170 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



larvEE are more or less fusiform, somewhat flattened above, dark in color, and 

 live in similar localities as the adults, though more concealed even during the 

 night. They also are pred- 

 torv in habit and of eco- c /? A\ 



nomic importance from the /V ; yl v' ignriam- > > U^- 



fact that quite a number of I ; ^^^^. ^ ilrilEjgfP^MB^ B^ ^^^^^^' 



them feed upon the larvse ^^=^^-0 ^wl^^ ^^^feg^- ^-' .-g^^^ 



of injurious species. Thus jf ^^ _ 



the species of Calosoma de- ■ — J A® H 1 * !) ./'3':ftj) 



Stroy many kinds of tree Fig. 79.— Larva of a ground beetle, feeding on a Curculio larva. 



caterpillers and Lebia gran- 



dis is particularly partial to the eggs of the potato beetle. All these beetles have 

 slender antennae, 5-jointed tarsi on all feet, and are somewhat depressed or 

 flattened— some of them very much so when they live under bark. 



OMOPHRON Latr. 



O. labiatum Fabr. Camden (Li), Westville, along the Delaware, Anglesea 

 (W), Brigantine Beach, IX (Hn). 



O. americanum Dej. Atlantic County (W), Gloucester (Li), Greenville, 

 VI and IX (Sp), West Bergen in Spring (Bf), Caldwell (Cr). 



O. tessellatum Say. Anglesea in May, Atlantic County (W). 



CYCHRtTS Fabr. 



O. nitidicollis Chev. Lake Hopatcong (Pm) ; the species of this genus feed 

 upon snails and may be sought for where they are abundant. 



C. stenostomus Web. Caldwell (Cr), Palisades, V and VI, under stones 

 (Sp), Snake Hill, IV, and all the year round (Bf), Gloucester, Clementon, 

 XII, 17, sifting (W), 



var. lecontei Dej. With the type: also Westville (Li), Ft. Lee, IV, 



XI (Bt). 



C. elevatus Fabr. Englewood, VII, 1 (Bt), Orange Mts., Woodside, Newark 

 (Bf), Egg Harbor, Anglesea, IV (W, Li) ; always in single specimens. 



C. viduus Dej. Hopatcong, VI, 3 (W), Orange Mts. (Bf), Ft. Lee, IV, 21, 

 VI, VIII (Bt), Mays Landing (W, Li) : always rare, 

 var. violaceus Lee. " New Jersey," 1 specimen (Lg). 



CARABUS Linn. 



C. sylvosus Say. Hemlock Falls (Bf), Greenville, VI (Sp), Atlantic High- 

 lands (Bt), Gloucester, Camden Co., (W, Li). 



C. serratus Say. Throughout the State ; often comes to sugar, VIII and IX. 



O. limbatus Say. Throughout the State, IV, V, VIII and IX. 



■C. vinctus Web. With the preceding and the most abundant of the genus, 

 under stones and logs. 



