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. 



HYPOPHLCEUS Fab. 

 H. cavus Lee. G. d., rare (W) ; predaceous in "Xyleborus" galleries. 



H. parallelus 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. bifurcus 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. mi cans 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 (W). 

 H. aereus Germ. Throughout the State, fall to spring; locally common. 



MERACANTHA Kirby. 



M. contracta Beauv. Hopatcong (Pin) ; 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 CISTELID^. 



In general structure like the preceding, but with longer, more slender 

 antenna? 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 larva? so far 



