20 i cLAvicoiiNiA. [Ilitifer. 



suture; first tliroe dorsal striae entire, the fourtli, fiftli, and sutural stride 

 very short, obsolete ; pygidium and propygidiuni dilt'usely punctured ; 

 anterior til^ire with three stout teeth, the apical one bifid. L. G-8 mm. 



lu cnrcnsrs, &v. ; very rare, ami douhtfully iiidigcnons ; Ste]iliL<ns ivcortls it from 

 Dartford Ilopth, Ki iit, Uc-voiisliiic (Kingsbriiige, &c.), Swaiisen, Worcester, and Saiids- 

 field, but these localities are probably, in part at least, erroneous, for the species has 

 not occui-red in Britain for many years, and very few specimens are extant in old 

 collections. 



££. bissexstriatus, F. {cnliginnsus, Steph.). Oval, rather depressed, 

 shining black ; thorax with the external marginal stria very short, often 

 onl}' visible at the anterior angles, internal stria entire ; elytra someAvhat 

 dilated in middle, with the first four dorsal striae entire, fifth very 

 short, sutural stria reaching to about middle ; pygidium rather more 

 closely punctured than propygidiuni ; anterior tarsi Avith four teeth, nf 

 Avhich the apical one is sometimes bifid. L. 4-5 mm. 



In dung, flood refuse, &c. ; as a rule, uncommon, but occ;isionalIy it occurs in pro- 

 fusion ; Blackheath ; Shcerness (J. J. Walker, in great numbers) ; Southend ; Whit- 

 stable ; Deal ; Netley ; !;uflblk ; the only northern record lliat 1 have seen is from 

 Lancaster. 



IZ. 12-striatus, Sch. Oval, not very convex ; forehead finely 

 punctured, frontal furrow entire; thorax very finely punctured with one 

 lateral stria ; elytra rather short and broad, with the dorsal striae all 

 entire, the fifth stria joining the sutural stria at ba?e, lateral stria 

 absent; all the striai of elytra are more or less distinctly crenulated; pro- 

 pygidium diffusely punctured, pygidium scarcely punctured ; anterior 

 tibicB with three teeth, the apical one sometimes bifid. L, 4-4| mm. 



In dung, haystack and veget.ible refuse, &c. ; ratlier common and generally dis" 

 tributed in the Midlands and the south ; not so common further north ; doubtful as 

 Scottish, the only record being " llaehills, Kev. W. Little,'' Murray's Cat. ; Ireland, 

 uear Belfast. 



The fact of the dorsal striae being all entire will at once distinguish 

 this species. 



y. 14:-sfriatiis, Gyll. This variety, Avhich has by some authors 

 been regarded as a separate species, appears only to differ from the type 

 by having a more or less distinct marginal stria on the elytra. 



I have only seen one specimen of this insect, which is in Dr. Power's 

 collection, and Avas taken from a heap of weeds in a garden at Merton, 

 Surrey ; it is rather larger than average specimens of the type, and has 

 the sutural and fifth dorsal striae somewhat interrupted ; it is very likely 

 mixed Avith the type in collections. 



K. bitnaculatus, L. Oval, rather depressed ; antennae and legs 

 ferruginous ; thorax short, finely punctured, foveolate at anterior angles, 

 Avith a strong lateral stria ; elytra shining black Avitlr a bright red 

 patch on each toAvards a})cx, often taking up half the elytra, and forming 



