CARRION-BEETLE,** a genus of insects belonging to the order **coleoptera.** See **ENTOMOLOGY Index.**

**SILPHIUM,** a genus of plants belonging to the clas of *lyngena,* and to the order of *polygamia necessaria,* and in the natural system arranged under the 49th order, *composita.* See **BOTANY Index.**

**SILVER,** a well known metallic substance. For an account of its properties, see **CHEMISTRY Index.**