1-88 MODEKN SYSTEM. 



red spot, and a livid reddish spot at the apex. (P/. 3. /g. 12. a. an- 



teimcE magnijiecl.) 

 Si)ha>ridiiun scarabsoidcs. Fabr., f.atr. Dermestes scarabasoides. 



Mar.t/i., Linn. 

 Inhabitb dung. 



Genus 153. CERCYON. Lcacb's Zool. Misc. vol. iii. Dermes- 

 tes. Marslt. 

 Anlcnnti with the club imbricated (P/. 'i-fi^. 12. b. magnified): anterior 



tarsi in both sexes simple. 

 SjL 1. Cer. unipunctaium. 

 Inhabits dung. 



Sp. 2. Cer. melanocephalum, 

 lahubits dung and flowers. 



Fani. XXII. Covvhqje. Leach. 



CoPROPHAGi I. Latreille. 



Labial palpi very hairy, the last joint smaller than the preceding : scn- 

 tellum none or very obscure : c/j/tra taken together not longer than 

 broad : posterior feet situated near the anus : antenna eight- or nine- 

 jointed, terminated by an abrupt lamellated mass: anterior tibia 

 large and dentatcd : tncnlmn not very large : vianilibles mcnibraiia- 

 ceous : maxilla: membranaceous : cli/peus semicircidar. 



Subdivision 1.- — I^abiul palpi, with the last joint very 'distinct. Thorax 

 much shorter than the elijtru ; much broader than long. Anterior tibia 

 long, arcuate. 



Genus 151. COrRIS. Geoff'., Illig., Fair., Lam., Lutr., Leach. 

 ScARAB^us. Linn., De Gcer., Oliv., Marsh. 



Scutellum none : abdomfn elevated, convex : anterior tibia longer than 

 the others; externally with three stropg teeth terminated by a tar- 

 sus: a)2<e?zn<c nine-jointed. 



Sp. 1. Cop. lunuris. 



Copris lunaris. Fabr., Latr., Leach. Scarabaeus lunaris. Linn., Marsh. 

 Scarabicns emarginatus of IVIarsham is merely the female. 



Inhabits dung in sandy situations and lanes, entering the earth two or 

 three inches beneath the surface. 



Subdivision 2. — Labial palpi with the last joint not distinct. Thorcu 

 longer than the elytra. Tibia all terminated bi/ a tarsus. 



Genus 1.55. ONTIIOPIIAGUS. Latr. Copris. Geoff., Illiger, 

 Fabr. ScAKAE-Eus. Linn., Hcrbst., Oliv., Marsh. 

 Sp. 1. Onth. Vacca. 



Inhabits dung: this and m^jiy others are very abundant under dung 

 m April and JMay. 



