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and two small spots at its margins, and elytra, with the 

 shoulders, and a sutural stripe, all black ; antennae and 

 legs reddish ; two and a half lines ; ponds and ditches. 

 PI. 40, Jig. 2. 

 Genus [297]. Ch^etarthria. Waterh. One species. 



Ch. seminulum, Paylc. Black and shining ; antennae, apex 

 of elytra and legs pitchy red ; about a line ; ponds and 

 ditches. PI. 40, fig. 3. 



Family [34]. Sph^eridiidjE. Leach. 



Genus [298]. Cyclonotum. Frichs. One species. 



C. orbiculare, Fab. Deep black and shining ; antennae 

 and legs pitchy ; about two lines ; ponds and ditches. 

 PI. 40, Jig. 4. 

 Genus [299]. Sph^ridium. Fab. Three species. 



S. scarabaeoides, Lin. Black and shining ; elytra with a 

 red humeral spot and their apex ochraceous ; antennae 

 and legs pitcby red ; two to three and a half lines ; dung 

 of cows and horses. PI. 40, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [300]. Cercyon. Leach. Fifty-five species ? 



C. obsoletum, Qyll. Black and shining; apex of elytra, 

 antennae, palpi and legs pitchy red ; one line and three- 

 quarters ; dung of horses. PI. 40, Jig. 6. 



Tribe III. FRACTICORNES. Shuck. 



Family [35]. Histerid^e. Leach. 



Genus [301]. Platysoma. Leach. Three species. 



P. depressum, Fab. Deep black and shining ; antennae 

 and legs pitchy red; one line and a half; under bark. 

 PI. 41, Jig. 1. 

 Genus [302]. Hister. Linn. Twenty-four species ? 



H. unicolor, Lin. Entirely deep black and shining ; from 

 two and a half to four lines ; in the dung of animals. 

 PL 4\, fig. 2. 

 Genus [303]. Dendrophilus. Leach. Six species. 



D. quatuordecim striatus, Steph. Deep black and shining ; 

 antennae and legs pitchy; one line and a half; in rubbish 

 heaps, garden refuse, &c. PI. 41, fig. 3. 



[This species, which is here figured as a Dendrophilus, 

 is an Fpierus of Erichson : a true Dendrophilus will 

 be figured in the Supplement.] 



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