206 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CREOPHILTJS Kirby. 



C. villosus Grav. Throughout the State on or under dead animals, more 

 rarely on excrement. 



STAPHYLINTJS Linn. 



S. badipes Lee. Orange Mts. (Rk), Newark, Anglesea, VI, 28 (W). 



S. vulpinus Nordm. Throughout the State and all seasons, in decaying matter 



generally. 

 S. maculosus Grav. Throughout the State, usually under excrement ; our 



largest species. 

 S. mysticus Er. Throughout the State, IV- VII, in decaying vegetable 



matter and under stones. 

 S. tomentosus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm), Greenwood Lake, Snake Hill (Bt), 



Hudson Co, (LI), Newark (Soc), Brigantine beach, IX (Hn). 

 S. fossator Grav. Hopatcong (Pm), on mushrooms, VI-IX (Bt), Orange 



Mts. (Rk), Brigantine, mainland, IX (Hn), g. d. (W). 

 S. cinnamopterous Grav. Throughout the State ; our most common species. 

 S. violaceus Grav. Madison (Pr), Fort Lee under bark only (Bt), Spring 



Lake in fungi (Ch), g. d. (W). 

 S. viridans Horn. Hopatcong (Bt). 

 S. prselongus Mann. Orange Mts. (Rk), Snake Hill (Bt), Hudson Co. (LI), 



Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), Anglesea, VII (Sz), very common under 



drift. V, 28 (W). 



OCYPUS Kirby. 



O. ater Grav. Hopatcong (Pm), Ft. Lee, under stones (Bt), Caldwell (Cr), 

 Hudson Co. (LI), Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), Longport, VIII, 8 (Rk), 

 g. d. (W). 



BELONUCHTJS Nordm. 



B. formosus Grav. Orange Mts. (Rk), Ft. Lee, V (Bt), Hudson Co. (LI), 

 Newark (Soc), g. d. (W); on sap of wounded trees. 



TYMPANOPHORUS Nordm. 

 T. puncticollis Er. Camden, XI, 23 (W). 



PHILONTHUS Curt. 



P. aeneus Rossi. Hopatcong (Pm), Fort Lee, IV, 11 (Bt), Snake Hill, IV, 

 26 (Lv), Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Soc), Highlands, Spring Lake (Ch), 

 Brigantine beach, IX (Hn). Species in this genus are largely feeders in 

 fungi, on sap and in vegetable decay. 



P. sericinus Horn. Hudson County, rare (LI), Newark (Soc), " New Jersey " 



(USN M). 



P. umbratilis Grav Westville, VIII, 16 (Rk), " New Jersey " (Horn). 



