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completely destitute of hair, whereas in inguinatus it is thickly and deeply punctured 
and distinctly hairy, and he goes on to say that on submitting his specimens of the 
(so-called) melanostictus and those of Mr. Chappell to a careful examination, they all 
agreed with the males of inqguinatus in the latter character ; as the character of the 
elytral markings is by no means a dependable one, the species and its allies being very 
variable in this respect, it seems most probable that A. melanostictus has been 
wrongly recorded as British ; I have, however, preferred to retain it in brackets, as 
it is possible that it may be in some collections.) 
A. tessulatus, Payk. Of shorter and broader form than the pre- 
ceding species, and with the dark markings of the elytra more confluent, 
and, as a rule, covering a larger part of the elytra; head and thorax 
shining black, elytra testaceous or fusco-testaceous with variable dark 
markings, which sometimes take the form of transverse waved bands, 
and sometimes of more or less confluent longitudinal patches ; head 
rugose in front, antenns brown with blackish club, palpi blackish-brown ; 
thorax with the sides more or less obscurely pitchy or pitchy red, or 
with the anterior angles reddish, or entirely black, very finely punctured 
with larger punctures intermingled ; scutellum rather broad, finely and 
sparingly punctured at base, elytra with shallow crenate striz, interstices 
exceedingly finely punctured, quite glabrous; legs brown or reddish 
pitchy brown, with the tarsi, and sometimes the tibie, lighter. L. 
33-45 mm. 
Male with the thorax broader, more convex and more sparingly 
punctured on disc than in female, and with the central frontal tubercle 
more distinct. 
In dung, local and, as a rule, not common; Mickleham, Woking, Chatham, 
Chobham, Hainault Forest, Tonbridge Wells; Broadstairs (common in late autumn, 
T. Wood); Folkestone; Deal; Swansea; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Hartlepool ; 
Scotland, very local, Forth district; Ireland, Portrush, co. Antrim (Rev. W. F. 
Johnson). 
A. conspurcatus, L. Oblong, convex, shining; head black with 
a reddish spot on each side, rugose in front ; antenne brownish-yellow 
with dark club, palpi black or dark brown ; thorax with the sides, and 
often the base, reddish-testaceous, finely punctured with an intermixture 
of larger punctures; scutellum rather broad, punctured; elytra with 
punctured strie, testaceous, with seven rather small and distinct dark 
markings on each, two in the second interstice, one in the third, two in 
the fourth (one of which is close to base), and two in the sixth ; the 
interstices are very finely punctured ; legs clear brownish-red, with the 
femora yellow on their under-side. L,. 4-5 mm. 
Male with the thorax broader and more sparingly punctured on disc 
than in female, and with the central frontal tubercle more distinct. 
In dung; very local; Loughton, Essex; Woodford; Hainault Forest; New 
Forest; Swansea; Wallasey, Cheshire; Northumberland and Durham district ; 
Scotland, very rare, Forth and Tay districts. 
A. sticticus, Panz. Allied to A. nquinatus, but duller, and with 
