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P AMI L Y L. SC ARABJEID M . 



Hessville, Lake County; rare. May 30. Ranges from Massa- 

 chusetts to Illinois and Georgia. 



1757 (5545). Aphodius rubeolus Beauv., Ins. Afr. et Ainer., 1S05, 90. 

 Moderately elongate, convex. Reddish or pale chestnut brown, shining. 



Head sparsely and finely punctate ; vertex not tuberculate ; clypeus feebly 

 emarginate, angles each side obtuse. Thorax very sparsely and finely punc- 

 tate at middle, more coarsely and densely on sides ; basal marginal line fine 

 but distinct. Elytral stria? fine and very feebly punctured; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Southern half of State, scarce ; Lake County only in the north. 

 April 7— October 9. Taken at dung, beneath leaves and at electric 

 light. Horn states that the thorax is without basal marginal line, 

 but all Indiana specimens examined have that line fine but distinct. 



1758 (5546). Aphoditts stercorosus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1844, 136. 



Oblong, parallel, convex. Color given in key ; surface smooth, shining. 

 Head sparsely punctate, female, nearly smooth, male; clypeus truncate, the 

 sides curved. Thorax with hind angles distinct, obtuse ; basal marginal line 

 wholly absent; surface punctate as in rubeolus. Elytra finely striate, the 

 striae very finely punctate, male, more coarsely so, female; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent; Lake County, scarce. Feb- 

 ruary 8-September 8. Occurs everywhere east of the Mississippi. 



A. consent armus Lee, occurs "from Canada to Missouri, 

 Kansas and New Mexico. 



1759 ( ). Aphodius wolcotti sp. now 



Elongate, feebly convex. Pale yellowish, shining ; head and thorax 

 faintly clouded with fuscous ; elytra, in one of the two specimens at hand, 

 each with an indistinct fuscous bar extending obliquely from humerus to 

 suture in front of middle. Head without trace of tubercles, very sparsely 

 and finely punctate; clypeus broadly and feebly emarginate at middle, an- 

 gles rounded, sides oblique, divergent. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 sides broadly curved into the base ; marginal line of base fine but distinct, 

 slightly sinuate; surface nearly smooth at middle, coarsely and sparsely 

 punctate on sides. Elytral striae deep, not punctured ; intervals convex, 

 very finely wrinkled, each with a few fine, shallow punctures. Front tibia? 

 with three teeth on outer side, the middle and apical ones equal, the upper 

 one much smaller. First joint of hind tarsi as long as the next three. 

 Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Pine, Lake County; scarce. July 23. Two specimens taken 

 by A. B. Wolcott from beneath rubbish on white sand of Lake 

 Michigan beach. Named in honor of the collector, who has shown 

 me many favors during" the preparation of the present paper. 



