﻿THE 
  INiSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  323 
  

  

  V. 
  canaliculatus 
  Fab. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Vineland 
  

   (U 
  S 
  Ag) 
  ; 
  never 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Family 
  SPONDYLID^. 
  

  

  Oblong, 
  brown, 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  beetles, 
  with 
  rather 
  short 
  an- 
  

   tennae; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  5-jointed, 
  the 
  4th 
  short 
  and 
  the 
  3rd 
  somewhat 
  lobed. 
  

   The 
  thorax 
  is 
  almost 
  Liquare, 
  the 
  head 
  horizontal 
  and 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  

   rather 
  prominent. 
  

  

  PARANDRA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  P. 
  brunnea 
  Fabr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  not 
  rare 
  V-VII; 
  breeds 
  

   in 
  decaying 
  deciduous 
  and 
  coniferous 
  trees. 
  

  

  Family 
  CERAMBYCID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "long-horned 
  beetles," 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   or 
  feelers 
  are 
  as 
  long 
  or 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body. 
  The 
  body 
  is 
  usually 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  cylindrical, 
  although 
  many 
  species 
  are 
  somewhat 
  flattened. 
  In 
  

   all 
  cases 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  without 
  a 
  sharp 
  lateral 
  margin 
  or 
  suture 
  and 
  

   carries 
  out 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  a 
  cylinder, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  form 
  does 
  not. 
  The 
  front 
  

   is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  obviously 
  vertical, 
  and 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  usually 
  stout 
  

   and 
  sharp-pointed. 
  The 
  tarsi 
  are 
  apparently 
  four-jointed 
  only, 
  the 
  third 
  

   being 
  deeply 
  lobed. 
  

  

  The 
  lai-vae 
  are 
  borers, 
  generally 
  in 
  woody 
  tissue, 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  bore 
  

   into 
  herbaceous 
  plants. 
  They 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  cylindrical, 
  the 
  joints 
  

   well 
  marked, 
  those 
  of 
  che 
  thorax 
  enlarged, 
  the 
  head 
  chitinous, 
  with 
  pow- 
  

   erful 
  mandibles. 
  They 
  resemble 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  "Buprestidse" 
  in 
  a 
  

   general 
  way, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  flattened, 
  especially 
  toward 
  the 
  head, 
  so 
  they 
  

   are 
  called 
  "round-headed" 
  borers. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  solid 
  or 
  heart 
  wood 
  of 
  dead 
  or 
  dying 
  

   trees; 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  sap-wood 
  or 
  under 
  bark, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  

   few 
  attack 
  healthy, 
  sound 
  trees, 
  paving 
  the 
  way 
  for 
  other 
  species 
  that 
  

   prefer 
  less 
  vitality. 
  

  

  Only 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  are 
  economically 
  important 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  

   these 
  are 
  usually 
  dealt 
  with 
  by 
  mechanical 
  barriers 
  or 
  other 
  direct 
  means. 
  

  

  ORTHOSOMA 
  Serv. 
  

  

  O. 
  brunneum 
  Forst. 
  Througi^out 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  July, 
  not 
  rare; 
  larvae 
  in 
  

   oak 
  stumps 
  and 
  logs. 
  

  

  TRAGOSOMA 
  Serv. 
  

  

  T. 
  harrisii 
  Lee. 
  Newark, 
  rare 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  along 
  shore 
  in 
  wash-up, 
  occasional. 
  

  

  