Note 1 — Chapter xix · AN UNKNOWN SENSE
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
We thereupon turn our thoughts to the faculty of scent. Insects, there is no denying, possess the sense of smell, often very highly developed. The Necrophori,1 the Silphæ,2 the Histers,3 the Dermestes4 hasten from every side to the spot where lies a little corpse of which the ground is to be purged. Guided by scent, these grave-diggers hurry towards the dead Mole.