§ C. Eyes moderate ; thorax with the lateral margins slightly waved. 



8113 nitidus Fab. E. ii. 596.?— Ste. M. v. 225. — Black; shining; head 

 much punctured on each side ; thorax with 8 punctures on the disc, forming 

 2 ohlique lines ; elytra very much punctulated, testaceous-red, slightly 

 pubescent; abdomen punctured; legs pitchy, or black, (L. 5-5^1.) 

 Dung : London district ; Devon ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



3114 erythropterus Ste. M. v. 226. — Black; shining, glabrous ; thorax 

 with 2 faint impressions on the disc, and 8 punctures ; elytra nearly 

 glabrous, red, the base indeterminately dusky ; tip of abdomen and mar- 

 gins of all its segments, with the legs and antennae, pitchy-red. (L. 5 1.) 

 Dung : London district : 6. 



633 Raphirus Leach. 



SI 15 semiobscurus Marsh, i. 512. — Ste. M. v. 241. — Qu. umbrinus 

 Eric. K. i. 491. — Pitchy-black ; head black, and, with the thorax, polished; 

 elytra dull pitchy, short, thickly punctured ; abdomen somewhat iridescent, 

 the edges of the segments beneath reddish ; legs and antennas rusty-red, 

 the latter slender. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Dung, &c. : London district ; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk; Devon: 4-6. 



3116 mauro-rufus Grav. Mo. 56. — Ru. praecox Ste. M v. 245. — Rusty- 

 brown ; shining, pilose beneath ; head somewhat ovate, pitchy-black ; 

 thorax slightly pitchy in front ; elytra dusky and finely punctulated, 

 dusky- testaceous; abdomen iridescent; legs and antennae at base testa- 

 ceous, apex of the latter dusky. (L. 2^-3 1.) Dung, &c. : London dis- 

 trict ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Redcar : 4-6. 



3117 attenuatus Grav. Mo. 61. ? — Ste. M. v. 242. — St. praecox Eric. K. 

 i. 492. — Pitchy-black ; shining ; head somewhat orbiculate, dusky ; elytra 

 opaque, finely and densely punctured ; abdomen iridescent, apex sometimes 

 pitchy ; legs testaceous, hinder thighs dusky ; antennae dull testaceous. 

 (L. 2-2f 1.) Dung, &c. : London district ; Devon: 6. 



3118 nitipennis Leach. —Ste. M. v. 242. — Qu. attenuatus Eric. K. \. 493. 



— Black, shining ; head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax ; elytra 

 brassy-black, very finely punctured, slightly shining ; legs, palpi, and 

 antennae tawny-red; scutellum punctured. (L2|l.) Dung: Batter- 

 sea fields ; Marton ; Devon : 4-6. 



3119 Boops Grav. Mi. 21 Ste. M. v. 242 Black, shining; head 



orbiculate, as wide as the thorax ; eyes very large ; thorax black or pitchy, 

 glossy ; elytra pubescent, slightly punctured, sometimes with a greenish 

 tinge; legs and antennae testaceous. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Dung, &c. : London 

 district; Yorkshire; Scotland: 6-8. 



3120 picipennis Ste. M. v. 243. — Shining black ; head somewhat orbicu- 

 late ; thorax with the hinder margin pitchy ; elytra pitchy, with a faint 

 greenish hue ; abdomen with the edges of the segments and the apex 

 pitchy-red; legs pale testaceous ; antennae pitchy- red. (L. 2^1.) Dung: 

 London district : 4. 



3121 rufipennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 243. — Black; obscure; head and 

 thorax polished; elytra rusty- red, with a dense griseous pile ; 4 anterior 

 legs testaceous, 2 hinder red; antennae and palpi testaceous- red. (L. 2| 1.) 

 Dung, &c. : London district ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire : 4-6. 



3122 fuscipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 243. — Qu. scintillans Eric. K. i. 490. ? 



— Black ; head and thorax shining brassy, the former with 4 punctures 

 between the eyes ; elytra brassy-black, moderately punctured and pilose ; 

 thighs reddish, tibiae and tarsi fuscescent ; base of the antennae testaceous, 

 apex fuscescent. (L. 2| 1.) Dung, &c. : Gravesend ; Holme, Norfolk : 

 4-6. 



