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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  OPATRINUS 
  Latr. 
  

   O. 
  notus 
  Say. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  stones. 
  

   O. 
  aciculatus 
  Lee. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Woodside 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Jersey 
  City; 
  rare. 
  

  

  BLAPSTINUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  B. 
  moestus 
  Mels. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Brigantine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  (Hn). 
  

  

  The 
  "pratensis" 
  Lee. 
  of 
  last 
  edition 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  species. 
  

   B. 
  pulverulentus 
  Mann. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (GG). 
  

  

  B. 
  interruptus 
  Say. 
  Brigantine 
  IX 
  (Hn).; 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz); 
  rare. 
  

   B. 
  metallicus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  all 
  season, 
  common; 
  under 
  

  

  stones, 
  boards 
  or 
  chips 
  in 
  sandy 
  places. 
  

  

  AMMODONUS 
  Mus. 
  

   A. 
  fossor 
  Lee. 
  West 
  Bergen, 
  rare 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  EPHALUS 
  Lee. 
  

   E. 
  iatimanus 
  Lee. 
  Along 
  the 
  shore, 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  sand. 
  

  

  TRIBOLIUM 
  MacL. 
  

  

  T. 
  ferrugineus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  common. 
  

  

  T. 
  confusum 
  Duval. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  usually 
  mixed 
  with 
  it. 
  

   Both 
  are 
  introduced 
  species, 
  occurring 
  in 
  meal, 
  farina 
  and 
  other 
  

   cereals 
  in 
  stores 
  and 
  granaries. 
  They 
  eat 
  also 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  other 
  meal 
  insects 
  and 
  the 
  dead 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  kind; 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  

   cast 
  skins 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  larvae. 
  Remedial 
  measures 
  where 
  such 
  are 
  

   needed 
  are 
  as 
  for 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  granary 
  insects 
  already 
  dealt 
  with. 
  

  

  DICEDES 
  Lee. 
  

   D. 
  punetatus 
  Lee. 
  Ramapo 
  XH, 
  6, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  IV, 
  17, 
  Highlands 
  V, 
  30 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  GNATHOCERUS 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  G. 
  eornutus 
  Fab. 
  Also 
  an 
  imported 
  species, 
  on 
  cereals 
  with 
  "Tribolium"; 
  

   where 
  the 
  two 
  occur 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  confined 
  space 
  the 
  "Tribolium" 
  

   eventually 
  destroys 
  the 
  "Gnathocerus." 
  

  

  ALPHITOBIUS 
  Steph. 
  

  

  A. 
  piceus 
  Oliv. 
  (diaperinus 
  Panz.) 
  Commonly 
  found 
  in 
  storehouses, 
  

   etc., 
  among 
  refuse; 
  also 
  an 
  introduced 
  species. 
  

  

  ULOMA 
  Lap. 
  

  

  U. 
  impressa 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX, 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  in 
  rot- 
  

   ten 
  wood; 
  locally 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  