Aphodius.~\ KAMBLLIOORKIA. '27 



Wimbledon, Leith Hill, WhiUUble; New Forest ; Bristol; Swansea; Sntton Park, 

 Birmingham. 



A. puBlllua, Herbst. (cecnosug, Ahr.). Oblong, slightly broader, as 

 a rule, behind, moderately convex, black, shining, with the anterior 

 angles of thorax reddish, and the apex of elytra and sometimes a patch 

 before apex reddish-brown ; occasionally the sides of thorax and the 

 whole elytra are reddish ; head thickly and finely punctured, frontal 

 tubercles obsolete, antennae reddish-brown with dark brown club, 

 palpi dark brown ; thorax black, with the anterior angles reddish, rather 

 thickly punctured, the punctuation consisting of larger and smaller 

 punctures intermingled, the former being sparing on disc and more 

 numerous at sides ; scutellum very finely punctured ; elytra strongly 

 crenate-striate, the striae becoming deeper behind, interstices exceedingly 

 finely punctured ; legs pitchy or reddish brown. L. 2-3f mm. 



Male with the metasternum impressed, and the thorax broader than in 

 female. 



In dung, haystack refuse, &c. ; somewhat local, but by no means uncommon ; Lon- 

 don district, generally distributed and common; Pegwell Bay ; Dover ; Folkestone ; 

 Hastings; Brighton; Devon; Bnrnham, Somerset ; Bath ; Sutton Park, Birming- 

 ham ; Wallasey, Cheshire ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, not 

 rare, Sol way, Forth, Tay. and probably other districts ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



This species is related to A. granarius, but is evidently smaller and 

 narrower, and has the thorax much more closely punctured. 



A. quadrimaculatus, L. (t-pustulatus, F.). Oblong, moderately 

 convex, black, shining, each elytron with two well-marked and distinct 

 large yellowish-red spots on each, one at shoulder and another before 

 apex ; head rather thickly and finely punctured, with frontal tubercles 

 obsolete, palpi black, antennae brown with black club ; thorax 

 thickly punctured, the punctuation consisting of larger and smaller 

 punctures intermingled, unicolorous black ; scutellum finely punctured 

 at base ; elytra with distinct crenate striae, interstices broad and flat 

 and extiemely finely punctured ; legs black with tarsi reddish, or 

 entirely brown or reddish-brown. L. 2^-3j mm. 



Male with the metasternum impressed, and the spur of the anterior 

 tibiae obtuse at apex, female with the metasternum even and the spur of 

 the anterior tibiae acuminate. 



In dung ; rare ; Red Hill, Reigatc, Coombe Wood ; Windsor ; Bristol ; Swansea ; 

 Norfolk ; Scotland, Edinburgh (Stephens) ; it has not, however, been recorded by 

 Dr. Sharp. 



A. merdariua, F. Oblong, not very convex, head and thorax 

 shining black, the latter with the anterior angles, and the side margins 

 as a rule more or less narrowly, yellowish-red ; elytra testaceous with 

 the suture rather broadly black ; head finely punctured, with frontal 

 tubercles very obsolete or wanting; antennae and palpi brown, the 

 former with blackish club ; thorax very finely punctured with an inter- 



