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panied by a hook; the hook consisting of punctures which often become confluent, 
extending obliquely forwards toward the sutural stria and forming a short but dis- 
tinct sixth dorsal stria; apical line feeble at the suture. Epipleure smooth, without 
strie. Prosternum strongly convex but not carinate, nearly smooth; strie cntire, 
diverging, ascending, becoming horizontal and entering a deep but narrow fovea, 
thence converging and uniting on the anterior margin of the prosternum. Propygi- 
dium and pygidium with rather dense, shallow punctures, the latter without mar- 
ginal groove and on the inflexed, apical portion with a smooth median line which, 
in some specimens, is slightly elevated. Mesosternum finely punctate. Metaster- 
num nearly smooth at middle, coarsely punctate behind and on the sides. Front 
tibie with six or seven stout teeth, each armed with a spine; middle and hind 
tibixw biseriately spinulose; the hind tiba at apex as wide as in the middle. 
Length 3 to 3.8™™. 
Numerous specimens taken from gopher holes, Crescent City, Fla. 
The curious apical hook which accompanies the fifth dorsal is very 
variable and often obsolete or represented by a line of scattered punc- 
tures. In many specimens the curve of the hook is obliterated, the 
remaining portion appearing as a Stria supplementary to the fifth dor- 
sal. When strongly impressed and complete it is seen to be discon- 
nected from the fifth stria asis shown at a in the accompanying outline 
sketch. (Fig. 19.) 
The complete striation together with the smoothness of the elytra 
give to this species the appearance of a Hister rather than a Saprinus. 
Iam greatly indebted to Dr. George H. Horn for having my atten. 
tion called to the peculiar structure of the tarsal claws, and it is by his 
advice that a new genus has been established upon this species. 
Copris gopheri n. sp. 
Oblong-oval, black, shining. Head and thorax sparsely and finely punctulate. 
Clypeus acutely not deeply emarginate, feebly sinuate on either side of the notch. 
Gene rectangular. Thorax declivous in front and without prominences. Elytral 
striz shallow, obsoletely punctured, interspaces smooth. 
Color black, varying to chestnut brown, many 
specimens failing to reach full maturity of the 
chitine. Surface highly polished, shining. Head 
minutely punctured, larger obsolete punctures 
occurring around the margin; clypeal emargination 
acute, moderately deep, the dentation on either side 
indicated by feeble sinuations; horn of the vertex 
stouter than in C. minutus and having upon its pos- 
terior margin a minute protuberance; ina few speci- 
mens the horn is reduced to an acute tubercle. 
Eyes above narrow, about twice as long as wide. 
Thorax with the declivity in front moderately 
abrupt, not vertical, without protuberance in either 
sex, at most slightly sinuate on each side; upper 
surface sparsely and obsoletely punctulate with 
denser and deeper punctures at the anterior angles; 
Fia. 20.—Oopris gophert n. sp.— sublateral impression rounded, moderately deep; 
pularped teal, median channel more or less obsolete. Elytra 
with eight rather fine strie; the eighth stria extending from near the humerus to 
the middle of the elytra, indistinctly punctured, the other striz distinctly punctured, 
