3 i4 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



ONTHOPHAGUS Latr. 



O. nuchicornis Linn. Greenville IX, 6, rare (Bf ) ; throughout Camden 

 and g. d. in Gloucester Counties IV- VI ; an introduced species, spread- 

 ing slowly. 



O. hecate Panz. Throughout the State V-IX; common. 



O. janus Panz. Common throughout the State in toad-stools, decaying 

 fungi and under excrement. The varieties "orpheus" Panz. and 

 "striatulus" Beauv. with the type, but much more rare. 



O. subaeneus Beauv. Lakehurst, spring and fall; under horse-droppings; 



listecf as a variety of the preceding, but is probably a good species. 

 O. tuberculifrons Harold. West Bergen (Bf ) ; Jamesburg VII (Jl) ; Atco 



(Li); Clementon VIII (W) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 

 O. pen nsy Ivan icus Harold. Common throughout the State. 



PSAMMODIUS Heer. 



P. nanus De G. Greenville, West Bergen IV, V (Bf) ; lives in chicken 

 excrement and is cosmopolitan (Sz). 



PLEUROPHORUS Muls. 

 P. caesus Panz. G. d. rare (Bf); always at light (W). 



RHYSSEMUS Muls. 



R. scaber Hald. Along the shore, Brigantine to Anglesea VI-IX; on the 

 beach and in the marshes. 



ATVENIUS Harold. 



A. cognatus Lee. Westville I, 28 (W) ; Brigantine (Hn) ; Beesley's Point 



VI, 30, Anglesea (GG). 

 A. wenzeli Horn. Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Atlantic Co., Anglesea (W) ; Cape 



May VI, 3 (Brn) ; mostly at light. 



A. strigatus Horn. Westville V (GG) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 

 A. gracilis Mels. Irvington (Bf) ; Westville VIII, 1 (div); Woodbury VII, 



30 (W); Gloucester V, 27, Sea Isle VI, 10 (Brn); Brigantine IX (Hn). 



A. imbricatus Mels. G. d. (Bf ) ; Atlantic City VI, 24, Anglesea VII, 11, 



under drift (W) ; Sea Isle V, VI (Brn). 

 A. socialis Horn. Atlantic City, rare (W). 

 A. abditus Hald. Collingswood VII, 27 (GG). 



DIALYTES Harold. 

 D. truncatus Mels. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 



OXYOMUS Lap. 



O. sylvestris Scop, (porcatus Fabr.) Snake Hill IV, 20 (Jl) ; Newark 

 Dist. V (Bf ) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; common in cow droppings. 



