﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  263 
  

  

  CUCUJUS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  C. 
  clavipes 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  bark; 
  the 
  larva 
  predatory. 
  

  

  L/CMOPHLCEUS 
  Lap. 
  

  

  L. 
  biguttatus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  bark; 
  fall 
  to 
  mid-sum- 
  

   mer. 
  

  

  L. 
  fasciatus 
  Mels. 
  Newark, 
  rare 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  L. 
  modestus 
  Say. 
  Jamesburg 
  V, 
  under 
  bark 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  I, 
  sifting 
  

   (W). 
  

  

  L. 
  convexulus 
  Lee. 
  Clifton 
  V, 
  24 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Newark 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  L. 
  adustus 
  Lee. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Newark 
  (Bf); 
  Jamesburg 
  V, 
  10 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  

   Collingswood 
  IV, 
  17 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  L. 
  testaceus 
  Fab. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Newark 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  L. 
  alternans 
  Er. 
  Cosmopolitan, 
  found 
  everywhere 
  (Casey). 
  

  

  L. 
  ferrugineus 
  Steph. 
  Merchantville 
  V, 
  7 
  (Brn); 
  also 
  cosmopolitan. 
  

   All 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  really 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  although 
  there 
  

  

  are 
  no 
  specific 
  records 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  may 
  be 
  

  

  found 
  under 
  somewhat 
  moist, 
  rather 
  closely 
  adherent 
  bark. 
  

  

  LATHROPUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  L. 
  vernalis 
  Lee. 
  (not 
  ventralis) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VII, 
  beating 
  

   dead 
  oak 
  branches. 
  

  

  DYSMERUS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  D. 
  basal 
  is 
  Casey. 
  Red 
  Bank, 
  in 
  Gloucester 
  Co., 
  I 
  (W). 
  

  

  BRONTES 
  Fab. 
  

  

  B. 
  dubius 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  III-VI. 
  

  

  B. 
  debilis 
  Lee. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  English 
  Creek 
  IX 
  (Bland). 
  

  

  These 
  species 
  probably 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  well 
  

   separated 
  in 
  collections. 
  "Debilis" 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  northern 
  in 
  its 
  

   range, 
  while 
  "dubius" 
  is 
  more 
  southern. 
  

  

  TELEPHANUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  T. 
  velox 
  Hald. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  stones 
  and 
  old 
  leaves; 
  

   rarely 
  under 
  bark; 
  may 
  be 
  sifted 
  out 
  from 
  fall 
  to 
  late 
  spring. 
  

  

  Family 
  CRYPTOPHAGID^. 
  

  

  Small 
  clavicorn 
  beetles, 
  living 
  in 
  fungi 
  and 
  decomposing 
  vegetable 
  mat- 
  

   ter, 
  yellow 
  to 
  blackish 
  in 
  color, 
  sometimes 
  banded, 
  flattened 
  below, 
  and 
  

   not 
  very 
  convex 
  above. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  

   well 
  known. 
  

  

  