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2836 erythroceras Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 157. — Black; shining; slightly 

 pubescent ; elytra rather convex, punctured, dull pitchy-red, the suture 

 broadly bright red ; abdomen with the edges of the segments and its tip 

 red; legs and antennae also red. (L. 1 1, ) Dung: London district : 

 4-6. 



2897 velox Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 159. — Black; shining; punctulate ; gla- 

 brous ; head with the disc smooth ; thorax with the disc longitudinally 

 smooth, with a punctured stria on each side ; elytra red, base and outer 

 margins dusky ; legs black; tarsi reddish. (L. L§ 1.) Dung: London 

 district ; Hunstanton, Norfolk ; S, Wales : 4-6. 



2898 Cursor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 159. — Black, shining; slightly pubes- 

 cent, faintly punctured ; elytra more coarsely punctured, the inner angles 

 of the apex broadly red ; abdomen with its tip rather acute ; legs entirely 

 black. (L. 1-|-1| 1.) Dung: London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; 

 Devon ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



2899 dorsalis Ste. M. v. 1 60. — Shining black ; slightly punctured ; pubes- 

 cent; disc of thorax smooth ; elytra coarsely punctured, pitchy, with the 

 inner angle dull red ; abdomen broadish, acute at tip ; legs dull pitchy- 

 red ; antennae pitchy. (L. If 1.) Dung: London district : 4-6. 



2900 Cursitor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 155. — Black; shining; pubescent; 

 thorax somewhat orbiculate, punctate ; elytra coarsely punctate ; legs red- 

 dish; thighs pitchy, anterior ones palest ; antennae with the 3 basal joints 

 red. (L. 1^1.) Dung: London district ; Devonshire; Suffolk: 4-6. 



2901 Morion Grav. Mi. 97. — Ste. M. v. 155. — Broad; black; slightly 

 shining, and pubescent ; thorax with a very obscure basal impression ; elytra 

 with a dull pile, punctulate ; abdomen slightly narrowed towards the apex; 

 legs rusty- or pitchy-red. (L. f -1 ^ 1.) Fungi: London district ; Nor- 

 folk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



2902 exigua Mann. Pr. 68. — Ste. M. v. 433. — Black ; opaque ; slightly 

 pubescent ; very thickly punctured ; elytra rather coarsely punctured ; legs 

 dull red; antennae rather longer than the head and thorax. (L. f-1 1.) 

 Dung : London district : 4-6. 



2903 sanguinea Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 160. — Black; shining; smooth; elytra 

 dull blood-red, punctured ; abdomen stoutish, recurved, very convex be- 

 neath ; legs bright red; antennae black, or pitchy, the base red. (L. 1^1.) 

 Dung : London district ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



2904 rufipennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 161. — Pitchy-black; slightly shin- 

 ing; pubescent; faintly punctured; elytra red, strongly punctured ; ab- 

 domen linear, terminal segment conic, apex truncate ; legs red, hinder 

 thighs brownish; antennae pitchy, base and apex red. (L. 1 1.) Dung: 

 London district ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



2905 celer Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 161. — Black, rather shining ; slightly pu- 

 bescent ; elytra pitchy-black, with a recurved testaceous-yellow streak, 

 united to an obscure red patch at the tip ; abdomen somewhat conic, with 

 the edges of the segments and the extreme tip reddish : legs livid-testa- 

 ceous ; antennae pitchy-black. (L. f-1 1.) Dung: London district; Suf- 

 folk: 4-6. 



599 Ceranota Stephens. 



2906 Daltoni Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 161. — Rather dilated; dull red, or 

 chestnut, slightly shining ; legs paler ; <£ with a small tubercle on the 

 back of the basal segments of the abdomen. (L. 2^-4 1.) Under moss : 

 Charlton Wood; Devon; Yorkshire: 3-6. 



600 Oxvpoda Mannerheim. 



2907 ruficornis Grav. Mi. 91. ? — ■ Al. ruficornis Ste. M. v. 150. — Brown- 



