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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  ALPHITOPHAGUS 
  Steph. 
  (PHYLETHUS 
  Meg.) 
  

  

  A. 
  bifasciatus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  Another 
  introduced 
  species 
  

  

  commonly 
  found 
  in 
  stables, 
  granaries, 
  etc., 
  among 
  refuse. 
  

  

  HYPOPHLCEUS 
  Fab. 
  

   H. 
  cavus 
  Lee. 
  G. 
  d., 
  rare 
  (W) 
  ; 
  predaceous 
  in 
  "Xyleborus" 
  galleries. 
  

   H. 
  parallelus 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  III-VI, 
  IX, 
  in 
  galleries 
  of 
  

  

  "Tomicus" 
  under 
  pine 
  bark. 
  

   H. 
  thoracicus 
  Mels. 
  Palisades 
  VI, 
  28 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Boonton 
  III, 
  3, 
  Big 
  Timber 
  

   Creek 
  XI, 
  19 
  (GG-) 
  ; 
  g. 
  d. 
  rare 
  (W); 
  in 
  Scolytid 
  galleries 
  in 
  pine 
  and 
  

   cedar. 
  

  

  BOLETOTHERUS 
  Cand. 
  

  

  B. 
  bifurcus 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  tree 
  fungus 
  (Bole- 
  

  

  tus). 
  

  

  BOLETOPHAGUS 
  111. 
  

  

  B. 
  corticola 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  10 
  

  

  (GG); 
  Seaville 
  IV, 
  29, 
  VI, 
  11 
  (Brn). 
  

   B. 
  depressus 
  Rand. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI): 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W). 
  

  

  HELOPS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  H. 
  micans 
  Fab. 
  Locally 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  bark. 
  

   H. 
  americanus 
  Beauv. 
  G. 
  d., 
  rare 
  (W). 
  

  

  H. 
  venustus 
  Say. 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  (Castle); 
  g. 
  d., 
  rare 
  (W); 
  on 
  dead 
  oak. 
  

   H. 
  gracilis 
  Bland. 
  Woodbury 
  IV, 
  Newtonville 
  VI 
  (Brn); 
  Clementon 
  IV, 
  

  

  V 
  (div); 
  Lakewood 
  and 
  Lakehurst 
  V-VII 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Da 
  Costa 
  V, 
  Atlantic 
  

  

  and 
  Cape 
  May 
  Cos., 
  rare 
  on 
  pines 
  (W). 
  

   H. 
  aereus 
  Germ. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  fall 
  to 
  spring; 
  locally 
  common. 
  

  

  MERACANTHA 
  Kirby. 
  

   M. 
  contracta 
  Beauv. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  (Bt); 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  g. 
  d., 
  rare 
  (div) 
  ; 
  on 
  old, 
  dead 
  trees. 
  

  

  STRONGYLIUM 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  S. 
  tenuicolle 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  

  

  Woodbury 
  VII, 
  Merchantville 
  V 
  (Brn). 
  

   S. 
  terminatum 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  probably 
  Plainfield 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  Family 
  CISTEUD.^. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  structure 
  Jike 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  with 
  longer, 
  more 
  slender 
  

   antennae 
  and 
  generally 
  smooth, 
  pubescent 
  surface. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  

   brown 
  in 
  color 
  with 
  none 
  or 
  only 
  confused 
  maculation, 
  very 
  convex 
  up- 
  

   per 
  surface, 
  often 
  tapering 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  posteriorly. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  leaves, 
  flowers 
  and 
  under 
  bark, 
  the 
  larvae 
  so 
  far 
  

  

  