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Eucanthus Westwood 



Only one species from the North American fauna has been 

 referred to this genus. 



1852. Westwood: Trans. Linn. Sec. Lond., xxi, p. 26. 



Eucanthus lazarus Fabricius. 



1775. Scarabaeus lazarus Fabricius, Systema Entomologiae, p. 11. 



1870. Bolboceras lazarus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, iii, p. 49. 



1906. Bolboceras lazarus Schaeffer, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxxii, 

 p. 253. 



1910. Bolboceras lazarus Blatchley, Coleoptera of Indiana, p. 937. 



1910. Eucanthus lazarus Boucomont, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixxix, 

 p. 336. 



Specimens examined : 54 ^ , 70 $ , from Nebraska City, 

 South Sioux City, Omaha, Hooper, Fremont, Norfolk, Lin- 

 coln, Fairmont, West Point, Neligh, Holt Co., Exeter, Red 

 Cloud, Halsey, Valentine, and Mitchell, collected from May 

 14 to August 31. Lazarus is seldom seen except at lights, 

 but there it is often present in numbers, especially during 

 June and July. 



Geotrupes Latreille 



1796. Latreille. Precis des Caracteres generique des Insectes, 

 Bordeaux, p. 6. 



1868. Horn: "Geotrupes of Boreal America", Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, i, pp. 313-322. 



1880. Horn: "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United 

 States, No. 3", Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc, viii, p. 139-154. 

 (Table for 9 species). 



1888. Blanchard: "Some Account of our Species of Geotrupes", 

 Psyche, v, pp. 103-110. (Descriptive notes and table). 



1910. Blatchley: Coleoptera of Indiana, pp. 938-939. (Descriptive 

 notes and table for 4 species). 



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