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the setae between the hypopharyngeal oncyh and the transverse 

 row of sensilla did not have their origins any nearer to the midline 

 than the outermost sensilla. 



Maximum width of head capsule 3.9 to 4.6 mm. 



Specimens examined: 173 males, 165 females. 



ALABAMA: 11 males, 12 females. Blount Springs, Kushla (?), Lauderdale 

 County, Mobile, Tuscaloosa County; (1) May, (1) June, (1) August, (1) 

 October, (17) November, (1) December. 



ARKANSAS: 8 males, 14 females. Fayetteville, Hope, Imboden, Lawrence, 

 Ozark, Washington County; (1) January, (5) April, (7) September, (4) Novem- 

 ber. 



ILLINOIS: 29 males, 21 females. Alton, Blandinsville, Carbondale, Dubois, 

 Golconda, Homer, Martinsville, Muncie, Putnam County, St. Joseph, Topeka, 

 Urbana, White Heath; (1) February, (2) March, (13) April, (3) May, (1) 

 June, (23) October. 



INDIANA: 3 males, 4 females. La Porte, Michigan City, Osborn, Terre 

 Haute; (1) April, (1) July, (2) October. 



IOWA: 2 males, 1 female. Ames, "County #89," Mount Pleasant; (3) April. 



KANSAS: 7 males, 7 females. Douglas County, Elk City, Johnson County, 

 Muncie; (2) April, (1) May, (1) June, (7) September. 



KENTUCKY: 15 males, 13 females. Clay's Ferry (?), Frankfort, Fulton, 

 Lexington, near Mammoth Cave, Russell ville [east of Lexington areas of 

 intergradation]; (1) January, (1) March, (2) April, (4) May, (2) June, (1) July, 

 (1) August, (1) September, (5) October, (5) November. 



LOUISIANA: 9 males, 8 females. Leesville, Mandeville, Pilare (?), Shreveport, 

 Vowells Mill; (1) February, (3) March, (2) April, (5) December. 



MICHIGAN: 1 female. Whitefish Point (Chippewa County); (1) July. 



MISSISSIPPI: 16 males, 12 females. Cleveland, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg; 

 (1) February, (4) March, (2) April, (1) June, (10) November. 



MISSOURI: 17 males, 35 females. Carthage, Columbia, Fulton, Jefferson 

 County, Louisiana, New Hartford, St. Louis, Willard, WlUiamsville ; (2) 

 March, (15) April, (3) May, (1) July, (2) September, (18) October, (1) Decem- 

 ber. 



OKLAHOMA: 13 males, 10 females. Caddo County, McClain (?), Norman, 

 Panama, Payne County, Sapulpa, Sequoyah County, Sulphur, Tulsa; (7) 

 April, (1) May, (7) October, (6) November, (2) December. 



TEXAS: 40 males, 27 females. Anderson County, Cherokee County, Dallas 

 County, Houston; (7) January, (5) April. 



WEST VIRGINIA: 2 males. Huntington; (2) August. 



WISCONSIN: 1 male. No data. 



Geotrupes egeriei Germar 



Geotnipes egeriei Germar, 1824, p. 114. — Jekel, 1865, pp. 532, 593. — Horn, 1868, 

 p. 318.— Blanchard, 1888, p. 106.— Blatchley, 1928, p. 44.— Bradley, 1944, 

 p. 112. 



Geotrupes lecontei Jekel, 1865, p. 592. — Horn, 1868, p. 318. 



Length 11.5 to 20 mm., greatest width 7.5 to 13.5 mm. 

 Color of dorsum shining black tinged with traces of iridescent 

 blue or green which is most pronounced in striae, on thoracic and 



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