370 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY .STATE MUSEUM. 
M. aspersa Mels. The most universally common species of the genus. 
M. arnica Lee. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 
M. picilabris Helm. Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). 
M. infima Lee. Westville VI, Atco V, 29, DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn). 
M. andreae Lee. Anglesea V, 27 (Sm). 
M. anciila Lee. DaCosta VI, 12 (Brn); g. d., not common (W). 
M. varians Lee. Orange Mts., common (Sm); Westville VI, VII (div); 
Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 
M. ustulata Lee. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf); Anglesea VII, 11 
(Brn). 
M. impatiens Lee. Orange Mts., Newark VI, VII (div); DaCosta VI, 24, 
Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). 
M. nigricans Mels. Throughout the State V-VII; locally common. 
M. ruficeps Lee. DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn); New Jersey (Sm). 
M. splendens Sm. Sea Isle VIII, 14 (Brn); Anglesea VIII, IX (div). 
M. pustulata Mels. Throughout the State V-VII; common. 
M. fuscipennis Mels. Near Hoboken (Sm). 
IV!. moruia Lee. Staten Island (Lg); New Brunswick VII (Sm); West¬ 
ville, DaCosta VII, 2-30 (Brn). 
M. ambusta Lee. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway VI, 1 (Sm). 
M. unicolor Dec. Orange Mts. VII (Sm); Woodbury VI, 13 (GG); Da¬ 
Costa VI, 3 (Brn); Anglesea and g. d. VII (W). 
M. marginalis Say. Newark, Orange Mts. VI, VII (div); Gloucester VI, 
flB8RBHLsea VII, 6 (W). 
M. pubescens Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 
M. bihamata Mels. Newark (Soe). 
M. litur ata Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway VI (Sm); Anglesea VII 
(Sz). 
M. fuscata Mels. Orange Mts., VII, rare (Sm). 
M. cinereofasciata Sm. Westville VII, 2, Atco VII, 17 (Brn). 
Family ANTHICID^E. 
Small or moderate sized species, varying much in form, often brightly 
or contrastingly colored or banded, the thorax narrower than the elytra 
and sometimes peculiarly modified, the antennae long and slender. They 
live under varying conditions, some of them in sand, often resembling 
ants in appearance and running rapidly when turned out of their burrows. 
None of them are injurious to cultivated plants. 
CORPHYRA Say. 
C. funebris Horn. Newark (Bf); along shore in wash-up, rare (W). 
C. elegans Hentz. Suffern, V, 30, common (Sf); Caldwell (Cr). 
C. terminalis Say. Newark, V, 29, rare (Bf). 
C. newmani Lee. Orange Mts. VI, common (Ch). 
