

CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 215 



Family TRICHOPTERYGIDJE. 



Extremely minute species, living in decaying vegetable matter, sometimes in 

 manure, with slender fringed wings and of no economic importance. 



PTILIUM Er. 

 P. hornianum Matth. Anglesea, VII (Sz). 



PTENIDITJM Er. 



P. ulkei Matth. Cape May, VII (Sz). 



P. atomaroides Mots. Cape May, VII, strictly maritime (Sz). 



LIMULODES Matth. 

 L. paradoxus Matth. " New Jersey " (Lg). 



TRICHOPTERYX Kirby. 



T. mcerens Matth. Gloucester, II, 7, Camden, III, 4, sifting (W). 

 T. haldemarmi Lee. Anglesea, VII (Sz), g. d., common (W). 



NEPHANES Thorn. 

 N. lseviusculus Matth. Camden, Gloucester, sifting (W). 



Family SCAPHIDIIDJE. 



A small family of generally black, shining species, sometimes marked with 

 red or yellow spots, living in rotten wood, fungi and the like ; therefore not of 

 economic importance. They are most abundantly found in winter, sifting, and 

 a number are yet undetermined in collections. 



SCAPHIDITJM Oliv. 



S. quadriguttatum Say. Newark, g. d. (Bf), Lakewood (Sm), g. d. (Li l. 

 var. obliteratum Lee. Madison, VIII, 21 (Pr). 



var. piceum Mots. Greenwood Lake, V, 22 I, Lv), and with the type, 

 var. 4-pustulatum Say. Woodside, 1 specimen (Bf). 



BiEOCERA Er. 



B. speculifer Casey. Westville, I, 28 ( W). 



B. apicalis Lee. Camden, winter, sifting (W), Lahaway, V, 28. 



