032 FAMILY T.. SCAKAn.T.ID.T:. 



Hessvillo, Lake County; rare, ^fay 'M). Kant>'es from Massa- 

 ehusettR to Illinois and (!(M)rsiia. 



1757 (5545). Apnomrs iubioolus Beauv., Ins. Afr. et Amer., 1805, 90. 

 Moderately elongate, convex. Reddish or pale chestnut hrown, shining. 



Head sparsely and finely punctate ; vertex not tuberculate ; clypeus feebly 

 emarginate, angles each side obtuse. Thorax very sparsely and finely punc- 

 tate at middle, more coarsely and densely on sides ; basal marginal line flue 

 biit distinct. Elytral stri:r fine and very feebly punctured; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Length 3.5-4.5 nnii. 



SoiTthern half of State, scarce; Lake County only in the north. 

 April 7-Octoher 9. Taken at dunj:,-, henoath leaves and at electric 

 !ig-ht. Horn states that the thorax is without liasal marginal line, 

 hut all Indiana specimens examined have that line fine hut distinct. 



1758 (5540). Aphodius stekcorosus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1844, 136. 

 Oblong, parallel, convex. Color given in key; surface smooth, shining. 

 Plead sparsely punctate, female, nearly smooth, male; clypeus truncate, the 

 sides curved. Thorax witli hind angles distinct, obtuse; basal marginal line 

 wholly absent; surface punctate as in riihcolvs. Elytra finely striate, the 

 stria? very finely punctate, male, more coarsely so, female; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Ijongth 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Southern half of Stal<\ frequent; Lake County, scarce. Feh- 

 I'uary 8-Sei)teml)er 8, Occurs everywhere east of the Mississippi. 



A. co)isr)rl.ancii>^ Lee., occurs "from Canada to Missouri, 

 Fvansas and New INIexico. 



1750 ( ). AeiioDirs woi.cotti sp. nov. 



Elongate, feebly convex. Pale yellowish, shining; head and thorax 

 faintly clouded with fuscous; elytra, in one of the two specimens at hand, 

 each with an indistinct fiiscims bar extending obli(]uely from humerus to 

 suture in front of middle. Head without trace of tubercles, very sparsely 

 and finely punctate; clypeus Itroadly and feebly ema.rginalc at middle, an- 

 gles rounded, sides nl)li(iuc, divergent. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 sides brn.idly cni-vcd into llie base; marginal line of base fine but distinct, 

 slightly sinuate; surface nearly smooth at middle, coarsely and sparsely 

 ](unctate on sides. Elytral strife deep, not punctured; InterA-als convex, 

 very finely wrinkled, eacli with a few fine, shallow punctures. Front tibi;e 

 with thi-ee teeth on outer side, the middle and apical ones equal, the upper 

 one much smaller. First Jcint of hind t.-irsi as long as tlie next three. 

 Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Pine, Lake County; scarce. July 23. Two specimens taken 

 hy A. B. Wolcott from heneath r-uhhish on white sand of Lake 

 iMichigan beach. Named in honor of the collector, who has shown 

 me many favors durinsr the ]ireparati(ui of the present ]iaper. 



