32 LAMELLICORNIA. [A phodius. 
was, however, decidedly scarce at Repton, near Burton-on-Trent,* and is probably 
somewhat local; it is sometimes exceedingly abundant and swarms on the Mal- 
vern Hills and in many other localities, being exceedingly fond of hovering over and 
settling near dung on the roads and pathways in the sunshine. 
A. obliteratus, Panz. (Melinopterus obliteratus, Muls.). Closely 
allied to the preceding, but easily distinguished by the absence of long 
outstanding hairs at sides of thorax, and by the more obscure dark 
markings on elytra; oblong, convex, head and thorax shining black, the 
former reddish in front and the latter with anterior angles and often all 
the side margins yellowish; antenne blackish, with the first two joints 
yellow, palpi reddish-brown, often darker at apex; thorax finely punc- 
tured, much more sparingly in male than in female; scutellum smooth ; 
elytra finely pubescent, with punctured striz, interstices finely punctured, 
of a dirty-testaceous colour with more or less obscure cloudy dark 
markings; legs testaceous, with knees darker. L. 4—5 mm. 
Male with the thorax larger and the pubescence of elytra longer, and 
the metasternum impressed ; the apical spur of the anterior tibie is also 
thicker. 
In dung; local, but not uncommon where it occurs; Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, 
Caterham, Mickleham, Addington, Tonbridge; Amberley ; Hastings; Isle of Wight; 
Bath ; Needwood Forest, Staffordshire ; Liverpool district; Scotland, rare, Tweed 
and Forth districts; Ireland, Armagh, rare (Rev. W. F. Johnson). 
A. Zenkeri, Germ. Rather short, oblong, ferruginous with the 
head and thorax dark on disc and with more or less obscure dark 
markings before apex of elytra; the head and thorax are sometimes 
almost entirely dark with red margins, and sometimes entirely reddish ; 
antenne and palpi reddish or ferruginous with club of the former some- 
times a little darker; head with frontal tubercles, thickly punctured, 
rugose in front; thorax very thickly punctured, the punctuation con- 
sisting of larger and smaller punctures intermingled ; scutellum finely 
punctured ; elytra with broad, flat, and rather shallow erenate strie, the 
interstices being smooth and feebly carinate in middle, and depressed 
and finely punctured on each side ; legs clear ferruginous or brownish-red. 
L, 33-4 mm. 
Male with the central frontal tubercle more strongly marked, the 
thorax broader, and the metasternum impressed in middle. 
In dung; very local and usually rare; Mickleham; Sevenoaks; Addington ; 
Llangollen ; Withington, Cheshire; Bretby Park, Derby (Harris, August 1887); the 
species was first detected as British by Dr. Power, who found it at Mickleham, 
A. luridus, F. (Acrossus luridus, Muls.). Oblong-oval, rather 
depressed, moderately shining; antenne and palpi black; head and 
thorax black, the former flat, without tubercles, finely punctured, semi- 
* During the several years that I worked this neighbourhood I never remember to 
have met with a specimen, and my friend the late Mr. W. Garneys records it as 
scarce in the district ; in fact I used to regard it as one of the better species. 
