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legs testaceous; antenna? red, base paler. (L. 2£ 1.) Dung, &c. : Lon- 

 don district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk, &c. : 



3345 rugosus Fab. E. ii. 601. — Ste. M. v. 316. — Black, glabrous: head 

 finely punctured, front smooth, with 3 tubercles ; thorax with the sides 

 obsoletely denticulate, disc with 4 grooves, somewhat in form like the 

 letter M; elytra roughly punctured: legs pitchy-black, tarsi red ; mouth 

 pitchy. (L. 2^ 1.) Dung, &c, throughout the country: *. 



3346 picipennis Ste. M. v. 316. — Ox. piceus Pz. F. xxvii. f. 14.? — Broad; 

 pitchy-black ; shining ; front impressed ; thorax with its sides entire, the 

 disc punctulate, and with 3 channels ; elytra finely punctured, pale tes- 

 taceous ; abdomen with terminal segment pitchy ; legs pale ; antennae 

 pitchy, base testaceous. (L. 1| 1.) Dung, &c. : London district; Nor- 

 folk: 4-6. 



3347 nitens Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 316. — Black, rather glabrous; head 

 with 2 short impressions : front flattish ; thorax with 3 longitudinal lines, 

 and the outer margins foveolated ; elytra flattish, testaceous, base dusky 

 within ; legs testaceous, hinder tibia? with a minute tooth externally ; 

 base of antenna? testaceous. (L. 2 1. ) Dung: London district; New 

 Forest ; Devon ; Bristol ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



3348 piceus L. ii. 686. — Oliv. E. iii. 20. pi. 3. f. 38. — Ste. M. v. 317. — 

 Pitchy-black, rather glabrous : head roughly punctured, front smooth, 

 with a deep fovea; thorax with 3 longitudinal grooves, the lateral margins 

 foveolated ; elytra pitchy, roughly punctured ; legs pale ; antenna? longish, 

 their base, the mouth, and palpi dull red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Dung, &c. : 

 generally distributed in the south : (7) . 



3349 antennatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 317. — Black; rather shining; glabrous; 

 punctured : head with a frontal impression : thorax with the sides entire, the 

 disc rough, with 3 equal dorsal channels ; elytra pitchy ; legs pale ; an- 

 tenna? nearly half as long as the body, dusky, the base pale. (L. 1^1.) 

 Dung : Suffolk and Devonshire : 6. 



3350 sculpturatus Grav. Mo. 187. — Ste. M. v. 317. — Black; slightly shin- 

 ing ; thickly punctured : head roughish, with a smooth frontal impression : 

 thorax short, the sides slightly rounded and entire, disc flattish, with a cen- 

 tral dorsal channel ; widest in front, a linear bent one on each side, and 

 an obscure fovea at the base : thighs pitchy- red ; tibia? and tarsi pale. 

 (L. l|-2l.) Dung: London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk: 4-6. 



3351 nitidus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 318. — Black; shining; glabrous; punc- 

 tured : forehead slightly convex : thorax crenulated on the sides, the disc 

 with 5 longitudinal channels, divided by four lines, resembling by their 

 union the letter M ; elytra testaceous, with 2 obscure fovea? ; legs testa- 

 ceous, antenna? with basal joint dull red ; palpi red ; mandibles pitchy. 

 (L. l|-2l.) Dung: Suffolk: 6. 



3352 flavipes Ste. M. v. 318. — Black; shining; thickly punctured: head 

 rough, with a slender smooth frontal depression : thorax with the sides 

 entire, disc flat, with 3 dorsal channels; elytra flat, pitchy-red; tip of ab- 

 domen reddish or pitchy ; legs pale testaceous ; antenna? dusky, tip and 

 the palpi testaceous. (L. 1^1.) Dung, &c. : London district; Devon : 6. 



3353 depressus Grav. Mi. 103. — Ste. M. v. 318. — Black, opaque, very finely 

 punctured ; head flat ; thorax with the sides rounded and entire, the disc 

 flat, with 5 dorsal channels, divided by raised glossy lines : elytra flat, 

 pitchy, with an obscure sutural stria; legs and mouth testaceous; an- 

 tenna? fuscous. (L. 1 1.) Dung, &c. : London district, &c. : 4-6. 



3354 fuscipennis Ste. M. v. 319. — Black, nearly opaque; finely and closely 

 punctured ; head flat ; thorax with the sides entire ; disc flat, with 4 dorsal 

 lines, interstices not very deep, approaching in front ; elytra flat, fuscous ; 



