20 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



shire." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. " Not 

 very common (near Swansea), sometimes, though rarely, in fungi." 

 — L. W. Dittwyn, Esq. « Carlisle."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



B. With the posterior tibiae curved ; the trochanters with an acute spine. 

 Sp. 7. Vespillo. Niger , antennarum capitulo elytrorumque fascia duplici auran- 



tiacis, thorace antice supra Jlavo-aureo pubescente. (Long. corp. 6 — 12 lin.) 

 Si. Vespillo. Linne.—Don. i. pi. 23.? — Ne. Vespillo. Steph. Catal. 75. No. 



805. 



Black : head with an obscure triangular luteous spot on the clypeus ; thorax 

 with its anterior margin above clothed with a golden-yellow pubescence: 

 elytra pubescent, with two broad continuous sinuated orange fasciae, the an- 

 terior usually broadest, connected by the orange margin of the elytra ; poste- 

 rior tibiae rather long and much incurved ; the posterior trochanters with an 

 elongate, subacuminated spine at the apex ; antennae with the tip orange. 



The incurved posterior tibiae and spinose hinder trochanters at once point out 

 this species from its congeners :— it varies much both in size and colour, and 

 in some individuals the posterior fascia on the elytra is interrupted at the 

 suture, and the elytra are glabrous .'—probably a distinct species. 



Common in fields, pathways, lanes, &c. throughout the metro- 

 politan district ; also at Dover, Brighton, Shoreham ; in Norfolk, 

 Devonshire, &c. " Bottisham, common in the spring; occurring 

 mostly in dead birds and the smaller quadrupeds, which it buries." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's 

 Wootton." — J. C. Dale, Esq. " Not uncommon (near Swan- 

 sea)." — L. W. Dittwyn, Esq. 



Genus CXXIII. — Necrodes, Wilkin. 



Antenna? distinctly longer than the head, rather slender, terminating gradually 

 in an elongate perfoliate club, composed of three joints, the terminal one 

 obtuse: head oblong, with a distinct neck: eyes large, prominent: thorax 

 ■ orbicular, with a narrow border : elytra obliquely truncated at the apex, tri- 

 carinated: body elongate-oval, scarcely longer than the elytra: legs elon- 

 gate : tibia channelled, slightly spinose : posterior femora of the males more 

 or less thickened and clavate, sometimes denticulated : anterior tarsi in the 

 male more or less dilated. 



Necrodes differs from Necrophorus, which it resembles by having 

 the elytra truncate, in the form of the clava of the antennae, which 

 is elongate, not subglobose; the elytra are carinated, and the legs 

 elongate ; the head is rather small ; eyes large ; thorax orbicular ; 

 and in the males the posterior femora are frequently of great bulk 



