250 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
PTENIDIUM Er. 
P. evanescens Marsh. Staten Island (Lg), and will probably be found 
throughout the State. 
P. ulkei Matth. Cape May VII (Sz). 
P. atomaroides Mots. Cape May VII, strictly maritime (Sz). 
LIMULODES Matth. 
L. paradoxus Matth. “New Jersey” (Lg). 
TRICHOPTERYX Kirby. 
T. moerens Matth. Camden III, 4, Gloucester II, 7, sifting (W). 
T. haldemanni Lee. Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d., common (W). 
NEPHANES Thom. 
N. laeviusculus Matth. Camden, Gloucester, sifting (W). 
Family SCAPFIIDIID^. 
A small group of generally black shining beetles, sometimes marked 
with red or yellow spots, living in rotten wood, fungi, and the like; there¬ 
fore not of economic importance. They are most abundantly found in 
winter under leaves, in rubbish and in dead wood. 
SCAPH IDIUM Oliv. 
S. quadriguttatum Say. Throughout the State mostly before VI, but 
isolated examples in late VIII. The varieties “obliteratum” Lee., 
“piceum” Mots., and “4-pustulatum” Say occur with the type; some¬ 
times replacing it, or as exceptions/ 
B/EOCERA Er. 
B. speculifer Casey. Westville I, 28 (W). 
B. apicalis Lee. Camden, winter, sifting (W); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). 
SCAPH ISOM A Leach. 
S. convexum Say. Throughout the State; winter and early spring. 
S. punctulatum Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 
S. rufulum Lee. Newark district (Bf). 
TOXSDIUM Lee. 
T. gammaroides Lee. Orange Mts., Woodside, Newark III, IV (Bf); 
Snake Hill, Arlington, Highland (Sf); Jamesburg VII (Sm). 
