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XANTHOCHROA Schm. 

 X. lateralis Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc). Not recently taken. 



ALLOXACIS Horn. 



A. dorsalis Mels. Common along shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May 

 V-VIII, in or under wet boards, timbers, etc. 



COPIDITA Lee. 



C. notoxoides Fab. Buena Vista (Li) ; Atco DaCosta (W) ; Lahaway VI, 

 1, on flowers (Sm) ; Newtonville, VI, Brigantine VII, Ocean City VII 

 (Brn). 



C. thoracica Fab. With the preceding, more common and somewhat 

 more widely distributed, but in the same general regions. 



C. suturalis Horn. Anglesea (W). 



ASCLERA Schm. 



A. ruficollis Say. Throughout the State; common on willow catkins. 

 A. puncticollis Say. Staten Island (Lg) ; Clementon IV, V (div) ; Sea- 

 ville IV (Brn). 



OXACIS Lee. 



O. taeniata Lee. Anglesea (Li). 



Family CEPHALOID^. 



The single species that occurs in the State resembles at first sight the 

 longicorn genus "Leptura," but is more slightly built, with more slender 

 legs and antennae. It occurs on dry branches and is rare. 



CEPHALOON Newn. 



C. lepturoides Newn. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Greenwood Lake VI (Bt) ; Boon- 

 ton VI (GG); Orange Mt. Dist., g. d. VI (div). 







Family MORDELLID^. 



Small, usually wedge-shaped beetles, covered with fine silky hair, which, 

 on the black species, sometimes forms lines, bands or spots on the upper 

 side. The hind legs are usually long and stout, fitted for leaping. The 

 abdomen is produced into a more or less obvious style or pointed process, 

 the antennae are long and slender, and the thorax is as wide at base as 

 the elytra. They are found on flowers or on dead trees, and are some- 

 times brightly colored and banded. Most of them are locally common, 

 and dozens of them may often be taken from a single cluster of "Spiraeae" 

 blossoms. 



The larvae are long and slender, and live in dead wood or the pith of 

 plants. None are of economic importance. 



