SPHiERIDIID^. — SPH^RIDIUM. 155 



Marsham's De. Scarabseoides differs by having the margins of the thorax fla- 

 vescent. 



Very abundant in cow-dung throughout the metropolitan district : 

 also found in plenty in Devonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and near 

 Swansea and Bristol. " Netley."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 2. bipustulatum. Atrum, nitidum, elytris macula, humerali ruhrd obsoletd, 

 apicis rubescente lunatd, pedibus piceis. (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin.) 



Sp. bipustulatum. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. p. 65. No. 688. 



Deep shining black; finely punctulated; head and thorax immaculate: elytra 

 with a more or less obsolete rounded humeral reddish spot, and an obscure 

 paler lunate one at the apex, the* suture with a single abbreviated stria : legs 

 piceous, with the base of the femora testaceous. 



Rather less than the last ; from which it differs in having the humeral spot 

 nearly evanescent, the apical one reddish, and the legs piceous. 



This is also very common in the neighbourhood of London, and 

 I believe in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. 



Sp. 3. quadrimaculatum. Niger, nitidum, thoracis elytrorumque margine luteo- 

 testaceis pedibus testaceis,femoribus macula nigra. (Long. corp. 2 J lin.) 



De. quadrimaculatus. Marsham. — Sp. 4. maculatum. Steph. Catal p. 66. 

 No. 689. 



Glossy-black, finely punctured: head immaculate: thorax with the lateral 

 margin narrowly edged with pale luteous-testaceous ; elytra with the outer 

 margin testaceous-yellow, each with a round pale-red spot at the base and 

 another at the apex, and an obsolete stria near the suture : legs testaceous, 

 with a black spot on the femora. 



Smaller than the last, with the margins of the thorax pallid and the apical spot 

 on the elytra distinct. 



Less common than the preceding species, though far from rare 

 throughout the metropolitan district ; on Hampstead-heath, Copen- 

 hagen-fields, &c. 



Sp. 4. lunulatum. Atrum nitidum, thoracis margine luteo-testaceo, elytris lunula 

 apicali Jlavo-testaced, pedibus testaceis, femoribus macula nigrd. (Long. corp. 

 If lin.) 



Sp. lunulatum. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 66. No. 690. 



A small species: shining black, punctulated; head immaculate: thorax with 

 its lateral margins very narrowly luteous-testaceous: elytra with the outer 

 margin slightly edged with reddish towards the apex, the apex itself with a 

 testaceous-yellow lunule : legs testaceous ; femora with a black spot. 



The small size, narrow coloured edge of the thorax, spotted tip, and absence of 

 the humeral spot on the elytra, and concolorous outer base of the latter, dis- 

 tinguish this from Sp. marginatum, which it most resembles. 



