THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
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CUCUJUS Fab. 
C. clavipes Fab. Throughout the State, under bark; the larva predatory. 
L/EMOPHLCEUS Lap. 
L. biguttatus Say. Throughout the State, under bark; fall to mid-sum- 
.mer. 
/ L. fasciatus Mels. Newark, rare (Sf); Anglesea VII (Sz). 
L. modestus Say. Jamesburg V, under bark (Sm); Westville I, sifting 
(W). 
L. convexulus Lee. Clifton V, 24 (GG); Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf). 
L. adustus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf); Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); 
Collingswood IV, 17 (Brn). 
/ L. testaceus Fab. Hudson Co. (LI); Newark (Bf). 
L. alternans Er. Cosmopolitan, found everywhere (Casey). 
L. ferrugineus Steph. Merchantville V, 7 (Brn); also cosmopolitan. 
All of these species really occur throughout the State, although there 
are no specific records for some of them, and the greater number may be 
found under somewhat moist, rather closely adherent bark. 
LATHROPUS Er. 
/ L. vernalis Lee. (not ventralis) Throughout the State V-VII, beating 
dead oak branches. 
DYSMERUS Casey. 
D. basalis Casey. Red Bank, in Gloucester Co., I (W). 
BRONTES Fab. 
B. dubius Fab. Throughout the State III-VI. 
B. debilis Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); English Creek IX (Bland). 
These species probably occur throughout the State, and are not well 
separated in collections. “Debilis” is said to be more northern in its 
range, while “dubius” is more southern. 
TELEPHANUS Er. 
T. velox Hald. Throughout the State, under stones and old leaves; 
rarely under bark; may be sifted out from fall to late spring. 
Family CRYPTOPHAGID2E. 
Small clavicorn beetles, living in fungi and decomposing vegetable mat¬ 
ter, yellow to blackish in color, sometimes banded, flattened below, and 
not very convex above. They are of no economic importance, and are not 
well known. 
