APHODIUS. 9 



transverse wrinkle in middle. L, If — 2| 1. Common. 



A. ater, De G. 



jB 1. Elytra black-brown, with apex 

 brown-red, shiny. 



Oblong, convex. Head and thorax black ; antennae 

 dark brown, club blackish; legs black or brown, tarsi 

 lighter. Clypeus with a raised curved transverse line in 

 middle. Broader than A. granarius, with prominences on 

 forehead stronger and scutellum larger. L. 2 — 2-| 1. Mode- 

 rately common. A. constans, Duft. 



JB b. Thorax diffusely punctured. 



Oblong, slightly convex. Black ; elytra with apex of 



outer margin red-brown ; antennae brownish-yellow, club 



blackish ; legs lighter or darker red-brown. L. 1| — 2^ 1. 



Common. A. granarius, Lin. 



h h, Mesosternum not ridged. 



A a. Thorax black, with anterior angles or 

 sides brown-red or pitch-brown. 



A 1. Outerspur of posterior tibiae scarcely 

 shorter than first joint of tarsi. 



Oblong, rather convex, shiny. Black ; anterior angles of 

 thorax pitch-brown ; elytra red ; legs pitch-brown. Clypeus 

 somewhat roughened with punctures in front ; thorax very 

 closely and finely punctured ; elytra with fine notched 

 striae, interstices very finely punctured ; forehead with 

 three tubercles, central one nearly acute in male. L. 2 — 2 J 1. 

 Eather common. A. lapponum, Gyll. 



-B 1, Outer spur of posterior tibiae dis- 

 tinctly shorter than first joint of tarsi. 



€1 1, Elytra dark red, sometimes darker 

 behind. 



Eeversed ovate, convex. Head black, antennae red- 

 brown, club blackish ; palpi black ; legs red-brown, femora 

 darker ; middle joints of posterior tarsi diminishing in 

 length. Thorax very closely punctured. Similar to A. 

 lapponum but with clypeus not roughened in front, outer 

 spur of posterior tibiae distinctly shorter than first-joint of 

 tarsi, frontal tubercles very indistinct in male, absent in 

 female. L. \\ — 2\ 1. Scarce. A. foetidus, Fab. 



