APHODIID.'E. — APHODIUS. 203 



■■«' Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Near Yarmouth." — W. C. 

 Hewitson, Esq. 



Sp. 41. prodromus. Oblongus, niger : ctypeo leevi, thorace transversa, elytris 



puhescentihus griseis, plagd magn i fused. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3^ lin.) 

 Ap. prodromus. Creutzer — Steph. Catal. 112. No. 1155. 



Oblongs black : clypeus large, smooth : thorax short, transverse, slightly convex, 

 the disc smooth, glossy black, the lateral margins broadly pale and a little 

 punctate: elytra broad, clothed with an ashy pubescence, punctate-striate; 

 the interstices posteriorly thickly punctulated, anteriorly less so ; pale griseous, 

 with the suture rather dusky, and a large fuscous spot on the disc, attenuated 

 anteriorly towards the shoulder: body black, with the apex reddish: legs 

 pale. 



Differs from the next in having the clypeus and thorax impunctate, the former 

 with scarcely a vestige of tubercles on its vertex. 



Not uncommon near London : also found at Bristol, in Devon- 

 shire, Cornwall, &c. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 42. sphacelatus. Oblongus, niger, vertice lined inipressd, clypeo thoraceque 

 punctatis, elytris g/abris griseis, plagd Juscd. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 



Sc. sphacelatus. Pauzer. — Don. xii. pi. 41 l.f 2. — Ap. sphacelatus. Steph. Catal. 

 112. No. 1156. 



Oblong, black, glabrous: clypeus rather thickly and deeply punctured, with a 

 transverse curved line on the vertex: thorax also thickly and deeply punctured, 

 with the lateral margin pale : elytra glabrous, with a dusky discoidal patch, 

 of variable size: abdomen pitchy-black, with the apex rather paler. 



From Ap. prodromus, the punctate clypeus and thorax readily distinguish this 

 species; and the glabrous elytra, as well as the obsolete curved line on the 

 clypeus, are also essential points of difference. 



Variable both in size and colour; some examples having the patch on the disc 

 of the elytra of a darker hue than others. 



Common in horse-dung that is readily scattered by the wind, 

 throughout the metropolitan district, especially towards the early 

 part of the year. " Great Barrock." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. " Bot- 

 tisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 43. marginalis. Oblongus, niger : clypeo obsolete trituberculato, thorace 

 jnuietato, margine omni pallida, elytris griseis, plagd magna fused. (Long. 

 corp. if— 3 lin.) 



Ap. marginalis mihi. — Steph. Catal. 112. No. 1157. 



Oblong, black; clypeus very obsoletely tuberculated, tlie central one most 

 distinct : thorax very sparingly punctured on the disc, black, with all the 



