3 H report of new jersey state museum. 
ONTHOPHAGUS Latr. 
O. nuchicornis Linn. Greenville IX, 6, rare (Bf); throughout Camden 
‘ and gT'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, hut much more rare. 
O. subaeneus Beauv. Lakehurst, spring and fall; under horse-droppings; 
listed 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. pennsyIvanicus Harold. Common throughout the State. 
PSAM MODI US 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. 
AT^ENIUS Harold. 
A. cognatus Lee. Westville I, 28 (W); Brigantine (Hn); Beesley’s Point 
VI, 30, Anglesea (GG). 
A. wenzel i 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, 
3(f (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. social is 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. 
