CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 319 



B. quadrimaculatus Fabr. Orange Mts., VII, 12 | Bf ), " New Jersey " (Li). 



B. discoideus Say. Anglesea (W). 



B. bivulneratus Horn. Hudson Co. (LI), Westville (W), breeds in seeds of 

 Cassia (Sz). 



B. cruentatus Horn. Atco, V, 29 (W), Plainfield, sweeping around culti- 

 vated peas (Sf). 



B. nigrinus Horn. Newark, V, 29 (Bf), Highlands (Sf), Da Costa (\V), 

 throughout South Jersey (Li). 



B. floridse Horn. West Bergen (Bf), very rare. 



B. alboscutellatus Horn. Hudson Co. (LI), Newark (Bf), Anglesea, Clemen- 

 ton (W), South Jersey, g. d. (Li), South River, Jamesburg, VII, 8, 15 : 

 breeds in capsules of Ludwigia allernifolia. 



B. calvus Horn. Anglesea, VII (Sz), V, 28 (Sm), Da Costa, Westville (W), 

 g. d. (Li), Highlands (Sf), Jamesburg, VII, 15. 



B. obsoletus Say. Gloucester, very rare (W), Snake Hill, Ft. Lee (Sf) • 

 breeds in Tephrosia (Ch). 



B. obtectus Say. = fabae Riley. The "bean weevil " ; common throughout 

 the State, and often causing much loss in the stored product. 



B. hibisci Oliv. Woodbury (Li), Anglesea ; breeds in seeds of mallow, V, 28, 

 to IX, 20 : very common. 



B. longistilus Horn. Atco, Anglesea (W) : also infests mallows. 



B. musculus Say. Brigantine, IX, on Solidago (Hn), Anglesea, Atco, West- 

 ville (W), Snake Hill, Ft. Lee (Sf), Madison (Pr). 



B. macrocerus Horn. Anglesea (W), "Newjersey" (Li). 



Mr. Chittendon thinks B. chinensis Linn. = scutellaris Fabr., an introduced 

 species, should also occur in this State. 



ZABROTUS Horn. 

 Z. zubnitens Horn. Anglesea ( W), Atco, DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li). 



Family TENEBRIONIDiE 



The "darkling beetles " are usually black or dark brown in color, oblong or 

 oval in shape with a peculiar, somewhat loosely jointed appearance and long 

 rather clumsy and awkward legs. The anterior and middle feet or tarsi are 

 5-jointed, while the posterior are 4-jointed only, and this is a character easily 

 seen in these insects which are usually of moderate or rather large size. In 

 addition the antenna; are nioniliform or bead-like and the mouth parts rather 

 small and not at all prominent. As a rule they are feeders on fungi or on dead 

 or dry wood or other vegetable products ; hence scavengers rather than any- 

 thing else. The larvae are long, slender, often flattened a little like a wire- 



