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A. subcinctus Gory. Westville (hi), South Jersey (W), Madison (Pr). 



A. lecontei Saund. Hudson Co. (Ll), South Jersey (W). 



A. egenus Gory. Occurs throughout the State not rarely. On willows, near 

 Newark (Bf), Orange, Highlands, VI, breeds in locust (Ch), Lahaway, 

 late in May on cranberry bogs, probably accidental, though in several 

 specimens. 



A. pusillus Say. South Jersey, not common (W). 



RHiEBOSCELIS Chev. 

 R. tenuis Lee. Anglesea, VII (W), on low plants in swampy glades. 



TAPHROCERTJS Sol. 





T. gracilis Say. G. d. (Li, W), Hudson Co. (Ll), Newark district, V, 29 (Bf), 

 Madison, VIII, 15 (Pr), Anglesea, VI, New Brunswick. Found beating 

 in swampy meadows. 



BRACHYS Sol. 



B. ovata Web. Common throughout the State, VI to VIII, on oak. 



var. tessellata Fabr. Newark (Soc), Da Costa, on pine (W), Green- 

 wood Lake, VI, 21 (Love). 

 B. aerosa Mels. Not rare throughout the State, V and VI, on oak. 



PAOHYSOELIS Sol. 



P. purpureus Say. Hemlock Falls, V, 31 (W), Orange Mts., VI, 4 (Bf), 

 Madison, X, 15 (Pr), Ft. Lee (Sf): larva mines leaves of Lespedeza (Sz). 



P. laevigatas Say. Occurs throughout the State. Orange Mts., VI, 26 (Bf), 

 Anglesea, V, 28. 



Family LAMPYRIDJE. 



This family contains the " fire-flies " and " soldier beetles." They are long, 

 narrow, somewhat flattened beetles, with soft, leathery wing covers and a flex- 

 ible abdomen. The antennse are usually long, the joints more or less evidently 

 serrated, and sometimes even flabellate in the male. The interesting feature in 

 a number of the species is the power of emitting a phosphorescent light from 

 the tip of the abdomen. This light is entirely in the control of the insects, and 

 varies in the different species. The "glow-worms " that are sometimes seen in 

 the grass are the larvae or wingless females. In the larval stage they feed on 

 snails or on other soft-bodied insects. 



The soldier beetles have a narrower thorax and a larger head than the fire- 

 flies, but are of the same soft body texture. Their larvse are flattened above, 

 fusiform, and also predatory, feeding upon soft-bodied insects or grubs when 

 they enter the earth to pupate. 



