CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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TENEBRIO Linn. 



T. obscurus Fabr. Throughout the State. 



T. molitor Linn. With the preceding. Both of 

 these species are imported, and live in granaries, 

 storehouses and the like. The larvte are the 

 "meal worms" which occur wherever there is 

 a neglected heap of grain refuse. Occasionally 

 they are troublesome ; but usually strict cleanli- 

 ness, removing their breeding places serves to 

 keep them in check ; when its use is practical 

 bisulphide of carbon will kill both adults and 

 larvse. 



Fig. 145. — The " meal-worm," 



Tenebrio molitor : a, larva; 



b, pupa ; c, adult ; d to 



/;, structural details, 



enlarged. 



T. castanea Knoch. Da Costa, rare (Li). 



T. tenebrioides Beauv. Ft. Lee, IV, 11 (Bt), Caldwell (Cr), Snake Hill, IV, 

 26 (Lv), Newark district (Bf), g. d. (W, Li) ; under bark, also in out- 

 houses in refuse (Ch). 



OPATRINUS Latr. 



O. notus Say. Common throughout the State, usually under bark, sometimes 

 under stones. 



O. aciculatus Lee. Hopatcong (Pm), Woodside (Bf), Jersey City; always 

 rare. 



BLAPSTINUS Latr. 



B. pratensis Lee. Greenwood Lake (Bt). 



B. moestus Mels. Brigantine beach, IX (Hn). 



B. interruptus Say. Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), Anglesea, VII (Sz) ; rare. 



B. metallicus Fabr. Recorded from all parts of the State and all seasons, 



usually common : as a rule it occurs under chips, boards or stones in 



sandy places. 



AMMODONUS Muls. 

 A. fossor Lee. West Bergen, rare (Bf). 



EPHALTJS Lee. 



E. latimanus Lee. Ocean Beach (Pr), one specimen only : the species occurs 

 very rarely near the coast in sand, as I found it on Long Island. 



TRIBOLITJM MacL. 



T. ferrugineum Fabr. Throughout the State. 



T. confusum Duval. With the preceding and probably mixed with it. Both 

 are introduced species and occur in meal, farina and other cereals in 

 stores and granaries, often causing considerable injury. Where these 

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