148 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



S. assimilis, Payk. 



Sea-shore, not uncommon — Wenzel. Brigantine Beach, in 

 September — Hamilton. Atlantic City — Castle. 



S. spheeroides, Lee. 



Brigantine Beach, in September, rare — Hamilton. 



S. fraternus, Say. 



Generally distributed, not rare — Wenzel. Anglesea, in July 

 — Schwarz. Brigantine Beach, in September, common — Hamil- 

 ton. Sandy Hook, common — Smith. Caldwell, common — 

 Crane. 



S. patruelis, Lee. 



Brigantine Beach, in September, frequent — Hamilton. Cape 

 May, in July — Schwarz. 



S. dimidiatipennis, Lee. 



Sea-shore, rare — Wenzel, Liebeck. 



PLBGADBRUS, Br. 

 P. transversus, Say. 



Generally distributed, not common — Wenzel. Atlantic City 



— Castle. 



^LETBS, Horn. 

 A. politus, Lee. 



Ocean county, common on cranberry bogs, in May — Smith. 



Family NITIDULID^. 



Under this family Mr. Linell remarks : " Sap beetles are, in my 

 experience, most abundant in September and October, on tree stumps 

 cut in the spring of the same year." Mr. Wenzel also says that 

 decaying fruit in the fall is prolific in species of this family. 



BRACHYPTBRUS, Br. 

 B. urticsB, Fabr. 



Generally distributed, not rare — Wenzel. I have taken it 



near Hoboken. 



