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SILPHA THORACICA, 
CoLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Antennz clavated, foliated. Head prominent. Thorax margined, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
_ Black. Three longitudinal lines on each fhell. Thorax red-brown. 
Syff. Ent. 73. 6.—Linn. Sy/t, Nat. 2. §71.13.— 
Fn, Su. 452.—Stroem, Adit. Nidrof. 3. Tab. 6. 
fig. 1. 
Silpha. Degeer Inf. 4.174. 3- Tab. 6. Fig. 76 
Peltis nigra, &c.—Geoff. Inf. 1. 121. 6. 
Scarabaeus.—Raj. Inf. go. 10. 
’ Cafida nigra, &c.—Gadd. Satag. 25. 
Silpha Thoracea. Scop. carn. 54. 
Berg fir. Nomencl. 1. 23. 5. Tab. 3. Fig. 5 
Schaef. Icon. Tab. 75. Fig. 4. 
Sulz. Inf. Tab. 2. Fig. 12. 
eo yikad Wh. ies 7 , 
Taken at Charlton in June. It is a very rare {pecies in every 
part of this country, though not unfrequent in Germany. 
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