238 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CYBOCEPHALTJS Er. 



C. nigritulus Lee. Snake Hill (Sf) ; the allied species in California seems to 

 feed in the San Jos6 or pernicious scale, but no such habit has thus far 

 presented itself to view in our own species. 



CRYPTAECHA Shuck. 



C. ampla Er. Ft. Lee (Bt, Sf), Newark, g. d. (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), g. d. 



(W), Orange, feeds on sap of trees. 

 C. strigata Fabr. Hudson Co. (LI), Ft. Lee (Sf), Orange (Ch), g. d., on sap 



at all times (W). 

 C. concinna Mels. Hudson Co. (LI), Ft. Lee (Sf), g. d., not rare (Bf), 



Lahaway, II, 8. 



IPS Fabr. 



I. obtusus Say. Ft. Lee, on sap (Bt), Snake Hill (LI), 

 Orange Mts., Newark, Union (Bf), Westville (Li) ; all 

 report it rare ; a sap feeder with all others of this 

 genus. 



I. fasciatus Oliv. Throughout the State, common. 



I. sanguinolentus Oliv. Throughout the State, though 



somewhat local and rarely common. "°^ * 



Fig. 96. — Ij>s fascia- 

 tus and laiva : en- 

 RHIZOPHAGUS Hbst. larged. 



R. sculpturatus Mann. Orange Mts., salt meadows (Bf) ; all the species 

 under bark on moulds. 



R. cylindricus Lee. G. d. not rare (Li), Lahaway, VI, VII. 



R. bipunctatus Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Woodside, taken once, plentifully 



(Bf). 



R. minutus Mann. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 



Family LATRIDIID-ffi. 



Very small, oval convex insects, the thorax usually narrower than the elytra. 

 They are generally brown in color, often striated, occasionally banded. They 

 live commonly under bark, the larvae are oval, soft, very hairy, and live in 

 vegetable refuse, fungi, &c. Occasionally they are found in granaries, but are 

 never troublesome. 



STEPHOSTETHTJS Lee. 



S. liratus Lee. Local, g. d., not rare (W), under debris (U), Snake Hill, Ft. 

 Lee (Sf), Newark, V, 26, New Brunswick. 



