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Tomoxia Costa. 



bidentata Say. Maspeth, VI, 20 (Shoemaker). Nyack (Davis), 

 Palisades, Van Cortlandt (Nicolay). Not rare up the state, where 

 I have found it in the heat of day actively running in pairs on 

 dead twigs, flies readily when approached. 



lineella Lee. Catskill Mts. (Nicolay). Staten Island, VI, 26 

 (Davis). 



inclusa Lee. Catskill Mts. (Nicolay). The last two species 

 quite rare. 



Mordella Linn. 



borealis Lee. I have a pair of this northern species from the 

 Catskill Mts., the only ones taken in many years collecting by Mr. 

 Pearsall. Not in New Jersey list. 



melaena Germ. Catskill Mts., Van Cortlandt, very local and 

 not common (Nicolay). 



scutellaris Fab. Common throughout the state. All summer. 



octopunctata Fab. Generally distributed, common. 



lunulata Helm. Fort Montgomery, VII, 26 (Davis). Very 

 local and quite rare. Resembles the common marginata, but 

 readily separated by decided grey bands, 



marginata Melsh. Common everywhere, very variable as re- 

 gards size and markings. 



serval Say. Catskill Mts., V, i (Nicolay). Not unlike the 

 rare borealis, but readily separated by coarser markings. Staten 

 Island, VIII, 13 (Davis). 



triloba Say. Van Cortlandt Park (Nicolay). 



discoidea Melsh. Long Island, very rare (Smith). 



Mordellistena Costa 



arida Lee. Bellport, VIII, 7, beating dead pine, rare (Nico- 

 lay) ; Long Island, VII, 5 (Shoemaker). 



trifasciata Say. Bellport, VII, Catskill Mts.; Van Cortlandt 

 (Nicolay) ; generally distributed!; common. 



lepidula Lee. Catskill Mts., local but not rare (Nicolay). 



limbalis Melsh. Rare in New York (Smith). 



elegantulus Smith. Long Island type locality. 



biplagiata Helm. Catskill Mts., very variable (Smith). 



