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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

   Family 
  LAGRIID^. 
  

  

  Represented 
  in 
  our 
  fauna 
  by 
  only 
  two 
  economically 
  unimportant 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  narrow, 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  width, 
  nearly 
  cylindrical, 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  abruptly 
  broader 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  distinct 
  shoulders. 
  The 
  colors 
  

   are 
  black 
  or 
  bronzed 
  and 
  the 
  texture 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  covers 
  is 
  decidedly 
  thin 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  flexible. 
  The 
  adults 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  flowers, 
  leaves 
  or 
  under 
  

   bark 
  of 
  trees, 
  never 
  common, 
  while 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  credited 
  with 
  predatory 
  

   tendencies. 
  

  

  ARTHROMACRA 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  A. 
  asnea 
  Say. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Green- 
  

   wood 
  Lake 
  VI, 
  21 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VI 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Atlantic, 
  

   Cape 
  May 
  Cos. 
  (div). 
  

  

  ST 
  ATI 
  R 
  A 
  Latr. 
  

  

  S. 
  gagatina 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  on 
  flowers 
  or 
  under 
  bark; 
  

  

  usually 
  rare. 
  

   S. 
  resplendens 
  Mels. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg). 
  Replaces 
  "croceicollis" 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  last 
  edition. 
  

  

  Family 
  MELANDRYID^. 
  

  

  The 
  beetles 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  also 
  are 
  economically 
  unimportant, 
  and 
  have 
  

   the 
  same 
  general 
  habits 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  families. 
  They 
  

   are 
  very 
  diverse 
  in 
  form 
  but 
  usually 
  slender, 
  often 
  elliptical 
  in 
  outline, 
  

   in 
  general 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  silky 
  hair 
  or 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  moderate 
  in 
  length, 
  palpi 
  often 
  very 
  long. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  hidden 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  

   the 
  elytra. 
  They 
  are 
  feeders 
  in 
  wood, 
  fungi 
  and 
  dry 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  

   generally. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  slender 
  cylindrical 
  form, 
  the 
  head 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  tail 
  segments 
  chitinized. 
  

  

  TETRATOMA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  T. 
  truncorum 
  Lee. 
  Westville 
  (Li); 
  in 
  old 
  fungus 
  (W). 
  

  

  T. 
  tessellata 
  Mels. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co., 
  Wood- 
  

   side 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  (W) 
  ; 
  on 
  fungus 
  on 
  dead 
  

   branches 
  V-VIII. 
  

  

  PENTHE 
  Newn. 
  

  

  P. 
  obliquata 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  bark, 
  sometimes 
  common. 
  

   P. 
  pimelia 
  Fab. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  usually 
  more 
  rare. 
  

  

  SYNCHROA 
  Newn. 
  

  

  S. 
  punctata 
  Newn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI, 
  under 
  bark 
  of 
  decid- 
  

   uous 
  trees 
  and 
  on 
  dry 
  limbs; 
  locally 
  common. 
  

  

  