388 GEORGE H. CARPENTER AND MABEL C. MACDOWELL. 
GrEOTRUPES. 
Lab rum. (PI. 37, fig. 23.) 
The labrum is very broad and asymmetrical, recalling that 
of Dascillus. Its anterior margin is beset with stiff spines. 
Anteriorly the ventral surface is divided into three parts by 
two vertical ridges. 
Text-fig. 2. 
Geotrupes sp. Head of larva, ventral view. A. W ith all appen- 
dages in sitn. b. With the labium and maxillae removed, 
exposing the ventral head-sclerite (v. s .) and the hypopharynx 
(hyp.). X 12. 
The epipharynx consists of a large median sclerite (m. scl.), 
which is somewhat displaced to the right of the middle line, 
and is continued into two transverse ridges, which curve 
back posteriorly. Anterior to this median sclerite and 
situated in the median third division of the front region of 
