THE INSECTS OF NEW' JERSEY. 



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ORTHOSTETHUS Lac. 

 O. Infuscatus Germ. Avalon, rare (W). 



AGRIOTES Esch. 



A. mancus Say. Weehawken (Bt) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts., Newark 

 Dist. (Bf ) ; Hudson Co. (LI) ; Staten Island III (Ds) ; not rare. 



A. stabilis Lee. Madison (Pr). 



A. insanus Cand. Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 



A. fucosus Lee. Fort Lee (Bt). 



A. pubescens Mels. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W) ; g. d. (Li). 



A. limosus Lee. Palisades (Jl). 



A. oblongicollis Mels. Throughout the State IV, V; locally common. 



DOLOPIUS Esch. 

 D. lateralis Esch. Throughout the State IV-VI; locally common. 



BETARMON Kies. 



B. bigeminatus Rand. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. 



(Bf). 



GLYPHONYX Cand. 



G. recticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. 

 G. testaceus Mels. With the preceding and equally common. 



MELANOTUS Esch. 



It is among the species of this genus that 

 we find our most common forms; their larvae 

 are nearly all root-feeders, and the common 

 wire-worms infesting cultivated crops. 

 M. decumanus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. 



(LI) ; Orange VI (Ch) ; Ocean City VII, 12 



(Vk) ; g. d. (W) ; not common. 



M. secretus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Wood- 

 bury V, 22 (GG) ; Atco (Li) ; Anglesea and 

 South Jersey (W). 



M. ignobilis Mels. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). 



M. depressus Mels. Generally distributed; not 



rare (W). 



M. angustatus Er. With the preceding (W). 

 M. trapezoideus Lee. G. d., rare (W). 



M. tasnicollis Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist., on willow, not rare (Bf ) ; 

 Staten Island VI (Ds) ; Westville, rare (W). 



M. leonardi Lee. Gremvood Lake V (Lv) ; Ft. Lee VII (Jl) ; So. Amboy 

 under pine bark (Bt) ; Malaga VI (GG). 



Fig. no. Melanotus 



species and its larva; 



enlarged. 



