mo 



FAMILY I.. — scarabt.id.t:. 



b. Clypeus densely piinetnrecl at sides, nearly smooth at middle; size 



small, S-11 mm. 1729. minxjtus. 



bb. Clypeus evenly and densely punctured over its entire surface; larger, 



13-lS mm. 1730. anaglypticus. 



(Ki. Elytra each with seven stri:e; front of head elongately rounded; thorax 



without carina beneath ; still larger, 20-28 mm. 1731. Carolina. 



*1729 (5443). CoPRis minutus Drury, Exot. Ins., I, 1770, 78. 



Broadly oval, convex. Black, feebly shining. Clypeus acutely and 

 rather deeply notched, its median portion nearly smooth ; its sides, as well 

 as surface of tliorax, rather densely and coarsely punctured. Vertex in 

 male \\itli a short and slender horn. Elytral strije punctate. Length 8- 

 11 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. Fehruary 28-Septeniber 9. Hibernates sparingly beneath 

 cover of logs, etc. 



1730 (5444). CoPBis anaglypticus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



182.3, 204 ; ibid. II, 131. 



Broadly oval, convex, robust. Black, feebly shining. Clypeus acutely 

 notched at middle. Vertex of head of male armed with an obtuse horn; 

 tuberculate in female. Thorax densely and coarsely punctured; its crest 

 with three tubercles, the median one deeply emarginate; these much less 

 prominent in female. Elytral stri;e broad, the punctures transverse. Length 

 13-18 mm. 



Throughout the State: frequent. i\ray 23-October 21. The 

 spine on head of male varies much in length. 



1731 (544S). CoPRis Carolina Linn., Syst. Nat., II, 17G(i, 545. 



Broadly oval, very ro- 



bust. Black, shining. Cly- 

 peus finely rugose, noit 

 punctate, the horn of male 

 short, blunt. Under side of 

 thorax with a rather deep 

 excavation near the front 

 angle for the reception of 

 the antennal club in repose. 

 Elytral strire shallow, fee- 

 bly punctate. Length 20- 

 28 nun. (Fig. 3G2.) 



Southern half of 

 State, frequent ; noted 

 only in Lake County in 

 the north. April 25- 

 August 23. Often at- 

 ti-acted by electric lights 

 in the cities. Our largest 

 species of the tril)e Cop- 

 rini. 



Fig. 3()2. (I, larva; h, section of hollow hall of dung in which the larva 

 iiiRlcrgocs its change?; r, jiiipa; (/, female beetle; e, spiracle or breathing 

 pore of larva; /. iriandible; ij, antenna; h, labium; t, maxilla and maxil- 

 lary palpus; /, swelling on under side of anal segment. (After Riley.) 



