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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  C. 
  marginata 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  salt 
  meadows, 
  July 
  and 
  

   August. 
  Reported 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  South 
  Amboy 
  to 
  Anglesea. 
  

  

  C. 
  lepida 
  Dej. 
  Seashore, 
  from 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  to 
  Cape 
  May, 
  locally, 
  VII-IX, 
  

   sometimes 
  in 
  numbers. 
  Also 
  occurs 
  in 
  limited 
  areas 
  inland; 
  one 
  is 
  

   at 
  and 
  another 
  near 
  Jamesburg, 
  one 
  at 
  Lahaway, 
  another 
  at 
  Clemen- 
  

   ton, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  there 
  are 
  yet 
  others 
  to 
  be 
  discovered. 
  Lives 
  in 
  

   holes 
  made 
  beneath 
  little 
  tufts 
  of 
  grass 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  marginipennis 
  Dej. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware 
  in 
  North 
  Jersey 
  

   (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  abdominalis 
  Fab. 
  East 
  Plains 
  VII, 
  27 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  VII-IX 
  (div); 
  

   DaCosta 
  in 
  late 
  June 
  (Li) 
  and 
  early 
  July 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  rufiventris 
  Fab. 
  Upper 
  pine 
  barrens 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  East 
  Plains, 
  near 
  Barne- 
  

   gat, 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  VII, 
  27 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  Family 
  CARABIDvE. 
  

  

  The 
  "ground 
  beetles," 
  as 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  popularly 
  

   known, 
  are 
  usually 
  black 
  or 
  dull 
  brown 
  in 
  color, 
  sometimes 
  bronzed 
  or 
  

   metallic, 
  and, 
  exceptionally, 
  usually 
  on 
  flower-loving 
  forms 
  bright 
  blue, 
  

   green 
  and 
  yellow. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  hide 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  under 
  stones 
  

   or 
  bark, 
  among 
  roots 
  of 
  plants, 
  in 
  grass 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  trees, 
  in 
  burrows 
  

   under 
  ground 
  or 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  of 
  concealment. 
  They 
  fiy 
  at 
  night, 
  are 
  

   often 
  attracted 
  to 
  electric 
  light, 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  are 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit. 
  

  

  The 
  larvse 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fusiform, 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  above, 
  gray 
  

   or 
  dusky 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  they 
  live 
  in 
  similar 
  localities 
  though 
  even 
  more 
  

  

  concealed. 
  They 
  also 
  are 
  

   predatory 
  and 
  of 
  decided 
  

   -- 
  economic 
  importance, 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  upon 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  leaf- 
  

   feeders 
  that 
  go 
  under- 
  

   ground 
  to 
  hibernate 
  or 
  to 
  

  

  Fig. 
  86. 
  — 
  Larva 
  of 
  a 
  ground 
  beetle, 
  feeding 
  on 
  a 
  pupate. 
  Those 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   Curculio 
  larva. 
  ^^j^l^ 
  g^-^ge 
  live 
  on 
  plants, 
  

  

  feed 
  on 
  eggs, 
  caterpillars 
  and 
  slugs 
  of 
  herbivorous 
  forms. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  species 
  have 
  slender, 
  filiform 
  antennae, 
  5-jointed 
  tarsi 
  on 
  all 
  

   feet 
  and 
  are 
  somewhat 
  depressed 
  or 
  flattened; 
  those 
  that 
  live 
  under 
  bark 
  

   sometimes 
  very 
  much 
  so. 
  

  

  OMOPHRON 
  Latr. 
  

  

  O. 
  labiatum 
  Fab. 
  Along 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  Camden 
  to 
  Woodbury 
  V, 
  VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  

  

  Anglesea 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Brigantine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  (Hn) 
  ; 
  usually 
  rare. 
  

   O. 
  americanum 
  Dej. 
  Boonton 
  VI, 
  11, 
  Glassboro 
  IX, 
  7 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  W. 
  Bergen 
  

  

  V, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  washed 
  out 
  along 
  most 
  streams 
  in 
  my 
  district 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  

  

  Caldwell 
  (Cr); 
  Greenville 
  VI, 
  IX 
  (Sp); 
  Gloucester 
  (Li); 
  Atlantic 
  

  

  Co. 
  (W). 
  

   O. 
  tessellatum 
  Say. 
  Mountain 
  View 
  VIII, 
  11 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  Atlantic 
  

  

  Co. 
  (W). 
  

  

  