﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  271 
  

  

  ACRITUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  A. 
  exiguus 
  Er. 
  Newark 
  Dist., 
  g. 
  d., 
  in 
  rotten 
  wood 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  IV, 
  11 
  

  

  (Coll). 
  

  

  /ELETES 
  Horn. 
  

  

  >E. 
  politus 
  I^ec. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt); 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  28, 
  on 
  

   cranberry 
  bogs 
  (Sm); 
  under 
  decaying 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  generally. 
  

  

  Family 
  NITIDUUD.E. 
  

  

  Sap 
  beetles 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  although 
  some 
  live 
  in 
  fungi 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  or 
  on 
  

   dry 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  matter. 
  In 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  

   as 
  scavengers, 
  and 
  have 
  the 
  short, 
  chunky 
  antennal 
  club 
  usual 
  to 
  such 
  

   species. 
  The- 
  majority 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  flattened, 
  usually 
  broad 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  to 
  their 
  length 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  with 
  somewhat 
  abbreviated 
  

   elytra, 
  exposing 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Sap 
  beetles 
  are 
  most 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  late 
  fall 
  on 
  tree 
  stumps 
  cut 
  in 
  spring 
  or 
  on 
  over-ripe 
  and 
  decaying 
  

   fruits. 
  

  

  BRACHYPTERUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  B. 
  urticas 
  Fab. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Hoboken 
  (Coll); 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W) 
  ; 
  com- 
  

  

  monly 
  occurs 
  on 
  nettle 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  CERCUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  C. 
  abdominalis 
  Er. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-VIII, 
  on 
  flowers 
  of 
  pussy 
  

  

  willows, 
  elder, 
  etc. 
  

  

  CARPOPHILUS 
  Steph. 
  

  

  C. 
  hemipterus 
  Linn. 
  Jersey 
  City, 
  Newark, 
  New 
  

  

  Brunswick, 
  Westville; 
  an 
  introduced 
  species, 
  ^a..^ 
  

  

  common 
  in 
  grocers' 
  and 
  bakers' 
  stocks. 
  \ 
  

  

  C. 
  niger 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  bark, 
  in 
  

   blossoms 
  or 
  on 
  sap, 
  spring 
  and 
  fall. 
  

  

  C. 
  corticinus 
  Er. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Palisades 
  / 
  r 
  j 
  

   (Sm); 
  Camden 
  (Li); 
  Grenloch 
  V, 
  3 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  ■/' 
  ' 
  

   10 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  marginatus 
  Er. 
  Hemlock 
  Falls 
  (Bf). 
  . 
  ^ 
  

  

  C. 
  brachypterus 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  ^'^ 
  ^04— 
  Carpo 
  

  

  Mts. 
  (Bf); 
  Newtonville 
  VII, 
  Seaville 
  IV 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  phiius 
  hcmptaus: 
  

  

  ^ 
  ' 
  ' 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  Grenloch 
  V, 
  3, 
  on 
  pine 
  sap 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  antiquus 
  Mels. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (div); 
  Clementon 
  VIII, 
  10, 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  

   fungus 
  on 
  outside 
  of 
  ears 
  of 
  corn 
  (W). 
  

   "C. 
  dimidiatus" 
  and 
  "C. 
  pallipennis" 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  edition 
  are 
  mis- 
  

   identifications. 
  

  

  COLASTUS 
  Er. 
  

   C. 
  morio 
  Er. 
  Bloomfield 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  lona 
  IV, 
  30 
  (W) 
  ; 
  vmder 
  pine 
  bark. 
  

   C. 
  maculatus 
  Er. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf); 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  also 
  under 
  bark. 
  

  

  