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SPHXERODERUS 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 $ 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. 



CALOSMA 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." 



C. scrutator Fabr. Throughout the State, 

 locally common, often washed up along 



Fig. 87. Calosoma calidutn 

 and larva. 



