clongato-qiiadratinn , parallelogramicuin , tri- 

 plo longius qiiam latius ( mandihulcc validiores , ad 

 apicem magis arcuatce ; tJiorax oninihus iransverso- 

 quadrafus , latitudine suhierpiali^. 



I p s , Fahric. Jlerbst. 



Spec. 1. "NiTiDULA LiNE^nis, N/tidule lineaire. 



N. Rufo-casfanea , lemerc pnnetulala , punctis elylrorum ad 

 (iutnram conriueniibns ; mandibnlis apice nigris. 



Tab. 9 , ftg. 5. Aitcta , scala longitudinis adjecta. 



Dermestes ferrugineus. LiNN. System. nat. , ed. i5 , tom. i, 

 pars 2 , p. 564 ? — Faun. Suec. , ed. 2 , n°. 433 ? 



Ips ferruginea. Payk. Faun, Suec. , tom. 5 , p. 544. 



Ips ferrtiginea. Fab, System. eleut. , iom. 2 , p. 58o. 



Panz. Faun, Insect. Germ. , fa.sc. 8 , tab. i5. 



Habilal in Euvopa Boreali , Germania ; Parisiis , doni. An- 

 selmus Desmarets. 



Observatio. N. Jlneari geueris Ips Fabricii species ^-pustu- 

 lala , k-notata associanda?. 



//. Corpus elUpticuni aut suhorhicidare , vel cjuadraliiir^ 

 et diametris subcecjualihus {t/iorax sccpissime laiior). 



Spec. 2. NiTiDULA BiPUSTULATA. Nitidulc bipustuUe, 

 N. Corporo elliptico , plano , brunneo - nigricanle ; thorace 



