TIIF. I>.\M1';M,1('()KN r.Ml'.'I'IiKS. 



!):51 



1T;V> ( rini-'S! ) . ArnoDirs cKANAUirs IJiiii.. Syst. N.it.. II, 17tir>. 7)41. 



Obloui:. snhcyliiulrienl. I'icoous, sliiniiijj: ; 

 l('i;s rrddisli lii-dW II. .■inU'Uii.-i' paler. I lead will: 

 three disliiict tuboi'c-les ; simrsely puiu'tured 

 al middle, more densely and rnj^rosely at 

 sides; clypeus ratlior feebly eniar,u;inal(>. the 

 sides broadly rounded. Thorax with cuai-se 

 an<l line punctures internungled in Tenia le. al 

 most smooth in male. Elytra parallel, the 

 stri;e finely and serrately punctured: inter- 

 vals feebly i-onvex and with few very minute 

 puinlures; the first as wide, or even wider 

 than second. Length 4-G mm. (Fig. 'M\i'>.) 



Tlii'(>r(0-]i()iit the St;ite: coiiiiiioii. 

 Aiiril S .Iiiiie '■]. Ocelli's in diiii^' aiu! on 



1754 (5529). Aphodii-s vrrr.vius Say. .louni. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. V, isi'."). 

 391; ibid. II. 295. 

 Oblong, snbeyliudrical. IMceous or black ; elytra each with a basal and 

 ai)ical reddish-brown spot more or less united; i-arely with the elytra, except 

 margin and suture, entirely reddish-brown, or entirely black; legs reddish- 

 brown, tarsi paler. Head with three tubercles; surface sparsely punctate; 

 clyi)eus feebly truncate or broadly rounded. Thorax slightly narrower in 

 front, hind angles obtuse; surface tinely, regularly and rather densely punc- 

 tate. Elytral stria? flue, creuately punctate ; intervals fiat with numerous 

 fine punctures. Length -1^5 mm. 



Lake County; rare. IMay 12. Probahly occurs tlu'oiiuliont the 

 State. 



17.-)5 (5.'i?.r!). Apiiomrs T.ivinTS Ollv.. Lnt.. III. 1798, S(i. 



oblong-convex. (\>h>v given in key. Head siwirsely imnctate. tnbercu- 

 late. (Mypeus always paler than vertt'x. feebly emarginate. sides i-oiinded. 

 Thorax with rather coarse, sparse punctures, intermingled with liner ones. 

 I':iyti-;i parallel, the stria^ finely and ci-enntely [lunctured ; intervals nearly 

 Hal with a few very minute pum-tiires. Length 4.5 .") nnii. 



I'litnaiM and l'os(>y ;'oiiiities; scarce. l'\'l)niary S-May :!(l. In- 

 trodnced I'l-oiii Imii'ojx'. I*ro1»al)l>' llicoiii^hont llie sonlhern lialf of 

 the State. 



17.56 (5544). Aphodius lentus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., III. 1870, 

 125. 

 Elongate-oblong, convex. Color given in key. Head finely and rather 

 closely punctate. Clypeus hemihexagonal. feebly emarginate in front, sides 

 oblique, angles rounded. Thorax with sides feebly curved, hind angles ob- 

 tuse, disk finely and i-athei- densely punctate, smoother at middle. Elytra 

 not wider than thorax; striiT? rather coai'sely imnctate; intervals couvi^x, 

 e.ach with two rows of punctures, nearly as coarse ;is those of slri;e. e.ich 

 puncture bearing a very short suberect yellowisii hair. Mesostenuim tinely 

 cariuate between the coxa». Tieugth 3.5-4 mm. 



