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NECRODES. 
SILPHA, auctorum. 
Necropes, Leach, 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Corpus oblongo-ovale ; depressum ; thorax orbicularis ; 
(pedes quatuor anteriores Manis tarsis dilatatis) ; e/yira 
truncata margine exteriore canaliculato. 
Caput nutans; antenne thoracis 'longitudine elongato- 
clavate, clava gradatim efformata; palpi porrecti arti- 
culo ultimo parvo. 
NECRODES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body oblong-oval, depressed ; thorax orbicular ; (four an- 
terior feet of the Mate dilated) ; e/ytra truncate, the 
exterior margin chanelled. 
Head nutant ; antenne as long as the thorax, with a long 
and gradually-formed club; palpi: porrect, their last 
joint small. 
The truncate elytra and the form of the thorax, at once 
distinguish this genus from Si/pha, with which it had been 
arranged by all writers, until I separated it under the above 
title*, and defined its characters in the Edinburgh Ency - 
clopedia. 
* Messrs. Kirby, Spence, Wilkin, and myself, separated this genus 
from Silpha at the same time. 
