BLAPS

(Lat.), n. f. plese Ula ee A genus of coleopterous insects of the family Blapside. fa, 821.]—B. gigas. A species found in southern Europe and northern Africa, {A, 321.]—B. mortisaga. Ger., Trauerkäfer, Todtenkdfer, A species the larvæ of which have been found in the intestinal contents, especially in children. [Cobbold, ‘* Brit. Med, Jour.,” Apr. 7, 1878 (A, 819).]—B. polychrest a [Forskäl]. A eyed found in Egypt, where, according io Forskal, it is eaten cooked with butter, and highly esteemed as a remedy for scorpion bites and for earache. [L, 49. BLAPSIDÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. Bla®ps(bla®ps)i?d-e(a3-e2), Fr., blapsides. A family of the Pseudotremera. [L, 262.]