226 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



177. Aphodius Pedrosi, WoU. 



A. brevis antice subangustatusj nitidus nigro-piceus, prothorace utrinque valde profunde punctato ad 

 latera paulo rufescenti, elytris nifo-piceis, interstitiis fere impunctatis, pedibus pallido-rufo- 

 piceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1|. 



Habitat in arcnosis Portus Sancti, semel tantum (sub lapide prope oppidum) Decembri mense a.d. 



1848 repertus. 

 In honorem illustrissimi Dom. Pedrozo, qui ab antiqua stirpe in agro Portosanctano oriundus per tot 



annos nomen Lusitanicum omavit, hunc Aphodium valde indigenum denominavi. 



A. short, and ratlier narrowed anteriorly, piceous black, and shining : with the clypeus (which is 

 rather wide, roughened, tubercled, recurved at the edges, and truncated in front) rather rufescent 

 about the anterior margins. Prothorax a little narrowed in front, with exceedingly large, deep, 

 and distinct punctures, — especially towards the sides, which are (particularly about the anterior 

 angles) obscurely rufescent. Elytra rufo-pieeous, being much paler and more rufescent (especially 

 posteriorly) than the head and prothorax ; crenate-striated, with the interstices almost impunctate. 

 Legs pale rufo-piceous. 



A veiy distinct little Aphodius, and hitherto unique. It may be recognised from 

 the rest by its smaller size, shorter and anteriorly-subacuminated outline, by its 

 dull-rufescent elytra, and by the extremely large and deep punctures of its pro- 

 thorax. The only specimen which I have seen was captm*ed, by myself, from 

 beneath a stone in the \'icinity of the Ciddde of Porto Santo, dm'ing December 

 1848. It was taken, in company with other insects, towards the dusk of the 

 evening, — whilst burrowing into the sand which forms so prominent a feature 

 throughout the southern district of the island. I have dedicated the species to 

 Senhor Pedrozo, to whom I am indebted for much kindness and hospitality during 

 my sojourns in Porto Santo. 



178. Aphodius granarius. 

 A. breviusculus, nitidus niger, prothorace amplo utrinque parce profunde punctato necnon latera versus 



plaga rufescenti obscurissuna ornato, elytris postice intcrdum levitcr rufescentibus, interstitiis 



fere impunctatis, pedibus piceis. 

 Long. corp. lin. 2-2j. 



Scaralceus granarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. ii. 547 (17G7). 



, Oliv. Ent. i. 3. 82 (1789). 



Aphodius granarius, Ulig. Mag. fur Ins. ii. 192 (1803). 



, Steph. //;. Brit. Ent. iii. 197 (1830). 



, Heer, Fna Col. Helv. i. 519 (1841). 



Habitat in stercore bovine Maderse et Portus Sancti, ab oris maritimis usque ad cacumina montium 

 ascendens : in hortis Funchalensibus, ad vias, vel etiam in ips^ urbe tempore serene per aerem 

 volitans ssepissime observetur. 



