PHILONTHUS. 397 



with a distinct puncture on each segment, on both sides ; legs fuscous, 

 anterior coxae reddish. (I.. 3. 1.) Dung: Suffolk: 4-6. 



3151 intaminatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 235. — Black ; shining; spotless: 

 head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax ; elytra rather obscure, slightly 

 pubescent; legs black ; antennae brownish at the tip. (L. 3. 1.) Dung: 

 London district ; Suffolk ; Devon : 4-6. 



3152 aterrimus Marsh i. 513. — Ste. M. v. 235. — Black, very shining; 

 head somewhat heart-shaped, half the width of the thorax, both polished, 

 and smooth ; elytra pitchy-black ; 4 anterior thighs flattened and pitchy, 

 with testaceous coxae ; antennae pitchy at the base. 



Var. ? Ph. opacus Mus. Marsh. — Ste. M v. 236. — 4 anterior thighs some- 

 what tawny. (L. 3^ 1.) Dung: London district; Suffolk; Norfolk; 

 South Wales : 4-6. 



3153 phocopus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 236. — Black; head somewhat orbicu- 

 late, rather narrower than the thorax, both polished ; elytra pitchy, with a 

 faint brassy tint, very much punctulated, pubescent ; abdomen with the 

 extreme tip pitchy beneath ; legs pitchy-red, with black coxae ; palpi red. 

 (L. 3 1.) Dung: London district ; Suffolk: 6. 



3154 nitens Grav. Mi. 26.? — Ste. M. v. 236. — Black, shining; head 

 somewhat ovate, and, with the thorax, smooth, and polished ; elytra griseous- 

 brown, punctured, and slightly jmbescent ; legs pale fuscous. (L. 2^ 1.) 

 Dung : Wrabness, Essex : 6. 



3155 obscuripennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 236. — Black; slightly shining; 

 head somewhat heartshaped, narrower than the thorax, discoidal punctures 

 obscure ; elytra with an obscure down, scarcely punctured ; legs pale red, 

 with black coxae; antennae longish, with basal joint pitchy. (L. 2^1.) 

 Dung : London district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Devon ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



3156 longicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 237. — Black; shining; head some- 

 what orbiculate; elytra pitchy, slightly pubescent ; legs pitchy, anterior 

 coxae dull yellow; antennae long, red at the base. (L. 2^1.) Dung: 

 London district ; Copgrove, Yorkshire : 4-6. 



3157 agilis Grav. Mo. 77. — Ste. M. v. 237. — Shining; black; head ob- 

 long-ovate, narrower than the thorax, smooth ; elytra fuscous, slightly 

 glossy, the apex, more or less, indeterminately dusky-ferruginous ; disc 

 roughly punctured; legs fuscous, anterior coxae testaceous. (L. 2^1.) 

 Dung : London district : 4-6. 



3158 ventralis Grav. Mi. 174. — Ste. M. v. 237. — Pitchy-black; shining; 

 head orbiculate, as wide as the thorax ; elytra pitchy-black, thickly punc- 

 tulated ; abdomen with the edges of the segments beneath, and the ex- 

 treme tip, broadly testaceous-red ; legs and base of antennae also testa- 

 ceous-red. (L. 2^1.) Dung: London district : 6. 



c. Elytra black, or faintly brassy ; spotted. 



3159 lituratus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 238. — Black ; head ovate, and, with the 

 thorax, polished ; elytra pitchy, with an obscure red line on the disc, not 

 dilated behind, sometimes nearly obsolete ; legs pitchy-black ; anterior 

 coxa? testaceous. (L. 2|-3 1. ) Dung: London district ; Suffolk; Devon; 

 S. Wales; Edinburgh: 4-6. 



3160 bipustulatus Fab. E. ii. 598 Pz. F. xxvii. f. 10. — Black ; head 



ovate, and, with the thorax, polished ; elytra thickly punctulated, pubes- 

 cent, each with an obscure blood-red spot on the disc behind ; legs black. 

 (L. 3-3§ 1.) Dung: London and Edinburgh districts; Suffolk; S. Wales: 

 4-6. 



3161 aciculatus Ste. M. v. 238. — Slender; black; head orbievdate, and, 

 with the thorax, polished ; elytra pubescent, dark pitchy, each with au 



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