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shining ; mouth, antenna;, and legs pale ; elytra pitchy, very ohsoletely 

 punctured ; thorax margined, the disc with 2 very obscure rows of punc- 

 tures ; tip of abdomen pitchy. (L. § 1.) Boleti : London district; Hull; 

 S. Wales: 6. 



2876 marginata Ste.M.v. 153. — Pitchy-red; rather obscure ; elytra paler, 

 with the outer hinder angles dusky ; legs and antenna? pale ; abdomen 

 broad, black, strongly margined. (L. 1 1. ) Boleti : London district : 6. 



2877 latissima Ste. M. v. 153. — Very broad, dilated, testaceous: head, 

 thorax, tips of elytra, and a belt on the abdomen, black ; thorax with a 

 faint dorsal line, and with 2 minute punctures at the base. ( L. 1 1. ) Bo- 

 leti : Hertford : 6. 



597 Encephalus Kirby. 



2878 complicans Kirby. — Ste. M.v. 164. pi. xxvi. f. 4. — Black; shining; 

 very glabrous; thorax with the base finely margined, very smooth; disc of 

 elytra, legs, and antenna; dull chestnut or reddish ; abdomen broad, very 

 obtuse. (L. f-1 1.) Moss: Ripley, 1-; Great Blakenham, Suffolk; 

 Mar ton Lodge, Yorkshire: 10-1. 



598 Aleochara of Authors. 



2879 fuscipes PL F. iii, 397. —Ste. M. v. 160. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 23. f. 4. 

 — Black, shining ; antenna; short, thickened in the middle ; the base, legs, 

 and elytra red, the sides of the latter black ; abdomen above sparingly and 

 deeply punctate: — thighs sometimes dusky. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) In dung, 

 carcases, &c. : generally distributed : 0. >ft. 



2880 tristis Grav. Mo. 170. — Ste. M. v. 433. — Black, rather shining; 

 very thickly punctured ; elytra with a pale testaceous spot at the apex ; 

 thorax flattish ; abdomen parallel, very closely punctured above ; tarsi 

 dull red; antennas short, thickened exteriorly. (L. 2-2^1.) Dung: 

 London district : 4-6. 



2881 bimaculata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 158. — Broad ; black ; rather shining; 

 slightly pubescent ; finely punctured ; thorax somewhat convex ; elytra 

 with a triangular red spot at the apex near the suture ; abdomen broad, 

 apex obtuse ; legs wholly black ; antennas slightly thickened exteriorly. 

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



2882 brevipennis Grav. Mi. 169. — Ste. M. v. 433. — Black; shining; 

 elytra short, somewhat opaque, thickly punctured, reddish, immaculate ; 

 abdomen sparingly punctured above ; legs and base of antennas testaceous ; 

 thighs obscure. (L. 1^-2 1.) Dung: London district : 4-6. 



2883 fumata Grav. Mi. 96. — Ste. M. v. 156. — Deep black; shining; 

 slightly pubescent ; elytra very short, thickly punctured, pitchy-brown or 

 dusky; abdomen rather sparingly punctured, the apex pitchy; legs dull 

 testaceous; antennas pitchy, base red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Dung: London 

 district; Suffolk: 4-6. 



2884 villosula Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 156. — Black ; somewhat villose ; 

 slightly shining ; elytra dull or pitchy-red, with the outer apex slightly 

 notched and mucronated ; abdomen somewhat rounded ; legs testaceous, 

 thighs fuscescent; antennas pitchy-red, base paler. (L. 1^1.) Dung: 

 London district ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



2885 rufipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 157. — Deep black, slightly shining ; 

 somewhat glabrous ; smooth ; elytra slightly pubescent, punctured, pitchy ; 

 abdomen linear; legs bright rusty-red; antennas black. (L. l£ 1.) 

 Dung : London district : 4-6. 



2886 bipunctata Grav. Mi. 93. — Ste. M. v. 158. — Black ; rather glossy; 

 slightly pubescent ; thorax convex, thickly punctured ; elytra roughly 



