70 ORIlKM roLroiTKHA. 



Cop«u CAKOMNCH. ( FUt«* xii, flg. 8.) 



IUmI) thl.k, olitiiw iM'hiiKl : cl\|>«'ii<i n.uiul atitl finin- ih i .m-, l.ut riirniOud wtili n single 



notch In front of tlir oy«', fn-ni wlin h ihrn- I* a <l«|ir«-«»r»l lint- ninninK Uckuard.*, 



»n>l tcrniliuitlnK ut (lie Uim; of llic tulwrclt s, iho miiMIc of ulitrh is much lh<- iiut-t 



Iin'tiiMiiiit mill i><'iiilr<l. Thi- front of (In- th.r.ix rivs i[i(<> a Htr.n.; M-rralc<l rlilg<-.ami 



n two liitrr.'i! niiUKlril ih-j.rrv.loin : ihr I'UnrIa nrr flnc. nml the |»<«t«Ti-r [wirt 



•ih, ami ninrknl with a sUkIi! rmtnil fiirn-w whh-h ih-vs not narli iht- rlura. 



Klytm »tr«>ni5ly fiirn'we«l, ami j>unrtal«'. The niHlonicn nj>j>fnrs n» If Inmralm. Thr 



color is dark »-hisHiutl«n>wn : IxkI) Unuith cluthc<l with rc-tliliith hrown liain>; the 



lunrgin of tho thorax Is clllatc. The «lilatutlon» of the tibia- arc sinillar to flnttt nt-tl 



funiK'N : the tihiu- of the forvlcg!* art- thick, and hnvi- P>ur strong notches ujKjn their 



outer itli^es. Length one Inch. 



This Un-tle Is common in Virginia an<l Maryliiii'l, hut I have not ol>«er^«il it in New 



York, though Cftonia and /'Aa/nrus, which accomi«any it there, an- not uncommvn here. 



This insect do<>s not roll U]> n Ixill, hut makes a collection or huip <if soft and fnsh 



manure, in which the egir* "'■«' ilejM^ited. It jMnelnites iiuitc die). iy into the cr..uml U- 



neath the dn>p]>ings In pastures and l>y the roadside<«. 



Tro.LMilac. 



This is a t.iiiiii\ fiiir>r:i<im; i'ni .i i"« genera : they ai. dxai. and gihhose, with inflex 

 elytra. The head is dellexcd. the thorax short and IransverM-, ami the surface of the elytra 

 n)Ugh. Tl«e anti-iin:e are nini*- or ten-jointed, and the extremity is formetl of three leaves 

 (himewhat distant fn>m each other : the luhrum Is coriaceous and eXH-rted ; the lahitim Is 

 concea!e<l hy the nuMituni ; the ninndihles are horny, and sometimes tiK«thed. 



This family is allied to the Gtr TKinn.v. The most reliable inf«.rmati<'n Is that they feed 

 upon carrion, or decaying animal matter, l>cing found in the carcaN-s of dead animals : 

 thoy have also Urn found In rotten w<HKl,and at the same time they are known to inhabit 

 samly places under ground. Some of tho family are apterou.s. 



Ounis TROX ( Fabr.). ScARAB.«:t'» (Linn.) 

 Antenn.T ten-jolnte«l ; Unly sulxivate, convex ; thorax rugous. 



Thox roncATcs. ( Plato xxir. flg. HI.) 



Dull brown : clypous rounchd in fr'nt,anil marked by n shallow inm.sverM" groove, 



nnKulatcti In the middle, with small jiointed tuU-rclcs on the line of flexure ; thorax 



wiilely groove«l in the midille ; elytra traver«e«l by a writes of retlculatetl lines, forming 



a sixcii-s of network upon their surfaces an<l annle.s U-hind. Length halfan Inch. 



