THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
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SCIRTES III. 
S. orbiculatus Fab. Hudson Co. (LI); Clementon V, VIII (div). 
S. tibialis Guer. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 
CYPHON Payk. 
C. robustus Lee. Merchantville V, 23, Anglesea, in swamps among 
Sphagnum (W); Atco V (div); Buena Vista (Li); Sea Isle V (Brn). 
€ C. ruficollis Say. Orange Mts., Clementon VI, 3 (GG); Westville VI, 6 
(Brn); Anglesea (W). 
/ C. obscurus Guer. Newark (div); Waverly III (Bf); Jamesburg VII, 
Camden, Westville IV, 22, DaCosta VI, Anglesea V (Brn). 
C. collaris Guer. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (Bf). 
C. variabilis Thunb. Common throughout the State. 
C. padi Linn. Anglesea (W). 
Family RHIPICERID^. 
Elongate, very convex black or brown species, somewhat resembling 
“Elateridse”; but without the power of leaping; thorax shorter, head 
more prominent, with large calliper-like mandibles and flabellate antennae 
in the males. They are very rare and usually found on or near dead trees. 
SANDALUS Knoch. 
S. petrophya Knoch. North Jersey (Li); Plainfield, Lakehurst IX (Sf); 
Newark (Bf); Staten Island on beech (Lg); Anglesea in wash-up 
Family EUC'NEMIDHi. 
Resemble in general the following “Elateridae” and sometimes united 
with them; but the prothorax is more closely joined to the mesothorax, 
and the “snapping” habit is not developed. None of the species are in¬ 
jurious, and several of them are distinctly rare. 
MELASIS Oliv. 
M. pectinicornis Mels. Palisades (Lv); Alpine (Bt); Ft. Lee (Sf) ; New¬ 
ark (Soc); Orange Mts. (Bf); Clementon V, 2 (CG); Atlantic City 
(Castle); Avalon VI (Brn); Anglesea VII and South Jersey (W); 
bores in dead oaks and is always rare. 
THAROPS Lap. 
T. ruficornis Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; local and always rare; 
bores in felled trees. 
