30 LiMKLLIOOKNIA. [AphodlUS. 



the striae of the elytra stronger, and the sides of thorax, and not merely 

 the anterior angles, testaceous ; the head also has a reddish spot on each 

 side near eyes, and the markings of the elytra are much more confluent 

 behind and more longitudinal, ordinarily presenting the appearance of a 

 rough longitudinal network at sides and apex, a broad space around 

 scutellum being left immaculate ; as, however, in other allied species, 

 these markings are variable ; head distinctly but finely punctured, more 

 closely in front ; antennae and palpi yellow, the former with brownish 

 club : thorax finely punctured, with an intermixture of larger punctures ; 

 scutellum brown, with a yellow spot in centre, punctured at base ; elytra 

 with rather deep crenate stria?, interstices finely punctured ; legs clear 

 brownish-red, with the femora yellow, at least beneath. L. 3-5 mm. 



Male with the thorax broader and more sparingly punctured than in 

 female, and the metasternum impressed ; the clypeus is obsoletely 

 tuberculate in both sexes. 



In dune ; very local, but sometimes not uncommon where it occurs ; Darenth 

 Wood, Shirley, Ripley, .Aslitcad, Box Hill, Chingford, Tonbridge, Belvedere; 

 Glanvilles Wootton ; New Forest; Bath (local, September, R. Gillo) ; Llangolleu. 

 Stephens records it from Edinburgh, but this would appear to be in error. 



A. consputus, Cr. (Melinopterus consputus, Muls.). Oblong, not 

 very convex, shining ; head black with two well-marked spots above 

 eyes testaceous, diffusely punctured behind, more closely in front ; 

 antennae brownish-yellow with club blackish, palpi brown ; thorax 

 rather broadly testaceous at sides, and sometimes narrowly behind ; 

 the anterior margin is also very narrowly yellowish ; upper surface more 

 or less thickly and finely punctured with an intermixture of larger 

 punctures ; elytra livid testaceous with apex, sides, and suture, and 

 sometimes a small spot on each before apex light testaceous or light 

 testaceous with a longitudinal livid band on each, varying in breadth and 

 more or less cloudy, with fine, but distinctly crenate or rather punctured 

 stria?, interstices finely punctured, but more plainly than in some of the 

 preceding species ; legs testaceous, with the femora on their inner side 

 sometimes blackish. L. 3-4| mm. 



Male with the thorax broader and much more finely and sparingly 

 punctured on disc than in female, in which sex the larger punctures are 

 sometimes set close together on disc, and cause it to appear rather 

 strongly and closely punctured ; in the malu the metasternum is impressed. 



In dung; rare; Gravesend (Champion); Sheppey (Walker); Broadstairs (T. 

 Wood, fifteen specimens in late autumn) ; Ashford, Kent (T. H. Hart) ; Bushey Park 

 (Lowe). 



A. punctato-Bulcatus, Sturm (sabulicola, Thorns. ; Melinopterus 

 punctato-sulcatus, Muls.). Head and thorax black, shining, the latter 

 with margins testaceous ; elytra of a more or less distinct livid-testaceous 

 colour with a broad, more or less cloudy, fuscous band on disc of each ; 

 head with indistinct traces of frontal tubercles, finely and sparingly 



