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COPRID^. 

 ONTHOPHAGUS, Lair. 



1. 0. nuchicornis, Linn., 1. c. IV., 55. 



Very rare. South Shields. 



APHODIADiE. 

 APHODIUS, III. 



1. A. erraticus, Linn., 1. c. II., 168. 



2. A. subterraneus, Linn., 1. c. 



3. A. fossor, Linn., 1. c. 169. 



4. A. scybalarius, Fab., 1. c. 



5. A.fcetens, Fab., 1. c. 



6. A. fimetarius, Linn., 1. c. 



7. A. ater., De Geer, 1. c. 170. 



8. A. constans, Duft., Erich. 1. c. 811. 



Near Hartley, in April. " Wallington," Dr. Power. 



9. A. granarius, Linn., Trans. CI. II., 170; A. tristis, 1. c. 



IV., 176 ; A. melanopus, 1. c. 170, var. 

 Meldon Park, South Shields, &c. Rare. 



10. A. putridus, Creutz., Trans. CI. V., 55; A. uliginosus, 1. c. 



II., 171. 



11. A. subalpinus, Hardy; A. lapponum, 1. c. 170; A. hcemorr- 



hoidalis, 1. c. 169. 



12. A.fcetidus, Fab., Erich. 1. c. 817. 



Both numbers 11 and 12 are hill species, frequenting the dung 

 of sheep ; the latter much the rarest. 



13. A. sordidus, Fab., Trans. CI. II., 171. 



14. A. rufescens, Fab., 1. c. 



15. A. lividus, Oliv., Nat. Hist. Trans. I., 133. 

 Rare. Heaton and Long Benton. 



16. A. inquinatus, Fab., Trans. CI. II., 172. 



17. A. conspurcatus, Linn., 1. c. 



