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Family MALAiCHID^E. 



The members of this family resemble the "Lampyridge" in the generally 

 soft wing-covers and body, but they are shorter and broader, the elytra 

 not nearly so long and often a little truncated posteriorly, the broadest 

 part of the body near the end of the wing covers. In the species of 

 "Collops" there are orange-colored protrusible vesicles at the sides of the 

 thorax, which are supposed to be defensive in character. The antennae 

 are short, a little enlarged at the tip and often curiously knotted in the 

 male. 



All of them are found on flowers or herbage, some only in moist or low 

 places, where they are said to feed on insect eggs, larvae and smaller 

 insects generally. The larvae, so far as known, are predaceous. 



COLLOPS Er. 



C. tricolor Say. Sea Girt (Bf). 



C. eximius Er. Throughout the State VI-VIII; not rare. 



C. nigriceps Say. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (W). 



C. 4 maculatus Fab. Our most common species throughout the State. 



TEMNOPSOPHUS Horn. 

 T. bimaculatus Horn. Lakehurst VI, VII (div) ; 5-mile beach VII, 5 (W). 



ANTHOCOMUS Er. 



A. flavilabris Say. Hudson Co. (LI). 



PSEUDEB/EUS Horn. 



P. bicolor Lee. Anglesea (W). 



P. oblitus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Woodside (Bf ) ; 

 Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 



ATTALUS Er. 



A. nigrellus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm). 



A. terminalis Lee. Hopatcong (Pin) ; Hudson Co. (LI); Jamesburg VII, 



15, Ocean Co. (Coll) ; Glassboro VII, 30 (GG) ; Atco VII, 14, Anglesea 



V, 30 (Brn). 



A. varians Horn. Anglesea (W). 



A. morulus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts., Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll). 



A. granularis Er. DaCosta (W) ; Anglesea VII (Sz). 



A. otiosus Say. Anglesea (W). 



A. circumscriptus Say. Atco (Li). 



A. scincetus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. 



The records of "Pristoscelis" in the last edition were based on erroneous 

 identifications. 



