gkj.® ' . r? WJ-*m ssepfei imm ask m^M & Mm mm PS *&r/ -■*?rF if* mm (Wwm Ki| will \y0gmrj WW A ; mmm UHpPH 1) T MjH mm ®%^figh%^M %/M « ^ % %sSg®^ * «, />. ^s5^;2Sis^ -\ # V ^Ifefll vo^ %, f&M 4Mm £ J&3&R Pll |l|p§| K . ) ?1§ fern ^ m$A 6 3 A. // V* Co/ S 33, i— 5^ .jvsscs )9Cfl £vr Order COLEOPTERA. The Coleoptera or beetles are recognizable by their hard or leathery wing covers, which are laid over the abdomen so that they meet in a straight line down the back, the hind wings being transversely folded beneath them. They have mandibulate or chewing mouth parts and feed on a great range of substance^, animal and vegetable, as well in the larval as in the adult stages. There is no part of plants that is not attacked by some species, hence many are seriously injurious; but, on the other hand, predatory forms occur also in great abundance, and some of these are markedly beneficial. The larvae vary much in shape, but never have more than six functional legs, and their habits are as diverse as those of the adults. The pupal stage is inactive, and the metamorphosis is therefore complete. The characters upon which classification is based are found in the num¬ ber of joints on the feet and in shape of the antennae or feelers, the snout beetles being first separated off by the mouth parts, which are set. at the end of a longer or shorter beak. It is not usually difficult to determine whether a beetle is probably in¬ jurious, harmful or beneficial, if a few points of structure are carefully observed. First. — Practically all weevils or snout beetles are plant feeders and may be or become injurious; none are beneficial. Second. — All beetles that have only four apparent joints to the feet or tarsi, the third joint lobed or split, are to be looked upon with suspicion, for they are likely to be either leaf beetles, like the potato or asparagus beetle, or wood-borers of the family “Cerambycidae,” like the round-headed apple borer. Third. — Beetles with five-jointed tarsi or feet, and feelers that have a large leaf-like club at tip are likely to be leaf chafers, like the “May- beetle” or “rose-bug,” and their larvae are “white grubs,” many of which are injurious. A few of these beetles are scavengers and at least harm¬ less, but none are to be accounted really beneficial. Fourth. — Beetles with five-jointed tarsi and antennas that are somewhat flattened and have the joints marked like the teeth of a saw are likely to be injurious. If the prothorax is loosely jointed to the rest of the body, they are snapping or click beetles, whose larvae are wire-worms, and this series contains also the Buprestidae or flat-headed borers. Fifth. — If the antennae are gradually enlarged toward the tip, forming a club, the insects are likely to be scavengers or feeders upon dead or dry animal or vegetable matter; but this is subject to many exceptions, and it is only safe to say that such species are not likely to be feeders upon growing vegetation. Sixth. — Beetles in which the hind tarsi or feet are 4-jointed, while the others have five joints, are likely to prove feeders in dead or dying wood (19s) 196 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. or other vegetable tissue; but this is by no means uniform, a few species being distinctly beneficial, while others are as decidedly harmful. Seventh. — Beetles with 5-jointed feet and slender, filiform or thread-like antennae are probably predatory and beneficial. There are only a few exceptions to this. The list in this order has been very materially added to in many fami¬ lies, and may be considered fairly accurate and complete. It has been critically looked over by a number of our best Coleopterists, and every questionable record has been verified, so far as it was possible to do so. Credit is given in all cases for work done in the various families, and in most instances the most recent American work has been followed. There has been no recent comprehensive work on this order in the United States, and the studies in other countries, which indicate a very radical change in the arrangement of the series, have not been generally understood and accepted here. Under the circumstances, I have deemed it best to attempt no change in the arrangement, a faunal list being no proper place to introduce a mooted or new classification. Family CICINDEUDtE. Commonly known as “tiger-beetles.” They are long-legged, rather slender, active beetles, predatory in habit, living usually in open, sandy places, and flying readily when disturbed. The larvm are uncouth creatures, with large head and prominent jaws, that live in vertical bur¬ rows in sandy soil, watching at the mouth for such unwary creatures as may come in their way. They are of no economic importance. Fig. 85. — Tiger beetles: o, Cicindela repanda; b, C. generosa; c, C. sexguttata; d, C. purpurea; e, a larva. CICINDELA Linn. C. unipunctata Fabr. Plainfield, on the mountain road VII, 4 (div) ; Lake- hurst VI (div) ; Malaga IX, 15 (GG) ; Atco, Woodstown (Li) ; DaCosta VII (W). Usually rare and always local; partly nocturnal in habit; “found running in pine woods along roads before dark” (W). i97 THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. C. scutellaris Say, var. modesta Dej. Local throughout the State south of the red shale, August to October and again in spring; the adult hibernates. var. ruqifrons Dej. Lakehurst IV, V, IX, X (div) ; Bamber IX, 9 (Dke). The immaculate forms “nigrior” Schaupp (all black), and “unicolor” Dej. (all green or blue), are liable at any time to occur with the more normal types. C. sexguttata Fab. Throughout the State, April to July, in open woods or along shaded roads; not rare anywhere and locally common. C. patruela Dej. Lakehurst V, 18 (Gr) ; Lakewood (Coll); rare. var. consantanea Dej. Local and sometimes not rare in the pine bar¬ rens" on old roads. Lakehurst IV- VII, IX, X (div); Brookville (Lg) ; Atco VIII, IX (div); DaCosta VI, 18 (Brn) ; Brown’s Mills (Dke); Brigantine, Mainland IX (Hn). C. purpurea Oliv. Throughout the State IV-VII and again IX, locally not rare. Of the named varieties “transversa” Leng. and “limbalis” Klug. have been found in New Jersey, the latter near Boonton IV, 28 (GG), and in Great Bear Swamp IX, 6 (Sleight). C. generosa Dej. Throughout the State, but somewhat local and rarely in numbers; April to October. C. tranquebarica Hbst. (vulgaris Say). Generally distributed and locally common throughout the southern counties during the entire season, hibernating as an adult. It is much less frequent and more local north of the red shale line. C. 12-guttata Dej. Caldwell (^!r) ; Hackensack Meadows (Bf) ; Newark (Soc); Staten Island V, VI? IX, X Lakehurst IV, VII (Ds); Gloucester (Li); Atco IX, 8 (Brn); on mud banks, near water (W). C. repanda Dej. Common from. April to October throughout the State, hibernating as an adult. It is the most abundant and generally dis¬ tributed of all our species. C. hi rticol I is Say. Common along the coast from Staten Island to Cape May, April to September. Extends also along the shores of the Dela¬ ware and is local in the sandy districts of South Jersey, especially near swamps. C. punctulata Oliv. Common throughout the State, July to September; found even in cities along side streets or in sandy lots, and is at¬ tracted to electric light. / C. trjiascjaia: Fab. (tortuosa Dej.) Atlantic City VI, three specimens in the wash-up (Li). C. dorsalis Say. Common along the seashore from Staten Island to Cape May, July and August. It is also taken inland, very locally, on white sand flats, specimens having been taken at Lahaway in August. The insect varies locally, and at some places the majority of specimens are almost immaculate. 198 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. C. marginata Fab. Common along the coast on salt meadows, July and August. Reported all the way from South Amboy to Anglesea. C. lepida Dej. Seashore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, locally, VII-IX, sometimes in numbers. Also occurs in limited areas inland; one is at and another near Jamesburg, one at Lahaway, another at Clemen- ton, and no doubt there are yet others to be discovered. Lives in holes made beneath little tufts of grass (W). C. marginipennis Dej. Essex Co. and along the Delaware in North Jersey (W). C. abdominalis Fab. East Plains VII, 27 (Lg) ; Lakehurst VII-IX (div) ; DaCosta in late June (Li) and early July (W). C. rufiventris Fab. Upper pine barrens (Lg) ; East Plains, near Barne- gat, in considerable numbers VII, 27 (Ds). Family CARABIDiE. The “ground beetles,” as the members of this family are popularly known, are usually black or dull brown in color, sometimes bronzed or metallic, and, exceptionally, usually on flower-loving forms bright blue, green and yellow. Many of the species hide during the day under stones or bark, among roots of plants, in grass at the base of trees, in burrows under ground or in other places of concealment. They fly at night, are often attracted to electric light, and in general are predatory in habit. The larvrn are more or less fusiform, somewhat flattened above, gray or dusky in color, and they live in similar ^localities though even more concealed. They also are predatory and of decided economic importance, feed¬ ing upon many of the leaf- feeders that go under¬ ground to hibernate or to Fig. 86. — Farva of a ground beetle, feeding on a pupate. Those that in the Curculio larva. adult stage live on plants, feed on eggs, caterpillars and slugs of herbivorous forms. All the species have slender, filiform antennae, 5-jointed tarsi on all feet and are somewhat depressed or flattened; those that live under bark sometimes very much so. OMOPHRON Latr. O. labiatum Fab. Along the Delaware, Camden to Woodbury V, VI (div); Anglesea (W) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; usually rare. O. americanum Dej. Boonton VI, 11, Glassboro IX, 7 (GG) ; W. Bergen V, and can be washed out along most streams in my district (Bf) ; Caldwell (Cr); Greenville VI, IX (Sp); Gloucester (Li); Atlantic Co. (W). O. tessel latum Say. Mountain View VIII, 11 (GG) ; Anglesea V, Atlantic (W). i99 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. SPH/ERODERUS Dej. (CYCHRUS Fab.) S. stenostomus Web. Palisades V, VI, under stones (Sp) ; Snake Hill, all year (Bf) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Riverton X, 21, Merchantville III, 13 (G G) ; Gloucester, Clementon XII, 17, sifting (W). var. lecontei Dej. With the type; also Boonton III, 9, X, 11 (GG) ; Chester VI, 28 (Dn) ; Summit II, 22 (Bf) ; Westville (Li). “S. nitidicollis” Chev. is a boreal species and the record from Lake Ho- patcong is an error. SCAPHINOTUS Dej. S. elevatus Fabr. Englewood VII, 1 (Bt) ; Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Newtonville III, 26 (Brn) ; Egg Harbor, Anglesea IV (div) ; rare. S. unicolor Oliv. Five-mile beach V, 30 (W). This is the “violaceous” of the previous edition. S. viduus Dej. Hopatcong VI, 3 (W) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Ft. Lee IV, VI, VIII (Bt); Mays Landing (W., Li). Always rare. CARABUS Linn. C. sylvosus Say. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Greenville VI (Sp) ; Atlantic High¬ lands (Bt) ; Gloucester, Camden (div) ; Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke) ; Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll), var. finitimus Hald. Wenonah X, 21 (Dke). C. serratus Say. Throughout the State VI, VIII, IX, often at sugar in fall. C. limbatus Say. Throughout the State, not rare IV, V, VIII, IX. C. vinctus Web. With the preceding, under stones and logs; the most abundant representative of the genus in the State. C. nemoralis Mull. Newark IV, 6, 12 (Dn). This is an introduced species, and a number of examples have been taken near New York. Mr. Dickerson took 1 1 5 in a city back yard, and the species is probably g. d. in the district, though rare. A specimen was taken by Mr. Clarence Riker, at Maplewood, about 20 years ago. CALO^VIA Weber. C. externum Say. Woodside (Bf) ; Green¬ ville, under stones VI, IX (Sp); New* ark at light (Dn) ; Staten Island VII, 9 (Ds) ; Gloucester (Li) ; Camden, Atlan¬ tic, Cape May Cos. (W) ; not common. Mr. Davis’s specimen was “found under an electric light and squirted its acrid fluid into my face at a distance of about a foot.” Fig. 87. — Calosoma calidum C. scrutator Fabr. Throughout the State, and larva. locally common, often washed up along ■200 REPORT OK NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. shore in large numbers VII-IX. Is a tree climber, a caterpillar hunter and our largest representative of this family. C. wilicoxi Lee. Newark at light (div) ; Atlantic City (div) ; Ocean City (G G) ; Cape May Co. (div). Similar in habit to the preceding, but much smaller and less abundant. C. frigidum Kirby. Newfoundland V (Ds) ; Newark at light (Bf) ; Wood¬ bury Y, 18, Sea Isle City VI, 26 (Brn). C. sayi Dej. Staten Island (Ds) ; Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Cape "““Tffay Cos. (W) ; Atlantic City (Li) ; always rare. C. calidum Fabr. Throughout the State, under stones, &c., in fields. The most abundant and generally distributed species. ELAPHRUS Fabr. E. fuiicjinosus Say. Ft. Lee IV (Sf); Snake Hill IV (div). The record of “cicatricosus” in last edition was based on an example of this specie's. E. ruscarius Say. Throughout the State along dry ditches and on mud flats IV-VII, IX; usually not rare where it occurs. BLETH1SA Bon. B. quadricollis Hald. Caldwell, rare (Cr). NOTIOPH I LUS Dum. N. asneus Hbst. Ft. Lee, among leaves X (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Soc) ; Camden and Gloucester Co. V, IX, at various points near the Delaware (div). N. semistriatus Say. (sibiricus Mots.) Durham’s Pond VIII, 18, Orange Mts. V, 30 (Dn) ; Madison (Pr) ; Newark, about roots of trees and under damp leaves (Bf). The true “sibiricus” does not occur in the U. S. at all. N. novemstriatus Say. (semistriatus Say.) Boonton VIII, 17, Orange Mts. (GG) ; Newark (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg), among leaves at base of trees (Bt) ; New Lisbon VII, 14 Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn). This is the species listed as “hardyi” in the last edition, and so the species stands in most collections. NEBRIA Latr. N. pallipes Say. Throughout the State V, VIII, IX, along rocky streams, under stones just at edge of water. More common north of Piedmont Plain. PASIMACHUS Bon. P. sublasvis Beauv. Staten Island (Ds) ; Monmouth Co. VIII, 10 (Coll) ; Sandy Hook VIII (Bt) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Avalon VII, 4 (Brn) ; Anglesea VII-X (div) ; always along shore. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 201 P. punctulatus Hald. DaCosta VII (div) ; Clementon, Egg Harbor (Li); Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke). P. depressus Fab. Lakehurst (Lg) ; Staten Island (div). Mr. Leng be¬ lieves that the references to the previous species also belong here, and that “punctulatus” does not occur in New Jersey. SCARITES Fabr. S. subterraneus Fab. Throughout the State, under stones, at all seasons, var. substriatus Hald. Anglesea, very rare VI (W, Brn). DYSCH1RIUS Bon. D. nigripes Lee. Newark (Bf). All the species are found near water or under leaves or burrowing in sandy banks. D. globulosus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII. D. terminatus Lee. Atlantic City (div); Brigantine VII, Sea Isle City VI, VII (Brn); Anglesea V, 31- VII, 11 (Brn). D. sphaericollis Say. Boonton to Anglesea VI-IX, sometimes abundant at light; taken largely on or near the shore. D. erythrocerus Lee. Newark (Bf); Anglesea VII, 23 (Sm). D. sellatus Lee. Atlantic City (W, Li); Sea Isle City VI, 10 (Brn); Angle¬ sea VII (div); strictly a maritime species (Sz). D. pallipennis Say. With the preceding, and also a maritime form. ~~ Brigantine IX, Avalon V, 23 (Brn). D. filiformis Lee. Orange VI, common at light (Ch) ; Brigantine Beach IX on salt marshes (Hn). D. pumilus Dej. Orange VI, at light (Ch) ; Newark Dist (Bf) ; Brigan¬ tine marshes IX (Hn). The “hispidus” of last edition belongs here. CLIVINA Latr. C. dentipes Dej. Collingswood VII, 22 (GG) ; Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). C. impressifrons Lee. Orange VI (Ch) ; Newark (Bf), at light; Wood¬ bury VII (GG); g. d. (Li); Anglesea (W) ; Cape May VI, 3 (Brn). C. rubicunda Lee. Atlantic City, rare (Li). C. rufa Lee. Irvington VIII, 4, one specimen (Bf). C. americana Dej. Throughout the State IV-VII, IX, on bogs, marshes, etc. C. striatopunctata Dej. Arlington VI (Sf); Newark district, rare, along streams (Bf ) ; Brigantine salt marsh IX (Hn). C. ferrea Lee. Gloucester, not common (W). C. convexa Lee. Atlantic City, 1 specimen; Rockaway (Sf). C. bipustulata Fabr. Throughout the State, at light V, VI, and under stones, throughout the season. 202 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. SCH IZOGEN i US Putz. S.Jineolatus Say. Throughout the State, at light and under stones, all season. S. ferrugineus Putz. Staten Island, under logs at South Beach (Bf ) ; Cramer Hill V (GG) ; Westville VI (div) ; Brigantine salt marshes IX, Anglesea V, 30 (W)„ S. amphibius Hald. Irvington, rare, washing stream hanks (Bf) ; West¬ ville (Li); along the Delaware, near Camden, Anglesea V, 30 (W). ARDISTOM IS Putz. A. obliquata Putz. Atlantic City, two or three by Dr. Castle (Li). A. viridis Say. Clifton VI (Sp) ; So. Orange V, 30 (Dn) ; Newark (Soc) ; Cranford, Irvington, common (Bf) ; Camden and Gloucester Counties, along muddy streams (W) ; g. d. (Li). PAN AG/EUS Latr. P. crucigerus Say. Snake Hill, under stones V, VI (Sp); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Anglesea V, -28 (W) ; always in single specimens. P. fasciatus Say. Madison (Pr) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark, at light (Bf); Springfield III, 3 (Stortz); Ft. Lee, in ant nests IV (Bt) ; Snake Hill, under stones V, VI (Sp) ; Atlantic City, wash-up (W) ; Sea Isle V, VI (Brn) ; also rare. NOMIUS Lap. N. pygmasus Dej. Newark, one specimen (Bf ) ; Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn) ; Avalon, Anglesea (W) ; extremely rare in this State. BEMBIDIUM Latr. B. inaequale Say. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp) ; Elizabeth IV, 8 (GG) ; Westville (Li) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Union Co., not rare (Sm). B. punctatostriatum Say. Banks of Passaic, spring and fall (Sp). B. confusum Hayw. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp) ; New Jersey (Hayw). B^amerlcauum Dej. Throughout the State, along river banks, spring and fall. B. honestum Say. Along the Passaic V, IX (Sp), Irvington (Bf ) ; Cam¬ den and Gloucester Co. (W) ; Cramer Hill V, VI (GG). B. chalceum Dej. Boonton VIII, Mt. View IX (GG); banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp) ; Irvington, washing stream banks (Bf). B. nigrum Say. Boonton VIII (GG) ; along the banks of Passaic, spring and fall (Sp); So. Orange V, 30 (Dn) ; Irvington, Rahway (Bf) ; Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W). B. grandiceps Hayw. “New Jersey” (Hayw). This and the next two fol¬ lowing species occur along larger streams that have gravelly banks. 2°3 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. B. guexi Chd. Hemlock Falls, rare (Bf) ; “New Jersey” (Hayw). B. fugax Lee. Boonton VI, 11, VIII 15 (GG) ; “New Jersey” (Hayw). B. u st u latum Linn. Boonton IV, Glassboro VII, IX (GG) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; * Snake Hill IV (Lv) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Camden Co. (W) ; Glouces¬ ter Co. (div). B. viridicolle Laf. Newark, salt meadows V, 8 (Bf). B. variegatum Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall, along river banks, on salt marshes, cranberry bogs and similar situations. B. versicolor Lee. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp); Orange Mts. VII, New- ark salt meadows (Bf) ; Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W). B. contraction Say. Along the seashore and on salt meadows; strictly maritime, practically all season. B. constrictum Lee. With the preceding, but a distinct species. B. pedicel latum Lee. Generally distributed, rare (W). B. 4-macu latum Linn. Common throughout the State all season. B. affine Say. Newark salt meadows • (Bf) ; New Brunswick VI (Coll); Camden (Li) ; Westville I, 28 (GG) ; g. d. (W) ; Lahaway V, on cran¬ berry bogs. B. anguliferum Lee. “New Jersey” (Hayw). B. assimile Gyll. Newark, salt meadows, rare (Bf). B. semistriatum Hald. Banks of the Passaic, spring and fall (Sp). TACHYS Schaum. -T. nanus Gyll. Throughout the State under bark of trees. T. flavi cauda Say. As common and distributed as the preceding. T. granarius Dej. Staten Island (Lg), and sure to be found elsewhere. T. fuscicornis Chd. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). T. incurvus Say. Along Passaic V, IX (Sp); Orange Mts. (Bf) and Ft. Lee (Bt) in ant hills; g. d. (W) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). T. xanthopus Dej. Newark, Woodside (Bf) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; Westville I, IV (GG)-; Ocean Co., on cranberry bogs V (Sm); Anglesea (W). T. capax Lee. Chester VII, 4, Arlington III, 1 (Dn) ; Newark, Ocean Co., cranberry bogs V, Anglesea VII, X (Coll) ; Anglesea I and II, sifting (W). T. vivax Lee. Along the Delaware River, So. Camden V, 17 (W). T. tripunctatus Say. Summit, along river (Bf) ; banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp)T Highlands V (Bt) ; Westville V, 31 (GG) . T. frontalis Hayw. Chester (Dn). T- laevus Say. Throughout the State IX, V, VI, and in winter siftings. T. pailidus Chd. Sea Isle City VIII (W) ; Avalon VI, Anglesea VI (Brn); a salt meadow species. T. occujtator Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Avalon VI, 23 (Brn); Sea Isle City, Anglesea VIII, also on the salt meadows (W). 204 report of new jersey state museum. T. proximus Say. Passaic banks V, IX (Sp); Orange VI, light (Ch); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; g. d. (Li) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Coll). T. scitulus Lee. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp); Newark, Snake Hill, salt meadows V (Bf) ; Orange, Long Branch V, VI (C) ; Woodbury VII, 30 (GG). T. corruscus Lee. Westville, throughout the winter, sifting (W). It is reasonably certain that, in addition to the above, “dolosus” Lee. and “ferrugineus” Dej. also occur in New Jersey. PERICOMPSUS Lee. P. ephippiatus Say. Orange VI, at light (Ch) ; salt meadows, 1 spec. (Bf). PATROBUS Dej. P. Ion gi corn is Say. Locally not rare throughout the State V-VIII. POGONUS Dej. P. lecontei Horn. Atlantic City (Castle); Corsons Inlet VII, 20 (Li); Sea Isle City, Anglesea, common on mud flats under the dry and thick¬ ened upper crust on salt marshes (W). MYAS Dej. M. coracinus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; South Jersey (W), very rare. M. cyanescens Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Clifton VI, VII (Sp;; Staten Island (Sf). TRECHUS Clairv. T. chalybeus Mann. Milltown VII, VIII; common under dead leaves along a stony brook in accidental association with the ant, “Lasius mixtus” Nyl. (div) ; Westville (Brn). PTEROSTICHUS Bon. P. adoxus Say. Throughout the State spring and fall; under bark or in rotten wood (Bf) ; locally common. P. rostratus Newn. Palisades (Sp); New Jersey (W) ; single specimens only. P. diligendus Chd. Palisades V (Sp); Newark, on salt meadows (Bf). P. honestus Say. Palisades above Hoboken in early spring (Sp, Sm). P. lacrymosus Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 4 (Dn); Orange Mts: VII (Bt) ; Newark (Soc), along Palisades in spring (div). P. coracinus Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 4 (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; ^■“^OTange Mts. (Bf). 205 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. P. stygicus Say. Throughout the State, locally common, spring and fall. P. moestus Say. Throughout the Appalachian and Highland regions, "spring and fall; always in rotten logs (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; New Brunswick (Coll). The “superciliosus” of previous list is really this species. P. sayi Brulle. Throughout the State, fall and spring; not rare. P. lucubiandus Say. Throughout the State, under stones and shelter of . all' kinds; one of the few species that has adapted itself to live in tilled fields. P. ebeninus Dej. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Atlantic City (Li); Westville (W) ; Sea Isle City V (Brn) ; Anglesea IV, V (div) ; single specimens only. P. caudicalis Say. Snake Hill (Bt) ; g. d. (Li); Camden IV, 18, West¬ ville V, 29; Avalon VII, 18 (Brn); Anglesea (W). P. luctuosus Dej. Snake Hill (Bt) ; Newark, salt meadows (Bf) ; Arling¬ ton (Dn) ; Westville II (W) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm) ; Avalon VIII, 18 (Brn). P. corvinus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Snake Hill V, 26 (Lv) ; Palisades in spring (Sp); Newark (Bf) ; Arlington (Dn) ; g. d. (Li). P. gravis Lee. Highlands V (Sf) ; Westville V, 28, 1 specimen (Brn). / P. purpuratus Lee. Staten Island, 1 specimen (Lg). P. tartaricus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Hoboken (Li) ; Cranford V, 17, Sea Girt (Bf) ; Sea Isle VI, 15 (Brn) ; single specimens only. P. mutus Say. Throughout the State and everywhere abundant. P. erythropus Dej. Also occurs everywhere and is locally common. P. patruele Dej. With the preceding, though less abundant. P. femoralis Kirby. Orange Mts., Westville IV, 23 (GG) ; Staten Island (Lg). The records for “P. haldemanni Lee.” were based on errors. EVARTHRUS Lee. E. sigillatus Say. Greenwood Lake VI (Sf) ; Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 30, VIII, 24 (Dn) ; Madison (Pr) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Irvington, New¬ ark, Sea Girt (Bf) ; Atlantic City (Li) ; always rare. The “sodalis” of the last edition belongs here. AMARA Bon. A. avid a Say- Palisades V (Sp), VII (Bt) ; Snake Hill (Sf) ; salt meadowy (Bf) ; Camden V, IX (div) ; Westville, Gloucester (Li) ; Mauricetown VI, 20, injuring strawberries (Sm) ; Cape May VI, 3 (Brn). _ ■';->> Mt'-tyk n a A. fulvipes Putz. Chester IX, 16 (Dn) ; Newark (Bf); Camden IX, 1 (GG) ; Atlantic City, Anglesea (Li) ; Brigantine VII, Avalon VII, Sea Isle VI (Brn); common in wash-up in spring (W). 20 6 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. A. exarata Dej. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; salt meadows (Bf ) ; Camden II, IX, Woodbury VI (GG) ; Atlantic City VI (Brn) ; Anglesea in wash-up (W). A. latior Kirby. Woodside, salt meadows, rare (Bf ) ; New Brunswick VIlTcoll). > A. septentrionalis Lee. Highlands, 1 specimen (Ch) ; Woodside (Sf). A. apricaria Payk. Atlantic City, VI, 24 (Brn); New Jersey (Li); rare. A. angustata Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Palisades V (Sp) ; Newark district in spriiig (Bf); Cramer Hill V, VI (GG) ; g. d. (Li). A. pallipes Kirby. Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic Counties (W). A. impuncticollis Say. Throughout the State, fall and spring; common. A. basillaris Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill IV (Sf) ; salt meadows (Bf). A. cupreolata Putz. Snake Hill IV (Sf); “New Jersey” (Hw). A. fallax Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); upper Montclair (Bf). A. polita Lee. Orange Mts., one specimen (Bf). A. interstitialis Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Newark (Bf ) ; Camden and Gloucester Counties, g. d. IV (Li). A. obesa Say. Throughout the State, locally common V-VII. A. terrestris Lee. Staten Island (Lg) ; Brigantine VI, 11 (Brn). A. chalcea Dej. Ramapo, Eagle Rock I, 31, salt meadows (Bf) ; Palisades V (Sp); Woodbury (Li), y A. gibba Lee. “New Jersey” (Hw). A. rubrica Hald. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Palisades IX, 27 (Lv) ; Newark (Soc) ; Westville, Woodbury (Li) ; So. Jersey, in sandy places under boards (W); Sea Isle V, VI, Anglesea V, Cape May V (Brn). A. subsenea Lee. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). A. musculus Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; often abundant on weeds and other herbage in September. LOXANDRUS Lee. L. minor Chd. Westville IV, 30, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). DSPLOCHILA Brulle. D. laticol I is Lee. Palisades V, VI (Sp) ; Snake Hill IV, 26 (Lv) ; salt meadows (Bf) ; Hoboken (Bt) ; Orange, at light VI (Ch) ; Arlington III (Dn) ; meadows along Delaware V (W) ; Atlantic Citys(Li) ; Cape May VI, 23 (Brn). var. major Lee. Palisades, more rare than the type (Sm) ; Snake Hill V, 22 (Bf) ; Lahaway III, 14 (Coll). D. impressicollis Dej. Snake Hill, one specimen (Sf). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 207 DIC^ELUS Bon. D. dilatatus Say. Throughout the State VI, IX, locally not rare. D. purpuratus Bon. Also generally distributed V, VI, IX; not common. D. ovalis Lee. Snake Hill (Bt) ; Westville (Li); Collingswood IV, 2 (Brn) ; Gloucester, Camden, Atlantic Co. (W) ; not common. D. elongatus Bon. Throughout the State, spring and fall; under stones and logs; the most abundant of our species. D. ambiguus Laf. Hopatcong (Pm); V, 31 (W). D. teter Bon. Chester VI, 19, VII, 4 (Dn) ; Ft. Lee; Snake Hill (Bt) ; Palisade woods V (Sp). D. politus Dej. Throughout the State, spring and fall. BADISTE R Clairv. B. notatus Hald. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Arlington, Millburn, Orange Mts. (iBf) ; Camden XI (Brn) ; Gloucester (Li) ; Woodbury VII, XI (div) ; the species occur rarely, in most places under old leaves. B. pulchellus Lee. Suffern V (Bt); Newark (Coll); Arlington, salt ' nieadows, spring (Bf ) ; Staten Island V ; Orange VI (Ch) ; WToodbury (div); Sea Isle City VI, 10 (Brn). B. maculatus Lee. Woodbury VI (div) ; four recorders. B. elegans Lee. Woodbury VII, 30, at light (Brn). B. micans Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark, salt meadows (Bf) ; Snake . ~ Hill- (Sf) ; Orange (Ch); Westville (Li); Woodbury VIII, 7 (W). B. reflexus Lee. Orange, one specimen VI (Ch). CALATHUS Bon. C. gregarius Say. Throughout the State, common nearly all season. C. opaculus Lee. G. d. (W) ; Camden IV, Gloucester IV, DaCosta VI, 3 ” brigantine VII, 5, Sea Isle VII, Anglesea IX, 12 (Brn); Atco (Li). C. impunctatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sp) ; Sandy Hook VII (Bt) ; Atco (W) ; and along the seashore at all points from Atlantic City to Cape May V-VII (div). PLATYNUS Bon. P. angustatus Dej. Ft. Lee (div); Lahaway V, cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea (W). P. decens Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Palisades (div); Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Soc) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). P. sinuatus Dej. Ft. Lee, Palisades (div); Paterson III, 30, Hemlock Falls V, 30 (Dn) ; Newark, Woodside V, VI (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; g. d. (Li) ; Newtonville III, 20 (Brn) ; Lahaway V, on cran¬ berry bogs (Sm); Brown’s Mills V, 19 (Dke). 208 report oe new jersey state museum. P. opaculus Lee. Ft. Lee, rare (Sp) ; may be an erroneous determination (Sf). P. tenuicollis Lee. New Jersey (Bt) ; Atlantic City (Castle). P. cincticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI, IX; locally common. P. reflexus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Chester VII, 4 (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (div) ; Palisades VII (Lv) ; Staten Island IV (Bt) ; Newark (Coll) ; g. d. (Li) ; Merchantville VI (Brn) ; Anglesea tV, VII (Coll). P'. extertsicollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI, IX; the variety “viridis” Lee. rarely from northern localities. P. decorus Say. Throughout the State, not common; taken in winter, sifting; also at all points along the seashore. P. obscurus Hbst. (pusillus Lee.) Staten Island (Lg). P. moerens Dej. New Jersey (GG). P. tenuis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City (Coll); salt meadows (Bf). P. atratus Lee. Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange V, at light (Ch) ; Snake Hill IV (Bt); Westville I, 28 (W). P. melanarius Dej. Throughout the State in spring; locally common. P. propinquus G & H. New Jersey, one specimen (W). P. affinis Kirby. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Palisades V (Sp) ; Caldwell (Cr); New¬ ark (Bf) ; Jamesburg V, 10, Camden I, 28, Lahaway V, 28 (Coll). P. metallescens Lee. Palisades V (Sp) ; Hoboken, Snake Hill V (Bt) ; Orange Mts., Newark, salt meadows (Bf). P. cupripennis Say. Throughout the State, under stones, etc., in fields; our most brilliant species and usually somewhat rare. P. excavatus Dej. Palisades (Sp) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mts., New¬ ark (Bf) ; g. d. (Li); Westville I, 28, common everywhere (W). P. ferreus Hald. Occurs with the preceding at the same dates. P. basal is Lee. Hoboken, rare (LI). P. nutans Say. Palisades (Sp); salt meadows (Bf) ; Sea Isle VI, VII in single specimens only (Brn). P. albicrus Dej. Westville VI, 6, one specimen (Brn). P. octopunctatus Fabr. Throughout the State, late fall and early spring, mostly rare; sometimes taken in winter sifting. P. pi acid us Say. Throughout the State, locally common, fall and spring. P. bogemanni Gyll. Palisades (Sp); Snake Hill (Bt) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; Newark, salt meadows (Bf) ; New Brunswick VI, 4 (Dn) ; Gloucester VI (Brn); seashore to Anglesea V, VI (div). P. quadripunctatus De G. Newark, at light (Bf) ; Highlands VI (Ch). P. aeruginosus Dej. Delaware Valley formation and northward, under bark and at light III- VI; more common northwardly. P. crenistriatus Lee. Throughout the State, spring and fall; rare. 209 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. P. rubripes Zimm. Palisades V (Sp) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Plainfield IV, 20 . Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; and along the seashore to Angle- sea V, VI (div). P. punctiformis Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; not usually common; cranberry bogs V, 28 (Sm). P. sordens Kirby. Palisades V (Sp) ; Arlington I, IV (Bf) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; Woodbury VIII (W). P. picicornis Lee. Orange VI, one specimen (Ch). P. ruficornis Lee. Palisades V, Ft. Lee (div); Westville I, 28 (W) ; Red Bank, Gloucester Co. IV, 20 (Brn) ; g. d. (W Li). P. picipermis Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VI, 28 (Dn) ; Hoboken IV, V (div); Arlington III, 18 (Coll); Collingswood IV, 2 (GG). P. lutulentus Lee. Throughout the State, and in every month save July on cranberry bogs, salt marshes and along shore; usually rare. “P. bembidiodes” De G. of the last edition was an error of determina¬ tion. OLISTHOPUS Dej. O. parmatus Say. Throughout the State, always rare IV-VI. O. micans Lee. Ft. Lee IV, 17, sifting (Sf) ; Westville I, 28, VIII, 20, under old leaves, sifting (W) ; Atlantic City (Li). PERIGONA Lap. P. pallipermis Lee. Arlington meadows, rare (Bf ) ; Highland V (Sf). ATRANUS Lee. A. pubescens Dej. Palisades VI (Sp) ; Ft. Lee, in brooks (LI) ; Orange Mts. VI, in rotten wood (Bf) ; Westville (Li) ; Camden, Gloucester (W). LEPTOTRACHELUS Latr. L. dorsalis Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Arlington IV; Snake Hill III, IV (Sf), in crevices of sand-stone between the layers (Bf) ; Newark III, IV, between bottom leaves of cat-tails (Bf) ; Orange VI (Ch). CASNONIA Latr. C. pennsylvanica Linn. Throughout the State, practically all season. C. ludoviciana Salle. Camden, in the marsh along Delaware River, found Ty sifting (div). GALERITA Fabr. G. janus Fab. Throughout the State; not uncommon. G. bicolor Dru. With the preceding, but more rare. 14 IN 2io REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. TETRAGONODERUS Dej. T. fasciatus Raid. Seems to be locally common in Camden and Glou¬ cester Counties, but not reported from any other localities by any collector. LEBIA Latr. L. grand is Hentz. Throughout the State, sometimes not uncommon; feeds among other things on the eggs and young larvae of potato beetles, but never occurs in numbers sufficient to be of any practical benefit from the economic standpoint. L. atriventris Say. A similar but much smaller species; also occurring throughout the State and locally com¬ mon. L. tricolor Say. Salt meadows II, IV (Bf) ; Woodbury VI, very rare (E. A. Klages); Atlantic City, one specimen only (Li). L. pulchella Dej. Throughout the State, spring and fall; often on flowers and locally not uncommon. L. margimcollis Dej. DaCosta (Li). L. viridis Say. Throughout the State, most of the season, sometimes abundant. The variety “moesta” Lee, is reported as rare at Atco (Li). L. pumila Dej. Delaware Valley region and northward, V-VIII; locally common on flowers and in sweeping. L. pleuritica Lee. Ft. Lee (Sp) ; Snake Hill (Sf). L. viridipennis Dej. Throughout the State, not usually common; mostly in low swampy areas, on salt marshes and along shore. L. lobulata Lee. Chester VII, 5 (Dn) ; Snake Hill (Sf) ; Westville VII, 2, Laurel Spring V, 10, sifting (Brn). L. ornata Say. Throughout the State III-IX, locally common. L. analis Dej. Ft. Lee (Sp) ; Snake Hill (Sf) ; Orange VI, at light (Ch); Newark (Coll); Westville (Li); Woodbury VIII, 7, at light (Brn); g. d. (W). L. fuscata Dej. Chester VII, 19 (Dn) ; Passaic, Ridgewood, Greenville VI, VII (Sp); Snake Hill V (div) ; Irvington (Bf) ; Arlington VI, Sea Isle City VI (Brn); Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). L. scapularis Dej. Throughout the State VI-VIII, at light and on flowers. L. furcata Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill IV (Bf) ; Woodbury VI (E. A. Klages); Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). L. pectita Horn. Throughout the State V-VII, IX, generally rare. This is the species listed as “vittata” in the last edition, Mr. Schwarz proving correct in his surmise as there recorded. L. bivittata Fabr. Boonton VI, 10 (GG) ; seashore, rare (div). Fig. 88. — Lebia grandis. I •<* . • ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 2 1 1 COPTODERA Dej. C. se rata Dej. Newark, one specimen (Bf) ; Lakewood V, 18 (Coll) ; An- glesea VII ( W) ; seashore (Li) . DROMIUS Bon. D. piceus Dej. Hoboken (Sp); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); g. d, (Li); Anglesea VI (Sm); under bark, sometimes (Bt) on flowers. D. atriceps Lee. Anglesea V (W, Coll). APRISTUS Chd. A. cordicollis Lee. Gloucester (Li); Clementon (Lt) ; DaCosta VI, New- tonville VI (Brn) ; Anglesea (Sm) ; on sand banks along streams like Bembidiids. A. subsulcatus Dej. Snake Hill (Sf); Woodside in spring (Bf) ; Newark salt meadows VII, 24 (Coll); Avalon VIII, 3 (Brn). BLECHRUS Mots. B. glabratus Duft. (nigrinus Mann.) Hoboken (Sp); Ft. Lee (Bt), un¬ der bark; also among roots of grasses in dry meadows. METABLETUS Schm.— Goeb. M. americanus Dej. Throughout the State, locally common. AXINOPALPUS Lee. A. biplagiatus Dej. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hoboken (Sp) ; Anglesea VII (div); usually under bark of trees. CALLIDA Dej. C. punctata Lee. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark VII, 7 (Bf). C. purpurea Say. Throughout the State V-IX; at Lakehurst quite abund¬ ant at times on oaks (Ds) ; often common in wash-up along shore. The “decora” of last edition was an error of record. PLOCH IONUS Dej. P. timidus Hald. Hoboken (Sp); Westville (Li); Berlin, Clementon IV, Sea Isle V (Brn) ; g. d. (W) ; generally under bark of trees. PINACODERA Schaum. P. limbata Dej. Palisades and Ft. Lee south to Cape May along the coast; Camden and Gloucester Co., Riverton III-VII, IX. P. platicol I is Say. Throughout the State, usually with the preceding, but extends to the northern boundaries of the State. 2i2 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CYMINDIS Latr. C. elegans Lee. Atco, two specimens (Li). C. americana Dej. Throughout the State,, under stones in dry localities, nowhere common; also along shore in the wash-up. C. pilosa Say. From the Highlands southward, inland and along shore; locally common in late fall under dry cow-dung (Bf). C. neglecta Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark district (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). APENES Lee. A. lucidula Dej. Throughout the State, usually rare except along the shore, where it is sometimes common in the wash-up. A. sinuata Say. With the preceding, usually more rare. PENTAGONICA Schm.— Goeb. P. flavipes Lee. Merchantville V, Sea Isle VI, very rare (Brn). HELLUOMORPHA Lap. H. nigripennis Dej. Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, Cape May C. H. V (W) ; Lakehurst (Sf); Iona VI, 8 (Brn); Bamber V, 14 (Dke); always very rare. H. bicolor Harr. Ft. Lee under stones (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Camden Co. (W) ; Woodbury VI (E. A. Klages) ; Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn) ; single specimens only. H. ferruginea Lee. Greenville, under logs, rare (Sp). The record for “texana” in last edition is a misidentification. BRACHINUS Web. B. janthinipennis Dej. Orange Mts., in stump (Bf) ; Vineland (U S Ag). B. viridipennis Dej. “New Jersey” (Sp); Newark (Bf). B. minutus Harr. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). B. perplexiis Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Orange Mts., Woodbury V, 22 (GG). B. medius Harr. Orange Mts. (GG) ; along the Palisades (Sp). B. quadripennis Dej. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). B. conformis Dej. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). B. cyanipennis Say. Palisades V (Sp) ; Snake Hill V„ 22 (Bf). B. alternans Dej. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). B. tormentarius Lee. Salt meadows (Bf) ; Snake Hill. B. fumans Fab. Throughout the State and usually common. B. similis Lee. Newark (Bf) ; Brigantine beach IX (Hn). B. cordicollis Dej. Split Rock Lake IV, 28 (GG); Palisades (Sp); Cald¬ well (Cr); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; g. d. (Li). This genus stands as it did in the last edition; the species still need 213 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. revision and the list is tentative merely. It is quite certain that some of the species do not occur in New Jersy and that other names must event¬ ually he substituted. CHL/EN1US Bon. C. erythropus Germ. Snake Hill (Bf) ; Atlantic Co., Anglesea in wash- up (W). C. sericeus Porst. Delaware Valley region and northward in spring, sometimes not uncommon. C. laticollis Say. Throughout the State; common in spring in the Ft. Dee, Snake Hill and Newark districts; more rare southwardly. C. diffinis Chd. Along the Palisades in early spring (Sp). C. ae'stivus Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; more common north. C. augustus Newn. Anglesea VII, 20, 1 specimen in wash-up (Brn). / C. prasinus Dej. Trenton (Hk). C. leucoscelis Say. Throughout the State, under stones, common. C. nernoralis Say. Throughout the State, common. C. tricolor Dej. Throughout the State, common. C. pennsylvanicus Say. Throughout the State; more common in the northern districts in spring. / C. impunctifrons Say. Palisades in spring (Sm); Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Cald¬ well (C'r); Camdep V, Westville IX (Brn); g. d. (W, Li). C. niger Rand. Throughout the State in spring; usually rare. C. purpuricollis Rand. “New Jersey” (Horn). C. tomentosus Say. Throughout the State all summer, under shelter of all sorts, and usually the most common species near cities. ANOMOGLOSSUS Chd. A. emarginatus Say. Throughout the State V-VII, locally common. A. pusillus Say. Also generally distributed in spring and fall; hut more rare than the preceding. BRACHYLOBUS Chd. B. lithophilus Say. Hopatcong VI (Bt) ; Palisades III (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf); salt meadows (Bf) ; Westville, Anglesea in meadows and under drift (W). LACHNOCREPIS Lee. L. parallelus Say. Throughout the State in spring, locally not rare; on '“’“^meadows and marshes under drift; also under stones. CODES Bon. O. amaroides Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf) ; Camden IV (GG) ; ^Westville, Woodbury VI (W) ; Atco (Li) ; Lawnside VI, Petersburg VI (Brn). 