﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  229 
  

  

  NECROPHORUS 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  the 
  typical 
  burying 
  beetles. 
  

   N. 
  americanus 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

  

  almost 
  exclusively 
  on 
  reptiles, 
  and 
  not 
  

  

  usually 
  common. 
  

   N. 
  sayi 
  Lap. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  

  

  (LI); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  

   N. 
  orbicollis 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

  

  not 
  common 
  VI, 
  VII. 
  

   N. 
  marginatus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

  

  on 
  carrion 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  most 
  common 
  of 
  our 
  species, 
  IV-VII. 
  

   N. 
  pustulatus 
  Hersch. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII, 
  

  

  19, 
  at 
  electric 
  light 
  (Ds), 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  

  

  (Coll). 
  

   N. 
  tomentosus 
  Weber. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  

  

  State, 
  common 
  V-IX. 
  

   N. 
  vespilloides 
  Hbst. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  

  

  Hill 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  "N. 
  guttula" 
  Mots, 
  is 
  a 
  western 
  species, 
  and 
  its 
  record 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   edition 
  an 
  error. 
  

  

  SILPHA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  S. 
  surinamensis 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  carrion; 
  the 
  largest 
  

   of 
  our 
  flat 
  forms, 
  easily 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  greatly 
  enlarged 
  hind 
  legs. 
  

  

  S. 
  lapponica 
  Hbst. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  specifically 
  on 
  fish; 
  but 
  also 
  

   on 
  snakes, 
  toads 
  and 
  other 
  reptilia. 
  

  

  S. 
  inaequalis 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  not 
  rare; 
  a 
  general 
  feeder. 
  

  

  S. 
  noveboracensis 
  Forst. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  common. 
  

  

  S. 
  americana 
  Linn. 
  Occurs 
  on 
  toadstools 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  dung, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  carrion 
  everywhere; 
  not 
  '^ 
  6 
  

  

  Fig. 
  92. 
  — 
  A 
  burying 
  beetle, 
  

  

  Nccrophoriis 
  americanus 
  ; 
  

  

  enlarged. 
  

  

  usually 
  common. 
  

  

  CHOLEVA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  Co. 
  II, 
  

  

  simplex 
  Say. 
  Newark 
  (Bf), 
  Ocean 
  

  

  (Coll); 
  on 
  store 
  cheese 
  (Sf). 
  

   basillaris 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI), 
  Anglesea 
  VII, 
  

  

  23 
  (Coll); 
  on 
  store 
  cheese 
  (Sf). 
  

   clavicornis 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Newark 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  

  

  Westville 
  IV, 
  24 
  (Brn); 
  baiting 
  with 
  store 
  

  

  cheese 
  (Sf). 
  

   terminans 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz); 
  baiting 
  with 
  

  

  dead 
  fish 
  (Lv). 
  

  

  PRIONOCHyCTA 
  Horn. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  93. 
  — 
  A 
  carrion 
  

   beetle, 
  Silpha 
  ameri- 
  

   cana 
  : 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  P. 
  opaca 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  sometimes 
  common, 
  IV-VII; 
  taken 
  

   on 
  old 
  store 
  cheese, 
  baiting 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  