268 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Although the circumstances under which the insects occur suggest that 
they are scavengers, it is certain that some and perhaps most of them 
are really predatory, feeding upon other genuine scavengers that occur 
in such situations. 
HOLOLEPTA Payk. 
H. lucid a Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Ft. Lee, under bark of chestnut (Bt); 
also under freshly loosened bark of other trees. 
H. fossularis Say. Throughout the State, under bark or in bark layers. 
HISTER Linn. 
H. planipes Lee. Ft. Lee IV (Bt); Belleville III, Woodside IV (Bf); New¬ 
ark (Dn); found in ant nests and probably preys upon their larvae. 
H. arcua tus Say. Madison (Pr); Newark (Bf); along shore from Sandy 
Hook to Cape May among drift and in the sand. 
H. biplagiatus Lee. West Bergen V (Bf); Westville V (div); g. d. (W); 
Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea VII; not common. 
H. harrisii Kirby. Fort Lee (Bt). 
H. Virginia Casey. “New Jersey” (Sf). 
H. merdarius Hoffm. Hopatcong (Pm); New Brunswick, Anglesea (Coll). 
H. interruptus Beauv. Throughout the State, common. 
H. stygicus Lee. Staten Island V (Sf). 
H. immunis Er. Fort Lee (Bt); Staten Island (Lg). 
H. marginicollis Lee. Madison (Pr). 
H. unicus Casey. Hewitt, Staten Island, in toad-stools (Sf). 
H. cognatus Lee. Palisades IV (Sf); Camden V (GG). 
H. umbilicatus Casey. “New Jersey” (Sf). 
H. abbreviates Fab. Common throughout the State under cow-droppings. 
The “feedatus” of the previous list belongs here. 
H. civilis Lee. Camden, Gloucester Co., Cape May C. H. V (W); Brigan¬ 
tine Beach IX (Hn); seashore (Li); not so common. 
H. furtivus Lee. Madison (Pr). 
H. depurator Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
DaCosta VII (W); Winslow VIII, Brown’s Mills IX (Dke); locally 
common. 
H. defectus Lee. Jamesburg (Ds); Lakehurst IX, in mushrooms (Sf). 
H. servus Er. Lakehurst IX (Sf). 
/ H. bimaculatus Linn. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, not common. 
H. sedecemstriatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Hudson Co. (LI). 
/ H. americanus Payk. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Brown’s Mills VII (Dke); g. d. (W Li). 
H. davisi Schaef. Jamesburg VIII, IX, Lakehurst IX (div); Brookville 
(Lg). 