214 REPORT OP NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. O. americanus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Palisades (Sp); Hoboken IV (Bt) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Westville (Li); in damp places under stones, etc. O. fluvialis Lee. Newark (Coll); salt meadows (Bf ) ; Camden, Glouces¬ ter Co. under drift in meadows in spring (div) ; Anglesea I, 20, Cape May VI (Brn). O. 12-striatus Chevr. (lecontei Chd.) Camden, Gloucester Counties (W); Anglesea VII (div); always rare. GEOPINUS Lee. G. incrassatus Dej. Piedmont Plain and southward, in sandy districts along water-courses V-VII, usually rare. CRATACANTHUS Dej. C. dubius Beauv. Woodside, Newark IV (Bf) ; New Brunswick VI (Sm) ; Cramer Hill VI (GG) ; Westville V, Brigantine VII (Brn) ; g. d. (Li) ; in sandy districts (W). AGONODERUS Dej. A. lineola Fab. Throughout the State, often at light, spring and fall. A. infuscatus.Dej. Anglesea (Li); Brigantine IX (Hn) ; g. d. (W). A. pallipes Fab. Throughout the State, common at light in spring and early summer, and again in fall. A. partiarius Say. With the preceding, but not so abundant. A. pauperculus Lee. Salt meadows (Bf) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs. A. indistinctus Dej. Along the Palisades in spring, rare (Sp). A. testaceus Dej. Lakewood V (Bt) ; Atlantic City (Castle) ; Sea Isle City VI, 4 (Brn); Anglesea (W). DISCODERUS Lee. D. parallelus Hald. Salt meadows (Bf) ; .Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea and the seashore generally (W). GYNANDROPUS Dej. G. hylacis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Clifton (Ch) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Hobo¬ ken under bark (Sp); Trenton (Coll); Atco VI (Brn); Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea VI (Sm). HARPALUS Latr. H. dichrous Dej. Caldwell (Cr) ; Snake Hill (Sf); South River VII, "'Lahaway VII (Coll) ; Westville (Li) ; Atlantic City VI, Brigantine VII (Brn); g. d. (W), rare. H. vulpeculus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill (Bf) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Riverton V, Brigantine VII (Brn) g. d. (W Li). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 215 H. autumnalis Say. G. d. under leaves (W) ; seashore V, VI (div). H. erraticus Say. Throughout the State VII, VIII, locally not rare. H. viridiaeneus Beauv. Throughout the State, locally common, especially infiity vacant lots, and in meadows, under stones. f’’ H. caliginosus Fabr. Throughout the State; at¬ tracted to light in early summer, and in fall often common on seeds of rag-weed. H. faunus Say. G. d., locally common (div). H. convivus Lee. New Brunswick, one specimen. 2 H. vagans Lee. Throughout the State V-VII, local¬ ly common. H. pennsylvanicus DeG. Common throughout the State, readily attracted to light and sometimes a nuisance. The varieties “commr” Lee., and “erythropus” Dej., occurs with the type. H. spadiceus Dej. Madison (Pr) ; Palisades (Sp). Fig. 89. — Har- palus caliginosus H. fallax Lee. Orange VI, Highlands (Ch) ; “New Jersey” (Hw). H. pleuriticus Kirby. Along the Palisades V (Sp); Newark V (Coll); Cape May VI, 3 (Brn) ; not common. H. foveicollis Lee. Anglesea V, 14 (Brn); two examples which seem to agree most nearly with this and are certainly unlike any species rep¬ resented in accessible collections. Mr. Schwarz makes this doubtful reference. H. he rbi vagus Say. Throughout the State, most of the season, common. H. nitldulus Chd. Clifton, Highlands, rare (Ch); Gloucester V, 1 (Brn); seashore (Li) ; not common. H. viduus Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). SELENOPHORUS Dej. S. pedicularius Dej. Along shore, Brigantine to Cape May, VI-IX (div); Westville III, 5 (W) ; Atco VI (Brn). S. iripennis Say. Anglesea (W). S. gagatinus Dej. Snake Hill (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg). S. opal in us Lee. Throughout the State, fall to spring and extending into the summer.; under leaves and along shore under rubbish. S. oval is Dej. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). S. ellipticus Dej. Orange Mts. IV, and thence southward along the shore to Cape May V, VI, IX; Hainesport V (Dke). STENOLOPHUS Dej. S. carbonarius Brulle. Ocean Beach (Pr) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Atlantic City, Anglesea (Li); Sea Isle City VI, 15 (Brn). S. spretus Dej. Sea Isle City V, Cape May VI (Brn); Anglesea (div). S. fuliginosus Dej. Throughout the State V-VII, IX, X, locally common. 21 6 REPORT OE NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. S. plebeius Dej. Irvington, salt meadows (Bf) ; Collingswood IV (GG) ; “Westville I, 28 sifting (W) ; Gloucester V (Brn) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs; Brigantine beach IX (Hn) ; locally common. S. conjunct us Say. Throughout the State, not rare, spring and fall. S. humidus Hamilton. Madison (Pr). S. ochropezus Say. Common throughout the State fall to spring. S. dissimilis Dej. Atlantic City, Anglesea, 1 specimen in wash-up (W). S. alternans Lee. So. Camden, in sandy wet places (Brn). “S. anceps Lee.,” of the last list, is based on an error. ACUPALPUS Lee. A. hydropicus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark salt meadow III (Bf) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs, and probably throughout the State. A. carus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); salt meadow I, 11 (Bf) ; Westville I, g. d. (W). BRADYCELLUS Er. B. linearis Lee. Orange VI, one example (Ch). B. rupestris Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring; not rare. B. tantillus Chd. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange VI (Ch) ; So. Camden, An¬ glesea (W3 ; rare everywhere. TACHYCELLUS Moraw. T. atrimedius Say. Staten Island (Lg). T. kirbyi Horn. Fort Lee (Sf). T. badiipennis Hald. Woodside (Bf) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Westville I, 11 (W) ; Camden XI, Gloucester V, Anglesea V; always rare. ANISODACTYLUS Dej. A. dulcicollis Laf. Lahaway IX, 6 (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). A. rusticus Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring; common. A. carbonarius Say. G. d. (W) ; Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea V (Coll). A. interpunctatus Kirby. Newark (Soc); New Jersey VII (Bt) ; g. d. (W). A. harrisii Lee. Ft. Lee IV, V (Bt) ; Newark (Soc); seashore (Li). A. agricola Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City V, New Brunswick, Lahaway V (Coll) ; g. d. (W) ; locally not rare. A. melanopus Hald. Salt meadows (Bf) ; Westville X, 4 (GG) ; g. d. (Li). A. nigerrimus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee IV (Bt) ; Brigantine IX (Hn). A. nigrita Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee IV (Bt) ; Riverton V (Dke). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 217 A. discoideus Dej. Throughout the State in spring, on swampy ground; never common in my experience. A. baltimorensis Say. Throughout the State; common at all seasons. A. verticalis Lee. Anglesea VIII (Sm). A. piceus Lee. Newark at light (Bf) ; Woodbury VII (GG) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Sea Isle City VI, 15 (Brn) ; Anglesea (W). A. terminatus Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring. A. laetus Dej. Woodbury VII (W) ; Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Anglesea VI, VII (div). A. coenus Say. Newark (Bf) ; Woodbury VII, 30 (W) ; Atlantic City (Li) ; Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn) ; rare at all points. A. lugubris Dej. Woodside III, 5 (Bf) ; Newark (Soc); Gloucester (Li); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (W) ; g. d. (W). A. sericeus Harr. Throughout the State, in spring; locally not rare and sometimes common at light. A. interstitialis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (P'r) ; Orange (Ch) ; Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Bt) ; salt meadows (Bf) ; Newark, New Bruns¬ wick (Coll). Family HAEIPEID^. Small, oval water beetles, pointed at each end, the greatest breadth at or a little behind the shoulders of the wing covers. Live in stagnant ponds and ditches in all stages, and are of no economic importance. In this and the following “Dytiscidse” all our material has been de¬ termined by Mr. Chris. H. Roberts, of New York City, who has also added materially to our records from his own experience. HALIPLUS Latr. H. fasciatus Aube. Throughout the State V-IX; recorded by all col¬ lectors, from Garret Mt. to Anglesea, and west to the Delaware. JLjDurictatus Aube. “New Jersey” (U M). H. triopsis Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Spotswood, Ocean Co. (Rob). H. ruficollis DeG. Throughout the State, common, VI-IX. ■ _ H. longulus Lee. Paterson VIII, 3 (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob). CNEMSDOTUS Er. C. 12-punctatus Say. Common throughout the State in spring and fall. C. edentulus Lee. Paterson VI, VII, Great Piece Meadow IX, 3 (Coll) ; Monmouth Co. (Rob), X, 4 (Coll). C. n. sp. Camden Co., VI, 11, X, 4 (Coll). C. n. sp. Paterson IV, 23 (Coll). C. n. sp. New Brunswick VIII, 9 (Coll). 218 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family DYTISCIDJE. These are the “diving beetles,” and their larvae are known as “water tigers” from their predatory habits, voracity in feeding and powerful mandibles. The adults are also predatory, oval and somewhat flattened, with rather short, stout swimming legs; the posterior longest and oar- Jike. They live in water of all kinds and may often be seen in clear springs rising to the surface, discharging a bubble of tainted air from the anal extremity and then swimming again to the bottom. They are interesting in structure and habits, but not of economic importance. CANTHYDRUS Sharp. C. puncticollis Cr. Staten Island V, 20 (Lg) ; Ocean Co. (Rob); Cape May C. H. (W). C. punctipennis Sharp. Linwood (Rob); Clementon IV, 16, Petersburg V, 19 (Brn) ; Anglesea IV, V (Coll). Mr. Roberts says that “C. bicolor” Say does not occur in New Jersey, and that the records under that name in the last edition refer to this species. HYDROCANTHUS Say. H. iricolor Say. Recorded from Newark to the Delaware, and south to Cape May V, VIII, IX; taken by all collectors. H. oblongus Sharp. Ocean Co. 1 spec.; it is common in Florida (Rob). LACCOPHILUS Leach. L. maculosus Germ. Common throughout the State in early spring and again in fall; hibernates as an adult. L, proximus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Monmouth and Ocean Co. (Rob); De¬ lair (Coll); Anglesea V (div). L. fasciatus Aube. Throughout the State in spring and fall; common. L. undatus Aube. Summit V, 1, Paterson IV, 2, Millburn IV, 30, West- vifl'eVI, 11 (Coll); Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee district (Bt) ; Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); Merchantville IV, 24 (Brn). HYDROVATUS Mots. H. cuspidatus Germ. Ft. Lee district, Staten Island (Bt) ; Camden (Li); Atco V, 29, Brigantine VII, 25, Anglesea V, 28 (Brn) ; in stagnant water. H. pustulatus Mels. Staten Island (Bt) ; Monmouth and Ocean Cos. (Rob); New Brunswick VI, 11, Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). H. compressus Sharp. Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). DESMOPACHRIA Bab. D. convexa Aube. Great Piece Meadows V, 2, VIII, 22, Delair, Anglesea IV, 12 (Coll); Madison VII, 28 (Pr) ; Orange VI, 5, at light (Ch) ; Camden (Li) ; in stagnant water. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 219 BIDESSUS Sharp. B. flavicollis Lee. Spotswood (Rob). B. pulicarius Aube. Staten Island (Coll); Ocean Co. (Rob). B. affinis Say. Throughout the State; common all the year. B. lacustris Say. Staten Island (Coll); Monmouth and Ocean Co. (Rob). B. fuscatus Cr. Great Piece Meadow VIII, 22, Orange Mts. Ill, 20, Sum¬ mit V, 9, Arlington III, 11, Lakehurst IX, 2, Anglesea IV, 12 (Coll) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob). B. granarius Aube. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, Summit V, 9, S. Orange V, 27 (Coll); Madison (Pr) ; Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob); Da- Costa VII, 30 (Brn). CELINA Aube. C. angustata Aube. Staten Island (Lg) ; Newark (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Rob) ; Sea Isle City VI, 10, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). C. grossula Lee. Sea Isle VI, 15, Brigantine VII, 5 (Brn); Anglesea VI, VII (div). Mr. Roberts is in doubt as to whether this is the true “grossula,” and considers it probably a new species. CCELAMBUS Thom. C. insequalis Fab. Represented in our collection from all sections of ' . . ‘tne State in spring and fall. C. punctatus Say. Generally distributed; not rare; spring and fall. C. farctus Lee. Lakehurst V, 24 (Rob). C. laccophilinus Lee. Millburn IV, 30, Paterson VII, 3 (Gr) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Ocean Co. (Rob). C. turbid us Lee. Staten Island (Lg). C. nubilus Lee. Paterson V, 12 (Coll); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Bloomfield (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Rob) ; Woodbury VIII, 7, Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn) ; g. d. (Li). C. dispar G. & H. (dissimilis Harr.) Woodside (Bf) ; Camden VII, 20 (Brn); Monmouth Co. (Rob). C. impressopunctatus Sch. Common in the salt meadows along shore from Hoboken to Cape May from early spring to late fall. DERONECTES Sharp. D. catascopium Say. Lakehurst (Rob); “New Jersey” (U M). HYDROPORUS Clairv. H. concinnus Lee. Monmouth Co. (Rob). All the species of this genus occur in brooks and springs; not in stagnant water. H. pulcher Lee. Newark (Bf).; New Brunswick VIII, 9, Staten Island IX (Coll); Spotswood (Rob); Westville VII, 15 (W) ; Merchantville VII, 15 (Brn). H. integer Sharp. Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob). 220 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. H. cimicoides Sharp. Lakehurst V, 29 (Rob). H. undulatus Say. Throughout the State; locally common. H. spurius Lee. Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). H. clypealis Sharp. Millburn IV, 30, Camden VI, 11, Atco IX, 3 (Coll); Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). H. proximus Aube. Millburn IV, 30, Newark VII, Waverly VI, 27, Am¬ boy Meadow VI, 27 (Coll); Ft. Lee Dist., Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). H. vitiosus Lee. Fort Lee Dist. (Rob). H. striatopunctatus Mels. Ft. Lee Dist. (Rob); Staten Island (Lg). H. solitarius Sharp. Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee Dist. (Rob); Newark, Wood- side (Bf); Delair (Coll). H. obscurus Sturm. Clementon III, 18, Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VI, 15, Cape May VI, 3 (Brn) ; g. d., not rare (Li). H. tenebrosus Lee. Hemlock Falls X, 2 (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob). H. skjnatus Mann. Millburn IV, 29 (Coll); Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Staten Island (Lg); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Lahaway III, 26 (Coll). H. tristis Payk. Millburn IV, 30, Orange Mts. Ill, 20, Lahaway III, 26 (Coll); Staten Island (Lg) ; Ft. Lee Dist., Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). H. americanus Aube. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, VIII, 22, IX, 3 (Coll). H. dichrous Mels. Spotswood (Rob); New Jersey (U M). H. inornatus Sharp. Lahaway III, 26 (Coll). H. niger Say. Newark (Bf) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Coll). H. modestus Aube. In the Collection from Chester to Anglesea, spring and fall, and recorded from all parts of the State. H. stag na I is G. & H. Lakehurst (Rob). H. oblitus Aube. Fort Lee Dist. (Rob). H. vilis Lee. Sea Isle City V, 10, 2 examples (Brn). H. difformis Lec. Great Piece Meadow XI, 24, Millburn IX, 30 (Coil); Staten Island VI (Lg). H. sp. indet. Summit V, 11, Atco IX, 20, Lahaway (Coll). Of the spe¬ cies recorded in the previous edition, “H. alpinus” is omitted as based on an erroneous determination; and “H. consimilis” because Mr. Roberts questions the occurrence of the true species in New Jersey. There is a species that can be easily mistaken for it, and the New Jersey “consimilis” is probably one of the species described by Sha.rn and not yet identified in our collections. SLYBIUS Er. I. biguttulus Germ. Throughout the State; locally not rare. I. confusus Aube. Newark IX, 19, Westville IX, X (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob). “I. ater” Lec. and “I. 4-maculatus” Aube., of the previous edition, are omitted. Mr. Roberts questions whether the former species is North 221 THE INSECTS OP NEW JERSEY. American at all, and says of the latter that it seems to be a strictly boreal species. COPTOTOMUS Say. C. interrogatus Fab. Locally common throughout the State in late fall and early spring. ILYBIOSQMA Cr. I. bifarium Kirby. Woodside, common (Bf). COPELATUS Er. C. chevrolatii Aube. Staten Island (Lg). C. glyphicus Say. Throughout the State, taken in almost every month of the year; locally common. MATUS Aube. M. bicarinatus Say. Orange Mts. IV, V, Westville X, 4 (Coll); Ft. Lee "~”VIH (Bt); Woodbury VIII, 7 (GG) ; Ocean Co. (Rob). AGABETES Cr. A. acuductus Harr. Millburn IV, 30 (Coll) ; Woodside (Bf) ; Staten Island in Woodland pools, VI (Lg) ; Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). AGABUS Leach. A. parallel us Lee. Staten Island (Lg). A. seriatus Say. Great Piece Meadow V, 21 (Coll) ; Ocean and Mon- mOutH Cos. (Rob); Brigantine Beach VII, 5 (Brn); all the species of this genus live in spring and creeks. A. obtusatus Say. Woodside (Bf) ; Monmouth Co. (Rob). A. punctatus Mels. Ft. Lee VI (div) ; DaCosta V, 30, Anglesea V (Coll). A. semipunctatus Kirby. Paterson VII, 3 (Coll); Newark (Dn). A. aeruginosus Aube. Ocean Co. (Rob); “New Jersey” (Coll). A. taeniolatus Harr. Common at Lakehurst (div). A. disintegratus Cr. Throughout the State, locally common V-VII. A. congener Payk. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, Vailsburg VI, 2 (Coll). A. reticulatus Kirby. Monmouth Co. (Rob); Woodbury VI, 8, Anglesea V, VI (Brn). A. erythropterus Say. Fort Lee, New Brunswick (Rob). A. gagates Aube. Throughout the State VI, VII. B*‘T,Eet_“A. discors” Lee. of the previous edition was not well determined. It. is a west coast species. RHANTUS Esch. R. binotatus Harr. Newark (Soc) ; Paterson VI, 27, Delair VII, 16 (Coll); Ocean Co. (Rob). 222 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. R. calidus Fab. Staten Island V (Ds) ; Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W) ; Lakehurst IX, 2 (Rob). R. sinuatus Lee. “New Jersey” (Bf) ; Newark (Dn). R. tostus Lee. Fort Lee (Rob). The “R. flavogriseus” Cr. of the last edition was based on a misidentifl- cation; the species does not occur east of the Mississippi. COLYMBETES Clairv. C. sculptilis Harr. Orange Mt. Dist. (div); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Waverly VI, 27, Jamesburg V, 7 (Coll); Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn). HYDATICUS Leach. H. stagnalis Fab. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt) ; Newark IV, 14 (Coll); Staten Island V (Lg) ; Monmouth Co. (Rob). H. piceus Lee. Caldwell (Cr). H. bimarginatus Say. Woodside (Bf) ; Newark, Delair, Westville X, 4 (Coll); Ocean Co. (Rob); Anglesea (Rob). Fig. 90. — A water-tiger, Dytiscus marginalis: a, DYTISCUS Linn. D. fasciventris Say. Hopat- cong (Pm) ; Madison (Pr) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Westville VII, 3 (Coll); Camden, Gloucester, At¬ lantic Co. (W). D. hybridus Aube. Newark (Coll) ; Staten Island III, IV, X (Ds); Spotswood (Rob) ; Brigantine VII, 5 (Brn). D. vertical is Say. Newark (Coll) ; Staten Island III (Ds) ; Monmouth Co. (Rob). D. harrisii Kirby. Caldwell (Cr). D. vexatus Sharp. DaCosta (GG). larva, devouring an Agrion larva; b, pupa; c, male beetle, eleytrum of female at side; d, anterior tarsus of male; e, tarsus of female: a, b, c, about natural size. ACILIUS Leach. A. semisulcatus Aube. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee, in quarry holes (Bt) ; Grantwood VIII, 9 (Bno) ; Newark (Coll); Riverton IX, 11 (GG). 223 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A. fraternus Harr. Paterson X, 13, Newark marsh VIII (Coll); Madison (Pr) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Ft. Lee VII, Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); DaCosta VII, 30, Brigantine VII, 5, Sea Isle V, 31 (Brn). A. mediatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee, in quarry holes (div) ; Sum¬ mit V, 9, Delair VIII (Coll) ; Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic County (W); Lucaston VIII (Dke) ; seashore (Li). THERMONECTES Esch. T. ornaticollis Aube. Riverton V, 1, Woodbury VI, 8 (GG). T. basil laris Harr. Ft. Lee district (Bt) ; Staten Island IX, X (Ds) ; Delair IX, 30, Westville V, 4, X, 14 (Coll); Woodbury VIII, 7; Brigan¬ tine VII, 5; Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn); g. d. (Li); the variety “inter- medius” Cr. occurs at Newark (Bf). GRAPHODERES Esch. G. liberus Say. Recorded from all sections of the State, IV-IX. G. fasciaticollis Harr. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Staten Island IV, VIII (Ds) ; New- aHT(Coll) ; Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob). CYBISTER Curt. C. fimbriolatus Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (div); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Anglesea (Sm). Family CYRINIDHJ. These are the “Whirligig beetles,” so named because of their habit of swimming about in groups or swarms on the surface of ponds or quiet streams and ditches, the individuals often whirling round and round without apparent aim. They are black or a little bronzed, convex above, flattened below, with short, paddle-like swimming legs, the anterior pair long and arm-like. When handled many of them emit a milky white fluid which has a fruity odor, that gives them the local name “Apple-bugs.” They are predatory in the larval as well as the adult stage, and among others feed on the larvae of “Anopheles,” which are never found where these beetles occur in numbers. Mr. Roberts has been good enough to verify the list' in this family also. GYRINUS Linn. G. minutus Fab. Atco (Rob). G. rockinghamensis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Atco (Li); Atlantic Co. (W) ; Lakehurst (Rob); Lakewood IX, 2; Ocean Co. VIII (Coll); everywhere common. G. fraternus Coup. Spotswood (Rob). G. aeneolus Lee. “New Jersey,” without specific locality (Rob). G. limbatus Say. Spotswood (Rob); Atco, Egg Harbor (Li). G. dichrous Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Lakehurst (Rob); “New Jersey” (U M). G. ventralis Kirby. Orange (Ch) ; Spotswood (Rob); g. d. (Li). G. aquiris Lee. Spotswood (Rob). 224 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. G. affinis Aube. Anglesea (Rob); Staten Island (Coll); “New Jersey” (U M). G. pernitidus Lee. Lakeburst (Rob). G. analis Say. Spring Lake (Ch); Hammonton VIII (Dke) ; Atlantic Co. (div); Lahaway V, 28, (Coll); Clementon VII, 26, Atco IX 2 27 (GG). G. marinus Gyll. Anglesea (Rob). G. opacus Sahib. Spotswood (Rob). G. gibber Lee. Spotswood (Rob). G. borealis Aube. Madison (Pr) ; Hammonton VIII (Dke); Atlantic Co. (div); Lahaway V, 28, Jamesburg (Coll). G. lugens Lee. Boonton VI, 12 (GG) ; Spotswood (Rob); Atco (Li). G. picipes Aube. Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); Atco IX, 27 (GG). DINEUTES MacL. D. vittatus Germ. New Brunswick and southward April to midsummer, everywhere, singly in ditches and small streams; never in ponds. D. emarginatus Say. Westville (Rob); DaCosta, Jamesburg VIII, 24 (Coll); Merchantville VI, 5, Clementon VII, 26 (GG). D. hornii Rob. Budd’s Lake IX, 3 (Coll); Boonton V, 19 (GG) ; New Brunswick (Rob); Westville (Dke); Staten Island VIII, 16 (Ds). D. nigrior Rob. Budd’s Lake IX, 3, Newark, New Brunswick, Lahaway (Coll) ; Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob) ; Boonton V, 17, Woodbury VI, 8, Clementon VII, 26 (GG). D. assimilis Aube, Common throughout the State nearly all summer. D. discolor Aube. With the preceding and equally abundant. D. carolinus Lee. Hammonton VIII (Dke). Family HYDROPHILIDiE. These are the “water scavengers,” usually black in color, sometimes with yellpw, orange or red markings along the margins, usually smooth, polished and very convex above, flattened below. The antennae are short and clubbed or enlarged at tip; hence the species are easily distinguish¬ able from the divers, which have them, filiform or thread-like. A number of the smaller species are different in form and have the surface rough or pitted; these crawl rather than swim on the soil and vegetation under water. Finally there are yet other species structurally like those inhab¬ iting the water, that live in moist earth, dung and decaying or fermenting vegetation. They are of no economic importance. As in the other water beetles, Mr. Roberts has helped out in this family. HELOPHORUS Fab. H. lacustris Dec. Locally common throughout the State all season. H. lineatus Say. Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee V (Bt)j Newark (Soc); Wood- — * ^y l / . \ ’THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 225 side, salt meadows (Bf) ; Westville VII, 9 (Brn) ; Lakehurst (Rob); g. d. (Li). H. tuberculatus Gyll. Spotsw'ood (Rob); Westville (Li). HYDROCHUS Leach. / H. scabratus Muls. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark (Soc); Long Branch (Ch); Trenton VIII, 6, Delair IX, 1 (Coll) ; Westville I, 28, sifting (W) ; Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob) ; g. d. (Li). H. inaequalis Lee. Staten Island V (Bt) ; Atlantic Co. (Rob). H. subcupreus Rand. Atlantic Co. (Rob); “New Jersey” (U M). H. variolatus Lee. Camden, not rare (Li). H. squamifer Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm) ; Monmouth Co. (Rob) ; Mer- chantville III, 10, DaCosta, Anglesea VII, 30 (Brn). Ochthebius benefossus Lee. was included in the previous list on a speci¬ men labelled “New Jersey” in the Horn collection. Mr. Schwarz claimed at the time that the locality was incorrect, and as the species has not turned up since, and Mr. Roberts doubts the occurrence of any species of the genus in New Jersey, it is deemed better to- omit it. HYDR/ENA Kug. H. pennsylvanica Kies. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, sifting, IX (Sf) ; Woodside (Bf) ; Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); Petersburg VI, 18 (Brn). HYDROUS Leach. (HYDROPHILUS Geoff.) H. ovatus G & H. Newark (Soc); New Brunswick VII, 24, Woodbury V, 5, Lakewood (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Riverton VII, 16, An¬ glesea IX, 4 (GG) ; Westville (Li) ; Mt. Holly III, 17 (Dke) ; always rare. H. triangularis Say. Throughout the State, often common and some¬ times attracted in great numbers to electric lights. A water-scavenger, Hydrophilus triangularis . — a, the larva ; b , male adult ; c, pupa ; d, opened, and e , closed egg case ; f to i, enlarged structural details of the adult. Fig. 91. 15 IN 226 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. H. nimbatus Say. Throughout the State, Y-IX, often abundant. “H. limbalis” Lee. is a western species, and the record in the last edi¬ tion is based on an erroneous determination. H. mixtus Lee. Great Piece Meadow V, 23, IX, 3 (Coll), Madison (Pr) ; Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); g. d. (Li); Anglesea IX, 5 (Dke). H. glaber Hbst. Great Piece Meadow IX, 3 (Coll); along the Palisades, common (div) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob) ; Delair VIII (Dke) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Sea Isle VI, 26, Anglesea V, 9, Cape May VI, 3 (Brn). HYDROPHILUS Leach. (HYDROCHARIS Latr.) H. obtusatus Say. Throughout the State, usually common; from early spring to midsummer and again in fall. BEROSUS Leach. B. pantherinus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Spring Lake, and probably along the coast (Ch). B. peregrinus Hbst. Greenwood Lake VI (Bt) ; Newark (div); Ft. Lee (Rob); Staten Island, Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll); g. d. (Li). B. striatus Say. Ft. Lee, Ocean Co. (Rob); Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark '(Coll) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Woodbury V, 22 (GG); g. d. (Li). / ‘B. exiguus” Say “infuscatus” Lee. are out of our faunal range, and the record in previous list is an error of identification. LIMNEBIUS Leach. L. piceus Horn. Spotswood (Rob). LACCOBI US Er. L. agilis Rand. Snake Hill (Sf); Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); West- ville (Li). HELOCHARES Muls. (PHILHYDRUS Sol.) H. nebulosus Say. Snake Hill, Hoboken, salt meadows (Bt) ; Orange VI (Ch); Newark (Bf) ; Atlantic Co. (Rob). H. ochraceus Mels. Orange VI (Ch) ; Westville I, 20, Camden, Glouces- “ ter " Co. (W) ; Lakehurst (Rob) ; Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX, common in fresh water pools (Hn). H. reflexipennis Zimm. Atlantic Co. (Rob); Brigantine IX, common in fresh water pools (Hn) ; Anglesea IX, 5 (Li). H. cinctus Say. Throughout the State, V, VI, common. H. consors Lee. Lakehurst (Rob). H. diffusus Lee. Snake Hill, Hoboken IV, 24, on salt meadows (Bt). H. perplexus Lee. Throughout the State IV-VI. H. maculicoilis Muls. Spotswood (Rob). (UyuM- A :Cu4 (h_ e . 1- 1 f Ph fCkJUuL ^ .V:. ;-' (%*VtU€t1'*%/'/C$ „ V THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 227 PH I LHYDRUS Sol. P. hamiltoni Horn. Newark (div) ; Atlantic Co. (Rob); Beach Tx (Hn) ; Avalon VII, 18 (Brn), Anglesea (W). Brigantine CYMBIODYTA Bedel. C. rotundata Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Bf) ; Lakehurst (Rob). C. fimbriata Mels. Reported from all sections in early spring. / C. lacustris Lee. Hoboken (LI); Woodside, Newark (Bf) ; Atlantic Co. (Rob); seashore (Li). HELOCOMBUS Horn. H. bifidus Lee. (Philhydrus) Ft. Lee IV, 18, under stones (Bt) ; Lake- hurst (Rob). HYDROBIUS Leach. H. fuscipes Linn. Orange VII (div); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Lakehurst (Rob); Woodbury VII, 7, Anglesea VI, 12 (Brn). H. globosus Say. Throughout the State, in fresh water streams under stones, sometimes common, IV-VII. H. tessellatus Ziegl. Pottersville IX, 5 (Dn) ; Jamesburg (Rob) ; Lake¬ hurst (Lg); Westville V, 28, Clementon V, 14 (GG). H. tumidus Lee. Camden III, 3 (Brn); normally a southern species. H. suturalis Lee. Atlantic Co. (Rob); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). CRENIPHILUS Mots. C. despectus Lee. Lakehurst (Rob). C. rufiventris Horn. “New Jersey” (GG). C. subcupreus Say. (Hydrobius) More or less common throughout the State spring and fall. C. digestus Lee. Lakehurst (Rob). SPH/ERIDIUM Fab. S. sea rabaeo ides Linn. Throughout the State, IV-IX, common on fresh cownTung. This is a European species that was introduced into the more northern part of the State about the date of the previous edi¬ tion and was therefore not included. Since that time it has spread to all sections and has become plentiful. Fortunately as a scavengei it is not a harmful species. CERCYON Leach. The species of this genus are not well determined in collections. It is quite probable that we have more species than are listed, and that some of those listed do not actually occur with us. Most of them live in dung or other decaying and fermenting material. 228 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. C. pubescens Lee. Brigantine VII, 25 (Brn). C. navicularis Zimm. Newark (Bf). C. melanocephalus Linn. Newark (Bf). C. granarius Er. Anglesea, in winter, sifting (W). C. nigriceps M'arsh. (centromaculatus Sturm.) Orange Mts. C. littoralis Gyll. Newark (Bf ) ; seashore (Li); a circumpolar species. C, praetextatus Say. Orange VI (Ch) ; Hoboken IV, 24 (Bt) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); g. d. (Li). C. ocellatus Say. Fort Lee (Bt) ; g. d. (Li). C. pygmseus Ill. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee VIII, 8 (Bt). C. unipunctatus Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange, in horse dung (Ch); g. d. (Li). C. analis Payk. Madison, Orange Mts. (div); Merchantville III, 11 (GG) ; Camden (Li); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V, 28 (Sm). C. depressus Steph. Highlands (Ch). C. haemorrhoidalis Fab. G. d., common (Li). C. lugubris Payk. Camden (Li). PH/ENONOTUM Sharp. P. extriatum Say. Camden (div), sifting along the river front in winter and spring (W); Westville V, 27 (Brn). CRYPTOPLEURUM Muls. C. minutum Fabr. Boonton X, 24 (GG) ; Arlington, Newark (Bf) ; Cam¬ den (Li); DaCosta V, 21 (Brn). Family LEPTlNIDiE. LEPTINUS Mull. L. testaceus Mull. A small semi-parasitic species infesting moles, field- mice, etc., found commonly in their nests near Philadelphia and near Washington, D. C., and will undoubtedly be found in New Jersey when sought for. Family SILPHIMF Includes the “carrion beetles” and “burying beetles,” which vary much in size, form and appearance, but very little in habit. They feed not only in and on dead animal matter, but some species occur in fungi and other usually decaying vegetable matter. The antennae are capitate, terminated by a short spherical club, which is very sensitive to odors of decay. They are of no direct benefit to the agriculturist, but some are indirectly useful by removing and changing the form of animal remains. Small animals are interred completely, the larvae of the burying and other scavenger insects feeding upon them beneath the surface. / $«■ S", 0 I THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 229 NECROPHORUS Fabr. The species of this genus are the typical burying beetles. N. americanus Oliv. Throughout the State, almost exclusively on reptiles, and not usually common. N. sayi Lap. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Staten Island VII (Ds). N. orbicol lis Say. Throughout the State, not common VI, VII. N. marginatus Fab. Throughout the State, on carrion of all kinds, and one of the most common of our species, IV-VII. N. pustulatus Hersch. Staten Island VII, 19, at electric light (Ds), Ocean Co. (Coll). N. tomentosus Weber. Throughout the State, common V-IX. N. vespilloides Hbst. Caldwell (Cr); Snake HUTYSf) . “N. guttula” Mots, is a western species, and its record in the last edition an error. SILPHA Linn. S. surinamensis Fab. Throughout the State under carrion; the largest of our flat forms, easily known by the greatly enlarged hind legs. S. lapponica Hbst. Throughout the State; specifically on fish; but also on snakes, toads and other reptilia. . S. inasqualis Fab. Throughout the State; not rare; a general feeder. S. noveboracensis Forst. Throughout the State; common. S. americana Linn. Occurs on toadstools and in dung, as well as on carrion everywhere; not V _ / Fig. 92. — A burying beetle, Necrophorus americanus ; enlarged. usually common. CHOLEVA Latr. Co. II, / C. simplex Say. Newark (Bf), Ocean (Coll); on store cheese (Sf). C. bass Haris Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Anglesea VII, 23 (Coll); on store cheese (Sf). C. clavicornis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Bf) ; Westville IV, 24 (Brn) ; baiting with store cheese (Sf). C. terminans Lee. Anglesea VII (Sz) ; baiting with dead fish (Lv). PRIONOCH/ETA Horn. Fig. 93. — A carrion beetle, Silpha ameri- cana; enlarged. P. opaca Say. Throughout the State, sometimes common, IV-VII; taken on old store cheese, baiting (Sf). 23o REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. PTOMOPHAGUS III. P. consobrinus Lee. Common everywhere (Sz). P. pusio Lee. Bronx Park, N. Y. (Sf); and sure to occur in New Jersey. CATOPOMORPHUS Aube. C. parasitus Lee. Ft. Lee, Arlington, sweeping at dusk (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark (Bf) ; Red Bank on Delaware IY, 20 (Brn) ; occurs in nests of “Formica integra.” COLON Hbst. C. bidentatum Sahib. Eagle Rock, accidentally found on hickory (Bf). C. dentatum Lee. Snake Hill, sweeping, at dusk (Sf). ANISOTOMA ill. A. alternata Mels. Staten Island X (Ds). COLENIS Er. C. im punctata Lee. Orange Mts., VII, in mushrooms (Sf), Staten Island (Ds). LIODES Latr. L. polita Lee. Staten Island (Lg). L. discolor Mels. Hudson Co. (LI); Atlantic Highlands (Sz); Seaville VI (Brn). L. basalis Lee. Spring Lake (Ch) ; Gloucester VII (W). The species of this genus are found on a slime-mold, “Foligo septica,” which grows on the surface of stumps of felled trees or under the bark CYRTUSA Er. C. picipennis Lee. Arlington IV, V, sweeping at dusk (Sf). C. egena Lee. Arlington IV, V, sweeping at dusk (Sf). ISOPLASTUS Horn. I. fossor Horn. New York City, 1 spec. (Sf). AGATHIDIUM III. A. oniscoides Beauv. Orange Mts. (GG) ; Snake Hill (LI); Highlands (Sf); Newark; Salem (Coll); occurs generally in rotten wood and under old bark. A. exiguum Mels. Hudson Co. (LI); Highlands V, 30, under bark (Sf); Westville V, 23, Clementon IV, 21 (Brn) ; g. d. (Li) ; Lahaway VI, 28 (Coll). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 231 AGLYPTUS Lee. A. levis Lee. Mr. Schwarz says that this is a common species in the New Jersey district, and believes that it will be found in collections mixed with undetermined Phalacrids or small Coeeinellids. CLAMBUS Fisch. C. gibbulus Lee. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting, 1 specimen (Sf). Family SCYDMH2NIDH2. This family and the following “Pselaphidse” contain small or very small species often of odd or bizarre forms with usually large antennae, often distorted and terminated by a large club, the wing-covers often short, not covering the abdomen. They are seldom seen except by the collector, and their habits are indicated in the notes to the species. Comparatively little has been added since the last edition, and Mr. H. W. Wenzel is still to be considered general authority for the notes and comments not otherwise credited. CHEVROLATIA Duv. C. amcena Lee. The type locality is Ft. Lee (Sf). EUCONNUS Thoms. E. ventral is Casey. Under old leaves I-IV, in marshes, abundant but very local; Snake Hill (Sf); along the Delaware (W). E. clavipes Say. Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); g. d. under layers of old leaves and in meadows under pieces of wood. E. bicolor Lee. (lecontei Schauff.) Snake Hill (Sf); Camden to Angle* sea, g. d. I-IV, under old leaves and moss. E. cavipennis Casey. Anglesea IV, under very rotten leaves. E. occultus Casey. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; in rotten logs with the preceding. E. affinis Casey. Greenwood Lake (Sf) ; in old logs and with colonies of “Lasius mixtus” Nyl., near Philadelphia. E. salinator Lee. Throughout the State; but usually under sticks and stones on or along salt marshes in early spring. E. fatuus Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Arlington, common V, VI, sw'eeping (Sf); Westville VII, Anglesea III, under old leaves and in wet moss. PYCNOPHUS Casey. P. rasus Lee. Woodbury VII, 23, from an old pine log (W) ; exclusively myrmecophilus (Sz). CONNOPHRON Casey. C. oreophilum Casey. In rotten wood I-VIII, near Philadelphia. C. fossiger Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Camden I, 22 (GG) ; g. d., I-IV, under old leaves and moss in damp places (W). 232 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. C. brevicorne Say. Arlington, Snake Hill (Sf); Lahaway V, 28 on cran¬ berry bogs (Sm). C. clavicorne Casey. Snake Hill (Sf); Collingswood VI, 29, under leaves. C. longipilosum Casey. Gloucester III, Clementon IX, from deep moss. C. frontale Casey. Snake Hill, Arlington, So. Orange (Sf) ; g. d., throughout the year, under layers of dead leaves. C. hirtellum Lee. Madison (Pr). C. pyramidale Lee. Near Philadelphia VI, under bark of oak. C. bifidum Lee. Lakehurst IX (Sf). C. trinifer Casey. Snake Hill IV, Arlington VI, throughout the year, g. d., under dead leaves. C. fulvum Lee. Throughout the State VII, VIII, under rotten leaves and from rotten wood. C. capillosum Lee. Clementon IX, 14, under the roots of a sedge. SCYDM^ENUS Latr. S. perforatus Schaum. Throughout the State g. d., under leaves and moss. S. badius Casey. Ft. Lee IV (Sf); g. d., VI-VIII, under old bark and leaves and around roots of dead trees. S. corpusculum Casey. Ramapo, N. Y., and sure to occur in New Jersey (Sf). S. turbatus Casey. Fort Lee (Sf). S. subpunctatus Lee. Westville IV, V, in moss. S. pubipermis Casey. Gloucester, Westville, Clementon VII, VIII, under deep layers of rotten leaves. OPRESUS Casey. O. othonus Casey. Bronx Park VI, from rotten hemlock (Sf). O. sp. indet. Clementon VII, 27, from dead oak. eUMICRUS Lap. E. motschulskii Lee. From very rotten wood near Philadelphia X. CEPHENNIUM Mull. C. corporosum Lee. Palisades VIII (Sf) ; Woodbury III, under old leaves. ASCYDMUS Casey. A. tener Casey. Clementon IX, 17, taken from rotten wood. ACHOLEROPS Casey. A. zimmermanni Schaum. Near Philadelphia in meadow under board (W) ; exclusively myrmecophilus (Sz). usj /jlx? , /V. /f>3> . < it .• .y THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 233 Family PS EL A PH ID PE KjttL /C' S RHEXIUS Lee. R. insculptus Lee. Snake Hill Y, 30, sweeping at dusk (Sf). RHEX1DIUS Casey. R. canaliculatus Lee. Ft. Lee VIII, Watchung Mts. VII, Lakehurst IX (Sf); Westville, Clementon, Atco, Anglesea I-VIII, under old leaves and in rotten wood; not rare. EUPLECTUS Leach. E. confluens Lee. Snake Hill (Sf); Clementon VI, from rotten logs. E. pertenuis Casey. Anglesea III, 11, one example from old leaves. E. sexual is Casey. Woodbury VII, 23, from a very rotten log. E. tenellus Casey. Near Philadelphia VII, 16, from a very rotten log. E. spec, indet. A number of specimens representing two species, not determinable from the material at hand. DALMOSELLA Casey. D. tenuis Casey. Clementon IX, 17, a single female from rotten wood. This genus contains the most minute species of the family, and there is at least one undescribed species from New Jersey. B1BLIOPLECTUS Reitt. B. ruficeps Lee. Snake Hill (Sf); Anglesea III, IV, under deep layers of rotten leaves; rarely. ACTIUM Casey. A. angustum Casey. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, Ft. Lee (Sf). TRIM 10PLECTUS Brend. T. obsoletus Brend. Near Philadelphia VI, from rotten oak stump. EUTYPHLUS Lee. E. si mil is Lee. Westville VIII, 20, from an old pine log. TRI M IO M ELBA Casey. T. convexula Lee. G. d. in damp woods, under old leaves; rare. T. dubia Lee. With the preceding, but more common. MELBA Casey. M. parvula Lee. Anglesea III, IV, under old damp leaves and grasses. M. fossiger Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bog (Sm) ; Clementon, Anglesea VII, under old leaves. 234 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. £ AsC BATRISODES Reitter. B. ionas Lee. Summit (Sf) ; Anglesea IV, 20, IX, 4, from dry oak bark, VII, 3, with “Lasius,” probably “mixtus.” B. monstrosus Lee., var. ferox Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Laurel Spring V, with “Lasius interjectus.” B. schaumii Aube. