162 LAMELLICORNES. APHOD1IDJ2. 



tate-striate, interstices rather convex, impunctate; legs pitchy. (L. 2^ 1.) 

 In dung: London district and Norfolk: 4-6. 



1287 haemorrhous Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 196. — Slightly depressed; black, 

 rather opaque : clypeus notched, with 3 equal tubercles ; thorax rather 

 sparingly and finely punctate ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices punc- 

 tured, pitchy-black, the tip, and also the abdomen and legs pitchy-red. 

 (L. 2^- 1.) In dung: London district and Suffolk: 4-6. 



1288 niger III. K. i. 24. — Pz. F. xliii. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 197. — Oblong, 

 somewhat cylindric ; black : clypeus angulated, notched in front, thickly 

 punctate, with a ridge on the crown and a small tubercle behind ; thorax 

 very thickly punctured ; scutellum minute ; elytra delicately punctate- 

 striate, very glossy; legs pitchy-black. (L. 2^1.) In dung: London 

 district : 4-6. 



1289 bimaculatus Fab. E. i. 71. — Pz. F. xliii. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 197. — 

 Oblong ; black : clypeus with 3 tubercles ; thorax thickly punctured ; 

 ■elytra rather parallel, deeply punctate-striate, interstices finely punctured, 

 base with a large bright red spot, ending in a point near the middle of the 

 disc; legs pitchy-black. (L. 2 A 1.) In dung: near Windsor and Rip- 

 ley: 5-6. 



1290 granarius L. ii. 547. — Ste. M. iii. 197. — Ap. carbonarius Stu. D.F. 

 i. pi. 14. f. c. — Convex; glossy-black: clypeus faintly notched, with a 

 single tubercle ; thorax large, disc smooth, lateral margins sparingly punc- 

 tured, with a faint pitchy-red spot in the middle ; elytra slightly punctate- 

 striate, interstices smooth, extreme tip dull rusty-red : legs dull red ; tibia? 

 obscure. (L. 2-2tj 1.) London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; Carlisle; 

 Swansea ; Newcastle : 4-6. 



1291 emarginatus Ste. M. iii. 198. — Convex; black, shining: clypeus 

 rather deeply notched, with 3 obscure tubercles ; thorax finely and 

 sparingly punctate ; elytra pitchy, faintly punctate-striate, interstices 

 impunctate; legs pitchy-red. (L. 1^-2 1.) In dung : London district : 

 4-6. 



1292 melanopus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 198. — Convex; shining black: 

 clypeus rough, notched, with 3 tubercles behind, and a bent ridge in 

 front; thorax finely and sparingly punctured ; elytra pitchy-black, with 

 the tip paler, punctate-striate, interstices somewhat convex and smooth ; 

 tarsi pitchy. (L. 2 1.) In dung: London district ; Suffolk; Norfolk; 

 Bottisham ; Scotland : 4-6. 



1293 borealis Gyll. iv. 248.? — Ste. M. iii. 198. — Convex ; pitchy-black, 

 shining : clypeus angulated, margin dull red, with a bent ridge in front, 

 and 3 tubercles behind, central longest ; thorax rather thickly and deeply 

 punctate, anterior angles dull red ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, with a 

 spot on the shoulders, and the apex pitchy^red ; legs rusty-piceous. 

 (L. 2^1.) In dung : London district, rare ; Cumberland: 5-7. 



1294 axillaris Stephens. — Elongate, flattish ; deep black, shining : clypeus 

 angulated, with 3 minute tubercles ; and, with the thorax, very thickly 

 punctured ; elytra distinctly punctate-striate, interstices smooth, shoulders 

 with a 3-angular bright red spot; tarsi reddish. (L. 2^ 1.) In dung: 

 near Ripley : 5-6. 



1295 porcus Fab. E. i. 71. — Ste. M. iii. 199. — Sc. Anachoreta Pz. F. 

 xxxvi. f. 1. — Rather flat ; dull black : clypeus with 3 tubercles ; thorax 

 thickly punctured, anterior margin pale ; elytra reddish-brown, punctate- 

 striate, the stria? in pairs, interstices finely punctured ; tibiae and tarsi 

 pitchy. (L. 2 |-2il.) 



Var. ? Sc. ruficrus Marsh, i. 16. — Ste. M. iii. 199. — Smaller; clypeus 



