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and two small spots at its margins, and elytra, with the 

 shoulders, and a sutural stripe, all black ; antennae and 

 legs reddish ; two and a half lines ; ponds and ditches. 

 PL 40, fig. 2. 



Genus [297]. Chtetarthria. Water h. One species. 



Ch. seminulum, Paijk. Black and shining ; antennae, apex 

 of elytra and legs pitchy red ; about a line ; ponds and 

 ditches. PL 40, fig. 3. 



Family [34]. Spileridiim. Leach. 



Genus [298]. Cyclonotum. Erichs. One species. 



C. orbiculare, Fab. Deep black and shining; antennae 



and legs pitchy ; about two lines ; ponds and ditches. 



PL 40, fig. 4. 

 Genus [299]. Spr\eridium. Fab. Three species. 



S. scarabaeoides, Lin. Black and shining ; elytra with a 



red humeral spot and their apex ochraceous ; antennae 



and legs pitchy red ; two to three and a half lines ; dung 



of cows and horses. PL 40, fig. 5. 

 Genus [300]. Cercyon. Leach. Fifty-five species ? 



C. obsoletum, Gyll. Black and shining ; apex of elytra, 

 antennae, palpi and legs pitchy red ; one line and three- 

 quarters ; dung of horses. PL 40, fig. 6. 



Tribe III. FRACTICORNES. Shuck. 



Family [35]. Histerld^e. Leach. 



Genus [301]. Platysoma. Leach. Three species. 



P. depressum, Fab. Deep black and shining ; antennae 

 and legs pitchy red ; one line and a half ; under bark. 

 PI fig. 1. 



Genus [302]. Hister. Linn. Twenty-four species ? 



H. unicolor, Lin. Entirely deep black and shining ; from 



two and a half to four lines ; in the dung of animals. 



PL 41, fig. 2. 

 Genus [303]. Dendrophilus. Leach. Six species. 



D. quatuordecim striatus, Steph. Deep black and shining ; 

 antennae and legs pitchy ; one line and a half; in rubbish 

 heaps, garden refuse, &c. PL 41, fig. 3. 



[This species, which is here figured as a Dendrophilus, 

 is an Epierus of Erichson : a true Dendrophilus will 

 be figured in the Supplement.] 



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