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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 Marsh, (centromaculatus Sturm.) Orange Mts. 



C. littoralis Gyll. Newark (Bf) ; seashore (Li); a circumpolar species. 



C. prastextatus 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. pygmaeus 111. 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). 



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CRYPTOPLEURUM Muls. 



C. minutum Fabr. Boonton X, 24 (GG) ; Arlington, Newark (Bf ) ; Cam- 

 den (Li); DaCosta'V, 21 (Brn). 



Family LEPTINID^E. 



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 SILPHID^ 



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 antennas 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. 



