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O. ovatus Linn. Hopatcong (Pm), Ft. Lee (Bt), Newark district, g. d. ( Bf ), 

 g. d. (Li) : larva girdles the crown of strawberry and becomes the 

 'crown girdler " ; adult is a general feeder. 



O. rugifrons Gyll. Ft. Lee, V, under stones, V (Bf), Eastern New Jersey 

 (Dietz, det Linell). 



CERCOPETJS Sell. 



C. chrysorhceus Say. Hopatcong (Pm), Ft Lee (Sf), Newark district, 

 Irvington, Union, early in spring (Bf), Orange (Jl), Palmyra under bark 

 of chestnut stumps (W). 



TANYMECUS Sch. 



T. confertus Gyll. Ft. Lee (Bt), Hudson Co (LI), common in early Spring 

 under stones, Newark district (Bf), g. d. (W, Li), Monmouth Co., VII, 

 2 : is polyphagus in habit and feeds on a great variety of plants. 



PANDELETEJUS Sch. 



P. hilaris Hbst. Throughout the State : in the trunks of white oak and also 

 on beech. 



BRACHYSTYLUS Sch. 



B. acutus Say. Newark (Soc), So. Jersey on persimmon (W): confined to 



the persimmon (Sz). 



ARAMIGUS Horn. 



A. fulleri Horn. Fuller's rose-beetle ; a pest in the rose houses of Union and 

 adjoining counties, the larvse at the roots ; less troublesome now than in 

 the recent past, the beetle not common outdoors and not originally a 

 native of the State. . 



APHRASTUS Gyll. 



A. tasniatus Gyll. Throughout the State on Pawpaw, hazel and other 

 bushes, in July. 



CYPHOMIMUS Horn. 



C. dorsalis Horn. Ft. Lee, on Prunus virginica (Jl), Hudson Co. (LI). 



SCIAPHILTJS Steph. 

 S. asperatus Bond. Hopatcong (Pm). 



STROPHOSOMUS Steph. 

 S. coryli Fabr. Orange Mts., on Betula lenta (Jl). 



