APHODIADjE. 177 



Aphodius nitidulus, /?., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col 188 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to ^S fo ) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), vul- 

 garis. 



The European A. nitidulus is universal throughout all the inha- 

 bited islands of these Atlantic Groups, occurring in the dung of 

 cattle at most elevations. It is common in Madeira proper and 

 Porto Santo ; and I have myself taken it in the whole seven islands 

 of the Canarian archipelago. 



506. Aphodius tseniatus. 



Aphodius tamiatus, Wott., Cat. Can, Col. 189 (1864), 

 Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Faert), in stercore minus frequens. 



Found in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands 

 of the Canarian Group, where however it is not very abundant. It 

 occurs likewise at the Cape de Verdes, where it has been found lately 

 by Mr. Gray. Although very closely allied to the A. nitidulus, I 

 believe nevertheless that it is totally distinct from it specifically ; but 

 the exact points which characterize it have been fully alluded to in 

 my recent Catalogue*. 



507. Aphodius maculosus. 



Aphodius conspurcatus, Brutte [nee Linn.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 

 60 (1838). 



sticticus, Hart,, [nee Pnz], Geol. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140. 



maculosus, HaroJd, in lift. 



, Woll, Cat. Can, Col. 189 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.}, in stercore vulgaris. 



Likewise a Canarian Aphodius, which is abundant in Lanzarote 

 and Fuerteventura, and which occurs more sparingly in Grand 

 Canary. It has somewhat the general colouring and aspect of the 

 common European A. inquinatus, but the many characters which 

 separate it from that species have been pointed out seriatim in my 

 Canarian Catalogue. 



* The A. t&niatus differs from the nitidulus in being still more cylindrical ; 

 in its prothorax being convexer, more rounded at the sides, with the anterior 

 angles less porrected or acute, and rather more straightly truncated at the base ; 

 in its elytra having their stria; both finer and less coarsely crenate, and their 

 interstices still more minutely and rather more closely punctulated ; in its head, 

 prothorax and a broad sutural band being of a deeper black ; and in its legs 

 being darker or more piceous, with the spinules which surmount the extreme 

 apex, and outer teeth, of the foui' hinder tibia? shorter or less developed. 



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