330 STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



COPIDITA Lee. 



C. notoxoides Fabr. Buena Vista (Li), Atco, DaCosta (W), Lahaway, VI, 1, 



on flowers. 

 C. thoracica Fabr. Atlantic City, Buena Vista (Li), Anglesea (W), Lah- 



away, VI, 1, on flowers. 

 C. suturalis Horn. Anglesea (W). 



ASCLERA Schm. 



A. ruficollis Say. Throughout the State, common on willow catkins in early 

 spring. 



OXAOIS Lee. 



O. taeniata Lee. Anglesea (Li). 



Family CEPHALOIDJE. 



The single species that occurs in our State resembles at first sight the longi- 

 corn genus Leptura, but is more slightly built with more slender legs and 

 antennae. This resemblance, with the difference in the structure of the foot 

 joints, makes the species easily recognizable. It occurs on dry branches and is 

 rare ; therefore of no economic importance. 



CEPHALOON Newn. 



O. lepturoid.es Newn. Hopatcong (Pm), Greenwood Lake, VI (Bt), Orange 

 Mts., g. d., VI, 2 (Bf), Orange, VI (Ch). 



Family MORDBLLIDiE. 



Small, usually wedge-shaped beetles, covered with fine silky hair, which, on 

 the black species, sometimes forms lines, bands or spots on the upper side. 

 The hind legs are usually very long and stout, fitted for leaping ; the abdomen 

 is produced into a more or less obvious style or pointed process, the antennae 

 are long and slender, more or less serrated, and the thorax is as wide at base as 

 the elytra. They are found on flowers or on dead trees, and are sometimes 

 brightly colored and banded. Most of them are common, at least locally, and 

 dozens of them may often be taken from a single cluster of Spircecc blossoms. 



Few of the larvae are known, and these are long, slender, and live in decay- 

 ing wood or the pith of plants. None of them are of economic importance. 



