NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1864. 69 



towards the shoulders ; the thorax is, moreover, contracted 

 in a greater degree, both in front and behind. 



47. Dermestes Frischii, Kugelann; Ent. Ann. 1863, 94^ 



81. 



Mr. Pelerin has shown me a male of this species, taken 

 by himself in one of the northern suburbs of London (and 

 named, I believe, by Mr. E. W. Janson), which was either 

 in copula with a female of D. vulpinus, or was in such a 

 position as to warrant the supposition of coupling having 

 taken place. 



I believe Mr. W. Farren, who originally captured the 

 species in England, also found it in company with D. vul- 

 phnis. 



48. Aphodius borealis, GylL, Ins. Suec. iv. 248, 13, 14; 



G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ; id. Zool. 9000 (1864). 

 Mr. Crotch states that specimens of the A. idicjinosus, 

 Haidy, were referred to this species by M. Reiche; also 

 that M. Thomson, in his recent volume, refers the A. bo- 

 realis, Gyll., to the A. jmtriduSf Sturm. 



49. Aphodius obliteratus (v. Heyd. in Litt.), Panz., 



Faun. Germ. 110, 3; Erichs., Ins. Deutscbl. iii. 883, 

 61 ; D. Sharp, Ent. M. Mag. vol. i. p. 169. 

 Determined by Mr. Sharp from specimens taken at 

 Mickleham and near Edinburgh. I have also found it 

 abundantly at Mickleham ; and have no doubt it is mixed 

 with contaminatus in Collections. It may be known from 

 that species by its somewhat smaller size, comparatively 

 greater bulk behind, more strongly punctured thorax {the 

 lateral margins of which have no fringe of stout hairs , and 

 the more flattened, less punctured and less pubescent inter- 



