38 COLEOPTERA. 



tinguishable from that insect by its body being more nar- 

 rowed behind, the striae of its elytra running quite to the 

 apex, which has a rather well-defined red patch, its narrower 

 mesosternum, and the less elevated keel of its prosternum. 



C. granarium (Er., Col. March., i, 221), — the luguhre of 

 Thomson's former vol., — he distinguishes from luguhr e,Gy\\., 

 by its wider and oval mesosternum, the shining interstices of 

 its elytra, the striae of which are (especially towards the sides) 

 more remotely punctured and the apex unicolorous, and by 

 the wider second joint of its maxillary palpi. From minu- 

 tum he distinguishes it by its shining and more strongly 

 punctate-striate elytra, which are more narrowed at the apex, 

 and its punctulated mesosternum. 



38. Aphodius scrofa, Fab.; Er., Ins. Deutschl., iii, 857; 



D. Sharp, Ent. M. Mag., vol. v, p. 100. 



Dr. Sharp records a specimen of this insect taken two or 

 three years ago at South port by Mr. Sidebotham. Stephens* 

 scrofa is represented by porcatus in his collection. 



It is in the same section as porcua, but of the size of 

 porcatus, oblong-oval, rather flat, dull black, set with 

 coarse, short yellowish-grey pubescence (Mulsant's genus 

 Trichonotus being founded on the species), and with its 

 elytra crenate-striate, and pitchy at the sides and apex. 



39. Aphodius sabulicola, (? Thomson, Skand. Col. x), 



G. R. Crotch, 1. c, p. 69. 

 Mr. Crotch mentions this insect as " near punctato-suU 

 caUis, but shorter, smaller, more dilated posteriorly, and 

 the thorax not margined with yellow at the base." He has 

 " seen two examples (I presume, " of British origin" is to 

 be understood) apparently referable to this species." 



