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NEW YORK: 27 males, 27 females. Astoria, Bemus Point, Black Brook (Clinton 

 County), Delmar, Flushing, Ithaca, New Lebanon, Plattsburg, South Falls- 

 burg, Washington County, West Point; (6) June, (43) August. 



NORTH CAROLINA: 61 males, 49 females. Andrews, Asheville, Balsam, Beaver 

 Creek (Mill Hill), Black Mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway (Deep Gap), Bryson 

 City (2,000 ft.), Cabarrus County, Carthage, Chapel Hill, Chimney Rock, 

 Cullasaja Falls, Davidson, Delhaven, Haywood County, Hendersonville, 

 Highlands, Hickory, Lake Lure, Lake Toxaway, Macon County, Marion, Mills 

 River, Old Fort, Pisgah Forest, Raleigh, Whiteside Mountain; (2) January, 

 (19) April, (15) May, (19) June, (2) July, (8) August, (9) September, (19) 

 October, (7) November, 



OHIO: 13 males, 14 females. Beamsville (Darke County), Clear Fork (Ashland 

 County), Clermont County, Cleveland, Conneaut, Delaware County, Eaton, 

 Geneva, Hocking County, Jefferson, Lima, Locust Creek (Adams County), 

 Mercer County, Oxford, Preble County, Worthington; (1) April, (1) May, 

 (3) June, (4) July, (3) August, (13) September, (2) October. 



OKLAHOMA: 2 males. Alva (Oklahoma Territory), Payne County; (1) 

 October. 



PENNSYLVANIA: 43 males, 32 females. Allegheny County, Broomall, Castle 

 Rock, Dauphin County, Delaware County, Downington [ — Downingtown?], 

 Forest County, Jeannette, Jefferson County, Mont Alto, Ohiopyle, Pittsburgh, 

 Pocono Mountains, Pocono Pines, Rockville, Sumneytown, West View, Wil- 

 merding, Windgap; (1) March, (2) April, (8) June, (24) July, (16) August, 

 (7) September, (5) October, (2) November. 



RHODE ISLAND: 1 male. Westerly; (1) September. 



SOUTH CAROLINA: 99 males, 61 females. Cashiers Valley Road (Oconee 

 County), Clemson College, Columbia, Greenville, Greenwood, Hardeeville, 

 Kings Mountain, Mountain Rest, Oconee County, Rocky Bottom, Sassafras 

 Mountain (3,500 ft.), Table Rock, Tunnel Walhalla; (1) February, (1) April, 

 (1) May, (7) July, (11) August, (128) September, (7) October, (3) December. 



TENNESSEE: 6 males, 6 females. Deer Lodge, Gatlinburg, Grassy Cove 

 (Cumberland County); (1) May, (10) June, (1) September. 



VIRGINIA: 5 males, 6 females. Basye, Falls Church, Harpers Ferry, Jones 

 Creek (Lee County), Mountain Lake, Mount Vernon, Nelson, Suffolk; (1) June, 

 (3) August, (3) September. 



WISCONSIN: 5 males, 2 females. Dane County, Grant County, Kilbourn (?), 

 Lac Vieux Desert, Madison, Wood County; (1) May, (1) June, (4) August. 



Geotrupes splendidus tniarophagus Say, new combination 



Geotrupes miarophagus Say, 1823, p. 210 (type lost). — Jekel, 1865, p. 611. — Horn, 



1868, p. 316. 

 Geotrupes gilnicki Jekel, 1865, p. 608. — Boucomont, 1912, p. 28. 

 Geotrupes mixtus Horn, 1868, p. 316. 

 Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius) Blatchley, 1910, p. 939. — Dawson 1922, p. 197. 



Length 15 to 20 mm., greatest width 9.5 to 12.5 mm. 



Color of dorsum yellowish green with varying amounts of golden 

 or reddish iridescence. Many specimens are very dark, some blackish 

 with traces of reddish or purple color in the striae. Ventrally speci- 

 mens are black with traces of green or purple iridescence on the legs. 



Structurally many specimens cannot be separated from the eastern 

 splendidus. However, in the majority of specimens ^the pronotum 



