﻿3IO 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  . 
  

  

  to 
  ship 
  timber, 
  and 
  in 
  our 
  Southern 
  States 
  an 
  allied 
  species 
  is 
  injurious, 
  

   but 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  no 
  notable 
  harm 
  is 
  occasioned 
  by 
  them. 
  

  

  LYMEXYLON 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  L. 
  sericeum 
  Harr. 
  Newark 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Gloucester 
  (W); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  

   Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  4; 
  single 
  specimens 
  only. 
  

  

  Family 
  CIOIDvE. 
  

  

  Small, 
  oblong 
  beetles, 
  brown 
  or 
  black 
  in 
  color, 
  convex 
  above, 
  with 
  short, 
  

   clubbed 
  antennae, 
  the 
  head 
  retracted, 
  though 
  not 
  concealed. 
  They 
  live 
  in 
  

   fungi 
  or 
  decaying 
  wood, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  The 
  larvae 
  

   occur 
  with 
  the 
  adults, 
  and 
  are 
  grub-like 
  in 
  form. 
  

  

  CIS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  C. 
  fuscipes 
  Mell. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  

  

  (div) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll). 
  

   C. 
  creberrima 
  Mell. 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf). 
  

   C. 
  horridula 
  Casey. 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  ORTHOCIS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  O. 
  punctata 
  Mell. 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz) 
  ; 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W) 
  ; 
  probably 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  State. 
  

  

  XESTOCIS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  X. 
  levettei 
  Casey. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Casey). 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  other 
  species 
  

   so 
  distributed 
  that 
  their 
  occurrence 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  is 
  almost 
  certain. 
  

  

  BRACHYCIS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  B. 
  brevicollis 
  Casey. 
  Sure 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  ENNEARTHRON 
  Mell. 
  

   E. 
  thoracicorne 
  Ziegl. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VI 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz) 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   taken 
  it 
  generally 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  CERACIS 
  Mell. 
  

  

  C. 
  sallei 
  Mell. 
  East 
  Jersey 
  (Dietz) 
  ; 
  Chester, 
  Arlington 
  (Dn). 
  

  

  OCTOTEMNUS 
  Mell. 
  

   O. 
  Isevis 
  Casey. 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  RHIPIDANDRUS 
  Lee. 
  

   R. 
  paradoxus 
  Beauv. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  on 
  hard 
  fungus 
  in 
  old 
  trees 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  