CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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SOGNORUS Reit. = CTENISTES. 



S. piceus Lee. Taken abundantly, g. d., with the sieve in winter, under 

 boards and stones in early spring ( W), Camden (Li), Hudson Co. (LI). 

 S. consobrinus Lee. Occurs with the preceding and in equal abundance. 



CEOPHYLLTJS Lee. 



C. monilis Lee. Near Philadelphia, VIII, 2, from old rotten log, with La si us 

 interjectus Mayr., Clementon, IX, 14, under similar conditions. 



TMESIPHORUS Lee. 



T. costalis Lee. Clementon, VI, 28, VIII, 27, a number of specimens from 

 old pine logs, probably living in holes made by Dendroctonus. 



T. carinatus Say. Several examples with the preceding and on the same 

 date. 



CEDITJS Lee. 



C. ziegleri Lee. Hopatcong (Pin), Ft. Lee, in ant hills (Bt). 



TYRUS Aube. 

 T. humeralis Aube. Gloucester, VIII, 17, from rotten pine log. 



ADRANES Lee. 



A. ccecus Lee. Anglesea, V, 28, a number of specimeus from an old R R. 



tie infested by a large colony of La si its mixtus Nyl ; also sifted from 



under leaves and moss, Clementon, Woodbury, and Laurel Springs, I and 



VII (W), Staten Island (Lg). 

 A. lecontei Brend. Two examples taken from an old log with Lasius mixtus 



Nyl., near Philadelphia, VII, 31 (W), Staten Island (Lg). 



Family STAPHYLINIDJE. 



"Rove beetles"; known by the very short wing 

 covers, leaving most of the slender, flexible abdomen 

 exposed. Usually long and slender in form, with 

 moderately clubbed antennae. They live generally on 

 decaying animal or vegetable matter, excrement, 

 fungi or in fermenting sap, and are the most uni- 

 versally distributed of all beetles. A few of them are 

 predatory in habit and some have been accused of 

 feeding on living plants ; but on the whole they are of 

 some importance to the Agriculturist as they aid in 

 reducing his manure heap and the manure when 

 spread, into a form available to the plants. 



Fig. 83.— Staphylir 

 its larva. 



