148 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



S. assimilis, Payk. 



Sea-shore, not uncommon Wenzel. Brigantine Beach, in 

 September Hamilton. Atlantic City Castle. 



S. sphseroides, Lee. 



Brigand ue Beach, in September, rare Hamilton. 



S. fraternus, Say. 



Generally distributed, not rare Wenzel. Anglesea, in July 

 Schwarz. Brigantine Beach, in September, common Hamil- 

 ton. Sandy Hook, common Smith. Caldwell, common 

 Crane. 



S. patruelis, Lee. 



Brigantine Beach, in September, frequent Hamilton. Cape 

 May, in July Schwarz. 



S. dimidiatipennis, Lee. 



Sea-shore, rare Wenzel, Liebeck. 



PLBGADERUS, Br. 

 P. transversus, Say. 



Generally distributed, not common Wenzel. Atlantic City 

 Castle. 



, Horn. 

 A. politus, Lee. 



Ocean county, common on cranberry bogs, in May Smith. 



Family XITIDULIDJE. 



Under this family Mr. Linell remarks : " Sap beetles are, in my 

 experience, most abundant in September and October, on tree stumps 

 cut in the spring of the same year." Mr. Wenzel also says that 

 decaying fruit in the fall is prolific in species of this family. 



BRACHYPTERUS, Er. 

 B. urticae, Fabr. 



Generally distributed, not rare Wenzel. I have taken it 

 near Hoboken. 



