CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 323 



PHALERIA Latr. 



P. testacea Say. Common all along shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May, 

 in the sand under wash-up, carrion and rubbish of all kinds. 



DIAPERIS Geoff. 

 D. hydni Fabr. Throughout the State, locally common, feeding on fungi. 



ARRHENOPLITA Kirby. 



A. viridipennis Fabr. Ft. Lee, on fungus on oak (Bt), Hudson Co. (LI), g. 

 d., common (W). 



A. bicornis Oliv. Common throughout the State on fungus on trees. 



PLATYDEMA Lap. 



P. excavatum Say. Common throughout the State under bark of trees 



infested with fungi, where also all the other species occur. 

 P. ruficorne Sturm. Throughout the State, locally common. 

 P. ellipticum Fabr. G. d., locally common (W). 

 P. americanum Lap. Ft. Lee (Bt), g. d. common (W). 



PHYLETHUS Meg. 



P. bifasciatus Say. Greenwood Lake (Sf), Hudson Co. (LI), Newark, 

 Union, rare (Bf) ; commonly found in stables, granaries, &c, among 

 refuse : an introduced species (Ch). 



HYPOPHLCEUS Fabr. 



H. cavus Lee. G. d., rare (W) ; predaceous in galleries of Xyleborus (Sz, 



Chi. 

 H. parallelus Mels. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf), Westville (Castle), 



Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), g. d. (W), in galleries of Tomicus, under 



pine bark (Ch). 



H. thoracicus Mels. Palisades, VI, 28 iLv), g. d., rare (W), in galleries of 

 Xyleborus (Sz), under pine bark (Ch). 



BOLETOTHERUS Cand. 



B. bifurcus Fabr. Common throughout the State on tree fungus i Boletus . 



BOLETOPHAGUS 111. 



B. corticola Say. Ft. Lee district (Bt), Hudson Co. (LI). 

 B. depressus Rand. Hudson Co. (LI), g. d. (W 



