﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  ing 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  matter, 
  in 
  excrement, 
  fungi 
  or 
  fermenting 
  sap, 
  

   and 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  universally 
  distributed 
  of 
  all 
  beetles. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  predatory, 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  been 
  accused 
  of 
  feeding 
  on 
  living 
  

   plants; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  agriculturist 
  only 
  

   as 
  scavengers, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  aid 
  in 
  reducing 
  the 
  dead 
  animal 
  and 
  vegeta- 
  

   ble 
  matter 
  into 
  shape 
  for 
  assimilation 
  by 
  plants. 
  

  

  The 
  classiiication 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  is 
  unsatisfactory, 
  and 
  

   the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  collections 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  well 
  determined. 
  

   There 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  general 
  revision 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  

   of 
  the 
  list, 
  but 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  important 
  papers 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Fenyes, 
  Major 
  Casey 
  and 
  others. 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  new 
  

   species 
  have 
  been 
  described, 
  some 
  from 
  neighboring 
  

   States, 
  which 
  are 
  certain 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey; 
  but 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  deemed 
  best 
  not 
  to 
  include 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  very 
  

   few 
  of 
  these. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  a 
  thorough 
  revision 
  

   of 
  the 
  family, 
  including 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  material, 
  will 
  

   add 
  many 
  species 
  to 
  our 
  list. 
  

  

  GYROPH/ENA 
  Mann. 
  

   G. 
  vinula 
  Er. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  toadstools. 
  

  

  HOMOLOTA 
  Mann. 
  

   H. 
  plana 
  Gyll. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (U 
  S 
  N 
  M). 
  

  

  H. 
  lividipennis 
  Mann. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  Hill, 
  Arlington 
  (Sf); 
  Cramer 
  

   Hill 
  V, 
  Westville 
  IV, 
  VI, 
  Longport 
  VI, 
  Beesley's 
  Point 
  III 
  (Rk). 
  

  

  THINUSA 
  Casey. 
  

  

  T. 
  maritima 
  Casey. 
  (Polystoma) 
  Highland 
  Beach 
  V, 
  30 
  (Sf); 
  Brigan- 
  

   tine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  (Hn) 
  ; 
  Longport 
  VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Cape 
  May 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  BOLITOCHARA 
  Mann. 
  

  

  B. 
  trimaculata 
  Er. 
  (Homolota) 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Collingswood 
  III, 
  2 
  

  

  (GG). 
  

  

  FALAGRIA 
  Mann. 
  

  

  F. 
  dissecta 
  Er. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  Hill, 
  Arlington 
  (Sf); 
  Woodbury 
  V 
  

  

  (Rk); 
  DaCosta 
  VII 
  (Brn). 
  

   F. 
  cingulata 
  Lee. 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Highlands, 
  IV, 
  V, 
  under 
  bark 
  of 
  rotten 
  wood 
  

  

  (Sf). 
  

  

  MERONERA 
  Casey. 
  

  

  M. 
  venustula 
  Er. 
  (Falagria) 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  IV 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  IV 
  (Rk) 
  ; 
  

   Gloucester 
  V 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  CHITALIA 
  Sharp. 
  

  

  C. 
  scutellaris 
  Lee. 
  "Coney 
  Island" 
  (Casey); 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  on 
  our 
  own 
  

  

  coast 
  in 
  similar 
  situations. 
  

   C. 
  bilobata 
  Say. 
  (Falagria) 
  Camden 
  IH, 
  30 
  (Rk). 
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  C. 
  nigrescens 
  Casey. 
  "Iowa 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey" 
  (Casey). 
  

  

  