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SOAPHISOMA Leach. 



S. convexum Say. Newark district in early spring (Bf), g. d. (W, Li), 



throughout the winter, sifting ( W), Lakewood. 

 S. punctulatum Lee. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 

 S. rufulum Lee. Newark district (Bf). 



TOXIDIUM Lee. 



T. gammaroid.es Lee. Woodside, Newark, Orange Mts., IV, 3, III, 7 (Bf), 

 Jamesburg, VII, 4. 



Family PHALACRIDJE. 



Small, black, shining beetles, very convex in shape, tips of wing covers often 

 reddish, living on flowers or under bark and of no economic importance. 



PHALACRUS Payk. 



P. politus Mels. Arlington meadows (Bf), Snake Hill, Fort Lee (Sf), Ocean 



Co, V, 20. 

 P. pumilio Lee. Arlington meadows (Bf). 



OLIBRUS Er. 



O. lecontei Casey. Clementon (Li), " Atlantic States " (Casey). 



O. pallipes Say. Orange Mts. (Bf), Lahaway, V, VI. 



O. rufipes Lee. Orange Mts., IV, 5 (Bf). 



O. consimilis Marsh. Hopatcong (Pm), Newark (Soc), g. d. (W). 



O. nitidus Mels. Anglesea, VII, 23. 



STILBUS Seid. 



S. nitidus Mels. Hopatcong (Pm), Ft. Lee, on fresh cow-droppings (Bt), 



Hudson Co. (LI), g. d. (W, Li). 

 S. subalutaceus Casey. Cape May (Casey). 



LITOCHRUS Er. 



L. pulchellus Lee. Woodbury, VIII, 7, sifting (W). 

 L. immaculatus Casey. "New Jersey " (Casey). 



