112 NECROrHAGA. SCArHIDIDiE. 



2^1.) Carcases, &c, London ; Norfolk; Suffolk; Yorkshire; Devon; 

 Bottisham ; Netley ; Swansea : 3-6. 



889 Leachii Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 148 Ste. M. iii. 11. — Ovate; black, 



with a tawny pile : thorax as in the preceding ; head short ; elytra ovate ; 

 tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? at the base, red-brown ; the latter slender, dis- 

 tinctly clavate, the terminal joint short, mucronate, club fuscescent. (L. 



2|1.) Carcases, &c, Bristol; Carlisle: 6-8. 



890 Kirbii Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 148. — Ste. M. iii. 11. — Obovate ; fus- 

 cous, with a grisescent pile : thorax nearly as in the 2 preceding, but ob- 

 scurely sinuated at the base ; elytra obsoletely striated, the tip somewhat 

 acute ; legs pale fuscous ; labrum and palpi reddish ; antenna? with the 5 

 basal joints dull red, the rest fuscous, the terminal ones tranverse. 

 (L. 1| 1.) Chalk-pit at Little Blakenham, Suffolk 9 ; Netley: 7. 



891 Spencii Ste. M. iii. 11. — Obovate, slightly acuminated behind; brown- 

 black, elytra paler, with a hoary-brownish pile ; disc striated ; legs, palpi, 

 and antenna? red-brown, the terminal joint of the latter conic, club rather 

 slender. (L. 1-J- 1. ) Fungi, &c, near London : 6. 



892 nubifer Ent. Tr. (Newm.)i. 50. — Ste. M. v. 405. — Oblong-ovate; fus- 

 cous, with a tawny pile : head black ; thorax dull red, with a large central 

 fuscous cloud extending to the margins ; often fuscous, more or less rusty 

 at the shoulders, or entirely of that colour ; legs rusty-brown ; antenna? 

 with the 3 basal joints pale rusty, the rest fuscous, the terminal one paler. 

 (L. l|-l£l.) Fungi, &c, Halifax and Scotland: 4-6. 



893 caliginosus Ste. M. iii. 12. — Oblong-ovate, deep black, with a fulvous 

 pile : elytra faintly striated, the apex rounded ; base of antenna? and ter- 

 minal joint, labrum, palpi, anter. thighs, tibia?, and tarsi testaceous- red ; 

 antenna? slender, 8th joint moderate. (L. 2 1.) Carcases, &c, London: 4. 



894 Marshami Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 149. — Ste. M. iii. 12. — Oblong- 

 ovate; fuscous, with a griseous pile : thorax with the sides rounded from 

 'mse to apex ; elytra faintly striated towards the tip, which is obtuse ; an- 

 tenna? as long as the thorax, rusty-yellow, the 8th joint very small ; la- 

 brum, palpi, and legs rusty-yellow. (L. 1\ 1.) Carcases, &c, near Lon- 

 don : 5. 



895 dissimulator Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 150. — Ste. M. iii. 13. — Oval; 

 black, with a dense tawny pile ; antenna? fuscous, the 2 basal and the 

 apical joints rusty ; thorax with the sides rounded from base to apex ; 

 elytra with a single sutural stria ; palpi and legs rusty-red ; hinder femora 

 black. (L. 2 1.) Carcases, &c, near London and Bristol : 3-7. 



144 Choleva Latreille. 



896 angustata Fab. E. ii. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 13. — Ch. oblonga Samo. pi. 

 4. f. 9. — Narrow, oblong ; pitchy-black, with a fulvescent pile : thorax 

 wide before the middle, narrowed behind ; sides and hinder angles some- 

 times pale ; elytra faintly striated ; antenna? and legs dull- red. (L. 2^ 1.) 

 Carcases, &c, common every where : 0, *. 



897 agilis III. K. i. 88. — Ste. M. iii. 14 Oblong-ovate; black, with a 



dense tawny pile ; the upper surface pitchy-brown : thorax transverse, 

 widest behind; elytra slightly striated; antenna? and legs dull-red. (L. 

 2^-1.) Carcases, &c. , London ; Netley; N. Wales: 3-6; Humby : 12. 



898 gausapata Spence? — • Ste. M. iii. 14. — Oblong-oval; deep pitchy- 

 black, with a dense changeable tawny pile : thorax convex, edged with 

 testaceous, the hinder margin rather broader than the apex, the sides 

 gradually rounded ; elytra obscurely striated : legs and antenna? dull-red. 

 (L. 2| 1.) Carcases, &c, near London; in Devon; Norfolk ; and York- 

 shire: 3-6. 