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting (Sf) ; from old logs, near Phila¬ delphia. B. uncicornis Casey, (riparius Say.) Anglesea VII, under bark of old stumps. B. giobosus Lee. Ft. Lee; Alpine III, in nest of a red ant, Snake Hill (Sf) ; g. d., under bark of old stumps and rotten logs VI- VIII. B. denticollis Casey. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Watchung Mts. (Sf) ; under old leaves in marsh along Delaware River front, near Camden. B. denticauda Casey. Newfoundland (Lg); So. Orange (Dietz). B. striatus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Staten Island (Lg). B. spretus Lee. Near Philadelphia III, 18, under bark of an old oak. B. triangulifer Brend. Newark, Lakehurst (Sf) ; Woodbury III, 25, in dark woods" under deep layers of old leaves. B. nigricans Lee. Under very deep layers of old leaves in marshes along the Delaware River, near Camden IV. The record of “B. lineaticollis” Aube is an error of determination. ARTHMIUS Lee. A. involutus Casey. Clementon IX in woods among roots of “Carex” sp. DECARTHRON Brend. D. ab norm is Lee. Throughout the State and throughout the year; more common in winter and spring; under leaves and moss. D. exsectum Brend. Snake Hill (Sf) ; Anglesea III, under old leaves. D. stigmosum Brend. South Orange (Bf) ; exclusively myrmecophilus (Sz). D. strenuum Brend. Staten Island (Lg). D. longulum Brend. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (div) ; Orange (Ch). D. formiceti Lee. Clementon VII, Westville VIII, under layers of old leaves and chips in damp woods (W) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm). RYBAXIS Saul. R. valida Brend. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea III. 11, under old leaves. R. conjuncta Lee. Occurs with the following, under same conditions. R. brendeli Horn. Suffern VII, 27 (Sf); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm) ; Anglesea III, 11, under old leaves. R. mystica Casey. Anglesea V, 28, under old leaves. A' 235 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. BRYAXIS Leach. B. luniger Lee. In salt meadows with “abdominalis,” but more rare (Lg) ; Anglesea, rare, under drift IV, 7, VI; also found under a sub¬ merged log on salt meadow, and this species can live submerged. B. abdominalis Aube. Staten Island, salt meadow under chips (Lg) ; Anglesea III, rare, under leaves and chips, and sifted from layers of old grass. B. dentata Say. Anglesea III, 11, IX, 4, under old leaves. B. terebrata Casey. Snake Hill, sweeping at dusk (Sf). B. perpunctata Brend. Anglesea V, 30, a single example near the beach. REICH EN BACH I A Leach. R. gemmifer Lee. Palisades VIII, IX (Sf). R. divergens Lee. Palisades IV, Snake Hill (Sf). R. congener Brend. Snake Hill (Sf); Staten Island (Lg) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea, common in damp moss in winter. . R. gracilis Casey. Anglesea IV, 15, under submerged logs on salt meadows. R. scabra Brend. Camden IV, Anglesea II, rare, under layers of old leaves. R. rubicunda Aube. G. d., common, under damp old leaves and moss. R. insol ita Casey. Anglesea V, under old leaves. R. puncticollis Lee. Snake Hill, Arlington, sweeping (Sf) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea, common in damp moss in winter R. inepta Casey. Anglesea III, 18, under old leaves. R. polita Brend. Anglesea II, III, rare, under old leaves and moss. R. propinqua Lee. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm) ; Anglesea, under old leaves. NISAXIS Casey. N. tomentosa Aube. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Snake Hill IV (Sf) ; Anglesea, in colonies close together on submerged log in salt meadows. BYTHINUS Leach. B. bythinoides Brend. Westville, Anglesea I-IV, under deep layers of old leaves, very rare. TYCHUS Leach. T. minor Leach. Throughout the State all the year, under deep layers of old leaves. The “Cylindrarctus testaceus” of the last list refers to this species, and so does the sp. indet. referred to under this genus. “Eupsenius glaber” Lee. is omitted because based on a misidentifica- tion. 236 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. PSELAPHUS Hbst. P. erichsoni Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Arlington VI (Sf) ; Newark (Bf). P. !ongiciava Lee. Irvington XII, 30, under stones (Bf). P. fustifer Casey. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting (Sf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Angle- sea I-IV, under old leaves, not rare. P. bellax Casey. Just north of the State line, and sure to occur in New Jersey. PILOPSUS Casey. P. piceus Lee. Throughout the State, common, under old leaves in win¬ ter; under boards and stones in early spring. P. consobrinus Lee. Occurs with the preceding in equal abundance. CEOPHYLLUS Lee. C. monilis Lee. Woodbury IV, 12, Clementon IX, from old rotten log, in company with the ant “Lasius interjectus” Mayr. TMESIPHORUS Lee. T. costalis Lee. Clementon VI, VII, from old pine logs (W) ; the species of this genus are exclusively “myrmecophilus” (Sz). T. carinatus Say. With the preceding (W) ; Lakehurst IX (Lg). CEDSUS Lee. C. ziegferi Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, in ant hills (Bt) ; So. Orange (Bf ) ; Woodbury X, 7, in ant hills (W). TYRUS Aube. T. humeralis Aube. Ft. Lee V, Lakehurst, under bark of pine log IX (Sf) ; Gloucester VIII, from rotten pine log. ADRANES Lee. A. coecus Lee. Arlington V (Sf); Staten Island (Lg) ; Clementon, Wood¬ bury, Laurel Springs, Anglesea I-VII, with “Lasius mixtus,” Nyl., and under leaves. A. lecontei Brend. Staten Island (Lg) ; Woodbury IV, 13, occurs rarely with colonies of ants, “Lasius mixtus” Nyl. Family STAPHYEINIMJ. These are the “rove beetles,” known by the very short wing-covers, which leave most of the slender, flexible abdomen exposed. They are usually long and slender in form, depressed or even much flattened, and have moderately clubbed, rarely very long antennae. They live on decay- 23 7 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. ing animal or vegetable matter, in excrement, fungi or fermenting sap, and are among the most universally distributed of all beetles. Many of them are predatory, and some have been accused of feeding on living plants; but on the whole they are of importance to the agriculturist only as scavengers, and as they aid in reducing the dead animal and vegeta¬ ble matter into shape for assimilation by plants. The classification of the group is unsatisfactory, and the New Jersey collections are not all well determined. There has been no general revision since the last edition of the list, but there have been important papers by Dr. Fenyes, Major Casey and others. A great many new species have been described, some from neighboring States, which are certain to be found in New Jersey; but it has been deemed best not to include more than a very few of these. There is no doubt that a thorough revision of the family, including the New Jersey material, will add many species to our list. Fig. 94-— A Staphylinid. GYROPH^ENA Mann. G. vinula Er. Throughout the State in toadstools. _ HOMOLOTA Mann. H. plana Gyll. “New Jersey” (U S N M). H. lividipennis Mann. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Cramer Hill V, Westville IY, VI, Longport VI, Beesley’s Point III (Rk). THINUSA Casey. T. maritima Casey. (Polystoma) Highland Beach V, 30 (Sf); Brigan¬ tine Beach IX (Hn) ;' Longport VI (div); Cape May VII (Sz). BOLITOCH ARA Mann. B. trimaculata Er. (Homolota) Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Collingswood III, 2 (GG). FALAGRIA Mann. F. dissecta Er. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Woodbury V (Rk); DaCosta VII (Brn). F. cingulata Lee. Ft. Lee, Highlands, IV, V, under bark of rotten wood (Sf). MERONERA Casey. M. venustula Er. (Falagria) Ft. Lee IV (Bt) ; Westville IV (Rk) ; Gloucester V (Brn). CH ITALIA Sharp. C. scutellaris Lee. “Coney Island” (Casey); sure to occur on our own coast in similar situations. C. bilobata Say. (Falagria) Camden III, 30 (Rk). C. nigrescens Casey. “Iowa to New Jersey” (Casey). 238 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. TACHYUSA Er. T. cavicollis Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, South Orange (Sf). GRYPETA Casey. G. nigrella Lee. (Tachyusa) “New Jersey” (U S N M). G. baltifera Lee. “Elizabeth, N. J.” (Casey). ATHETA Thom. A. modesta Mels. (Homolota) Fort Lee (Bt). A. analis Grav. (Homolota) Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Camden III, Westville IV (Rk). A. pal litarsis Kirby. (Homolota) Westville VI, 16 (Rk). A. lucida Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). HOPLANDRIA Kraatz. H. lateralis Mels. Westville V, 5 (Rk). H. pulchra Kraatz. Anglesea VII, 23 (Coll). TRICH I USA Casey. T. setigera Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). ZYRAS Casey. Z. rudis Lee. “New Jersey” (Rk) ; fide Sz. XENODUSA Wasman. / X. cava Lee. (Lomechusa) Found in the galleries of the large black carpenter ants, “Camponotus pennsylvanicus” and “vicinus,” and may be counted upon wherever these occur; always rare. OXYPODA Mann. O. sagulata Er. “New Jersey” (U S N M). ALEOCHARA Grav. A. lata Grav. Throughout the State, common under dead animal mat¬ ter; the other species usually in excrement; IV-VII. The records under “brachypterus” in last edition belong here. A. bimaculata Grav. Throughout the State all season; common. A. nitida Grav. Cramer Hill, Westville V, DaCosta, Atco VI (Rk). A. fuscipes Grav. Newark (Rk). / MYLL/ENA Er. M. minuta Grav. (fuscipennis Kraatz.) Ft. Lee VIII, Snake Hill, Ar¬ lington (Sf); Anglesea VIII (Sz). This is the species recorded as “M. rufipennis” in last edition. V Xn f ^ *A^ / THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 239 DINOPSIS Math. D. americanus Kraatz. Snake Hill, Arlington VI, 4 (Sf). ACYLOPHORUS Nordm. / A. pronus Er. Throughout the State in spring; locally common under debris near water. HETEROTHOPS Steph. H. fumigatus Lee. “New Jersey” (U S N M). QUEDIUS Steph. Q. fulgidus Fabr. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Hudson Co. (LI); West- ville II, 24, Merchantville X, 1. Q. peregrinus Grav. Westville V (Rk) ; “New Jersey” (Horn, U M). Q. capucinus Grav. Hudson Co. (LI); Anglesea (W) ; “New Jersey” (div). Q. laevigatus Gyll. Hudson Co. (LI); Brigantine, mainland IX (Hn). Q. molochinus Grav. Hudson Co. (LI); “New Jersey” (U S N M). Q. brunneipennis Mann. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Anglesea V, 28. Q. ferox Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co., rare (LI). Q. vernix Lee. Hudson Co., rare (LI); Newark (Soc); “New Jersey” (U M). LISTOTROPHUS Perty. L. cingulatus Grav. Throughout the State under animal and vegetable "~decay"i one of the few species found on human excrement (Sm). L. capitatus Bland. Greenwood Lake VII (Sf); New Jersey (U M) ; always rare. CREOPHILUS Kirby. C. viilosus Grav. Throughout the State, common under or on dead animals; more rarely on excrement. ST APHYLINUS Linn. S. badipes Lee. Orange Mts. (Rk) ; Newark, Anglesea V, 28. X S. vu I pin us Nordm. Throughout the State, all season, in decaying mat¬ ter. S. maculosus Grav. Throughout the State, all season, usually under ex¬ crement; our largest species, and locally not rare. S^mvsticus Er. Throughout the State, IV-VII, in decaying vegetable matter and under stones. S. tomentosus Grav. Throughout the State, with the preceding. S. fossator Grav. Throughout the State, V-IX, usually on gilled fungi. 24o REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. S. cinnamqpterus Gray. Our commonest species; occurs everywhere. S. violaceus Gray. Throughout the State, IV-VI, under bark and in fungi; not common. S. viridanus Horn. Hopatcong (Pm). S. prasiongus Mann. Orange Mts. (Rk) ; Snake Hill (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Avalon VI, Sea Isle V (Brn) ; Angle- sea V, VII, under drift (div). OCYPUS Kirby. O. ater Grav. Throughout the State VI-IX, under stones, common. BELONUCHUS Nordm. B. formosus Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. (Rk) ; Newark (Soc); g. d., on sap of wounded trees (W). TYMPANOPHORUS Nordm. T. puncticollis Er. Camden XI, 23 (W). PHILONTHUS Curt. P. ppljtAl§_Linn. (aeneus Rossi.) Throughout the State, all season, not common. The species of this genus feed on fungi, sap and vegetable decay generally, and are found under bark of trees, stones and in the infested fungi often in large numbers. P. sericinus Horn. Hudson Co., rare (LI); Newark (Soc); New Jersey (U M). P. umbratilis Grav. Westville VIII, 16 (Rk) ; New Jersey (Horn). P. laetulus Say. Orange Mts. (Rk) ; Newark (W); Highlands X (Sf). P. asper Horn. New Jersey (Sf). P. hepaticus Er. Throughout the State V-IX; not rare. P. umbrinus Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Anglesea (W) ; always rare. P. quisquiliarius Gyll. (quadricoliis Horn.) Newark (Soc); Beesley’s Point VIII, 23 (Rk). P. debilis Grav. Spring Lake, in cow-dung (Ch) ; Camden III (Rk) ; Westville (W) ; Merchantville III (div). P. varians Payk. “New Jersey” (U S N M). P. longicornis Steph. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (W). P. discoideus Grav.. Ft. Lee, in mushrooms (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI). P. alumnus Er. Common throughout the State all season. P. fusiformis Mels. Woodbury V (Rk) ; Brigantine Beach IX, common (Hn). P. thoracicus Grav. Merchantville X (W) ; Gloucester Co. IV, 20 (Brn). P. schwarzii Horn. Snake Hill (LI); Newark (Soc); rare. 241 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. P. lomatus Er. Common throughout the State all season. P. cunctans Horn. Orange Mts. Westville IY, 27 (Rk). P. brunneus Grav. Common throughout the State. P. cyan i perm is Fab. Throughout the State VII-IX, in gilled fungi. ' P. blandus Gray. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Soc) ; West¬ ville VI (Brn) ; Brigantine, Mainland IX (Hn). P. sordidus Gray. Hudson Co. (LI); Longport VI, 12 (Rk). P. cephalotes Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI). P. nigritulus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Gloucester V, Merchantville III (Brn). P. micropthalmus Horn. Throughout the State V-IX; not common. P. baltimorensis Grav. Throughout the State V-IX; not common. P. apicalis Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr) ; Highlands VII (Sf) ; Cam¬ den, Gloucester Counties (W) ; Weymouth VIII (Dke) ; always rare. “P. fuscipennis” Mann., “politus” Fab. is not really an American species. ACTOBI US Steph. A. cincerascens Grav. Hudson Co. (LI); Westville V (Rk). A. nanus Horn. Hudson Co. (LI); Arlington IV, sweeping (Sf); Camden III, Woodbury IV, Merchantville IX (Brn); DaCosta (W). A. patruelis Horn. Anglesea VII (Sz). A. sobrinus Er. Throughout the State III-VII. A. parcus Horn. Hudson Co. (LI); Ft. Lee VI, sifting (Sf) ; Lahaway V, 28. A. paederoides Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Gloucester, Westville V (Brn); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Brigantine Beach VI, IX (div) ; Anglesea (W). CAF I US Steph. C. bistriatus Er. Seashore, from Sandy Hook to Anglesea V-IX. C. serTceus Holme. Highlands Beach V, 30, under an old log with the preceding (Sf) ; Westville V, 4 (Brn). EULISSUS Mann. E. fulgidus Fabr. (Xantholinus) “New Jersey,” several records without definite localities or date. NUDOBIUS Thoms. N. cephalus Say. (Xantholinus) Throughout the State; usually common. GRYOHYPNUS Steph. (XANTHOLINUS Serv.) G. obsidianus Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Eagle Rock VI, 5 (Rk) ; g. d. (W) ; under rubbish in gardens (Ch), and probably throughout the State. 16 IN 242 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. G. emmesus Gray. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Spring Lake, in fungus (Ch) ; Lakewood (Sm) ; Riverton V (Dke) ; Camden, Clemen- ton IV, Iona VI (Brn). G. fuscosus Casey. “New Jersey,'' rare on sea beaches (Casey). G. hamatus Say. (obscurus Er.) Throughout the State; found all winter sifting and most of the summer. G. sanguinipennis Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); seashore from Barnegat to Cape May VII (div). G. pusillus Sachse. Hudson Co. (LI). LEFT AC 1 NODES Casey. L. flavipes Lee. (batychrus Gyll.) Snake Hill, Arlington, common (Sf). LEPTOLINUS Kraatz. L. rubripennis Lee. Westville IV, V (Rk) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs. DIOCHUS Er. D. schaumii Kraatz. Staten Island (Lg). DIANOUS Sam. D. cserulescens Gyll. (chalybeus Lee.) Staten Island, on stones at foot of a waterfall, IV, XI, abundant (Lg). STENUS Latr. ' S. bipunctatus Er. “New Jersey” (U S N M). S. juno Fabr. Throughout the State, found sifting all winter. S. femoratus Say. Hudson Co. (LI); “New Jersey” (U S N M). S. strangulatus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). S. intrusus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). S. erythropus Mels. Westville III, 22, Woodbury V, 19 (Rk) ; Lahaway V, 28 on cranberry bogs (Sm). S. convictor Casey. South Camden XII, 12 (GG). S. inornatus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). S. pluto Casey. Woodbury VI, 7 (Rk). 5. pumilio Er. (atomarius Casey.) Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs. 6. colonus Elr. Westville V, 19, Longport VI, 12 (Rk) ; New Jersey (U M). S. stygicus Say. “New Jersey” (U S N M) ; Philadelphia Neck III (Rk). S. egenus Er. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). S. sectilifer Casey. Anglesea VII (Sz). S. pudicus Casey. Camden III (W) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs. S. humilis Er. So. Camden XII (GG) ; Lahaway V, 28 on cranberry bogs. 243 THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. H EM ISTENUS Mots. (AREUS Casey.) ( H. flavicornis Er. Weehawken V, 2 (Bt) ; Palisades, Snake Hill V, abund¬ ant (LI); Merchantville V, 30 (Rk). H. annularis Er. With the preceding, not rare. H. reconditus Casey. “New Jersey” (U S N M). H. arculus Er. Woodbury VI, 7 (Rk) ; Anglesea YII (Sz). H. punctatus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Westville V, VI (Rk) ; Camden III, Anglesea (W). EU/ESTETHUS Grav. E. americanus Er. Snake Hill (Sf); Weehawken IV, 2 (Bt) ; Westville Tp28, and g. d. (W) ; occurs in fungi; not rare. GASTROLOBIUM Casey. G. floridanum Lee. “New Jersey” (Casey). G. convergens Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). G. carol inum Er. (Cryptobium) Camden III, Westville V (Rk), Angle¬ sea (W). G. bicolor Grav. Madison (Pr) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Spring Lake (Ch) ; Lahaway on cranberry bogs V (Sm); Anglesea (W). This and fol¬ lowing— “Cryptobium.” G. badium Grav. Snake Hill (LI); “New Jersey” (U S N M). G. parallelum Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). G. lugubre Lee. Brigantine Beach IX, occasional (Hn). HESPEROBIUM Casey. / H. pallipes Grav. (Cryptobium) Common throughout the State. H. cinctum Say. (latebricola Nord.) Camden III, Westville V, Wood¬ bury V, VI (Rk) ; Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). H. cribratum Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton III, IV (GG) ; Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI), Philadelphia Neck III (Rk). P/EDERS LLLJS Casey. P. littorarius Grav. (Paederus) Throughout the State, spring and fall, under stones, under rubbish along shore, rarely in fungi. P. obliteratus Lee. (Paederus) Brigantine Beach IX, not common (Hn). LATHROBIUM Grav. L. praelongum Casey. “New Jersey, J. B. S.” (Casey). L. nigrolucens Casey. “Orange, N. J.” (Casey). L. armatum Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Montclair IV, sifting (Sf); Newark (Soc). 244 REPORT of new jersey state museum. L. simile Lee. Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Westville VI (Rk); Anglesea (W). L. seriatum Lee. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). LITHOLATH RA Casey. L. cruralis Casey. New Jersey (Casey). L. confusa Lee. (Lathrobium) Camden II (W) ; Collingswood III (GG). LATH ROB IOM A Casey. L. othioides Lee. New Jersey (Casey). TETARTOPEUS Czwl. T. terminatum Grav. (Lathrobium punctulatum) Throughout the State, winter and early spring. The “puncticeps” of last edition belongs here. DERATOPEUS Casey. D. nitidulus Lee. (Lathrobium) Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). EU LATHROBIUM Casey. E. grande Lee. Westviile I, 28 (W) ; New Jersey (U S N M). LATHROTAXIS Casey. L. longiuscula Gray. (Lathrobium) Hoboken V (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Arlington IV (Sf); Newark (Soc) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). LI NO LATH R A Casey. L. filitarsis Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Anglesea II (W). This is the “Lathrobium dimidiatum” of the previous edition. LATH ROB I ELLA Casey. L. ventral is Lee. New Jersey (Casey). L. collaris Er. (Lathrobium) Westville VI (GG) ; Woodbury V, VI, Longport (Rk) ; Anglesea (W). MICROLATHRA Casey. M. pallidula Lee. Staten Island (Casey). DACNOCHILUS Lee. D. laetus Lee. (angularis Er.) Anglesea (W). ADE ROCHA RIS Sharp. A. corticina Grav. Throughout the State, under bhrk. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 245 L1THOCH ARIS Lac. L. ochracea Gray. Cosmopolitan; extends from Atlantic to Pacific. TRACHYSECTUS Casey. T. confluens Say. (Lithocharis) Throughout the State; common. PSEUDOMEDON Rey. P. ruficolle Casey. New Jersey (Casey). P. thoracicum Casey. (Lithocharis obsoletus) Anglesea (W). SCO P/C US Er. S. picipes Casey. Sea beaches of New Jersey (Casey). S. exiguus Er. Madison (Pr). SCGP/EOPSIS Casey. S. opaca Lee. New Jersey (Dn) ; Camden III, 5 (W). STILICUS Latr. S. opaculus Lee. New Jersey (U S N M). S. biarmatus Lee. Newark (Soc). S. angularis Er. Throughout the State IV, VII. / S. dentatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). M EG AST I LICUS Casey. M. formicarius Casey. Alpine III, 10, in nest of a red ant (Bt) ; near Newark, in ant hills; not rare (Soc). SU N I US Er. S. prolixus Er. Newark (Soc); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). S. bmotatus Say. Chester (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Collingswood III (GG); ’ Westville IV, V (Rk) ; Anglesea (W). S. brevipermis Aust. Staten Island V (Ds). S. longiusculus Mann. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, under stones in spring (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Westville V (Rk). STI LICOPSIS Sachse. S. monstrosa Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill IV, IX, sifting (Sf) ; Westville I (W). PINOPHILUS Grav. P. latipes Grav. Ft. Lee (Jl) ; Woodbury V, 22 (Rk) ; Anglesea (W). 246 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. PALAMINUS Er. P. normalis Lee. Anglesea VII (Sz). / P. testaceus Er. Snake Hill (Sf) ; Eagle Rock VI (Rk); Westville I, sifting (W). TACHINUS Grav. T. memnonius Gray. Ft. Lee, on mushrooms (Bt) ; Riverton V, 1, West¬ ville VI, 6 (Brn); Merchantville XI, 16 (Dke). T. repandus Horn. Camden XII, 12, Anglesea (W). T. flavipennis Dej. Eagle Rock VI, 5 (Rk) ; New Jersey (U S N M). T. fimbriatus Grav. Throughout the State VI-X, common. T. picipes Er. Collingswood (W). T. limbatus Mels. Staten Island VI (Ds) ; Gloucester V (Brn); Anglesea (W). T. fumipennis Say. Staten Island V (Ds). T. pallipes Grav. New Jersey III, 27 (Rk), on mushrooms (Bt); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W). TACHYPORUS Grav. T. elegans Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn) ; Madison (Pr). This and the other species in the series mostly in fungi or fermenting sap. T. jocosus Say. Madison (Pr) ; Camden and Gloucester Counties (W). T. chrysomelinus Linn. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; West Jersey (U S N M) ; Brigan¬ tine Beach IX (Hn). T. nitidulus Fab. (brunneus Er.) Ft. Lee, Weehawken IV, 2 (Bt) ; Cam¬ den and Gloucester Co. (W) ; New Jersey (U S N M). CILEA Duval. C. silphoides Linn, Hemlock Falls VII, 4 (Rk). ERCHOMUS Mots. E. ventriculus Say. Common everywhere in fungi and soft decay. E. lasvis Lee. Anglesea, sifting, all winter (W). , . A-C CONOSOMA Kraatz. C. littoreum Linn. Spring Lake (Ch). C. knoxii Lee. Staten Island (Lg). C. crassum Grav. Throughout the State, common in fungi on trees, under old leaves and bark, winter and spring. C. pubescens Payk. Common throughout the State. C. basale Er. Spring Lake (Ch) ; Merchantville VI, X (div) ; National Park V (Dke) . C. opicum Say. Ocean Co., under bark (Sm). ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 247 BOLETOBIUS Leach. B. niger Gray. New Jersey, in Jfilich Coll. (Lg). B. dimidiatus Er. Lakehurst (Lg). B. cingulatus Mann. Madison (Pr); Newark (Soc). B. intrusus Horn. Spring Lake (Ch) ; Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). B. cincticollis Say. Spring Lake (Ch) ; New Jersey (U S N M). B. anticus Horn. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; New Jersey (U S N M). B. pygmaeus Fab. Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). B. trinotatus Er. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Highlands (Ch) ; Westville, DaCosta (W); Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea VII (Sz). B. cinctus Grav. Common throughout the State. var. gentilis Lee. Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). BRYOPORUS Kraatz. B. rufescens Lee. New Jersey (U S N M). MYCETOPORUS Mann. M. americanus Er. Madison (Pr) ; Spring Lake (Ch) ; Merchantville V, 30 (Rk) ; Anglesea VII (Sz) ; under old leaves, etc. M. hum id us Say. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). PSEUDOPSIS Newn. P. sulcatus Newn. Lake Pleasant, on dead fish (Lv fide Sf). OXYPORUS Fabr. O. femoralis Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (div); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; ~ TTahTden and Gloucester Co. (W) ; all the species in fungi. Q. austrinus Horn. Madison IX, 12 (Pr). O. major Grav. Ft. Lee VIII (Bt) ; Camden and Gloucester Co. (W). O. rufipennis Lee. Fort Lee (Jl). O. vittatus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee VIII (Bt) ; Riverton X (GG); DaCosta (W) ; Atco IX, 1 (Brn). O. bicolor Fauv. DaCosta (W) ; Brown’s Mills IX, Manumuskin X (Dke). O. lateralis Grav. Ft. Lee VIII (div); Orange Mts. (Rk) ; Riverton X (GG) ; Camden and Gloucester Co. (W) ; Atco X (Brn), BLEDIUS Leach. B. pal I i pen n is Er. Newark (Soc). The species of this genus live in sandy shores of streams or ponds and may be obtained by flooding their burrows; they are also attracted to light, and most of the specimens, collected are taken in that way. B. mandibularis Er. Brigantine and southward along shore to Cape May; adults in September. 248 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. B. brevidens Lee. Atlantic City (W). B. politus Er. Brigantine, salt marshes IX (Hn); Anglesea (W). B. semiferrugineus Lee. Woodbury V, 22 (Rk) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). B. rubigirsosus Er. Woodbury VII, 30 (W). B. tau Lee. Rockaway Beach, L. I., and sure to occur on the Jersey shore. B. basalis Lee. Brigantine, salt meadow IX (Hn) ; Sea Isle VI, VII (Brn) ; Anglesea VII, not rare (Sz). B. cordatus Say. Brigantine, salt marshes, common (Hn) ; Sea Isle V, VI (Brn); Anglesea (W). B. neglectus Casey. New Jersey (Rk). PLATYSTETHUS Mann. P. a me ri can us Er. Common throughout the State in half dry cow-dung. OXYTELUS Grav. O. nimius Casey. Point Pleasant (Lv, fide Sf). O. sculptus Gray. Woodbury V, 22 (Rk) ; on decaying vegetation. O. rugosus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); New Jersey (U S N M). O. pennsylvanicus Er. New Jersey (U M); Mosholu VII, on human ex¬ crement (Sf). O. insignitus Grav. Common throughout the State on cow-dung. O. suspectus Casey, (nitidulus Grav.) New Jersey (U M). O. tetracarinatus Block, (depressus Grav). Madison (Pr). O. exiguus Er. Orange Mts. VII, sifting (Sf); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). TROGOPH LCEUS Mann. T. arcifer Lee. New Jersey (U S N M). T. 4-punctatus Say. Camden and Gloucester Co. (W) ; the species on mud banks or among decaying leaves in muddy swamps. T. nan ulus Casey. Cape May (Casey). T. pudicus Casey. Cape May (Casey). T. convexulus Lee. Longport VI, 12 (Rk). T. simplarius Lee. Eagle Rock VII, 5 (Rk) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). T. providus Casey. Atlantic City, Cape May (Casey). T. confusus Casey. Cape May (Casey). APOCELLUS Er. A. sphaericollis Say. Snake Hill, So. Orange (Brn); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 249 GEODROM ICUS Redt. G. brunneus Say. (csesus Er.) Staten Island (Sf) ; Gloucester and Camden Co. (W) ; Cramer Hill V, 30 (Rk). G. stictus Casey. Staten Island (Sf); is probably the species referred to as “stictus” Mull, in the last edition. LESTEVA Latr. L. pallipes Lee. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). OLOPHRUM Er. O. obtectum Er. Madison (Pr) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Newark (Sf); Mer- chantville III, IX (div); Collingswood IV (Brn). HOMALIUM Grav. H. repandum Er. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). H. floralis Payk. (rufipes Gray.) New Jersey (U S N M). MEGARTHRUS Steph. M. sinuaticollis Lac. Lake Pleasant on dead fish (Lv, fide Sf). LISPINUS Er. L. exiguus Er. Fort Lee (Bt). L. prolixus Lee. Mosholu (Sf). GLYPTOMA Er. G. costale Er. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; not rare under bark of trees, g. d. TRIGA Fauv. T. picipennis Lee. Snake Hill, Highlands (Sf); Philadelphia VII (Rk). ELEUSIS Lap. E. pallidus Lee. Snake Hill, sweeping at dusk (S’f). MICROPEPLUS Latr. M. cribratus Lee. New Jersey (B) ; Greenwood Lake V, 26 (Gr). Family TRICHOPTERY GIDiE. These are extremely minute species, living in decaying vegetable mat¬ ter, often in excrement and occasionally in fungi. They are often some¬ what flattened, have the hind wings slender, with long fringes, and are of no economic importance. PTILIUM Er. P. hornianum Matth. Anglesea VII (Sz). 250 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. PTENIDIUM Er. P. evanescens Marsh. Staten Island (Lg), and will probably be found throughout the State. P. ulkei Matth. Cape May VII (Sz). P. atomaroides Mots. Cape May VII, strictly maritime (Sz). LIMULODES Matth. L. paradoxus Matth. “New Jersey” (Lg). TRICHOPTERYX Kirby. T. moerens Matth. Camden III, 4, Gloucester II, 7, sifting (W). T. haldemanni Lee. Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d., common (W). NEPHANES Thom. N. laeviusculus Matth. Camden, Gloucester, sifting (W). Family SCAPFIIDIID^. A small group of generally black shining beetles, sometimes marked with red or yellow spots, living in rotten wood, fungi, and the like; there¬ fore not of economic importance. They are most abundantly found in winter under leaves, in rubbish and in dead wood. SCAPH IDIUM Oliv. S. quadriguttatum Say. Throughout the State mostly before VI, but isolated examples in late VIII. The varieties “obliteratum” Lee., “piceum” Mots., and “4-pustulatum” Say occur with the type; some¬ times replacing it, or as exceptions/ B/EOCERA Er. B. specu lifer Casey. Westville I, 28 (W). B. apicalis Lee. Camden, winter, sifting (W) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). SCAPH ISOM A Leach. S. convexum Say. Throughout the State; winter and early spring. S. punctu latum Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). S. rufulum Lee. Newark district (Bf). TOXSDIUM Lee. T. gammaroides Lee. Orange Mts., Woodside, Newark III, IV (Bf) ; Snake Hill, Arlington, Highland (Sf); Jamesburg VII (Sm). SAit 7^y 2 i -t i 'r /‘St S- nsify^ THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. Family PHALACRIDtE. 251 Small, black, shining beetles of very convex form, living on flowers or under bark, and of no economic importance. PHALACRUS Payk. / P. politus Mels. Boonton VI, Split Rock Lake IX (GG) ; Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Newark VII (Sf) ; Arlington (Bf) ; Ocean Co. V (Sm) ; Iona VI, 16 (Dke). It is probable that the “pumilio” of the last edition is this same species. GLIB RJUS Er. O. semistriatus Lee. New Jersey (Sf). O. neglectus Casey. New Jersey (Sf). O. lecontei Casey. Clementon (Li); “Atlantic States” (Casey). O. pallipes Say. Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Lahaway V, VI (Sm). The “O. rufipes” Lee. of the previous list is an error. EUSTILBUS Sharp. E. apical is Mels, (consimilis Marsh.) Throughout the State, almost every month in the year. E. nitidus Mels. Throughout the State, in excrement, on dead wood and vegetable decay. E. subalutaceus Casey. Cape May (Casey). LITOCHRUS Er. L. pulchellus Lee. Woodbury VIII, 7, sifting (W). L. immaculatus Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). Family CORYLO'PHIDtE. Very small species, varying in shape, black or brown, marked with yel¬ low, among fermenting sap, in rotting fruits or in decaying vegetation. May also be beaten from dead branches or found hiding under bark and are not of economic importance. SACIUM Lee. S. amabile Lee. Fort Lee (Sf) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). S. fasciatum Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark (Soc) ; Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). S. I un at urn Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). The record for “splendens” Sz. is an error in determination. 252 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ARTH ROUPS Woll. A. misellus Lee. Palisades (Sf) ; Eagle Rock (Bf). CORYLOPHODES Matth. C. truncatus Lee. Anglesea (W). C. marginicollis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts. (8m). SERICODERUS Steph. S. flavidus Lee. Fort Lee (Sf). RH YPOBIUS Lee. R. marinus Lee. Snake Hill, Arlington, sweeping VI (Sf); along shore. Brigantine to Cape May Y-IX, sifting drift on beach. ORTHOPERUS Steph. O. glaber Lee. Camden and Gloucester Co. (W) ; Lahaway Y, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea YII (Sz). O. scute! laris Lee. Anglesea VII (Sz). Family COCCINELEIDTE. These are the “lady bugs” or “lady birds” or “lady bird beetles,” which are among nature’s most effective checks to scale and plant lice increase. They are more or less hemispherical in shape, sometimes a little more oval in outline, and then usually less convex. In color they are as a rule red or yellow with black spots, or black with red and yellow spots. In a very general way, and subject to many exceptions, those of the first type are feeders on plant lice, while those of the second type feed on scale insects; the smaller, black species are usually scale destroyers. The larvse are rather slender, more or less fusiform in outline, sometimes with lateral processes, often prettily marked with black, blue or orange. In its predatory habits the family is somewhat exceptional among the “Clavicorns,” and one of our species departs from the usual habits and is a vegetable feeder. Most of the species are widely distributed, their occurrence being chiefly determined by the presence of the insects upon which they feed. Fig. 95.— Coccinellid larva. ANISOSTICTA Dup. A. strigata Thunb. Chester (Dn) ; Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Arlington VI (Sf) ; Westville (Li); Merchantville IV, 24 (Brn) ; Camden Co. IV, 14 (GG). 253 ‘ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A. seriata Mels. (Naemia) Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf) ; Newark (GG) ; found in numbers during spring, in swamps, Merchantville and Westville (W); Anglesea VI, Beach Haven VI, VII (Coll); often found in the wash-up along the shore, and locally common on aphid-infested golden rod all along our Southern Coast line. MEGILLA Muls. Fig. 9 6. — Megilla fuscilabtis : a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; enlarged. M. fuscilabris Muls. (maculata DeG.) Throughout the State and more oi7 less*" generally throughout the season. Hibernates as an adult, sometimes in great masses, and has rather a wide range of food, in¬ cluding pollen and fungus spores, as well as plant lice and other soft insects. H ! PPODAM I A Muls. H. glacialis Fabr. Throughout the State, locally and seasonably abund ant. This is one of the most effective enemies of plant lice in gen¬ eral, and is always present when there is any abnormal increase of destructive species, as, for example, the melon louse. H. convergens Guer. Occurs with the preceding; is locally even more — ^^^undant, and has the same general habits. H. 13~punctata Linn. Split Rock Lake IV, Clifton VII (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark Dist. VI, VII, IX (Sf). H. parenthesis Say. Throughout the State, all sea¬ sons, with much the habits of “glacialis.” Fig. 97. — Hippodamia ADALIA Muls. convergens, larva, pupa and adult. A. bipuncta Linn. The commonest and most wide¬ ly distributed of our species; will even get into greenhouses and on house plants to feed on the aphids there found. It is not infrequently considered the author of the injury caused by plant lice. A. humeral is Say. Masonville VI, 16 (Castle). I A- 254 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. COCCINELLA Linn. C. 9-notata Hbst. Common throughout the State and a general feeder on plant lice of all kinds. C. trifa€biata Linn. Boonton VII (GG) ; Madison (Pr) ; Hoboken (Sf); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. CYCLONEDA Crotch. C. sanguinea Linn. Throughout the State; more or less common every¬ where. A general feeder on plant lice. NEOHARMONIA Casey. N. venusta Mels. Atlantic City, in wash-up (Sherman); a southern species. HARMONIA Muls. H. picta Rand. Throughout the State V-VIII, but local; on pine trees, end of April (W) ; abundant in its season (Lg). AN AT IS Muls. A. 15-punctata 01 iv. Reported from all parts of the State and locally and seasonally common. Feeds on plant- lice generally and on many other soft-bodied insects; especially im¬ portant as a check to the plant- louse that often infests Norway Maples in early summer. NEOMYSIA Casey. N. pul lata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); 1 Orange Mts. (div) ; Clifton VIII, Riverton V, Clementon V (GG) ; Westville (Li) ; Lahaway IX (Coll) ; on pine trees IV, V (W). adult. PSYLLOBORA Chev. P. 20-maculata Say. Common locally throughout the State. EPILACHNE Chev. E. borealis Fabr. The “Squash lady-bird”; feeds in all its stages on cucurbs, but preferably on squash, and occasionally causes notice¬ able injury. It is the one exception in our State to the predatory habit of the family, and is readily recognizable by its large size and large black spots on a yellow ground. It succumbs readily to the arsenites. Fig. 98. — 15-spotted “lady-bird”: a, larva devouring slug of potato beetle; b, pupa; d ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 255 AXION Muls. / A. tripustulatum.DeG. Woodside (Bf) ; Riverton VI, IX, feeding on San Jose Scale (Sm); DaCosta on pines IV, V, VIII (div) ; Atlantic City (Li) ; sometimes very plentiful at Lakehurst on post oak£ infested by “Kermes pubescens” Bogue, VIII, IX (Ds). This is a scale feeder and locally and seasonally common; but while I have found it feed¬ ing on the San Jose Scale, this seems to be an accidental and occa¬ sional habit, and it has not manifested any intention of adding this specie^ to its regular diet. CHILOCORUS Leach. / C. bivulnerus Muls. Throughout the State, locally common; is a scale feeder and has devoted itself especially to the San Jose Scale, of which it destroys great numbers. Unfortunately it is a slow breeder, with only a single annual generation, and hence does not suffice to keep the scale in check. C. si mi I is Rossi. This is the “Chinese or Asiatic lady-bird” introduced to supplement the preceding as a check to the San Jose Scale. It was maintained for part of two> years at New Brunswick, and a con¬ siderable number was liberated at various points in South Jersey; but there is no evidence that the insect has really established itself. The name is introduced here chiefly to record the attempted intro¬ duction. EXOCHOMUS Redt. E. marginipennis Redt. Milltown V (Coll); Clementon V (GG) ; Da- Costa (Li) ; g. d., rare (W). E. 4— post u lata Linn. Rutherford VIII, 10, found while inspecting conifers in a nursery, one example only. It is a European species and prob¬ ably a recent introduction (Sm). BRUMUS Muls. B. D. septentrionis Weise. var. davisi Leng. Milltown IV, 22 (Coll); Jamesburg, Lakehurst, common in spring on pines infested with plant lice. DELPHASTUS Casey. v o pusillus Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mt. Dist. V (Bf) ; Buena Vista (Li). BRACHYACANTHA Chev. B. ursina Fabr. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. / B. 10~pustulata Mels. With the preceding; but less common. B. basalis Mels. “New Jersey” (Li); Mr. Leng suggests that this record may refer to the next species. B. 4-punctata Mels. Lakehurst IX, 4 (Lg). B. dentipes Fab. Woodbury (Li); Anglesea (W). B. indubitalis Cr. Hewitt, Plainfield (Lg). d- 256 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. HYPERASPIS Chevr. H. bigeminata Rand. Jamesburg IV, 18 (Coll); Atco (Li); Lakehurst IX, 5 (Lg). H. pratensis Lee. Hopatcong, in Dietz Coll. (Sf). H. signata Oliv. Common throughout the State. Feeds on the cottony maple scale, and is the most, effective check to that species. Also feeds on “Pseudococcus” and probably other soft scales. H. binotata Say. Atlantic Co., rare (W) ; found on pine trees in spring, on willow in summer; not rare (Lg). M. proba Say. Throughout the State, locally not rare. H. lewisi Cr. “New Jersey,” one example only (W). H. fimbrioiata Mels. Throughout the State, Jersey City to Cape May V-VII. H. undulata Say. Jersey City to Camden and Cape May IV-VIII. SMILIA Weise. Fig. 99. — Similia misella: a, adult; b, larva; c, pupa; d, larva and adult feeding on the pernicious scale in calyx cup of pear; all much enlarged. S. misella Lee. Throughout the State, locally common on trees infested by the pernicious scale. It is one of the important controls of the scale, but has never been sufficiently abundant anywhere to get the better of it. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 257 STETHORUS Weise. S. punctum Lee. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); Spring Lake (Ch) ; Iona VI, 16 (Dke) ; g. d. (Li). This is the smallest of our species, and will probably be found to occur throughout the State. SCYMNUS Kug. S. fraternus Lee. Elizabeth XI, 27 (GG) ; g. d., rare (Li). S. brullei Muls. Fort Lee (Sf). S. hemorrhous Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Cape May Court House (W) ; Lakehurst IX, 5 (Lg). I S. chromopyga Casey. Lakehurst IX, 5 (Lg). S. cervicalis Muls. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Spring Lake (Ch) ; “New Jersey” (Li). S. caudalis Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Lahaway (Coll). / S. collaris Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; South River VII, 2 (Coll); Jamesburg ~~ (Lg)'; Iona VI, 8 (Dke); DaCosta, Anglesea (W) ; g. d. (Li). S. indutus Casey. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv). S. puncticollis Lee. Still only a probable inhabitant of the State. S. lacustris Lee. South River VII, 5 (Coll). S. tenebrosus Muls. Spring Lake (Ch) ; Jamesburg V, 17, Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V, 28, X, 14, Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Coll); DaCosta V (Dke). S. punctatus Mels. Ft. Lee, the black form (Sf); g. d., in Newark dis¬ trict (Bf) ; Buena Vista (Li). S. nanus Lee. Fort Lee .