﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  251 
  

  

  Family 
  PHALACRID^. 
  

  

  Small, 
  black, 
  shining 
  beetles 
  of 
  very 
  convex 
  form, 
  living 
  on 
  flowers 
  or 
  

   under 
  bark, 
  and 
  of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  PHALACRUS 
  Payk. 
  

  

  P. 
  politus 
  Mels. 
  Boonton 
  VI, 
  Split 
  Rock 
  Lake 
  IX 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Snake 
  

   Hill, 
  Newark 
  VII 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Arlington 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  V 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  lona 
  VI, 
  

   16 
  (Dke). 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  "pumilio" 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  is 
  this 
  

   same 
  species. 
  

  

  OLIBRUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  O. 
  semistriatus 
  Lee. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Sf). 
  

   O. 
  neglectus 
  Casey. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  O. 
  lecontei 
  Casey. 
  Clementon 
  (Li); 
  "Atlantic 
  States" 
  (Casey). 
  

   O. 
  pallipes 
  Say. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  VI 
  (Sm). 
  

   The 
  "O. 
  rufipes" 
  Lee. 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  list 
  is 
  an 
  error, 
  

  

  EUSTILBUS 
  Sharp. 
  

  

  E. 
  apicalis 
  Mels. 
  (consimilis 
  Marsh.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  almost 
  

  

  every 
  month 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

   E. 
  nitidus 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  excrement, 
  on 
  dead 
  wood 
  and 
  

  

  vegetable 
  decay. 
  

   E. 
  subalutaceus 
  Casey. 
  Cape 
  May 
  (Casey). 
  

  

  LITOCHRUS 
  Er. 
  

   L. 
  pulchellus 
  Lee. 
  Woodbury 
  VIII, 
  7, 
  sifting 
  (W). 
  

   L. 
  immaculatus 
  Casey. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Casey). 
  

  

  Family 
  CORYLOPHID.^. 
  

  

  Very 
  small 
  species, 
  varying 
  in 
  shape, 
  black 
  or 
  brown, 
  marked 
  with 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  among 
  fermenting 
  sap, 
  in 
  rotting 
  fruits 
  or 
  in 
  decaying 
  vegetation. 
  

   May 
  also 
  be 
  beaten 
  from 
  dead 
  branches 
  or 
  found 
  hiding 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  

   are 
  not 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  SACIUM 
  Lee. 
  

  

  S. 
  amabile 
  Lee. 
  Fort 
  Lee 
  (Sf); 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  S. 
  fasciatum 
  Say. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  

  

  Jamesburg 
  V, 
  10 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

   S. 
  lunatum 
  Lee. 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  

  

  VII 
  (Sz). 
  The 
  record 
  for 
  "splendens" 
  Sz. 
  is 
  an 
  error 
  in 
  determination. 
  

  

  