24 LAMELLICORNIA. [AphodlUS. 



than the preceding, oblong, rather convex, black with the anterior 

 angles of thorax and the elytra red, the latter usually furnished with 

 cloudy dark markings ; head very thickly punctured, antennae reddish- 

 brown with club dark, palpi pitchy ; thorax a little narrower than elytra, 

 very thickly and finely punctured, especially at the sides, the punctuation 

 consisting of larger and smaller punctures intermingled ; occasionally 

 the whole margins as well as the anterior angles are reddish ; scutellum 

 moderate ; elytra with rather fine, plainly crenate, striae, interstices 

 broad, very finely punctured ; legs reddish-brown, with femora darker. 

 L. 8-4| mm. 



Male with the three frontal tubercles obsolete, and the metasternum 

 impressed ; in the female the forehead is almost smooth, and the elytra 

 are a little dilated behind. 



In dung, especially sheep's dung ; rare, but occasionally found in some numbers 

 where it occurs; Bewdley Forest (Blatch); Tintwistle and Greenfield, Yorkshire 

 (Chappell) ; Northumberland district, rare (Bold); Scotland, very local, Clyde, Forth, 

 and Tay districts. 



A. putridus, Sturm nee Herbst. (sedulus, Har.). Oblong, almost 

 obovate, convex, rather more strongly raised behind, black, shining, 

 with the elytra pitchy or reddish with lighter red markings at base, 

 shoulders, and before apex ; the apex is rather dull ; head finely punc- 

 tured, palpi reddish-brown ; antennae reddish-brown with club some- 

 times darker ; thorax slightly rounded at sides and narrowed in front, 

 with the anterior angles obscurely reddish, thickly and finely punctured, 

 the punctuation consisting of larger and smaller punctures intermingled ; 

 elytra with rather fine crenate striae which become deeper towards 

 apex, interstices very finely punctured ; abdomen brown, reddish at 

 apex legs brownish-red ; the light-red markings on elytra are conspi- 

 cuous in some specimens, but very obscure in others. L. 2^-3 mm. 



Male with the frontal tubercles stronger than in female, and tin? 

 metasternum impressed. 



In duug; local and, as a rule, not common; London district, not common, 

 Mi. klclmm, Kslicr, Ash'ead, Addington, Tonbridge; Eastbourne; New Forest; 

 Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, local, in sheep's dung, Forth, Tay, 

 and Dee districts ; Ireland, Newcastle, co. Down (Champion). 



A. nemoralis, Er. Obovate, convex, but somewhat depressed on 

 disc, considerably widened behind, black, very shining ; head very 

 thickly punctured, antennae and palpi reddish-brown, the latter with 

 blackish club ; thorax rather finely and thickly punctured, much more 

 thickly at sides which are almost straight ; scutellum moderate, punc- 

 tured at base ; elytra often brownish or obscurely brownish-red at 

 base with rather fine crenate striae, and with the interstices, especially 

 at the sides, plainly punctured ; legs black, or reddish-brown with 

 femora darker, tarsi ferruginous. L. 1-4^ mm. 



Male with the frontal tubercles more distinct, the thorax somewhat 