(Sf) ; South Orange VII, 4 (Lv). S. punctum Lee. Boonton VI, 18 (GG). S. americanus Muls. Boonton VI (GG); Fort Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mt. Dist. (div) ; Jamesburg VII, IX (Coll) ; Atco (Li) ; DaCosta, Cape May C. H. (W). S. flavifrons Mels. var. bioculatus Muls. Much like the preceding in distribution. S. intrusus Horn. Newark VIII, 30 (Bf). S. myrmedon Muls. Pennsylvania, and probably New Jersey. S. liebecki Horn. Buena Vista (Li); DaCosta VII, 20 (Brn) ; Lakehurst (Lg). S. terminatus Say. Fort Lee (Sf) ; Newark district III, V (Bf ) ; Camden to Seaville III, IV, VI, VII, XII (Brn); g. d. (W). * S. xanthaspis Muls. Newark Dist. Ill, 7, VII, 26 (Bf). “S. paludicola” Sz. is a Floridian species, and the name is not sanctioned by description. The species of this genus are very small, convex, hairy black beetles, with obscure orange, yellowish or brown markings, and most of them are feeders on scale insects. They do not occur in suffi¬ cient numbers, however, to be of any decisive service. 17 IN 258 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CEPHALOSCYMNUS Cr. C. zimmermanni Cr. Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf ) ; Anglesea VII (W) ; feeds on the scurfy scale (Sz). COCCI DU LA Kug. C. lepida Lee. Gloucester and Camden Cos., locally common in winter swamp collections (div) ; hibernates as adult, and occurs until June or July. Family ENDOM Y CHIDiE. Somewhat resemble the Coccinellids, but are as a rule longer and less convex. They are almost exclusively feeders on fungi in both larval and adult stages, and not of importance from the economic standpoint. MYCET^EA Steph. M. hirta Marsh. Ft. Lee IX, 9, under bark (Jl); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island III, in decaying, fungus-covered stumps (Ds). RHANIS Lee. R. unicolor Ziegl. Throughout the State, locally common IV-VIII, under old bark. PHYMAPHORA Newn. P. pulchella Newn. Madison (Pr) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Pali¬ sades IV, 29 (Bno); Newark (Soc). LYCOPERDINA Latr. L. ferruginea Lee. Throughout the State V, VI, breeds in puff-balls, and also found on fungus under bark. APHORISTA Gorh. A. vittata Fab. Throughout the State in spring, on mold and other fungi under bark and in decaying logs. MYCETINA Muls. M. perpulchra Newn. Palisades, Orange Mts., Newark (Bf). M. testacea Ziegl. Hewitt VI, 2 (Jl) ; Millburn (Bf) ; DaCosta (W) ; Sea¬ shore (Li); always rare; beaten from dead branches. STENOTARSUS Perty. S. hispidus Hbst. Throughout the State, spring and fall, on dead branches of pine and other trees. /ji t , Lv). Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII, /xd * 4 DRASTERIUS Esch. D. elegans Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII; usually common. D. amabilis Lee. Throughout the State IV-VII; hardly less common. MEGAPENTHES Kies. / M. limbalis Hbst. Throughout the State in July; not common. / M. rufilabris Germ. With the preceding, but even more rare. LUDIUS Latr. L. attenuatus Say. Chester (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Cald- - "well (Cr) ; Newark (Soc); Camden (Li); Lahaway VII, 12 (Sm); Manumuskin VI, 21, bred from decaying red cedar (Dke) ; not com¬ mon. / L. abruptus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Caldwell (Cr) ; ' Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Westville (Li) ; Woodbury VII (Brn) ; Weymouth VII, 20 (Dke). THE INSECTS OF NEW- JERSEY. 287 ORTHOSTETHUS Lac. O. Infuscatus Germ. Avalon, rare (W). AGRiOTES Esch. A. mancus Say. Weehawken (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (R'f) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Staten Island III (Ds) ; not rare. / A. stabilis Lee. Madison (Pr). v A. insanus Cand. Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). A. fucosus Lee. Fort Lee (Bt). A. pubescens Mels. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; g. d. (Li). A. limosus Lee. Palisades (Jl). A. oblongicollis Mels. . Throughout the State IV, V; locally common. DOLOPIUS Esch. D. lateralis Esch. Throughout the State IV-VI; locally common. BETARMON Kies. B. bigeminatus Rand. CBTjr Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. GLYPHONYX Cand. G. recticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. G. testaceus Mels. With the preceding and equally common. MELANOTUS Esch. It is among the species of this genus that we find our most common forms; their larvas are nearly all root-feeders, and the common wire-worms infesting cultivated crops. M. decumanus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; Ocean City VII, 12 (Vk) ; g. d. (W) ; not common. Z M. secretus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Wood¬ bury V, 22 (GG) ; Atco (Li) ; Anglesea and South Jersey (W). „ ■ M. ignobilis Mels. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). M. depressus Mels. Generally distributed; not rare (W). M. angustatus Er. With the preceding (W). M. trapezoideus Lee. G. d., rare (W). Fig. no.- — • Melanotus species and its larva; enlarged. M. taenicollis Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist., on willow, not rare (Bf) ; Staten Island VI (Ds) ; Westville, rare (W). M. leonardi Lee. Grenwood Lake V (Lv) ; Ft. Lee VII (Jl) ; So. Amboy under pine bark (Bt) ; Malaga VI (GG). 288 REPORT OF NEW, JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. / M. castanipes Payk. (scrobicollis Lee.) Newark (Bf). IVrr^TaiTdicolor Mels. Hudson Co. (LI). M. fissilis Say. Common throughout the State V-VIII. M. communis Gyll. With the preceding and equally common. M. exuberans Lee, New Jersey (Horn Coll). M. parumpunctatus Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI). M. cribulosus Lee. DaCosta, on pine V, VI (W). 2 M. pertinax Say. Orange (Lg) ; Newark (div); New Brunswick VII (Coll) ; Anglesea (W) ; rare. M. dubius Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); South River VII (Coll); g. d., not rare (W). M. ten ax Say. New Jersey (Horn Coll). JV1. americanus Hbst. Throughout the State V; locally common. M. insipiens Say. DaCosta V, on pine (W); g. d. (Li). M. variolatus Lee. Newark Dist., g. d. (Bf), rare. The “Sagittarius” of the previous edition is a misidentification. LIMONIUS Esch. L. auripilis Say. Atco (Li); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; rare. L. stigma Hbst. New Jersey (Horn Coll). L. griseus Beauv. Throughout the State .V, VI; common. L. interstitialis Mels. Camden, Anglesea (W). L. confusus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; g. d. (Li); rare. L. plebejus Say. Throughout the State V; locally common. L. agger Lee. Staten Island V (Ds) ; Ocean Co., not rare (Sm). L. quercinus Say. Throughout the State, common V-VII. L. basillaris Say. East Jersey (Dietz); South River V, 26, VII, 8 (Coll); g. d. (Li, W); Atco VI, 5 (GG). L. agonus Say. Newark V (Soc) ; Atlantic City (Castle). / L. definitus Ziegl. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Atco, rare (Li). L. nimbatus Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist, common (Bf) ; West- ville (Li); g. d. (W). PITYOBI US Lee. . P. anguinus Lee. South River VII, 8 (Coll); DaCosta (Castle); Atlantic City (div); Sea Isle City VII, 12 (Brn). ATHOUS Esch. A. brightwellii Kirby. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Anglesea (W). A. acanthus Say. Throughout the State V-VII; common. A. cucullatus Say. Throughout the State V-VII; locally common. A. scapularis Say. Pasilsades, Ft. Lee VI, 18 (Jl). A. equestris Lee. New Jersey (Coll Horn). 2 . *. * y /£# &£.*& * S ic t&l' dsCji. 'PC- £ £<-/ r vy /&W~ t t i w / / < r / ,£?.. iTh'll Pt v / P< ' / ^MCC^'Cr^z /&rt>A v ‘ S. silaceus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; common. 2- S. debilis Lee. Landisville, 1 specimen (Li). Mr. Schwarz points out that this is a Californian species. Mr. Liebeck claims that he has compared it carefully with authentic examples and description and can find no difference. He made the capture himself, but admits the possibility of an accidental introduction. CORYMBITES Latr. C. tesseilatus Linn. Throughout the Highlands and northward V, VII, rare; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Lakehurst V, 29 (Jl). C. cyjmdriformis Hbst. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; New Brunswick VI (Coll); g. d. (W, Li). C. pyrrhos Hbst. Throughout the State, locally common VI, VII. C. tarsal is Mels. Throughout the State V, VI, on willow (Bf), on pine (W) ; not recorded from the true pine barrens nor the sea coast. / C. sulcicollis Say. Ft. Lee V, 18 (Jl) ; New Jersey (W). C. 32th i ops Hbst. Piedmont Plain and northward V, VI, and Delaware, Valley V; locally not rare. / C. medianus Germ. New Jersey VII, VIII (Bt). / C. hamatus Say. Ramapo Mts. V, 27 (Brn) ; Ft. Lee V, 29 (Jl) ; New Jersey (W). C. hieroglyphicus Say. Greenwood Lake (Sf) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Cald- welF~(Cr) ; Newark Dist, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; g. d. (Li) ; locally com¬ mon. C. inflatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Gloucester (Li) ; Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn) ; Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke) ; Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). C. rotundicollis Say. New Jersey (Joutel). _ Ima / ,* / i t. # At .• A i' i -C -A- U *■ ' " r HEMICREPIDIUS Germ. (ASAPHES Kirby.) H. decoloratus Say. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. H. memnonius Hbst. With the preceding and more common. H. bilobatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Caldwell (Cr) ; So. Camden (W). 19 IN 290 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. MELANACTES Lee. M. piceus DeG. Throughout the State VI, VII; sometimes common. M. morio Fab. With the preceding, but more rare. Family CEBRIONIM3. Represented by a single species only in our fauna. Resembles the “ElateridaB” in general appearance and united with them in the last edition. CEBRIO Oliv. / C. bicolor Fabr. New Jersey V (Bt) ; Camden and Gloucester Co.; rare (W). Family THROSCIDjE. Resembles the “Elateridse”; but the prothorax is firmly articulated to the mesothorax, and the species have no power of leaping. They are usually found on dead wood or on flowers, and are inconspicuous as well as small. None are of economic importance. DRAPETES Redt. D. geminatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Westville, Buena Vista (Li) ; Petersburg VI, Iona VI, Avalon VII (Brn) ; Iona VI (Dke); under bark and on dead branches (Ch). • : ' AULONOTHROSCUS Horn. A. constrictor Say. Newark (Bf) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). THROSCUS Latr. T. chevrolati Bonv. Throughout the State V-VII. T. bonvouloeri Blanch. Snake Hill (Sf). The “T. convergens” of the last edition is based on a misidentification. Family BUPRESTIDiE. These are elongate, usually stout but sometimes cylindrical beetles, with broad thorax and elytra tapering back from the shoulders, the pro thorax closely united to the mesothorax. A large proportion of them are bronzed or metallic in color or reflection, and others are gaudily marked with red or yellow bands or spots. Many of them have the upper surface deeply grooved or pitted, and altogether they are very character¬ istic in appearance. Most of them are very active and fly readily, so that they are not often recognized except by collectors. a ; 291 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. The larvas are wood-borers, living under bark and making broad, rather shallow furrows, galleries or chambers, going into the solid wood only to pupate, except in those cases where the species live in dead, dying or decaying wood. In shape they are very much elongated, some¬ what flattened, the body segments well defined, head small, the anterior segments much enlarged, so as, apparently, to form part of the head, giving rise to the common names “hammer head” or “flat-head” borers. A number of these are of economic importance because they infest orchard trees. The larger species usually favor plants that are low in vitality from injury or other causes; hence such trees may be protected by keeping them in healthy growing condition. Others, like those be¬ longing to the genus “Agrilus,” attack plants and trees in full vigor. As against these our methods of defense must be adapted to the history of the insects. CHALCOPHORA Sol. / C. virginjejnsis Dru. Recorded from all sections of the State V and VI, breeding in pines; not common at any point. C. liberta Germ. Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Westville, Egg Harbor iahaway V, 18 (Sm); Atlantic Co. (W) ; also breeds in pine. / / TEXAN I A Casey. T. campestris Say. West Hoboken on tulip trees (Ch) ; breeds also in sycamore, beech, maple, etc. RUPRESTIS Linn. B. lineata Fab. Newark (Bf) ; Lakehurst VI, 30 (Jl) ; Malaga VIII, 4 (GG) ; DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke) ; Brigantine Beach in drifted wood (Hn); Sea Isle IV, VI (div); Anglesea VI, 14 (Brn) ; g. d. IV, V, (W, Li) ; breeds in* pine. B. consularis Gory. Lahaway VII, 5 (Sm) ; g. d., rare (W) ; seashore, rare (Li). 2- 2- B. rufipes Fab. Seashore (Li); Anglesea VII, on oak and flying around dead wood, Cape May (W) ; breeds in oak and beech (Ch). B» fasciata Fab. Gloucester Co., rare (W). B. striata Fab. Ft. Lee in hemlock ( Jl) ; Newark (Soc); Westville (Li); DaCosta V, 30 (W) ; always rare; bred from pine (Ch). — B^dLe.cara.Fab. Gloucester Co., one specimen (W). ' v<' i I V / B. ultramarina Say. Westville IV, 19, Atlantic City as late as VI, 28 (W) ; Lakehurst (Ds) ; DaCosta IV, 28- V, 30 (div) ; Clementon V, 7 (GG) ; Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn) ; breeds in pine. 2 B. apricans Hbst. Boonton I, 31 (GG). S-f , • > VL- The records for “nuttalli” of the previous edition should be referred to- “consularis.” NiV 292 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. DICERCA Esch. D. obscura Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, the larva in hickory. D. lurida Fab. With the preceding, of which it has been considered a variety. D. pugionata Germ. Ft. Lee VII (Sf) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Gloucester Co. (div); on black alder (W), and also breeds in “Spiroea” (Hn). D. divaricata Say. Throughout the State; breeds in apple, beech, ma¬ ple and a great variety of other deciduous trees; but has not been injurious thus far in New Jersey. It is likely that a number of the forms recently described by Casey at the expense of this species will also be found in New Jersey. The “D. prolongata” of the previous — -'-edition belongs here. D. punctulata Sch. Throughout the pine barrens V-VIII and along the seashore; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; breeds in pine. D. americana Hbst. (asperata L. & G.) Snake Hill IV, 30, from oak (Jl) ; Orange Mts. (GG); Newark Dist., at roots of hickory in spring (Bf); New Jersey (Li); probably breeds in oak (Ch). D. scobina Chev. (spreta Gory.) Newark (Soc); Camden, Gloucester Co., Anglesea (W) ; always rare. D. mutica Lee. Brooklyn, N. Y., and sure to occur in New Jersey. _ A . . — ■' \ i & PCECI LON OTA Esch. P. cyanipes Say. Newark (Soc); seashore, rare (Li). P. thureura Say. Gloucester Co. (Li); Atlantic Co. (W) ; rare. CINYRA Lap. & Gory. / C. gracilipes Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI); Westville (Li); Gloucester Co. (W) ; breeds in oak (Ch). MELANOPHILA Esch. JV1. notata Lap; & -Gory. Sea Isle VI, 15 (Brn). / M. acuminata DeG. (longipes Say.) Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Da- Costa V (W) ; g. d. (Li) ; breeds in conifers. M. fulvoguttata Harr. Orange Mts. on spruce (W) and hemlock (Bf). M. aeneola Mels. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jl); Lakehurst VII (div); DaCosta V (W) ; Malaga VIII, 4, IX, 15 (GG) ; Landisville (Li) ; Atlantic City (Castle); Newtonville VI, Iona VI, Anglesea VII, 12 (Brn); on pine. ANTHAXIA Esch. 7 A. asneogaster Lap. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). A. viridifrons Lap. Throughout the State; bred from hickory and prob¬ ably also attacks elm. A. viridicornis Say. Madison VI (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg). / '-&■ -t ^ / 4 € fv /; A \ • ^ /.’if-} f\ /4 .r^, the insects of new jersey. 293 A. quercata Fab. (cyanella Gory.) Throughout the State V-VII; larva in" grape and chestnut (Ch). / A. flavimana Gory. Riverton V, 20 (GG) ; g. d. (W ,Li). XENORHIPIS Lee. X. brendeli Lee. Fort Lee, 1 specimen, bred from wood (Jl). CH RYSOBOTH R!S Esch. C. fe mo rata Fab. Common throughout the State V-VII, in many local varieties. The larva is the “flat-head apple-borer,” which attacks also fruit and many forest trees, sometimes becoming injurious. It favors trees low in vitality, hence keeping trees in good condition is protective. When they actually get into the wood they can be cut out, their location being usually- discernible by a slight discoloration of the bark. / C. floricola Gory. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Landis- ville, DaCosta (Li) ; Cape May C. H. V, 28 and g. d. (W) ; breeds in pine. C. dentipes Germ. With the preceding and also breeds in pine. Fig. hi. — Chrysobothris femorata: a , larva; b, pupa; c, adult. C. pusilla Lap. & Gory. Newark (Bf) ; Landisville, DaCosta (Li); New- tonville VI, Iona VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; Lakehurst V, VII ( Jl) ; At¬ lantic Co., Cape May C. H., Anglesea V, 28 (W) ; breeds on pine. C. sexsignata Say. Ft. Lee VII, 10, Jamesburg VI, 29 (Jl) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; on beech, birch and chestnut. C. azurea Lee. Throughout the State in June; bred from white birch (Jl), has been taken on sumac (Bf), and once abundant on “Cornus paniculata” (Lg). / C. scitula Gory. Landisville, DaCosta (Li); g. d. (W) ; rare; breed in deciduous jtrees. ACTENODES Lac. said to A. acornis Say. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Atlantic Co., on pine (W) ; common in the wash-up, Brigantine to Cape May V-IX. ACM/EODERA Esch. A. ornata Fab. Generally distributed, on flowers (W). / A. pulchella Hbst. Newtonville, DaCosta VII, 9-30 (Brn); Atco (Li); Atlantic Co. (W) ; resting on wild sun-flower VII, 19 (Dke). A. culta AVeb. Throughout the State V, VI, locally not rare. 294 report of new jersey state museum. PTOSIMA Sol. P. gibbicollis Say. Seashore (Li); Anglesea (W), rare; bred from red¬ bud, “Cercis canadensis” (Ch), and also found on black locust (Sz). M ASTOGEN I US Sol. M. subcyaneus Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII, on oak and willow. EUPRISTOCERUS Deyr. /" E. cogitans Web. Boonton VII, 4 (GG) ; Palisades V, 7 (Lv) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Jamesburg VII, 4 (Brn) ; Westville (Li) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; breeds in alder and is locally not rare. AGRILUS Steph. Fig. 1 1 3. — Blackberry gall: a, swellings just begun over recent borings; c, section through an old stem to show appearance of gall. A. ruficollis Fab. Common throughout the State in June. The larva bores in stems of blackberry and raspberry, forming galls on some varieties and becoming more or less injurious. Cutting out the galls and burning the cuttings in winter destroys the brood. As the eggs are all laid by July 1st, cutting out all shoots made at that time and depending upon those starting after that date will secure exemption for the year next following. A. lateralis Say. Eagle Bock (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; West Berlin VI, 25 (Brn) ; Buena Vista (Li) ; Brown’s Mills VII, 4, Lacy VII, 14 (Dke) ; always rare. F ig. 1 1 2. — Blackberry gall maker: b, larva; c, adult; all enlarged. 295 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A. otiosus Say. Throughout the State, sometimes common; breeds in hickory, oak, locust, etc. The variety “defectus” Lee. occurs with the type. A. arcuatus Say. Westville (Li) ; DaCosta VII, 28, Lacy VII, 14 (Dke) ; So. Jersey (W) ; not common; found on and probably breeds in hazel. A. vittaticollis Rand. Hewitt VI, Newfoundland VII, Lakehurst VII (Jl), Buena Vista (Li); Clementon V, 30 (GG) ; Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; breeds in Kalmia and chestnut. A. bijineatus Web. Throughout the State VI, 1-VII, 10, not rare; the larva is injurious to chestnuts and also attacks oaks (Ch). A. granulatus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Cramer Hill VI, 19, Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn) ; So. Jersey (W) ; never common. A. anxius Gory. The bronze birch borer; appeared as an injurious spe¬ cies on cut-leafed birch in Essex County cities ‘and towns in 1908-09. Up to that time recorded as “rare in So. Jersey” (W). f A. acutipennis Mann. Newfoundland VII, 6, Hewitt VI, 12, Lakehurst VII, 12 (Jl) ; Woodside (Bf) ; Woodbury, Malaga, Brown’s Mills VI (Dke), Atco, DaCosta VI (Brn). A. politus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG) ; Madison VI, 10 (Pr) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Soc); So. Jersey (W) ; breeds in willow and oak. A. sinuatus Oliv. Local in Essex, Union and Middlesex Counties; breeds in the sap wood of pear. An introduced species that is being grad¬ ually worked out and now occurs only in a very few trees so far as known. It also breeds in “Crataegus,” and a few specimens are found on such stock annually. A. fa! lax Say. Camden and Gloucester Co., several localities V, 20-VI, 15, always rare (div). A. obsoletoguttatus Gory. Throughout the State V, VI, on oak. A. subcinctus Gory. Madison (Pr) ; Camden III, 22 (Brn); Westville (Li) ; So. Jersey (W) ; not common. A. lecontei Saund. Hudson Co. (LI); South Jersey (W). A. imbellis Cr. West Berlin VI, 25, Atco VI, 17, DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn). A. egenus Gory. Throughout the State late May and all June; found on and probably breeds in willow and locust. A. pusillus Say. South Jersey, not common (W). RH/EBOSCELIS Chev. R. tenuis Lee. Greenwood Lake V, 17, Lakehurst V, 29, VII, 12, IX, 3 (Jl) ; Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn) ; Anglesea VII, on low plants in swampy glades (W). TAPHROCERUS Sol. * T. gracilis Say. Throughout the State IV-VIII, locally not rare; found beating in swampy meadows. 296 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BRACHYS Sol. B. ovata Web. Common throughout the State VI-VIII, on oak. The variety “tessellata” Fab. occurs with the type. B. aerosa Mels. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare, on oak. B. aeruginosa Gory. Woodbury V, 24, Iona V, 28, VI, 8, Lucaston V, 30 (Dke). PACH YSCEL1S Sol. / P. purpureus Say. Madison X, 15 (Pr) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 4 (Bf) ; Hemlock Falls V, 28 (W) ; larva mines leaves of “Lespedeza” (Sz). P. laevigatus Say. Throughout the State late V and all VI. Family LAMPYRIDtE. This family contains the “fireflies” and “soldier beetles.” They are long, narrow, somewhat flattened species, with soft, leathery wing-covers and a flexible abdomen. The antennae are usually long, the joints more or less obviously serrated and sometimes even flabellate in the male. The interesting feature in a number of the species is the power of emit¬ ting a phosphorescent light from the tip of the abdomen. This light is entirely in the control of the insects, and varies in color and intensity in the different species. The “glow-worms” that are sometimes seen in the grass or under stones are larvae or wingless females, and these may have luminous points along the sides of the body as, well as at the tip. In the larval stage they feed on snails or on other soft-bodied insects. The “soldier beetles” have a more prominent head and narrower tho¬ rax; but are of the same soft body texture. The larvae are fusiform, flat¬ tened above and also predatory in habit, feeding upon soft-bodied larvae or grubs when they enter the earth to pupate. They are distinctly useful as checks to a large series of injurious species, including such pests as the plum curculio. LYCOSTOMUS Mots. L. lateralis Mels. Eastern New Jersey (Dietz). CALOPTERON Guer. C. terminale Say. Boonton VI, VIII, Riverton VI, Merchantville VI, Westville VI, Clementon VIII, IX, Pemberton IX (GG) ; Great Notch VII, Laurel Sp. VI, Lucaston VIII, IX (Dke) ; Plainfield VII (Dow) ; Hudson Co. (LI). C. reticulatum Fabr. Throughout the State VII-IX; not rare. CELETES Newn. / C. basalis Lee. Hudson* Co. (LI); Lahaway VI (Sm) ; Malaga VIII (GG) ; Iona VI (Bm) ; seashore from Sandy Hook to Cape May VI, VII, in wash-up (div). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 297 C/EN I ELLA Ckll. (C/ENIA Newn.) C. dimidiata Fab. - Caldwell (Cr) ; Atco (W) ; Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn) ; not common. LOPHEROS Lee. L. fraternus Rand. Paterson (Sm). EROS Newn. E. thoracicus Rand. Westville, rare (Li). E. aurora Hbst. Throughout the Delaware Valley, pine barren and mar¬ itime faunas IV, V, and sometimes locally common. E. humeralis Fab. Jamesburg VI, 16 (Sm); Seaville VI, 11 (Brn). E. trilineatus Mels. Hudson Co. ^Ll) ; Middlesex Co., Jamesburg, Laha- way, all VII (Coll); Lucaston VI, 27 (Dke) ; Westville (Li); South Jersey (W). PLATEROS Bourg. . P. timidus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Woodside VI, 27 (Bf). ^ P. modestus Say. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Middlesex Co., VII, So. Jersey VII (Sm); Iona VI, 8, Brown’s Mills VI (Dke); Atco (Li); g. d. (W). P. canaliculatus Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Jamesburg VII, VIII, Sandy 1 Hook VII (Sm) ; Iona VI, 16 (Dke) ; g. d. (Li). )/ P. floralis Mels. Middlesex Co. VII, Jamesburg VII (Sm); Spring Lake IX (Ch); Lakehurst VII (Bf) ; Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 20 (Dke). CALOCHROMUS Guer. # C. perfacetus Say. Orange Mts. (Sm); Malaga VII, VIII (GG) ; rare. POLYCLASIS Newn. P. bifaria Say. New Jersey, in Dietz coll (Sf). LUC! DOT A Lap. L. atra Say. Throughout the State, nearly all season. ? L. punctata Lee. DaCosta (Li). ELLYCHNIA Lee. E. corrusca Linn. Throughout the State all season; the variety “autum- nalis” Mels, with the type and equally common. V- tS'-'O’ ( v c ■ ' <• L i"c* ,H-- L '- 0 PYROPYGA Mots. C P. nigricans Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Irvington VI, 30, Jamesburg IV ~ (Coll). P. decipiens Harr. Throughout the State VI, VII. 298 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. PYRACTOMENA Lee. P. an gu lata Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, nowhere common; per¬ haps the most brilliant of our fire-flies. P. ecostata Lee. Anglesea VII, in salt meadows; the larvae in the marsh¬ es among snails (div). y/ P- lucifera Mels. Throughout the State south of the Piedmont plain from mid-May through June. PHOTINUS Lap. P. consanguineus Lee. Hud¬ son Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. and Newark Dist. (div); Anglesea (W) ; g. d. (Li). P. lineellus Lee. Orange (Ch) ; Atco (Li) ; rare. P. pyralis Linn. Piedmont """ l)Iain and northward, in June; a moderate-sized species with quite a bright light. P. marginellus Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; locally the most common form; flies low and has a yellow light. The female is half¬ winged and does not fly. P. scintillans Say. Throughout the State, usually the most common form; flies VI, lingers until VIII; habits and light as in preceding. e PHOTURIS Lee. P. permsylvanica DeG. Throughout the State VI to VII, 15; the largest and most bril¬ liant of our common species; flies high and shines with a greenish light; locally absent. P. frontalis Lee. Riverton VI, 17, VII, 3 (GG) ; , Anglesea VII (div). Smaller than the pre¬ ceding, but with a similar light. PHENGODES III. P. longicornis Barber, (plumosa Oliv.) Ches- ' “Ter V, 29 (Marsh) ; Palisades VI, 22 (Dke) ; Staten Island (Ds). The males of these species are not luminous; but the larvae and wingless females which are found under stones are the most brilliant of all our forms, giving off light from lateral points along the body. They are extremely rare. Mr. Joutel records a larva Newfoundland VII, 4. P. laticollis Lee. Orange VI, 20 (Ch) ; Lahaway V, 15, VI, 24 (Coll). Fig. 115. — Photuris penn- sylvanica: a , larva; b, its leg; c, adult: a and b enlarged. Fig. 1 14.— Fire-fly, Photin'us pyralis: a, larva; b, pupa in underground cell; c, adult; d to fj enlarged details of larva. l~,f ' y/l yd. tjto { ".r j Shelter / . THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 299 TYTTHONYX Lee. T. erytnrocephalus Fab. Newark VII (Brn) and south of Piedmont Plain throughout the State in VII; not common. OMETHES Lee. O. marginatus Lee. Atco, rare (Li); New Jersey (Sf). CHAULIOGNATHUS Hentz. C. pennsylvanicus De G. Through- ouTthe State VIII, IX, often on golden rod. One of the “soldier beetles,” which, in the larval stage, devours larvae and pupae of the plum curculio, etc. C. marginatus Fabr. A very simi¬ lar species occurring in spring and early summer; also g. d., and with the same habits. Fig. 1 16. — Soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus : a, larva; i, beetle; other letters refer to structural details. PODABRUS Westw. t/ P. tricostatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Boonton VI, 5 (GG) ; Orange (Ch) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Montclair, Lahaway VI (Sm). P. ru gulps us Lee. Pludson Co. (LI); g. d. (W, Li); Lucaston V, 30 (Dke). f P. frater Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; New Brunswick, Burlington Co. VII, v Lahaway V, 12, VII (Coll); Westville (Li); Lucaston VI, 27 (Dke). / P. basi laris Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not rare. _ P. diadema Fab. Gloucester (Li); Anglesea VI, 26 (Sm). / P. modestus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Atco (Li) ; Atlantic Co. V, 25 (Sm). P. comes Lee. Orange Mts., rare. *4* P. tomentosus Say. Generally distributed, rare (Li). P. protensus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf). P. brunnicollis Lee. Atco, rare (Li). y *7 , y t „ . . Hv o /&■■**■*■* SI LIS Latr. S. percomis Say. Clementon V, 6 (GG). TELEPHORUS Schaff. V T. dentiger Lee. Boonton V, VI (GG) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark V (Soc); Highlands (Ch). T. excavatus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Montclair VI (Bf) ; Rocky Hill VI (Dn) ; Spring Lake (Ch) ; Clementon VI (GG) ; DaCosta (Li) ; Laha¬ way V, VI, Anglesea V (Coll). 300 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. T. fraxini Say. Cramer Hill V, 30 (GG) ; Atco (Li); g. d. (W). T. carol in us Fab. Throughout the State V-VII, common. T. lined a Fab. Also common throughout the State. T. rectus Mels. South River VII (Coll); Atco VI, Clementon VI (GG); g. d. (W). T. flavipes Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc) ; Glassboro VII, 7 (GG). T. scitulus Say. Throughout the State, very common until midsummer. All our species occur on flowers or on foliage. T. pusillus Lee. Lakehurst VII (Bf ) ; Atco (Li); Lucaston VIII (Dke). T. rotundicollis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI (GG) ; Hudson Co. LI); Newark (Soc); New Brunswick (Coll); Westville (Li); Wood¬ bury VI (Dke). T. tuberculatus Lee. Throughout the State IV-VII; locally common. T. bilineatus Say. Throughout the State IV-VI; not common. T. marginellus Lee. Pitman Grove VII, 21, Clementon VII, 13 (GG). POLEMIUS Lee. P. laticornis Say. Jamesburg VII (Lg) ; New Jersey (Dietz). P. undulatus Lee. Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll). DITEMNUS Lee. / D. bidentatus Say. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally not rare. TRYPHERUS Lee. T. latipennis Germ. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI (GG) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark VII, 4 (Brn); Atco (Li); Anglesea (W). MALTHINUS Latr. M. occipitalis Lee. Woodside VI, 27 (Bf) ; Westville (W) ; Atco (Li); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm) ; rare. MALTHODES Kies. M. concavus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI). M. spado Lee. Eastern New Jersey (Dietz). THELYDRIAS Mots. T. contractus Mots. This odd little species, described in our fauna as “Ignotus senigmaticus” is a recent introduction, and as yet found only in entomological collections in and near New York City, where it functions as a museum pest of the first order. Its systematic posi¬ tion is in doubt, and its reference here is due to its relation to the “Drilini,” of which we have no representatives. The possibilities of injury to stored products should this insect spread cannot yet be esti¬ mated. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Family MAEACHIDHE 301 The members of this family resemble the “Lampyridse” in the generally soft wing-covers and body, but they are shorter and broader, the elytra not nearly so long and often a little truncated posteriorly, the broadest part of the body near the end of the wing covers. In the species of “Collops” there are orange-colored protrusible vesicles at the sides of the thorax, which are supposed to be defensive in character. The antennae are short, a little enlarged at the tip and often curiously knotted in the male. All of them are found on flowers or herbage, some only in moist or low places, where they are said to feed on insect eggs, larvae and smaller insects generally. The larvae, so far as known, are predaceous. COLLOPS Er. C. tricolor Say. Sea Girt (Bf). / C. eximius Er. Throughout the State VI-VIII ; not rare. C. nigriceps Say. Hudson Co. (LI) ; g. d. (W). C. 4-maculatus Fab. Our most common species throughout the State. TEMMOPSOPHUS Horn. T. bimaculatus Horn. Lakehurst VI, VII (div) ; 5-mile beach VII, 5 (W). ANTHOCOMUS Er. PSEUDEByEUS Horn. P. bicolor Lee. Anglesea (W). P. oblitus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Woodside (Bf) ; Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). / . Mt, /v y 9o,/.o- ATTALUS Er. A. nigrellus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm). / A. terminalis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Jamesburg VII, 15, Ocean Co, (Coll) ; Glassboro VII, 30 (GG) ; Atco VII, 14, Anglesea V, 30 (Brn). A. varians Horn. Anglesea (W). J A. morulus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts., Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll). A. granularis Er. DaCosta (W) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). / A. otiosus Say. Anglesea (W). A. circumscriptus Say. Atco (Li). / A. scincetus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. The records of “Pristoscelis” in the last edition were based on erroneous identifications. 302 REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family CEERID7E. The flower beetles are firmer in texture than those of the last preceding families, yet not so hard-shelled as are the click beetles. The antennse are usually more or less serrated or saw-toothed, but may also have a distinct club or comb at tip. The head is of good size with rather prom¬ inent eyes, the thorax being usually narrower than either head or elytra. The latter completely cover the elytra and are often clothed with hair. In color they vary but are usually bright, sometimes shining and often prettily banded. The beetles may be found on flowers or running on the trunks of trees, where they somewhat resemble ants in their motions. The spcies of “Necrobia” live in all stages on carrion and form the exception in a family in which most of the larvae thus far known are predatory. These larvae are usually red or brown in color and are found under bark or in the burrows of wood-borers, upon which they feed. Their work in this direction is done under cover and is rarely noticed, hence the extent of the benefit derived from them is not appreciated. MACROTELUS Klug. (ELASMOCERUS Lee.) M. terminatus Say. Boonton VI, 14 (GG) ; Ft. Lee ( Jl) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Cape May VI, 3 (Brn) ; larvae in burrows of “Scolytids” and “Bostrichids” in hemlock, oak and grape-vines. CYMATODERA Gray. C. bicolor Say. Ft. Lee V (div) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Jamesburg VII, 2 ( Jl) ; Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll) ; Westville (Li) ; g. d. (W) ; not common. C. inornata Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI); Lakehurst VII, 19 (Jl); Bamber VI, 3 (W) ; Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). C. balteata Lee. Palisades, Spotswood ( Jl) ; Highlands (Dietz) ; Bor- dentown VII, Lahaway IX (Coll) ; Riverton VIII (Jn) ; Camden (LI) ; DaCosta VII (W). V < >■ .J? . • PR10CERA Lee. P. castanea Newn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Palisades VIII, 2 (Jl) ; Lakehurst VII (div) ; on pine. TRICHODES Hbst. T. apivorus Germ. Normanock VII (Ds) ; Lakewood VII (Jl) ; Malaga VIII (GG) ; Newtonville VI (Brn) ; Da- Costa VI, VII (W); on flowers of “Spiraea.”" CLERUS Geoff. C. 4-signatus Say. Boonton IV, 29, Riv¬ erton IV, 20, Malaga VII, VIII (GG). C. 4-guttatus Oliv. Throughout North Jersey IV-VI, on pine; Glassboro III, 28 (CG). This is the form with red abdomen, and extends rarely into South Jersey. Fig. 1 17. — Trichodes apivorus: a, larva; b, pupa; adult beetle in center ; enlarged. / //d^c-2 ?/u*« Irf./GSffo ■ 303 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. C. nigrifrons Say. This is the common South Jersey form, is more slen¬ der! and has a black abdomen (Jl). The two are mixed in collections. C. rosmarus Say. Throughout the State YI, VII; common. C. lunatus Spin. Throughout the pine barrens and maritime, and ex¬ tends a little into the Delaware River region; VI, VII. C. ichneumoneus Fab. Lakehurst VII, 15, on pine (Jl) ; Riverton V, 20, Woodbury V, 22, Clementon V, 30 (GG). G thoracicus Oliv. Throughout the State V-VIII, locally common; on deciduous trees and flowers. THANASIMUS Latr. ^ T. dub i us Fab. Throughout the State, local, not common, III, IV, VIII, X. THANEROCLERUS Spin. T. sanguineus Say. Rare under bark throughout the State. HYDNOCERA Newn. / H. unifasciata Say. Madison VII, 28 (Pr) ; Ft. Lee VI, VII ( Jl) ; Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Atco (Li) ; Clementon V (GG) ; g. d. (W) ; rare. H. subaenea Spin. Orange Mts., Newark VI, VII, Ocean Beach (Bf). H. humeral is Say. Throughout the State V-VII, common; the var. “cyanescens” Lee. everywhere with the type; the var. “difficilis” Lee. more rarely and local. H. pallipennis Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. H. ve rti cal is Say. With the preceding and more common. H. tabida Lee. Staten Island VI (Ds) ; DaCosta (Li); Sea Isle, Avalon, Anglesea VI (Brn) ; rare. H. longicollis Ziegl. Madison (Pr) ; E. Jersey (Dietz), Atco VII (div) ; Gloucester, Newtonville, DaCosta,, all VII, Sea Isle VI, 26 (Brn) ; 2- mile beach VII (Dke). The record of “pedalis” Lee. is an error of identification. ICHNEA Lap. I. laticornis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Palisades VI, 19, bred from hickory infested by “Scolytus” (Lv) ; Newark Disk, g. d. (Bf). PHYLLOByENUS Spin. P. dislocatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Famclen (Li) ; DaCosta (W) ; on dead branches and in sweeping. CHARI ESSA Perty. C. pilosa Forst. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally not rare. The larva occurs in burrows of wood borers, and it is probable that this 304 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. species is responsible for the gradual destruction of the sinuate pear borer, which needs two years to attain full growth, and is long in the helpless pupal stage. The variety “onusta” Say. is less frequent than the type. The records of “C. vestita” Spin, and “C. dichroa” Lee. are based on erroneous data. >v' - — CREGYA Lee. C. vetusta Spin. Highlands (Dietz) ; Westville (Li) ; g. d. (W) ; rare. C. oculata Say. Throughout the State VI- VIII; locally not rare. ORTHOPLEURA Spin. O. damicornis Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm); Palisades, Staten Island III, 16 (Jl) ; Boonton VII, 17, Malaga VII, 20 (GG) ; Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; Woodbury VII, 30, Collingswood VIII, 2 (Brn) ; not common. LARICOBI US Rosen. L. erichsoni Rosen. Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg). NECROBI A Latr. N. rufipes Fabr. The “red- legged ham beetle”; occurs throughout the State, is cos¬ mopolitan and found on dry¬ ing meats, carrion, bones, fish, cheese, etc. (Ch). N. ruficollis Fabr. With the preceding, and much more common. N. violacea Linn. Same habits and distribution as before Fig. n8. — Red-legged liam beetle, Necrobia rufipes: a, larva; b, pupa; c, cocoon; d, e , beetle; natural size and enlarged; f to j, structural details. and easily recognized by the uniform blue coloration. Family PTINID^. A very interesting group of beetles, varying so greatly in form that no superficial description is sufficiently comprehensive to include all. They are hard in texture, and the elytra, which may be smooth, striate, shining, pairy or scaly, are not abbreviated, but cover the abdomen: The head is usually bent under, the antennae are slender, sometimes evenly serrate, but more usually with a prominent serrate, lamellate or pectinated club. They live on dry animal and vegetable products, and some of them bore into the furniture and woodwork of houses, to their material injury. All sorts of things from Belladonna roots to cigars and gunwads are attacked and serve as food. The larvae occur with the adults, and are soft, white, grub-like creatures resembling miniature white-grubs, but covered with short stiff hair or bristles. Fig. 121. 120. d Fig. 1 19. — Sitodrepa panicea : a , larva; b, pupa; c, d, adult beetles. Fig. 121. — Cigars eaten by larva of Lasioderma. Fig. 120. — The cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne : a, larva; b, pupa; c, d, adults; all enlarged. ■ ■ 305 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. G1BBIUM Scop. G. psylloides Czemp. Breeds in dried animal matter and excrement in houses; occurs in the New York Produce Exchange and in store¬ houses in New Jersey. MEZIUM Curt. M. americanum Lap. Occurs with the preceding in city store-houses. PTINUS Linn. P. brunneus Duft. Camden, rare (Li); lives in store-rooms, cellars, granaries and old houses, developes in dried organic matter. P. fur Linn. With the preceding, but more common, and recorded from ail sections of the State. Mr. Bischoff finds it on old rags. EUCRADA Lee. E. humeralis Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts. VI, 9 (Bf ) ; New Brunswick (Coll); not common. OZOGNATHUS Lee. O. fioridanus Lee. Anglesea VII, 1, Cape May VII, 7, on dead oak twigs (W) ; a South Atlantic Coast form. ERNOBI US Thoms. E. mollis Linn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, Newark (Bf) ; Lahaway (Sm); Pitman Grove VII (GG) ; probably throughout the State on old wood. A common European species. E. filicornis Lee. Atlantic Coast region, Mass, to Virginia, rare (Fall). E. granulatus Lee. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; New Jersey (Fall). E. luteipermis Lec. Westville V (div) ; Gloucester Co. IV, V (div) ; Malaga V, 15 (W) ; Clementon V, 6 (GG). OLIGOMERUS Redt. O. sericans Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Lahaway VI (Sm) ; Anglesea VII (div). O. obtusus Lec. Staten Island, New Jersey (Fall). O. alternatus Lec. Anglesea VI, 18, South Jersey (W). SITODREPA Thoms. S. panicea Linn. Throughout the State; breeds in dry roots and stored vegetable products of all kinds; also in rattan, willow and wood¬ work, in paper, paste-board and similar stores. Liberal applications of gasoline, where practical, or exposure to the fumes of the bisulphide of carbon may be resorted to to destroy the pests. 20 IN 3o6 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. TRICHODESMA Lee. T. klagesi Fall. Occurs with and is usually mixed with “gibbosa” in col¬ lections (Fall). T. gibbosa Say. Newark, Orange Mts. VI (Bf) ; Westville (Li); Glouces¬ ter (W) ; Burlington Co. VI (GG) ; always rare. ANOBIUM Fabr. A. striatum Oliv. (Hadrobregmus pumilis Lee.) Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; DaCosta (Brn). An introduced species. HADROBREGMUS Thoms. H. carinatus Say. (errans Mels.) Orange Mts., Union, Newark V (Bf) ; Westville (Li); Anglesea VII (div); on dead branches; not common. CGELOSTETHUS Lee. C. notatus Say. (Anobium) Madison V, 14 (Pr) ; So. Jersey (W) ; An¬ glesea VI, 2 (Sm). “Quadrulus” Lee. is a Pacific Coast species. TRYPOP1TYS Redt. T. sericeus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr) ; Millburn, Hudson Co. VI (Bf) ; Palisades, Lahaway (Sm); Anglesea VII (W) ; on dead branches. XYLET1NUS Latr. X. peltatus Harr. Orange Mts., on hickory (Bf) ; Farmingdale VII, 17 (GG) ; Anglesea (W) ; g. d. (Li) ; always rare. X. harrisii Fall. New Jersey (Fall); Anglesea (W). X. fuscatus Lee. Caldwell (Cr). X. lugubris Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). LASiODERMA Steph. L. serricorne Fabr. Throughout the State; the “tobacco” or “cigarette beetle.” Attacks tobacco in all forms and breeds also in dry vegetable products, like “Sitodrepa.” Its general habits and the measures to be adopted against it are similar. L. semirufum Fall. Anglesea VII, 4; one of the type localities. L. hemiptychoides Fall. Anglesea VII, 4, 11 (div); one of the type local¬ ities. PETALSUM Lee. P. seriatum Fall. Iona VI, 8, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn). P. bistriatum Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; So. Jersey (W) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d. (Li); locally common. EUPACTUS Lee. E. nitidus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII, 1 (W). €/ W-7&J/ r; so THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 307 CATORAMA Guer. C. sectans Lee. Anglesea (W) ; a Texan form and the identification may prove incorrect; Fall records a “New York” specimen. C. dichroum Fall. Anglesea VII, 1 (W). C. nigritulum Lee. Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). C. vexatum Fall. Camden VI, Woodbury VII, DaCosta VII (Brn) ; Clem- enton VII, 15, Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea VII, 1 (W). G. grave Lee. (Hemiptychus) Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea VII (W) ; on dead wood. “H. similis“ Lee. is strictly southern and does not occur in New Jersey. C. indistinctum Fall. Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea VII, 1 (W). CRYPTORAMA Fall. C. holosericeum Lee. Anglesea (W). PROTHECA Lee. P. hispida Lee. Fort Lee (Sf), Anglesea (W). P. puberula Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; So. Jersey (W) ; rare. DORCATOMA Hbst. D. dresdensis Hbst.' A common European species, found throughout the eastern U. S., south to Virginia (Fall). D. setulosum Lee. Anglesea VII, 1 (W) ; on dead branches. EUTYLISTUS Fall. E. intermedius Fall. Anglesea (W). E. incomptus Lee. DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); Anglesea VII, 1 (W). OESMOCARA Thoms. C. scymnoides Lec. New Jersey (Fall). C. oculata Say. Common throughout the State. C. bicolor Germ. Orange, New Jersey (Fall). C. tenuipalpa Fall. Anglesea VI, 26 (Brn). C. inepta Fall. New Jersey (Fall). PTI LI N US Geoff. P. ruficornis Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Landisville (Li); always rare. Family BOSTRY CHIDFE. Separated from the “Ptinidse” by the generally more elongated cylin¬ drical form and other less obvious structural characters. I have retained our genera and species as in the old list. 3°8 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ENDECATOMUS Mell. / E. reticulatus Hbst. G. d. (Bf, Li); in fungus under bark; not rare. The record of “E. rugosus” Rand, is an error. SINOXYLON Duft. / S. basilare Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. VI, at light (div) ; Woodbury VII (div); Camden VI, Peermont VI (Brn) ; g. d. (W) ; boring in dead twigs. S. bidentatum Horn. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Cam¬ den VI, 18 (Brn). AMPHICERUS Lee. / A. bicaudatus Say. The “apple-twig borer,” found throughout the State more or less commonly. The adult bores into apple twigs in spring, at a bud, and makes galleries' varying in length for food and shelter only. The larvae live in roots of the green or “cat-brier” and in dead grape vines. Remedial measures, therefore, look to getting rid of such breeding places. BOSTRYCHUS Geoff. Fig. I23. — The “apple twig borer”: a , beetle from above; b, same in outline from side; c, e, f, structural details; d, larva; g, pupa; h, same in larval burrow; all save h enlarged. ^ ^ A y^>. ^ l’M< THE INSECTS OF NEW' JERSEY. 309 B. bi corn is Web. Throughout the State V-VII, often at light; bores into dead twigs and branches. B. truncaticollis Lee. Orange Mts., Newark VI, 16 (Bf). B. capucinus Linn. Newark and vicinity; an imported species introduced originally in sweet-wood at a licorice factory; has established itself and spread slowly, one specimen being recorded by Mr. Joutel from - DINODERUS Steph. D. porcatus Lee. Newark at light (Bf) ; seashore (Li). D. hispidulus Casey. New Jersey (Casey). D. cribratus Lee. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Boonton V, Woodbury VII, Avalon VII (GG); Atlantic. City VI (Brn); g. d. (Li). LYCTUS Fabr. L. striatus Mels. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark (Soc.) and probably through¬ out the State; bores into dry wood of furniture and trimmings and often does a great deal of mischief that is hard to avoid. L. opaculus Lee. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts., common (Bf) ; larva breeds in grape stems and adults attack wood used in manufacturing implements and furniture (Ch). Family CUPESID'iE. Contains only two species of very long, somewhat flattened and roughly sculptured beetles. The head and thorax are narrower than the wing covers and the eyes are prominent. The general color is brown, and the elytra is very beautifully sculptured in impressed rows separated by elevated ridges. They are found on dead wood or under bark, and are of no economic importance. CURES Fabr. __C^_conr.olor Westw. Madison VIII (Pr) ; Palisade district, in oak stumps VI (div) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; New Brunswick VII (Gr) ; Gloucester (W) ; never common. C. capitatus Fabr. Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; New Jersey (LI). Family LYMEXYTIDiE. Only a single species occurs in our fauna, and that is very rare. It is brown in color, very long, slender, cylindrical, tapering posteriorly and covered with a very fine silky pubescence. The larva is a borer, whitish and very slender, and its very small irregular galleries in old oak wood are not infrequently seen. The European “L. navale” is very destructive 3io REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. to ship timber, and in our Southern States an allied species is injurious, but in New Jersey no notable harm is occasioned by them. LYMEXYLON Fabr. L. sericeum Harr. Newark (Bf) ; Gloucester (W); Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn) ; Lakehurst VII, 4; single specimens only. Family CIOIDiE. Small, oblong beetles, brown or black in color, convex above, with short, clubbed antennae, the bead retracted, though not concealed. They live in fungi or decaying wood, and are not of economic importance. The larvae occur with the adults, and are grub-like in form. CIS Latr. C. fuscipes Mell. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (div) ; New Brunswick (Coll). C. creberrima Mell. Snake Hill (Sf). C. horridula Casey. Snake Hill (Sf). ORTHOCIS Casey. O. punctata Mell. Anglesea VII (Sz) ; g. d. (W) ; probably throughout the State. XESTOCIS Casey. X. levettei Casey. New Jersey (Casey). There are three other species so distributed that their occurrence in New Jersey is almost certain. BRACHYCIS Casey. B. brevicollis Casey. Sure to occur in New Jersey (Sf). ENNEARTHRON Mell. E. thoracicorne Ziegl. Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); and I have taken it generally in small numbers throughout the State. CERACIS Mell. C. sal lei Mell. East Jersey (Dietz); Chester, Arlington (Dn). OCTOTEMNUS Mell. O. laevis Casey. Snake Hill (Sf). RHIPIDANDRUS Lee. R„ paradoxus Beauv. Ft. Lee (Sf); on hard fungus in old trees (Brn). THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Family SPHINDID^. 3ii Very similar to the “Cioidae” in appearance and live in fungi. Our only species is SPHINDUS Chev. S. americanus Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf) ; Newark (Bf) ; Anglesea (W) ; probably throughout the State; local and not common. Family FUCANIMJ. These are the “stag beetles,” so called because in some species the male has the mandibles very large, branched, resembling stag antlers. Our common species, however, are better known as “pinching bugs,” the mandibles being of moderate size and not branched. The antennae have a leaf-like club at tip, the blades of which caniiot be closely opposed or folded. The larvae are white-grubs and live in decaying wood. LUCANUS Linn. L. elaphus Fabr. Anglesea, one male (W). L. dama Thunb. Throughout the State VI, VII, sometimes locally com¬ mon at electric light;, but usually in small numbers only. DORCUS MacL. D. parallelus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, in white-rotten wood; locally common. D. brevis Say. DaCosta (Say); Weymouth (Dke). The rank of this species is in doubt, and the general belief is that it is only an aber¬ ration of the above; but that is disputed, and the species is left here as good. PLATYCERUS Geoff. P. quercus Web. Recorded from all sections of the State; cut out of rotten wood in March, and found occasionally in branches until July. CERUCHUS MacL. C. piceus Web. Throughout the State; common in rotten beech all the year around (Bf). NICAGUS Lee. N. obscurus Lee. Gloucester, not common (W, Li). • PASSALUS Fabr. P. cornutus Fabr. Common throughout the State in rotten wood; hun¬ dreds of them are sometimes found in an old stump, and on an abandoned branch of R. R., on 5-mile beach, they ate up all the old ties. The larvae are peculiar in having four legs only. 312 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family SC A R ABSEI D/E. These are the “lamellicom” beetles in which the antenna has an oval club composed of from three to seven leaves or lamellae at the tip, and this is usually much longer in the male. The leaves are closely opposable, so that, when at rest, the club seems solid. The species vary much in appearance, and range from small to very large; in habit from feeders on leaves to burrowers in excrement. In all of them the legs are formed for digging, the fore-tibiae being almost always flattened and toothed at the outer edge. The tarsi are generally long except on the fore-legs, and always 5-jointed, so that the species are easily recognizable. The larvae are white-grubs and live in decaying wood, in excrement, in decaying vegetation gener¬ ally or in the ground on the roots of plants. They are white or yellowish in color, with a brown, horny head bearing prominent mandibles, and are much wrinkled and enlarged toward the posterior extrem¬ ity, where they end in a smooth, obtusely rounded, often discolored sac. Their position is partly coiled up, the tip of the abdomen usually about touching the long spiny legs. The feeders in decaying and excrementitious mat¬ ter are useful or harmless; but so much cannot be said for those that feed under ground on the roots of plants. » Grass lands are very apt to become in¬ fested, and sometimes lawns are completely destroyed by grubs which shear off every root, leaving the tops to wither. Field crops after grass often suffer severely, and in this State strawberries are among those most injured. Remedial measures are unsatisfactory where once the grubs have established themselves, and methods in avoidance are usually recom¬ mended. Fall plowing old sod is good practice, and if chickens follow the plow or hogs are allowed to run in the infested field they will dis¬ pose of large numbers of them. In rare cases, e. g. the rose-chafer, it is the adult and not the larva that becomes injurious, and the method of treatment must be modified accordingly. So “May beetles” or “June bugs” sometimes attack fruit blossoms by eating into the stem, and in such cases the arsenites are of use. CANTHON Hoffm. C» ebenus Say. Seashore, rare (Li). The species of this genus are “tumble bugs,” making large pellets of dung, in which they lay their eggs and which they afterward bury. C. lecontei Harold. Lakehurst VII (Bf) ; DaCosta VII (W) ; Clementon V, 22, Lucaston VIII, 27 (Brn) ; along shore Brigantine to Cape May VI, VII (div). Fig. 124. — Antenna of a L,amellicorn beetle to show the structure of club. THE INSECTS OF NEW1 JERSEY. 313 C. probus Germ. Lakehurst V, IX (div) ; some of the records for “lecontei” probably refer to this species; Mr. Schaeffer thinks all do. / C. vigilans Lee. Weehawken VI (Bt) ; Atlantic Co. (W) ; seashore (Li); rare. 0 C. laevis Dru. Common throughout the State. / C. chalcites Hald. New Jersey (Lg), and probably g. d.; rare. / C. viridis Beauv. Staten Island IV, VIII (div); Atlantic City (Li). CHCERIDIUM Lap. C. histeroides Web. Lakehurst VII, IX (div); Woodbury VII (W) ; Da- Costa VI, VII (div); Atco (Li); Petersburg VII, 4 (Brn) ; in excre¬ ment and fungi. C. lecontei Harold. DaCosta VI, 2 (GO). COPRIS Geoff. C. minutus Dru. Throughout the State IV-IX; locally common in cow- dung; all the species with the habit of digging under droppings. C. anagiypticus Say. Throughout the State; common, spring and fall. — A “tumble-bug,’* Copris Carolina: a, larva; b, the cell in which it lived; c, pupa; d, female beetle. Fig. 125. PHAN/EUS MacL. P. carnifex Linn. Throughout the State; locally common; spring and falTpone of the few species attracted to human excrement. 3H report of new jersey state museum. ONTHOPHAGUS Latr. O. nuchicornis Linn. Greenville IX, 6, rare (Bf) ; throughout Camden ‘ and gT'd' in Gloucester Counties IV-VI; an introduced species, spread¬ ing slowly. O. hecate Panz. Throughout the State V-IX; common. O. janus Panz. Common throughout the State in toad-stools, decaying fungi and under excrement. The varieties “orpheus” Panz. and “striatulus” Beauv. with the type, hut much more rare. O. subaeneus Beauv. Lakehurst, spring and fall; under horse-droppings; listed as a variety of the preceding, but is probably a good species. O. tuberculifrons Harold. West Bergen (Bf) ; Jamesburg VII (Jl) ; Atco (Li); Clementon VIII (W) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). O. pen nsy Ivan icus Harold. Common throughout the State. PSAM MODI US Heer. P. nanus De G. Greenville, West Bergen IV, V (Bf) ; lives in chicken excrement and is cosmopolitan (Sz). PLEUROPHORUS Muls. P. caesus Panz. G. d. rare (Bf); always at light (W). RHYSSEMUS Muls. R. scaber Hald. Along the shore, Brigantine to Anglesea VI-IX; on the beach and in the marshes. AT^ENIUS Harold. A. cognatus Lee. Westville I, 28 (W) ; Brigantine (Hn) ; Beesley’s Point VI, 30, Anglesea (GG). A. wenzel i Horn. Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Atlantic Co., Anglesea (W) ; Cape May VI, 3 (Brn) ; mostly at light. A. strigatus Horn. Westville V (GG) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). A. gracilis Mels. Irvington (Bf) ; Westville VIII, 1 (div); Woodbury VII, 3(f (W); Gloucester V, 27, Sea Isle VI, 10 (Brn); Brigantine IX (Hn). / A. imbricatus Mels. G. d. (Bf) ; Atlantic City VI, 24, Anglesea VII, 11, under drift (W) ; Sea Isle V, VI (Brn). A. social is Horn. Atlantic City, rare (W). A. abditus Hald. Collingswood VII, 27 (GG). DIALYTES Harold. D. truncatus Mels. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). OXYOMUS Lap. O. sylvestris Scop, (porcatus Fabr.) Snake Hill IV, 20 (Jl) ; Newark Dist. V (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; common in cow droppings. I ii ‘U; / " V the; insects of. new jersey, 315 , , APHODIUS III. A. fossor Linn. Piedmont Plain and northward; an imported species, which is now common about Newark and in Hudson County. A. fimetarius Linn. Common throughout the State. A. ruricola Mels: Westville IV, 26, Atco (W) ; Atlantic City VI (GG). ; ,, A. granarius Linn. .Throughout the State; common. A. vittatus Say. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; DaCosta V, Anglesea VII CW) ; local and common throughout the State. A. inquinatus Hbst. Common throughout the State. A. rubeolus Beauv. Newark Dist. (Bf ) ; Camden, Landisville (Li); Wood¬ bury VII, DaCosta V, Clementon VIII (W). A. stercorosus Mels. Throughout the State; usually common. « • A. bicolor Say. Newark (Bf); Westville (Li). / A. phalerioides Horn. Sandy Hook to Cape May, along the coast VII-IX. A. femoral is Say. Generally distributed, not rare (W, Li). A. oblongus Say. Ft. Lee III, 24, in a rotten stump (Bt). A. parcus Horn. Anglesea VII, 11, at light (W). /j •, -'u^O-rC'/iC i : Jv-tW m BOLBOCEROSOMA Schaef. * / B. farctum Fab. Throughout the State; local and rare. BOLBOCERAS Kirby. B. lazarus Fab. Woodbury VII (div) ; Sea Isle VII, Brigantine VII (Brn); Anglesea VI, VII (div) ; never common. ODONT/EUS Kl. O. filicornis Say. Ocean Beach (Pr) ; Atlantic City (Li); Sea Isle VI (Brn). O. cornigerus Mels. Spotswood (Jl) ; New Jersey (LI). GEOTRUPES Latr. G. splendidus Fab. Throughout 'the State; local, not common. G. semiopacus Jek. Madison (Pr) ; Newark (Soc) ; Riverton X, 24 (GG) ; Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea VIII, 8 (W). G. egeriei Germ. Shark River VII (GG); Camden (Li); Woodbury IV, 21, Clementon III, 18, under fungus (W). G. blackburnii Fab. Throughout the State III-X, common, in excrement. G. balyi Jek. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Lakehurst IX, 3, in underground stem of toadstools (Jl) ; Gloucester VIII, IX (W) ; Westville (Li). G. hornii Blanch. Hopatcong, Highlands (Sf); Staten Island (Bt) ; Somer’s Point (Hn) ; under or near decaying toadstools. The record of “G. inutilis” Horn is an error. 3i 6 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. TROX Fab. T. scabrosus Beauv. Throughout the State VI-IX; not rare. All the species in or under dried carcasses, hides, bones, etc. / T. asper Lee. Sandy Hook (Bt) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). T. suberosus Fab. Sandy Hook YII (Bt) ; Lahaway (Sm) ; Woodbury IX, Atlantic City (GG) ; Anglesea V, 31, g. d. (W). T. tubercuiatus De G. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark, rare at light (div). T. erinaceus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island II, 25, and later in owl pellets (Ds); Woodbury VI (W) ; g. d. (Li). T. capillaris Say. Staten Island (Lg) ; Newark, at light, rare (Bf). T. unistriatus Beauy. Throughout the State; not rare. T. sordidus Lee. Madison (Pr) ; Staten Island IY (Ds) ; Westville (Li). T. insularis Chev. (foveicollis Harr.) Newark (Bf) ; Staten Island VIII (Ds) ; g. d. rare (Li). T. terrestris Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island VII (Ds). _ T. sequalis Say. Staten Island (Lg). T. scaber Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII; not common. T. atrox Lee. New Jersey (Henshaw). < * /'* * ■a-Z/Litw t AMPHICOMA Latr. A. lupina Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island (Sf) ; Jamesburg VII (W) ; Sandy Hook (Loeffler) ; seashore (Li). A. vulpina Hentz. Newark (Soe); Jamesburg VII, 4, one female (Li). HOPLIA Ell. H. trifasciata Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (GG) ; West Bergen (Bf) ; seashore (Li) ; g. d. (W) ; flies very early in April as soon as vegeta¬ tion starts. H.Jrmalis Harold. Paterson, Lakehurst (Jl) ; Gloucester, seashore (Li) ; Lucaston and g. d. (W) ; in IV and V, very local but not rare where it occurs. H. modesta Hald. Throughout the State IV-VI; our most common spe¬ cies. H. equina Lee. Staten Island (Lg). DICHELONYCHA Kirby. D. elongata Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally not rare. D. subvittata Lee. Hopatcong (Pm). D. testacea Kirby. Hewitt VI, 5, Spotswood ( Jl) ; Orange Mts. (GG) ; Staten Island (Lg). D. fuscula Lec. Gloucester (Li); Anglesea V (div). D. albjcollia Burm. Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Riverton VI, 6 (Castle); Burling¬ ton Co. (W) ; Westville (Li); Newtonville VI, 11 (Brn). (: THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 337 SERSCA MacL. S. vespertina Gy 11. Throughout the State V, VI; common. S.jricolor Say. Ft. Lee List. (Bt) ; Ocean Co., on scrub oak VI (Sm); DaCosta, Atco (Li) ; Atlantic Co. (W) ; local. S. sericea Ill. Throughout the State V, VI; common. S. trociformis Burm. Ft. Lee List. (Bt) ; throughout the pine barrens . alTV and early VI, getting only a little into the Delaware Valley region. MACRODACTYLUS Latr. Fig. 126. — The “rose-bug,” Macrodactylus subspinosus : a, adult beetle'; b, larva; e, pupa; c, d, structural details, all enlarged; f, grape leaf showing injury and beetles at work — natural size. M. subspinosus Fab. The “Rose-bug” or “Rose chafer”; common throughout the State, often coming in such hordes as to destroy the blossoms of roses and other plants blooming in June, and in vine¬ yards in some sections utterly destroying the grape crop by eating the blossoms. They also eat into a variety of fruits, including apples and do great mischief in that way. The larvae feed on the roots of grasses and other vegetation in waste land and are beyond reach of destructive measures. Practically, spraying plants to be protected with heavy doses of arsenate of lead or collecting the adult beetles as they come on, by collectors adapted to the special work, are our only resorts. M. angustatus Beauv. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bt) ; Riverton V, 28 (GG) ; Anglesea VI, VII, on oak (div). 3i8 report of new jersey state museum. DIPLOTAXIS Kirby. D. sordida Say. West Bergen (Bf) ; Woodbury VII, 30, at light, Lucas- ton IV, 25, Anglesea V (W) ; Brigantine VII, Sea Isle VII (Brn). D. atlanjis Fall. Orange, Staten Island (Fall) ; some specimens of this species are undoubtedly in collections as “sordida.” D. tristis Kirby. Included by Fall in the list of New Jersey species; but I have no definite records. Mr. Wenzel has it from Areola, Pa. / D. liberta Germ. Throughout the State V-VII; our most common spe¬ cies. D. subcostata Blanch. DaCosta VI, 12 (Brn); Woodbury VI, 10 (W). D. excavata Lee. Newark district (Bf) ; determined by Fall. D. frondicola Say. New Jersey (Li, Fall). ' * v / D. bidentaia Lec. Atco (Li, Fall); Anglesey.., sweeping at night (W) ; this is the “truncatula” of last edition. D. harperi Blanch. New Jersey (Fall); Snake Hill IV, 14, V, 1 (Har- beck) ; Newark district (Bf). 2 ■ Fig. 127. — May beetle: 1, pupa in earthen cell; 2, larva or “white grub”; 3, adult from side; 4, same from top. LACHNOSTERNA Hope. These are the “May beetles” or “June bugs,” the larvae of which are the ordinary “white grubs” of pasture and garden land. Fall plowing and the use of chickens and hogs are the most available methods of control. / L. glaberrima Blanch. DaCosta VII, 19 (Dke) ; Brigantine IX, 10 (Hn) Anglesea VII (Sz). L. ephilida Say. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Orange, Highlands VI (Bt) ; g. d. (W, Li). L. longitarsus ' y. 3T9 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. L. clemens Horn. New Jersey (U S N M). L. dispar Burm. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W). L. gracilis Burm. New Brunswick (Coll); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; “Laurel Springs VII, 21 (Dke) ; Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn). L. gibbosa Burm. Throughout the State; locally common. L. subpruinosa Casey. Sure to occur in New Jersey. L. in versa Horn. New Brunswick, Lakewood, Lahaway rare (Coll). L. micans Knoch. Throughout the State, VI, VII; locally common. / L. arcuata Smith. Locally and seasonally throughout the State V-VII. The common species is not the same each year, in the same locality, and a species swarming at light one season may be totally absent the next. L. insperata Smith. Snake Hill; rare. L. dubia Smith. Throughout the State, locally and seasonally common. _ L. fusca Frcehl. The commonest of all our species V-VII. L. grandis Sm. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City (Coll); Camden, Glouces- - - ter Co (W); Forked River Mts. V, 26 (Dke). J L. barda Horn. New Jersey, two specimens (Sf). AU W > f0 / L. marginalia Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm, Sf). L. fraterna. Harr. This, with its varieties “cognata” Burm., and “fors- teri” Burm., is locally common throughout the State. L. nova Smith. New Brunswick (Coll) ; and probably g. d., rare. L. luctuosa Horn. Buena Vista, one specimen (Li). L. knochii Sch. & Cyll. Riverton (Castle); in roads through pine woods, dead specimens only (W). j L. rugosa Mels. New Brunswick (Sm) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Merchantville III, 15 (Dke) ; probably g. d., local and rare. L. hirsuta Knoch. Throughout the State V-VII; locally common. L. balia Say. New Jersey, without definite locality. L. hirticula Knoch. Common everywhere V-VIII. L. semula Horn. DaCosta VI, 4 (Dke). L. crenulata Frcehl. Throughout the State; local, never very abundant. L. parvidens Lee. Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). L. i lie is Knoch. Throughout the State; not rarely. L. quercus Knoch. Rare, isolated specimens from various localities. L. tristis Fab. Throughout the State; our commonest small species. PHYTALUS Er. P. georgianus Horn. Hammonton VIII, 15, one specimen (Sz). POLYPHYLLA Harr. P. variolosa Hentz. Hopatcong (Pm); Highlands (Sf) ; Riverside, West- vilie VII, 9 (W), and all along shore in the wash-up VI-VII. 320 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ANOMALA Kceppe. A. binotata Gyll. Throughout the Delaware Valley, the pine barrens and maritime regions III-V, locally not rare. A. innuba Fab. (minuta Burm.) Anglesea (div). _ ^ / A. undulata Mels. Throughout the State IV, VI, locally not rare. A. lucicola Fab. Throughout the State, common on grape and “Ampe- lopsis” VI, VII; the most abundant form of the genus, and quite variable. A. obi i via Horn. Pine barrens V-VII, locally not rare; extending into the maritime and a little into the Delaware Valley region. A. marginata Fabr. Plainfield VI, 20 (Sf); g. d., on hickory (W) ; sea¬ shore (Li) ; locally not rare. The record of “lurida” Fab. is an error, based on an abnormal form of “binotata.” STRIGODERMA Burm. S. pygmasa Fab. Throughout South Jersey V-VII, locally common on sweet potato and other “Convolvulacese.” S. arboricola Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, more common south¬ wardly on flowers of “Rubus” and “Rosacese” generally. At Angle- sea on “Opuntia.” PELIDNOTA MacL. P. punctata Linn. Common throughout the State on grape; larva in hickory and oak stumps (Bt). COTALPA Burm. C. lanigera Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII, on wil¬ low or poplar, occasionally on oak; never very abundant. CYCLOCEPHALA Latr. C. immaculata Oliv. Sandy Hook (Bt) ; Camden VI, 10, Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn) ; seashore (Li); g. d. (W). Fig. 128. — DYSCINETUS Harold. (CHALEPUS MacL.) Cotalpa lanigera. D. trachypygus Burm. Throughout the State, but much more common along shore; attracted to light VIII, IX. LIGYRUS Burm. L. gibbosus De G. Common throughout the State, at light, VIII, IX; more abundant along shore. L. rel ictus Say. As before, but much more abundant; so plentiful at times as to be a veritable nuisance. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY, 321 APHONUS Lee. A. castaneus Mels. Madison (Pr) ; along shore VI, VII (div) ; not com¬ mon; larva in decaying stumps. XYLORYCTES Hope. X. satyrus Fabr. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark (Bf) ; throughout South Jersey VII, VII, never common; larva in roots of ash. Is known as the “Rhinocerus beetle,” because of the great horn on its head. ST R AT/EG US Hope. S. antaeus Fabr. Newark (Soc) ; Long Branch (Bt) ; throughout the pine barrens VII, VIII, extending rarely into the Delaware Valley region. Larva in rotting wood. The beetle is very stout and broad, with three thoracic processes, which are sometimes long and horn-like, giving rise to the local name “Ox-beetle.” DYNASTES Kirby. D. tityus Linn. Wildwood (Satterthwaite) ; Cape May (W) ; one speci¬ men each. This species is really southern, and its occurrence at that point on our coast is accidental. Fig. i2g.—Allorhina nitida: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; d-g, larval details. ALLORHINA Burm. A. nitida Linn. Throughout the State; locally common in sandy districts; flies like a bumble bee on bright, hot days in July, occasionally in swarms; the larva is sometimes injurious in sod, eating off the roots so that the top can be rolled up like a carpet. EUPHORIA Burm. E. areata Fab. Throughout the State; very local and seasonal IV, V and IX; sometimes abundant. E. sepulchralis Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Del. Water Gap (Bt) ; through¬ out South Jersey in June (div) ; rare and local. 21 IN 322 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. E. fulgida Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally and seasonally not rare. / E. herbacea Oliv. Plainfield VII (Lv) ; Staten Island V (Bt); Westville (Li); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm) ; g. d. (W). * E. inda Linn. Throughout the State, spring and fall; beetles occasionally injurious to growing ears of corn, peaches and other fruits; larva not injurious, living in manure and rich earth (Ch). The locality for “melancholica” Gory, is so doubtful that Mr. Schwarz recommends dropping the name. CREMASTOCHILUS Knoch. The species of this genus are associated with ants, living in their colonies, but hardly in friendly relations with them. They are not often found unless especially sought for, and may be in general accounted rare. C. variolosus Kirby. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Madison (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Gloucester Co. (div); Glassboro VII, 27 (GG). C. canaliculatus Kirby. Paterson V (Gr) ; Woodside V, 1 (Bf). / C. castanese Knoch. Hewitt V, 20, VI, 15 (Jl). C. harrisii Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Morristown (Ds) ; Woodbury (Li); Clementon V, 10, locally common on sandy flats (W). OSMGDERMA Lep. O. eremicola Knoch. Throughout the State, locally not rare; the larva often abundant in rotting trees. O. sea bra Beauv. With the preceding, usually more common; larva as before. GNORIMUS Lep. G. maculosus Knoch. Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Hewitt V, 29 (Jl) ; Ft. Lee (div); Staten Island (Lg) ; seashore (Li); g. d. (W). TRICHIUS Fabr. T. piger Fab. Throughout the State VII, on flowers; often in great num¬ bers on roses; larvae in old oak stumps (Jl). T. affinis Gory. With the preceding; usually more common. . T. bibens Fab. Hewitt V, 30 ( Jl) ; on flowers of “Viburnum pubescens” (Ds). T. delta Forst. Williamstown, DaCosta VII, 4, 16 (W). VALGUS Scriba. V. squamiger Beauv. Common throughout the State IV-VI; the larvae sometimes abundant in decaying stumps. ^^*£**4s*. r/. / ? c>^ J 7^?-. /Tvnrzi ?,c^ . / -A^r-*A£s fnhU, /ffrrtk'bfGLGh-L-'h Vll/./b.ti. gAudf) £treertjbo/i Uf. Vlll.Z./o iXCfiJ ) V 0 / THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 323 V. canaliculatus Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island (Lg) ; Vineland (U S Ag) ; never in large numbers. Family SPONDYLIDiE. Oblong, brown, somewhat flattened beetles, with rather short an¬ tennae; the tarsi 5-jointed, the 4th short and the 3rd somewhat lobed. The thorax is almost square, the head horizontal and the mandibles are rather prominent. PARANDRA Latr. P. b.runnea Fabr. Throughout the State, locally not rare V-VII; breeds / jn decaying deciduous and coniferous trees. Family CBRAMBYCIDyE- These are the “long-horned beetles,” so called because the antennae or feelers are as long or longer than the body. The body is usually more or less cylindrical, although many species are somewhat flattened. In all cases the thorax is without? a sharp lateral margin or suture and carries out the idea of a cylinder, even if the form does not. The front is more or less obviously vertical, and the mandibles are usually stout and sharp-pointed. The tarsi are apparently four- jointed only, the third being deeply lobed. The larvae are borers, generally in woody tissue, although a few bore into herbaceous plants. They are more or less cylindrical, the joints well marked, those of the thorax enlarged, the head chitinous, with pow¬ erful mandibles. They resemble the larvae of the “Buprestidse” in a general way, but are not flattened, especially toward the head, so they are called “round-headed” borers. Most of the species live in the solid or heart wood of dead or dying trees; but some of them work in the sap-wood or under bark, and not a few attack healthy, sound trees, paving the way for other species that prefer less vitality. Only a few species are economically important in New Jersey, and these are usually dealt with by mechanical barriers or other direct means. ORTHOSOMA Serv. O. brunneum Forst. Throughout the State in July, not rare; larvae in • oak stumps and logs. TRAGOSOMA Serv. / T. harrisii Lee. Newark, rare (Bf) ; along shore in wash-up, occasional. 324 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Fig. 130. — Prionus laticollis, larva, pupa and adult. PRIONUS Geoff. P. laticollis Dru. Throughout the State, July and August. The larva lives in the roots of many trees and shrubs, including orchard trees and small fruits. On grape and blackberry it is sometimes injurious, causing less damage to the former than the latter. The larva re¬ quires three years to reach its full growth; and when it works in the crown of the blackberry causes so much injury that the removal of the affected portion and the destruction of the borer is the only remedy. P. pocularis Dalm. Throughout the pine barrens in July and August; the larva often common in decaying pine logs. SPHENOSTETHUS Hald. S. taslei Buq. Snake Hill, coll. Bkln. Inst. Mus. (Sf) ; “New Jersey” (Horn); rare in New Jersey (Li). There are no recent records. ASEMUM Esch. A. moestum Hald. Throughout the State, May and June; the larva on pine. CRIOCEPHALUS Mills. C. agrestis Kirby. Chester (Dn) ; Newark (div) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Lahaway VII, Anglesea (Coll). / / /^\ THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 325 / C. obsoletus Rand. Newark (Bf) ; Woodbury, Atlantic City (W) ; Sea Isle VII (Brn). SMODICUM Hald. S. eucujiforme Say. Short Hills VII (Bt) ; Orange, not rare at light (Ch) ; Newark (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co., under oak bark (W) ; Collingswood, Glassboro VII (GG) ; Lahaway VI (Sm) ; g. d. (Li). PHYSOCNEMUM Hald. P. brevilineum Say. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Weehawken VI (Bt) ; Orange MtsTTBf) ; seashore, Atlantic City to Cape May VI, VII (div) ; feeds HYLQTRUPES Se H._ba[ulus Linn. Throughout the State in June, on pine. H. ligneus Fabr. Throughout the State on cedar; begins to emerge as early as March and continues until late June. PHYMATODES Muls. P. variabilis Fabr. Throughout the State on oak, VI, VII; the larva is one of the “bark slippers” often found in great numbers on cord wood. P. infuscatus Lee. Staten Island (Lg). P. lengi Joutel. Fort Lee in May; type locality (Jl). P. lividus Rossi. An introduced species, found in Staten Island and New Jersey (Jl). P. amosnus Say. Throughout the State IV, V, the larva breeding in dead grape stems; locally not rare. P. ater Lee. Anglesea V, on oak (W) ; Sea Isle V, 29 (Brn). P. dimidiates Kirby. Staten Island (Lg) ; Long Branch (Bf). P. varius Say. Not uncommon throughout the State, V, VI; the larva, with that of “variabilis,” in oak; I have bred both species from one stick. The record of “P. blandus” in last edition was based on a misidentifi- cation. MERIUM Kirby. M. proteus Kirby. Newfoundland, 1 example collected by Leng (Jl). is essentially a boreal species; but the record of its capture by Mr. Leng is clear in all details. The example was taken alive on a log near a local sawmill, the log cut in the nearby woods. CALLIDIUM Fabr. C. antennatum Newn. Throughout the State IV-VIII on pine and cedar; usually common and most abundant in May. C. janthinum Lee, South Amboy IV, on pine boughs (Ds) ; Irvington on cut cedar IV (Bf) ; it is possible that both of these records may eventually prove to refer to the preceding; but the determinations seem correct. 326 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. / C. aereum Newn. Clifton V, 30, bred from chestnut (Ch) ; Orange Mts., Newark, at light (Bf) ; New Brunswick (Sm). OEME Newn. O. rigida Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not common; breeds in cedar and is sometimes found in the wash-up along shore. O. gracilis Lee. Orange VI (Ch). CH ION Newn. C. cinctus Dru. Throughout the State V, VI, not common; the larva in hickory, oak and plum (Ch). f EBURIA Serv. E. 4-qeminata Say. Throughout the State VII, rarely; on oak and hick¬ ory ’(W). ROMALEUM White. R. simplicicolle Hald. Lahaway (Sm); Atlantic County in pine woods VIII, IX (W) ; not rare in wash-up along shore VIII (div). R. atomarium Dru. DaCosta (Li); Bridgeton (GG) ; along shore in wash-up, under bark and at sugar VI, VIII, IX (div). R. rufujum Hald. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. IV, VII, VIII on oak (W) ; Glassboro VIII, 17 (GG). ELAPHIDON Serv. E. mucronatum Fab. Throughout the State on trees of various kinds; also on grape; does not amputate twigs like “E. villosum.” E. incertum Newn. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). E. villosum Fab. (parallelum Newn.) Throughout the State IV-VII, more or less common. The larva is the common “oak-pruner” ; but attacks also hickory, apple and other trees. It developes in the heart of a small shoot, and when full grown, girdles the shoot from within, so that it falls in the first high wind. Gather these fallen branches and burn them where shade or orchard trees are in¬ vested. E. subpubescens Lee. East Plains VII, 27 (Lg) ; g. d. rare (Li). E. aculeatum Lec. Brown’s Mills VIII, 4 (Dke) ; g. d. rare (W). E. unicolor Rand. Short Hills (Bt) ; Woodside (Bf) ; Westville (Li); Berlin VI, 25, Woodbury VII, 30, Anglesea VII, common on scrub oak (W) ; bred from red-bud (Lee) and plum (Ch). Fig. 13 1. — The “oak pruner”: a , larva; b, pupa in its burrow; c, beetle; k, k, cut ends of twig; d to i, structural details. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 327 E. cinerascens Lee. Chester (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Jl) ; Woodbury VII, 7 (GG); Lucaston VI, 14 (Dke). The records for “inerme” and “pumilum” rest upon misidentification. TYLONOTUS Hald. T. bimaculatus Hald. Ft. Lee VII, 26 (Jl) ; Newark, New Brunswick (Sm) ; Westville (Li) ; Camden, Gloucester Co., under bark of ash (W). HETERACHTHES Newn. f H. 4-maculatus Newn. Palisades VI (Lv) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Gloucester, Camden Co., g. d. (div) ; on hickory. H. ebenus Newn. Boonton VII, 15 (GG) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark at light (Bf) ; New. Brunswick VI (Sm); Camden, Gloucester Co., VI, VII (div); along shore Atlantic City to Cape May in wash-up (div). CURIUS Newn. C. dentatus Newn. Anglesea, rare, on oak (W). OBRIUM Serv. O. rufulum Gahan. (rubrum Newn.) Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange VI (Ch), Newark on oak (Bf) ; Woodbury VIII, 7 on ash (W). / O. rubidum Lee. Orange Mts., on ash (Bf) ; Philadelphia Neck (W). PHYTON Newn. P. pajjidum Say. Ft. Lee, Highland VII (Sf); Orange Mts. VII (Bf) ; Rocky Hill VI (Coll) ; Woodbury VII (GG) ; Camden VII, Anglesea (W) ; breeds in hickory and red-bud (Ch). MOLORCHUS Fab. M. bimaculatus Say. Palisades (Lv) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Orange Mts. VII, Riverton V (GG) ; Clementon V, Woodbury VI (W) ; Brown’s Mills V (Dke); Anglesea V, 30; Lahaway V (Sm); develcpes in dead ash, dog-wood, red-bud, hickory, walnut and maple (Ch). RHOPALOPHORA Serv. R. longipes Say. Seashore (Li); breeds in red-bud (Ch) / fiytro leot tar ^ ■ Or i TRAGIDiON Serv. 3jLi^ir , ^ K\30./O A f SZ-ffy ■ /~- yq .^y- &£*slc- t-t^r-t^y >-V'v ■';■'■ >/, :'J \N \ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 329 X. undulatus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Palisades, Lakehurst VIII, 2 (Jl) ; the variety “lunulatus” Kirby has also been taken in the Orange Mts.; breeds in spruce and hemlock (Ch). X. nitidus Horn. Gloucester County, one specimen (Bland). NEOCLYTUS Thom. N. scutellaris Oliv. Spring Lake VIII (Ch) ; g. d. (W) ; Malaga VIII, 4 (CG) ; Lakehurst (Ds). N. jouteli Davis. Rahway VIII, 2 (Bf Gr) ; Lakehurst VII (Bf Ds). N. luscus Fab. Generally distributed; rare (W). N. conjunctus Lee. Palisades, bred (Jl). N. caprae Say. Boonton IV, 28, common on freshly cut chestnut (GG) ; Newfoundland on wood piles VII, 5 (Sf); Newark (Soc); g. d., rare (W) ; breeds in ash, elm and hickory (Ch). N. erythrocephalus Fabr. Throughout the State V-VII; breeds in forest, shade and fruit trees in great variety, and also in grape canes (Ch). CLYTANTHUS Thom. C. ruricola Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Newfoundland VII (Ds) ; Palisades, on dead oak (Lv) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Clementon V, 24 (GG). / C. albofasciatus Lap. Palisades, on dead oak (Lv) ; Ft. Lee (Jl) ; Cam¬ den VI, VII (div). MICROCLYTUS Lee. M. gazellula Hald. Newark (Bf ) ; South Jersey, rare (W). CYRTOPHORUS Lee. C. verrucosus Oliv. Throughout the State; not rare; lives on chestnut, beech, linden and a variety of other trees (Ch). TILLOMORPHA Blanch. / T. geminata Hald. Throughout North Jersey V-VII (div); South Jersey (W) ; bred from sumac (Ulke). EUDERCES Lee. E. picipes Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; lives on linden, beech, ^chestnut, etc., (Ch). / E. pini Oliv. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Bf ) ; on scrub oak, near Timber Creek VI, rare (Bland). ATI MIA Hald. A. confusa Say. Pleasant Mills (Say); Eagle Rock, all summer, on cut cedar (Bf) ; Atco (Li); g. d., rare, in Juniper (W) ; Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). 330 REPORT1 OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. DISTENIA Serv. D. undata Qliv. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts., on hickory VII (Bf); Westville (Li); Anglesea VII, 22 (Sm). DESMOCERUS Serv. D. pa Hiatus Forst. Throughout the State on elder in July; seems to be absent from Staten Island; no records coming thence. ENCYCLOPS Newn. E. coeruleus Say. Hewitt VI, 2, on flowers of dogwood (Jl); Orange Mts.; sometimes common near Newark (Bf) ; Gloucester (Li). RHAGIUM Fabr. R. lineatum Oliv. Throughout the State on pine III-VII; larva under pine bark. CENTRODERA Lee. C. decoiorata Harr. “New Jersey” (Sm). C. picta Hald. Chester (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts., Woodside V, 3, rare on dry hickory (Bf) ; DaCosta, Anglesea (W). TOXOTUS Serv. T. vittiger Rand. Ramapo, N. Y. (Jl) ; just across the New Jersey line, and doubtless occurs also on our side of the fence. T. cylindricollis Say. Ft. Lee VI, 23 ( Jl) ; “New Jersey” (Horn). ACM/EOPS Lee. A. thoracica Hald. Ramapo, N. Y., V, 31, in some numbers, just north of the line (Ds) ; certain to occur also in New Jersey. A. bivittata Say. Fort Lee VI (Bt) ; Newark (Soc); g. d. (Li). A. directa Newn. