The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . wers of scent must be very great, as in a very little time after a Molehas been killed some of them are seen hovering over the body, although they had not been previously observedin the vicinity. The digestive canal of the Necrophori and Silphae is at least three times as long as the body; theintestinal canal is very long. Necrophorus vespillo, Linn., is from two-thirds to seven-eighths of an inchlong; black, with the three terminal joints of the antennae red
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . wers of scent must be very great, as in a very little time after a Molehas been killed some of them are seen hovering over the body, although they had not been previously observedin the vicinity. The digestive canal of the Necrophori and Silphae is at least three times as long as the body; theintestinal canal is very long. Necrophorus vespillo, Linn., is from two-thirds to seven-eighths of an inchlong; black, with the three terminal joints of the antennae red, and two orange-coloured bands on the elytra; the coxae of the hind-legs armed with a strongtooth. [There are several species closely allied to this insect, which is verycommon in England ; and it is to be observed that they occasionally frequentrotten fungus and boleti, as weft tts animal matter in a decaying state.] Some ofthe species from North America surpass the rest in size. NecrodeSf\^\W\ Silpha, Linn., has the antennae evidently longer than thehead, and terminated by an elongated 5-jninted mass; the body is oval oblong;. CQLEOPTERA. 517 the thorax nearly orbicular, ant! the spurs of tlie tibia; of ordinary size. Tlie species are found in Europe, theequatorial parts of the New World, India, and Australia. [The type, Silpha littoraii*, Fabr., is a very commonEnglish insect.] Others of this subdivision have the body ovnl or ovoid, with the head not, or scarcely, narrowed behind, andnarrower than the thorax, which is nearly semicircular; the elytra are rounded, or slightly emarginate at the tip!the lejfs scarcely differ in the sexes, and tlie niaxithe have an inner horny tooth. tSitpAa, Linn., has tliebody nearly shield-shaped, depressed, with the thorax semicircular and the palpi fdiform. Themajority reside in [and feed upon] carcases, and thus diminish the quantity of obnoxious vapour which they creep upon the stems of plants, especially of corn on which small
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