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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  L/ELIUS 
  Ashm. 
  

   L. 
  trogodermatis 
  Ashm. 
  Reared 
  from 
  "Trogoderma 
  tarsale." 
  

  

  CEPHALONOMIA 
  Westw. 
  

  

  C. 
  hyalinipennis 
  Ashm. 
  Reared 
  from 
  "Amphibolips 
  cinerea," 
  "Holcaspis 
  

   omnivora" 
  and 
  "Hypothenemus 
  eruditus." 
  

  

  NEOSCLERODERMA 
  Kieff. 
  

   N. 
  tarsalis 
  Ashm. 
  Reared 
  from 
  "Silvanus 
  surinamensis." 
  

  

  PRISTOCERA 
  Klug. 
  

   P. 
  armifera 
  Say. 
  Avalon 
  VII, 
  27 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  Family 
  CHRYSIDID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "cuckoo 
  bees," 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  they 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  

   the 
  cells 
  of 
  other 
  bees 
  and 
  wasps, 
  their 
  larvas 
  depriving 
  the 
  rightful 
  owner 
  

   of 
  food 
  if 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  actually 
  eat 
  it 
  first. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  brilliant 
  metallic 
  

   blue 
  or 
  green, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  firm 
  chitinous 
  outer 
  surface, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  

   deeply 
  punctured 
  or 
  otherwise 
  sculptured. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   visible 
  segments, 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  retractile 
  tube, 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  small 
  sting 
  is 
  formed. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  true 
  parasites 
  of 
  saw-flies. 
  

  

  OMALUS 
  Panz. 
  

   O. 
  iridescens 
  Nort. 
  Should 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

   O. 
  sinuosus 
  Say. 
  Trenton 
  V, 
  20 
  (Hk). 
  

   O. 
  laeviventris 
  Cress. 
  Manumuskin 
  VI, 
  11 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  NOTOZUS 
  Forst. 
  

  

  N. 
  marginatus 
  Patt. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  probably. 
  

  

  N. 
  viridicyaneus 
  Nort. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (U 
  S 
  N 
  M). 
  

  

  HEDYCHRIDIUM 
  Perrin. 
  

   H. 
  dimidiatum 
  Say. 
  Philadelphia 
  (Jn) 
  and 
  surely 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  HEDYCHRUM 
  Latr. 
  

   H. 
  obsoletum 
  Say. 
  Riverton 
  VII, 
  5 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Cape 
  May 
  VIII, 
  9 
  (Dke). 
  

   H. 
  violaceum 
  Brulle. 
  Camden, 
  Gloucester 
  Co. 
  VII, 
  15, 
  Anglesea 
  IX, 
  4 
  

   (Fox); 
  Manumuskin 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  CHRYSIS 
  Linn. 
  

   C. 
  perpulchra 
  Cress. 
  Camden 
  Co. 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Fox). 
  

   C. 
  verticalis 
  Patt. 
  Chester 
  VII, 
  3 
  (Coll); 
  Riverton 
  VII, 
  31 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  