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Abdomen large, slightly wider than pterothorax, narrowing arcu- 

 rately from segments 5 to base of tube. Tube .9 as long as head and of 

 nearly equal diameter throughout, excepting for a very slight widen- 

 ing at apical third and a slight subapical constriction ; terminal bristles 

 pointed, half as long as tube. Marginal abdominal bristles dilated at 

 apex. 



Measurements: Total length, 1.58 mm.; head length, .24 mm.; width, 

 .24 mm.; prothorax length, .14 mm.; width (including coxae), .33 mm.; 

 pterothorax width, .38 mm. ; abdomen width, .45 mm. ; tube length, 

 .22 mm.; width at base, .059 mm.; at apex, .038 mm. Antennaae : I, 

 43 p.- ; 2, 59 p- ; 3. 73 fJ- ', 4, 64 ^ ; 5, 57 ^ ; 6, 53 ^. ; 7, 43 ^. ; 8, 42 ^ ; 

 total, .43 mm. ; width, 42 /x. 



Described from a single specimen taken by the writer under 

 rotting poplar bark, near Baldwin, Michigan, August 8, 1908. 



This pretty species is the only one of its genus with white 

 pigmental markings. The broad head, reniform eyes, and fun- 

 nel-shaped bristles are also characteristic. 



Some Observations in Southern Pines, N. Carolina. 



BY ABRAM HERBERT MANEE, A. M. 

 SCARABAEIDAE 



Canthon probus. March 27-July 24. In roads, abundant. Appears 

 instantly to fresh human or horse or cow excrement. 



Canthon nigricornis. March, May, June. Not common. 



Canthon vigilans. April. Not common. 



Canthon laevis. March, April. Not uncommon. 



Deltochilum gibbosum. Only fragment of one specimen. 



Choeridum histeroidcs. May. Very abundant. Shallow burrows, un- 

 der horse and cattle droppings. 



Copris minutiis. June. October. Not uncommon in or under dried 

 horse or cattle droppings. 



Copris anaglypticus. March. Very rare. Smaller than same species 

 in New England. 



Copris Carolina. April, July, October. Not uncommon. Burrows very 

 deep in roads and cow yards. 



Phanaeus carnifex. April to late June, August. Not uncommon. In 

 human, horse and cow excrement. 



Phanacus ignens. June to September. More abundant than carnifex. 

 In horse and cow excrement. 



Onthophagns hecate. March. Very rare. 



