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forehead being the only portion which is invariably infnscated), and by its clypeus 

 being ahnost entirely free from any indications of tubercles. It occui-s both in 

 the north and south of Madeira, but is apparently somewhat scarce ; I have how- 

 ever captured it in the neighbourhood of Funchal, and (on two occasions) at Santa 

 Anna, in comparative abundance. It occurs, though sparingly, throughout the 

 greater part of Europe ; and is recorded in Germany, Portugal, Sicily and the 

 Tyi-ol. 



176. Aphodius lividus. 



A. brevis, nitidissimus livido-testaceus, cljrpeo postice nigro-infuscato, prothorace utrinque parcissime 

 punctate, in disco antico late et suffuse nigro-Lnfuscato necnon latera versus nebula obscura con- 

 spurcato, elytro singulo in disco longitudinaliter obscuro-, et per suturam late nigro-infuscato, 

 interstitiis impunctatis, pedibus pallido-rufopiceis. 



Long. cprp. lin. 2. 



Scarabceus lividus, Oliv. Etit. i. 3. 86 (1789). 

 ApJtodius Anaclioreta, Fab. Syst. Eleu. i. 74 (1801). 

 Scarabceus bilituratus, Mslim, Unt. Brit. i. 15 (1802). 

 Aplodius lividus, Stepb. III. Brit. Ent. iii. 192 (1830) 

 , Heer, Fna Col. Heh. i. 524 (1841). 



Habitat Maderam, rarissimus : duo specimina tantum vidi, unum sc. a meipso sestate media a.d. 1850 

 in stercore bovine ad Sanctam Annam, et alterum a Dom. Heinecken prope urbem Funchalensem 

 d. 20 Jul. A.D. 1829, reperta. 



A. ratber short and broad, livid-, or pale brownish-testaceous, and exceedingly shining : with the 

 clypeus (which is tubercled, recurved at the edges, and truncated in front) rather rufesceut 

 anteriorly, but darkly infnscated along its posterior portion. Prothorax almost impunctate, 

 though with an exceedingly few scattered punctures towards the sides ; with a large cloudy, or 

 suffused patch on the fore-disk, and a dusky cloud, in the usual position, towards the middle of 

 either lateral edge, more or less darkly infuscated. Elytra crenate-striated, with the interstices 

 almost impunctate ; with the suture broadly and darkly, and a large longitudinal dash down the 

 disk of each obscurely, infuscated. Body beneath rather coarsely punctured. Legs pale Tufo- 

 piceous. 



The rather short and wide outline of the A. lividus, in conjunction with its 

 extremely glossy, lurid, and comparatively unpunctured surface, its broadly infus- 

 cated sutm'e, and the cloudy longitudinal dash down the disk of each of its elytra, 

 will at once distinguish it from the other ApJiodii with which we have here to do. 

 Although conmion thi-oughout Europe, and occurring also in the north of Africa, 

 it is decidedly rare in Madeira, two specimens only having hitherto come beneath 

 my notice, — one of which was captui-ed by myself in the north of the island, at 

 Santa Anna, dm'ing the siunmer of 1850, and the other by the late Dr. Heinecken 

 near Funchal (according to the origbaal label, still attached to it), on the 20th of 

 July 1829, from whose collection it was presented to me by the E,ev. U. T. Lowe. 



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