CLASS V. IJJSECTA. 
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Fam. XXIII. Apiiodiaii.t,. Leach, 
Coprophaoi IT. Latreille, 
labial palpi nearly smooth, filiform, the joints nearly equal, cylin- 
dric : feet all separated by equal distances; hinder ones distant from 
the anus : scutellum distinct. 
Genus 156. APIIODIUS. IUiger, Fair., Lutr., Leach. Scarab;eus 
Oliv., Marsh., Linn. 
®P- 1. Aph. rufipes. 
Inhabits dung in the spring of the year. 
This genus may be divided, for the sake of convenience, from the 
clypeus. 
1. Clypeus smooth, emarginate. 
2. Clypeus smooth, entire. 
3. Clypeus tuberculate. 
Fam. XXIV. Geotrvpid®. Leach. 
Geotrupini. Latreille. 
Antenna eleven-jointed, terminated by a lamcllated club : anterior tibia; 
large, dentate : mentum not large : mandibles corneous, porrect : la- 
brum prominent: clypeus rhomboidal. 
Genus 157. GEOTRUPES. Ijitr., Dumeril, Lam., Leach. Sca- 
r a ileus. Linn., Geoff., Fabr., Oliv., Lie Geer. 
Antenna terminated by an oval lamellated club : thorax shorter than 
the abdomen, not horned : hinder feet distant from the anus : head 
not produced behind the eyes : scutellum obvious. 
Sp. 1. Geo. stercorarius. 
Inhabits Europe ; boring cylindric holes beneath the dung, and flying 
about in the dusk of the evening. 
Genus 150. TYPILT.US. Leach. Scaiiau.eus. Fair., Gyll., Marsh. 
Antenna terminated by ait oval lamellated club : thorax shorter than 
the abdomen ; on each side in front with a long process which ex- 
tends along the sides of the head : hinder feel distant from the anus : 
head not produced behind the eyes : scutellum obvious. 
1. Typ. vulgaris. (PI. 1 .Jig. 1.) 
Scarabajus typhseus. Fabr., Gyll., Marsh. 
Inhabits the dung of horses on heaths, in the spring of the year. 
Obs. — S carabteus mobilicomis, Marsh., forms the genus Odonteus, 
Fdppe. 
Fam. XXV. Melolontiiid*. Leach. Scarab.eides, Latr. 
Antenna ten-jointed (in some nine), terminated by it lamellated club : 
mandibles corneous in part : clypeus triangular or quadrate : anterior 
Ubia large and dentate : mentum not large. 
