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horny and curved ; elytra smooth or simply striated ; 

 body short, thick, and convex ; colour metallic under- 

 neath, generally black above ; size moderate. Local- 

 ity, fresh dung. 



13. ScaraUdce. Antennae with a three-jointed club; legs 

 long, posterior pair placed far back ; clypeus * large 

 and advanced ; mandibles terminating in a long mem- 

 branaceous plate ; elytra somewhat square behind ; 

 body broad and depressed ; colour usually black ; size 

 small. Locality, manure. 



14. Apliodidce. Antennae with a three-jointed club ; man- 

 dibles short and dilated ; legs at equal distances ; body 

 elongated, oblong, or oval, and rouuded at the extre- 

 mity ; clypeus large, concealing the mandibles ; colour 

 often black ; size very minute. Locality, sandy situa- 

 tions. 



15. Trogidce. Antennae with a three-jointed club ; man- 

 dibles horny ; maxillae with two lobes ; head deflexed ; t 

 wings sometimes wanting ; body ovate ; colour obscure. 

 Locality, sand-pits. 



16. Meldonthidce. Antennae with a large club, of several 

 plates ; mandibles robust and horny ; maxillae with acute 



* Shield of the mouth. t Bent down. 