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 ( Jn) ; Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Riverton (GG) ; Westville (Li). A. discoidea Hald. Throughout the State, V, VI, local and not common. GAUROTES Lee. G. cyanipennis Say. Throughout the Appalachian and Highlands re¬ gions, not rare VI; marked g. d. (W, Li); but local and not common. STRAIN! GA LI A Serv. S. famelica Newn. Throughout the State, VII, on flowers. S. acuminata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Hewitt VI, 18, common on flowers (Ds) ; Orange Mts. (div); Newark (Soc); Riverton V-VII (GG) ; Westville (Li); Brown’s Mills I, 27 (Dke). S. luteicornis Fabr. Common throughout the State, on flowers VI, VII. S. bicolor Swed. Throughout the State VI, VII, local and not common. / AjL& l///- /f. // r THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 331 BELLAMIRA Lee. B. scalaris Say. “Point Breeze,” the type locality. Newfoundland VII, 5, in dead ash (Jl, Ds) ; Ft. Lee VI, 14, larvae and pupae in ash (Jl) ; Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). TYPOCERUS Lee. T. zebratus Fab. Sea Girt VIII (Bf) ; Landisville (Li) ; DaCosta (W) ; Atco VI (div); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); Lahaway V, VI (Sm). T. velutinus Oliv. Common throughout the State on flowers in July. T. iiKjubris Say. Fort Lee VI (div); “New Jersey” (Hw). Li 1 1 n t ^ y LEPTURA Serv. JL. emarginate Fab. Boonton VIII, 5, 5 ovipositing (GG) ; Palisades in dead oak and maple (Lv) ; , Ft. Lee, larva in any decayed wood, lives three years ( Jl) ; Irvington VII (Bf) ; Gloucester VII, 10 (GG). L. deleta Lee. “New Jersey” (Li). / L. piebeja Rand. Caldwell (Cr) ; “New Jersey” (Horn). L. subha mata Rand. Newfoundland VII, 4 ( Jl) ; “New Jersey” (Lg). L. abdominalis Hald. Atlantic City (Castle) seashore, one $ (Li). L. lineola Say. Throughout the State in June; locally common. / L. cruentata Hald. Hewitt VI, 2 (Jl) ; DaCosta 1 dead specimen (Li). L. americana Hald. Ft. Lee, Hewitt VI, 18-25 ( Jl) ; Eagle Rock, V (Bf). L. nana Newn. var. haematites Newn. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts., on dog-wood blossoms "(Bf) ; Westville (Li). / 4 L. nitens Forst. Throughout the State, V, VI, on chestnut, oak and beech. L. cordifera Oliv. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn) ; Hopatcong (Pm) ; Orange Mts., once common (Bf). L. rubrica Say. Throughout the State V-VII; on dead beech (Lv). / L. circumdata Oliv. Hewitt VI, 25 (Jl) ; Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., on pussy willow (Bf); Atco (Li); Clementon VI, 3 ( Jn) ; Lahaway VI on magnolia flowers (Sm) ; Anglesea V, 28 (W). L. vagans Oliv. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn) ; Hewitt VI, Lakehurst VI . (Jl); Sea Girt VIII (Bf) ; Clementon VI (GG) ; Atco, DaCosta VI, Anglesea (W) ; bred from butternut, hickory and birch (Ch). L. proxima Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 14 ( Jn) ; Hopatcong VI (Bt) ; ^ _ _ Hewitt VI, 18 (Jl); Newfoundland VI (Ds) ; Palisades VI, 5 (Dke); Westville (Li). L. octonotata Say. Hewitt VI (div) ; Hopatcong VI, Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island VI (Ds). L. vittata Germ. Throughout the State VI, VII, on flowers; more abund¬ ant in the northern sections. L. pubera Say. Del. Water Gap VII (Coll); Hewitt VI, 18, Ft. Lee V, 24 (Jl); Madison VI, 6 (Pr) ; Orange Mts. VI, VII, on “Spiraea” (Bf). 332 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. L. mutabilis Newn. Palisades IV, V, larvae in dead iron-wood ( Jl) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg). L. quadricollis Lee. Staten Island (Lg). CYRTINUS Lee. C. pygmaeus Hald. Throughout the State, locally common, V, VI; lives on oak, hickory, locust and box elder (Ch). PSENOCERUS Lee. P. supernotatus Say. Throughout the State V, VI, breeding in currant stems; locally common but rarely injurious. MONOHAMMUS Serv. M. titi I later Fab. Throughout the State on pine, VI, VII ; often common in the wash-up along shore ; a small form at Anglesea. M. scutellatus Say. Chester (Dn) ; Newark (Bf). M. nofatus Dru. (confusor Kirby) Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Eagle Rock VII, 5 (GG) ; Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Camden (Li) ; Atlantic, Cape May Cos., not rare (W). Fig- 133- — Pseno- cerus supernota¬ tus; currant tip borer. DORCASCHEMA Lee. D. alternatum Say. Staten Island VI-VIII, common on Osage Orange and Mulberry (Ds) ; Camden, Merchantville VI, 7, on Mulberry (W) ; g. d. (Li). D. nigrum Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison VII, 24 (Pr) ; Orange Mts. VII (Bf) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Westville (Li); g. d. on hickory (W). D. wildii Uhler. Common on Osage Orange near Philadelphia and kills alT the black mulberry near that city; not yet found in New Jersey. HETCEIVMS Hald. H. cinerea Oliv. Hewitt VI, 18, bred from hickory ( Jl) ; Plainfield VII, 4 (Ds) ; Orange Mts. VII, on Mulberry (Bf) ; Newark (GG) ; Collings- wood VI, 7 (W); g. d. (Li). CACOPLIA Lee. / C. pul lata Hald. Madison VII, 19 (Pr); Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Lakehurst VI, VII on scrub-oak (div) ; Gloucester, Atlantic Cos., on oak (W) ; An¬ glesea VII, 12 (Coll). GOES Lee. / G. tigrina DeG. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Snake Hill (Sf); Cald¬ well (Cr) ; New Brunswick VIII (Coll); on oak in July (W) ; Glass- boro VII, 27, under pine tree (GG). G. pulchra Hald. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare; on hickory. G y i c : ' v,' «//// J V d /r\ /X&j^jx A/. yyAtf^ /fee. / ,y ■ Pi '/■•>'#■*> fttiC'A ,:-V ■^t\-’ '(J,&J -y3V $-•&■ *p£{*'/. ' n&Ay *tr*dp0-+k*& c-t-c^ 333 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. / G. debilis Dec. Greenwood Lake (Sf) ; Madison VIII, 12 (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Merchantville VI, VII, on oak (W) ; DaCosta (Li); Lakehurst VII (div). / G. tessellata Hald. Orange Mts. VII (Bf) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; DaCosta, Atco VII, 13, on oak (W) ; Lahaway, larvae at base of oak saplings in June (Sm); Lakehurst VII, 5 (Bf). G. pulverulentus Hald. Montclair VII, on oak, iron-wood, hornbeam (Sf) ; Orange Mts. VII (Bf); Ft. Lee VI, VII, larva in iron-wood (G) ; New Brunswick VII (Sm) ; Camden (Li); Gloucester, Atlantic Co. VI, VII, on beech (W) ; Lakehurst V-VII, larva, in scrub oak (div). / G. oculata Lee. Newfoundland VII, 6 (Watson). ACANTHODERES Serv. A. quadrigibbus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn) ; Orange Mts. VIII *“ TBf) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee (Jl) ; breeds in a variety of forest trees (Ch). A. decipiens Hald. Chester (Dn) ; Palisades, on dead hickory V (Lv) ; Ft. Lee, So. Orange (Sf) ; Eagle Rock VII, 5 (GG) ; Gloucester, Cam¬ den Co. (W); Anglesea VII (Coll). LEPTOSTYLUS Lee. L, aculiferus Say. Orange Mts. I, at base of hickory; Newark VII, on tulip tree (Bf ) ; Madison VIII (Pr); Woodbury VII, g. d. (W) ; sea¬ shore (Li). / L. parvus Lee. Hemlock Falls VII, 6, Eagle Rock VII, 9, Camden VII (GG). /■ L. sexguttulus Say. (commixtus Hald.) Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; along shore, Atlantic City to Anglesea VI, VII (div); reared from “Pinus inops” (Ch). L. biustus Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). L. collaris Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Highlands on chestnut (Ch) ; Hud¬ son Co. (LI); Paterson V (Bf). L. macula Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mis. (Bf) ; Clifton VII, breeds in many kinds of deciduous trees (Ch) ; Newark, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Coll); g. d. (W, Li). LIOPUS Serv. / L. crassulus Lee. Madison (Pr). L. variegatus Hald. Highlands, bred from huckleberry and box-elder (Ch) ; Palisades VI (Lv) ; Newark, Eagle Rock on locust, Sea Girt (Bf); Atco (Li); Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn); g. d. (W). L. fascicularis Harr. Newark (Soc). L. alpha Say. (cinereus Lee.) Throughout the State VI-VIII, more or less common on sumac, in which it breeds. L. punctatus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Eagle Rock VI, 26 (Bf) ; reared from dog-wood, “C. florida” (Ch), and also infests plum (Hopkins). 334 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. DECTES Lee. D. spinosus Say. Throughout the State all season; occurs on and breeds in the stems of rag-weeds. LEPTURGES Bates. y" L. symmetricus Hald. Palisades VII, 2 (Lv) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Li); g. d. (Bf) ; Ocean Co. V (Coll); bred from hackberry (Ch). / var. angulatus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); g. d., not common (W, Li), var. pictus Lee. Orange Mountains (GO). L. signatus Lee. Palisades VII (Lv) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; New¬ ark Dist., g. d. (Bf ) ; infests red-bud (Ch) and beech (Hpk). L. quercus Fitch. Throughout the State VI-VIII, more or less common; breeds in oak, hickory and red-bud. L. facetus Say. Throughout the State, with the preceding; the two possibly only forms of one species. HYPERPLATYS Hald. H. aspersus Say. (maculatus Hald.) Throughout the State, more or less common, V-VII, on oak. var. nigrellus Hald. Staten Island (Lg) ; Brown’s Mills V (Dke). GRAPH 1SURUS Kirby. G. fasciatus DeG. Throughout the State V-VIII, not uncommonly; reared from chestnut, oak and maple (Ch). ACANTHOCINUS Steph. A. pusilius Kirby. Newark (Bf) ; New York City (Sf); from Dietz Coll., rare; under bark of “Pinus inops” (Ch). / A. obsoletus Oliv. Atlantic City (GG) ; Sea Isle VI, 11, Anglesea VI, 26 (Brn); g. d., but very rare; breeds in pine (Ch). A. nodosus Fab. Egg Harbor IX, Anglesea (W), very rare; breeds in pine (Ch). POGONOCHERUS Latr. P. mixtus Hald. Hopatcong (Bt) ; Newark Dist., on dead swamp willow, Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; Atlantic City VI (div); Newtonville VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn); Anglesea VI (W) ; seashore (Li). The record for “penicellatus” Lee. was based on a misidentification. ECYRUS Lee. E. dasycerus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; found on oak (Sf); breeds in red-bud (Ch), and hickory (LeConte). EUPOGONIUS Lee. / E. tomentosus Hald. Throughout the State VI-IX; bred from apple twigs, but not commonly, and does no injury. '/ b j > *% % * ■ //> 335 THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. / E. subarmatus Lee. Nyack on linden, and surely in New Jersey (Lg). E. vest it us Say. Throughout the State, rarely; infests “Cornus florida” (Ch)'; hickory (Riley) and walnut (Hopkins). ONC1DERES Serv. O. cmgulatus Say. Throughout the State VI-IX, but rare and local; girdles twigs of oak, hickory, persimmon, apple and other trees. HIPPOPSIS Serv. H. lemniscata Fabr. Madison VI (Pr) ; Bloomfield VIII (Bf) ; Camden VII, Merchantville VI (W) ; Westville (Li); Lahaway VII (Coll); Anglesea VII, 4 (Lv). SAPERDA Fab. S. obliqua Say. Throughout the State, rarely; breeds in black alder. S. ca lea rata Say. Occasional throughout the State, the larva in trunks of poplar and cottonwood, attacking live trees. / S. mutica Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Gloucester on willow (W). Fig. 134. — Round-headed apple-borer, Saperda Candida: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult. Fig- 135- — Saperda Candida: a, puncture in which egg is laid;' b; same ’in section; e, hole from which beetle has emerged; f, same in section; g, pupa in its cell. 336 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. S. Candida Fabr. Throughout the State, late May to August, locally common. The larva is the “round-headed apple borer,” which some¬ times does great injury in apple orchards, though it is even more destructive in quince, and breeds also in “Crataegus” and “Amelan- chier.” The larva can be cut out when first noticed or reached with a soft wire in the later stages; but the best practice is to protect the base of the tree with some mechanical covering that will prevent the parent beetle from laying eggs or the young from getting into the trunk. Wire netting, paper, and other coverings serve the first purpose; whitewash, cement, soap mixtures and similar compounds the second. S. fayi Bland. Del. Water Gap, Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; larvas live in galls in stems of “Crataegus” (Jl). S. vestita Say. Throughout the State in July; larva bores in base of trunk and exposed roots of linden (Jl) and often causes serious in¬ jury. S. disco idea Fab. Throughout the State, locally not rare on hickory, on which the larva feeds; adult until IX, 1 (Ds). S. tridentata Oliv. Boonton VI, VII (GG) ; Palisades IV (Lv) ; Ft. Lee, Weehawken VI (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; larva in standing and recently felled elm. S. imitans Joutel. Palisades, Ft. Lee (Joutel). S. lateralis Fabr. Throughout the State V, VI; larva in hickory, var. connecta Joutel. Top of Palisades, in base of hickory (Jl). S. puncticollis Say. Throughout the State, very rare, VI; the larva in stems of “Ampelopsis quinquefolia”; not in “Rhus” (Jl). S. concolor Lee. Hewitt, Palisades, Ft. Lee, makes galls in poplar and willow stems (Jl); Newark Dist., wherever swamp willow occurs (Bf). “S. moesta” Lee. is based on a misidentification. OBERA Mu Is. O. bimaculata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); taken only on “Rubus” (Ch); Westfield VII, 9 (Bno). var. tri punctata Fab. Throughout the State; not rare, var. basalis Lee. Chester, Orange Mts., Irvington, rare (Bf) ; Mer- chantville VI, DaCosta VI (Brn); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke). O. schaumii Lee. Newark (Soc.) O. ocellata Hald. Throughout the State in July. var. discoidea Lee. DaCosta VII, 5, Iona VI, 22 (Brn). O. tri punctata Swed. Throughout the State V-VII. var. myops Hald. Orange Mts., Newark (div); Anglesea (W). var. mandarina Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm); So. Jersey (W) ; on “Cornus alternifolia,” and said by Riley to breed in poplar (Ch). 'rtf yo . /A k//a xTT /j. Te'frtffo /& ft. i 337 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. O. gracilis Fab. Jamesburg VII (div) ; Lakehurst (Jl) ; DaCosta VII (div) ; Manumuskin VI, Brown’s Mills VIII (Dke) ; Atco, Anglesea (W). O. ruficollis Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on sumac and sassafras. TETROPS Steph. T. canescens Lee. Gloucester County, one specimen on alder (W). TETRAOPES Serv. , T. canteriator Drap. Throughout the State; local; on milkweed. ' T. tetraophthalmus Forst. Common everywhere VII-IX, on milkweed. One of the commonest species of the family. AMPHIONYCHA Lee. / A. flammata Newn. Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; “New Jersey” (Lg). DYSPHAGA Lee. D. tenuipes Hald. Westville, two specimens (W) ; bred from red-bud (Ch), and recorded also from hickory and walnut. Family CHRYSOMELIDyE. These are the “leaf-beetles,” having the same tarsal structure as in the “Cerambycidse”; but with antennae rarely as long as the body, the joints comparatively stouter and larger toward the tip. The species are rarely cylindrical and the thorax has usually either a lateral margin or a distinct suture. The larvae are “slugs” or “grubs,” often stout and chunky like those of the potato beetle and feeding on leaves, or they may be long and slen¬ der, mining in root or leaf tissue. They vary much in habit, although always feeders on vegetable tissue, and many of them rank among the first-class pests. As against those that feed openly, the arsenites are usually available; but there are some that must be dealt with in other ways, depending on their habits. DONACIA Fabr. D. harrisii Lee. Newfoundland in a damp meadow (Lg). / D. fioridse Deng. Quick Pond VII, 30 (Lg) ; Hammonton, Tuckerton, Bamber VIII, 23, 24 (Dke) ; very local but common where it occurs. All the species of this genus live on or in water plants, and are usually found on lily pads or other pond vegetation. D. cincticornis Newn. Staten Island (Lg) ; Clementon VIII, Atco yi, DaCosta VII (W) ; Tuckerton VIII, 24 (Dke) ; Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VII (Brn). / var. proxima Kirby. Throughout State, more common and widely distributed than the type form. / JD. palmata Oliv. Throughout the State V, VIII; usually common. D. hypoleuca Lac. Hopatcong (Pm); Spring Lake VIII (Ch); New Brunswick (Coll); Clementon VII, 6 (Horn). 22 IN 338 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. var. rufescens Lac. Tuckerton VIII, 24 (Dke) ; Clementon VIII, 6 (W) ; Anglesea V, VII (div). D. piscatrix Lee. Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Westville VII, Clementon VIII (W) ; Woodbury V, 31, Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn) ; Lucaston VI (Dke); Durham Pond VIII, 18, Cramer Hill V, VII (GG). D. subtil is Kunze. Throughout the State III, VI, VII, VIII, XII. The “hirticollis” of previous edition belongs here, var. rugosa Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Spring Lake IX (Ch); Riverton VII, 16 (GG). D. sequaiis Say. Throughout the State, fall and spring, common. D. tuberculata Lac. Throughout the State, VI, VII, local, not common. D. distincta Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf) ; Merchantville IV, 2, Westville V, 27 (W). / var. torosa Lee. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). D. pusilla Say. New Jersey (Horn, Li); Boonton VI, 12, Clementon V, 16 (GG). D. femora I is Kirby. Greenwood Lake (Bt). D. e margin ata Kirby. Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf) ; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W). D. metallica Ahrens. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Westville V, Clementon V (GG). D. flavipes Kirby. Newfoundland V (Ds) ; Westville VI, Gloucester VI (W); Cramer Hill VI, 11 (GG) ; Anglesea V, VII (Brn). D. rufa Say. Newfoundland V (Ds) ; Greenwood Lake (Sf) ; Westville V, Atco VI (W). D. kirbyi Lac. Camden IV, 24, Collingswood IV, 20, Atco VI, 13 (GG). H/EMONIA Latr. H. nigricornis Kirby. Westville (W) ; g. d. (Li); in low meadows. ORSODACHNA Latr. O. atra Ahr. Greenwood Lake ( Jl) ; Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; from mid IV-VI on early blossoms of all kinds; very local. 2EUG0PH0RA Kunze. Z. consanguinea Cr. Hewitt (Jl) ; Madison VIII (Pr) ; Newark (Bf). Z. varians Cr. Palisades ( Jl) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; rare; on poplar VI (Hn). SYNETA Esch. S. ferruginea Germ. Throughout the State V, VI, local, not common. LEMA Fabr. / L. brunnicollis Lac. Palisades VI, 7 (Lv) ; Ft. Lee on thistle (Bt) ; Hud¬ son Co. (LI); Newark (Bf). 339 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. L. col laris Say. Newark, g. d., rare on thistle (Bt). L. so I an i Fabr. Anglesea, one specimen (W). L. trilineata Oliv. The “old-fashioned potato beetle,” throughout the State, V-VIII sometimes locally common; usually checked by the applications against the “Colorado beetle,” and in most places almost exterminated. CRIOCERIS Geoff. • C. asparagi Linn. Throughout the State wherever asparagus grows, from early spring to late fall, in some stage; hibernates as an adult. An imported species, often very injurious. On young plants brush the slugs from the shoots to the ground on the middle of a hot sunny day. On larger plants apply dry hydrate of lime with a powder gun very early when the plants and slugs are a little moist. Destroy all volun¬ teer asparagus; in bearing fields let trap shoots grow until covered with eggs, then cut and destroy them. C. 12-punctata Linn. Also an introduced asparagus feeder, more recently arrived, not so common and not so widely distributed in the northern half of the State as the preceding. Fig. 137. — The 12-spotted asparagus beetle: a, adult; b, larva; c, d, segments of same; all enlarged. 340 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ANOMCEA Lac. A. laticlavia Forst. Delaware Valley region and northward V-VII on “Desmodium” and “Robinia,” somewhat local, and not common. COSCINOPTERA Lac. C. dominicana Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, not common; adults on sumac (Ch) ; cocoons found under stone with “Formica shaufussi,” Newfoundland IV, 27, adults V, 15 (Ds). BABIA Chevr. B. quadriguttata Oliv. Throughout the State VI-VII, not rare; on “Ceano- thus americanus” (Ch). * SAXINIS Lac. S. omogera Lac. Throughout the State V-VII; not common. f 3V~ :i : V(^. / ' if- CHLAMYS Knoch. C. plicata Fab. Throughout the State, nowhere common V, VI; on hazel, blackberry, alder, huckleberry, oak, etc. var. polycocca Lac. With the type and even more rare. C. foveolata Knoch. Atco, DaCosta (W). EXEMA Lac. E. conspersa Mann. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. E. gibber Oliv. With the preceding and once considered identical. BASSAREUS Hald. B. congestus Hald. Ft. Lee and southward throughout the State VI- VIII, on “Alnus” and “Clethra”; at Anglesea a small variety occurs (Li). B. formosus Mels. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange Mts. VI (div) ; Merchant- ville VI, VII (div) ; Atco VI, Newtonville VI (Brn) ; DaCosta (W) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm) ; on “Sambucus” (Hn). var. sulfuripennis Mels. Sparta VII (Ds). B. detritus Oliv. Clifton V, on “Ceanothus americanus” (Ch). B. mammifer Newn. Throughout the State VI, VII on hickory, hazel (Hn), and “Ceanothus americanus” (Ch). var. sellatus Suffr. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII (div). var. luteipennis Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Anglesea (W). / var. pretiosus Mels. Woodside, Orange Mts. (Bf). / / B. lituralis Fab. Throughout the State V-VII; locally common, var. recurvus Say. Westville VII, Atco, DaCosta VI (W) ; g. d., (Bf). rare ^ var. lativittis Germ. With the type, but more rare. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 34i CRYPTOCEPHALUS Geoff. C. notatus Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common; on oak, blackberry, “Ceanothus.” The variety “4-maculatus” Say. is more common than the type. C. quadruplex Newn. Throughout the State Y-VII ; the variety *“4-gut- Tuliis” Suffr., with the type and locally the more common. { C. quttulatus Oliv. Orange Mts. to Cape May Y-VII, on oak. C. leucomelas Suffr. South Camden on poplar (W). C. venustus Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII, on “Ceano¬ thus,” potato and other garden plants. The varieties “ornatus” Fab., “cinctipes” Rand, and “simplex” Hald. occur with the type more or legs ab^urLdantly.^- v . ~~ C. insertus Hald. Newark (Bf) ; throughout South Jersey VI, VII (W). C. calidus Suffr. Hudson Co. (LI); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts., West Bergen, rare (Bf), W. Berlin VI, Anglesea VII (Brn). C. gibbicollis Hald. Lakehurst VI, VII, in low huckleberry (Jl) ; Iona, Atco VI (Brn); Brown’s Mills VI, Malaga VII (Dke) ; DaCosta VII, Anglesea (W). L C. trivittatus Oliv. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; DaCosta VII, Atco VIII, IX (W). C. incertus Oliv. Atco IX, 11 (Brn). C. mutabilis Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. and Newark Dist. VII (div) ; Anglesea (W) ; on “Ceanothus,” “Viburnum,” hazel, oak, etc. C. bad i us Suffr. Caldwell (Cr). C. schreibersii Suffr. Newfoundland IX, 2 (Jl) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf) ; New Brunswick (Coll) ; Malaga IX, 15 (GO) ; always on pine. C. tinctus Lee. Staten Island, beaten from hickory (Lg). / C. striatulus Lee. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. (Bf). C. pumilus Hald. is an error of determination. PACHYBRAGHYS Chevr. P. morosus Hald. Newtonville VI (Brn); Clementon V, 21 (GG) ; Da¬ Costa, Atco VI, 2, Cape May C. H. (W). P. litigiosus Suffr. W. Berlin VI, 23, DaCosta VI, 3, Anglesea (W). P. abdominalis Say. New Jersey (W). P. othonus Say. Piedmont Plain and northward VI, VII; common. P. pubescens Oliv. (viduatus Fab.) New Jersey (W). P. picturatus Germ. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jl). P. tri notatus Mels. Throughout the State, not rare, VI, VII, on “Bap- " tisia” and “Ceanothus.” / P. intricatus Suffr. Throughout the State V-VII; not uncommon. / P. tridens Mels. Boonton VI, 6 (GG) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Clementon, Atco VI, 2 (W) ; Anglesea VI, 20 (Sm) ; on sumac, poison ivy when in bloom and on “Ceanothus.” 342 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. P. carbonarius Hald. Woodside, Snake Hill V, 31 (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; throughout South Jersey V, YI (W). P. luridus Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Clifton V (Ch) ; Mer- ' '^chantville V, 23, Atco VI, 13 (GG). P. atomarius Mels. Throughout the State V-VIII, on “Ceanothus.” P. femoratus Oliy. Newark (Soc); Anglesea (W). / P. infaustus Hald. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. P. hepaticus Mels. Woodside, rare (Bf) ; Anglesea VII, 12 (Bf). P. subfasciatus Hald. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. / P. dilatatus Suffr. Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; New Jersey (Horn). MONACHUS Chevr. / M. ater Hald. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Jamesburg V-VIII (Sm); Lakehurst VII, IX ( Jl) ; Merchantville VI, Westville VII (GG). M. saponatus Fab. Staten Island (Lg) ; throughout the Delaware Val- . ”Tey region VI, VII (div); Anglesea VII, 12 (Brn). DIACHUS Lee. D. auratus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; common. D. squalens Suff. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). The “D. levis” Hald. of the previous list is an error. TRIACHUS Lee. T. atomus Suffr. Throughout the State V-VII on huckleberry, “Myrica,” etc. T. cerinus Lee. Snake Hill (Sf) ; Sandy Hook (Bt) ; g. d. (Li). T. postremus Lee. Jamesburg VII, 4, DaCosta, Atqo VI, 4 (W) ; Newton- ville VI, 5 (Brn). ADOXUS Kirby. A. obseurus Linn, (vitis Fab.) Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange . . Mts. V, 30 (W). F1DI A Baly. F. viticida Walsh. Throughout the State on grape, not rare; but not thus far in harmful numbers. / F. longipes Mels. Caldwell (Cr) ; New Brunswick; also feeds on grape and “Ampelopsis” and is sometimes abundant. XANTHONIA Baly. X. 10-notata Say. Common throughout the State V-VIII, on oak. X. villosula Mels. Throughout the State VI-VIII, on oak and hazel; common. GLYPTOSCELIS Lee. G. pubescens Fab. Throughout the State I V-VII, on spruce and pine. G.jj3,3xbata Say. Madison (Pr) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); West- ville V, 9, Lucaston IV, 29, DaCosta (W) ; found on hickory; not common. t./fi 3 {'*** THE INSECTS OP NEW JERSEY. 343 GRAPHOPS Lee. G. pubescens Mels. Throughout the State V-VIII; at roots of evening prmrose (Ch); common. / G. curtipennis Mels. Delaware Valley and pine barrens V, VI. G. marcassita Cr. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf) ; Newark (Bf). G. simplex Lee. Salt meadows, rare (Bf). G. nebulosus Lee. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Sm); g. d. (W) ; larva in the roots of strawberries and sometimes injurious. TYPOPHORUS Er. / T. viridicyanea Cr. North Jersey (Dietz); Plainfield VII, on wild morn¬ ing glory (Hummel); Jamesburg IX (Lg) ; Camden II, 20 (GG). T. canellus Fab. Throughout the State V-X on a great variety or trees ~~ ”ah:d plants ; larvae sometimes injurious on strawberry, raspberry, etc. Many varieties are listed, and their relation to each other is by no means established. It is almost certain that several of them will be found to be good species. var. aterrimus Oliv. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark (Bf) ; Cramer Hill, Merchantville VI (GG) ; along shore, Atlantic City to Anglesea VI, VII (div). var. gilvipes Horn. Delaware Valley and pine barrens VI-IX (div); New Brunswick VII (Coll); Newark (Bf). var. thoracicus Mels. Newark (Bf) ; throughout Camden and Glouces¬ ter Counties, fall to spring (div). var. 4-notatus Say. Newark (Bf) ; Delaware Valley and pine barrens V-VET (div). / var. sellatus Horn. With the preceding, sometimes very common. var. vittatus Horn. Atco V, Longport VI (W) ; Somers Pt. VI, Angle- sehr~VI (Brn). / var. 4-guttatus Lee. Ocean Co. V, VI (Sm). var. sex-notatus Say. Atco V, DaCosta, Cape May C. H. (W) ; Bayside IX (Sm). ( var. pumilus Lee. Newark (Bf) ; Delaware Valley and pine barrens V-VIII (div). METACHROMA Lee. M. quercata Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Orange Mts. (div) ; throughout South Jersey on scrub oak V-VII; sometimes common. M. pallida Say. Pine barrens and maritime, extending a little into the Delaware Valley; on scrub oak. M. lasvicollis Cr. Sandy Hook (Bt) ; Jamesburg, Anglesea VII (Sm); DaCosta VI, VII (Brn) ; Buena Vista VII (Li) . M. luridum Oliv. DaCosta VII, 4, on scrub oak (W). 344 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CHRYSOCHUS Redt. C. auratus Fab. Locally common throughout the State V-VII, on milk¬ weed and dog-bane; the larvae feeding about the roots. TYMNES Chap. / T. tricolor Fab. Throughout the State, local and sometimes common VI, VII, on chestnut, hickory, etc. T. metasternalis Cr. Staten Island (Lg) ; Anglesea VII, 23 (div) ; on “Crataegus” (Hn). COLASPIS Fab. C. favosa Say. DaCosta VII, Sea Isle VI (Bm) ; g. d. (Li). C. brunnea Fab. Throughout the State, locally common VI, VII; feeds on foliage of grape, strawberry, potatoes, beans, etc.; the larva on roots of grape; but not injurious with us. var. flavida Say. Distributed as above and is the common form, var. costipennis Cr. Jamesburg VI, VII on “Clethra alnifolia” (Sm); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf ) ; DaCosta VI (W) ; Clementon V, VI (div); Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn). RHABDOPTERUS Lef. R. picipes Oliv. Throughout the State south of the Piedmont Plain VI, VII, feeds on myrtle, grape and basswood. NODONOTA Lef. N. tristis Oliv. Throughout the State VII; attacks plum, cherry and other fruit trees (Ch), “Lespedeza” and “Ceanothus” (Hn). N. clypealis Horn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Bf) ; Atlantic Highlands VII, 11 (Lv) ; South Jersey VI, 2 (Sm) ; Westville (W). N. convexa Say. Westville (W) ; on “Ambrosia trifida” VII, VIII (Hn). N. puncticollis Say. Throughout the State VII, common; on roses (Hn), blackberry, raspberry and red clover (Ch). CHRYSODINA Baly. C. globosa Say. Throughout the State IV-VI, locally not rare. PRASOCU R1S Latr. P. vittata Oliv. Throughout the State IV-VII; locally common. P. phellandri Linn. Hopatcong (Pm). LABI DOM ERA Chevr. L. cl i vicol I is Kirby. Throughout the State VI, VII, on milkweed, but local and by no means very common. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 345 LEPTINOTARSA Stal. Fig. 138. — The 10-lined potato beetle: a, egg patches; b, larvae in different stages of growth; c, pupa; d, beetle — all natural size; e, elytrum of beetle enlarged. L. 10-lineata Say. The common “potato-bug” or beetle; occurs through- out the State on potatoes, tomatoes, egg-plants and other “Solanacese” from early spring to late fall. Persistent treatment with arsenates is indicated and arsenate of lead is now the most usual material, at the rate of 10 pounds to 100 gallons of water. ZYGOGRAMMA Chevr. Z. suturalis Fab. Throughout the State IV-VIII, on ragweed, etc., by no means common and always local. The var. “casta” Rogers is re¬ ported from Staten Island (Lg). CALLIGRAPH A Er. C. lunata Fab. Greenwood Lake (Sf); Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark Dist., rare (Bf) ; on “Rosa” (Bt). C. si mi I is Rog. Throughout the State V-VIII, on ragweed, locally com¬ mon. C. elegans Oliv. Throughout the State, V-VIII, on “Bidens” and “Am- — - — ixrosla”’ local and hardly common. C. scalaris Lee. Greenwood Lake V, 20 (Lv) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Gloucester VIII, 16 (W) ; feeds on elm; not common. C. rowena Knab. Chester VII, 4 (div) ; food plant unknown. / C. rhoda Knab. Newark district (Bf) ; feeds only on hazel “Corylus” (Knab). 346 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. C. amelia Knab. Chester, Newark Dist. (Bf) ; feeds on alder only (Knab). C. philadelphica Linn. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts. VI (Bf) ; Riverton V, 30 (GG) ; throughout Camden and Gloucester Co. IV-VI (div); Lahaway V-VII on “Cornus” only (Sm). var. spirsese Say. With the type and locally replacing it. C. bigsbyana Kirby. Throughout the State, more common northwardly V, VI on maple, willow and alder. The records credited to “multi- punctata” Say. in the last edition really belong here. It is quite likely that some of the records credited to “scalaris” and “Philadelphia” belong to Mr. Knab’s species, and that these are of wider distribution than here indicated. //• y Y't ft'K. ■ / S’ i' PH/€DON Latr. (PLAGIODERA Redt.) * P. viridis Mels. Orange Mts. (Soc); g. d. not rare (Bf) ; Camden (W). P. cochlearise Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm). GASTROIDEA Hope. G. polygoni Linn. Throughout the State VI-IX, common; occasionally even on house plants in cities and towns. G. cyanea Mels. Throughout the State VII, common; on “Rumex” (Hn). MELASOMA Steph. (LINA Megerle.) L. lapponica Linn. Hewitt VI, 18, Newfoundland VII, 6 ( Jl) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; g. d. (W) ; on alder and willow. L. tremulae Fab. Anglesea VI, 12, one example (Brn). L. scripta Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on willow and poplar; often common, and sometimes locally injurious. L. obsoleta Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; Newark (Bf). PHYLLODECTA Kirby. P. vulgatissima Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee VIII, IX (Bt) ; Madison (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (div) ; on willow and poplar. TRIRRHABDA Lee. T. tomentosa Linn. Maritime strip V-IX, common on “Solidago.” T. virgata Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Sandy Hook VIII, IX (Bt). T. canadensis Kirby. Local throughout the State on “Solidago,” common along shore in July. T. luteicincta Lee. New Jersey coast, near Long Branch (Horn). Mr. Schwarz insists that this is an error in the locality label, and that the species does not belong to New Jersey. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 347 GALERUCELLA Cr. Fig. 139. — The elm-leaf beetle: a, egg patches, on leaves; b, larvae feeding; c, adult; all natural size: e, egg mass; f, surface of egg; g, larva; k,.i, larval details; j, pupa; k, beetle; l, surface of elytra: all enlarged. G. americana Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on “Solidago.” G. sexvittata Lee. Jamesburg VII, 6 (Jl) ; Anglesea VII, 23 (Sm). G. cavicollis Lee. East Jersey (Dietz); Atco VI, 4, Anglesea (W) ; Sea Isle V, 22 (Brn) ; feeds on peach, plum and cherry. G. rufosanguinea Say. Throughout the State V-VIII, locally common; feeds on “Azalea” (Hn). G. integra Lee. Caldwell (Cr) ; Anglesea VIII, 13 (W). / G. notulata Fab. Throughout the State V-VIII; more common in South Jersey; larva on “Ambrosia” (Hn). G. notata Fab. Throughout the State VI-IX; often common; in all stages on “Eupatorium perfoliatum” (Ch). G. nym phaese Linn. Throughout the State, on water lilies; larvae defacing leaves and sometimes flowers as well. G. tuberculata Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; New Jersey (Bt) ; on willow (Hn). G. decora Say. Anglesea VII, common (Sz) ; in all stages on willow. 348 REPORT1 OP NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. G. luteola Miill. The elm-leaf beetle; common throughout the State, and usually more or less injurious to city shade trees. There is only a single brood in most of the State, and thorough spraying with arsenate of lead, 1 lb. in 20 gallons of water, will prevent injury. One spraying shohld be made when the beetles first begin to feed, the second when the eggs begin to hatch, and the effort should then be to hit the underside of the leaves. MONOXIA Lee. M. puncticoliis Say. On salt meadows, from the Passaic to Cape May VI, VII; usually not rare; strictly maritime. D! ABROTICA Chev. Fig. 140. — Spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica 12-punctata: a, egg; b, larva; c, hole's drilled in corn stalks; d, pupa; e, adult: all enlarged. D. 12-punctata Oliv. Common throughout the State IV-X on a great variety of plants and sometimes injuring cucurbs; larva in roots of corn and grasses. D. vittata Fab. The “striped cucumber beetle”; throughout the State; common and often seriously injurious to cucurbs. The beetle eats into the stem at the surface, the larva mines in it a little under¬ ground. Most of the injury is done by the beetles, which attack the plants soon after they are up, and a great variety of methods are employed to prevent it. Sometimes carbolized lime or lime and tur¬ pentine are applied in the hill, or a dead fish, or freshly ground bone, THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 349 or sand and kerosene. Ground tobacco is a favorite repellant, and land plasters often replace lime. On small fields netting covers are used to protect the plants, and occasionally only an excess of seed is planted so that some plants may escape in¬ jury. D. atripennis Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI); Caldwell (Cr). PHYLLQBROTICA Redt. P. discoidea Fab. Ft. Lee — Hi ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Woodbury, Brigantine, Orange Mts. VI- VII (W). P. decorata Say. Arlington VI, on “Scutellaria P. vittata Horn. Fort Lee (Sf). Fig. 141. — The striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata: a, adult; b, larva; c, pupa; d, side view of anal segment of same. (Sf). LUPERODES Mots. L. meraca Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); Ft. Lee, Orange Mts. VI, , 10 (Bt) ; Newark (Bf) ; on wild rose (Hn) and many other plants (Ch). L. cyanellus Lee. Staten Island (Lg); occurs with the preceding, and may be confused with it in collections. CERATOMA Chev. C. trifurcata Forst. Throughout the State VI, VII; common on peas, beans and leguminous plants generally. BLEPH ARIDA Rog. With this species begins the series of forms characterized by enlarged hind femora and a well-developed power of leaping, which gives them the common and general term “flea-beetles,” B. rhois Forst. Throughout the State VII; more common in the southern districts; the larva, covered by excrement, feeds on sumac. HYPOLAMPSIS Clark. H. pilosa Ill. Madison VIII (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Jamesburg VI (Jl) ; Merchantville III, Westville VII (W) ; Newtonville VII (Brn) ; along shore, Brigantine to Cape May V-VII (div). PACHYONYCHUS Chev. P. paradoxus Mels. Atlantic City (Castle); lives on “Smilax” sp. (Sz). 350 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CEDION YCH IS Latr. CE. gibbitarsa Say. Newark, salt meadows (Bf) ; Cramer Hill VI (GG) ; Woodbury VI, Anglesea VI (W) ; g. d. (Li); Brigantine IX (Hn). CE. thoracica Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII; not common. CE. vians Ill. Throughout the State III-V; not common. / CE. fimbriata Forst. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf). CE. petaurista Fab. DaCosta VII, 5 (W) ; seahore (LI). CE. miniata Fab. Woodside, Orange Mts. IV, VIII (Bf ) ; Atco V, 29 (W) ; Sea Isle V, Avalon VI (Brn); Anglesea (Li). CE. limbalis Mels. Throughout the State IV-IX; never common. var. subvittata Horn. Madison VII (Pr) ; DaCosta (W) ; Lahaway V (Sm). CE. sexmaculata Ill. Greenwood Lake V, 22 (Lv) ; Madison VII (Pr) ; Newark, common on ash (Bf) ; g. d. (W, Li). CE. suturalis Fab. Newark (Coll); Atco IX, Clementon V, 15 (W) ; Egg Harbor, Cape May Co. V, 24 (Sm). CE. quercata Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, IX; not rare. CE. scalaris Mels. Egg Harbor (Li); Anglesea (W). DISONYCHA Chev. D. pennsylvanica.Ill. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Westville V, DaCosta V, An¬ glesea V (W); Clementon V, VII (div) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). The varieties “limbicollis” Lee. and “pallipes” Cr. occur with the type; but more rarely. On “Polygonum” (Bt) and “Sagittaria” (Ch). D. quinquevittata Say. Fort Lee VIII (Bt) ; very rare; on willow (Ch). D. crenicollis Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Delaware Valley and pine barrens IV-VIII, not rare. D. caroliniana Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII, not rare; bred from larva feeding on “Portulacca oleracea” (Ch). t D. glabrata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); salt meadows (Bf) ; DaCosta VII, 29 (W) ; Sea Isle V, Anglesea (Brn) ; larva on “Ama- ranthus” (Ch). D. triangularis Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Madison (Pr) ; salt meadows (Bf) ; larva on “Chenopodium” and “Amaranthus,” the adult exceptionally injurious to beets and spinach (Ch). Fig. 142. — Grape flea-beetle, Haltica chalybea in all stages on a grape shoot. Fig. 143.- — Grape flea-beetle, Haltica chalybea: larva, adult and jumping hind leg, en¬ larged. Fig. 144. — Striped flea-beetle, Phyllotreta vittata: a, larva; b, adult beetle. Fig. 145. — Striped sweet potato beetle, Cassida bivittata: 1, larvae or “peddlers” on leaf; 2, larva; 3, pupa; 4, adult: all save 1 enlarged. Fig. 146. — Black-legged tortoise beetle, Cassida nigripes: a , “peddlers” •on leaf; b, larva; c, pupa; d, adult: all save a enlarged. ■ Fig. 144- Fig. 143- 352 REPORT1 OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. / D. xanthomelaena Dalm. Throughout the State, VII, VIII; the “Spinach flea beetle,” which has not yet been injurious with us. Natural food plants are “Chenopodium,” “Stellaria” and perhaps “Amaranthus” (Ch). D. collata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Anglesea (W) ; g. d. * — xcrr D. mellicollis Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Clementon V, 30 (GG)); Sea Isle V, VI (Bra); Anglesea VII, and g. d. (W). The record of “cervicalis” Lee. is an error. HALTICA Geoffr. H. bimarginata Say. New Jersey (Horn). H. chalybea Ill. The “grape flea-beetle”; occurs throughout the State V-VII and is sometimes locally injurious. Can be readily controlled by the use of arsenites when the larvae are feeding. H. ignita Ill, Throughout the State V-VIII; attacks strawberry (Ch), and is common on “Azalea,” “Rosaceae,” etc. (Hn). At Anglesea a small, southern, green form occurs (W). H. kalmiae Mels. With the preceding and is a cupreous form, feeding on “Kalmia latifolia” (Ch). / H. ma rey aga ns Horn. Throughout the State VI-IX on evening prim¬ rose; more common in South Jersey, and especially along shore. / H. fuscosenea Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Atl. Highlands VII, 11 (Lv) ; throughout South Jersey V-IX; especially common along shore on evening primrose, the foliage of which is sometimes completely riddled. H. rufa Ill. Greenwood Lake VI (Sf) ; Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; Spots- wood (Jl). The “punctipennis” Lee. of last edition is an error. ORTHALTICA Cr. O. copal ina Fab. Throughout the State VII; on sumac (Ch). CREPIDODERA Chev. C. rufipes Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII; common. On honey locust (Bf), and sometimes injurious to grape, peach, apple and other fruit trees. C. helexinus Linn. Throughout the State V-IX, common on willow and poplar; exceptionally attacks leaves of fruit trees (Ch). C. modeeri Linn. South Orange (Lg). C. atriventris Mels. Throughout the State in July. EPITRIX Foudr. E. fuscula Cr. Throughout the State, not common, on “Solanacea.” E. cucumeris Harr. The “cucumber flea-beetle”; found everywhere throughout the summer on potatoes and other “Solanacea” as well 353 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. as on cucurbs and many other garden crops. Make little round holes in the leaves and are usually controlled by using bordeaux mixture and Paris green. E. parvula Fab. The “tobacco flea-beetle”; rare in New Jersey; found Westville I, 28, in hibernating quarters (W). MANTURA Steph. / M. floridana Cr. Arlington, under stones in early spring (Bf) ; through- , out South Jersey V-VII; hibernates as an adult. GH/ETOCNEMA Steph. / C. subcylindrica Lee. Newark, under stones III, 14 (Bf) ; Westville (Li); Camden I, Collingswood IV, Merchantville V, 8 (Brn) ; rare. C. . denticulata 111. Throughout the State V-VII; on corn and millet (Ch). minuta Mels. Newark (Bf). alutacea Cr. Anglesea VI (Coll), obesula Lee. Newark (Bf ) ; a South Atlantic form, parcepunctata Cr. Irvington III (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg). pulicaria Mels. Throughout the State III, V, VII, locally common; sometimes injurious to corn and millet (Ch). confinis Cr. Throughout the State all winter until VI, 25, again VIII until frost. The “sweet potato flea beetle,” found on “Convolvulacea” in general. In South Jersey often injures sweet potato plants soon after they are set out; larva feeds on roots of bind-weeds. Plants may be protected by dipping tops before they are set out in arsenate of lead 1 pound in 10 gallons of water. “C. pinguis” Led is omitted as an error of record. SYSTENA Clark. S. hudsonias Forst. Throughout the State VII, VIII; common on many plants. / S.Jron tails Fab. With the preceding VI, VII; feeds on “Polygonum” and “Chenopodium,” and sometimes on cultivated crops (Ch), e. g., cranberries (Sm). S. elonqata Fab. