CI-ASS V. INSECTA. 189 



Fam. XXIII. Arnor>iADx. T^ich. 

 CoPROPTiAGi II. Latreille. 

 Labial palpi nearly smooth, filiform, the joints nearly equal, cylin- 



dric : feet all separated by equal distances; hinder ones distant from 



the anus : snttcllum distinct. 



Genus 156. APIIODIUS. Illiger, Fabr., Ditr., Leach. ScARAB.tus 

 Oliv., Marsh., Linn. 

 Sp. 1. Aph. rufipcs. 

 Inhabits dung in the spring of ihr year. 



This genus may be divided, for the sake of convenience, from the 

 clypeus. 



1. Clypeiis smooth, cmarginate. 



2. Clypeus smooth, cntir-e. 



3. Ch/pevft tubcrculat . 



Fam. XXIV. CicOiRUPiD.t. Leach. 

 Oeotrupixi. Latreille. 

 Antenntc eleven-jointed, terminated by a lamellatcd club : anterior tibi^. 



large, dentate : mention not large : mandibles corneous, porrect : /«- 



brum prominent : cli/peus rhomboidal. 



Genus 157. GEOTRUPES. Lulr., Dumeril, Lam., Leach. Sca- 

 RAB.tfS. Linn., Geoff"., Fabr., Oliv., Be Gcer. 

 Antenna; terminated by an oval lamellated club : thorax shorter than 

 the abdomen, not horned: /fiWer/cc^ distant from the anus: /lead 

 not produced behind the eyes : scutellum obvious. 

 Sp. 1. Geo. stercorarius. 



Ijihabits Europe; boring cylindric holes beneath the dung, and flying 

 about in the dusk of the evening. 



Genus 158. TYPH.EUS. Leach. Scarab.^us. Fabr., Gyll, Marsh. 



Antenna terminated by an oval lamellated club : thorav shorter than 

 the abdomen; on each side in front with a long process which ex^ 

 tends along the sides of the head : hinder feet distant from the anus : 

 /i£ad not produced behind the eyes : scutellum obvious. 



Sp, 1. Typ. vulgaris. {PI. \. fig. 1.) 



Scarabffius typheeus. Fabr., Gyll., Marsh. 



Inhabits the dung of horses on heaths, in the spring of the year. 



Obs.— Scarabasus mobilicomis, Marsh., forms the genus Odomev*, 

 Koppe. 



Fam. XXV. MELOLoyTHiD.^. Leach. Scarab;i:ides. Lutr. 

 -4nfc«n« ten-jointed (in some nine), terminated by a lamellated club : 

 mandibles corneous in part : clypeus li iaugulur or quadrate : (i/iiiig|tr 

 tibic£ large and dentate ; menlum UQt large. 



