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finely punctate, the anterior impunetate, with 5 short, oblique punctate- 

 striate, the spaces between the 3d and 5th obliquely wrinkled; legs pitchy- 

 black ; anterior tibiae slightly crenate-dentate. Elytra sometimes punc- 

 tured and wrinkled throughout, with the usual stria? almost obliterated. 

 (L. 2-3 1.) In dung, &c. : generally distributed in England and Scot- 

 land: 0, *. 



1212 pulcherrimus Weber, Obs. 37. — Ste. M. iii. 153. — Hi. speculifer Pk. 

 M. H. 70. pi. vi. f. 4. — Ovate, brassy-black ; finely punctulate : disc of 

 thorax very smooth, glossy ; elytra with a single sutural stria, recurved at 

 the base, and enclosing a highly polished bright impunetate space, a small 

 spot between this and the shoulders, and the latter also, polished and im- 

 punetate ; legs pitchy. (L. 1^-2 1.) In carcases, &c, S. Wales: 4-6. 



1213 4-striatus Pk. M. H. 71. pi. vi. f. 5. — Ste. M. iii. 154. — Ovate, 

 convex ; bluish-black, ruggedly punctate : disc of the thorax, shoulders, 

 and an oval space on the elytra, near the scutellum, impunetate and highly 

 polished ; elytra with 4 obscure striae, and a sutural one, which is recurved 

 at the base; anter. tibia? strongly 4-dentate. (L. 1^-2 i.) In carcases, 

 &c, N. Wales : Southend : 4-6. 



1214 aeneus Fab. E. i. 88. — Ph. F. 68. pi. vi. f 6. — Ste. M. iii. 154. — 

 Ovate ; brassy or black ; punctured ; disc of thorax, and a broad space at 

 the inner base of the elytra impunetate, the latter divided by a sutural 

 stria, which is recurved, next stria very short, followed by 3 other longish 

 ones, the space between which is obliquely punctate-strigose ; anterior 

 tibiae crenulated. (L. 1-lg 1.) In dung, &c. ; common in England and 

 Scotland : 4-8. 



1215 conjungens Pk. M. H. 65. pi. vi. f. 1. — Ste, M. iii. 155. — Ovate; 

 brassy-black, or greenish : forehead, lateral margin, and extreme base of 

 thorax and tip of elytra alone punctate ; the elytra with 5 stria? extending 

 beyond the middle, the internal one recurved ; legs pitchy ; anterior tibia? 

 5-dentate. (L. 1^ 1.) In dung, &c, N. Wales: 4-6. 



1216 maritimus Ste. M. iii. 155. — Oblong-ovate; black: thorax very 

 smooth, the extreme base punctured ; elytra with a sutural stria and 4 

 short ones, extending beyond the middle of the disc, the 1st of them united 

 to the sutural one at the base ; the apical portion of the elytra thickly and 

 coarsely punctured ; anterior tibia? 4- or 5-dentate ; club of antenna? 

 pitchy. Sometimes the space between the sutural and 2d stria? is entirely 

 rugged. (L. 1^-1^1.) In carcases, &c, on the coasts; Essex; Nor- 

 folk ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire ; S. Wales, and Edinburgh : 4-7. 



1217 semistriatus Ste. M. iii. 156. — Convex; black, obscure ; punctured: 

 thorax with the disc smooth behind ; elytra with the base smooth, the 

 usual recurved sutural stria and 3 equidistant ones, the 3d longest, followed 

 by a very short one, apex punctured within; anterior tibia? waved. (L. 

 l|l.) In dung, &c, Bristol: 4-6. 



12 18 metallicus Fab. E. i. 89. — Pk. M. H. 67. pi. vi. f. 3. —Deep violet- 

 black, or greenish, with a metallic tint : forehead with 2 wrinkles ; thorax 

 punctate, disc smooth behind ; elytra with the apex punctured within, the 

 disc with the usual sutural stria and 4 abbreviated ones, extending rather 

 beyond the middle; anterior tihia? 5-toothed. (L. li 1.) In carcases, 

 &c, coasts of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Crwmlyn Burrows : 4-6. 



1219 violaceus Marsh, i. 96. — Ste. M. iii. 157. — Ovate; violaceous: 

 thorax with its entire disc punctate ; elytra with the base smooth, the apex 

 obliquely punctate, the fovea? with the usual sutural and 5 other stria? ; 

 anterior tihia? 5-dentate. (L. 2-i 1.) In carcases, &c, Suffolk and 

 Swansea : 4-6. 



1220 virescens Pk, M. H. 69. pi. vi. f 7. — Ste. M. iii. 157 Ovate; 



