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long oval, convex, shining ; head vau\ thorax black or brownish-black, 

 closely and rather strongly pun(;tured ; antennae and palpi testaceous, the 

 former with the club elongate ; elytra variable in colour, either reddish 

 testaceous with the base ])lack, or black with apex reddish, or with dark 

 longitudinal markings on each, leaving the suture, apex, and sides red. 

 with plainly punctured striae, which are distinctly continued to base ami 

 apex; interstices rather strongl}' punctured ; metasternum. without the 

 complete lateral oblique lines which are found in the two preceding 

 species ; legs reddish testaceous. L. 2 min. 



In duug-heaps, &c. ; often caught on the wing ; local, and not common ; Whitstahlo, 

 Cobham, Greenwich, Forest Hill, Putney, Dulwicli, Mertou, Ealing, Hampstead ; 

 Hastings; Exmouth ; Manchester district ; Northumberland district ; Scotland, rare, 

 Tweed district ; Ireland, near Belfast : Dr. Power tells me that he has always taken 

 tliis species flying (generally near a wood-stack), and tliat he has never found it in 

 dung. 



From C. pyrimmiis it may be at once distinguished by its larger and 

 longer form, the much stronger strise of elytra which are complete to 

 apex, the stronger punctuation of the interstices of elytra, and by the 

 oblique lines on the metasternum being absent or abbreviated behind. 



C. analis, Payk. Ovate, shining ; head and thorax black, finely 

 punctured ; elytra black with apex reddish testaceous, narrowed gradually 

 from a little behind middle to apex which is acuminate and somewhat 

 deflexed ; elytra convex, with punctured striaj which are continued to 

 apex, interstices plainly punctured, with, as a rule, two rows of punctures 

 on their anterior half, and one row on the posterior ; the ninth interstice 

 has one row of punctures, and in this point differs from many of its 

 allies ; legs testaceous. I>. 2 mm. 



In flood rubbish, bottoms of hay-stacks, decaying sea-weed, &c. ; common and 

 generally distributed. 



C. lugrubris, Payk. Oval, very convex, sliining black j head and 

 thorax thickly punctured, antennas and palpi reddish or reddish-black ; 

 thorax with the sides rounded and bordered ; elytra a little broader than 

 thorax, convex, contracted behind, with punctured striae Avhich are 

 plainly continued to apex ; interstices depressed, almost impunctate, and 

 alutaceous, so that the surface of the elytra appears almost dull ; apex of 

 elytra more or less distinctly red except at suture ; mesosternuui narrow, 

 somewhat lanceolate ; legs testaceous red. L. l|-2 mm. 



At roots of grass in marshy places, in flood rubbish, &c. ; not uncommon ; Lee, 

 Shecrness, Shirley, Walton-ou-Thames and Loudon district generally ; Sussex, Devon- 

 shire and southern counties generally; I^Iidiand districts; Liverpool; much less 

 common towards the north ; not recorded from the N'orchuinberlaud district, and rare 

 in Scotland, Forth district only. 



C. granarius, Thorns. Very like the preceding, from which it was 

 separated by Tliomson ; tlie elytra, however, have more distinctly 

 punctured and stronger striae, and the interstices are less alutaceous, 

 so that tlie elytra appear more shining ; the second joint of the maxil- 



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