934 FAMILY Ti. — SCAKABJ']TD.i;. 



sliylitly rugose at sides and in front; clypens feebly emarginate in front, 

 the angles each side of notch obtuse. Thorax with distinct basal marginal 

 line, hind angles nearly rectangular ; disk finely and sparsely punctured at 

 middle, more coarsely and densely on sides. Elytra as wide at base as tho- 

 rax, a little broader behind the middle ; strite fine, deep, closely but not 

 coarsely punctured; intervals very tiat. each with two indistinct rows of 

 fine punctures. Length 4-5 mm. 



Henry and Vigo counties, scarce. January IS-^March 10. Hi- 

 bernates l)eneath cow dung- and ))ai'tly buried logs. Horn says 

 the elypcus is without tubercles. Say. in his original description, 

 makes the "trituben-ulate clypeus" one of the principal distin- 

 guishing chai-actei's. Traces of the tubercles are present in all 

 specimens at hand and in some of them they are (piite distinct. 



17<!4 (550!) ). Aphodius femohalis Say. Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1S;2.3. 215; ibid. II, mi). 

 Oblong, nciirly parallel, moderately convex. Head and thorax ])i('eous 

 black, shining, sides of latter dull yellow; elytra sni iky brown, ojiatiue. 

 ])ubescent, the base and often entire margin paler; antennae and legs red- 

 dish-brown. Head with three feeble tubercles, surface finely and sjiarsely 

 punctate, male, more coarsely and densely, female; cl.ypeus truncate or 

 faintly and broadly emarginate, the angles each side broadly rounded. Tho- 

 rax nearly twice as wide as long, basal marginal line distinct; surface 

 sparsely and finely punctate, male, more coarsely and closely, female. Ely- 

 ti'al stria^ rather deep, finely punctured; intervals convex, with a row of 

 distinct punctures each side. Length 4.5-6.5 mm. 



Throucliout the State; common. April 13-October 11. Readily 

 laiown by the pubescence and dull sooty-yellow hue of elytra. 



ITCio (5570). Aphodius walsiiii Horn. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Ill, 1S70. 

 132. 

 Resendjles fciiioralis in form and color. Sides of thorax more widely 

 and distinctly yellow. Head sparsely and finely punctate in both sexes. 

 Thorax with a mai'ginal row of bristly yellow hairs, hind angles rounded. 

 Elytral stria" very finely ]iunctured; intervals convex, alutaceous. with a 

 few very fine i)unctures. the three outer ones more distinctly imnctate. 

 Length 5-f! mm. 



Lals'e County ; rare, ^lay 27. Talxcn from the carcass of a hen. 

 Known heretofore from Illinois and Kansas. 



17<;(; (5572). Aphodius oblongus Say, Journ. riiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. III. 

 1.S2.*?. 215; ibid. II, l.^S. 

 Obl()ng, moderately elongate, slightly broadei' lichind. Piceous black, 

 shining; antenna' and legs brownish. Head witliout tubercles, sparsely and 

 rather fin«'ly iiunctate at middle, more coai-scly at sides; clyjicus broadly 

 and rather feebly emarginate, a small rellexed tooth each side of notch. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, distinctly narrower behind middle, 

 base curved at middle, oblique near hind angles; surface coarsely and 



