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Specimens examined : 38 5 , 133 $ , from Maskell, South 

 Sioux City, Fort Calhoun, Weeping Water, Nebraska City, 

 Omaha, South Bend, Ashland, Fremont, Lincoln, Fairmont, 

 West Point, Broken Bow, Valentine, Haigler, Harrison, Mon- 

 roe and Warbonnet Canyons in Sioux Co., and Mitchell, col- 

 lected working in the droppings of animals from March to 

 October. 



Onthophagus orpheus Panzer. 



1794. Scarabaeus orpheus Panzer, Faun. Ins. Amer. Bor., p. 5, pi. i, 

 fig. 2. 



Specimens examined : 5 s , 1 9 , from Fairmont, Halsey, 

 Mitchell, and Warbonnet Canyon in Sioux Co., collected dur- 

 ing June and August. Orpheus is a widely distributed 

 species, but is much less common in Nebraska than hecate. 



Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold. 



1871. Onthophagus pensylvanicus Harold, Col. Hefte, viii, p. 115. 



Specimens examined : 8 ^ , 16 ? , from South Bend, 

 Cedar Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln, West Point, Neligh, Fairmont, 

 Dismal River, Halsey, Mitchell, and Monroe Canyon in Sioux 

 Co., collected during June, July and August. 



Onthophagus anthracinus Harold. 



1874. Onthophagus anthracinus Harold, Col. Hefte, xi, p. 104. 



Specimens examined : 2 $ , from Omaha, collected by L. 

 T. Williams June 12, 1914, This species is probably rare or 

 accidental in Nebraska. It is recorded from Texas, Arizona, 

 Mexico and Central America. 



Aphodiini 



Size small, form cylindrical; posterior tibiae with two 

 spurs ; elytra not subtruncate, covering the pygidium. ; abdom- 

 inal segments freely articulated; last segment of the tarsi 

 with two erect setae. 



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