930 FAMILY L. — SCARAB^ID^. 



1750 (5510). Aphodius hamatus Say, Long's Exped., II, 1824, 277; ibid. 

 I, 183. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately robust. Piceous or black; elytra varying to 

 brovra, and often with a paler suture and margin. Head smooth ; clypeus 

 truncate or very feebly emarginate. Tborax large, not wider than elytra; 

 surface with a few coarse punctures on the sides, disk almost smooth. Ely- 

 tral striae sparsely punctured; intervals nearly flat, with a few fine punc- 

 tures. Length 6-9 mm. 



One specimen in Stein collection marked ''Ind." without date. 

 Probably from near Michigan Qity. Its range is given "from 

 Maine to Oregon in the region north and a little south of the great 

 lakes. " Readily known by its large size and long scutellum. 



*1751 (5517). Aphodius fimetaeius Linn., Syst. Nat, 1766, 348. 



Oblong-oval, very convex. Black, shining ; elytra brick-red, rarely clouded 

 with piceous ; thorax reddish-yellow near front angles. Head sparsely, 

 rather finely punctulate, with three distinct tubercles in male. Clypeus 

 broadly but very feebly emarginate with a slightly elevated transverse 

 carina. Thorax with coarse, very irregularly placed punctures, intermin- 

 gled with finer ones. Elytra as wide as thorax, the striae with crenate 

 punctures ; intervals slightly convex, finely and sparsely punctate. Length 

 6.5-8.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common. February 11-October 12. Hi- 

 bernates in large numbers in or beneath half dry cow dung; also 

 beneath logs on sandy banks. In three specimens at hand the disk 

 of elytra is in large part piceous. The tubercles on head are much 

 more distinct in the males. Introduced from Europe and widely 

 distributed. 



1752 (5523). Aphodius kuricoia Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 

 1844, 136 



Oblong-oval, often slightly wider behind. Piceous'black, shining, usual- 

 ly with sides and tips of elytra paler than disk. Head with three small 

 but distinct tubercles, sparsely punctate. Clypeus broadly emarginate at 

 middle, the angles on each side obtuse. Thorax narrower in front, hind 

 angles distinct, rather obtuse; disk finely and rather sparsely, sides more 

 coarsely, punctured. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, the striae deep 

 with rather coarse crenate punctures; intervals convex, very finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Length 4.5-5.5 mm. 



Lake, Posey and C'rawford counties; scarce. April 28-May :30. 



A. fmtidus Fab., head and thorax black, length 4-5 mm., is a 



European species said to be "widely distributed in our country." 



