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L. discoidea Lee. "New Jersey," probably Chester (Dkn). 



L. tsedata Lee. Hopatcong (Pm), Hudson Co. (LI), seashore (W, Li), 



Anglesea, VI, 10. 

 L. angustata Beauv. Hopatcong (Pm), Madison (Pr), Snake Hill, IV, 26 



(Lv), Hudson Co. (LI), Newark district (Bf), g. d. (W). 



var. trifasciata Say. Salt meadows, early spring, under stones (Bf), 

 g. d., in wet places, taken in sweep net (W). 

 L. gracilis Newn. Madison, VII, 3 (Pr), Hudson Co. (LI), Gloucester (Li), 



g. d. (W); lives in stems of Composites (Ch). 



DACNE Latr. 



D. 4-maculata Say. "New Jersey" (Li) ; on white fungi growing on old 

 logs (Ch). 



MEGALODACNE Cr. 



M. fasciata Fabr. Throughout the State under old bark infested with fungi. 



ISCHYRUS Lac. 

 I. 4-punctatus Oliv. Caldwell (Cr). 



MYCOTRETUS Lac. 



M. sanguinipennis Say. Staten Island (Lg), Plainfield (Sf). 



M. pulchra Say. Woodside, taken once, plentifully (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI). 



TRITOMA Fabr. 



T. humeralis Fabr. Throughout the State, VIII, IX, on mushrooms and 

 other fungi. 



T. biguttata Say. Also throughout the State, VII to IX, like all the species 

 on fungi. 



T. angulata Say. Woodside, Orange Mts., rare (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), 

 "New Jersey " (Horn). 



T. unicolor Say. Throughout the State, common in fungi. 

 T. thoracica Say. Throughout the State, V to IX, not common. 

 T. flavicollis Lee. Common throughout the State, V to IX ; reported by all 

 collectors. 



Family COLYDIIDiE. 



Usually brown in color, slender or somewhat flattened, usually with ridged 

 wing-covers. Live largely on dead or dying trees, some of them being known 

 to devour the larvae of wood-boring beetles. On the whole of little economic 

 importance. 



