420 BRACHELYTRA. — OXYTELID^E. 



tip of abdomen pitchy; legs and base of antenna? pale. (L. 1 1.) Dung: 

 London district : 6. 



3355 pallipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 319. — Black, opaque; head orbiculate ; 

 thorax minutely punctured, with five dorsal foveolets, divided by 4 slightly 

 raised lines, the 2 intermediate diverging in front ; elytra flat, pitchy, with 

 an oblique impression in front ; legs testaceous, thighs brownish ; antennae 

 dusky. (L. 11 1.) In dung, putrid fungi, &c. : generally distributed in 



" the south : 4-8. 



3356 nitidulus Grav. Mi. 107. — Ste. M. v. 319. — Black, slightly shining ; 

 somewhat punctured ; head transverse ; thorax with the sides entire, the 

 disc flat, with 3 linear channels and an obscure fovea towards each side ; 

 elytra pitchy-red; legs testaceous, thighs more or less dusky. (L. $-1 1.) 

 Dung, &c. : London district ; Devon : 5-6. 



3357 ruficrus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 320. — Black; shining, punctured; fore- 

 head with an obscure excavation ; thorax with the sides entire, the disc flat, 

 with 3 linear channels, and an obscure fovea towards the base of each 

 side ; elytra flat, pitchy ; legs pitchy ; tarsi red ; antenna? reddish at base. 

 (L. If 1.) Dung, &c. : Hertford and York : 6. 



3358 consobrinus Ste. M. v. 320. — Black; slightly shining, glabrous; punc- 

 tured ; head small, with a faint frontal channel ; thorax with 3 obscure 

 channels in front ; elytra flat, pitchy-testaceous; legs the same ; antenna? 

 pitchy, the base paler. (L. 1J 1.) Dung: London district : 6. 



3359 biarcuatus Ent. M. (Matthews) v. 198. — Black, shining; head as 

 broad as thorax, sparingly punctured ; thorax with the disc smooth, with 

 2 bent coarsely punctured longitudinal fovea? in the centre, the sides flat 

 and deeply punctured; elytra coarsely punctured, red, with the suture 

 dusky; apex of abdomen, and mouth, red ; legs testaceous; antenna? dusky, 

 basal joint red. (L. 2 1.) London district ; Weston: 2-5. 



3360 angustatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 320. — Narrow ; deep pitchy-black ; 

 glabrous ; roughly punctured ; head with a transverse and longitudinal 

 impression forming a roman T : thorax with 3 dorsal channels, the sides 

 flat and obscurely foveolated ; elytra pitchy ; thighs dusky ; tibia? and 

 tarsi red; antenna? dusky. (L. 1| 1.) Dung, &c. : London district: 0. 



S361 opacus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 321. — Black, smooth, opaque; head very 

 obscurely punctulate ; forehead depressed on each side ; thorax with 3 ob- 

 . scure dorsal grooves, the sides each with a distinct fovea ; elytra flattish, 

 smooth; legs red, thighs dusky. (L. 1-1^1.) Dung, &c. : London dis- 

 trict, and generally distributed: 1-7. 



3362 pusillus Leach. — Ste. M. v. 321. — Black; opaque, very finely punc- 

 tured ; head small ; thorax more distinctly punctured, with 2 obscure 

 longitudinal channels on the disc, and a faint fovea at the base towards the 

 sides : elytra flattish, pitchy ; legs pale red ; base of antenna? dusky. 

 (L. 11.) Dung, &c. : London district ; Suffolk; Devon: 4-6. 



660 Aploderus Stephens. 



3363 brachypterus Marsh, i. 510. — Ste. M. v. 322. — Black ; shining ; head 

 with 2 small tubercles ; thorax with 2 punctured longitudinal fovea? on the 

 disc, and an obscure impression towards each side ; elytra pitchy, very 

 much punctured ; legs pale, or pale testaceous ; antenna? pitchy, base 

 paler. (L. 2-2^1.) Moss, &c. : Battersea fields ; Barham; Ipswich: 1-5. 



661 .Trogophl^eus Mannerheim. 



3364 corticinus Grav. Mo. 192. — Ste. M. v. 323. — Black ; rather opaque ; 

 very thickly punctured ; thorax with 2 short, rather bent dorsal foveola? ; 

 elytra flattish, pitchy-black ; legs pitchy, knees, tips of tibia?, and the tarsi 



