THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 281 



SCIRTES III. 



S. orbiculatus Fab. Hudson Co. (LI); Clementon V, VIII (div). 

 S. tibialis Guer. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 



CYPHON Payk. 



C. robustus Lee. Merchantville V, 23, Anglesea, in swamps among 

 Sphagnum (W) ; Atco V (div); Buena Vista (Li); Sea Isle V (Brn). 



C. ruficollis Say. Orange Mts., Clementon VI, 3 (GG) ; Westville VI, 6 

 (Brn); Anglesea (W). 



C. obscurus Guer. Newark (div); Waverly III (Bf ) ; Jamesburg VII, 

 Camden, Westville IV, 22, DaCosta VI, Anglesea V (Bra).. 



C. collar-is Guer. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (Bf). 



C. variabilis Thunb. Common throughout the State. 



C. padi Linn. Anglesea (W). 



Family RHIPICERID^. 



Elongate, very convex black or brown species, somewhat resembling 

 "ElateridaB"; but without the power of leaping; thorax shorter, head 

 more prominent, with large calliper-like mandibles and flabellate antennse 

 in the males. They are very rare and usually found on or near dead trees. 



SANDALUS Knoch. 



S. petrophya Knoch. North Jersey (Li); Plainfield, Lakehurst IX (Sf); 

 Newark (Bf ) ; Staten Island on beech (Lg) ; Angleaea in wash-up 

 (W). 



Family EUCNEMID^. 







Resemble in general the following "Elateridae" and sometimes united 

 with them; but the prothorax is more closely joined to the mesothorax, 

 and the "snapping" habit is not developed. None of the species are in- 

 jurious, and several of them are distinctly rare. 



MELASIS Oliv. 



M. pectinicornis Mels. Palisades (Lv) ; Alpine (Bt) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); New- 

 ark (Soc); Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Clementon V, 2 (CG) ; Atlantic City 

 (Castle) ; Avalon VI (Brn) ; Anglesea VII and South Jersey (W) ; 

 bores in dead oaks and is always rare. 



THAROPS Lap. 



T. ruficornis Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; local and always rare; 

 bores in felled trees. 



