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1278 conspurcatus L. ii. 549. — Ste. M. iii. 192. — Oblcng, flattish ; black, 

 glossy : clypeus entire, with 3 tubercles behind, and a reddish spot before 

 the eyes; thorax thickly punctured, sides broadly pale, with a fuscous 

 dot ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, interstices flat, with 7 distinct black 

 spots; abdomen and legs pale testaceous. (L. <2.\ 1.) In dung: London 

 district ; West of England ; Swansea ; near Edinburgh : 4-6. 



1279 sticticus Pz. F. lviii. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 193. — Oblong, slightly 

 convex ; shining black : clypeus entire, with 3 obsolete tubercles behind, 

 and a dull red spot before the eyes ; thorax thickly punctured, edged with 

 testaceous, that colour being widest on the sides, and bearing a brown dot ; 

 elytra deeply punctate-striate, the suture and stria? brownish, the disc with 

 several black spots united by black lines and streaks ; abdomen fuscous ; 

 legs pale. (L. 2^1.) In dung: near London; Ripley; Hertford; 

 Edinburgh? : 4-6. 



1280 inquinatus Fab. E. i. 73. — Pz. F. xxviii. f. 7- — Ste. M. iii. 194.— 

 Rather convex ; shining-black : clypeus faintly notched, with 3 tubercles ; 

 thorax finely and thickly punctured, anterior angles reddish (rarely black) ; 

 elytra finely punctate-striate, griseous, suture dusky, the disc more or less 

 varied with black spots and blotches of different forms, and more or less 

 united; abdomen pitchy ; legs griseous, varied with black. (L. 2-2^1.) 

 In dung : pastures in London district ; Bottisham, Yarmouth ; York ; 

 near Carlisle; Swansea; Edinburgh: 4-6. 



1281 tessulatus Pk. F. i. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 194. — Sc. contaminatus Pz. F. 

 xlvii. f. 7. — Short, very convex ; black, shining : clypeus rough, with 3 

 small tubercles behind, and a stout bent ridge in front ; thorax finely 

 punctulate, the anterior angles slightly pitchy ; elytra punctate-striate, 

 pale griseous with black spots disposed irregularly in 2 or 3 confluent tes- 

 sellated bands; legs black; tarsi reddish. (L. 2 1.) In dung: Tun- 

 bridge Wells ; S. Wales ; Henault Forest : 5-8. 



1282 terrestris Fab. E. i. 71. — Ste. M. iii. 194. — Sc. ater Pz. F. xliii. 

 f. I. — Short, convex; black: clypeus slightly notched, rough, with 3 

 tubercles ; thorax coarsely and thickly punctured ; elytra obtuse, faintly 

 punctate-striate, interstices opaque, thickly and minutely punctured ; tarsi 

 pitchy. (L. 2^-3 1.) 



Var. Sc. obscurus Marsh, i. 18. — Ste. M. iii. 1 95. — Central tubercle on 

 the clypeus elongate, with a curved ridge in front ; elytra fuscous with the 

 suture black, or chestnut. In dung : London district; Bottisham; York; 

 Swansea; near Carlisle; Edinburgh: 0. 



1283 terrenus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 195. — Convex; black, obscure: clypeus 

 slightly notched, with 3 equal tubercles ; thorax finely and thickly punc- 

 tured ; elytra dull brown or reddish, very faintly striate, stria? punctured ; 

 legs pitchy. (L. 2\ 1.) London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; York; 

 Bottisham ; Swansea : 4-6. 



1284 ater Fab. E. i. 71.? — Ste. M. iii. 195. — Convex, black: clypeus 

 rounded, slightly notched, with 3 minute tubercles, central longest ; thorax 

 faintly punctate, glossy ; elytra shining, simply striate ; legs pitchy. (L. 

 2^1.) In dung : London district : 4-6. 



1285 nitidus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 196. — Convex, black, very glossy: cly- 

 peus faintly notched, with 3 subequal tubercles ; thorax finely and dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; elytra pitchy-black, punctate-striate, interstices slightly 

 convex, impunctate ; legs pitchy-black. (L. 2h 1.) In dung : London 

 district, and Suffolk : 4-6. 



1286 lucens Gyll. ? — Ste. M. iii. 196. — Convex; deep glossy black: cly- 

 peus distinctly notched, with 3 tubercles, central longest; thorax coarsely 

 punctate on the disc, the sides with an obscure pitchv spot ; elytra punc- 



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