CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 235 



iELETES Horn. 



2&. politus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm), Ft. Lee (Bt), Lahaway, V, 28, on cran- 

 berry bogs ; lives under decayiug leaves, weeds and other vegetable 

 matter. 



Family NITIDULIDiE 



More or less flattened beetles as a rule, though there are some exceptions ; 

 with short clavate antennae, short legs, and abbreviated elytra. In general 

 shape they are oblong, often almost as broad as long, sometimes with very thin 

 margins. Some species resemble rove-beetles in appearance and most of them 

 have the tip of the abdomen more or less exposed. A fair proportion, however, 

 have the elytra complete and many of these are feeders on dead animal matter. 

 In a general way the members of the family are called sap beetles, but many 

 live in fungi or dry animal and vegetable matter, or under bark of trees. " Sap 

 beetles" are most abundant in September and October on tree-stumps cut in 

 the spring of the same year, according to Mr. Linell, and Mr. Wenzel finds 

 them at the same season in decaying fruit. 



The species can scarcely be said to be injurious and may be generally classed 

 as scavengers. 



BRACHYPTBRUS Er. 



B. urticse Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm), g. d. (W), Hoboken ; commonly occurs 



on nettle (Ch). 



CERCTJS Latr. 



C. abdominalis Er. Hopatcong (Pm), Orange Mts., not rare on pussy wil- 



lows (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), Westville ( Li ) , Anglesea (W), Jamesburg ; 

 occurs also on flowers of Sambucus, etc. 



CARPOPHILUS Steph. 



C hemipterus Linn. An introduced species, found in 



grocers' and bakers' stock, common in Jersey City, 



Newark and New Brunswick. 

 C. dimidiatus Fabr. Staten Island (Lg). 

 C. nig-er Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Orange Mts. (Bf), g. 



d. (W) ; all these under bark, in blossoms or on 



sap. 



C. corticinus Er. Orange Mts (Bf), Camden (Li). 



C. brachypterus Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Orange Mts. Fig. Vi.—Car/tfhitus 



i „n hemipterus: enlarged. 



C. antiquus Mels. Hudson Co. (LI). 



All the above, save dimidiatus, have been taken by myself on the wooded 

 slopes of the Palisades. 



