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MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 7. fcetens. Niger, nitidus, thoracis angulis, anticis, elytris, abdomineque 

 rubris, clypeo trituberculato. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Sc. fcetens. Fabricius.—Ap. fcetens. Steph. Catal. 108. No. 1121. 



Glossy black : clypeus entire, with an obsolete elevated line on the vertex, and 

 three tubercles behind, the central one longest: thorax sparingly punctate, 

 the anterior angles with a rufous spot: elytra rufous, immaculate, rather 

 deeply punctate-striate : abdomen pale rufous : antenna? and palpi the same, 

 the latter with a piceous ring on the terminal joint: legs black; tarsi 

 rufescent. 



In some examples the elytra are of a duller hue than in others. 



Latreille, in his Genera, &c, considers this as a mere variety of the foregoing; 

 but its different period of appearance, as well as the constant dissimilarity of 

 characters, clearly show its distinction. 



Found in June and during the summer within the metropolitan 

 district, not in company with the preceding. " Bottisham. , ' ) — - 

 Rev. L. Jenyns. " Common, especially in horse-dung about the 

 sea side (near Swansea), in summer." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 8. scybalarius. Niger, nitidus, elytris punctato-striatis griseis suturd nigrd, 



clypeo trituberculato. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3^ lin.) 

 Sc. scybalarius. Panzer. — Sc. coprius. Don. xii. pi. 404. f. 4. — Ap. scybalarius. 



Steph. Catal. 109. No. 1122. 



Shining black : clypeus angulated, entire, with three tubercles behind, and an 

 obsolete carina on the vertex: thorax immaculate, with a few scattered 

 punctures on the disc, which is nearly smooth anteriorly : elytra pale griseous* 

 with the suture dusky, rather deeply punctate-striated : legs testaceous : an- 

 tennae testaceous, with the capitulum dusky. 



Var. jS. Steph. Catal. I. c— Sc. conflagratus. Don. ii.pl- 70. — With abroad ob- 

 lique fuscous or black patch on the elytra, reaching from the shoulder towards 

 the apex. 



The concolorous anterior angles of the thorax and pale elytra distinguish this 

 species from the foregoing. 



Less abundant than the last, but nevertheless not unfrequently 

 found during the spring months in Battersea-fields, and other places 

 within the metropolitan district: in Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " Bot- 

 chardby, Dalston, &c." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " York and New- 

 castle." — W. C. Hezcitson, Esq. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillzvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 9. rufescens. Bufo-ferrugineus, conuexus, thoracis disco nigro punctatissimo, 



pedibus rujis, immaculatis. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 

 Ap. rufescens. Fahricius.— Steph. Catal. 109. No. 1123. 



Rufo-ferruginous, convex, shining : clypeus with three tubercles, the inter- 

 mediate longest in the male ; the vertex rather blackish : thorax glossy black, 



