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174 Say^s Descriptions of new 



three or four hardly perceptible impressed lines : beneath 



dark green. • 



Length nearly one fifth of an inch/ 



Certainly not smaragJulus of Fab. but it is related, in ' 

 point of size and form to Copris suhceneus^ Pal. de Beauy., 

 of which, however, he remarks ^' Clypeo integro, trans- 

 verse bicarinato," and " ses elytres sont d'un noir terne, 

 les stries pen marquees, et une rangee de points eleves 

 entre chacune/' which prove it to be very different from 



our species. 



3. 0. ovdius, Fabr. 



Our specimens are subject, like the European, to vary 

 considerably in magnitude and some other characters; 

 but I have not observed any trait which can justify the 

 separation of it from the Fabrician type. 



Var. o£. Elevated lines of the clypeus obsolete or en- 

 tirely wanting. 



Var. S* Anterior elevated line of the head obsolete. 



Var. y. Head bidentate before. 

 Var. 5- Posterior elevated line of the head interrupt- 

 ed in the middle. 



Var. s. Elytra with dull ferruginous spots. Arkan- 



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saw. 



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It appears to be an inhabitant of nearly all parts of the 

 Union. ■ ' 



CopRiSj Fabr. 



1. C. coUnica. Thorax somewhat retuse; head with 

 a short elevation between the eyes. 



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Inhabits Mexico. 



Body black: head a little rugose, with a slightly ele- 

 vated, compressed, rounded horn, broader than high, sit- 

 uated between the eyes and not surpassing the line of 



