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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  PSELAPHUS 
  Hbst. 
  

  

  P. 
  erichsoni 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Arlington 
  VI 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  

   Newark 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  P. 
  longiclava 
  Lee. 
  Irvington 
  XII, 
  30, 
  under 
  stones 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  P. 
  fustifer 
  Casey. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VIII, 
  sifting 
  (Sf); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Angle- 
  

   sea 
  I-IV, 
  under 
  old 
  leaves, 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  P. 
  be 
  I 
  lax 
  Casey. 
  Just 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  line, 
  and 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  

   Jersey. 
  

  

  PILOPIUS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  P. 
  piceus 
  Lee. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  common, 
  under 
  old 
  leaves 
  in 
  win- 
  

   ter; 
  under 
  boards 
  and 
  stones 
  in 
  early 
  spring. 
  

   P. 
  consobrinus 
  Lee. 
  Occurs 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  in 
  equal 
  abundance. 
  

  

  CEOPHYLLUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  C. 
  monilis 
  Lee. 
  Woodbury 
  IV, 
  12, 
  Clemen 
  ton 
  IX, 
  from 
  old 
  rotten 
  log, 
  in 
  

   company 
  with 
  the 
  ant 
  "Lasius 
  interjectus" 
  Mayr. 
  

  

  TMESIPHORUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  T. 
  eostalis 
  Lee. 
  Clementon 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  from 
  old 
  pine 
  logs 
  (W) 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  exclusively 
  "myrmecophilus" 
  (Sz). 
  

   T. 
  earinatus 
  Say. 
  "With 
  the 
  preceding 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  IX 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  CEDIUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  C. 
  ziegleri 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  in 
  ant 
  hills 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  So. 
  Orange 
  

   (Bf); 
  Woodbury 
  X, 
  7, 
  in 
  ant 
  hills 
  (W). 
  

  

  TYRUS 
  Aube. 
  

  

  T. 
  humeral 
  is 
  Aube. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  V, 
  Lakehurst, 
  under 
  bark 
  of 
  pine 
  log 
  IX 
  

   (Sf) 
  ; 
  Gloucester 
  VIII, 
  from 
  rotten 
  pine 
  log. 
  

  

  ADRANES 
  Lee. 
  

  

  A. 
  coecus 
  Lee. 
  Arlington 
  V 
  (Sf); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Clementon, 
  Wood- 
  

   bury, 
  Laurel 
  Springs, 
  Anglesea 
  I-VII, 
  with 
  "Lasius 
  mixtus," 
  Nyl., 
  and 
  

   under 
  leaves. 
  

  

  A. 
  leeontel 
  Brend. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  IV, 
  13, 
  occurs 
  rarely 
  

   with 
  colonies 
  of 
  ants, 
  "Lasius 
  mixtus" 
  Nyl. 
  

  

  Family 
  STAPHYLINID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "rove 
  beetles," 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  short 
  wing-covers, 
  

   which 
  leave 
  qaost 
  of 
  the 
  slender, 
  flexible 
  abdomen 
  exposed. 
  They 
  are 
  

   usually 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  in 
  form, 
  depressed 
  or 
  even 
  much 
  flattened, 
  and 
  

   have 
  moderately 
  clubbed, 
  rarely 
  very 
  long 
  antennae. 
  They 
  live 
  on 
  decay- 
  

  

  