CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 229 



ATOMARIA Steph. 



A. vespertina Makl. Snake Hill (Sf). 

 A. lastula Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf). 

 A. ochracea Zimni. Snake Hill (Sf). 



A. ephippiata Zimm. Hopatcong (Pm), Hudson Co. (LI), Newark district 

 (Soc), Camden (Li), Ocean Co , V. 



Family MYCETOPHAGIDiE 



Oblong or oval beetles of small or moderate size, brown or black, with 

 obscure yellow mottlings or markings, more or less coated with silky hair. 

 They are found under bark and in fungous growth, neither beneficial nor 

 harmful to the agriculturist. 



MYCETOPHAGUS Hellw. 



M. punctatus Say. Palisades, VII, 26 (Lv), Ft. Lee, in fungus on oak (Bt), 

 Woodside, g. d. (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), g. d. rather common (Li). 



M. flexuosus Say. With the preceding, and similar in habit. 



M. bipustulatus Mels. Eagle Rock, 1 specimen (Bf) : sometimes found in 

 old flour barrels. 



M. pluriguttatus Lee. Newark district, in fungus (Bf). 



M. melsheimeri Lee. Camden, rare (Li). 



M pluripunctatus Lee. Greenwood Lake (Sf), Westville (Li). 



M. pini Ziegl. Westville, rare (Li) ; under pine bark. 



M. obsoletus Mels. Avalon, one specimen (Li). 



LITARGUS Er. 



L. 6-punctatus Say. Orange Mts., Newark, IX, 20 (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), 



Anglesea, VII (Sz) ; under decomposing vegetable matter and bark. 

 L. balteatus Lee. Staten Island, VI (Lg). 

 L. tetraspilotus Lee. Orange Mts., Newark, V, 30 (Bf). 

 L. didesmus Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Anglesea, VII (Sz). 



TYPHCEA Steph. 



T. fumata Linn. Common everywhere in stables and in sweepings from 

 granaries and feed stores I Ch), bred in numbers from dry rotting potatoes, 

 New Brunswick. 



