APHODIUS.*— OXYOMUS. 165 



long; somewhat cylindric ; black: clypeus angulate, with an obscure 

 ridge behind; thorax finely and thickly punctured; elytra faintly punctate- 

 striate, with an elongate bright red dash on the disc ; tarsi pitchy. ( L. 

 1^-2 1.) In fungi: Wisbeach and Peterborough; also near Norwich: 

 4-6. 



1316 arenarius 77/. K. i. 22. — Stu. V. i. pi. 2. f. V. — Ste. M. iii. 207 



Short ; convex ; black : clypeus convex, notched, punctured ; thorax 

 punctured ; elytra dilated behind, pitchy-black, the sides and apex paler, 

 punctate-striate, the striae deepest towards the apex ; interstices finely 

 punctured; body beneath and legs pitchy. (L. 1^1.) In dung, sandy 

 places : Newmarket Heath ; Swansea : 4-8. 



1317 Scrofa Fab. E. i. 80. — Pz. F. xlvii. f. 12 Ste. M. iii. 207.— 



Ovate, flattish; dull black; pubescent: clypeus rounded, coarsely notched ; 

 thorax thickly punctate ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices coarsely and 

 roxighly punctured, pitchy-black, tip palest ; legs rusty -pitchy. (L. I4-I5 

 1.) In dung: Pentire Point, Cornwall: 4-8. 



1318f villosus Gyll. i. 40. — Cur. i. pi. 27. — Ste. M. iii. 208. — Oblong, 

 flattish ; rusty-piceous, shining, pubescent : clypeus angular, slightly 

 notched, punctured ; thorax thinly punctured, with a smooth dorsal line, 

 sides pale ; elytra sulcated, each groove bordered with a row of punctures, 

 Interstices flat, smooth; tip of abdomen and the legs pale pitchy. (L. 1^1.) 

 Newmarket Heath : 8. 



1319 Sus Fab. E. i. 78. — Pz. F. xxviii. f. 11. — Ste. M. iii. 208 Ob- 

 long, flat ; dull red, or ochreous ; pubescent : clypeus truncate, punctured, 

 the crown fuscous ; thorax finely punctured, the disc and a lateral spot 

 dusky ; elytra griseous, with broad, scarcely punctate scales ; interstices 

 smooth, 2d and 4th spotted with black ; legs dusky-red, thighs paler. 

 (L. 1^-2^1.) In dung : Norwich; Edinburgh; Swansea: 4-6. 



1320 testudinarius Fab. E. i. 79. — Don. ii. 70. f. 1 Ste. M. iii. 208. — 



Rather flat ; dull black ; pubescent : head and thorax thickly and coarsely 

 punctured ; elytra pitchy, with paler or reddish round spots on the disc, 

 deeply sulcate, interstices narrow, ridged; tibiae and tarsi dull red. (L. 

 1^-2 1.) In dung, sandy places: Hampstead Heath; Bow; Coombe 

 Wood: 2-4. 



235 Oxyomus Eschscholtz. 



1321 elongatus Ste. M. iii. 208. — Linear-oblong; flattish; black: clypeus 

 deeply notched ; thorax coarsely, but not very thickly punctured, anterior 

 margin pale ; elytra crenate-striate, interstices impunctate ; legs rusty-red. 

 (L. 2£1.) Near Bristol?: 



1322 caTsus Fab. E. i. 82. — Pz. F. xxxv. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 210. — Cy- 

 lindric ; black ; shining : clypeus slightly notched, punctured, anterior 

 margin pale ; thorax coarsely punctured with 2 oblique sulci on each 

 side; elytra deeply punctate-striate; legs pitchy. (L. 1^ L) Sandy 

 places : near Bristol and Pentire Point, Cornwall : 5-6. 



1323 porcatus Fab. E. i. 81. — Pz. F. xxxviii. f. 13. — Ste. M. iii. 211. — 

 Somewhat cylindric, narrow ; pitchy-black : clypeus slightly notched ; 

 thorax very deeply punctured, with a short dorsal groove ; elytra deeply 

 sulcate, the sulci with coarse punctures ; interstices narrow ; legs pitchy ; 

 thighs dusky. (L. 1^-Ul.) In dunghills, &c. : South Lambeth ; Clap- 

 ham; Norfolk; Swansea: 3-5. 



1324 Sabuleti III. K. i. 21. — Stu. D. F. i. pi. 15. f. A. B.— Ste. M. iii. 

 210. — Oblong; pitchy-black, shining: clypeus broad, punctured, entire; 

 thorax thickly and deeply punctured; elytra convex, deeply punctate- 

 striate; legs pitchy; anterior tibia* and tarsi reddish. (L. 2 1.) Sandy 



