FAMILY I.. SCARAB 



&. Clypens densely punctured at sides, nearly smooth at middle ; size 



small, 8-11 mm. 1729. MINUTTJS. 



6&. Clypeus evenly and densely punctured over its entire surface; larger, 



13-18 mm. 1730. ANAGLYPTICTJS. 



ad. Elytra each with seven strife: front of head elongately rounded; thorax 



without carina beneath ; still larger, 20-28 mm. 1731. CAROUNA. 



*1729 (5443). COPRIS MINUTUS Drury, Exot. Ins., I, 1770, 78. 



Broadly oval, convex. Black, feebly shining. Clypeus acutely and 

 rather deeply notched, its median portion nearly smooth ; its sides, as well 

 as surface of thorax, rather densely and coarsely punctured. Vertex in 

 male with a short and slender horn. Elytral stria? punctate. Length 8- 

 11 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. February 28-September 9. Hibernates sparingly beneath 

 cover of logs, etc. 



1730 (5444). COPRIS ANAGLYPTICUS Say, Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1823. 204; ibid. II, 131. 



Broadly oval, convex, robust. Black, feebly shining. Clypeus acutely 

 notched at middle. Vertex of head of male armed with an obtuse horn; 

 tuberculate in female. Thorax densely and coarsely punctured; its crest 

 with three tubercles, the median one deeply emargiuate; these much less 

 prominent in female. Elytra 1 stria? broad, the punctures transverse. Length 

 13-18 mm. 



Throughout the State: frequent. May 23-October 21. The 

 spine on head of male varies much in length. 



1731 (5448). COPRIS CAROLINA Linn., Syst. Nat.. II, 1766, 545. 



Broadly oval, very ro- 

 bust. Black, shining. Cly- 

 peus fl n e 1 y rugose, not 

 punctate, the horn of male 

 short, blunt. Under side of 

 thorax with a rather deep 

 excavation near the front 

 angle for the reception of 

 the antenna 1 club in repose. 

 Elytral strife shallow, fee- 

 bly punctate. Length 20- 

 28 mm. (Fig. 362.) 



Southern half of 

 State, frequent; noted 

 only in Lake County in 

 the north. April 25- 

 A u gust 23. Often at- 

 tracted by electric lights 



Fig. 362. a, larva-; b, section of hollow hull of dung in which the larva IT1 G Cltles - O ln> largest 

 undergoes.ks changes; c, pupa; d, female beetle; e, spiracle or breathing species of tile tribe 



pore of larva; /, mandible; ij, antenna; h, labium; f, maxilla and maxil- 

 lary palpus; j, swelling on under side of anal segment. (After Riley.) 



