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Throughout the State; comiuou. April 24-Septein])er 28. Oe- 

 irs beneath dead birds, snak(^s and other cai-rion, and in dung. 



1735 (5459). OxTiioniAGVS janus Pauz., loc. cit., 5, PI. I, fig. .". 



Broadly oval. Color exeeetlingly variable, bronzed, green or cn|ir''<>us, 

 shining; sparsely pnbescent. Thorax sparsely and coarsely punctnred. willi 

 a tendency to granulation on front half. Elytra finely striate, the intervals 

 with two or three rows of punctures. P.ody beneath green or bronzed, 

 sparsely punctured. Length 4-7.5 nun. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 13-September 18. Oc- 

 curs most commonly in decaying fungi (Boletus). ' The following 

 tliree well-marked varieties occur in the State. 



1735a (5459a). On'tiiopuagus janus orpiieus Panz., loc. cit., 5. 



Metallic greeu or bright bronze, shining; elytra sometimes bluish. Male 

 with the clypeal margin moderately reflexed. slightly elevated and subtrun- 

 cate at middle, the carina nearly obliterated; vertical carina feeble at mid- 

 dle, elevated at each end in an acute tubercle. Thorax with rather long 

 process which is broader and deeply emarginate or forked at tip, the sides 

 diverging. Female with carin.ip of head more strongly developed, the pro- 

 tuberance of thorax feeble. 



Lake, Putnam and Posey counties; frequent. April 15-June 

 'M). In fungi and at carrion. 



17o5b (5459b). Onthophagus janus striatulus Beauv., Ins. Afr. et 

 Amer., 1805, 92. 

 Browniish or piceous. often bronzed, shining : elytra sometimes paler 

 at base and apex. Male with clypeus as in orpheus. A^ertical carina at 

 each end elevated into a slender horn nearly as long as the height of the 

 thorax ; protuberance of latter very small. Length 5-7 mm. 



Steuben, Marshall, Putnam, Lawrence and Vigo counties; fre- 

 quent. June 24-August 11. Occurs mostly in fungi. 



1735c (5459c). Ontiiophagus .janus sub.eneus Beauv., loc. cit, 105. 



Thorax and elytra metallic gi'een or bronze, the elytra yellowish at 

 base and apex. Male with clypeal margin slightly elevated at middle and 

 not truncate. Vertical carina with a short horn at each end. Thoracic 

 process short, broadly but not deeply emarginate at middle. 



Vigo, Putnam and Lawrence counties; scarce. -July 1-July 29. 

 In fungi. 



173n (.5462). Ontiiophagus tuberculifrons Harold, Coleop. Hefte., VIII, 

 11.5. 

 Broadly oval. I'iceous or very darlc brown ; base and apex of elytra 

 with small, dull brownish-yellow patches; feebly bronzed, very sparsely pu- 

 bescent. Clj-peus acutely notched at middle in female, less deeply in male; 



