266 INSECTA^ COLEOPTERA. 
Onthophagus : a very small Indian species, allied to, if not identical with, 
pudlkiSf F., is provisionally named myrmidon : id. 1. c. p. 415. 
Caccophilus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 410. Separated from Caccohius by its not 
having a supplemental prosternal keel, its downy surface, and uniformly 
and slightly convex metasternum, which is distinctly channelled. C. hima- 
lay anus j p. 411, pullus, p. 416, Asia, id. 1. c. spp. nn., and Onthophagus vuU 
canuSf F., indicics, aterrimus {ncc F., sec. Harold, but considered 
distinct by Jekel, and named haroldij p. 416), signatipennis, dorsalis, and 
punctatissimus, Har., ftdiginosus, Roth, and nigritulus, Klug. 
Cacconemus, subg. n. of Caecophilus, id. 1. c. p. 418. Represents Chceri- 
dium in the old world. Differs from Caecophilus in being glabrous. Ontho- 
phagus rujipennis, Har., and castaneus, Klug. 
Aphodiides, 
Aphodius fauodi, 11 q.x. ,^ timidus, Boh. j peregrinus, Boh., = hepaticus, Roth j 
productus, Boh., = Icetus, Wied. j splendidulus, Har., = lucidulus, Boh. : v. 
Harold, C. H. x. pp. 206 & 207. A. hyperboreus, Lee., is probably a form of 
hamatus, Say ; id. ibid. p. 213. 
Aphodius opacus, sp. n., Leconte, C. H. x. p. 193, Vancouver’s Island. 
Geotrupides. 
Odontems mobilicornis common at Evreux : testaceous form and $ most 
abundant. Bellier de la Ohavignerie, Pet. Nouv. no. 63, p. 252. 
Oeotrupes subarmatus, Er., ex. typ.,=^lateridens, Gu6r., which does not occur 
in Chili : Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. p. 48. 
JEnoplotrupes. Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. pp. 287-292, recharac- 
terizes this genus, redescribing and figuring both sexes of his B. sinensis, 
pi. xiv. figs. 6-11. 
Trogides. 
Trox. Von Harold, C. H. ix. pp. 1-192, monographs this genus (including 
Phoberus, MacL., and Omorgus, Er., Lee.), recognizing 93 species, and re- 
ferring to 18 others. After a very minute account of the external anatomy 
of the various forms, and an elaborate dichotomous table, the following ob- 
servations occur (amongst many others referring to the older synonymy of 
certain species): — Omorgus texanus, Lec., = 2V’0;c scutellaris, Say, var. j a 
var. of gemmatus, 01., is described, p. 66 j variolosus, FShr.,=rac?w/a, Er., of 
which 2 varr. are described, p. 68 j 2 varr. of denticulatus, 01., are described, 
p. 71, one named carbo j radula, Boh., nec Er., is named asperulatus, p. 75 j 
a var. carinatus of altemans, McL., is described, p. 86; australasice. Germ., 
nec Er., is named litigiosus, p. 88; incidtus, FShr., and madagascariensis, 
Fairm. { = melancholicus, FShr.),=sg'Mah’c?ws, 01., varr., and a North African 
var. is described, p. 107 ; regidaris, Har., Wied. ; nobilis, Woll., from 
the Cape- Verdes, F. (occurring in America from Patagonia to 
Pennsylvania), of which 4 varr. are described, p. 120; Omorgus integer and 
ttissdlatus, Lec.,=morsMs, Lee., varr. {=i pundatus, Germ.); denticulatus, 
Blanch., nec 01., is named pedestris, p. 128 ; a var. bolivianus of pilularius. 
Germ., is described, p. 140; perrisi, Fairm., concinnus, Px.,=eversmanni, 
Kryn. ; alternans, Lee., nec MacL., is named lecontii, and a var. described. 
