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APHODIUS VILLOSUS. 
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Order Coleoptera. Fam. Aphodiidae. Coprophagi LaU 
Type of the Genus , Scarabaeus Fossor Linn. 
Aphodius III., Fab., Lat., Gyll., Curt. — Scarabaeus Linn., Oliv., Mars . 
Antennae short, capitate, inserted quite under the clypeus and before 
the eyes; 9-jointed, basal joint considerably the longest, stout, sub- 
cylindric, 2nd more or less globose, 3rd obovate-truncate, 3 following 
saucer-shaped, increasing in diameter, the remainder forming an ovate 
velvety club, of 3 nearly equal lamellae (6). 
Labrum concealed beneath the clypeus, membranous, transverse- ovate, 
anterior margin slightly sinuated and ciliated (1). 
Mandibles also concealed, thin and coriaceous, base dilated and cor- 
neous, apex rounded and striated, the margin ciliated (2). 
Maxillae horny, the base elongated, with a bifid pubescent lobe on the 
inside ; terminal lobe large, dilated and ovate at the apex, the margin 
and outside densely pubescent. Palpi moderate, smooth, filiform, 
and 4-jointed; basal joint small, sub-pyriform, 2nd and 4th the 
longest, the former narrowed at the base, the latter elliptic- truncate, 
3rd much shorter, elongate obtrigonate (3). 
Mentum pilose, subovate, the base truncated, anterior margin deeply 
notched. Labium membranous, divided into 2 long divaricating lobes, 
ciliated internally. Palpi remote, short, cylindric, slightly pilose, 
triarticulate, basal joint the largest, obovate, 2nd similar but smaller, 
3rd oval (4). 
Clypeus rather large, semicircular, margined, often tuber culated : eyes small, 
close to the base of the head and scarcely visible above. Thorax very con- 
vex, transverse-oblong , anterior margin concave, sinuated, sides convex : 
scutel trigonate, large and elongated in the type. Elytra semicylindric and 
oval, completely covering the abdomen : wings ample. Legs stoutish, all 
equi-distant : thighs short, stout, compressed, subovate, with a slightly im- 
pressed line on the inside producing a series of hairs, longest in the an- 
terior : tibiae short and dilated at the apex, anterior with 3 large rounded 
teeth on the outside and a spatulate spine at the apex ; the others with two 
sharp projecting ridges on the outside, strongly ciliated, with a pair of long 
spiny spurs at the apex : tarsi longish, slender and 5 -jointed, basal joint 
short in the anterior, elongated and the stoutest in the others, the apex 
sometimes lobed beneath in the intermediate, Mh joint minute, 5th clavate : 
claws short and slender (5, a fore leg). 
Villosus Schon. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 119. 33. 
Shining, dull ferruginous, thickly punctured and clothed with short 
ochreous pubescence : clypeus angulated at the base, narrowed before, 
neither emarginated nor tuberculated : thorax transverse, convex, 
with a smooth line down the centre : scutel small : elytra convex, a 
little depressed, piceous, more fuscous on the back, with seven broad 
furrows, formed by double lines of punctures, interstices flat and 
shining : legs and underside more or less pale piceous. 
In the Cabinet of the Zoological Society 
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