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PANSCOPUS Sch. 



P. erinaceus Say. Salt meadows III, 19 (Bf) ; Woodbury III, 25, sifting 

 old leaves (W) ; on wild grape VI, VII (Sm). 



PHYXELIS Sch. ' 



P. rigidus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Madison (Pr) ; Weehawken (Bt) ; New- 

 ark Dist. (Bf); Camden (Li); Collingswood VII (Bra); g. d. (W). 



AGRAPHUS Sch. 



A. bellicus Say. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Newark (Soc) ; Sandy Hook (Bf) ; 



Shrewsbury (Jiil) ; Anglesea (W) ; always rare. 



OTIORHYNCHUS Germ. 



O. sulcatus Fab. North, of Piedmont Plain, not rare; South Jersey, under 

 hemlock bark (W). 



O. ovatus Linn. Throughout the State, locally common; larva is the 

 "strawberry crown girdler"; beetle is a general feeder. 



O. rugifrons Gyll. East Jersey (Dietz) ; Ft. Lee V, under stones (Bf). 



CERCOPEUS Sch. 



C. chrysorrhceus Say. Delaware Valley and northward in early spring, 

 under bark of chestnut and other trees, and stumps. 



PACHN/EUS Sch. 

 P. distans Horn. Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 



TANYMECUS Sch. 



T. confertus Gyll. Throughout the State, under stones in spring and 

 until VII, feeding on a great variety of plants. 



PANDELETEJUS Sch. 

 P. hilaris Hbst. Throughout the State, common, in white oak and beech. 



BRACHYSTYLUS Sch. 



B. acutus Say. Newark (Soc) ; South Jersey (W) ; only on persimmon. 



ARAMIGUS Horn. 



A. fulleri Horn. "Fuller's rose beetle." An imported species, which was 

 for a time a serious pest in rose-houses in Union County and else- 

 where. It was never abundant outdoors and is rarely found now 

 even in green-houses, where they have learned how to deal with it. 



APHRASTUS Sch. 



A. taeniatus Gyll. Common throughout the State on hazel, alder and 

 other bushes in July. 



