﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  281 
  

  

  SCIRTES 
  III. 
  

  

  S. 
  orbiculatus 
  Fab. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  VIII 
  (div). 
  

   S. 
  tibialis 
  Guer. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  CYPHON 
  Payk. 
  

  

  C. 
  robustus 
  Lee. 
  Merehantville 
  V, 
  23, 
  Anglesea, 
  in 
  swamps 
  among 
  

   Sphagnum 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Ateo 
  V 
  (div); 
  Buena 
  Vista 
  (Li); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  V 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  C. 
  ruficollis 
  Say. 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Clementon 
  VI, 
  3 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  VI, 
  6 
  

   (Brn); 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  obscurus 
  Guer. 
  Newark 
  (div); 
  Waverly 
  III 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  

   Camden, 
  Westville 
  iV, 
  22, 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  Anglesea 
  V 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  C. 
  collaris 
  Guer. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  g. 
  d. 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  C. 
  variabilis 
  Thunb. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  C. 
  padi 
  Linn. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

  

  Family 
  RHIPICERID^. 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  very 
  convex 
  black 
  or 
  brown 
  species, 
  somewhat 
  resembling 
  

   "Elateridae"; 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  leaping; 
  thorax 
  shorter, 
  head 
  

   more 
  prominent, 
  with 
  large 
  calliper-like 
  mandibles 
  and 
  flabellate 
  antenna 
  

   in 
  the 
  males. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  usually 
  found 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  dead 
  trees. 
  

  

  SANDALUS 
  Knoch. 
  

  

  S. 
  petrophya 
  Knoch. 
  North 
  Jersey 
  (Li); 
  Plainfield, 
  Lakehurst 
  IX 
  (Sf); 
  

   Newark 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  on 
  beech 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  in 
  wash-up 
  

   (W). 
  

  

  Family 
  EUCNEMID^. 
  

  

  Resemble 
  in 
  general 
  the 
  following 
  "Elateridse" 
  and 
  sometimes 
  united 
  

   with 
  them; 
  but 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  more 
  closely 
  joined 
  to 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  

   and 
  the 
  "snapping" 
  habit 
  is 
  not 
  developed. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  in- 
  

   jurious, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  distinctly 
  rare. 
  

  

  MELASIS 
  Oliv. 
  

  

  M. 
  pectinicornis 
  Mels. 
  Palisades 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Alpine 
  (Bt); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf); 
  New- 
  

   ark 
  (Soc); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf); 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  2 
  (CG); 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  

   (Castle); 
  Avalon 
  VI 
  (Brn); 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  and 
  South 
  Jersey 
  (W) 
  ; 
  

   bores 
  in 
  dead 
  oaks 
  and 
  is 
  always 
  rare. 
  

  

  THAROPS 
  Lap. 
  

  

  T. 
  ruficornis 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  local 
  and 
  always 
  rare; 
  

   bores 
  in 
  felled 
  trees. 
  

  

  