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). / S. tseniata Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, sometimes abundant on carrots, parsley, etc. The var “blanda” Mels, is as common as the type, on ragweed. Arsenites are indicated whenever they can be safely employed; otherwise a strong tobacco decoction will answer almost as well. / S. marginalis Ill. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Spring Lake (Ch) ; Clementoh VIII, 6 (W) ; sometimes abundant on oak (Hn). C. 23 IN 354 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. LUPERALTICA Cr. L. fusfijuJbgi Lee. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Jamesburg (Coll); Merchantville IX, 6 (GG) ; DaCosta VIII, Lucaston IX (Dke) ; not common. L. senilis Say. Newark (Bf) ; Riverton IX, Glassboro VII, IX (GG) ; DaCosta VIII, Atco IX (W) ; not common. GLYPTINA Lee. G. bicolor Horn. Anglesea (W). G. spuria Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. rare (Li); on “Monarda punc-’ tata” (Hn). PHYLLOTRETA Foudr. P. sinuata Steph. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Madison VIII (Pr) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Camden I (GG) ; Burlington Co., Westville I, VII, 2 (W). P. vittata Fab. Common all summer on cabbage and other “Cruciferse.” / P. bipustulata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Orange Mts. V, 30 (Bf) ; Camden III, 3, Anglesea VI, 26 (W) ; g. d. (Li). / P. chalybeipennis Cr. Sandy Hook to Cape May, along shore VII, VIII; a maritime form on “Cakile americana” (Ch). P. pi eta Say. Throughout the State IV-VII, not rare; on hickory sprouts (Hn). LONGITARSUS Latr. L. testaceus Mels. New’ark, under stones, early spring (Bf) ; Westville VII, 2, So. Jersey g. d. (W) ; Sea Isle VII, 12 (Brn). L. turbatus Horn. Staten Island (Lg). L. melanurus Mels. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Newark III, 5 (Bf). L. insolerss Horn. Newark (Bf) ; Jamesburg VII, 4 (L£) ; Anglesea (W) ; g. d. (Li); New Jersey (Horn). “Alternatus” Ziegl. in the last edition is an error. DIBOLIA Latr. D. borealis Chev. Throughout the State VI, VII; lives on plantain, but exceptionally attacks turnip (Ch). PSYLLIODES Latr. P. punctulata Mels. Throughout the State, late fall and until next July; often common; adult devours leaves of rhubarb (Ch). P. convexior Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Anglesea (W) ; g. d. rare (Li). This ends the flea beetle series. M SCRORHOPALA Baly. M. vittata Fab. Throughout the State V-VII, IX; not rare; larva mines the leaves of goldenrod. . THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 355 / M. xerene Newn. Hopatcohg (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Camden, g. d., in wet places (W) ; Westville (Li) ; Burlington Co. VI (GG) ; larva in gol- denrod leaves. M. erebus Newn. Jamesburg VI, rare (Sm). excavata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hemlock Falls VII, 4 (W) ; Jamesburg VI, 24 (Jl) ; Newtonville (Brn) ; DaCosta VI, Atco IX (W). porcata Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (Li) ; Wenonah (Li) ; very- rare. ' ODONTATA Chev. O. scapu laris Oliv. Throughout the State V, 30-VIII, 6, not rare. O. notata Oliv. DaCosta V, 12 (W) ; gv d. (Li) ; on “Tephrosia virgin- ica.” O. bi color Oliv. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally common. *OT1iorhii Sm. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 5 (W) ; on “Tephrosia virginica.” O. dorsalis Thunb. Throughout the State V, VI, VIII, common on locust, the larvae making blotch-mines in the leaves ; exceptionally attacks red clover, hog-peanut, some fruit trees, and larva has been reared on Soy beans (Ch). O. rubra Web. Throughout the State with the preceding V, VII, IX; also common on “Robinia” and sometimes on basswood. O. nervosa Panz. Throughout the State nearly all year, on locust; com¬ mon. CHAR I ST ENA Baly. C. nigrita Oliv. Irvington, Newark (Bf) ; DaCosta VII, 30 (W). C. ariadne Newn. DaCosta VII, 30 (W) ; Atco (Li). STEN1SPA Baly. S. metallica Fabr. Ft. Lee (Sf); Snake Hill (Bt) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Westville IV-VI (div) ; Merchantville III and g. d., throughout So. Jersey (W) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); in swampy areas. PHYSONOTA Boh. P. unipunctata Say. Boonton III, VI, VII (GG). CASSIDA Linn. C. nigripes Oliv. Throughout South Jersey on sweet potato vines in May; not very abundant. / C. bivittata Say. Very common and often injurious to sweet potato vines throughout South Jersey. Mr. Schwarz says this is not orig¬ inally a native of the State, but has spread northward with the culti¬ vation of the sweet potato. It is one of the “gold-bugs,” the larvae 356 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. of which are known as "“peddlers.” They attack the plants soon after they are set out and injure them severely before they can get a start, especially in dry weather. Plants should be dipped when set in arsenate of lead, 1 pound in 10 gallons of water; but do not dip the roots. COPTOCYCLA Chev. C. bicolor Fab. (aurichalcea Fab.) Throughout the State on “Convol¬ vulus” V, VI; common and destructive on sweet potatoes in South Jersey. A gold-bug like the preceding and amenable to the . same remedies. C. signifer Hbst. (guttata Oliv.) Throughout the State V, VI, more common southwardly, where it also attacks sweet potatoes. • C. purpurata Boh. Cramer Hill V, Woodbury VI, VIII, 29 (GG) ; West- ville I, 28, in hibernating quarters (W). C. clavata Fab. Throughout the State, usually not common; sometimes locally abundant on potatoes, etc., and causes injury. A CHELYMORPHA Chev. C. argus Licht. Throughout the State, common; on “Convolvulus” and “Asclepias,” and sometimes attack raspberries (Ch). Family BRUCHIDiE. These are the pea and bean weevils, the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous and other plants. The beetles are short and chunky, the wing covers cut off square behind so as to abdomen; head small, posterior legs long, the thighs swollen, but not fitted for jump¬ ing. In color they are usually gray, mottled with black and white, the markings formed of scales and hair covering the surface, so that when these are rubbed off the beetles are mostly uniform black. The injury is done chiefly to the stored product, peas, beans, lentils, and the like, and several larvae are often found in the larger seeds. Fumigating with bisulphide of carbon kills these insects without injuring the germinating quality of the seeds, provided they are not exposed to the fumes more than twenty- four hours. SPERMOPHAGUS Sch. S. robinise Sch. Throughout the State IV-VIII, the larvae in seeds of the honey locust “Gleditschia,” but local and by no means common. expose the tip of the obese Fig. 147. — The “bean weevil,” much enlarged: b, an in¬ fested bean. ■ K K Vi ; : ■ ■; • -V .'7 ■ •• iOi s' i’.t l ' • f; V h. ' : • iiif.it; . ' • r 0; ■ •- , : ,■■■ ■ • i- . '•••. - ' • r , ,• . . - rr-N ■. • - . ' • • .if; .• • ' • ' V . .V. ... ■; >., . bit-. ‘ .''V ■ ' ... '.> . w'.. ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 359 SCOTOBATES Horn. S. calcaratus Fabr. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. XYLOPINUS Lee. X. saperdoides Oliv. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. X. rufipes Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; So. Amboy (Bt) ; Malaga VII (GG) ; g. d. T^TTT). X. senescens Lee. Caldwell (Cr) ; So. Amboy (Bt) ; DaCosta VII, 27 (Dke). TENEBmO Linn. T. obscurus Fabr. Throughout the State. e Fig. 148. — The yellow meal worm, Tenebrio molitor : a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; d, egg; about twice natural size: e, antenna of adult, more enlarged. T, molitor Linn. With the preceding. Both of these species are intro¬ duced and live in granaries, stables, store-houses and the like. The larvae are the meal-worms, which occur wherever there is a neglected heap of grain refuse. Occasionally they are troublesome, but usually strict cleanliness, removing their breeding places, serves to keep them in check. When its use is practical, bisulphide of carbon will kill both adults and larvae. T. castanea Knoch. Lakehurst V (Jl) ; DaCosta (Li); Malaga V, 19, un- " 3er"”pme bark (W) ; Manumuskin V (Dke). T. tenebrioides Beauv. Throughout the State IV-VIII, under bark of trees, among rubbish in barns and outbuildings; not rare. 36o report of new jersey state museum. OPATRINUS Latr. O. notus Say. Common throughout the State under bark and stones. O. acicuiatus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Woodside (Bf) ; Jersey City; rare. BLAPST1NUS Latr. B. moestus Mels. Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). The “pratensis” Lee. of last edition was based on an example of this species. B. pulverulentus Mann. New Jersey (GG). B. interriiptus Say. Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); rare. B. metal licus Fab. Throughout the State, all season, common; under stones, boards or chips in sandy places. AMMODONUS Mus. A. fossor Lee. West Bergen, rare (Bf). EPHALUS Lee. / E. latimanus Lee. Along the shore, very rare in the sand. TRIBOLIUM MacL. T. ferrugineus Fab. Throughout the State; common. T. confusum Duval. With the preceding and usually mixed with it. Both are introduced species, occurring in meal, farina and other cereals in stores and granaries. They eat also the eggs and larvae of other meal insects and the dead of their own kind; but not the cast skins of their own larvae. Remedial measures where such are needed are as for other of the granary insects already dealt with. DICEDES Lee. / D. punctatus Lee. Ramapo XII, 6, Ft. Lee IV, 17, Highlands V, 30 (Sf). GNATHOCERUS Thunb. G. cornutus Fab. Also an imported species, on cereals with “Tribolium”; where the two occur together in a confined space the “Tribolium” eventually destroys the “Gnathocerus.” ALPH ITOB1US Steph. A. piceus Oliv. (diaperinus Panz.) Commonly found in storehouses, etc., among refuse; also an introduced species. ULOMA Lap. U. impressa Mels. Throughout the State VI-IX, under bark and in rot¬ ten wood; locally not rare. 36 1 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. U. imberbis Lee. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Brigantine IX (Hn) ; g. d., common (W). U. punctulata Lee. Spring Lake (Ch) ; Lucaston IV, 14, Manumuskin V, 5 (Dke) ; g. d., less common than the preceding (W). EUTOCHIA Lee. E. picea Mels. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Weehawken IV, 11 (Bt) ; At¬ lantic City (Castle) ; g. d. (div) ; found under stones and on moss. AN/EDUS Blanch. / A. brunneus Ziegl. Common under old leaves throughout the State and found at almost all times in sifting. PARATENETUS Spin. P. fuscus Lec. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Camden XI, 3, sifting ( W) ; Atco VIII, 26 (Brn) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). P. punctatus Sol. Throughout the State VI-VIII; locally common. PHALERIA Latr. P. testacea Say. Common along shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May, all season, in the sand under washup of all kinds and in logs. /f O' DIAPERIS Geoff. D. maculata Oliv. (hydni Fab.) Throughout mon; feeding on fungi. the State, locally com- ARRHENOPLITA Kirby. A. viridipennis Fab. Ft. Lee on oak fungus (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Westville XI, 4 (GG) ; g. d., common (W). A. bicornis Oliv. Common throughout the State on fungus on trees. PLATYDEMA Lap. P. excavatum Say. Common throughout the State under bark of trees "“ """infested with fungi; where also all our other species occur. P. ruficorne Sturm. Throughout the State; locally common. P. ellipticum Fabr. Merchantville III, IV, Westville IV (GG) ; g. d., Tocally common (W). P. subcostatum Lee. Merchantville IX, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI (Brn). P. americanum Lap. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; g. d., common (W). It is not un¬ likely that the records for this and the preceding really refer to one species. ♦ C/ENOCORSE Thom. C. ratzeburgi Wissm. Iona, in an abandoned barn (W) ; an introduced species feeding in stored grain products which has just established itself. 362 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ALPHITOPHAGUS Steph. (PHYLETHUS Meg.) A. bifasciatus Say. Throughout the State. Another introduced species commonly found in stables, granaries, etc., among refuse. HYPO PH LGEUS Fab. H. cavus Lee. G. d., rare (W) ; predaceous in “Xyleborus” galleries. H. paralleius Mels. Throughout the State III-VI, IX, in galleries of ‘‘Tomicus’’ under pine bark. H. thoracicus Mels. Palisades VI, 28 (Lv) ; Boonton III, 3, Big Timber Creek XI, 19 (GG) ; g. d. rare (W) ; in Scolytid galleries in pine and cedar. BOLETOTHERUS Cand. B. bifurc.us Fab. Common throughout the State on tree fungus (Bole¬ tus) . BOLETOPHAGUS III. B. corticola Say. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Riverton IV, 10 (GG); Seaville IV, 29, VI, 11 (Brn). B. depressus Rand. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (W). HELOPS Fab. H. micans Fab. Locally common throughout the State under bark. H. americanus Beauv. G. d., rare (W). H. venustus Say. Atlantic City (Castle); g. d., rare (W) ; on dead oak. H. gracilis Bland. Woodbury IV, Newtonville VI (Brn); Clementon IV, V (div) ; Lakewood and Lakehurst V-VII (div) ; Da Costa V, Atlantic and Cape May Cos., rare on pines J(W). H. aereus Germ. Throughout the State, fall to spring; locally common. MERACANTHA Kirby. M. contracta Beauv. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Staten Island VII (Ds) ; g. d., rare (div) ; on old, dead trees. STRONGYLIUM Kirby. S. tenuicolle Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf); Woodbury VII, Merchantville V (Brn). S. terminatum Say. New Jersey, probably Plainfield (Sf). Family CISTEEIDiE. ♦ In general structure like the preceding, but with longer, more slender antennae and generally smooth, pubescent surface. They are usually brown in color with none or only confused maculation, very convex up¬ per surface, often tapering to a point posteriorly. They are found on leaves, flowers and under bark, the larvae so far ' u. -). • ■; St ; V.i . ; T TiT.' -TATI? MITT TTMJ / ■ Ti'' ~T. ' ' . r T ■ . ■{’ T ! ti : T; • • -’I . •.Kri : -A'.;' V :• VJ . ; Su • '■ ■ ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 363 as known living in rotten wood and somewhat resembling wire-worms in shape. None, are of economic importance. LOBOPODA Sol. L. punctulata Mels. DaCosta VII, 30 (Dke) ; Clementon V, Atlantic City VI, Seaville VI (Brn) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d., rare (W) ; on dry twigs. L. atra Say. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Atco (Li); Glassboro VII, DaCosta VI, VII, Sea Isle VI (Brn); Iona VII (Dke). HYMENORUS Muls. H. niger Mels. Eagle Rock VII, Merchantville VI (GG) ; Woodbury VIII (Brn); Anglesea (W) ; g. d. (Li). H. pilosus Mels. Merchantville VI, 15 (Brn); Anglesea (W). H. obscurus Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; Collingswood VI, 10 ^""^(GG) ; Anglesea, g. d. (W) ; all the species on dead branches. H. discretus Casey. Fort Lee (Sf). H. rufipes Lee. Caldwell (Cr). MYCETQCHARA Berth. M. haldemani Lee. Snake Hill, rare (Bf). M. fraterna Say. Orange Mt. Dist. V, VI (div) ; New Jersey (Horn); all the species on dead wood. M. jainotata Say. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 17 (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Avalon VI, 23 (Brn). M. analis Lee. New Jersey (Casey). ISOMIRA Muls. I. quadristriata Coup. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., common on dog- wood (Bf) ; g. d. common (W). 1. valida Sz. Anglesea, on dead holly branches (W). I. ruficollis Hamilton. 5-mile beach V, 30 (W). CAPNOCHROA Lee. C. fuliginosa Mels. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Newark (Soc); Highlands VII (Sf) ; g. d. (W). CISTELA Fab. C. brevis Say. G. d., rare (W) ; the species generally on flowers. C. sericea Say. Common, VI, VII, throughout the State. ANDROCH I RUS Lee. A. erythropus Kirby. (fuscipes Mels.) Hopatcong (Pm); g. d., not common (W). 364 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family LAGRIIDiE. Represented in our fauna by only two economically unimportant spe¬ cies. Head and thorax narrow, of about equal width, nearly cylindrical, the elytra abruptly broader so as to form distinct shoulders. The colors are black or bronzed and the texture of the wing covers is decidedly thin and somewhat flexible. The adults are found on flowers, leaves or under bark of trees, never common, while the larvm are credited with predatory tendencies. ARTHROMACRA Kirby. A. aenea Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 ( Jn) ; Hopatcong (Pm) ; Green¬ wood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; Ft. Lee VI (Bt) ; Orange Mts. (GG) ; Atlantic, Cape May Cos. (div). STATIRA Latr. S. gagatina Mels. Throughout the State, on flowers or under bark; usually rare. S, resplendens Mels. Staten Island (Lg). Replaces “croceicollis” of the last edition. Family MELANDRYIDiE. The beetles of this family also are economically unimportant, and have the same general habits as in the immediately preceding families. They are very diverse in form but usually slender, often elliptical in outline, in general densely clothed with fine silky hair or pubescence, the an¬ tennas moderate in length, palpi often very long. The head is hidden as far as the eyes, and the prothorax is nearly or quite as broad at base as the elytra. They are feeders in wood, fungi and dry vegetable matter generally. The larvae are of the usual slender cylindrical form, the head th'orax and tail segments chitinized. TETRATOMA Fab. T. truncorum Lee. Westville (Li); in old fungus (W). T. tessellata Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co., Wood- side (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; 5-mile beach (W) ; on fungus on dead branches V-VIII. PENTHE Newn. P. obliquata Fab. Throughout the State under bark, sometimes common. P. pimelia Fab. With the preceding, usually more rare. SYNCHROA Newn. S. punejata Newn. Throughout the State V, VI, under bark of decid¬ uous trees and on dry limbs; locally common. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 365 PROTHALPI A Lee. P. undata Lee. Greenwood Lake VI, 22 (Lv) ; Hemlock Falls V, 31 (W) ; Newark and Orange Mt. Dist. (div) ; in fungus on dead branches. MELANDRYA Fab. M. striata Say. Throughout the State, locally common, V, VI; under bark and on fungus in rotten trees. EMMESA Newn. E. labiata Say. Ft. Lee (Sm); Woodside „(Bf) ; Highlands V, 30 (Sf); rare. AMBLYCTIS Lee. A. prseses Lee. “Have a specimen of this very rare species from Mo- sholu, N. Y., and should also occur in New Jersey” (Sf). “Xylita laevigata” is an error of determination. ZILORA Mu Is. Z. nuda Prov. Eagle Rock VII, rare (Bf). CAREBARA Lee. C. iongula Lee. Jamesburg VI, 24, Lakehurst V, 29 (Jl) ; Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn); Bamber VI, 3 (W). SPILOTUS Lee. S. quadripustulosus Mels. Orange Mts. VI (Bf) ; Staten Island, on sour gum (Thompson); Anglesea V, 30 (W). SCOTOCHROA Lee. S. atra Lee. Newark, on dry branches, rare, all summer (Bf). SERROPALPUS Hellw. S. barbatus Schall. Orange Mt. Dist., at light and from dry fungus VI (div); Anglesea V, 30 (W). HYPULUS Payk. . Orange Mts., rare (Bf). PH LCEOTRYA Steph. /flK si m w I a ) . * P. liturata Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII, on dead, fungus-covered branches; sometimes rather common. P. voudoueri Muls. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt). 366 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. SYMPHORA Lee. S. flavicollis Hald. Greenwood Lake VII (Sf); Orange Mts. V, 30, New¬ ark (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Highlands VI (Ch) ; Atco, Anglesea (W). S. rugosa Hald. With the preceding; neither species rare. AN ISOXYA Muls. A. glaucula Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Newark (Soc); Atco (W) ; Angle- sea VII (Sz). HOLOSTROPHUS Horn. H. bifasciatus Say. (Eustrophus) Throughout the State IV, VI, IX; found in rotten wood. EUSTROPHUS III. E. bicolor Say. Throughout the State IX until next VI; not rare. E. tomentosus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Westville (Li). HALLOMENUS Panz. H. scapular is Mels. Orange Mts., Newark (div). ORCH ESI A Lat. O. castanea Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Bf) ; Iona VI, 22 (Brn) ; An¬ glesea VII (Sz); g. d. (W); in hard fungi on trees. O. gracilis Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg); MICROSCAPHA Lee. M. clavicornis Lee. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Highlands VI, VII (div). SCRAPTIA Lat. S. sericea Mels. Newark (Soc); DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li); on blos¬ soms. ALLOPODA Lee. A. lutea Hald. East Jersey (Dietz); DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li); Berlin VI, Newton ville VI, Iona VI, Sea Isle VII (Brn); Anglesea (W). CAN I FA Lee. C. plagiata Mels. Buena Vista (Li). C. pusilla Hald. Orange Mts. V, 30, Newark (Bf) ; Atco (W). C. pallipennis Lee. Atco (W) ; all species on flowers. C. pallipes Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Loeffler) ; Westville to Brigantine, g. d., V, 27-VII, 25 (Brn). Ml/ ?• '> ^ dM*t • .< .••• •. \V. : ■ rii ■ y.; • ' ■ ' •/ 7/ V ■:»> . ;■ • , 7; : . • • : .*oro Vii .. ■ j ' •: • .7 or. : 7;. .;?= •'/ :i Lo<‘ . 7- ;\o7 7r '•••• v- . . , <•. : :: 7 :: ra:.- l.V. ' ■ V' !Vr. 0'-‘ . ' • H • . *7.1 ■ • ! 'lb ' , 7 ."7 Oi : ' ' ■ • ' / ■ ■ V ?i.iva:y. vJ '■ • " ; n. ... iy. rv. ..v, ' ' ' THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 369 PENTARI A Muls. P. trifasciata Mels. Gloucester V, 10, g. d. (W) ; Westville VII, 7 (Brn). ANASPIS Geoffr. A. flavipennis Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Staten Island (Lg); Riverton V, 14 (GG) ; Seaville IV, 29 (Brn). A. rufa Say. Throughout the State V-VII; locally very common. TOMOXIA Costa. T. bidentata Say. Snake Hill (Sf); Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts. V, 26 on dead trees; nowhere common. T. lineeila Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VIII, 16 (GG) ; Millburn (Bf) ; Middlesex Co. VII, 20 (Sm); Atco V, 28 (W) ; on dead trees; rare. T. inclusa Lee. Snake Hill (Sf). MORDELLA Linn. M. melaena Germ. Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, "Jamesburg VII (Sm); Glassboro VII, 30 (GG). M. scutel laris Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. M. octopunctata’ Fab. Snake Hill (Sf) ; Newark Dist., rare (Bf) ; James- burg VII, 4 (Dke) ; Collingswood VII (GG) ; Gloucester, Camden Co., rare, Anglesea VI, common (W). M. lunulata Helm. New Brunswick VII, 20, So. Amboy VI, 8 (Coll). M. marginata Mels. Throughout the State VI-VIII; common. M. serval Say. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). M. triloba Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Atco VII, 15 (W). M. discoidea Mels. Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts. (Sm) ; Gloucester VII, 2 (W) ; Westville VII, 7 (Brn) ; Glassboro VII, 19 (GG) ; always rare. MORDELLISTENA Costa. M. arida Lee. Atco V, 14 (W). M. trifasciata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Gloucester VII, VIII (W); W. Berlin VI, 25 (Brn). M. lepidula Lee. Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII (Sm) ; Westville, Atco VI, Iona VI (Brn) ; not common. M. limbalis Mels. Orange Mts., rare (Sm). M. vapida Lee. Orange Mts. (div). M. fulvicollis Mels. Orange Mts. (Sm). M. ornata Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); New Jersey (Sf). M. militaris Lee. Orange Mts. VI, 26, VII (div). M. scapularis Say. Orange Mts. VI, VII (div). M, comata Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; locally common. 24 IN 370 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY .STATE MUSEUM. M. aspersa Mels. The most universally common species of the genus. M. arnica Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). M. picilabris Helm. Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). M. infima Lee. Westville VI, Atco V, 29, DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn). M. andreae Lee. Anglesea V, 27 (Sm). M. anciila Lee. DaCosta VI, 12 (Brn); g. d., not common (W). M. varians Lee. Orange Mts., common (Sm); Westville VI, VII (div) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). M. ustulata Lee. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Anglesea VII, 11 (Brn). M. impatiens Lee. Orange Mts., Newark VI, VII (div); DaCosta VI, 24, Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). M. nigricans Mels. Throughout the State V-VII; locally common. M. ruficeps Lee. DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn); New Jersey (Sm). M. splendens Sm. Sea Isle VIII, 14 (Brn); Anglesea VIII, IX (div). M. pustulata Mels. Throughout the State V-VII; common. M. fuscipennis Mels. Near Hoboken (Sm). IV!. moruia Lee. Staten Island (Lg) ; New Brunswick VII (Sm) ; West¬ ville, DaCosta VII, 2-30 (Brn). M. ambusta Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Lahaway VI, 1 (Sm). M. unicolor Dec. Orange Mts. VII (Sm); Woodbury VI, 13 (GG) ; Da¬ Costa VI, 3 (Brn); Anglesea and g. d. VII (W). M. marginalis Say. Newark, Orange Mts. VI, VII (div); Gloucester VI, flB8RBHLsea VII, 6 (W). M. pubescens Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. M. bihamata Mels. Newark (Soe). M. liturata Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Lahaway VI (Sm); Anglesea VII (Sz). M. fuscata Mels. Orange Mts., VII, rare (Sm). M. cinereofasciata Sm. Westville VII, 2, Atco VII, 17 (Brn). Family ANTHICID^E. Small or moderate sized species, varying much in form, often brightly or contrastingly colored or banded, the thorax narrower than the elytra and sometimes peculiarly modified, the antennae long and slender. They live under varying conditions, some of them in sand, often resembling ants in appearance and running rapidly when turned out of their burrows. None of them are injurious to cultivated plants. CORPHYRA Say. C. funebris Horn. Newark (Bf) ; along shore in wash-up, rare (W). C. elegans Hentz. Suffern, V, 30, common (Sf); Caldwell (Cr). C. terminalis Say. Newark, V, 29, rare (Bf). C. newmani Lee. Orange Mts. VI, common (Ch). ■ ...... 7 r> . • J j. ' . 7 . ’ • • • 5,;-' - . ■7-.. .i ■ . . ■ - ’■ -■ v vJ, .V!.--' • 'VAc- v . ’/V-.,:-;'. ■ 7 . w- v ' ’ r; 5 _ : ■ M, - t,: : ...■■• . i ■ ' 7 . • - • ' v;-; : ' .. di , ' • '■ • . •• ‘ • V . V ■ ■ 7. A- iWi?-;; c . • . . : ■ ; THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 371 C. lugubris Say. Suffern Y, 30, common; sure to occur in New Jersey (Sf). / C. col laris Say. Boonton VI, 11 (GG) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; along shore in wash-up, not rare (W). M ACRATRIA Newn. / M. murina Fab. Clifton VII, 3, Burlington Co. VI, 4, Merchantville VI (GG) ; Westville VII, 4 (Brn) ; Ocean Co., common (Sm) ; g. d. on willow (W). TOMODERUS Laf. T. inter ruptus Laf. Newark, edge of meadows in early spring; Mer¬ chantville IX, 26, DaCosta VI, 3 (Brn)^ T. constrictus Say. Newark (Dn) ; salt meadows (Bf) ; Gloucester, Westville, Laurel Springs V, 10-28 (Brn). MALPORUS Casey. M. formicarius Laf. (Anthicus) Merchantville IV (Brn); seashore, Brigantine to Cape May V, VII, IX (div). M. cinctus Say. (Anthicus) Arlington (Bf ) ; Staten Island XI, 16 (Jl) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). LAPPUS Casey. L. obscurus Laf. Arlington VI, 21 (Sf). THICANUS Casey. T. rejectus Lee. (Anthicus) Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Anglesea VII, 11 (Brn). HEMANTUS Casey. H. floral is Linn. (Anthicus) Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark (Soc); Gloucester V, 27 (Brn); Anglesea VII (div); and probably throughout the State. ANTHICUS Payk. A. ephippium Laf. (d iffici I is Lee., confusus Lee.) Throughout the State all winter and until VII, 10. A. scabriceps Lee. Newark (Bf). A. cervinus Laf. Union, early spring at base of trees (Bf) ; Woodbury V-VII (div) ; Westville V, Sea Isle VI, Avalon VII (Brn) ; seashore (W) ; not rare. A. haldemani Lee. Orange VI, at light (Ch). # A. melancholicus Laf. (spretus Lee.) Westville V, 28, DaCosta VII, 5, Sea Isle V, 10 (Brn); Anglesea VI, VII (div). 372 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. SAPINTUS Casey. S. pubescens Lee. (Anthicus) Collingswood III, 12 (GG) ; New Jersey (Dn). S. fulvipes Laf. Newark II, 12, Arlington, salt meadows, common (Bf) ; Anglesea IV, 28 (Brn). AMBLYDERUS Laf. A. pailens Lee. Brigantine IX (Hn) ; Anglesea V, VII (div) ; seashore, not rare (W). NOTOXUS Geoffr. N. bicolor Say. Throughout the State IX until following VI; common. N. bifasciatus Lee. Orange VI (Ch) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Clifton, Dunel- len (Coll); Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn); Atco (div); locally common. N. anchora Hentz. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee, Dunellen (Dietz) ; New¬ ark at light (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Sm) ; not common anywhere. I'M. monodon Fabr. Common throughout the State, all season. M. delicatus Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). N. planicornis Laf. Sea Isle VI (Brn); Anglesea throughout the season, most abundant sweeping in the early evening. MECYNOTARSUS Laf. M. candidus Lee. Westfield (Jl). M. flavicans Casey. Hackensack V (Bf ) ; Westville (Li); Merchantville V (Brn) ; g. d. near Delaware River in white sand (W) ; nocturnal. ELONUS Casey. E. basal is Lee. Widely distributed and should occur in New Jersey (Sf). E. nebulosus Lee. Madison VII, 16 (Pr) ; Orange Mts. (Bf). EMELINUS Casey. E. melsheimeri Lee. Ft. Lee ( Jl) ; Highlands VII, on hickory (Sf). ZONANTES Casey. Z. signatus Hald. Newtonville III, 26, one example (Brn). Z. subfasciatus Lee. Highlands IV, V, VII, under stones (Sf) ; James- burg VII (Bf). Z. fasciatus Mels. (Xylophilus) Orange Mts. VIII (Bf ) ; Highlands VII, 8, beating (Sf) ; Lakehurst VII, 12 (Jl) ; not rare. Z. tricuspis Casey. Orange Mts. VII (Sf). The “Xylophilus quercicola” of the last edition is an error. • v ; ■ ' • p't ■ >> a;«tC.Vi: r# re. p.rn •. : t>t ; -V •. : O ' . 'J.;. ' '■ ; ' <>:V • Or,.’ t. • ’ ' " ' ' • i . ■ ]* ’voi{ • ' '' ; ! ><; • ; !' :■ • : i; ••• ' ' ' UV» . •' v- ■ ■ •» - ?• ' : ... .. • . Or' ?/• • H ' : v . ' v :> . n. ^ • :■ *i ' ■ • • : !•. :■ ii • :•/ " 5 •; Pm.- /- ' : ' ; \ : v- . ■ • ■ ■: . li>. . „ch i , •. ' H r } . j ■ ' • . ! • VI t ■. v-l . ' ;;v •• • : V. , v ■ -v. ' > ? $!« y/p 5; i- ■ h ■ ■- • • • ■ i-‘. • ■ ... .. .. . in ?, ... • ■ • . ■ , ' ? .. ■' ' . ' THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY, 375 376 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family RHIPIPHORID®. Contains wedge-shaped or clumsy, almost shapeless, forms, with short, sometimes pointed wing-covers, beyond which the hind wings often pro¬ ject so as to cover the abdomen. The head is bent down, the anteinnse are serrated in the female, flabellate in the male. The adults occur on flowers, rarely, the larvae are semi-parasitic in nests of wasps or on cockroaches. PELECOTOMA Fisch. P. flavipes Mels. New Jersey (Sf). RHIPIPHORUS Fab. R. flavipennis Lee. Glassboro YII (GG) ; Anglesea VII (Brn) ; g. d., rare (W), Iona VII, 13 (Dke). R. dimidiatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, rare. R. octomaculatus Gerst. Malaga VIII, 4 (GG). R. pectinatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; rare. R. limbatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; rare. R. limbatus Fab. Palisades VII, 26 (Lv) ; Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; Merchantville VII, 17, Farmingdale VII, 18 (GG) ; g. d., rare (W). R. linearis Lee. Madison VII, 17 (Pr). MYODITES Latr. M. fasciatus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; East Jersey, rare (Dietz). Family STYLOPID-^. This family is represented in our State by a single minute species only, so far as our collections go. It is a representative of a very curious Stylops and its development: a, female in body of bee; b, same in outline; c, d, male from above and side. Fig. 156. little group, which is given ordinal rank by some who have .studied it most closely, and I believe that conclusion to be warranted. As matter THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 377 of convenience, however, and because the change has not been generally adopted in our lists, I have preferred to leave the species here. The male only is winged, the female lives in the abdomen of some of our paper-making wasps. XENOS Rossi. X. peckii Kirby. Occurs very rarely throughout the State in the abdo¬ men of the species of “P'olistes.” Series RHYNCHOPHORA. The remaining families of the order belong to the so-called “snout- beetles” or weevils, sometimes classed as a sub-order. The chief obvious character of a great majority of the species is the elongated head or snouti, at the end of which the minute mouth parts are situated. In some cases this snout is very much reduced; but in such types the tend¬ ency is to a cylindrical form, and the pro-thorax has no lateral margin or suture. Practically all the species are feeders upon vegetable tissue, and many of them are injurious or even destructive to cultivated crops. The families of this series are not easily distinguished except by the use of rather obscure structural characters, and no definitions will be at¬ tempted except in special instances — e. g., the “Scolytidse.” The larvae are white, very much wrinkled, stout, fleshy grubs, usually without legs, with a yellowish head and a tendency to curl or assume the position of a “white-grub.” They also are vegetable feeders, attacking plants in all parts, and many of them rank as first-class pests. Family RHINOMACERIDyE. RHINOMACER Fab. R. pilosus Lee. Gloucester, rare on dying pine (W) ; Westville IV, New- ' tonville III, 26 (Brn) ; Clementon V, 5, (GG) ; Iona V, 16 (CG). R. elongatus Lee. Morristown on pine (Jill) ; Gloucester (W) ; West¬ ville (Li) ; Merchantville IV, 27 (Brn) ; Clementon V, 5 (GG) ; Iona V, 16 (CG). Family RHYNCHITIDyE. AULETES Sch. A. ater Lee. Ramapo Mts. V, 27, on “Myrica” (Sf) ; Ft. Lee on sweet fern (Jul) ; Landisville, DaCosta (Li) ; Newtonville VI, Sea Isle V (Brn); Anglesea (W). A. cassandrae Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Atco, DaCosta VII (Brn); Buena VistaT" (Li) ; Anglesea V, 28 (W). 378 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. EUGNAMPTUS Sch. E. angustatus Hbst. Throughout the State V-VII on oak, hickory, but¬ ternut, chestnut, sycamore, etc.; not rare. E. col laris Fab. Also throughout the State on oak, more local than the preceding, and locally no less abundant. RHYNCHITES Hbst. R. bicolor Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII on rose. R. seneus Boh. Lake Hopatcong (Sf). R. hirtus Fab. Throughout the State V-VII, on oak; not common. R. fossifrons Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). R. cyanellus Lee. Highlands, abundant (Ch).. / R. aeratus Say. Throughout the State V-VII, on oak; not rare. PTEROCOLUS Sch. P. ovatus Fab. Throughout the State, V, VI, on oak, locally and sea¬ sonally common; more abundant on the scrub oaks of South Jersey. Family ATYEEABIDPE. ATTELABUS Linn. A. ana I is Ill. Throughout the State VI, VII on sumac; makes little cases in which the eggs are deposited. A. nigripes Lee. Throughout the State V-VIII; on oak; more common in So. Jersey on scrub oak. A. bipustulatus Fab. With the preceding and hardly less common. A. rhois Boh. Chester, Newark (Bf); Orange Mt. Dist. (div) ; New Bruns¬ wick VII, Jamesburg VII, Anglesea V, VII (Sm) ; on hazel and sumac. Family OTIORHYNCHID7E. EPIC/ERUS Sch. E. imbricatus Say. Throughout the State, rare; in some localities this imbricated snout beetle has been known as injurious, but I have never found it so in New Jersey. HORMORUS Horn. / H. undulatus Uhler. Hoboken ( Jiil) ; Newark Dist., g. d., under stones in early spring, always rare (Bf). ANAMETIS Horn. A. granulatus Say. (grisea Horn.) Newark (Soc) ; lives under bark of apple and pear (Riley). . - . - ' • . V. >tv < .if.'/ ■ : . : . . • : : ■ Si r . . * Chi- v. • Nf ;• k ' i ■ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 379 PANSCOPUS Sch. P. erinaceus Say. Salt meadows III, 19 (Bf) ; Woodbury III, 25, sifting old leaves (W) ; on wild grape VI, YII (Sm). PHYXELIS Sch. P. rigidus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr) ; Weehawken (Bt) ; New- ark bist. (Bf ) ; Camden (Li); Collingswood VII (Brn) ; g. d. (W). AGRAPHUS Sch. A. bellicus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Newark (Soc) ; Sandy Hook (Bf) ; Shrewsbury ( Jiil) ; Anglesea (W) ; always rare. OTIORHYNCHUS Germ. O. sulcatus Fab. North of Piedmont Plain, not rare; South Jersey, under hemlock bark (W). O. ovatus Linn. Throughout the State, locally common; larva is the “strawberry crown girdler”; beetle is a general feeder. / O. rugifrons Gyll. East Jersey (Dietz); Ft. Lee V, under stones (Bf). CERCOPEUS Sch. / C. chrysorrhoeus Say. Delaware Valley and northward in early spring, under bark of chestnut and other trees and stumps. PACHN/EUS Sch. P. distans Horn. Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). TANYMECUS Sch. T. confertus Gyll. Throughout the State, under until VII, feeding on a great variety of plants. PANDELETEJUS Sch. P. hi laris Hbst. Throughout the State, common, in white oak and beech. BRACHYSTYLUS Sch. / B. acutus Say. Newark (Soc); South Jersey (W) ; only on persimmon. ARAM IGUS Horn. / A. fulleri Horn. “Fuller’s rose beetle.” An imported species, which was for a time a serious pest in rose-houses in Union County and else¬ where. It was never abundant outdoors and is rarely found now even in green-houses, where they have learned how to deal with it. APHRASTUS Sch. A. taeniatus Gyll. Common throughout the State on hazel, alder and other bushes in July. stones in spring and 380 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. The “Plinthodes tseniatus” of the last edition really refers to this species. POLYDROSUS Sch. / P. dorsalis Horn. (Cyphomimus) Ft. Lee, on wild cherry ( Jiil) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; rare. SCI APH I LUS Steph. S. asperatus Bonsd. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. VIII, not rare (Bf). BARYPITHES Duval. B. pellucidalis Boh. Orange Mts., early spring, not rare (Bf). STROPHOSOMUS Steph. S. coryli Fab. Orange Mts., on birch, “Betula lenta” (Jiil). Family CURCUUONIDjE. SITONES Sch. S. hispidulus Germ. Throughout the State V-X, the larva on roots of clover. While this is sometimes locally common, it has never occurred in such numbers as to make it actually injurious. S. flavescens Marsh. Hudson Co. (LI) ; salt meadows, in early spring (Bf) ; g. d. (W) ; and probably throughout the State, locally. -Sr^t4mt-u«--011v: ^Nevr-Jersey-tJul-t, ITHYCERUS Sch. I. nova-boracensis Forst. Throughout the State, not common; breeds in twigs of oak; also found on hickory and beech. APION Hbst. A. impeditum Fall. Newark district (Bf). A. impunctistriatum Sm. Hemlock Falls (Bf) ; Anglesea (W) ; rare. A. atripes Sm. South Camden (W). A. finitimum Fall. Newark (Li); So. Camden (W). A. melanarium Gerst. Hemlock Falls (Bf) ; New Brunswick VII (Sm) ; Camden VII, XII (div) ; Anglesea V (div). A. minutum Sm. Gloucester (W). A. pennsylvanicum Boh. Anglesea (Li), Newark Dist. (Bf), and prob¬ ably throughout the State. A. perminutum Sm. Camden and So. Camden X (div). A. reclusum Fall. Anglesea (Li); one of the type localities. A. coxale Fall. Snake Hill (Bf). A. patruele Sm. Arlington meadows in early spring under stones (div); Anglesea V (div); in pods of climbing Legume (Ch). h '\' Ahtif 'K' f/, /^/£> / s'E-vr# ml’eeu'M. ■ . . :• . i . • - •. ' . v. ... v-igA?.*tv ' - - v - • ' . ; ' ■ ■■■ : , '• ; •. -fv. .3 r- ■3ITr‘-.::s- : • h. • ... 1 louts’; i Jr-1 . - . 38i THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A. walshii Sm. Jamesburg (W). A. perforicolle Fall. DaCosta (W) ; Atco, Buena Vista (Li). A. turbulentum Sm. Hopatcong (Pm); Arlington (Bf) ; New Jersey (Li) ; on “Vaccinium stramineum” (Hn) ; breeds in seeds of “Mei- bomia” (Ch). A. griseum Sm. Throughout the State V-VII on “Phaseolus.” A. fraternum Sm. With the preceding; closely resembling but distinct from it; on the leaves of “Lespedeza” (Ch). A. porcatum Boh. Newark Dist., rare in early spring on locust (Bf). A. rostrum Say. Throughout the State south of the Highlands V-VII, on wild indigo, in the seeds of which it breeds. A. nigrum Hbst. Hemlock Falls (Bf) ; Clifton, Orange V, VI (Ch); breeds in the seeds of the common locust, “Robinia pseudacacia.” A. oblitum Sm. Salt meadows (Bf) ; Camden XII, sifting (GG). A. segnipes Say. Gloucester Co. (W) ; Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); probably throughout So. Jersey, in seeds of “Tephrosia virginiana.” A. decoloratum Sm. Camden, Gloucester Co., Cape May C, H. (W) ; South Jersey (Sm) ; breeds in seed pods of “Meibomia” (Ch). A. emaceipes Fall. Probably confused with the preceding in collections. A. carinatum Sm. Sure to occur in New Jersey. A. spinipes Fall. DaCosta (W) ; Anglesea VII, 23 (div). A. parallelum Sm. Buena Vista (Li); So. Jersey (W) ; not common. A. puritanum Fall. Riverton V, Westville V, Clementon V (GG). A. umboniferum Fall. South Jersey, probably. A. herculanum Sm. South Jersey in “Viburnum” and “Cornus” Sp. The last named three species are so closely allied that they are prob¬ ably confused in collections. PODAPION Riley. P. gallicola Riley. