. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 199. Water-scavenger beetles [Ilydrophihis sp.), larva, and peculiar egg mass on leaf (After Brehm) Carrion-beetles {Silphidae). Wherever a dead animal has been left exposed, the carrion- or burying-beetles may be found feeding upon it. The more com- mon carrion-beetles of the genus SilpJia are of a . broad, oval shape, much - flattened, with small heads, and feed beneath the car- rion. The burying-beetles I^NecropJionis) are much larger, from an inch to an inch and a half long, with thick, stout, rectangular bodies, and with large .,.,,, ,^ , , heads.

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. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 199. Water-scavenger beetles [Ilydrophihis sp.), larva, and peculiar egg mass on leaf (After Brehm) Carrion-beetles {Silphidae). Wherever a dead animal has been left exposed, the carrion- or burying-beetles may be found feeding upon it. The more com- mon carrion-beetles of the genus SilpJia are of a . broad, oval shape, much - flattened, with small heads, and feed beneath the car- rion. The burying-beetles I^NecropJionis) are much larger, from an inch to an inch and a half long, with thick, stout, rectangular bodies, and with large .,.,,, ,^ , , heads. The common spe- A burying-beetle {Aecrophomx sp.). ^ (Slightly enlarged) cies are blackish, marked (After Linviiie and Kelly) with dull red. Their name. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn

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