INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 12. Silpha. 99 



Fufcus, Brown, clothed with fine yellow down pale at the tip. 

 Inhabits Europe. Muf. Lefk. 20, n. 1 19. b. 



Serraticor- Black, fpotted with white: antennas yellow, the club 

 »*• elongated, ferrate. - 



Inhabits the Ifland Santa Cruz. 



Head cinereous : Jhells black varied with white and rufous at 

 the bafe, 3 white fpots in the middle, and 2 waved white 

 ftrcaks on the tip. - > 



Denticornis, Black ; thorax yellowifh at the edge : (hells fpotted with 

 white : antennae yellow, the club elongated, ferrate. 

 Inhabits the Ifland Santa Cruz. 



Head black : Jhells black fpeckied wich white : body black : legs 

 yellowifh. 



12. SILPHA. Antennae clavatc, the club 

 perfoliate : Jhells margined ■ head pro- 

 minent; thorax lomewhat flattened, 

 margined. Carrion-beetle. 



Thefe are chiefly found under the loofe bark of trees, or on the 

 half decayed carcaffes of animals, upon which both the grub 

 and the infect feed. 



A. "Lip dilated, bifid : jaw 1 -toothed. 



Surinamen- Black; fhells with a yellow band .behind : hind-thighs 

 fi s ' toothed. 



Inhabits South America. 



*Littoralis J3 lac k ; fhells naked, with 3 raifed lines : thorax rounded, 

 polilhed. 

 Inhabits Europe. Oliv. Inf. 2, 11; tab. l.JigS. 



Livida. Brown, thorax fhells and legs livid. 



Inhabits Germany. Oh<v. In/. 2, 11. t. 1. fi 8. 



Indka. Black ; fhells with 2 ferruginous bands : thorax I -toothed 

 before. 



Inhabits India. 



Micans, Black with a green polifh : fhells ftriate, truncate, 1 -toothed. 

 Inhabits the Cape of Good Hype. 



Tail rufous -.Jhells D;ack, with 3 elevated ftriae, 1 -toothed at the 

 future. 



Americana. DeprefTed, black : thorax yellow, black in the centre. 

 Inhabits America. Qlinj. Inf. 2, i I. /, I. f. 9. 



Shells rugged, immaculate. 



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