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Family 



The flower beetles are firmer in texture than those of the last preceding 

 families, yet not so hard-shelled as are the click beetles. The antennae 

 are usually more or less serrated or saw-toothed, but may also have a 

 distinct club or comb at tip. The head is of good size with rather prom- 

 inent eyes, the thorax being usually narrower than either head or elytra. 

 The latter completely cover the elytra and are often clothed with hair. 

 In color they vary but are usually bright, sometimes shining and often 

 prettily banded. The beetles may be found on flowers or running on the 

 trunks of trees, where they somewhat resemble ants in their motions. The 

 spcies of "Necrobia" live in all stages on carrion and form the exception 

 in a family in which most of the larvae thus far known are predatory. 

 These larvae are usually red or brown in color and are found under bark 

 or in the burrows of wood-borers, upon which they feed. Their work in 

 this direction is done under cover and is rarely noticed, hence the extent 

 of the benefit derived from them is not appreciated. 



MACROTELUS Klug. (ELASMOCERUS Lee.) 



M. terminatus Say. Boonton VI, 14 (GG) ; Ft. Lee (Jl) ; Orange Mts. 

 (Bf); Cape May VI, 3 (Brn) ; larvae in burrows of "Scolytids" and 

 "Bostrichids" in hemlock, oak and- grape-vines. 



CYMATODERA Gray. 



C. bicolor Say. Ft. Lee V (div) ; Orange Mts. (Bf ) ; Jamesburg VII, 2 



(Jl); Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll); Westville (Li); g. d. (W) ; not common. 



C. inornata Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (LI); Lakehurst VII, 19 



(Jl); Bamber VI, 3 (W) ; Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). 



C. balteata Lee. Palisades, Spotswood (Jl) ; Highlands (Dietz); Bor- 

 dentown VII, Lahaway IX (Coll); Riverton VIII (Jn); Camden (LI); 

 DaCosta VII (W). 



PRIOCERA Lee. 



P. castanea Newn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Palisades VIII, 2 (Jl); Lakehurst VII 

 (div) ; on pine. 



TRICHODES Hbst. 



T. apivorus Germ. Normanock VII (Ds) ; 

 Lakewood VII (Jl); Malaga VIII 

 (GG); Newtonville VI (Brn); Da- 

 Costa VI, VII (W); on flowers of 

 "Spiraea." 



CLERUS Geoff. 



C. 4-signatus Say. Boonton IV, 29, Riv- 

 erton IV, 20, Malaga VII, VIII (GG). 



C. 4-guttatus Oliv. Throughout North 

 Jersey IV-VI, on pine; Glassboro III, 

 28 (CG). This is the form with red 

 abdomen, and extends rarely into 

 South Jersey. 



Fig. 117. Trichodes apivorus: a, 



larva; b, pupa; adult beetle 



in center; enlarged. 



