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Family FHALACRIDJE. 



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); lona VI, 

 1C (Dke). It is probable that the "pumilio" of the last edition is this 

 same species. 



OLIBRUS 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. apicalis 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 CORYLOPHID^E. 



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. lunatum Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Anglesea 



VII (Sz). The record for "splendens" Sz. is an error in determination. 



