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completely destitute of hair, whereas in inquinatus it is thickly and deeply punctured 

 and distinctly hairy, and he goes on to say that on submitting his specimens of the 

 (so-called) melanottictun and those of Mr. Chappcll to a careful examination, they all 

 greed with the males of irujuinatus in the latter character ; as the character of the 

 elytral markings is by no means a dependable one, the species and its allies being very 

 variaMe in this respect, it seems most probable that A. melanoiitictut has been 

 wrongly recorded as British ; I have, however, preferred to retain it in brackets, as 

 it is possible that it may be in some collections.) 



A. tessulatus, Payk. Of shorter and broader form than the pre- 

 ceding species, and with the dark markings of the elytra more confluent, 

 and, as a rule, covering a larger part of the elytra ; head and thorax 

 shining black, elytra testaceous or fusco-testaceous with variable dark 

 markings, which sometimes take the form of transverse waved bands, 

 and sometimes of more or less confluent longitudinal patches ; head 

 rugose in front, antennne brown with blackish club, palpi blackish-brown ; 

 thorax with the sides more or less obscurely pitchy or pitchy red, or 

 with the anterior angles reddish, or entirely black, very finely punctured 

 with larger punctures intermingled ; scutellum rather broad, finely and 

 sparingly punctured at base, elytra with shallow crenate striae, interstices 

 exceedingly finely punctured, quite glabrous ; legs brown or reddish 

 pitchy brown, with the tarsi, and sometimes the tibiae, lighter. L. 

 3^-4| mm. 



Male with the thorax broader, more convex and more sparingly 

 punctured on disc than in female, and with the central frontal tubercle 

 more distinct. 



In dung, local and, as H rule, not common ; Mickleham, Woking, Chatham, 

 Chobhara, Hainault Forest, Tollbridge Wells ; Brondstairs (common in late autumn, 

 T. Wood); Folkestone; Deal; Swansea; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Hartlepool ; 

 Scotland, very local, Fortli district ; Ireland, Portrush, co. Antrim (Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson). 



A. conspurcatus, L. Oblong, convex, shining ; head black with 

 a reddish spot on each side, rugose in front ; antennae brownish-yellow 

 with dark club, palpi black or dark brown ; thorax with the sides, and 

 often the base, reddish-testaceous, finely punctured with an intermixture 

 of larger punctures ; scutellum rather broad, punctured ; elytra with 

 punctured striae, testaceous, with seven rather small and distinct dark 

 markings on each, two in the second interstice, one in the third, two in 

 the fourth (one of which is close to base), and two in the sixth ; the 

 interstices are very finely punctured ; legs clear brownish-red, with the 

 femora yellow on their under-side. L. 4-5 mm. 



Male with the thorax broader and more sparingly punctured on disc 

 than in female, and with the central frontal tubercle more distinct 



In dung; very local; Lough ton, Essex; Wood ford ; Hainanlt Forest; New 

 Forest; Swansea; Wallasey, Cheshire; Northumberland and Durham district; 

 Scotland, very rare, Forth and Tay districts. 



A. Bticticua, Panz. Allied to A. inquinatu*, but duller, and with 



