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NECROPHORUS GERMANICUS. 
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Order Coleoptera. Fam. Silphidae Leach. Necrophagi Lat . 
Type of the Genus Silpha Humator Linn. 
Necrophorus Fab., Oliv. } Lat . Silpha Linn., Marsh. Dermestes 
Geoff. Necrophagus Samouelle. 
Antennae, inserted before the eyes, geniculated, pilose, 10-jointed, 
1st joint long, curved, clavate, 5 following short, gradually 
thickening from the 1st, the 4 last forming a perfoliated club, 
the joints being horny externally, membranaceous internally, the 
terminal joint somewhat acuminate (f. 6). 
Labrum transverse, deeply emarginate, thickly ciliated, with a 
tuft of long hairs arising near the apex of each lobe (l). 
Mandibles strong, exserted, curved, acute, entire 3 internal edge 
beneath clothed with thick hair (2). 
Maxillae corneous, lobes coriaceous, internal one thickly ciliated, 
external with a transverse suture, the terminal portion being 
dilated and very hairy: Palpi short 4-jointed, 1st joint small, 
2nd and 3rd clavate-truncate, 4th cylindric-ovate (3). 
Mentum transverse somewhat ovate : Palpi composed of 3 joints 
of nearly equal length, 2nd robust, clavate-truncate, 3rd cylin- 
dric somewhat ovate- truncate : Labium long bilobed, lobes diva- 
ricating, ciliated with long hairs (4). 
Head large. Eyes reniform. Neck distinct. Thorax somewhat or- 
bicular, rounded behind. Scutellum large triangular. Elytra shorter 
than the abdomen, truncated at the apex, external margin inflected , 
not channelled or keeled. Wings 2, very long. Abdomen long 
quadrate. Tibise spurred. Tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior dilated in the 
males (5 afore leg of male). 
Obs. the dissections are made from N. vestigator Herschel. 
Germanicus Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 569. I . Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 1. pars 1 . 
p. 246. n. 1. Marsh. Ent. Brit. p. 1 13. n. 1 . 
Intense black, shining. Club of antenna velvety black. Mouth, 
centre of clypeus, cilia of anterior margin of thorax and of the 
anterior tarsi of the males aureous. Eyes ochraceous, speckled 
with black. External margin of elytra furruginous. Head 
rather minutely punctured, except in the centre. Thorax con- 
siderably dilated anteriorly, very delicately punctured, the late- 
ral and posterior margins deeply punctured, an obsolete channel 
down the centre. Scutellum minutely punctured. Elytra rather 
coarsely punctured, with 3 plain longitudinal lines on each. 
Shoulders and sides pubescent. Abdomen punctured, segments 
and sides ciliated. Pectus pubescent with piceous hairs. 
In the Cabinet of Mr. Vigors. 
