488 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
Svb.-Sect. LAMELLICORNES, 
Fam. GEOTRUPIDiE. 
Gen. Geotrupes. 
G. sylvaticus, Latr. Steph. Scar, sylvaticus^ Marsh. 
Don. 
A rare species in this district. It has been taken in a 
wood near Dreghorn, at the bottom of the Pentland Hills. 
It is the most abundant species of the genus in the south 
of England. 
G. stercorarius, Latr. Steph. Scar, stercorarius, Marsh. 
Don. ^ ; Scar, spiniger, Marsh. 
A common insect in this neighbourhood, and throughout 
the country. It is strictly coprophagous, and the circum- 
stance of its excavating cylindric holes in the earth under 
its food, has suggested the generic name. It is most plen- 
tiful in spring and autumn. 
Fam. APHODIID.E. 
Gen. Aphodius. 
A. Fossor, Fah. Steph, Scar. Fossor, Linn. Marsh. 
Very plentiful throughout the summer, in pastures and 
by road-sides. 
A. hsemorrhoidalis, Illig. Steph. Scar. heBmorrhoidaliSy 
Linn. Marsh. 
Not common. 
A. fimetarius, Illig. Steph. Scar.Jimetarms, Linn. Don. 
Marsh. 
This common species is one of the coleopterous insects 
that appear earliest on the wing, being sometimes noticed 
so early as the beginning of March, and it is frequent in 
