THE INSECTS OF NEW- JERSEY. 
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ORTHOSTETHUS Lac. 
O. Infuscatus Germ. Avalon, rare (W). 
AGRiOTES Esch. 
A. mancus Say. Weehawken (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Newark 
Dist. (R'f); Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island III (Ds); not rare. 
/ A. stabilis Lee. Madison (Pr). v 
A. insanus Cand. Hudson Co. (LI); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 
A. fucosus Lee. Fort Lee (Bt). 
A. pubescens Mels. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); g. d. (Li). 
A. limosus Lee. Palisades (Jl). 
A. oblongicollis Mels. . Throughout the State IV, V; locally common. 
DOLOPIUS Esch. 
D. lateralis Esch. Throughout the State IV-VI; locally common. 
BETARMON Kies. 
B. bigeminatus Rand. 
CBTjr 
Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts. 
GLYPHONYX Cand. 
G. recticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. 
G. testaceus Mels. With the preceding and equally common. 
MELANOTUS Esch. 
It is among the species of this genus that 
we find our most common forms; their larvas 
are nearly all root-feeders, and the common 
wire-worms infesting cultivated crops. 
M. decumanus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. 
(LI); Orange VI (Ch); Ocean City VII, 12 
(Vk); g. d. (W); not common. 
Z M. secretus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Wood¬ 
bury V, 22 (GG); Atco (Li); Anglesea and 
South Jersey (W). 
„ ■ M. ignobilis Mels. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). 
M. depressus Mels. Generally distributed; not 
rare (W). 
M. angustatus Er. With the preceding (W). 
M. trapezoideus Lee. G. d., rare (W). 
Fig. no .-—•Melanotus 
species and its larva; 
enlarged. 
M. taenicollis Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist., on willow, not rare (Bf); 
Staten Island VI (Ds); Westville, rare (W). 
M. leonardi Lee. Grenwood Lake V (Lv); Ft. Lee VII (Jl); So. Amboy 
under pine bark (Bt); Malaga VI (GG). 
