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Family 



Represented in our fauna by only two economically unimportant spe- 

 cies. Head and thorax narrow, of about equal width, nearly cylindrical, 

 the elytra abruptly broader so as to form distinct shoulders. The colors 

 are black or bronzed and the texture of the wing covers is decidedly thin 

 and somewhat flexible. The adults are found on flowers, leaves or under 

 bark of trees, never common, while the larvae are credited with predatory 

 tendencies. 



ARTHROMACRA Kirby. 



A. zenea Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn) ; Hopatcong (Pm) ; Green- 

 wood Lake VI, 21 (Lv) ; Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Orange Mts. (GG) ; Atlantic, 

 Cape May Cos. (div). 



STATIRA Latr. 



S. gagatina Mels. Throughout the State, on flowers or under bark; 



usually rare. 

 S. resplendens Mels. Staten Island (Lg). Replaces "croceicollis" of 



the last edition. 



Family MELANDRYIDJE. 



The beetles of this family also are economically unimportant, and have 

 the same general habits as in the immediately preceding families. They 

 are very diverse in form but usually slender, often elliptical in outline, 

 in general densely clothed with fine silky hair or pubescence, the an- 

 tennae moderate in length, palpi often very long. The head is hidden as 

 far as the eyes, and the prothorax is nearly or quite as broad at base as 

 the elytra. They are feeders in wood, fungi and dry vegetable matter 

 generally. The larvae are of the usual slender cylindrical form, the head 

 thorax and tail segments chitinized. 



TETRATOMA Fab. 



T. truncorum Lee. Westville (Li); in old fungus (W). 



T. tessellata Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co., Wood- 

 side (Bf ) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; 5-mile beach (W) ; on fungus on dead 

 branches V-VIII. 



PENTHE Newn. 



P. obliquata Fab. Throughout the State under bark, sometimes common. 

 P. pimelia Fab. With the preceding, usually more rare. 



SYNCHROA Newn. 



S. punctata Newn. Throughout the State V, VI, under bark of decid- 

 uous trees and on dry limbs; locally common. 



