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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  BRACHYS 
  Sol. 
  

  

  B. 
  ovata 
  Web. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII, 
  on 
  oak. 
  The 
  

  

  variety 
  "tessellata" 
  Fab. 
  occurs 
  with 
  the 
  type. 
  

   B. 
  aerosa 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI; 
  not 
  rare, 
  on 
  oak. 
  

  

  B. 
  aeruginosa 
  Gory. 
  "Woodbury 
  V, 
  24, 
  lona 
  V, 
  28, 
  VI, 
  8, 
  Lucaston 
  V, 
  30 
  

  

  (Dke). 
  

  

  PACHYSCELIS 
  Sol. 
  

  

  P. 
  purpureus 
  Say. 
  Madison 
  X, 
  15 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VI, 
  4 
  

   (Bf); 
  Hemlock 
  Falls 
  V, 
  28 
  (W); 
  larva 
  mines 
  leaves 
  of 
  "Lespedeza" 
  

   (Sz). 
  

  

  P. 
  iaevigatus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  late 
  V 
  and 
  all 
  VI. 
  

  

  Family 
  LAMPYRIDX 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  contains 
  the 
  "fireflies" 
  and 
  "soldier 
  beetles." 
  They 
  are 
  

   long, 
  narrow, 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  species, 
  with 
  soft, 
  leathery 
  wing-covers 
  

   and 
  a 
  flexible 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  usually 
  long, 
  the 
  joints 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  obviously 
  serrated 
  and 
  -sometimes 
  even 
  flabellate 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

   The 
  interesting 
  feature 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  emit- 
  

   ting 
  a 
  phosphorescent 
  light 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  This 
  light 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  insects, 
  and 
  varies 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  intensity 
  in 
  

   the 
  different 
  species. 
  The 
  "glow-worms" 
  that 
  are 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   grass 
  or 
  under 
  stones 
  are 
  larvae 
  or 
  wingless 
  females, 
  and 
  these 
  may 
  have 
  

   luminous 
  points 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  In 
  the 
  

   larval 
  stage 
  they 
  feed 
  on 
  snails 
  or 
  on 
  other 
  soft-bodied 
  insects. 
  

  

  The 
  "soldier 
  beetles" 
  have 
  a 
  more 
  prominent 
  head 
  and 
  narrower 
  tho- 
  

   rax; 
  but 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  soft 
  body 
  texture. 
  The 
  lai-vse 
  are 
  fusiform, 
  flat- 
  

   tened 
  above 
  and 
  also 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  soft-bodied 
  larvae 
  

   or 
  grubs 
  when 
  they 
  enter 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  pupate. 
  They 
  are 
  distinctly 
  useful 
  

   as 
  checks 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  injurious 
  species, 
  including 
  such 
  pests 
  as 
  

   the 
  plum 
  curculio. 
  

  

  LYCOSTOMUS 
  Mots. 
  

   L. 
  lateralis 
  Mels. 
  Eastern 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Dietz). 
  

  

  CALOPTERON 
  Guer. 
  

  

  C. 
  terminale 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  Riverton 
  VI, 
  Merchantville 
  VI, 
  

  

  Westville 
  VI, 
  Clementon 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  Pemberton 
  IX 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Great 
  Notch 
  

   VII, 
  Laurel 
  Sp. 
  VI, 
  Lucaston 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Plainfield 
  VII 
  (Dow) 
  ; 
  

   Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI). 
  

   C. 
  reticulatum 
  Fabr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII-IX; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  CELETES 
  Newn. 
  

  

  C. 
  basalis 
  Lee. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Lahaway 
  VI 
  (Sm); 
  Malaga 
  VIII 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  

   lona 
  VI 
  (Bm); 
  seashore 
  from 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  to 
  Cape 
  May 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  in 
  

   wash-up 
  (div). 
  

  

  