Silpha. COLEOPTERA. 4I 



Scopoli adds to the Linnsean characters of the 



Silphse their having a kind of lamina or knob* 



which terminates in a fpine, fituate at the bafe 



of their hinder thighs, 



Many of the Silpha are found early in the 



fpring, under the loofe bark of trees, and they, 



as well as their larvae, feed chiefly on the half- 



{decayed carcafes of animals. 



GiSNttS 



