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Semanopterus depressus, Hope. Niger, pectore pilis ferrugineis 

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

 sub lente tenuissime punctulato ; elytris lineis quibusdam elevatis, 

 punctisque in iriplici serie ordinatis ; ano rubro. Long. corp. 

 lin. 10. 

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

 fere trigone, postice furcato, seu occipite lamina lata bicorni ar- 

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

 culato ; elytris sub forti lente lineato-punctatis. 

 Onthophagus Adelaidae, Hope. Nigro-ceneus, clypeo sub-bidentato, 

 postice furcato, seu cornubus duobus acutis, lateraliter divergentibus 

 armato ; thorace atro-aneo et granulate rugoso ; elytris depressis, 

 sub lente striato-punctatis. 

 Ajihodius Adelaidse, Hope. Niger nitidus, clypeo subemarginato ; 

 antennis atris ; thorace glabro ; elytris sub lente striato-punctatis ; 

 corpore infra nigro ; femoribus tibiisque rubro-piceis. 

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

 nigro subemarginato, antice flavescenti, tuberculo unico armato ; 

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

 tris striatis , fusco-fiavis , margine flavescenti, sutura nigra. 

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

 emarginato ; thorace varioloso -punctate ; elytris lineis elevatis 

 glabris intermediis sculptilibus ; corpore infra atro nitido , pedibus 

 concoloribus. — Port Philip. 

 Aphodius Tasmaniee, Hope. Fusco-brunneus, clypeo integro vix 

 reflexo ; thorace nigricanti punctulato, margine omni pallescente ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis fusco-brunneis ; corpore infra concolori, 

 pedibus flavescentibus et ciliatis posticis longissimis, — Van Die- 

 men's Land. 

 Aphodius Howetti, Hope. Pracedenti affinis, at minor. FuscO" 

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

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

 piceis; corpore infra flavescenti, pedibus concoloribus. — Port Philip. 

 These descriptions were accompanied by some verbal observations 

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

 that the Aphodiida which he had observed possess the same habits 

 as the Melolonthida 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 Morpho 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 



