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12. A. pusiLLUs, Herhst. 



SteiJh. Illust, Mand.j iii., ^05.—Heer, Fn. Col Helv., i., 



518. — Mulsant, Col. de France, Lamell, 212, 15. — A. 



granarius, Fah. Syst. EL, i., 75. — A. granum, Gyll. Ins. 



Suec, l, 19. — Steph. Illust, Hand., iii., 205. — A. coenosus, 



Panz. — Steph. Illust., Mand., iii., 205. 

 Not uncommon, especially on thesea-coast. "Near Whitburn." — 

 W. G. Hewitson, Esq. Bradley Mill, Winlaton, South Shields, 

 on the Wear above Southwick. May — July. 



13. A. ULiGiNosus, Hardy. 



Hardy, Ann. and Mag, Nat, Hist., xix., 382. 



In the dung of cattle and sheep, at Prestwick Car, at Yeavering 

 Bell, and near the base of Cheviot. — J. H. 



In the female, the thorax is narrowed anteriorly, and is rather 

 more strongly and closely punctate than in the male; the clypeus 

 is not tuberculate, and has a bent raised line, nearly evanescent 

 in the middle, and there is a deep depression before the apex. I 

 have this sex from the Pentland hills, and it is probably the A. 

 ^-macidatus of Entomologia Edineiisis. A. idiginosus appears 

 to be allied to A. tristis, but the hinder tibiae are in nowise extra- 

 ordinarily dilated towards the apex, as those of the male of that 

 species are said to be. — J. H. 



14. A. RUFESCENS, Fah. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec, i., 27. — Stej^h. Illust, Mand., iii., 190. — 

 Heer, Fn. Col. Helv., i., 523. 

 " Sea shore, Marsden," — G. Wailes, Esq. South Shields, Boldon, 

 Prestwick Car, Long Benton, Gibside, &c. 



Mulsant, following Illiger, considers this a variety ofA.sordidus. 

 Even Fabricius, who proposed the species, was not certain whether 

 or not it was a mere variety of that species, (Syst EL, i., 74:. J 

 There is, however, no difficulty in distinguishing the two, of which 

 sordidus is very local, while rufescens is generally distributed. 



15. A. SORDIDUS, Fah. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec, i., 26. — Steph. Illust,, Mand., iii., 190. — 

 Heer, Fn. Col. Helv., i., 522. — Mulsant, Col. de France, 

 Lamell, 220, 18. (Excl. var.) 

 Rather frequent on the coast at South Shields. July. 



