HISTEItII>;E. — HISTER. 143 



nished by their antennse, form of body, &c. : — the species inhabit 

 dung. 



Sp. 1. striatus. Ater, thorace elytrisque lineis elevatis sex, antennis nigris, capitulo 

 fusco. (Long. corp. f— 1 lin.) 



Hi. striatus. Forster.— On. striatus. Steph. Catal. 100. No. 1044. 



Deep black, slightly shining : head and thorax broad, with four elevated lines 

 in the middle, and two abbreviated ones on each side at the base : elytra with 

 the suture and six distinctly elevated lines; the interstices delicately striated 

 and obsoletely punctate : breast and abdomen thickly and deeply punctate : 

 antenna? and legs black, the club of the former dusky. 



Much less than the following, and differs not only in the sculpture of the upper 

 surface, but also in the colour of the antennae. 



Common in Battersea-fields, and in other places within the 

 metropolitan district. " Netley, abundantly. 11 — Rev. F. W. Hope. 

 " In horse and cow dung, not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dilhvyn, Esq. " York and Newcastle." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 

 u Dalston, Rockcliff, and Common. 11 — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 



Sp. 2. sulcatus. Ater, obscurus, thorace lineis elevatis quinque, elytris trihus, 

 inter stitiis punctatis, antennarum capitulo subferrugineo. (Long. corp. 1^ — 

 If lin.) 



Hi. sulcatus. Fabricius. — On. sulcatus. Steph. Catal. 100. No. 1045. 



Dull black : head and thorax punctate, the latter with five elevated fines, the 

 central one furcate before and channelled at the base : elytra with the suture 

 and three lines on each very much elevated, the interstices with four finely 

 elevated ridges, the alternate ones sparingly punctate : breast and abdomen 

 punctate : mouth and antennae dull ferruginous, the basal joint of the latter 

 black : legs pitchy-black. 



Larger than the foregoing, from which it differs in having five elevated lines 

 on the thorax and three only on the elytra ; it also differs in sculpture and 

 colour. 



Rare : it has been taken in several parts of Norfolk, and in the 

 west of England. " Kingsbridge, Devon." — Dr. Leach. 



Genus CLXXXIII. — Hister Auctorum. 



Antenna shorter than the thorax, with the basal joint very large, robust, in- 

 curved, and incrassated at the apex, which is emarginate; the second slender, 

 recurved, larger than the two following, which are short obconic ; the four 

 next very short, transverse, the seventh and eighth being broadest ; the re- 

 mainder forming a subglobose, compressed, triarticulate, club. Palpi short, 

 filiform, unequal, with the terminal joint elongate, subfusiform, truncate: 

 head small: thorax transverse, deeply emarginate anteriorly: elytra con- 



