
COLEOPTERA. 467 
fin England and in the environs of Paris, Silpha  quad- 

Fig. 451.—Lucanus Titan. 
ripunctata and the Silpha thoracica, climb trees and attack cater- 
pillars. It appears to be certain that the 
larva of the Silpha obscura does a great 
deal of damage to beetroot, whose leaves 
it devours. The Wecrodes come very near to 
the Silphe. They are distinguished from 
them by having the hind legs larger. Only 
one, Necrodes littoralis, occurs in England. 
‘Fig. 459 represents the Necrodes lacrymosa, 

Fig. 452.—Syndesus 
from Australia. cornutus. 
The Necrophori, or Grave-diggers, are honest undertakers, who 
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