114 NECROMAGA. SILPHIDiE. 



yellow down : club of the antennas and 2 bands across the elytra (tbe 2d 

 mostly interrupted) orange ; hinder tibiae straight. (L. 7-11 1.) Carcases, 

 Battersea fields ; Hampstead Heath ; Ealing : Swansea ; Dawlish ; Not- 

 tingham : 3-8. 



903 interruptus Ste. M. iii. 18. pi. xvi. f. 2. Ne. fossor. Erich. K. i. 224 



Black ; thorax glabrous : club of the antennae and 2 bands across the 

 elytra (neatly interrupted at the suture) orange ; the terminal segments of 

 the abdomen ciliated with griseous ; hinder tibia? straight. (L. 6-9^ 1.) 

 Carcases, London district ; Norfolk j Cambridge ; New Forest ; Notting- 

 ham ; Phillack, Cornwall : 3-7. 



904 vestigator IU. Mag. (Hershel) vi. 24 Ste. M. iii. 18. — Ne. Vespillo 



Pz. F. ii. f. 2. — Black ; thorax glabrous : club of the antennae and 2 

 bands across the elytra (the anterior one generally widest) orange ; abdo- 

 men somewhat glabrous at the tip, ciliated with black, the extreme apex 

 with griseous ; hinder tibia? straight. (L. 7-12 1.) Carcases, &c, generally 

 distributed: 3-7 *. 



905 obrutor Erich K. i. 225. — Black ; thorax glabrous ; narrowed towards 

 the base : club of the antenna? and 2 bands across the elytra (frequently in- 

 terrupted) tawny-red ; abdomen nearly glabrous, the tip with a black pubes- 

 cence ; posterior tibia? straight. (L. 7-9 1. ) Carcases, Hertford : 5-6. 



906 Mortuorum Fab. E. i. 335. — Don. xv. pi. 537. f.2.—Ste. M. iii. 19. — 

 Black ; with the club of the antenna? the same : elytra with a broad cre- 

 nulated orange band across the base, and a crescent-shaped or rounded 

 spot of the same colour within the apex: hinder tibia? straight. (L. 5-9 1.) 

 Carcases, London district ; Swansea ; Carlisle ; Monk's Wood, Herts ; 

 Buckley Vale, Devon; Mansfield, &c. ; Leith, Scotland: 3-7. 



907 Vespillo L. ii. 569.— Don. i. pi. 23. ? — Ste. M. ii. 20. — Black; thorax 

 clothed in front with a dense yellow down : club of the antenna? and 2 

 bands across the elytra yellow-orange ; hinder tibia? curved ; posterior tro- 

 chanters with an acute spine. (L. 6-12 1.) Carcases, generally distri- 

 buted; rather scarce near Edinburgh : 3-7. *. 



147 Necrodes Wilkin. 



908 littoralis L. ii. 570. — Pz. F. xi. f. 15 $ . — Ste. M. iii. 21. — Cur. vii. 

 pi. 334. $ — Oblong, depressed, black : elytra with 3 smooth elevated lines, 

 and a shorter one at the base, with a transverse tubercle near the apex ; 3 

 or 4 terminal joints of antennae testaceous. (L. 6-1 2^ 1.) Carcases, 

 banks of Thames ; Bottisham ; Netley ; Swansea ; Sidmouth ; Carlisle ; 

 Parley Heath ; Loch Lomond ; Newhaven, &c. : 4-7. 



148 Oiceoptojia Leach. 



909 thoracica L. ii. 571.— Don. ii. pi. 63. f. 1 Ste. M. iii. 22. —Black, 



with a silken gloss : thorax red, with a light tawny pile : elytra satiny, 

 with 3 slightly flexuous elevated lines. (L. 6^-7^ 1.) Carcases, London 

 district ; Bottisham ; Oxford ; Enborne ; Bristol ; Netley ; Scotland, &c. : 

 3-6. 



(910j: marginalis Fab. E. i. 338. — Ste. M. iii. 22. note. — Black; head 

 rough ; thorax with the margins round and pale ; elytra fuscous, with 3 

 elevated lines. (L. 7 1.) Not truly indigenous; a native of N. Ame- 

 rica. ) 



911 rugosa L. ii. 571. — Pz. F. lx. f. 17. — Ste. M. iii. 22. — Black, pubes- 

 cent : thorax tuberculated ; interstices clothed with an ashy pile ; elytra 

 with 3 elevated lines, the interstices transversely rugged; tip of the ab- 

 domen reddish. (L. 3^-5 1.) Carcases, &c, generally distributed : 3-7.*. 



