SINODENDRON. ONTHOPHAGUS, 15.! 



227 Sinodendron Fabricius. 



1237 cylindricuin L. ii. 554. — Don. xi. pi. 368. — Ste. M. iii. 167. — 

 Black, shining ; punctate, elytra roughly striate : J with a compressed, 

 bent, vertical obtuse horn on the head, clothed with a tawny down behind; 

 thorax very convex, obliquely truncate in front and 5-dentate ; £ with a 

 short, straight horn on the head, and the thorax not truncate in front. 

 (L. 4-10 1.) In decayed ash and willow trees, pretty generally distri- 

 buted throughout England : 6-7. 



Fam. 28. SCARAB^ID^E MacLeaij. 



ccxxviii. Copris Body convex, ovate : max. palpi with terminal joint fusi- 

 form, acute : labial with apical joint minute : clypeus deeply notched in 

 front : tho. transverse, distinctly shorter than the elytra. 



ccxxix. Onthophagus Body broadly ovate, flattened : max. palpi with ter- 

 minal joint fusiform, truncate ; labial with apical joint evanescent : clypeus 

 slightly notched, or entire: tho. broad, as long as the elytra. 



(ccxxx. Oniticellus Body elongate-ovate, flattened : max. palpi with ter- 

 minal joint somewhat ovate ; labial with apical joint subulate : tho. large, 

 nearly orbiculate, nearly as long as the elytra : leys rather long.) 



228 Cor-Ris Geoffroy. 



1238 lunaris L. ii. 543. — Don. v. pi. 154. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 170. — 

 Glossy black ; outer edge of clypeus, thorax, and base of elytra with 

 chestnut cilia? : clypeus with an erect subulate horn in the middle, 2- 

 dentate within at the base ; thorax punctured, channelled on the back, the 

 front retuse, bilobed, the sides acute, middle hroad, bifid ; elytra sulcate : 



<j> with a short horn on the head, notched at the tip ; thorax scarcely 

 tuberculated. (L. 8-10 I.) In dung, in sandy places : Charlton ; Green- 

 wich Park ; Bexley; Richmond; Bungay, &e. : 5-6. 



229 Onthophagus Latreille. 



1239 Taurus L. ii. 547. — Cur. ii. pi. 52.— Ste. M. iii. 171 Black, 



with a faint brassy tinge on the thorax : clypeus with 2 long, curved, 

 reclined horns, united at the base by a transverse line ; thorax depressed 

 in the centre and on each side; elytra punctate -striate : tarsi and base of 

 antennae dull red : <j> with 2 transverse lines on the clypeus. (L. 4-4^- 1.) 

 In dung: Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst : 8-10. 



1240 Vacca L. ii. 547. — Pz. F. xii. f. 4. <J . — Ste. M. iii. 173 



Greenish-brass, slightly glossy : clypeus somewhat notched in front ; 

 occiput with 2 elevated lines across, the hinder 1 shortest, and terminated 

 at each end by a short, obtuse horn ; thorax with an obtuse central lobe ; 

 elytra faintly striated and ochreous, very sparingly punctured with green- 

 ish : ^ without the horns on the hinder occipital ridge. (L. 3^-4 1.) In 

 dung ; Martlesham Heath ; Woodbridge, &c. : 5-6. 



1241 medius III. K. i. 41. — Pz. F. 37. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 172. — Green- 

 ish-brass, obscure : clypeus rounded, obtuse, roughly punctured ; occiput 

 with 2 bent elevated lines, the posterior 1 longest, and terminated at each 

 end by a short spine ; thorax bronzed-black, excavated in front, and with a 

 small central glossy lobe ; elytra punctate-striate, griseous, thickly spotted 

 with brassy-black clouds, often united : ^ without the spines on the hinder 

 occipital ridge. (L. 3-44^ 1.) In dung: Battersea fields ; Epping Forest, 

 and Norfolk : 5. 



1242 fracticornis Preysler B. i. 99. — Pz. F. xlix. f. 9. $ : f. 10. (Xiphias) 



