THE LAMELLICORN BEETLES. 919 



Throughout the State ; common. April 24 September 28. Oc- 

 curs beneath dead birds, snakes and other carrion, and in dung. 



1735 (5459). ONTHOPHAGUS JANUS Pauz.. loc. cit., 5, PI. I, fig. 3. 



Broadly oval. Color exceedingly variable, bronzed, green or cupreous, 

 shining; sparsely pubescent. Thorax sparsely and coarsely punctured, with 

 a tendency to granulation on front half. Elytra finely striate, the intervals 

 with two or three rows of punctures. Body beneath green or bronzed, 

 sparsely punctured. Length 4-7.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 13-September 18. Oc- 

 curs most commonly in decaying fungi (Boletus). The following 

 three well-marked varieties occur in the State. 



1735a (5459a). ONTHOPHAGUS JAM s OKIMIEUS Panz., loc. cit., 5. 



Metallic green or bright bronze, shining; elytra sometimes bluish. Male 

 with the clypeal margin moderately reflexed, slightly elevated and subtrun- 

 cate at middle, the cariua nearly obliterated ; vertical carina feeble at mid- 

 dle, elevated at each end in an acute tubercle. Thorax with rather long 

 process which is broader and deeply emarginate or forked at tip. the sides 

 diverging. Female with cariiuo of head more strongly developed, the pro- 

 tuberance of thorax feeble. 



Lake, Putnam and Posey counties; frequent. April 15-Juue 

 30. In fungi and at carrion. 



1735b (5459b). ONTHOPHAGUS JANUS STRIATUI.US Beauv.. Ins. Afr. et 



Amer., 1805, !>L'. 



Brownish or piceous, often bronzed, shining ; elytra sometimes paler 

 at base and apex. Male with clypeus as in orpheus. Vertical cariua at 

 each end elevated into a slender horn nearly as long as the height of the 

 thorax; protuberance of latter very small. Length 5-7 mm. 



Steuben, Marshall, Putnam, Lawrence and Vigo counties; fre- 

 quent. June 24- August 11. Occurs mostly in fungi. 



1735c (5459c). ONTHOPHAGUS JANUS SUB^NEUS Beauv., loc. cit., 105. 



Thorax and elytra metallic green or bronze, the elytra yellowish at 

 base and apex. Male with clypeal margin slightly elevated at middle and 

 not truncate. Vertical carina with a short horn at each end. Thoracic 

 process short, broadly but not deeply emarginate at middle. 



Vigo, Putnam and Lawrence counties; scarce. July 1-July 29. 

 In fungi. 



1736 (5462). ONTHOPHAGUS TUBEKCULIFKONS Harold, Coleop. Hefte., VIII, 



115. 



Broadly oval. Piceous or very dark brown ; base and apex of elytra 

 with small, dull brownish-yellow patches; feebly bronzed, very sparsely pu- 

 bescent. Clypeus acutely notched at middle in female, less deeply in male; 



