igQ MODERN SYSTEM. 



Stirps 1.— No scale between the posterior angles of" the tliorax and 



the exterior base of the elytni. 

 Division I.— Thorax almost quadndv, more or less iramverse. Mandibles 



entirely corneous. 



Subdivision 1. Lahrnm prominent even hcijo)id the cli/pcns. Maxilla in- 



teriorlii armed zoith a horny hook, simple or bifid. R dij nearly globular 

 or ovoid. Elytra tumid, emhracing the sides of the abdomen. 



Genus 159.— 7EGIALIA. Lair., Leach. Apuodius. Fanz., Illig. 



Psammodius. Gyll. 



Antenna; distinctly longer than the head, composed of nine joints, the 



first of which is cylindric and a little hairy : body nearly globular ; 



zcin<:;s none. 



Sp. 1^ jEgi. glohosa. Black, shining : head granulated : elytra striated, 



impiinctute. 

 Aphodius globosus. lUig. Psammodius globosus, Gylknhull. ^Egi- 



alia globosa. Lair., Leach. 

 Inhabits the sandy shores of the sea. 



Genus 160. PSAMMODIUS. Gyll., Leach. 

 Body elongate, convex: antenrue distinctly longer than the head: zcings 



two : thorax transversely striated. 

 Sp. 1. Psam. Sulcicollis. Gyll. 

 Aphodins Sulcicollis. Illig. 

 Inhabits sandy places. Taken at Swansea by Mr. W. S. Millard, a 



most assiduous and snccessful collector of British insects. 



Genus 101. TROX. Fabr., Oliv., Latn., Latr.,. Leach. Scarabjeus. 

 Linn., Marsh., Geoff'., De Gecr. 

 AntenntB scarcely longer than the head, composed of ten joints, the 

 first obconic and very hairy : body ovuid : maxilla: with a simple 

 hook. 

 Sp. 1. Trox sabulosus. 

 Inhabits sandy places. 



Subdivision 2. — Labrnm not projecting beyond the clypcus. Body not glo- 

 bose. Elytra not embracing the sides of the abdomen, 



* Body subcijlindric. 



Genus 102. SINODENDRON. Eabr., Latr., Don., Leach. Sca- 



RAB.tus. Linn., De Gecr., Oliv. Lucanus. Marsh. 



Anienne with a laniellated club not capable of being folded : the la- 



mclUe very short, rcsemljling tlie teeth gf a saw: body cyhndric: 



muvilljf cvr'vdccoiis, liilobate, , ... 



Sp. 1. Sin. cylindric iini. Black, shining, impressed-punctate, cicatricu- 



lose ; the punctures vmibiUcated, the umbilici jierforate. (Alalc witii 



S conic-compressed horn, the female with a short horn on the head.) 



