THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
Family MAEACHIDHE 
301 
The members of this family resemble the “Lampyridse” in the generally 
soft wing-covers and body, but they are shorter and broader, the elytra 
not nearly so long and often a little truncated posteriorly, the broadest 
part of the body near the end of the wing covers. In the species of 
“Collops” there are orange-colored protrusible vesicles at the sides of the 
thorax, which are supposed to be defensive in character. The antennae 
are short, a little enlarged at the tip and often curiously knotted in the 
male. 
All of them are found on flowers or herbage, some only in moist or low 
places, where they are said to feed on insect eggs, larvae and smaller 
insects generally. The larvae, so far as known, are predaceous. 
COLLOPS Er. 
C. tricolor Say. Sea Girt (Bf). 
/ C. eximius Er. Throughout the State VI-VIII; not rare. 
C. nigriceps Say. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (W). 
C. 4-maculatus Fab. Our most common species throughout the State. 
TEMMOPSOPHUS Horn. 
T. bimaculatus Horn. Lakehurst VI, VII (div); 5-mile beach VII, 5 (W). 
ANTHOCOMUS Er. 
PSEUDEByEUS Horn. 
P. bicolor Lee. Anglesea (W). 
P. oblitus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Woodside (Bf); 
Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 
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ATTALUS Er. 
A. nigrellus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm). 
/ A. terminalis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (LI); Jamesburg VII, 
15, Ocean Co, (Coll); Glassboro VII, 30 (GG); Atco VII, 14, Anglesea 
V, 30 (Brn). 
A. varians Horn. Anglesea (W). 
J A. morulus Lee. Hudson Co. (LI); Orange Mts., Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll). 
A. granularis Er. DaCosta (W); Anglesea VII (Sz). 
/ A. otiosus Say. Anglesea (W). 
A. circumscriptus Say. Atco (Li). 
/ A. scincetus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. 
The records of “Pristoscelis” in the last edition were based on erroneous 
identifications. 
