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C. probus Germ. Lakehurst V, IX (div) ; some of the records for 

 "lecontei" probably refer to this species; Mr. Schaeffer thinks all do. 



C. vigilans Lee. Weehawken VI (Bt) ; Atlantic Co. (W) ; seashore (Li); 

 rare. 



C. laevis Dru. Common throughout the State. 



C. chalcites Hald. New Jersey (Lg), and probably g. d.; rare. 



C. viridis Beauv. Staten Island IV, VIII (div); Atlantic City (Li). 



CHCERIDIUM Lap. 



C. histeroides Web. Lakehurst VII, IX (div); Woodbury VII fW) ; Da- 

 Costa VI, VII (div); Atco (Li); Petersburg VII, 4 (Brn) ; in excre- 

 ment and fungi. 



C. lecontei Harold. DaCosta VI, 2 (GG). 



COPRIS Geoff. 



C. minutus Dru. Throughout the State IV-IX; locally common in cow- 

 dung; all the species with the habit of digging under droppings. 



C. anaglypticus Say. Throughout the State; common, spring and fall. 



C. Carolina Linn. Our -largest species; less common, but as widely dis- 

 tributed as the preceding. 



A "tumble-bug," Copris Carolina: a, larva; b, the cell in which 

 it lived; c, pupa; d, female beetle. 



Fig- 125. 



PHANXEUS MacL. 



P. earn if ex Linn. Throughout the State; locally common; spring and 

 fall; one of the few species attracted to human excrement. 



