﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  301 
  

  

  Family 
  MAL^CHIDtE. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  resemble 
  the 
  "Lampyridse" 
  in 
  the 
  generally 
  

   soft 
  wing-covers 
  and 
  body, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  shorter 
  and 
  broader, 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   not 
  nearly 
  so 
  long 
  and 
  often 
  a 
  little 
  truncated 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  broadest 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  covers. 
  In 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  

   "Collops" 
  there 
  are 
  orange-colored 
  protrusible 
  vesicles 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  which 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  defensive 
  in 
  character. 
  The 
  antennae 
  

   are 
  short, 
  a 
  little 
  enlarged 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  often 
  curiously 
  knotted 
  in 
  the 
  

   male. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  flowers 
  or 
  herbage, 
  some 
  only 
  in 
  moist 
  or 
  low 
  

   places, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  insect 
  eggs, 
  larvae 
  and 
  smaller 
  

   insects 
  generally. 
  The 
  larvae, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  are 
  predaceous. 
  

  

  COLLOPS 
  Er. 
  

  

  C. 
  tricolor 
  Say. 
  Sea 
  Girt 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  C. 
  eximius 
  Er. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  C. 
  nigriceps 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  4-maculatus 
  Fab. 
  Our 
  most 
  common 
  species 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  TEMNOPSOPHUS 
  Horn. 
  

   T. 
  bimaculatus 
  Horn. 
  Lakehurst 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (div) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VII, 
  5 
  (W). 
  

  

  ANTHOCOMUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  A. 
  flavilabris 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI). 
  

  

  PSEUDEB/EUS 
  Horn. 
  

   P. 
  bicolor 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

  

  P. 
  oblitus 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Woodside 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  

   Orange 
  Mts., 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VII, 
  20 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  ATTALUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  A. 
  nigrellus 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm). 
  

  

  A. 
  terminalis 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  

   15, 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  (Coll); 
  Glassboro 
  VII, 
  30 
  (GG); 
  Atco 
  VII, 
  14, 
  Anglesea 
  

   V, 
  30 
  (Brn). 
  

   A. 
  varians 
  Horn. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

  

  A. 
  morulus 
  Lee. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Lahaway 
  VI, 
  1 
  (Coll). 
  

   A. 
  granularis 
  Er. 
  DaCosta 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

   A. 
  otiosus 
  Say. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

   A. 
  circumscriptus 
  Say. 
  Atco 
  (Li). 
  

   A. 
  scincetus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI; 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  The 
  records 
  of 
  "Pristoscelis" 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  were 
  based 
  on 
  erroneous 
  

   identifications. 
  

  

  