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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  MELANACTES 
  Lee. 
  

   M. 
  piceus 
  DeG. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  sometimes 
  common. 
  

   M. 
  morio 
  Fab. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  more 
  rare. 
  

  

  Family 
  CEBRIO'NID^. 
  

  

  Represented 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  only 
  in 
  our 
  fauna. 
  Resembles 
  the 
  

   "Elaterldas" 
  in 
  general 
  appearance 
  and 
  united 
  with 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   edition. 
  

  

  CEBRIO 
  Oliv. 
  

  

  C. 
  bicolor 
  Fabr. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  V 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Camden 
  and 
  Gloucester 
  Co.; 
  rare 
  

  

  (W). 
  

  

  Family 
  THROSCIDiE. 
  

  

  Resembles 
  the 
  "Elateridse"; 
  but 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  firmly 
  articulated 
  to 
  

   the 
  mesothorax, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  have 
  no 
  power 
  of 
  leaping. 
  They 
  are 
  

   usually 
  found 
  on 
  dead 
  wood 
  or 
  on 
  flowers, 
  and 
  are 
  inconspicuous 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  small. 
  None 
  are 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  DRAPETES 
  Redt. 
  

  

  D. 
  geminatus 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Westville, 
  Buena 
  

  

  Vista 
  (Li); 
  Petersburg 
  VI, 
  lona 
  VI, 
  Avalon 
  VII 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  lona 
  VI 
  

   (Dke) 
  : 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  on 
  dead 
  branches 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  AULONOTHROSCUS 
  Horn. 
  

   A. 
  constrictor 
  Say. 
  Newark 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  28 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  THROSCUS 
  Latr. 
  

   T. 
  chevrolati 
  Bonv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VII. 
  

   T. 
  bonvouloeri 
  Blanch. 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  The 
  "T. 
  convergens" 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  misidentification. 
  

  

  Family 
  BUPRESTID.E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  elongate, 
  usually 
  stout 
  but 
  sometimes 
  cylindrical 
  beetles, 
  

   with 
  broad 
  thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  tapering 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  closely 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  mesothorax. 
  A 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  them 
  

   are 
  bronzed 
  or 
  metallic 
  in 
  color 
  or 
  reflection, 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  gaudily 
  

   marked 
  witli 
  red 
  or 
  yellow 
  bands 
  or 
  spots. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  or 
  pitted, 
  and 
  altogether 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  in 
  appearance. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  very 
  active 
  and 
  fly 
  readily, 
  so 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  often 
  recognized 
  except 
  by 
  collectors. 
  

  

  