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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  XANTHOCHROA 
  Schm. 
  

   X. 
  lateralis 
  Mels. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Newark 
  (Soc). 
  Not 
  recently 
  taken. 
  

  

  ALLOXACIS 
  Horn. 
  

  

  A. 
  dorsal 
  is 
  Mels. 
  Common 
  along 
  shore 
  from 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  to 
  Cape 
  May 
  

   V-VIII, 
  in 
  or 
  under 
  wet 
  boards, 
  timbers, 
  etc. 
  

  

  COPIDITA 
  Lee. 
  

  

  C. 
  notoxoides 
  Fab. 
  Buena 
  Vista 
  (Li) 
  ; 
  Atco 
  DaCosta 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  VI, 
  

   1, 
  on 
  flowers 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Newtonville, 
  VI, 
  Brigantine 
  VII, 
  Ocean 
  City 
  VII 
  

   (Brn). 
  

  

  C. 
  thoracica 
  Fab. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  more 
  common 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

   more 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  regions. 
  

  

  C. 
  suturalis 
  Horn. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

  

  ASCLERA 
  Schm. 
  

   A. 
  ruficollis 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  common 
  on 
  willow 
  catkins. 
  

   A. 
  puncticollis 
  Say. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  IV, 
  V 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Sea- 
  

   ville 
  IV 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  OXACIS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  O. 
  taeniata 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  (Li). 
  

  

  Family 
  CEPHALO'ID^. 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  species 
  that 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  resembles 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  the 
  

   longicorn 
  genus 
  "Leptura," 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  slightly 
  built, 
  with 
  more 
  slender 
  

   legs 
  and 
  antennae. 
  It 
  occurs 
  on 
  dry 
  branches 
  and 
  is 
  rare. 
  

  

  CEPHALOON 
  Newn. 
  

  

  C. 
  iepturoides 
  Newn. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  VI 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Boon- 
  

   ton 
  VI 
  (GG); 
  Orange 
  Mt. 
  Dist, 
  g. 
  d. 
  VI 
  (div). 
  

  

  Family 
  MORDELUD^. 
  

  

  Small, 
  usually 
  wedge-shaped 
  beetles, 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  silky 
  hair, 
  which, 
  

   on 
  the 
  black 
  species, 
  sometimes 
  forms 
  lines, 
  bands 
  or 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side. 
  The 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  usually 
  long 
  and 
  stout, 
  fitted 
  for 
  leaping. 
  The 
  

   abdomen 
  is 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  obvious 
  style 
  or 
  pointed 
  process, 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  and 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  

   the 
  elytra. 
  They 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  flowers 
  or 
  on 
  dead 
  trees, 
  and 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  brightly 
  colored 
  and 
  banded. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  locally 
  common, 
  

   and 
  dozens 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  often 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  cluster 
  of 
  "Spiraeae" 
  

   blossoms. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  dead 
  wood 
  or 
  the 
  pith 
  of 
  

   plants. 
  None 
  are 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  