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teeth, apically lacking the conical tooth overhanging the long incurved 

 tibial spine. jMesothoracic and nietathoracic femora slightly thicker 

 and shorter than in male majors. 



Type. — -Location unloiown to us. 



Type locality. — -"Americes borealis." 



Specimens examined. — 120. 



Distribution. — -(See fig. 6.) 



United States: Florida: Enterprise, Lake City, Live Oak, Florida Caverns 

 State Park, Key Largo. Illinois: Edwardsville, southern Illinois. Indiana: 

 LaPorte, Tippecanoe Co. iowa: Burlington, kansas: East Kansas, Lawrence. 

 MARYLAND: Baltimore, College Park, Plummers Islaiid. Minnesota: (State label 

 only), new jersey: Alpine, Cecil, Palisades, new york: Bear Mountain. 

 OHio: Adams Co., Champaign Co., Cuyahoga Co., Highland Co., Hocking Co., 

 Licking Co. Oklahoma: Payne Co. Pennsylvania: Boyertown, Broomal, 

 Milford, Pittsburgh, south Carolina: Pinnacle Mtn. Tennessee: Burrville, 

 Jackson Co. texas: Brazos Co,. College Station, Columbus, Fedor, Hunt Co., 

 Sabinal. Virginia: Alexandria, Fairfax Co. Wisconsin: Lake Geneva. 



Remarks. — The Onthophagus orpheus group, instead of being 

 divisible into several subspecies as treated here, may represent a 

 series of sibling species; however, the taxonomy of the group will re- 

 main obscure until a great deal more is known about the biology of 

 the complex. The meagre information at hand seems to indicate 

 that all the subspecies are associated largely with animal nests or 

 burrows. 



Figure 6. Distribution of species of Onthophagus: 



# orpheus canadensis (Fabricius) V orpheus pseudorpheus new subspecies 



O orpheus orpheus (Panzer) 

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