158 LAMELI.ICORNES. CKOTRUPID^E. 



striated, glabrous; body beneatb violet or greenish : liinder thighs of $ 

 with a tooth. (L. 6-9 1.) Under dung, on sandy heaths: London dis- 

 trict; Devonshire; New Forest ; Suffolk; Carlisle: 4-5. 



1255 laevis Ent. Tr. (Haworth) i. 79. —Cur. vii. pi. 266. — Ste. M. iii. 

 181. — Somewhat hemispheric ; deep violet or black, shining: thorax 

 thickly and coarsely punctured throughout, with a fovea on each side near 

 the margin ; elytra very smooth, with several obscure irregular punctured 

 stria? ; hinder thighs of o* serrated within ; club of antenna? black, tip 

 sometimes dull-red. (L. 6-9 1.) In dung on heaths : London district ; 

 also on the mountains of Wales and Cumberland : 4-10. 



1256 sylvaticus Ph. F. i. 5. —Don. xvi. pi. 547. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 182. 



— Somewhat hemispheric; above blue-black, purplish-violet, or black; 

 edged with violet; beneath violet, coppery-purple, or golden -green : crown 

 with an acute tubercle ; thorax with numerous remote distinct punctures 

 on the disc, and thickly punctured on the sides, with a deep fovea towards 

 the edge ; elytra faintly striated, interstices strigose : o* with a single tooth 

 on the hinder thighs. (L. 6-10 1.) 



Tar. ? Sc. niger Marsh, i. 22 Ste. M. iii. 183. — Dull black : legs green- 

 ish brass. In dung on wastes, &c, near woods: generally distributed ; 

 rather scarce in Scotland : 3-10. 



1257 foveatus Marsh, i. 21. — Sow. B. M. i. pi. 55. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 183. 



— Somewhat oval ; black, edged with bluish : thorax smooth, with a few 

 scattered punctures on the disc, 2 fovea? on each side, and the sides them- 

 selves ruggedly punctate ; elytra sulcate, interstices smooth, convex: hinder 

 thighs of S with 1 or 2 teeth. (L. 7-9 1.) In dung: London district and 

 Suffolk: 3-6. 



1258 punctato-striatus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 183. — Oblong-ovate ; violet- 

 black, beneath violet or purplish : crown with an obtuse minute tubercle ; 

 thorax with the disc impunctate ; the dorsal line and sides with a few 

 confluent punctures, the latter with a fovea ; elytra equidistantly punc- 

 tate-striate, interstices convex ; legs violet ; club of antenna? dull-red. 

 (L. 6-8 1.) In dung: London district, and Suffolk : 4-6. 



1259 mutator Marsh, i. 22. — Millard, B. E. pi. 2. f. 1. — Oblong-oval, 

 above violaceous, green, or amethyst blue, brilliant and shining ; beneath 

 rich golden, or coppery-green, or purple : disc of thorax impunctate, 

 except a few scattered points on the dorsal channel ; scutellum with its 

 margin membranaceous ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the stria? for the 

 most part disposed in pairs; club of antenna? dusky. (L. 7-10 1. ) In 

 dung ; abundant near South Lambeth ; Camberwell, &c. ; also near 

 Bristol; Swansea; in Devon, &c. : 0. 



1260 puncticollis Act. H. (Molinousky) i. 50. — Ste. M. iii. 184. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; black ; beneath violet : crown with a minute tubercle; thorax with 

 scattered punctures throughout the disc, and thickly punctured on the 

 sides ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices flattish ; club of antenna? pitchy, 

 or chestnut. (L. 7-10 1.) In dung: generally distributed throughout 

 the S. of England : 4-8. 



1261 subkevigatus Ste. M. iii. 185. — Oblong-oval ; violet-black, the lateral 

 margins of the thorax and of the elytra purple : disc of thorax smooth, 

 sides each with 2 fovea?, and thickly punctured ; elytra faintly striated, the 

 stria? composed of remote punctures, interstices flat ; club of antenna? 

 rusty. (L. 10 1.) In dung : near London : 6. 



1262 stercorarius L. ii. 550. — Stu. D. F. i. pi. 6. f. a-v. — Ste. M. iii. 

 185. — Oblong-oval; black, beneath violet; disc of thorax impunctate, 

 with a short dorsal line, lateral margins thickly punctured, each with a 

 small glossy punctate fovea ; elytra deeply striated, the stria? punctured ;, 



