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Genus [301]. Paromalus. Erichs. Two species. 



P. flavicornis, Herbst. Deep black and shining; antennae 

 testaceous ; legs pitchy red ; about one line ; in boleti 

 and beneath bark. PL 41, Jig. 4. 

 Genus [305]. Saprinus. Erichs. Eleven species. 



S. nitidulus, Fab. Bronzy black, very shining; legs pitchy ; 

 two lines and a half; dung of animals. PL 41, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [305 a ]. Teretrius. Erichs. One species. 



T. picipes, Fab. Deep black and very shining ; antennae 

 and legs pitchy red ; about a line ; oak palings, beneath 

 the bark ; Camberwell, Hampstead. PL 41, Jig. 6. 

 Genus [30C]. Onthophilus. Leach. Two species. 



O. sulcatus, Fab. Deep opaque black ; one and a half to 

 two lines ; dung of animals ; Nottinghamshire, Coombe 

 Wood. Pl.il, Jig. 7. 

 Genus [307]. Abr^eus. Leach. Two species ? 



A. globosus, Payk. Pitch black and very shining ; about 

 one line and a half; decaying vegetables and garden 

 refuse. PL 41, Jig. 8. 



Subdivision IV. PETALOCERA. Shuck. 



Tribe I. PECTENICORNES. Shuck. 



Family [36]. Lucanid^e. Leach. 



Genus [308]. Platycerus. Geoffr. One species. 



P. caraboides, Lin. Bright blue and shining ; antennae 

 and legs black ; six lines and a half; West of England. 



PI. *2, Jig. 1- 

 Genus [309]. Dorcus. Macleay. One species. 



D. parallelipipedus, Lin. Entirely of an opaque black ; 

 about twelve lines ; woods, in rotten trees. PL 42, 



fig- *. 



Genus [310]. Luc anus. Lin. One species. In the female 

 the mandibles are small. 



L. cervus, Lin. Black and slightly shining • mandibles and 



elytra usually of a dark chesnut ; from one to two and a 



half inches ; common in the South of England, in the 



vicinity of woods. PL 42, Jig. 3. 



Genua [311]. Sinodendron. Fab. One species. In the 



female the horn of the head is obsolete, and the thorax is less 



retuse. 



8. cylindricum, Lin. Either dark black and shining, or 

 cutaneous; six to eight lines; common in rotten willows. 

 PI. *2, Jig. 4. 