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Bf) ; makes galls on “Pinus inops” and “P. rigida”; never common in this State. PHYTONOMUS Sch. '• P. punctatus Fab. The “clover-leaf beetle,” common throughout the State VI-VII, but rarely injurious. The larva becomes full grown in May, but in ordinary sea¬ sons is nearly wiped out early in that month by a disease that prevents injury. P. comptus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Westville IV, Gloucester Co. (div); on “Polygonum.” P. castor Lee. Mt. View (Bf) ; Lake Hopatcong (Gr). TTWrgnrostris Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII, locally notTrare; common during the winter, sifting (W). ' t- l l Ho . Fig. 157- — Dis¬ eased larva / clover leaf ' ' WW# beetle, en¬ larged. ■t * * '** Kirby. Newark, on blackberry blossoms VI (Bf). EUDOCIMUS Sch. E. mannerheimi Boh. Snake Hill (Dietz); Hoboken, once abundant (Ch) ; Hackensack Meadows (Bt) ; Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn) ; Anglesea (W) ; one example only in each of the last two records. LIXUS Fab. L. marginatus Say. (sylvius Boh.) Ft. Lee (div) ; Arlington meadows III (Bf). 384 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. J^Jterminalis Lee. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. L. concavus Say. Throughout the State V-VIII, breeds in stalks of dock, 'rhubarb, sunflower, thistle, etc. The “rectus” of last edition belongs here. L. julichi Casey. Newark Dist., Arlington IV-V (div). L. musculus Say. Throughout the State TV, Y; not common. DORYTOMUS Steph. -D. -m uci-dus -Say .""New Jersey TJulT. D. laticollis Lee. Guttenberg, on poplar (Jul). D. brevicollis Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. V, 30 (W) ; on pussy willows (Bf). ''J'-m ts’t ERYCUS Tourn. E. puncticollis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (div); Snake Hill III, IV (Sf); Newark, salt meadows, early in spring (Bf). PACHYPHANES Dietz. / P. amoenus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. VII, VIII (Bf) ; Angle- sea (W) ; on ragweed (Hn). DESMORIS Lee. D. constrictus Say. East Jersey (Dietz); Anglesea (Bf). D. flavicans Lee. Clementon VIII, 6 (W). SMICRONY’X Sch. S. sculpticollis Casey. Clementon VIII, 9, Sea Isle VI, 11 (Brn). S. nebulosus Dietz. New Jersey (Dietz). S. corniculatus Fab. Chester VII, 4, Hemlock Falls, Newark V, 30 (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Lg). S. tychoides Lee. Orange Mts. VI, 10, Irvington (Bf). S. g rise us Lee. Ft. Lee on ragweed (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Snake Hill, Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; Spring Lake VIII (Ch). S. squamulatus Lee. Woodbury VII, Atco VIII (Brn); Anglesea VI (div). PHYLLOTROX Sch. P. ferrugineus Lee. Highlands VI (Ch) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). ' • • . :■ . * 1-:. ;• . . THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 385 BRACHYBAMUS Germ. B. electus Germ. Hopatcong (Pm); salt meadows V, 17 (Bf ) ; Clemen- * - — ‘“Ton' VIII, 6 (Brn). ONYCHYLSS Lee. O. nigrirostris Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark on “Sagittaria” V, 30 (Bf); Camden XII, 12 (GG). ENDALUS Lap. E. limatulus Gyll. Hoboken, salt meadow (Jill) ; Newark, Snake Hill V, Irvington, sweeping on fern (Bf) ; Cape May IX, 21 (Dke). / E. oval is Lee. Salt meadow, under stones, Irvington, on fern V (Bf). TANYSPHYRUS Sch. T. lemnse Fab. Hudson Co. V, salt meadows (div) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; N~"'“Tlewark meadows Y, 30 (Bf) ; adhering to boards in water (W). ANCHODEMUS Lee. A. angustus Lee. Hoboken salt meadows ( Jiil) ; Camden and Gloucester marshes along Delaware VI (W); breeds in “Sagittaria.” LISSORHOPTRUS Lee. L. apiculatus Gyll.' Jamesburg IV, 18 (Sm) ; Camden, Gloucester Co., in swamps (W) ; g. d. (Li). L. simplex Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Hoboken salt meadows (Jill); Irving¬ ton (Bf) ; breeds in roots of wild rice (Riley). BAGOUS Germ. B. obliquus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Arlington III, 17 (Bf) ; New Jersey (Jiil). B. americanus Lee. Collingswood VII 27 (GG) ; Beesley’s Pt. VI, 30 (W). B. magister Lee. Ft. Lee, lily pond (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf); Sea Isle VI, Anglesea V, Cape May VI (Brn). B. cavifrons Lee. Irvington VII, 12 (Bf). OTIDOCEPHALUS Chevr. O. myrmex Hbst. Hudson Co. (LI) ; New Jersey (Jiil) ; g. d. (div) ; the species are inquilinous in Cynipid galls. / O. scrobicollis Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Cape May Court House V, 26, and g. d. (W). 25 IN 386 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. O. chevrolatii Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (div) ; Jamesburg VII (Lv) ; Cape May C. H. and g. d. V (W) ; on elm and hickory. O. Isevicollis Horn. Hudson Co. (div); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; bred from Cynipid galls in oak (Riley). MAGDALIS Germ. M. perforata Horn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Lakehurst VII (Bf) ; g. d. (W) ; on pine. M. lec.ontei Horn. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; New Jersey (div). M. barbita Hbst. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Bf) ; Malaga V, 17 (W) ; Ber¬ lin VI, Sea Isle V, Anglesea VI (Brn); sometimes destructive on young hickory. M. olyra Hbst. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Atlantic City, Angle- sea (Sm) ; g. d. (W) ; breeds under bark of hickory (Ch). M. incortspicua Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell, rare (Bf). M. pandura Say. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Westville (Li); shore counties (W). M. armicollis Say. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; New Brunswick VII (Sm); At¬ lantic City (Castle) ; g. d. (div) ; breeds in elm. TACHYPTERUS Dietz. T. quadrigibbus Say. Throughout the State on fruit trees; larva feeds around the core of apple and pear, but is rarely injurious. ANTHONOMUS Germ. A. scutel laris Lee. New Jersey, without definite locality. A. hamiltoni Dietz. Hemlock Falls (Bf) ; Gloucester V, DaCosta VIII (W); Atco VIII, Iona VI, Sea Isle VIII (Brn); Buena Vista (Li). A. pusilius Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hemlock Falls (Bf) ; Buena Vista (Li); Atco, Clementon V, 30 (W). A. profundus Lee. Newark VI, 9, on huckleberry blossoms (Bf) ; West¬ ville, Buena Vista (Li) ; Lucaston IV, Newtonville VI (Brn) ; lives, in buds of “Crataegus” (Sz). / A. sycophanta Walsh. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Clementon V, 10 (Brn) ; South Jersey (W) ; breeds in galls made by a saw-fly on willow. A. suturalis Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Anglesea VII and g. d. (W) ; said to feed on cranberry and plum in the larval stage. A. flavicornis Boh. DaCosta, Anglesea VII, 11 (W). A. morulus Lee. Anglesea VII, 11 (W). / A. corvulus Lee. Hemlock Falls, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Cape May C. H.„ Anglesea V, 26 (W). ■A ( 7 K > 7". /4/0 J <£■* y i/ # V;»ri •• v V iuciior: . ' - ' . (if : . j ' - r.-v: ’’ ■ : W V' I,S ■ ■ ' - j ' - THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 387 Fig. i6o.-^Strawberry weevil and its work: a , shoot of strawberry plant bearing punctured buds; b, enlarged eggs at c; at d, larva; e, its head, much enlarged; f, pupa, enlarged; g, open straw¬ berry flower showing work of beetles. A. signatus Say. Throughout the State; much more common in the southern counties. This is the strawberry weevil which always does some and occasionally serious injury in Atlantic, Cumberland, Bur* lington, Ocean and Cape May Counties. It feeds also on black, dew and raspberry and occasionally on other plants. The remedial meas¬ ures are cultural in most part. A. musculus Say. Throughout the State, not rare VII, on huckleberry. A. nigrinus Boh. Staten Island (Lg) ; DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn) ; New Jer¬ sey, on horse nettle, “Solanum virginiensis” (W). A. scutellatus Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell III, 15 (Bf) ; Orange Mts. (GG) ; Newark Dist. (div) ; DaCosta (Li); Anglesea (W). A. juniperinus Sanb. Anglesea (Li); Bayside IX, 22, on juniper (W), feeding in a fungus growth. A. rufipes Lee. Buena Vista (Li). A. disjunctus Lee. Gloucester Co. (W) ; DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); Atlantic City (Castle); Bamber IX, 1 (Dke) ; Chews Landing IX, 6 (W). 388 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. A. latiusculus Dietz. 5-mile beach, on holly, IV (div). A. robustulus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Jamesburg VII, 4-15 (div). A. ungularis Lee. New Jersey (Jill) ; in “Cassia mary- landica.” A. nubilus Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea (W) ; New Jersey (Li). A. elongatus Lee. Snake Hill V, VI (div); Arlington V, VI (Sf); Newark (div); Anglesea (W). The A. “helvolus,” “nebulosus” and “elegans” of last edition are errors of, detegnipation. ANTHONOMOPSIS Dietz. A. mixtus Lee. Generally distributed, rare (W). Fig. 161. — Straw¬ berry weevil, An- thonomus signatus; enlarged. PSEUDANTHONOMUS Dietz. /■JSjJSXSSSPQ1 Walsh. Westville VII, 20, Anglesea V, 30 (W). P. incipiens Dietz. Passaic, Staten Island (Bf). P. longulus Dietz. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bf). NEOMASTIX Dietz. N. solidaginis Dietz. Atco, Clementon (W) ; Buena Vista (Li); on deflorescent heads of “Solidago” species (Dietz). NANOPS Dietz. N. schwarzi Dietz. Buena Vista (Li); South Jersey (W). ELLESCHUS Steph. E. scanicus Payk. Plainfield, rare (Bf). jl E. bipunctatus Linn. New Jersey (Jiil) ; a circumpolar species. E. ephippiatus Say. Bloomfield, Newark (Bf) ; Westville, common (W) ; Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); occurs also on willow. ORCHESTES III. O. ephippiatus Say. Bloomfield (Bf) ; Westville (W), on “Salix fragilis” (Bt) ; all the species are leaf miners on willow. O. salicis Linn. Newark (Bf) ; a circumpolar species. O. niger Horn. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; New Jersey (Jiil), on low willows VII (Ch). O. pallicornis Say. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke) ; So. Jersey (W) ; on low willows VII (Ch). The record of “O. canus” Horn, was an error. V-" . •• Dictsr. . " > ••• •’ ■ 'J »v •• • -J ■ ... £> • ' s: • ■ . • f . . ....... . - : ' . i THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 389 XANTHUS Dietz. X. pygmseus Dietz. Anglesea V, 28 (div) ; on juniper (U). ACALYPTUS Sch. A. carpini Hbst. Hopatcong (Pm), Chester VII, 4, Orange Mts. V (Bf). PRIONOMERUS Sch. P. calceatus Say. Throughout the State V-VII, locally not rare; the larva mines in leaves of sassafras. PIAZORHINUS Sch. P. scutellaris Say. Hudson Co. (div); Anglesea V (div); g. d. (Li). P. pictus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Shrewsbury (Jiil) ; DaCosta, Anglesea (W) ; always rare. THYSANOCNEMIS Lee. T. fraxini Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII, on ash, in the seeds of which it breeds. T. helvolus Lee. Bloomsbury IX, 3 (Bf) ; South Jersey (W) ; rare. PLOCETES Lee. P. ulmi Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; nowhere common. TYCHIUS Sch. T. sordidus Lee. Anglesea, one specimen (W). GYMNETRON Sch. G. teter Fab. Common throughout the State V, VI, on mullein. MiARUS Steph. M. hispiduius Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Newark (Soc); “ Plainfield (Sf); in seed capsules of “Lobelia” sp. LAE M OS ACC US Sch. L. plagiatus Fab. Throughout the State V-VIII, locally common, usually on oak; sometimes on hickory. CONOTRACHELUS Sch. C. juglandis Lee. Throughout the State V-VII; breeds in green fruit of walnut and butternut; not rare. 390 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. C. nenuphar Hbst. The Plum curculio; throughout the State, common V-VII and again VIII. Breeds in plum, peach, cherry and apple, often in destructive numbers, and is one of the most serious enemies to fruit growing in New Jersey. May be con¬ trolled! by persistent spraying with arsen¬ ate of lead, 1 pound in 20 gallons of water. Fig. 162. — The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenu¬ phar: a, larva; b , adult; c, pupa: enlarged. / C. seniculus Lee. Woodbury VII, VIII (div); Westville VII, Merchant- ville X, Sea Isle VI, Peermont VI, Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). C. elegans Say. Throughout the State V, VI and again VIII, IX; larvae feeding on underground stems of “Amaranthus retroflexus” (Ch). C. aratus Germ. Atlantic Co., rare (W). / C. crataegi Walsh. Throughout the State on quince, and sometimes locally injurious; VI-VIII. C. naso Lee. Atlantic Co. (W) ; Anglesea V, VIII (Brn); on “Crataegus,” rare. C. posticatus Boh. Throughout the State V-IX; not rare. C. geminatus Lee. Throughout the State VIII until next VII; locally common. C. cribricollis Say. Westville I, 28, sifting (W). C. anaglypticus Say. Throughout the State VI. X»-4eui3japhaea4u^Plal5'.^ — "New'-Jer^ey-LXy ) . G. fissunguis Lee. Along the river front near Camden, and everywhere along shore in Mallow swamps; breeds in seed pods of “Hibiscus” sp. RHYSSEMATUS Chev. R. palmacollis Say. Hemlock Palls VII (Bf). R. lineaticollis Say. Boonton VI, VII (GG); Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee, in seed pods of milkweed (Bt) ; Snake Hill (Sf) ; Madison VII (Pr) ; Newark Dist. (div); Anglesea VI (Brn). CHALCODERMUS Sch. C. collaris Horn. Iona VI, 8 (Dke) ; Atlantic City (Castle); Sea Isle VI, Cape May VI (Brn); Anglesea V, 31, VI, 28 (W). C. spinifer Boh. Newark, one specimen on cherry blossoms (Bf). ihi - ■ k . ... . " - •, :'•••*• / : C.. Ablest a 1. vs: ■ . ■ . : ■ ■ 1 * • . : 1 'cev^TO' :• • • • ■ - . f. ■ h , 1 -;V ' ' ' r • ' . v_ •; ■ ■ ■■ •' " ti- ■ ■ • -<>* ' ■ .. :• . THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 39i ZAGLYPTUS Lee. / Z. sulcatus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf);. Staten Island (Lg). Z. striatus Lee. Anglesea (W). ACALLES Sch. A. carinatus Lee. Berkeley Hts. VII, 6 (Bf). 7 At Q TYLODERMA Say. T. foveo latum Say. Throughout the State V, VI; breeds in stems of “(Enothera biennis” (Ch), and in “Epilobium.” T. fragarise Riley. Arlington, Maplewood, under stones (Jill) ; breeds in strawberry. / T. aereum Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not rare. / T. nigra Casey. Irvington VI, 30, Arlington I— III (Bf). * ,v T. punctulata Casey. Irvington VI, 21 (Bf). The record of “T. baridium” Lee. is an error of locality. PHYRDENUS Lee. P. undatus Lee. New Jersey, in swamps (Jiil) ; lives on “Solanum” (Sz). CRYPTORHYNCHUS III. C. parochus Hbst. Chester (Dn) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark Dist. (Bf), in butternut (Jiil). C. bisignatus Say. Throughout the State V-VII, on chestnut, beech and birch, probably lives under the bark. C. pumilus Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bf ) ; New Jersey (Jiil) ; may be a color variety of the preceding. C. fuscatus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Orange Mts., Newark, rare (Bf) ; Merchantville VI, 28 (Dke); Clementon XII, sifting old leaves in a swamp (W). C. obliquus Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Lakehurst V, 30 (Sf) ; g. d. rare (W). C. obtentus Hbst. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Orange Mts. VI (div). / C. fallax Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. C. minutissimus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Atco, Anglesea V, 30, on dead oak twigs (W). C. jtristis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf) ; Newark, Orange Mts. VI, 7, rare (Bf). C. ferratus Say. Throughout the State V-VII; not common. C. oblongus Lee. Dunellen, 1 specimen (Coll. Dietz). C. lapathi Linn. Throughout northern New Jersey, on willow; an intro¬ duced species not yet found south of the Piedmont Plain, but recently taken near Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. 392 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BAROPSiS Lee. B. cribratus Lee. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). The locality label is open to question, and the source of the specimen is unknown. LECHR1QPS Sch. (PiAZURUS Sch.) P. oculatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark Dist. V (Bf ) ; Jamesburg V, 10 (Sin); Westville (Li). CYLINDROCOPTURUS Heller. C. binotatus Lee. (Copturodes) Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Snake Hill, Ft. Lee (Jul) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; on dry sumac and locust. C. quercus Say. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf); g. d. (W) ; Wood¬ bury VI, 17 (Dke) ; common on oak. C. lorsgulus Lee. Atco, Egg Harbor, on oak (W) ; in galls of “Podapion” (U). EU LECH RIOPS Faust. E. minutus Lee. (Zygomicros) Orange Mts., Jamesburg VII (Bf) ; High¬ lands VII (Sf); Anglesea on oak VII (div). ACOPTUS Lee. / A. suturalis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Palisades III (Lv) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Orange (Jill) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Highlands VII, in dead beech (Ch). PSOMUS Casey. P. politus Casey. Hemlock Falls, Jamesburg VII (Bf). TACHYGONUS Sch. lecontei Gyll. Caldwell (Cr) ; Lakehurst VII, IX Atco, on oak, rare (W). spinipes Casey. English Creek (Bland) ; Iona VI (Li); Pabost-aWI (Dke) ; Seaville VI (Brn). ••-"•‘V- At-e • . " > ' - (div) ; Gloucester, (div) ; Landisville MONONYCHUS Germ. M. vulpeculus Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, IX on blue flag and other flowers; breeds in the seed pods of “Iris versicolor.” CRAPONUJS Lee. C. A. A. inaequalis Say. Hoboken (Jul); Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); Anglesea V, 30 (W) ; feeds on grape; but not injurious with us. ACANTHOSCELIS Dietz. .7 ■■ i curtus Gyll. Orange Mts., in swamps (Bf) ; Anglesea (Li). acephalus Say. Common all along shore V-VII, on evening primrose. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 393 AULEUTES Dietz. 2 A. tenuipes Lee. Orange Mts. (W). A. epilobii Payk. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. in swamps ‘ ^ A. nebulosus Lee. Throughout the State IX-III, YII, VIII; not common. ACALLODES Lee. I A. ventricosus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf) ; Westville I, sifting (W) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). C. flavicaudis Boh. CCELIODES Sch. (apicalis Dietz.) Shrewsbury on nettle (Jiil). j CEUTORHYNCHUS Germ. C. rapse Gyll. Throughout the State V-VII; feeds on cabbage, rape and allied plants, often abundantly, and is known as the “cabbage cur- culio.” C. bolteri Dietz. Millburn V, 30, Irvington, rare (Bf). C. sulci pen nis Lee. Throughout the State V-VII. C. decipiens Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf). C. pusio Mann. Chester, Hemlock Falls (Bf). C. semirufus Lee. New Jersey (Jiil). C. septentrionis Gyll. Throughout the State, fall to spring on wild mus¬ tard; often common. C. puberulus Lee. With the preceding and probably confused with it. C. zimmermanni Gyll. New Jersey (Li). JU A :■ > iPryQtWMy*, & CCE LOG ASTER Sch. C. zimmermanni Gyll. So. Orange on beggar nits (Jiil); Newark (Soc). ■r-L. P. cretura Hbst. PERIGASTER Dietz. Caldwell (Cr) ; New Jersey (Jiil). PELENOMUS Thom. P. sulcicollis Fab. Throughout the State, not rare on “Polygonum.” P. squamosus Lee. Irvington (Bf). MECOPELTUS Dietz. M. fuliginosus Dietz. Newark (Dietz); occurs with and is often con¬ founded with “P. sulcicollis.” M. scandens Dietz. Anglesea VII, 12 (W). RHINONCUS Sch. - PV - R. occidentalis Dietz. Staten Island (Lg) ; Jamesburg VII, 11 (Sm)T "W R. pyrrhopus Boh. Throughout the State V-VII feeding on “Rumex.” R. longulus Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; South Jersey. /if- I 394 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BARIS Germ. B. umbilicata Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. (Bf); Newark VI, 12, Lahaway V, 28 (Sm) ; Sea Isle VI, 11 (Brn). B. callida Casey. Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); Anglesea VII (div). B. subaenea Lee. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. B. transversa Say. Anglesea V, 30 (W), on yarrow (Jiil). B. confinis Lee. Ocean Co. V, 28 (Sm). * B. aerea Boh. Cramer Hill V, VI (GG) ; Manumuskin IV, 23 (Dke) ; At¬ lantic City (Castle). B. scolopacea Germ. Throughout the State V-VII, locally common on ragweed PLESIOBARIS Casey. P. t-signum Boh. New Jersey (W). P. albilatus Lee. Buena Vista, on yellow daisies. GLYPTOBARIS Casey. G. rugicollis Lee. Dunellen VI (Dietz Coll); Atco, rare (W) ; on milk¬ weed. The “Onychobaris pectorosa” of last edition was an error. MADARELLUS Casey. M. undulatus Say. Throughout the State, not rare; occurs on grape and Virginia creeper (Ch). AU LOBARIS Lee. A. ibis Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf). TRICHOBARIS Lee. Fig. 163. — Potato stalk borer, Trichobaris trinotata larva, pupa and adult, enlarged. 395 THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. T. trinotata Say. Throughout the State, locally common and sometimes injurious. The larva is the “potato stalk borer,” which eats out the stalk of the plant and prevents the crop from maturing. The beetles remain in the stalks all winter, and if these stalks are raked up and burned when the crop is harvested the entire brood will be destroyed. The native food is nettle. AMPELOGLYPTER Lee. A. ater Lee. Cape May Court House V, 26 (W). PSEU DOBARIS Lee. P. augusta Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill (Bf). P. nigrina Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not common. CENTRINUS Sch. C. calvus Lee. DaCosta VI, 3 (Brn). C. picumnus Hbst. Common throughout the State on flowers VI-VIII. C. albotectus Casey. Angle-sea VII (Bf). C. perscitus Hbst. New Jersey (Casey). C. penicellus Hbst. Riverton IX, Woodbury VI, 7, Glassboro VII, 27, IX (GG); Atco VII, Anglesea VII (W). C. scutellum-album Say. Common throughout the State VII. NICENTRUS Casey. N. I i nei col I i s Boh. Throughout the State locally and seasonally common. LIM NOBARIS Bedel. L. confusa Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., rare (Bf). L. confinis Lee. Montclair (U S Ag); New Jersey (Jiil). L. concinnus Lee. So. Jersey (W). L. recti rostris Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); So. Orange (Jiil); Newark VII (Bf). OLIGOLOCHUS Casey. O. robustus Casey. “New Jersey”; type locality (Li). IDIOSTETHUS Casey. I. tubulatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf). BARILEPTON Lee. B. filiforme Lee. Salt meadows V (Bf) ; Masonville VI, 16 (W). B. albescens Lee. Westviile VII, 2, one example (Brn). B. quadricolle Lee. West Hoboken, one specimen (Jiil). PLOCAMUS Lee. P. hispidulus Lee. New Brunswick (Sm); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; Atcc- VIII, 21 (W) ; breeds in dead twigs of locust (W). 396 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BALANINUS Germ. Fig. 164. — Chestnut weevil and its work; a , beetle from above; b, same in outline from side; larva: all enlarged. B. obtusus Blanch. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; New Bruns¬ wick. B. baculi Chitt. (uniformis Lee.) Throughout the State; larva in acorns. B. nasicus Say. Throughout the State; larva in acorns. B. pardalis Chitt. Sandy Hook; larva breeds in acorns (Coll). B. c ary 33 Horn. Throughout the State VI-VIII, the larva in hickory. B. rectus Sav. Common everywhere; the larva in chestnut. B. quercus Horn. Brigantine IX (Hn) ; New Jersey (Jiil) ; larva in acorns. B. proboscoideus Fab. Woodside, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Newark, Lahaway IX (Sm); Moorestown (U S Ag) ; larva in chestnuts and chinquapins. Is the same as the “caryatrypes” of the last edition. B. confusor Hamilton. Hopatcong (Pm); Anglesea (Sm) ; larvae on acorns. The species of this genus are all nut-weevils, and those that feed in hickory and chestnut are often seriously injurious. The chestnut weevils in New Jersey are especially troublesome where the European and Jap¬ anese varieties are grown. There is no insecticide that is available to reach the insect in any stage, and the only methods of control are to collect the nuts as soon as they fall and market them, or to store them in tight barrels, from which the larvas cannot escape when they emerge from the nuts. Family BRENTHIMJ. Contains only a single very curious species, in which the males have prominent mandibles at the ends of the short robust snout, and the females have long, cylindrical beaks, by means of which they bore into the wood to lay their eggs. When these beaks become wedged, as they sometimes do, the males use their forceps-like jaws to pull them out. EUPSALIS Lee. E. minuta Dru. Throughout the State on chestnut, oak and maple; hardly common anywhere. THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. Family CAEANDRIDiE. 397 Stoutly built, very rigid weevils, with deeply striate wing-covers and characteristically marked thoracic sculpture. The beak is usually mod¬ erate in length and stout. The family contains the “corn bill-bugs,” the “grain weevils” and “rice weevil,” and a considerable proportion is therefore of economic importance. In the principal genus “Sphenophor- us,” Mr. P. H. Chittenden has been good enough to assist in the arrange¬ ment of species. All the members of that genus breed in reeds and grasses, and preferably such as have large or bulbous roots. RHODOB/ENUS Lee. R. tredecimpunctatus Ill, Throughout the State VII, not really com- mon; breeds in the stems of a variety of weeds — “Ambrosia,” “Heli- anthus,” “CEnothera,” “Xanthium,” etc. SPHENOPHORUS Sch. S. inasqualis Say. Gloucester IV, 24, on sandy fields in wagon ruts (W) ; Woodbury VI, Brigantine VII, Atlantic City VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; Anglesea V, VI (div). S. sequalis Gyll. (ochreus Lee.) Orange Mts. (Hess) ; Arlington meadows (Bf) ; Snake Hill ( Jl) ; Atlantic City VII, 25, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI (div) ; breeds in roots of “Scirpus” sp. S. pertinax Oliv. Throughout the State V, VI, HiPswampy meadows and marshes along shore; breeds in roots of “Calamus.” S. setiger Chttn. Highland, a type locality (Ch); Lahaway VI, 22, Anglesea V (div). S. villosiventris Chttn. New Brunswick (Coll); Woodbury, Westville, Gloucester IV, V, Anglesea V (div). S. costipennis Horn. Caldwell (Cr) ; Snake Hill IV, 26 (Lv) ; Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); seashore (W). Fig. 165. — Bill-bug, Spheno- phorus sp., from side. S. cariosus Oliv. Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Lucaston IX, 24 (Dke) ; Lahaway VI, 22 (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; Anglesea V, 30, VII, 12 (div). S. callosus Oliv. Jamesburg VII, 11 (Coll). S. ye^yVa 1 s h . (sculptilis Uhl). Throughout the State, common in the southern counties, where it is the “corn bill-bug.” The larvae live in timothy roots, and where corn follows this sod it is apt to be badly eaten by the adults when they mature in late June or early July. Remedy, fall-plow old sod land intended for corn. 398 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. S. destructor Chttn. Anglesea VI, VII (div); the type locality. S. melanocephalus Fab. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Lahaway (Sm); Westville V (div); Anglesea V (div). S. pontederiae. Chttn. Gloucester V, 27 (Brn) ; breeds in roots of pick¬ erel weed (Ch). S. sayi Gyll. Anglesea VII (Sz). Fig. 1 66. — Bill-bug, Sphenophorus sp., from side. S. venatus Say. (placidus Say.) Throughout the State, common, V- VII, most abundant along the seashore. S. apicalis Lee. Gloucester IV, 24 (W) ; Avalon VI, 23 (Brn). S. parvulus Gyll. Throughout the State, locally not rare V-VII; breeds in roots of blue grass (Ch). S. minimus Chttn. Atlantic City, Anglesea, in wash-up (W). S. marinus Chttn. Ocean Co., on cranberry bogs (Sm); Westfield VI, Sea Isle VI, 10 (Brn), type locality; Atlantic City (W) ; Mr. Chitten¬ den notes “evidently maritime and probably local.” S. retusus Gyll. Throughout the State; not common IV and IX. S. gagatinus Gyll. “New Jersey” (Coll); probably Newark Dist. “Simplex,” Mr. Chittenden says, is a strictly Pacific Coast form. CALANDRA Clairv. C. oryzse Linn. The “rice-weevil”; infests stored grain and is g. d. C. granaria Linn. The “grain” or “granary weevil,” often injurious in Calandra granaria.—a, adult ; b, larva ; c, pupa ; d, C. oiyza, adult. Fig. 167. ■ Fig. 1 68. — Work of hickory bark-beetle, Scolytus 4-spinosus. ppm ?:cn N\ ■ ■ . if a; . ‘ • ' - ' - :/ ' XL, . ' JV ' :•'* ■ iiolwl' c-i: - - : >' : ... '5: ' ' THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 399 stored grain. Closed bins to keep out the insects and bisulphide of carbon to destroy them are the usual measures. DRYOPHTHORUS Sch. D. americanus Bedel, (cortical is Say.) Throughout the State, winter and early spring, in very old logs, under bark of pine and in sifting. HiMATIUM Woll. H. errans Lee. Newark district, Berkeley Hts. VII, 6 (Bf). COSSONUS Clairv. C. platalea Say. Palisades V (Lv); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark Dist (Bf) ; g. d. (W) ; under bark of trees. C. concinnus Boh. Chester (Dn) ; Brown’s Mills V, 12, VII, 1 (Dke). C. corticoj^ Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); Staten Island IV, ’23 (Lg) ; Spring Lake (Ch) ; Lakehurst VII, 7 (Bf); Anglesea (W) ; under pine bark. C. impressifrons Boh. Brigantine, beach and mainland IX (Hn). MESITES Sch. M. subcylindricus Horn. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Cape May VII (Sz); under bark of washed-up pine logs, Anglesea (W). PH LCEOPHAGUS Sch. P. minor Horn. New Jersey (Jl) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark (Bf) ; Anglesea VII (Sz) ; breeds in dead birch, elm, ash, willow, etc. P. spadix Hbst. West Bergen, rare (Bf) ; Brigantine Beach VI, 23 (Brn) ; an imported species not yet commonly found. AMAURORH8NUS Fairm. A. parvicollis Casey. New Jersey, in dead wood of various trees (Ch). WOLLASTON I ELLA Ckll. W. quercicola Boh. Landisville (Li); Anglesea VII, 14 (W) ; breeds in dead wood of various trees. HEXARTHRUM Woll. H. ulkei Horn. Newark (Bf). RHYNCHOLUS Germ. R. brunneus Mann. New Jersey (Jl) ; under bark of wild cherry (Ch). R. oregonensis Horn. Anglesea (W). STENOSCELIS Woll. S. brevis Boh. Hudson Co. (LI) ; Ft. Lee (Sf) ; Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Ocean Co. V (Sm); breeds in dead wood of most deciduous forest trees. 4oo REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. Family SCOLYTID^E. Commonly known as “bark beetles.” They are usually cylindrical, or nearly so, often with the end of the elytra truncate or armed with teeth in the male; the head bent down, often retracted and overshadowed by the prothorax, which may be roughened or rugose, and the mouth parts forming none or only a very short snout. The legs are generally short, often broad and somewhat flattened, capable of being very closely folded to the body. They are all borers in bark, bast or heart-wood, and almost every species is as well characterized by its work as by its structure. In the common type of which the “fruit bark beetle” is an example, the adult beetle makes a central gallery on each side of which eggs are laid in little recesses. Prom these eggs hatch grub-like larvae, which bore between bark and wood, diverging as they increase in size. When these larvae are full grown they pupate at the end of the boring, and in due time the adult emerges through a little round hole. Species of this type usually attack trees not quite healthy or badly injured, and when once they have secured a footing in an orchard tree it might as well be cut out and burned. Other species bore into the solid wood, and as readily into healthy as sickly trees. Here the galleries are often blackened and serve for the propagation of “Ambrosia,” a peculiar fungus upon which both larvae and adult beetles feed. Some of these forms are of extreme interest, and their injury is not only direct as affecting the life of the tree, but indirect as affecting the value of the wood for timber. The classification of the family is in an unsatisfactory condition at present. There are many undescribed species and many that are undeter¬ mined in collections. Dr. A. D. Hopkins, of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ culture, has been studying the group for some years, but has not yet pub¬ lished the results of his labors except in “Dendroctonus.” The present list, therefore, merely adds a few species, some new localities and a little additional information concerning food habits. PLATYPUS Hbst. P. flavicornis Fab. Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn) ; Anglesea V, 21 (div). CORT.HYLUS Er. C. punctatissimus Zimm. Eagle Rock (Bf ) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Cape May C. H. X, 22, cut out of roots of huckleberry, readily noted by yellow dust on surface of ground (W) ; boring in green sassafras (Hpk). C. columbianus Hopk. 5-mile beach, cut out of toad stomachs VII, 4; bores into healthy oak and other hardwood trees (W). • .r t • ; !• • ! v; .;i. i; " •• -= : ■ ■ • • !,• ■ ' 1 ' ■ ; ' ■' 'V ;■ : '!< ' •• ■/ \ , ■ : . • ' : i . ■[: '■'ov&tiiM'- • i ■■ -VVi/v,. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 401 MONARTHRUM Kirsch. M. fasciatum Say. Throughout the State V-VIII; bores into healthy and sick trees in great variety; deciduous and coniferous. IV! . mali Fitch. With the preceding, but more rare and with an even larger range of food plants, including apple; Anglesea IV, 23, brood found emerging from oak and other trees (W). GNATHOTRICHUS Eich. G. materarius Fitch. Grenloch, Iona V, 17, entering dying white pine (W) ; probably occurs wherever this tree grows in the State. PITYOPHTHORUS Eich. P. bell us Eich. Iona IV, 30, entering pine (W). P. minutissimus Zimm. Throughout the State in oak twigs, doing little or no damage. Adults may be cut out any time during the winter. P. pul I us Zimm. New Jersey (Jiil) ; Atco, rare on pine (W). P. fagi Hopk. New Brunswick, boring in oak twigs (Coll). P. sparsus Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; mines in green bark of injured or dying pine trunks or branches and hastens death (Hpk). P. pulicarius Zimm. Bamber VI, 3 (W) ; Cape May C. H. VIII on pine (Sz); breeds in pine twigs (Hpk). P. puberulus Lee. New Brunswick (Coll); Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea IV, 27 (W) ; Cape May C. H. VII (Sz); infests dying terminal twigs of pine. P. querciperda Sch. Hemlock Falls, rare (Bf). P. frontalis Hopk. Eagle Rock, rare (Bf) ; New Brunswick in oak twigs (Sm). There are at least four other undetermined and probably new species in collections. HYPOTHENEMUS Westw. H. ruficollis Hopk. Gloucester V, 13, Grenloch X, 15, Lahaway III, 26, cut out of peach, cherry, etc. (W). H. atomus Hopk. Westville II, 5, cut out of oak bark (W). H. eruditus Westw. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; New Brunswick (Sm); Anglesea VII (Sz); breeds in pith and wood of dead vines and twigs in great variety. H. hispidulus Lee. New Brunswick from hickory and oak (Sm); cut out of sumac (W). H. erectus Lee. New Brunswick from hickory and oak (Sm). The species are unsatisfactorily distinguished, and the last three may be partly confused or may represent more distinct forms. 26 IN 402 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. STEPHANODERUS Eich. S. dissimilis Zimm. Orange Mts. V, 19 (Bf) ; New Brunswick (Sm); Anglesea (W) ; bred from grape and oak. There are other unnamed species in collections. XYLOTERES Er. X. politus Say. (unicolor Eich.) Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Lakewood (LI) ; enters into green wood of dying beech, pine, etc. X. scabricol Ms Lee. Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); Grenloch .IV, 8, Iona V, 7, entering dying white pine (W) ; Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). X. lineatus Oliv. On hemlocks VI, 11 on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River and sure to occur in North Jersey on the opposite bank (W). XYLEBORUS Eich. X. dispar Fab. Orange Mts., rare (Bf) ; Jamesburg V, cut from birch shoots (Sm); Anglesea (W) ; infests also hemlock, apple, beech, oak. X. pyri Peck. With the preceding and perhaps identical with it. X. obesus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Lakewood (LI) ; in black oak, beech and hemlock timber, causing large black pinholes (Hpk). X. affinis Eich. Maurer V, 16, in dead chestnut (Gr). X. inermis Eich. Maurer V, 16, in dead chestnut, associated with the preceding (Gr). X. celsus Eich. Orange Mts. VI (div) ; at light (Ch) ; DaCosta (W) ; breeds in hickory. X. fuscatus Eich. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Ocean Co. (Sm); Woodbury IV, 5-mile beach IV, 23, in roots and stumps of oak, as a rule in same galleries with “pubescens” (W) ; breeds also in hickory, chestnut and pine (Hpk). X. xylographus Say. DaCosta, Cape May C. H. V, 26 (W) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); on apple, ironwood and other deciduous trees. X., pubescens Zimm. Occurs with and has the same habits as “fus¬ catus”; breeds also on cherry, magnolia, etc. (Hpk). X. caelatus Eich. Camden II, 7 (GG). Mr. Wenzel has an undescribed species from maple, taken in Gloucester Co., and on 5-mile beach, in winter and early spring. DRYOCCETES Eich. D. autographus Ratz. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; mines under green bark of logs, stumps, etc., of spruce (Hpk). D. granicollis Lee. New Jersey ( Jul) ; habits as above (Hpk), and also found under bark of chestnut, near roots (Ch). \ • •• ' \ ■ ... : ' THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 403 TOMICUS Latr. T. calligraphus Germ. Throughout the State; mines under green bark of dead or dying pines (Hpk). T. cacographus Lee. With the preceding on pine and spruce. T. pini Say. Newark (Bf ) ; DaCosta VI, 2, and still in the wood VII, 7 (W) ; Avalon VIII, 2 (GG) ; infests pine and spruce (Hpk). MICRACIS Lee. M. asperula Lee. New Jersey (Jiil). M. opacicollis Lee. Throughout the State, winter and spring, in small oak twigs; common. M. suturalis Lee. Newark (Bf). THYSANOES Lee. T. quercus Hopk. Eagle Rock (Bf) ; infests the bark of dead oak and chestnut twigs (Hp). T. fimbricornis Lee. Westville VI, 16, Chews Landing VI, 9, on hickory and just leaving the wood (W). SCOLYTUS Geoff. S. quadrispinosus Say. Throughout the State in July; bores under bark of feeble or dying hickories and often kills shade trees that would otherwise have recovered under stimulating treatment. S. muticus Say. Newark (GG). S. rugulosus Ratz. The fruit bark beetle; common throughout the State, often hast¬ ening the death of all sorts of fruit trees. A tree once thoroughly infested should be cut down and destroyed; one just attacked may sometimes be saved by stimulating treatment. CHRAMESUS Lee. C. icorias Lee. Throughout the State V & VI, boring under bark of cut or dying hickory branches. PH LCEOTRIBUS Latr. P. liminaris Harr. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. V, 19 (Bf) ; attacks living peach, plum, cherry (Ch), mining under green bark (Hpk). P. frontalis Oliv. New Jersey (Jiil) ; under green bark of Mulberry (Hpk). Big. 169. — Bruit bark-beetle, Scolytus rugulosus; enlarged. 4o4 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CARPHOBORUS Eich. C. bifurcus Eich. New Jersey ( Jiil) ; said to infest pine. C. bicristatus Chap. Anglesea (W) ; normally a floridian species. DENDROCTONUS Er. D. terebrans Oliv. Throughout the State, locally common; mines in green bark and turpentine on pine (Hpk), and enters trees late IV and early V (W). D. rufipennis Kirby. Riverton IV, 22 (GG-) ; Lakewood (LI). D. vale ns Lee. Occurs with “terebrans,” usually in felled trees within two feet from base (W). HYLESINUS Fab. H. aculeatus Say. Throughout the State; common on cut ash (Bf) ; en¬ ters trees late IV, early V (W) ; mines under the green bark (Hpk). H. fasciatus Lee. Clementon V, 20, infests young shoots of healthy white ash (W). H. opaculus Lee. New Jersey (Jiil); 5-mile beach IV, 23 (W), mines under green bark of elm (Hpk). H. trifolii Mull. The clover-root borer; g. d., but not injurious. CNESINUS Lee. C. strigicollis Lee. Orange Mts., g. d. (Bf) ; Westville X, 6, Woodbury VI, 22, Cape May C. H. V, 26, cut out of terminal twigs of oak (W). PH LCEOSINUS Chap. P. dentatus Say. Throughout the State, on cedar; entering in June. CRYPTURGUS Er. C. pusillus Gyll. New Jersey (Jiil); infests pine and spruce, boring in and under bark. C. alutaceus Sz. Lahaway III, 26 (W). HYLASTES Er. H. porculus Er. Newark (Bf) ; g. d. (W) ; in bark of pine (Hpk). HYLURGOPS Lee. H. glabratus Zett. New Jersey (Sm); Da- Costa (GG). Fig. 170. — Clover root-borer, Hylesinus trifolii: a, work of the larva in stem and roots of clover plant; natural size; b, larva; c, pupa; d, adult beetle; enlarged. i ;:i v/: • ' ' .'.i v'K ■' :tt ■ > L :: :"f: • "---l: ■' ■ . 0'.’ j', ; 405 THE INSECTS 0E NEW JERSEY. H. pinifex Fitch. New Jersey (Jiil); Newark (Soc); attacks pine, mining in the green hark of dying trees. The relation between these two species is not yet settled. Family ANTHRIBIDvE. In these insects the mouth parts are more distinct, the snout broad, obtuse, and the labrum is present. The antennae are not elbowed, but are sometimes very long, with an obvious cylindrical club at tip. The colors are usually gray or brown, mottled with black, and the insects are rather pretty, resembling closely the surfaces on which they are found. Little is known of their life history. The beetles are usually found on dead wood or on tree fungi; but the larva of at least one of our1 species is believed to be a feeder on scale insects, although most of those known develop in dry rot decay or in fungi. EURYMYCTER Lee. E. fasciatus Oliv. Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Orange, Snake Hill (Jl) ; Penbryn VIII, 2 (Dke) ; sea coast, always rare (W) ; Avalon VIII, 2 (GG) ; Sea Isle VI, 26, Seaville VI, 11, Anglesea V, 31 (Brn) ; on dead twigs. TROP! DERES Sch. T. bimaculatus Oliv. Newark (Bf)i T. rectus Lee. Sea coast, rare (W) ; on dead twigs. ALLANDRUS Lee. A. bifasciatus Lee. New Jersey, oh linden (Jiil) . H0RM5SCUS Waterh. H. saltator Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Bf) ; Gloucester (W) ; Da- Costa VI, 12, Iona VI, 22, Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn) ; Anglesea VII (Sz); always rare; breeds in dead wood of deciduous trees( Ch). H. sp. nov. Schwarz. Anglesea VII (Sz). TOXOTROPIS Lee. T. pusillus Lee. Anglesea (W). EUSPHYRUS Lee. E. walshii Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Highlands (Ch) ; Gloucester (W) ; Westville VII, 2 (GG) ; Avalon VI, 23 (Brn); breeds in dead wood of deciduous trees (Ch). PIEZOCORYNUS Sch. P. mixtus Lee. Seashore (W) ; Avalon VI, VIII (div) ; Ocean City VII, Sea Isle VI (Brn) ; Anglesea (Li) ; on old logs and under bark. P. moestus Lee. Brigantine Beach IX, rare (Hn). 406 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. ANTHRIBUS Geoff. A. cornutus Say. Jamesburg VII (Bf) ; DaCosta VI, 3 (Brn) ; Atco V, 10, Cape May C. H. V, 26 (W). CRATOPARIS Sch. C. lunatus Fab. Throughout the State, V, VII, VIII, on tree fungus and dead trees; develops in fungus-attacked logs and stumps (Ch). BRACHYTARSUS Sch. B. alternatus Say. “New Jersey” ( Jl) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI). B. tomentosus Say. Hudson Co. (LI) ; common throughout So. Jersey (W). B. plumbeus Lee. Highlands (Ch). B. variegatus Say. Salt meadows (Bf) ; throughout the State south of the Piedmont Plain V-VII; breeds in smut of corn (Ch). A NTH R I B U LUS Lee. A. rotundatus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf) ; Atco V, 21, Newtonville VII, 9 (Brn); DaCosta VIII, 14, Anglesea (W). AR/ECOCERUS Sch. A. fasciculatus DeG. On dried fruits and similar stores (Ch). CHORAGUS Kirby. C. sayi Lee. Orange Mts., Jamesburg (Bf). C. zimmermani Lec. Fort Lee (Sf); Hemlock Falls (Bf).