94 COLEOPTERA. 



The synonymy of these three species is thus given by 

 Baron von Harold (omitting full references): — 



1. G. STERCORARius, Linuaeus, Marsham, Sturm, Stephens, 



Thomson, Mulsant. 

 putridarius, Erichson, Seidlitz. 



2. G. SPiNiGER, Marsham, Ent. Brit., i., p. 21. 

 pimcficollis, Yon Malinowsky, Stephens, Mulsant. 

 stercoi^arius, Erichson, Seidlitz. 



mesoleius, Thomson. 



3. G. FOYEATUS, Marsham, /. c. ; Stephens. 

 punctatostriatus, Stephens. 

 stercorariiis, var. minor, Erichson. 

 intermedius, Ferrari. 



stercorarius, var. $ , Thomson. 

 putridarius, Mulsant. 



The differential characters pointed out for these three are 

 literally as follows (the tibial keel and femoral toothing 

 being only applicable to the $ ) : — 



1. The abdomen longitudinally smooth in the middle, 



neither punctured nor pubescent ; the antennae pitchy, 

 with an ashy-brown club ; the body black above, 

 metallic only at the margins; the anterior tibiae longi- 

 tudinally keeled in the middle beneath ; the keel 

 being more or less distinctly toothed, ending in a 

 sharp tooth at the base of the third inflexed marginal 

 tooth, and not enlarged before that tooth ; the pos- 

 terior femora and the apex of their trochanters 

 strongly toothed, the femoral tooth somewhat the 

 stronger of the two, and sub-recurved. . spiniger. 



2. The abdomen entirely (even in the middle) punctured 



