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Necrophorus Americanus. Oliv. Enc. Méthod. 8, 154. 
— Hist. des Insect. 2, t.1, f. 3. 
Necrophorus grandis. Fabr. Syst. Eleut. 1, 334. 
Habitat in America boreali, oe 
AMERICAN GRAVEDIGGER. 
Black ; thorax depressed, unequal, * with “a rust-coloured 
disc ; front with a cordiform spot, and the elytra with 
two ferruginous-red spots ; trochanters sharp. 
Inhabits Northern America. It is distinguished from 
other species by the colour of its thorax. 
TAB, XC." FIG. ‘il. 
NECROPHORUS MEDIANUS, 
N. ater; thorace convexo, glabro; elytris maculis tribus 
ferrugineis trochanteribus acutis. 
Necrophorus medianus. Fabr. Syst. Eleut. 1, 334. 
Oliv. Enc. Méthod. 8, 155. 
Habitat in America boreali. 
CONVEX-THORAX NECROPHORUS. 
Black ; thorax convex, smooth; elytra with three ferrugi- 
nous spots ; trochanters sharp. 
The convexity of the thorax characterises this species. 
It is found in North America with the preceding insect. 
