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pronotuiii arc sometimes quite black, but are more commonly 

 reddish-brown on the front angles, and rarely along the whole 

 of the sides. The liagellum of the anteimse is blackish-brown. 

 The metasternum of the male has a shallow, hairy depression 

 in the middle. The legs are reddish-brown, with the femora 

 yellow beneath. It is common everywhere. 



* A. sticticus, Panz. Eather smaller than the last species, 

 but very similar. The antennae are, however, yellow, with a 

 brownish club ; the mesosternum is not keeled, and the 

 pronotum has a brownish-yellow lateral stripe, each with a 

 distinct brown dot in the middle. The end of the abdomen 

 is light reddish-brown, and the legs are yellow, with light 

 reddish-brown femora. 



* A. mei'darius, Fabr. Wing-cases clay-coloured, with the 

 suture black, and the lateral margins fuscous. The legs are 

 brown, with the terminal spines of the front tibiae curved in 

 the male, straight in the female. Length, 3-4 mm. It is 

 common in dung. 



* A. quadrvjnaculatns, Linn. (Plate VII., Fig. 20). Elytra 

 punctate-striate, black, with four red spots. Legs black, with 

 reddish-brown tarsi, more rarely brown or reddish. Rare. 



* A. prudromus, Brahm. Wing-cases greyish-yellow, each 

 with a large clouded spot, narrowed in front. The pronotum 

 is black, with orange borders. The male has smooth wing- 

 cases, but those of the female are hairy. Length, 7 mm. It 

 is a common and very variable species. 



* A. rufipes, Linn. (Plate VII., Fig. 21). This is the largest 

 species except A. fossor. It is black, with the hind border of 

 the pronotum, the middle of the metasternum, the extremity 

 of the abdomen, the Hagellum of the anteniune and the legs, 

 yellow. It is not uncommon. 



