INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 12. Silpha. 105 



• Rufifrons. Black ; front, 2 fpots on the fhells and legs ferruginous. 

 Inhabits England: fmall. 



Antenna black, the club rufous: thorax fmooth immaculate: 

 Jhelis fmooth. 



E. Lip heart-ftapedy emarginate, crenate. Nicrophorus. 



*Gmnmica Black ; front and edge of the fhells ferruginous. 

 Inhabits Europe. Oli<v. Inf. 2, 10. tab. i.fig- 2. 

 Shells fometimes with a ferruginous fpot or two. 

 Depofits its eggs in the carcaffes of other infects, and buries 

 them under ground. 



Humator. Black ; antennae rufous at the tip. 



Inhabits Europe. Oli<v. Inf. 2. 10. tab. i.fig. 2. 



Grandis. Black ; 2 fpots on the fhells and impreffed front rufous. 

 , Inhabits America. Oli<v. Inf. 2. 10. tab. l.fig. 2. 

 Antenna black, the club rufous: thorax rounded, the fides 

 pitchy, with a black margin : hind fpot on the ihells finuate : 

 breajl golden-downy. 



• Vefpilk. Black; fhells with 2 ferruginous finuate bands: club of the 

 antennae red. 

 Donovans Eng. Infeds. I. pi. 23. 

 Inhabits Europe, in putrid carcaffes : fmells of mulk and flies 



very fwiftly, with its wings erect. 

 Hind-thighs large, I -toothed near the bafe. 



J Mortucrum. Bi ac fc . fhells with 2 ferrugiuous bands : club of the anten- 

 nae black : hind thighs unarmed. 



Inhabits Germany in carcaffes and fungi. 



F. Lipfquare, emarginate. Sphaeridium. 



* Scaraba?- Oval, black: fhells with 2 ferruginous fpots. 

 aides. Donovans Eng. Infecls. vii. plate 231. fig. 4. 



Inhabits Europe : very common in dung. 



Lunata. Oval, black; fheMs with a lunate yellow fpot at the tip* 

 Inhabits Germany : fize of the laft. 



z-pujiulata. Black, polifhed: fhells with a red fpot at the tip: legs 

 pitchy. 

 Inhabits Gerjnany : in dung. 



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