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NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black. Nose separated from the front by an obtusangular line ; rhinarium orange- 

 coloured, subtrapezoidal ; three last joints of the knob of the antennae ferruginous : prothorax 

 dilated anteriorly : elytra with two orange-coloured subundulated toothed bands reaching from the 

 epipleura to the suture; cpipleura broad, orange-coloured: posterior trochanters truncated at the 

 apex with the external angle recurved ; tibiae dilated, especially the anterior pair, or cubits : post- 

 pectus on each side covered with tawny hairs. 



* * Prothorax not dilated anteriorly. 



(138) 5. * Necrophorus Hallii. HalVs Necrophorus. 



N. (Hallii) ater ; prothorace sitbrotundo ; antennis capilulo, clytris fascia antica, lunulaque postica, aurantiis ; rhinario angiitis 

 anticis elongatis. . ■ ■ 



Hall's Necrophorus, black, prothorax nearly round ; knob of the antennas, anterior band and posterior crescent of .the elytra, 

 orange-coloured ; anterior angles of the rhinarium elongated. 



Length of the body 8 — 9 lines. 



Taken in Nova Scotia by Capt. Hall, and in Massachusets by Mr. Drake. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body, as usual, black. Nose separated from the front by a straight line, channelled ; rhinarium 

 distinct, membranous, tawny, anterior angles elongated ; knob of the antenna? with the three last 

 joints dull-orange : prothorax nearly circular, anteriorly emarginate : elytra with an anterior angular 

 band which does not reach the suture, and a posterior crescent or kidney-shaped spot, both of a 

 deep orange ; epipleura black ; wings dusky : trochanters emarginate at the tip. 



(139) 6. * Necrophorus pygm/Eus. Pigmy Necrophorus. 



N. (pygmaus) ater, prothorace subrotundo ,■ antennis capitulo nigro ; ebjtr is fascia antica, maculaque postica, obscure rubris ; 



rhinario transverso. 

 Pygmy Necrophorus, black, prothorax subrotund ; knob of the antennae black ; anterior band and posterior spot of the 



elytra, of a dark obscure red; rhinarium transverse. 



PLATE II, FIG. 3. 

 Length of the body 6 lines. 



A single specimen taken in the Rocky Mountains. 



