388 THE CARRION EATER, 
Genus XVIII.. — Necydalis. d’he Carrion Eater. 
Of this genus there are eleven fpecies, which have ob- 
tained their Englijh name from their fuppofed predilec- 
tion for carrion. In their winged ftate, they generally 
frequent the woods ; their residence and habits, while 
larvae, are wholly unknown. The generic chara&ers of 
thei'e infers are, the fetaceous form of the antenna, and 
the (hape of the elytra, which are either fhorter or nar- 
rower than the abdomen f. 
The firft infeft of this family enumerated by the 
Sived:Jh naturalifl is the larger carrion eater, which is 
diitinguifhed by its large and prominent eyes : The an- 
tennas are railed upright as far as the firft articulation, 
after which they are bent, and turned afide. In fome in- 
dividuals, the thorax is black, in others yellow ; the ely- 
tra are generally black, lighter towards the middle, 
which contains a lemon-coloured fpot. 
f Syftema Nat. p. $41, 
