26 l.AMELI.ICORNIA. [Aft/todtUS. 



thorax thickly and regularly punctured with the interstices finely sha- 

 gre^ned, and with a more or less distinct smooth central line ; scutellum 

 with coarse punctures ; elytra with strong striae which are feebly crenate, 

 with two depressed and channelled, very finely setose, and furnished 

 interstices rows of rugose punctures which are not, as a rule, distinctly 

 marked; legs brownish-red, usually with the femora dark brown or 

 bluckish. L. 4-5 mm. 



Male with the frontal tubercle obsolete, the prothorax slightly shiny 

 and the metisternum impressed ; female with the central frontal 

 tubercle stronger,* and the thorax duller. 



In dung; local Hiul, as a rule, not common, but sometimes abuudant where it 

 occurs; London district, not common, Micklehiun, Box Hill, Richmond, Ailding- 

 ton; St. Peter's ; Kins*gate ; R:unsg;ite ; Ventnor, Isle of Wight ; Bath; Swansea; 

 Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Scotland, rare, Solway and Forth districts ; Ireland, 

 near Belfast. 



A. scrofa, F. A very small species ; oblong oval, rather depressed, 

 black, dull, clothed with greyish pubescence ; head sparingly pum tured 

 behind, finely punctured in front, antennae and palpi brown, the latter 

 with blackish club ; thorax regularly and rather thickly punctured, 

 often reddish-brown at sides ; elytra with strong crenate striae, and the 

 interstices with two rows of granulations ; sides and apex pitchy ; legs 

 reddish-brown. L. 2-3 mm. 



Male with the clypeus even and impunctate, and the metasternum 

 impressed in middle, female with the clypeus slightly convex and 

 punctured. 



In dung; extremely rare as British; Pentire Point, Cornwall (Stephens) ; South- 

 port (Sidebotham; ; it is not an uncommon species in Central Europe. 



A. tristis, Panz. Rather short and broad, moderately convex, 

 shining black, sides of thorax and the elytra rarely pitchy ; head 

 thickly punctured, frontal tubercles obsolete, antenna? yellowish- 

 brown with blackish club, palpi brown ; thorax rather thickly punc- 

 tured, the punctuation consisting of larger and smaller punctures inter- 

 mingled ; scutellum rather depressed, with trace of a raised central 

 line ; elytra somewhat widened behind, with strong crenate strise, 

 interstices finely punctured, either entirely black, or pitchy, or black 

 with obscure reddish markings at shoulder and before apex ; legs 

 blackish or reddish brown ; posterior tarsi short, with the first joint of 

 tarsi dilated in both sexes, and shorter than the spurs of the tibiae. 

 L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the posterior tarsi somewhat dilated and pilose on their 

 inner side. 



Sandy places; in dung; not uncommon where it occurs, but very local ; Esher, 



* 1 give this fact on the authority of Thomson (Skand. Col. vi. 57) ; it is, how- 

 ever, if correct, contrary to the usual order of things, and I should be inclined to 

 assign the stronger tubercle to the male. I have never seen the species alive. 



