CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 275 



ONTHOPHAGUS Latr. 



O. nuchicornis Linn. Collingwood, IV, 23, Camden, VI, 7, and becoming 

 more g. d. and common (W): except where otherwise mentioned the 

 species feed in excrementitious matter. 



O. hecate Panz. Recorded from all parts of the State, V-IX. 

 O. janus Panz. Common throughout the State, in decaying toadstools and 

 other fungi. 



var orpheus Panz. Newfoundland (Lg). 



var striatulus Beauv. Brigantine beach, IX (Hn). 

 O. tuberculifrons Harold. Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), Clementon, VIII, 6 



(W), Atco (Li). West Bergen (Bf). 

 O. pennsylvanicus Harold. Common throughout the State. 



PSAMMODIUS Heer. 

 P. nanus DeGeer. Greenville, West Bergen, IV, 10, 26, V, 8 (Bf). 



PLEUROPHORUS Muls. 



P. caesus Panz. G. d. rare (Bf), always at light (W), found in rich soil 



(Ulke). 



RHYSSBMUS Muls. 



R. scaber Hald. Avalon, VIII, 3, Anglesea, VI, 26 (W), Atlantic City (Li), 

 Brigantine, salt marshes, IX (Hn). 



ATiENIUS Harold. 



A. cognatus Lee. Westville, 1, 28 (W), Brigantine (Hn). These are all 

 small species, mostly in excrement or decaying vegetation. 



A. wenzeli Horn. Anglesea, Atlantic County (W), Brigantine, IX (Hn). 



A. strigatus Horn. Brigantine beach, IX (Hn). 



A. gracilis Mels Westville, I, 28, Woodbury, VII, 30 (W), Brigantine, IX 

 (Hn,. 



A. imbricatus Mels. Atlantic City, VI, 24, Anglesea, VII, 11, under drift 

 (W), g. d. (Bf). 



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



DIALYTES Harold. 

 D. truncatus Mels. Lake Hopatcong ( Pm I . 



OXYOMUS Lap. 

 O. porcatus Fabr. Staten Island (Lg), Newark, g. d., V, 31 (Bf >. 



