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V. canaliculatus Fab. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten Island (Lg) ; Vineland 

 (U S Ag) ; never in large numbers. 



Family SPONDYLIM3. 



Oblong, brown, somewhat flattened beetles, with rather short an- 

 tennee; the tarsi 5-jointed, the 4th short and the 3rd somewhat lobed. 

 The thorax is almost square, the head horizontal and the mandibles are 

 rather prominent. 



PARANDRA Latr. 



P. brunnea Fabr. Throughout the State, locally not rare V-VII; breeds 

 in decaying deciduous and coniferous trees. 



Family CERAMBYCIDy. 



These are the "long-horned beetles," so called because the antennae 

 or feelers are as long or longer than the body. The body is usually more 

 or less cylindrical, although many species are somewhat flattened. In 

 all cases the thorax is without a sharp lateral margin or sitture and 

 carries out the idea of a cylinder, even if the form does not. The front 

 is more or less obviously vertical, and the mandibles are usually stout 

 and sharp-pointed. The tarsi are apparently four-jointed only, the third 

 being deeply lobed. 



The larvse are borers, generally in woody tissue, although a few bore 

 into herbaceous plants. They are more or less cylindrical, the joints 

 well marked, those of the thorax enlarged, the head chitinous, with pow- 

 erful mandibles. They resemble the larvae of the "Buprestidse" in a 

 general way, but are not flattened, especially toward the head, so they 

 are called "round-headed" borers. 



Most of the species live in the solid or heart wood of dead or dying 

 trees; but some of them work in the sap-wood or under bark, and not a 

 few attack healthy, sound trees, paving the way for other species that 

 prefer less vitality. 



Only a few species are economically important in New Jersey, and 

 these are usually dealt with by mechanical barriers or other direct means. 



ORTHOSOMA Serv. 



O. brunneum Forst. Throughout the State in July, not rare; larvae in 

 oak stumps and logs. 



TRAGOSOMA Serv. 

 T. harrisii Lee. Newark, rare (Bf); along shore in wash-up, occasional. 



