CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 169 



O. vulgaris Say. Generally distributed and locally common throughout the 

 southern counties during the entire season. It is much less abundant and 

 more local north of the red shale line. 



C. repanda Dej. Common all summer throughout the State and reported by 

 all contributors. 



var. 12-guttata Dej. Much less common and more local. On mud 

 banks near water (W), Gloucester (Li), Caldwell (Cr), Hacken- 

 sack Meadows (Bf), Newark. 



O. hirticollis Say. Common along the coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May 

 from April to September. Extends also along the shores of the Delaware 

 and is local in the sandy districts of South Jersey, especially near swamps. 



C. punctulata Fabr. Common almost everywhere ; but seems locally absent 

 in the Southern Counties. Found even in cities along side streets or in 

 sandy lots, and is attracted to electric lights. 



C. tortuosa Dej. Atlantic City, three specimens (Li). 



C. dorsalis Say. Occurs all along the shore from Cape May to Sandy Hook, 

 though not before July (W) ; also on Staten Island, VII and VIII (Ds). 

 It is also very local inland, on white sand, specimens having been taken 

 at Lahaway in August. The insect varies, locally, and at Squan beach 

 the majority of specimens were almost immaculate. 



C. marginata Fabr. Common along the coast in salt meadows ; Anglesea, 

 VII and VIII (W), Corson's Inlet* VII (Li), South Amboy ( Ds), Sandy 

 Hook (Bt). 



C. lepida Dej. Occurs along the seashore from Sandy Hook to Cape May, 

 but locally, from July to September, and is sometimes common. It also 

 occurs in limited areas inland, Mr. Davis having discovered it at James- 

 burg, July 4, where others also found it in numbers later. Another 

 colony is at Lahaway and was discovered by Mr. J. T. Brakeley. Mr. 

 Greene has taken it at Clementon. Mr. Wenzel says the species lives in 

 holes made beneath little tufts of grass. 



C. marginipennis Dej. Essex and along the Delaware in Northern New 

 Jersey (W). 



O. abdominalis Fabr. Da Costa, late June (Li), not rare early in July (W). 



Family CARABIDJE. 



The ''ground beetles," usually black or dull brown in color, though 

 exceptionally, and on flower loving forms bright blue, green and yellow. The 

 darker forms hide during the day under stones, among roots of plants, in grass 

 at the base of trees, in burrows under ground, usually in sandy places, and in 

 other places of concealment. They fly at nig [it, are often attracted to electric 

 lights, and are predatory in habit, with some unimportant exceptions. The 



