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obsoletely tubevculate ; colours brighter, and thighs pitchy. In dung : 

 London district ; Ramsgate ; Swansea; Var. ? near Woodbridge : 8 9. 

 1296" fulvicrus Ste. M. iii. 199. — Rather flat; black, opaque : clypeus with 

 3 obscure tubercles ; thorax coarsely punctured ; elytra pitchy-black, 

 simply punctate-striate, interstices impunctate; tarsi tawny. (L. 2 1.) 

 In dung : Norfolk : 7-8. 



b. Clypeus not distinctly tuberculated. 



1297 rufipes L. ii. 559. — Don. xii. pi. 417. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 200 



Flattish, oblong ; pitchy, beneath paler : clypeus entire, smooth ; thorax 

 with the sides slightly punctured ; elytra obsoletely crenate-striate, inter- 

 stices faintly punctured towards the base ; legs rusty-red, anterior tibia? 

 3-dentate. (L. 4-5 1.) In dung: generally distributed throughout 

 Britain : 4-8. *. 



1298 muticus Ste. M. iii. 200. — Flattish, oblong; pitchy, paler beneath: 

 clypeus entire, impunctate ; thorax transverse, smooth ; elytra faintly 

 punctate-striate, interstices not punctured ; legs pitchy-red, anterior tibiae 

 obscurely 1 -dentate. (L. 4-5 1.) In dung: near London and N. of 

 England : 4-8. 



1299 Pecari Fab. E. i. 80. — Pz. F. xxxi. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 204.— 

 Flattish, black : clypeus entire ; thorax finely and sparingly punctate on 

 the sides towards the anterior angles ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices 

 smooth, flat ; bright red, with a large common black dorsal spot on the 

 suture, which is also black; legs red. (L. 3 1.) In dung: near Wind- 

 sor and Ripley : 5-7. 



1300 depressus Fab. E. i. 80. — Ent. Tr. (Sow.) i. pi. in p. 246. fig. sup. 

 — Ste. M. iii. 201. — Flat, short ; black : clypeus entire ; thorax thickly 

 and coarsely punctured ; elytra broad, bright- or pitchy-red, punctate- 

 striate, interstices punctured; legs pitchy black ; tarsi reddish. (L. 3 1.) 

 In dung : Richmond Park ; Bristol ; Swansea : 3-7. 



1301 nigripes Fab. E. i. 76. — Pz. F. xlvii. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 201. — 

 Flat, short ; black : clypeus angulated, entire, with a faint bent ridge ; 

 thorax thickly punctured ; elytra finely crenate-striate, interstices minutely 

 punctured; legs pitchy-black, tarsi reddish. (L. 3 1.) Common in dung 

 in the South : York, rare : 5-7. 



1302 luridus Fab. E. i. 76. — Pz. F. xlvii. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 201. — 

 Flat; black, slightly glossy : clypeus entire; thorax deeply punctate; 

 elytra opaque, punctate-striate, interstices punctulate, colour black, or 

 pale griseous with dusky stria?, or with the interstices more or less filled up 

 with elongate black spots, especially at the base, which is sometimes 

 wholly black, with the apex pale, striped or spotted with black ; tarsi 

 reddish. (L. 4-5^ 1.) In dung: generally distributed throughout 

 Britain : 4-7. 



303 contaminatus Fab. E. i. 77. — Creutz. E. V. i. pi. 1. f. 5. — Ste. M. 

 iii. 202. — Flattish, oblong ; black, tinged with brassy ; clypeus faintly 

 notched ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, anterior angles with a testaceous spot, 

 sides ciliated, disc impunctate : elytra punctate-striate, pubescent, griseous, 

 with several black spots; legs pale, joints dusky. (L. 2^-3 1.) In 

 dung: abundantly distributed throughout England and Wales: 0. #. 



304 prodromus Creutz. E. V. i. 37. — Ste. M. iii. 203. — Flattish ; ob- 

 long ; black : clypeus faintly notched, smooth ; thorax transverse, smooth, 

 lateral margins broadly pale and slightly punctate; elytra punctate-striate, 

 pubescent; interstices (especially at the base) thickly punctured, griseous, 

 the suture and a large blotch on the disc fuscous ; legs pale. (L. 2§-3^ 1.) 

 In dung : London ; Bristol ; Devon ; Cornwall, &c. : 2-6. 



