PLATii VIII. — Continued. 



Fig. 68. TROX SABULOSUS, L., Curtis. [F. Trogidre. G. Trox, Fab.] 



Oblong, black, sub-opaque. Head thickly and coarsely punctate ; antenna; reddish brown. 

 Thorax transverse, slightly narrowed in front, gently rounded at the sides ; posterior angles 

 rectangular, prominent ; thickly and coarsely punctate, with a broad central longitudinal impres- 

 sion, and on each side, on the disc, a large oblong, frequently interrupted, fovea. Elytra faintly 

 .striate, the stria; coarsely punctate, the alternate interstices raised and furnished with a row of 

 fascicles of j-cllowisli grey bristles. Length, 4—4.^ lines. 



Found, but not commonly, throughout the country. 



Fig. 69. SPH^RIDIUM BIPUSTULATUM, F. [F. Sphseridiida;. G. Sphicridium, Fab.] 

 (S. quadrimaculatum, Curtis.) 



Short ovate, above shining black. Head thickly and very finely punctate, antcnn.x reddish 

 brown. Thorax with the lateral margins narrowly reddish yellow; transverse, narrowed in front, 

 rounded at the sides, posterior angles acute ; very finely and thickly punctate. Elytra with the 

 outer margin and a lunate patch at the tip reddish yellow, and generally a large blood-red humeral 

 spot. Beneath dull black. Legs reddish yellow, thighs with a transverse black patch. Length, 

 1 j-2^ lines. 



Common in cow-dung. 



Fig. 70. APHODIUS VILLOSUS, Gi/l/., Curtis. [F. Aphodiida;. G. Aphodius, Illiffer.'] 



Elongate, brown, clothed with long yellowish grey pubescence. Head thickly punctate. 

 Thorax transverse, coarsely, deeply and rather sparselj' punctate, posterior margin sinuate. 

 8cutellum elongate, triangular, faintly punctate. Elytra oblong, each with seven broad shallow 

 striw, the stria' remotely punctate ; interstices convex. Legs reddish brown. Length, 1^-2 lines. 



Very rare. Newmarket Heath, and in Cornwall. 



Fig. 71. COPRIS LUNARIS, L., Curtis. (Male.) [F. Coprida;. G. Copris, Geqffr.] 



Above shining black. Head semicircular, notched in front, of the male with an erect, nuire or 

 less elongate pointed horn, of the female with a short erect horn, notched at the ti]). Thorax 

 tran.sverse, convex, retuse in front, ruggedly punctate at the sides, with a central impressed 

 longitudinal line. Elytra convex, each with nine shallow stria; ; interstices flattish, sparsely and 

 very finely punctate. Beneath with long ferruginous hairs. Length, 7-10 lines. 



Common in dung in sandy places in the south. 



Fig. 73. PSA:\IM0DIUS SULCICOLLIS, ll/iger, Curtis. [F. Asphodiidw. G. Psam- 

 modius, Gy//.] 



Oblong ovate, convex, brown. Head covered with tubercles, with a semicircular impression on 

 the crown ; clypeus cmarginate in front ; antenna- and palpi reddish brown. Thorax transverse, 

 sliglitly narrowed in front, sides rounded, with five deep, broad, coarsely punctate, transverse, 

 furrows, the spaces between thorn convex, smooth ; central longitudinal cliannel obsolete in front, 

 deep beliind. Elytra convex, a little dilated behind the middle, each with nine broad, deep, 

 coarsely puuctate striix; ; interstices convex, smooth. Underside and legs reddish brown. Length, 

 IJ-lj lines. 



Not uncommon on the Welsh and Lancashire coasts. 

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