APHODIUS. 



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interstices convex, smooth ; <? with hinder thighs toothed, anter. tibia? 

 with a spine within. (L. 8-12 1.) In dung: abundant throughout 

 Britain :"©,*. 



Fam. 30. APHODIID^ MacLeay. 



ccxxxiv. Aphodius Body oblong: palpi filiform, terminal joint slender: 

 max illce with a fleshy lobe : clypeus lunate, sometimes notched, and fre- 

 quently tuberculate : tho. entire. 



ccxxxv. Oxyomus Body oblong-ovate : palpi with the terminal joint elongate, 

 ovate : clypeus entire or faintly notched : tho. punctured, not grooved : 

 elytra deeply sulcate. 



ccxxxvi. Psammodius Body oblong-ovate, or ovate, somewhat tumid be- 

 hind : palpi with the terminal joint ovate : maxillae with a horny lobe : 

 clypeus deeply notched : tho. transversely grooved : tibia; dilated at the 

 tip. 



234 Aphodius Illiger. 



§ A. Scutellum large, elongated. 



1263 Fossor L. -ii. 548. — Don. xii. pi. 417. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 187. — 

 Very convex ; deep glossy black : clypeus notched, with 3 tubercles, 

 central one longest, acute ; thorax retuse, the sides sparingly punctate ; 

 elytra faintly punctate-striate ; 9 with the tubercles on the clypeus 

 small; thorax punctate throughout. (L. 4-7 1.) In dung: London 

 district ; Bottisham ; York ; Newcastle ; Carlisle ; Swansea ; Notts ; 

 Scotland: 4-10. 



1264 subterraneus L. ii. 548. — Pz. F. xxviii. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 188. — 

 Slightly convex ; shining black : clypeus notched, punctate on the edge, 

 with 3 tubercles behind ; thorax large, deeply punctured throughout ; 

 elytra deeply crenate- sulcate ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 2^-3 1.) In dung: 

 Battersea fields; Norfolk; Notts; Devon; Carlisle; York; Swansea: 

 4-8. 



1265 hasmorrhoidalis L. ii. 548. — Pz. F. xxviii. f. 8 Ste. M. iii. 188. 



— Short ; black, rather glossy : clypeus a little notched, with 3 minute 

 tubercles behind ; elytra rather deeply crenate-striate, with the apex more 

 or less bright red; beneath pitchy; tarsi reddish. (L. 2-3 1.) In dung : 

 Hertford ; Coombe and Darenth Woods ; Dover ; New Forest ; Bristol ; 

 Devon ; Swansea ; Carlisle ; Norfolk ; Scotland, &c. : 4-8. 



1266 erraticus L. ii. 548. — Mart. C. pi. 4. f. 37. — Ste. M. iii. 188. — 

 Broad, flat ; black : clypeus orbiculate, with I tubercle, and sometimes 2 

 ridges behind ; thorax punctured throughout ; elytra livid-griseous, 

 suture dusky, finely punctate-striate, interstices faintly punctulate. (L. 3h- 

 4 1.) In cow-dung : London district ; Bottisham; Newcastle; Swansea; 

 Notts ; Keswick : 4-6. 



§ B. Scutellum small, short. 



a. Clypeus distinctly tuberculated, mostly notched. 



1267 t Scrutator Fab. E. i. 69. — Pz. F. xxxi. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 189. 



— Convex ; shining black : clypeus rounded, with 3 tubercles ; thorax 

 punctate, sides broadly red ; elytra red, striated, with a raised point at 

 the base and apex ; abdomen wholly red. (L. 4-5 1.) Near Leeds. ? 



1268 fimetarius L. ii. 548. —Don. xii. pi. 404. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 189. — 

 Convex ; shining black : clypeus obscurely notched, with a short ridge in 

 front, and 3 tubercles behind : thorax sparingly punctured, both anterior 

 angles red, front in $ excavated in the middle ; elytra bright spotless 



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