We are Japanese Entomological society specialized in Scarabaeoid beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea).

Contents:

●Dung beetles collected from Shiga Prefecture (4)
Masanori Yamamoto --- 1

●Notes on Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from Shiga Prefecture and its adjacent region
Masanori Yamamoto --- 9

●Color variation of Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) in Nara Park
Masakiyo Ikeda --- 17

●Notes on the food habit of Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae)
Naoki Toda --- 23

●Notes on the habitat of Mozartius jugosus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Mitsuyasu Nishida --- 25

●Scarabaeid beetles collected by FIT in the Suzuka Mountains, Mie Prefecture. - Studies on the seasonal change -
Masashi Inagaki --- 29

●Natural history of the Japanese dung beetles. (2, 3): Onthophagus gibbulus & Dung beeltes from Oki Islands
Keiichi Tsukamoto --- 35

●Distribution and seasonal occurrence of stag beetles(Coleoptera, Lucanidae) obtained by the baited PET-bottle trapsin Hizen-oshima Is. and adjacent islands
Akinori Murayama --- 41

●Studies on the distribution of stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Genkainada and Saikai area using the baited PET-bottle traps in 2001
Akinori Murayama --- 45

●Notes on the Japanese Cetoniinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) (1): Cetonia (Eucetonia) pilifera and C. (E.) roelofsi
Kaoru Sakai --- 53

●Notes on the Cetoniinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Hisakajima Is., Goto Islands
Kunio Karasuyama and Kaoru Sakai --- 58

●How to make description of new species in English: a guide for beginners (3)
Masatoshi Takakuwa --- 61

●A record of collecting dung beetles from Amami-oshima Is.
Masashi Inagaki --- 73

●Field guide [5] : Ishigaki Island, Ryukyus.
Tatsuo Hanatani --- 80

●Guide to collecting methods [5]: PT：Pit fall trap
Shigehisa Hori --- 85

Short Reports

●A new record of Aphodius (Chilothorax) punctatus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) from Mie Prefecture
Kuniyasu Mizuta --- 22

●New record of Ataenius australasiae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from northern Kyushu
Mitsuyasu Nishida --- 28

●Records of Aphodius (Colobopterus) propraetor (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) from Kochi Prefecture
Keiichi Tsukamoto --- 39

●Records of Aphodius (Stenotothorax) hibernalis(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in summer
Naoki Kanai --- 40

●Records of Anthracophora rusticola (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from two small islands in Kyushu
Akinori Murayama --- 52