192 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTEItA. 



punctate-striate, livid or pale-griseous, glossy, with the suture obscure, and 

 frequently a humeral and one or two other hlack or dusky spots : body and 

 legs livid, clouded with dusky. 

 The clouded legs and more depressed form distinguish this insect from Ap. 

 rufescens, which it most resembles. 



Not uncommon in marshy districts, abounding in Battersea- 

 fields: also found in Norfolk. " Rockcliff." — T. C. Hey sham, 

 Esq. " Near Yarmouth." — W. C. Hezaitso?i, Esq. " Not un- 

 common (near Swansea) from spring to autumn." — L. W. Dittwyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 13. nitidulus. Elongatus, subcylindricus, nigro-piceus, clypeo tuberculato 

 thoracisque laterihus ferrugineis, elytris lividis suturd fused. (Long. corp. 

 2—2^ lin.) 



Ap. nitidulus. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 109. No. 1127. 



Elongate, subcylindric, pitchy-black : clypeus anteriorly ferruginous, with three 

 tubercles on the vertex, and a single obsolete one anteriorly : thorax shining 

 black, punctulated, with the lateral margins broadly testaceous : elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, shining, pale testaceous, with the suture dusky: body beneath 

 pitchy-ferruginous ; legs paler. 



Smaller than any of the foregoing, and more elongate, with the lateral margins 

 of the thorax immaculate. 



Not common : it occurs sometimes within the metropolitan dis- 

 trict, and also in Norfolk. " Rather common in dung, particularly 

 on the sea shore (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 1 4. lividus. Oblongus, lividus, nitens, vertice, thoracis disco, elytrorum suturd 



discoque nigris. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Sc. lividus. Olivier.— Ap. lividus. Steph. Catal. 109. No. 1128. 



Oblong, livid, shining: clypeus semiorbicular, slightly emarginated an- 

 teriorly, rufescent, with the vertex black, and bearing three tubercles : 

 thorax convex, very glossy, posterior and lateral margins livid, the sides 

 broadest, with a fuscous dot; the disc, especially in front, black: elytra 

 livid, with the suture dusky, and a large patch on the disc fuscous, punctate- 

 striated: body beneath pitchy-brown, with the abdomen paler: legs pale, 

 with the femora stout. 



Slightly variable in colour, and in the size of the fuscous patch upon the elytra. 



The only locality I am aware of for this pretty species is the 

 vicinity of Darenth-wood, in the lanes about which place I have 

 very frequently captured it during the month of July. 



Sp. 15. conspurcatus. Oblongo-niger, thoracis latcribus pallidis, elytris tenue 



