118 NECROPHAGA. NITIDULIDJE. 



flattish ; dull black : elytra with a small, ovate, red spot near the apex ; 

 legs and antennas rusty-red; club of the latter black. (L. 1^-2^1.) 

 Carcases, &c. , London district ; Netley ; Swansea ; Bottisham ; Notts ; 

 Carlisle ; Edinburgh : 4-6. 



934 rufipes L. ii. 573. — Ste. M. iii. 35. — Ni. obscura Oliv. ii. pi. 1. f. 3. 

 — Elongate-ovate, flattish ; dull obscure black, faintly punctured : elytra 

 slightly pubescent ; legs and base of antenna? rusty-red ; mouth, and 

 sometimes the sides of the thorax, reddish. (L. 1-2 1.) Carcases, &c, 

 generally distributed in the South : 5-6. 



935 4-pustulata Fab. i. 348. ? — Ste. M. iii. 35. pi. xvi. f. 4. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; dull fuscous- black : thorax with the margins obscurely reddish ; 

 elytra with a testaceous-yellow spot near the shoulder, and a 2d on the disc 

 behind the middle ; legs and antennae dull-red, club of the latter obscure. 

 (L. If 1.) Chelsea (old bones) : 5-6. 



Var. ? Ni. variata Ste. M. iii. 36. — Oblong-ovate, flattish ; dull-black : 

 elytra testaceous, with a somewhat 3-angular common black spot at the 

 base, and 2 or 3 yellowish ones on the disc ; legs and antenna? reddish ; 

 club of the latter dusky. (L. 1^-lf k) In a dead snake at Hertford : 

 9; Suffolk: 5-6. 



936 oblonga Herbst.'v. 245. pi. 54. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 36. — Oblong-ovate, 

 flat ; testaceous-brown, thickly punctured ; head dusky ; eyes black ; 

 thorax deeply notched in front, sides pale ; scutellum fuscous ; elytra 

 slightly pubescent, margin palest, apex truncate ; legs and antennae dull- 

 red, club of the latter black. (L. ljl.) Under bark, and on flowers, 

 London district ; Netley ; Edinburgh, &c. : 5-6. 



937 pallescens Ste. M. v. 406. — Oblong-ovate, rather convex ; pale testa- 

 ceous-yellow, with a fine silken pubescence : eyes black ; thorax not 

 emarginate in front ; elytra rounded at the apex ; legs and antennae pale 

 testaceous-yellow. (L. 1^1.) Under bark, &c, near London : 5. 



"938 Silacea Herbst. v. 232." pi. 53. f. 3. -^ Ste. M. iii. 36. — Oblong- 

 ovate, flattish ; deep rusty-red, much punctured : thorax deeply notched in 

 front, the sides expanded ; elytra slightly punctured ; legs pale red ; an- 

 tennae dark rust-colour, the latter with the club acuminated. (L. 1^1.) 

 Under bark of trees and in flowers, near London ; Netley: 5-6. 



939 aestiva L. ii. 574. — Oliv. ii, pi. 3. f. 23. — Ste. M. iii. 37. — Oblong- 

 ovate, flat ; testaceous-yellow, finely punctulated : eyes black ; thorax nar- 

 rowed in front, anterior margin obscurely notched, the angles nearly 

 straight ; elytra with the apex truncate, the outer angle rounded ; legs 

 pale. (L. 1^ 1.) On flowers, &c, London district; Netley : 5-6. 



940 villosa Thun. I. S. v. 70.— Ste. M. iii. 37. —Ni. aestiva Pz. F. Ixxxiv. 

 f. 7. — Ovate, convex ; slightly pubescent ; pale-testaceous, thickly punc- 

 tured : eyes black ; thorax narrowed in front, the anterior margin broadly 

 and deeply notched ; scutellum punctate ; elytra wide, the apex somewhat 

 truncate, with the outer angle rounded. (L. 1^-1^ 1.) Under bark, &c, 

 London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Swansea ; Notts : 5-6. 



941 obsoleta III. K. i. 384. — Ste. M. iii. 38. — Ovate, flat, obtuse, slightly 

 pubescent; rusty-testaceous: eyes black; thorax deeply and broadly 

 notched in front, the sides rounded to the hinder angle, and a little flat- 

 tened ; elytra impressed towards the middle, the apex truncate, with rounded 

 angles; legs short, stout, pale-testaceous. (L. 1^-1^1.) Under bark, 

 &c, London district; Bottisham; Norfolk; Dorsetshire; N. Wales; 

 Carfin, &c, in Scotland : 5-6. 



942 variegata Herbst. v. 245. pi. 54. f. 3. ? — Ste. M. iii. 38. — Ovate, ra- 

 ther convex ; rusty-red, somewhat deeply punctured : eyes black ; thorax 

 as in No. 944., with the sides palest, the disc darker: elytra ovate, slightly 



