REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



MELANACTES Lee. 



M. piceus DeG. Throughout the State VI, VII; sometimes common. 

 M. merio Fab. With the preceding, but more rare. 



Family CEBRIO'NID^. 



Represented by a single species only in our fauna. Resembles the 

 "Elateridae" in general appearance and united with them in the last 

 edition. 



CEBRIO Oliv. 



C. bicolor Fabr. New Jersey V (Bt) ; Camden and Gloucester Co.; rare 



(W). 



Family THROSCID/E. 



Resembles the "Elateridse"; but the prothorax is firmly articulated to 

 the mesothorax, and the species have no power of leaping. They are 

 usually found on dead wood or on flowers, and are inconspicuous as well 

 as small. None are of economic importance. 



DRAPETES Redt. 



D. geminatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Westville, Buena 



Vista (Li); Petersburg VI, lona VI, Avalon VII (Brn); lona VI 

 (Dke) : under bark and on dead branches (Ch). 



AULONOTHROSCUS Horn. 



A. constrictor Say. Newark (Bf) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). 



THROSCUS Latr. 



T. chevrolati Bonv. Throughout the State V-VII. 



T. bonvouloeri Blanch. Snake Hill (Sf). 



The "T. convergens" of the last edition is based on a misidentification. 



Family BUPRESTIDJE. 



These are elongate, usually stout but sometimes cylindrical beetles, 

 with broad thorax and elytra tapering back from the shoulders, the 

 prothorax closely united to the mesothorax. A large proportion of them 

 are bronzed or metallic in color or reflection, and others are gaudily 

 marked with red or yellow bands or spots. Many of them have the upper 

 surface deeply grooved or pitted, and altogether they are very character- 

 istic in appearance. Most of them are very active and fly readily, so 

 that they are not often recognized except by collectors. 



