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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  PTENIDIUM 
  Er. 
  

  

  P. 
  evanescens 
  Marsh. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg), 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  

  

  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

   P. 
  ulkei 
  Matth. 
  Cape 
  May 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

   P. 
  atomaroides 
  Mots. 
  Cape 
  May 
  VII, 
  strictly 
  maritime 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  LIMULODES 
  Matth. 
  

   L. 
  paradoxus 
  Matth. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  TRICHOPTERYX 
  Kirby. 
  

   T. 
  moerens 
  Matth. 
  Camden 
  III, 
  4, 
  Gloucester 
  II, 
  7, 
  sifting 
  (W). 
  

   T. 
  haldemanni 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz); 
  g. 
  d., 
  common 
  (W). 
  

  

  NEPHANES 
  Thorn. 
  

   N. 
  laeviusculus 
  Matth. 
  Camden, 
  Gloucester, 
  sifting 
  (W). 
  

  

  Family 
  SCAPHIDIID.^E. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  group 
  of 
  generally 
  black 
  shining 
  beetles, 
  sometimes 
  marked 
  

   with 
  red 
  or 
  yellow 
  spots, 
  living 
  in 
  rotten 
  wood, 
  fungi, 
  and 
  the 
  like; 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  not 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  They 
  are 
  most 
  abundantly 
  found 
  in 
  

   winter 
  under 
  leaves, 
  in 
  rubbish 
  and 
  in 
  dead 
  wood. 
  

  

  SCAPHIDIUM 
  Oliv. 
  

  

  S. 
  quadriguttatum 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  mostly 
  before 
  VI, 
  but 
  

   isolated 
  examples 
  in 
  late 
  VIII. 
  The 
  varieties 
  "obliteratum" 
  Lee, 
  

   "piceum" 
  Mots., 
  and 
  "4-pustulatum" 
  Say 
  occur 
  with 
  the 
  type; 
  some- 
  

   times 
  replacing 
  it, 
  or 
  as 
  exceptions. 
  

  

  B/EOCERA 
  Er. 
  

  

  B. 
  specu 
  lifer 
  Casey. 
  Westville 
  I, 
  28 
  (W). 
  

  

  B. 
  apicalis 
  Lee. 
  Camden, 
  winter, 
  sifting 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  28 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  SCAPHISOMA 
  Leach. 
  

   S. 
  convexum 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  winter 
  and 
  early 
  spring. 
  

   S. 
  punctulatum 
  Lee. 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm). 
  

   S. 
  rufulum 
  Lee. 
  Newark 
  district 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  TOXIDIUM 
  Lee. 
  

  

  T. 
  gammaroides 
  Lee. 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Woodside, 
  Newark 
  III, 
  IV 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  

   Snake 
  Hill, 
  Arlington, 
  Highland 
  (Sf); 
  Jamesburg 
  VII 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  