212 CLAVicoRNiA. \_Saprinn8. 



legs black or pitcliy-black, witli tarsi more or less reddish, anterior tibise 

 witli 6-7 rather blunt teeth. L. 3— i mm. 



In dung ; occasionally in flowers and on watercress, on which latter plant it has 

 been found devouring tlie larvae oi PhcBclon cochlearice, to which beetle it bears a snper- 

 ficial resemblance; rare; Caterham, Forest Hill; Darenth ; Maidstone; Deal; 

 Folkestone; Sandwich; Sandown, Isle of Wight ; Buckden, Hunts ; Stepliens gives 

 as localities Copenhagen Fields, Bittersea, Coombe Wood, VVelbeck, sea shore near 

 Marsdeu, Norwich, Newmarket Heath (dead hares), and Swansea. 



S. quadristriatus, HofF. Oblong, black, sometimes with a dark 

 blue or greenish reflection ; thorax closely punctured, posterior portion 

 of disc smooth ; elytra very closely punctured, dull, with the shouldervS and 

 a common round space towards base smooth and shining ; this space is 

 bounded by the fourth dorsal stria which is fine, and there is no trace of 

 any smooth space outside the stria as in 8. iminuiidus ; the other dorsal 

 strife are obsolete ; anterior tibise with 6-7 teeth, of which the anterior 

 three or four are the strongest. L. 3-3 1 mm. 



In dung, carcases, &c. ; rare; Barmouth; Liverpool district (common on the sand- 

 hills) ; Wallasey; Southport ; Blackpool; Lancaster sands; Scotland, rare. Forth 

 district (Paisley). 



S. mstallicus, Herbst. The smallest of our species; short oval, 

 rather convex ; of a dark obscure green metallic colour, rarely brown ; 

 thorax rugosely punctured, with the posterior part of the disc smooth ; 

 elytra with well-marked crenulate striae, rather finely punctured, the 

 punctuation scarcely reaching to middle ; first dorsal stria of elytra 

 almost reaching apex ; legs brown or reddish, anterior tibiae strongly 

 dilated, with four large blunt teeth, sometimes with a trace of a fiftli. 

 L. 3|-3i mm. 



In dung, carcases, &c. ; confined to sandy places near the coast; rare; Deal; 

 Camber sand-hills, Hastings, not uncommon ; Hunstanton, Norfolk. 



S. rug-ifrons, Payk. (metaUiciis, Steph.). Larger tlian the preced- 

 ing, of a leather light greenish metallic coloiir or black ; antennae and legs 

 pitchy-black or brownish ; thorax strongly punctured with posterior 

 part of disc smooth ; elytra rather strongly punctured, the punctuation 

 reaching beyond middle, anterior tibise moderately dilated, with six 

 rather sharp teeth which become gradually stronger to apex and are 

 usually of a lighter colour than the tibia3 ; in this and in other 

 species examples occasionally occur in which the teeth are worn 

 almost fiat or partially coalesce, and thus cause confusion ; fifth dorsal 

 stria of elytra abbreviated. L. 3-4 mm. 



In dung, carcase", &c. ; both inland and on the coast ; local ; Southend ; Dovers- 

 court; Harwich; Yarmouth; Deal; Lowestoft; Bristol; Swansea; Barmouth; 

 Hunstanton ; New Forest ; Sherwood Forest ; South Shields. 



S. maritisnus, Steph. (salitilostif!, Fairm.). Larger than the 

 preceding, black, occasionally brownish ; forehead smooth ; thorax 



