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the elytral proportions are very nearly the same, those of the head 

 almost exactly so. Length of this example, 10.60 mm.; of elytra, 

 6 mm.; of head, 1.50 mm. Width of elytron near middle, 1.55 

 mm.; of head, 1.75 mm.; of abdomen, 3 mm. 

 Cat. No. 59652, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PODABRUS Westwood. 

 PODABRUS WHEELERI Wickham. 



Two specimens m rather poor condition. 

 Cat. No. 59653, U.S.N.M. 



Genus LUCANUS Linnaeus. 



LUCANUS FOSSILIS, new species. 



Plate 23, fig. 7. 



Represented by an elytron, a scutellum and a few fragments of 

 tissue belonging to the prothoracic disk. The elytron is proportioned 

 almost exactly as in the recent L. dama. The sculpture, however, is 

 much rougher, somewhat coarser than in L. placidus, and in the 

 specimen is granulate, so that the object is probably in reverse. 

 The scutellum is similar in shape to that of L. placidus and, as in that 

 species, is smoother at the tip, this latter character being less marked 

 in L.fossilis. Length of elytron, 18.50 mm.; width, 11 mm. 



Type.— C&t. No. 59643, U.S.N.M. 



One specimen. The generic reference is made upon the propor- 

 tions, form, texture and sculpture of the elytron, after comparison 

 with recent species. It is possible that the fragment belonged to 

 some large Scarabseid. 



Genus AT^^NIUS Harold. 



AT.ff:NIUS PATESCENS Scudder. 



A specunen in very soft shale is referred here, although it exceeds 

 the measurements given by Scudder a little. 

 Cat. No. 59654, U.S.N.M. 



Genus APHODIUS lUiger. 



APHODIUS GRANARIOIDES, new species. 



Plate 25, fig. 1. 

 Preserved as a reverse, in dorsal view. Form somewhat resemblmg 

 the recent cosmopolitan A. granarius, but at once separable therefrom 

 by the narrower elytral sutural interval. Head somewhat distorted, 

 clypeus only sparsely and rather finely punctate, anteriorly sub- 

 truncate, front angle of one side rounded, that of the other side 

 apparently prominent, but I beUeve the prominence is due to dis- 

 placed mouth parts, since there is some evidence of a demarcation 

 matching the opposite curve. Prothorax very nearly twice as broad 



