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Semanopterus depressus, Hope, Niger, pectore pilis ferrugineis 

 obsito ; clypeo dente parvo armato ; thorace sulcata, disco glabra 

 sub lente tenuissime punctulato ; elytris lineis quibusdam elevatis, 

 punctisque in ti'iplici serie ordinatis ; ana rubra. Long. corp. 

 lin. 10. 

 Onthophagus cereus, Hope. Niger nitidus ; antennis piceis ; clypeo 

 fere trigono, postice furcata, seu occipite lamina lata bicorni ar- 

 mato ; thoracis dorso canaliculato, antice retuso, in media bituber- 

 culata ; elytris sub forti lente lineato-punctatis. 

 Onthophagus Adelaidse, Hope. Nigro-cencus, clypeo sub-bidentato, 

 postice furcata, seu cornubus duobus acutis, lateraliter divergentibus 

 armato ; tharace atro-ceneo et granulate rugaso ; elytris depressis, 

 sub lente striato-punctatis. 

 Aphodius Adelaidse, Hope. Niger nitidus, clypeo subemarginato ; 

 atitennis atris ; thorace glabra ; elytris sub lente striato-punctatis ; 

 carpore infra nigra ; femoribus tibiisque rubra-piceis. 

 Aphodius cincticulus, Hope. Affinis A. anachoretse. Fab. Capite 

 nigra subemarginato, antice flavescenti, tubercula unico armato ; 

 thorace atro nitido, margine omni pallescente, scutello Jlavo ; ely- 

 tris striatis, fusca-Jlavis, margine flavescenti, sutura nigra. 

 Aphodius sculptus, Hope. Niger, antennis flava-piceis ; clypeo 

 emarginato ; thorace varioloso -punctata ; elytris lineis elevatis 

 glabris intermediis sculptilibus ; carpore infra atro nitido, pedibus 

 concoloribus . — Port Philip. 

 Aphodius Tasmanise, Hope. Fusca-brunnevs, clypeo integro vix 

 reflexo ; thorace nigricanti punctulato, margine omni pallescente ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis fusca-brunneis ; carpore infra cancolori, 

 pedibus flavescentibus et ciliatis posticis langissimis. — Van Die- 

 men's Land. 

 Aphodius Howetti, Hope. Prcecedenti affinis, at minor. Fusco- 

 piceus, clypeo integro vix reflexo ; thoracis disco nigricanti punc- 

 tulato, margine omni rubro-piceo ; elytris striato-punctatis atro- 

 piceis; carpore infra flavescenti, pedibus concoloribus. — PortPhiUp. 

 These descriptions were accompanied by some verbal observations 

 on the Stercorarious beetles of New Holland. Mr. Fortnum stated 

 that the Aphadiida which he had observed possess the same habits 

 as the Melolonthidce in England in flying by night, and that they are 

 found in human faeces, but are never met with more than five miles 

 from the coast. Several species of Onthophagi are also found in 

 human faeces. 



Mr. E. Doubleday observed that he had noticed the small Ontho- 

 phagi in North America upon bones ; and in allusion to the attrac- 

 tion offered to insects by putrid fungi as well as decaying animal 

 matter, he stated that in some parts of Peru the splendid butterflies 

 of the genus Marpho are captured in great numbers upon rotten 

 fungi, and are used to decorate the altars of the churches on saints' 

 days and great festivals. 



Mr. Spence stated, that from his own observations he was inclined 

 to think that a much higher degree of instinct had been attributed 

 to the sacred beetles than they really possessed. He had observed 



