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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Family 
  CLERID^. 
  

  

  The 
  flower 
  beetles 
  are 
  firmer 
  in 
  texture 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  preceding 
  

   families, 
  yet 
  not 
  so 
  hard-shelled 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  click 
  beetles. 
  The 
  antennae 
  

   are 
  usually 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  serrated 
  or 
  saw-foothed, 
  but 
  may 
  also 
  have 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  club 
  or 
  comb 
  at 
  tip. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  of 
  good 
  size 
  with 
  rather 
  prom- 
  

   inent 
  eyes, 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  usually 
  narrower 
  than 
  either 
  head 
  or 
  elytra. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  completely 
  cover 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  clothed 
  with 
  hair. 
  

   In 
  color 
  they 
  vary 
  but 
  are 
  usually 
  bright, 
  sometimes 
  shining 
  and 
  often 
  

   prettily 
  banded. 
  The 
  beetles 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  flowers 
  or 
  running 
  on 
  the 
  

   trunks 
  of 
  trees, 
  where 
  T;hey 
  somewhat 
  resemble 
  ants 
  in 
  their 
  motions. 
  The 
  

   spcies 
  of 
  "Necrobia" 
  live 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  on 
  carrion 
  and 
  form 
  the 
  exception 
  

   in 
  a 
  family 
  in 
  which 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  thus 
  far 
  known 
  are 
  predatory. 
  

   These 
  larvae 
  are 
  usually 
  red 
  or 
  brown 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  are 
  found 
  under 
  bark 
  

   or 
  in 
  the 
  burrows 
  of 
  wood-borers, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  feed. 
  Their 
  work 
  in 
  

   this 
  direction 
  is 
  done 
  under 
  cover 
  and 
  is 
  rarely 
  noticed, 
  hence 
  the 
  extent 
  

   of 
  the 
  benefit 
  derived 
  from 
  them 
  is 
  not 
  appreciated. 
  

  

  MACROTELUS 
  Klug. 
  (ELASMOCERUS 
  Lee.) 
  

   M. 
  terminatus 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  VI, 
  14 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  

   (Bf); 
  Cape 
  May 
  VI, 
  3 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  larvae 
  in 
  burrows 
  of 
  "Scolytids" 
  and 
  

   "Bostrichids" 
  in 
  hemlock, 
  oak 
  and 
  grape-vines. 
  

  

  CYMATODERA 
  Gray. 
  

   C. 
  bicolor 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  V 
  (div); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  2 
  

  

  (Jl); 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  5 
  (Coll); 
  Westville 
  (Li); 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W) 
  ; 
  not 
  common. 
  

   C. 
  inornata 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  19 
  

  

  (Jl); 
  Bamber 
  VI, 
  3 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  VI, 
  24 
  (Brn). 
  

   C. 
  balteata 
  Lee. 
  Palisades, 
  Spotswood 
  ( 
  Jl) 
  ; 
  Highlands 
  (Dietz); 
  Bor- 
  

  

  dentown 
  VII, 
  Lahaway 
  IX 
  (Coll); 
  Riverton 
  VIII 
  (Jn); 
  Camden 
  (LI); 
  

  

  DaCosta 
  VII 
  (W). 
  

  

  PRIOCERA 
  Lee. 
  

   P. 
  eastanea 
  Newn. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Palisades 
  VIII, 
  2 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  VII 
  

  

  (div) 
  ; 
  on 
  pine. 
  

  

  •TRICHODES 
  Hbst. 
  

   T. 
  apivorus 
  Germ. 
  Normanock 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

  

  Lakewood 
  VII 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Malaga 
  VIII 
  

  

  (GG); 
  Newtonville 
  VI 
  (Brn); 
  Da- 
  

   Costa 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (W); 
  on 
  flowers 
  of 
  

  

  "Spircea." 
  

  

  CLERUS 
  Geoff. 
  

   C. 
  4-signatus 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  IV, 
  29, 
  Riv- 
  

   erton 
  IV, 
  20, 
  Malaga 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (GG). 
  

   C. 
  4-guttatus 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  North 
  

  

  Jersey 
  IV-VI, 
  on 
  pine; 
  Glassboro 
  III, 
  

  

  28 
  (CG). 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  with 
  red 
  

  

  abdomen, 
  and 
  extends 
  rarely 
  into 
  

  

  South 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  117. 
  — 
  Trichodes 
  apivorus: 
  < 
  

  

  larva; 
  b, 
  pupa; 
  adult 
  beetle 
  

  

  in 
  center; 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  