THE LAMELLICOKN BEETLES. 933 



37(jO (5565). APHODirs bicoloe Say. Journ. Thil. Acid. Nat. Sci., III. 1823. 

 212; ibid. II, 136. 

 Oblong, slightly wider behind, subdepvessed. CoIot- given in key. Head 

 without tubercles, rather densely and coarsely punctured; clypeus broadly 

 emarginate, the angles each side of notch well marked. Thorax nearly 

 twice as wide as long, hind angles broadly rounded; basal marginal line 

 distinct ; surface rather closely punctate with coarser and finer punctures 

 intermingled. Elytra as wide at Iiase as thorax: the strife rather deep, 

 finely and crenately punctured ; intervals convex, sparsely and irregularly 

 punctate. Length 4.5-6 mm. 



Vigo, Orange, Crawford and Posey counties; frequent, ilay 

 ] -October 3. Probably throughout the State. A rather large, 

 bulky species, readily known by the pale under surface and legs. 



1701 (5535). Aphodius servai. Say. r.nst. Journ. Xat. Hist, I, 1S:J5. 177: 

 ibid. II, 651. 

 Moderately elongate, parallel. Head and thorax picenus. their margins 

 paler; elytra dull yellow, with quadrate black spots arranged in an olilique 

 row extending from liase of fifth interval to near the suture and in a 

 sinuous band one-fourth from ariex : sides also with a rather broad black 

 stripe on the seventh, eighth and ninth intervals. Head coarsely and roughly 

 punctured; clji^eus rather deeply emarginate, the angles each side of notch 

 distinct. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, sides nearly parallel ; sur- 

 face -n-ith coarse and fine punctures intermingled. Elytra finely striate, the 

 striiG fine, not punctured; intervals flat, sparsel.v and indistinctly punctu- 

 late. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Throughout the State: t'l-eijitent. ilan-h ll-Xuvember 2S. 

 Prol)ably hibernates beneath leaves and rubbish. The black spots 

 of elytra are sometimes so enlarged as to enver the greater ])art of 

 the surface. 



*17(;2 (5.!i3r>). Aphodius isquixatus Herbst. Fiis.«l. Arch.. 17S4. II. li. 



Oblong, convex. Color as in nerval, except ihat the black spots of ely- 

 tra are often united and more elongate, the middle one of basal half occu- 

 pying parts of the second, third and fourth intervals. Head sparsely punc- 

 tate, more roughly on sides ; vertex with three blunt tuljercles : clypeus very 

 feebly emarginate, obtusely rounded each side (if notch. Thorax very 

 sparsely punctate in male, more densely in female. Elytra parallel, striate. 

 the strife finely and crenately punctured ; inteiwals feebly convex in male, 

 more strongly in female, very finely punctate near the strife. I^ength 4.5- 

 5.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; common. February 12-Xovember 8. 

 Hibernates with and in same places as A. fi.inetarius and Atcenius 

 cognnius. On the mng by thousands in late autumn and early 

 spring. Introdr.ced from Europe and widely distributed. 



*17i').'^', (.''if;:'. I. Aphodius termixalis Say. Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., Ill, 

 1S23. 213; ibid. II, 137. 

 fjblong-oval, moderately convex. Black, shining; apex of elytra red- 

 dish-brown. Head often with three small tubercles, coarsely pvmctate, 



