necrobia

[Gr. nekros =death, and bios = life. Named by Latreille, as the species Necrobia ruficollis, which he discovered when a prisoner in the Grand Séminaire at Bordeaux awaiting transportation to Guiana, was the means of interesting Bory de St. Vincent on his behalf, and obtaining the revocation of his sentence of exile. The whole story will be found in Latreille's His to ire des Insectes, ix. 154.] Entom.: A genus of Cleride (q. v.). The best known species, widely distributed, are Necrobia ruficollis and N. rufipes , metallic-blue or green, hairy insects, with red thorax or legs. They feed on dried animal substances. něc-rō-bi-ō-sis, s. [NECROBIA.] Physiol.: Molecular death of a ti ue without lo of continuity, especially seen in the various forms of atrophy and degeneration. (Quain: Dict. Med .) sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. necrobiotic něc-rō-bi-ōt Ic, a . [Eng. necrobio(sis); t connect., and suff. -ic .] Pertaining to or characteristic of Necrobiosis (q. v.). ně-crō-dēş, s . [Gr. nekrōdēs =corpse-like.] Entom.: A genus of Silphide, closely allied to the typical Silpha (q. v.), but with the hind legs larger. N. litter a lis breeds in the interior of the carca es of dead animals, but is not a burying beetle. N. lacry mos a is from Australia. něc-rō-găm-ma-rus, s . [Pref. necro- , and Lat., ., gammarus (q. v.).] Palæont .: A doubtful form from the Upper Silurian, described by Dr. Woodward. If it is an Amphipod, it is the oldest representative of the order.