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(1) February, (5) March, (5) April, (1) May, (3) October, (14) November. 



[Intergrade: 7 males, 2 females. Atlanta, Rockmart; (1) October, (8) Novem- 

 ber.] 

 FLORIDA: 9 males, 8 females. Alachua County, Gainesville, Jacksonville, 



Lake City, Levy County, Newmans Lake (Alachua County), Ocala; (4) March, 



(4) October, (2) November, (6) December. 

 MARYLAND: 9 males, 16 females. Baltimore, Charles County, College Park, 



Edgewood, Ivory, Riverdale, Takoma Park; (4) April, (4) May, (1) July, 



(1) September, (2) October, (1) November. 

 MASSACHUSETTS: 10 males, 3 females. Milton, Sherborn, Springfield. 

 NEW HAMPSHIRE: 1 male. No data. 

 NEW JERSEY: 21 males, 16 females. Almonessung, Elizabeth, Manahawken, 



Manchester, Rancocas Park, Riverton, Snake Hill, Westville; (3) April, 



(1) May, (1) June, (1) August, (13) October, (1) December. 



NEW YORK: 4 males, 5 females. Astoria, Brooklyn, Long Island, New York, 

 Shelter Island; (4) July. 



NORTH CAROLINA: 108 males, 102 females. Apex, Aquone, Asheville, Beau- 

 fort, Black Mountains, Boone, Burgaw, Cataloochee, Climax, Creedmoor, 

 Davidson, Durham, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Faison, Lake Raleigh (Wake 

 County), Lake Waccamaw, Lexington, Marion, Mills River, Plymouth, Raleigh, 

 Southern Pines, Sunburst, Tryon, Whiteville, Wilmington, Victoria; (6) January, 

 (6) February, (12) March, (6) April, (8) May, (62) October, (92) November, 

 (3) December. 



OHIO: 12 males, 11 females. Athens, Columbus, Delaware County, Hocking 

 County; (2) April, (1) June, (2) September, (17) October. [Possible intergrade? 

 1 male. Worthington; (1) September.] 



PENNSYLVANIA: 32 males, 30 females. Allegheny County, Castle Rock, 

 Darby, Forrest County, Jeannette, Harrisburg, Morton, Philadelphia, Wil- 

 merding; (1) March, (10) April, (3) May, (5) Jime, (1) July, (2) August, 



(2) September, (22) October, (4) November, (1) December. 

 RHODE ISLAND: 1 male, 1 female. No data. 



SOUTH CAROLINA: 20 males, 21 females. Charleston, Clemson College, 

 Florence, Kingstree, Marion County, Meredith, Mountain Rest, Oconee, 

 Rocky Bottom, Summerville, Sumter County, White Pond, Windsor; (1) Febru- 

 ary^ (9) October, (10) November, (8) December. 



TENNESSEE: 1 male, 2 females. Deer Lodge; (3) May. [Western? 1 male, 

 1 female. Madison; (2) April.] 



VIRGINIA: 6 males, 3 females. Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Newport News, 

 Richmond; (1) May, (1) August, (2) October. 



VERMONT: 1 female. No data. 



WEST VIRGINIA [Intergrade: 5 males, 4 females. Fairmont; (9) April.] 



Geotrupes bluckburnii excrementi Say, new combination 



Geotrupes excrementi Say, 1823, p. 210 (type lost). — Melsheimer, 1845, p. 139. — 



Jekel, 1865, p. 532. 

 Geotrupes blackbuniii (Fabricius) Blatchley, 1910, p. 939. — Ritcher, 1947, pp. 6-7. 



Lengtli 12 to 19 mm., greatest width 7 to 11 mm. 



Color of dorsum darlv shining coppery black to black. Occasional 

 specimens may have the elytral margin tinged with green; others in a 

 few instances may be entirely dark brown m color. Antenna with first 

 segment black, others dark reddish brown to black, with club reddish 



