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more than three hundred of these and their sister species, 

 CantJion laevis, in one eager group in the road. These 

 bearing the purplish tint predominated in number. 



Choeridium histeroides Web. [E. A. Schwartz]. Taken 

 near St. Louis, in human dung, May 10, 1915. 



Copris minuta Drury. [H. S. Barber]. This homed 

 dung-beetle was found in horse manure at Clifton, III, 

 October 27, 1916. 



Copris anagli/pticus Say. [E. A. Schwarz]. This beetle 

 was taken at St. Louis in cow-dung. May 15, 1915. Later, 

 at Wickes, on June 6, 1917, I dug up in a garden three 

 balls and a beetle of this species from a depth of twelve 

 inches. The balls were at first spherical, with only a 

 small prominence on one side making them slightly pear- 

 shaped. Later, by June 11, I found that on one of the 

 balls the bump had been much enlarged, having been 

 pushed out from the inside, leaving cracks in the crust 

 at that point. I refrained from opening the balls, in the 

 hope that the occupants would in time emerge, but in 

 that I was disappointed, for they slowly dried up. The 

 beetle lived an uneventful life in a can of earth with a 

 little manure until August 18. 



Onthopliagns hecate Panzer. [E. A. Schwarz]. This 

 dung-beetle was found in St. Louis, burrowing under both 

 human and cow manure. 



Ataenius abditus Hald. [E. A. Schwarz]. Taken in 

 cow dung at St. Louis, April 15, 1915. 



Aphodius fimetarius\Arm. [E. A. Schvrarz]. Literally 

 thousands of these dung-beetles were to be seen burrow- 

 ing in the sand immediately beneath human excrement at 

 a camp at Castlewood, near St. Louis, on April 28, 1915. 



Aphodius granarius Linn. [E. A. Schwarz]. Taken in 

 cow manure at St. Louis, April 15, 1915. 



Aphodius inquinatus Herbst. [H. S. Barber]. Very 

 abundant in and under horse manure October 27, 1916. 



Bolboceros farctus Fabr. [E. A. Schwarz]. At Mer- 

 araec Highlands, Mo., in a space sheltered by a half dozen 



