Genus [304-]. 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, fig. 4. 

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



S. nitidulns, 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. PI. 41, Jig. 6. 

 Genus [306]. Onthophilus. Leach. Two species. 



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

 two lines ; dung of animals ; Nottinghamshire, Coombe 

 Wood, PL 41, fig. 7. 

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



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

 one line and a half; decaying vegetables and garden 

 refuse. PL 41, fig. 8. 



Subdivision IV. PETALOCERA. Shuck. 



Tribe I. PECTENICORNES. Shuck. 



Family [36]. Lucanim. 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. 

 PL 42, fig. I.' S 

 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, fig. 3. 

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

 female the horn of the head is obsolete, and the thorax is less 

 retuse. 



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

 castaneous ; six to eight lines ; common in rotten willows 

 PL 42, fig. 4, 



