FHILONTHUS. 395 



brous; legs and antenna? black. (L. 5 1.) Dung: London district and 

 Suffolk : 9-4. 



§ C. Thorax with 8 discoidal punctures, 4 in each row. 

 a. Lateral margins of thorax slightly waved. 



3133 ameus Grav. Mi. 17. — Ph. puncticollis Ste. M. v. 228. — Black; 

 head and thorax brassy-black, polished, the former somewhat 4-drate, 

 broad, the latter with its sides a little waved, and slightly punctured ; 

 elytra brassy-green, and, with the abdomen, delicately punctured, the last 

 with an ashy pubescence : <j> with the head narrower than the thorax. 

 (L. 31-5^1.) 



Var. Ph. politus Ste. M. v. 228. — Slender ; brassy-black ; head narrower 

 than the thorax : — legs sometimes pitchy-brown, and the elytra brownish - 

 brass. Dung, &c. : London district. 0. 



3134 carbonarius Gyll ii. 319.? — Ph. microcephalus Ste. M. v. 229 



Narrow, black, shining ; head small, broadly ovate or somewhat 4-drate ; 

 thorax with the sides slightly waved, and impressed'; elytra brassy-black ; 

 abdomen with a greenish tinge, clothed with a black pubescence, and 

 sparingly punctured ; the segments sometimes edged with red beneath. 

 (L. 4-5§ 1.) Dung: London district. 0. 



b. Lateral margins of the thorax rounded. 



1. Elytra metallic, brassy, or blue. 



3135 politus L. ii. 683. ? — PI. maculicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 229. — 

 Black ; shining ; somewhat greenish above ; head ovate, much narrower 

 than the thorax, and, as well as the thorax, highly polished ; elytra brassy- 

 black ; antennae with the basal joint testaceous beneath. (L. 4-4^- 1.) 



Var. St/melanopterus Wilkin. — Ste. M. v. 229. — Elytra black, with a slight 

 brassy tinge ; mouth, legs, and base of the antenna? pitchy. Dung : through- 

 out the London district. 0. 



3136 lucens Mann. Pr. 28.? — Ph. cognatus Ste. M. v. 229. — Broadish ; 

 black, with a brassy tinge ; head narrower than the thorax, both highly 

 polished ; dorsal punctures rather faint ; elytra dull brown-brassy, opaque, 

 thickly and finely punctured. (L. 4^-5 1. ) Dung: London district: 5-9. 



3137 decorus Grav. Mi. 19. — Ste. M. v. 230. — Deep black; head ovate, 

 and, with the thorax, greenish black, the latter broadest ; elytra finely punc- 

 tured, brassy-black, opaque ; abdomen with the margins of the segments 

 beneath dull red; legs pitchy-black; tarsi paler. ( L. 4-5 1.) Dung and 

 roots of trees : Richmond Park; Darenth Wood; Norfolk: 10-6. 



3138 f cyanipennis Fab. E. S. i. 597. — Ste. M. v. 230. — St. amoenus 

 Oliv. E. iii. 42. pi. 4. f. 36. ? — Glossy-black, shining ; head and thorax 



very smooth ; elytra rich violet-blue, slightly punctulated and pilose. 

 (L. 6 1.) S. Wales, near Swansea: 6. ? 



3139 atratus Grav. Mi. 21. — Ste. M. v. 232. — Black; shining; head 

 orbiculate, rather narrower than the thorax, the latter somewhat oblong ; 

 elytra brassy-green, or bluish, moderately punctured and nearly glabrous ; 

 tarsi pitchy. (L. 2|-3i 1.) Dung: London district ; Devon; Suffolk: 

 2-6. 



3140 sericeus Ste. M. v. 231. — Broad; brassy-black; shining; head and 

 thorax glabrous, equal in width, the latter with the dorsal impressions 

 large and approximating ; elytra rather coarsely punctured ; abdomen with 

 a slight silken pile. (L. 4 1.) Dung: London district : 6. 



3141 varius Gyll. ii. 321. — Ph. chalcopterus Marsham, — Ste. M. v. 231. 

 — Deep black ; shining ; head somewhat ovate, narrower than the tho- 



