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Genus [304]. Paromalus. JErichs. Two species. 



P. flavicomis, Herbst. Deep black and shining ; antennas 

 testaceous ; legs pitchy red ; about one line ; in boleti 

 and beneath bark. PL 41, fig. 4. 

 Genus [305]. Saprinus. Ericlis. Eleven species. 



S. nitidulus, Fab. Bronzy black, very shining ; legs pitchy ; 

 two lines and a half; dung of animals. PL 41, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [305 a ]. Teretrius. Ericlis. One species. 



T. picipes, Fab. Deep black and very shining; antennae 

 and legs pitchy red ; about a line ; oak palings, beneath 

 the bark ; Camberwell, Hampstead. PI. 41, Jig. 6. 

 Genus [306]. Onthophilus. Leach. Two species. 



0. sulcatus, Fab. Deep opaque black ; one and a half to 

 two lines ; dung of animals ; Nottinghamshire, Coombe 

 Wood. PI. 4\,Jg.7. 

 Genus [307]. Abr;eus. Leach. Two species? 



A. globosus, Payh. Pitchy black and very shining ; about 

 one line and a half; decaying vegetables and garden 

 refuse. PL 41. fig. 8. 



Subdivision IV. PETALOCERA. Shuck. 



Tribe I. PECTENICORNES. Shuck. 



Family [36]. LucanidyE. Leach. 



Genus [308]. Platycerus. Geoffr. One species. 



P. caraboides, Lin. Bright blue and shining ; antennas 

 and legs black ; six lines and a half; West of England. 

 PI. 42, fig. L. 

 Genus [309]. Dorcus. Macleay. One species. 



D. parallelipipedus, Lin. Entirely of an opaque black; 

 about twelve lines; woods, in rotten trees. PL 42, 



Genus [310]. Lucanus. Lin. One species. In the female 

 the mandibles are small. 



L. cervus, Lin. Black and slightly shining ; mandibles and 



elytra usually of a dark chesnut ; from one to two and a 



half inches; common in the South of England, in the 



vicinity of woods. PL 42, fig. 3. 



Genus [311]. Sinodendron. Fab., One species. In the 



female the horn of the head is obsolete, and the thorax is less 



retuse. 



S. cylindricum, Lin. Either dark black and shining, or 

 castaneous ; six to eight lines; common in rotten willows. 

 PL 42 Jig. 4. 



