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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  los 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Bradycinetulus 
  

  

  1. 
  Eye 
  canthus 
  nearly 
  straight 
  edged 
  laterally, 
  wide 
  clypeal 
  horn 
  of 
  male 
  bisinuate 
  

  

  apically, 
  the 
  external 
  angles 
  projecting 
  forward, 
  acute, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  thicker 
  

   than 
  the 
  adjacent 
  edges, 
  which 
  converge 
  posteriorly; 
  median 
  thoracic 
  horns 
  

   heavy, 
  directed 
  upward, 
  their 
  sharply 
  rounded 
  tips 
  recurved 
  posteriorly 
  

   (North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  Florida 
  and 
  Mississippi). 
  

  

  ferrugiiieus 
  (Palisot 
  de 
  Beauvois) 
  

   Eye 
  canthus 
  notched 
  or 
  emarginate, 
  not 
  straight 
  edged 
  laterally 
  2 
  

  

  2. 
  Wide 
  clypeal 
  horn 
  of 
  male 
  distinctly 
  trinodose 
  apically, 
  the 
  external 
  angles 
  

  

  not 
  projecting 
  bej^ond 
  median 
  point, 
  lateral 
  edges 
  parallel; 
  median 
  thoracic 
  

   horns 
  heavy, 
  projecting 
  forward 
  and 
  outward, 
  sharply 
  rounded 
  and 
  very 
  

  

  little 
  recurved 
  (Nebraska 
  to 
  Texas 
  and 
  Arkansas) 
  fossaius 
  (Haldeman) 
  

  

  Apex 
  of 
  clypeal 
  horn 
  of 
  male 
  widely 
  truncate, 
  straight 
  across, 
  the 
  external 
  

   angles 
  slightly 
  nodose, 
  lateral 
  edges 
  parallel 
  over 
  apical 
  two-fifths, 
  then 
  

   diverging 
  to 
  base; 
  median 
  thoracic 
  horns 
  slender, 
  directed 
  forward 
  and 
  up- 
  

   ward, 
  basally 
  flattened 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  behind 
  (Texas) 
  rex, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Bradycinetulus 
  ferrugineus 
  (Palisot 
  de 
  Beauvois), 
  1809 
  

  

  Figure 
  14, 
  h: 
  Plate 
  3 
  

  

  Scarabaeus 
  ferrugineus 
  Palisot 
  de 
  Beauvois, 
  Insectes 
  recueillis 
  en 
  Afrique 
  et 
  en 
  

  

  Amerique, 
  livr. 
  6, 
  p. 
  90, 
  1809. 
  

   Bolboceras 
  lecontei 
  Dejean, 
  Catalogue 
  des 
  Coleoptfeies 
  . 
  . 
  ., 
  ed. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  149, 
  

  

  1833. 
  

   Athyreus 
  ferrugineus 
  Klug, 
  Abh. 
  Berlin 
  Acad., 
  1843, 
  p. 
  22. 
  

   Bolboceras 
  ferrugineus 
  Lacordaire, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  insectes, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  143, 
  

  

  1856. 
  

   Amechanus 
  ferrugineus 
  Horn, 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  48, 
  1870. 
  

   Bradycinetus 
  ferrugineus 
  Horn, 
  Ent. 
  Amer., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  89, 
  1885. 
  

   Athyreus 
  (Bradicinetus) 
  ferrugineus 
  Boucomont, 
  in 
  Wytsmanu, 
  Genera 
  insectorum, 
  

  

  fasc. 
  7, 
  p. 
  8, 
  1902. 
  

   Bradycinetus 
  ferrugineus 
  Schaeffer, 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  32, 
  p. 
  250, 
  1906. 
  

   Bradycinetulus 
  ferrugineus 
  Cockerell, 
  Ent. 
  News, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  242, 
  1906. 
  

   Bolboceras 
  (Amechamus) 
  ferrugineus 
  Boucomont, 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  vol. 
  79, 
  

  

  p. 
  341, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Location 
  of 
  type 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  South 
  CaroHna. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  107. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  North 
  Carolina: 
  West 
  End, 
  Southern 
  Pines, 
  **Beau- 
  

   fort, 
  *Hamlet, 
  *Carolina 
  Beach, 
  and 
  **Tarboro. 
  South 
  Carolina: 
  

   Meredith, 
  Florence, 
  Windsor, 
  Johns 
  Island, 
  and 
  Bulls 
  Island. 
  Geor- 
  

   gia: 
  Bainbridge, 
  Spring 
  Creek 
  (Decatur 
  County), 
  and 
  Augusta. 
  Flor- 
  

   ida: 
  Port 
  Saint 
  Joe, 
  Kissimmi, 
  Orlando, 
  Sanford, 
  Enterprise, 
  Miami, 
  

   Crescent 
  City, 
  Indian 
  River, 
  Cedar 
  Keys, 
  *Lutz, 
  *Wacissa, 
  *Gaines- 
  

   ville, 
  **Saint 
  Augustine, 
  **LaGrange, 
  and 
  **Dunedin. 
  Alabama: 
  

   **Lee 
  County, 
  and 
  **Mobile 
  County. 
  Mississippi: 
  Ocean 
  Springs, 
  

   Biloxi, 
  and 
  Leakesville. 
  

  

  Season. 
  — 
  March 
  11 
  to 
  September 
  23, 
  with 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  

   records 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  

  

  