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Semanopterus depressus, Hope. Niger, 'pectore j)ilis ferrugineis 
obsito ; clypeo dente parvo armato ; thorace sulcato, disco glahro 
sub lente tenuissime piinctulato ; elytris lineis quibusdam elevatis, 
punctisque in iriplici serie ordinatis ; ano rubro. Long. corp. 
lin. 10. 
Onthophagus cereus, Hope. Nigernitidus ; antennis piccis ; clypeo 
fere trigono, postice furcato, sen occipite lamina lata bicorni ar- 
mato ; thoracis dorso canaliculato , antice 7'etuso, in 7nedio bituber - 
culato ; elyt7'is sub forti lente lineato-punctatis . 
Onthophagus Adelaidae, Hope. Nigro-ceneus, clypeo sub-bidentato, 
postice furcato, seu co7'nubus duobus acutis, lateraliter divergentibus 
armato ; thorace atro-ceneo et granulate 7'ugoso ; elyt7'is depressis, 
sub lente striato~pu?ictatis. 
Aphodius Adelaidoe, Hope. Niger nitidus, clypeo subema7'ginato ; 
anten7iis atris ; thmace glabro ; elytris sub lente striato-punctatis ; 
corpore infra nigro ; femo7'ibus tibiisque 7'ubro-piceis. 
Aphodius cincticulus, Hope. Affinis A. anachoretse. Fab. Capite 
7 iigro subejnarginato, antice flavescenti, tuberculo unico armato ; 
tho7'ace atro nitido, margine ornni paUesce7ite, scutello jiavo ; ely- 
t7'is sti'iatis , fusco-flavis , 77iargine flavescenti, sutura nigra. 
Aphodius sculptus, Hope. Niger, antennis flavo-piceis ; clypeo 
emarginato ; thorace varioloso-punctato ; elytris lineis elevatis 
glabris inte7miediis sculptilibus ; corpore infra atro nitido , pedibus 
concoloribus. — Port Philip. 
Aphodius Tasmaniee, Hope. Fusco -brunneus, clypeo integro vix 
reflexo ; thorace nigTicanti punctulato, margine om?ii pallescente ; 
elyt7'is striato-punctatis fusco-brunneis ; coipore infra concoloi'i, 
pedibus flavescentibus et ciliatis posticis longisshnis. — Van Die- 
men’s Land. 
Aphodius Hovvetti, Hope. Prcecedenti aflinis, at minor. Fusco» 
piceus, clypeo integro vix reflexo ; thoracis disco nig7'icanti punc- 
tulato, margine omni rubro-piceo ; elytris sti'iato-punctatis at7'o- 
piceis; corpore inf 7'a 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 Aphodiidce which he had observed possess the same habits 
as the Melolonthidm in England in flying by night, and that they arc 
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 fasces. 
Mr. E. Doubleday observed that he had noticed the sm.all 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 
