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116 NECROPHAG A. NITIDU LID^E. 



rounded at the tip, the disc without raised lines. (L. 5-6- 1. ) Carcases ; 

 generally distributed, in the south : 3-7. *. 



150 Phosphuga Leach. 



922 atrata L. ii. 571 Herbst. v. pi. 51. f. 18. — f.14. var., f. 15. var. — 



Ste. M. iii. 28. — Ovate, glossy black ; thickly punctate, especially on 

 the sides of the thorax and on the elytra, the latter with 3 raised lines, 

 the inner (or sutural) one longest : — sometimes the sides of the thorax and 

 the elytra are pale-testaceous; or the entire surface is of that colour. 

 (L. 4^-6^ 1.) Carcases; abundant every where: 0, *. 



923 subrotundata Leach, Z. M. iii. 75. — Ste. M. iii. 29. — Somewhat 

 rounded-ovate, glossy black, deeply punctured : thorax unequal ; elytra 

 broad, coarsely rugose punctate, with 3 raised lines, the middle one longest: 



— sometimes the sides of the thorax and the elytra are chestnut-brown, or 

 the upper surface wholly of that colour. (L. 5^-7 1.) Carcases, S. of 

 Ireland, and jiear Dublin ; Penllergare : 1 2-7. 



151 Agyrtes Frohlich. 



(924f castaneus Naturf. (Frohl) xxviii. 19. pi. 1. f. 11. — Ste. M. iii. 29. 

 note. — Oblong ; pitchy-black, glabrous : mouth, antennas, legs, and 

 elytra chestnut, the latter punctate striate. (L. 2| 1.) Improperly stated 

 to be indigenous.) 



1 52 Peltis Kugellan. 



<925f ferruginea L. ii. 572. — Pz. F. lxxv. f. 17. — Ste. M. iii. 29. note. 



— Short ; rusty-brown, glabrous ; punctured : elytra with 6 raised lines, 

 3 of which are punctulate, the interstices with a double row of punctures. 

 (L. 5 1.) Said (but improperly) to inhabit England.) 



Fam. 19. NITIDULIDiE MacLeay. 



cliii. Thvmalus Elytra entire : tho. margined ; its sides flattened : body 

 somewhat hemispheric : ant. with 3d joint as long as 4th : mand. bifid at 

 tip : maxilla, with a horny hook : palpi slightly clavate : tarsi simple. 



cliv. Nitidula Elytra entire, or slightly truncate : tho. margined, with the 

 sides expanded and flat : body rather depressed, and longish : ant. with 3d 

 joint longer than 4th : palpi filiform : tibiee compressed ; tarsi with the 4th 

 joint bilobed. 



civ. Strongylus Elytra entire : tho. with the sides not depressed : body 

 oval, rather convex : ant. with 3d joint much longer than 4th, apical one 

 mamillated : palpi filiform, terminal joint very long : tarsi with 3 basal 

 joints dilated. 



clvi. Campta Elytra entire : tho. with the sides not depressed : body some- 

 what hemispherical, not margined, tomentose : ant. with 3d joint not 

 longer than 4th ; club large : tibiee dilated. 



clvii. Meligethes Elytra entire: tho. with the sides not depressed: body 

 somewhat 4-drate, usually of metallic hue : ant. with 3d joint as long as 

 4th, and 5th inserted : tibiee sometimes spinulose. 



clviii. Pria Elytra somewhat truncate, not ribbed : tho. convex : body flat- 

 tish : ant. short, club . longish, 4-jointed, serrated, 6th and 7th joints with 

 an external process : tibiee compressed, spinulose. 



(clix. Carpophilus Elytra truncate, shortened, scarcely covering more than 

 half the abdomen ; not ribbed : body oblong, ovate, rather flat : ant. short; 

 3d joint short ; club ovate, coarctate : tibiee dilated, spinulose exteriorly 

 and at the apex.) 



