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PROF. JOHN B. SMITH, State Entomologist. 
WILLIAM H. WERNER, State Taxidermist. 


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ANNUAL REPORT 


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MUSEUM 


Including a Report of the Insects 
of New Jersey 


1909 


TRENTON, N. J. 
MacCRELLISH & QUIGLEY . STATE PRINTERS. 


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Commissioners of the New Jersey State Museum. 


Strate Supt. oF Pusitic Instruction, CHARLES J. BAXTER, President. 
Srars Grorocist, HENRY B. KUMMEL, Secretary. 
PRESIDENT State Boarp oF AcricuLturE, E. B. VOORHEES. 
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SAMUEL K. ROBBINS. 


SPEAKER OF THE House oF ASSEMBLY, JOHN D. PRINCE. 


SILAS R. MORSE, Curator. 


Heads of the Several Departments of the New 
Jersey State Museum. 


C. J. BAXTER, Strate SuPERINTENDENT OF Puslic INSTRUCTION, 
Educational. 


E. B. VOORHEES, Rutcers CoLLecs, 
Agriculture. 


HENRY B. KUMMEL, State Grotocisr, 
Geology. 


JOHN C. SMOCK, Ex-Srate Gronocrs’, 
Forestry. 


JOHN B. SMITH, Strate Entomotocist, 
Entomology. 


JAMES T. MORGAN, Deputy or Bureau or Lazor Sratismics, 
Manufactures. 


WILLIAM H. WERNER, Tasxidermist of Museum. 


HERBERT M. LLOYD, Secretary or GEoLOcICAL SuRVEY, 
Archeology. 


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Letter of Transmittal. 


TRENTON, N. J., November 30th, 1go9. 
To the Honorable John Franklin Fort, Governor of the State of 
New Jersey: 
Str—I have the honor to present, for the Commissioners of 
the New Jersey State Museum, the annual report, including a 
Report of the Insects Found in New Jersey. 


SILAS R. MORSE, 
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Curator’s Report. 


In the present report for 1909, we are endeavoring to present 
a subject that will be on the line of education, as in the previous 
reports. It is a subject that every person in New Jersey should 
be interested in and study. It follows the Report on Birds, as 
they are the destroyers of the insects. 

Unless the people of New Jersey study insects and how to 
destroy them, it will cost the State many thousand dollars to 
prevent the destruction of the crops, trees, etc. 

Massachusetts has spent, it is said, over a million dollars in 
trying to destroy two imported insects, the Gypsy Moth and 
the Brown-Tail Moth, which are sure to invade New Jersey as 
they have every New England State. 

In selecting Prof. John B. Smith, of the New Jersey Experi- 
mental Station, at Rutgers College, we know no better man in 
the United States could have been procured. He has a reputation 
as one of the best entomologists, not only in this country, but in 
Europe. His success is known to every one. We feel sure that 
no former report of the State Museum has done more good than 
this one will do. 


THE NEEDS OF THE MUSEUM. 


The one thing we need most is more room. It is impossible 
to display many of our specimens, and those that are on exhibi- 
tion are so crowded that they are not shown to advantage, 
while others cannot be displayed. Our exhibits of school work 
cannot be seen to any advantage on account of a proper place to 
install them. There should be rooms especially for this depart- 
ment of the Museum, where it could be made one of the most 
interesting and educational parts of the whole Museum. ‘There 
is, in this department, work that was exhibited at seven great 


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expositions, and it shows the growth and advancement of the 
educational system of New Jersey for the last thirty years. 

The specimens now owned by the Museum need double the 
space we now have, and we are continually adding to the number. 

The historical department can be made one of the best if 
room could be had for it. Valuable specimens of this kind are 
being lost for the want of room to place them. ‘There are many 
valuable specimens in the State that we could procure at no cost 
if we could have a place to display them. ‘They are continually 
being collected by other States, and thus can never be procured 
for the Museum. 


ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM'S SPECIMENS BY PURCHASE. 


Black Guillemot, M. & F. 
Dovekie, F. 


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Whistling Swan, M. 2 Pomarine Jaeger, M. &. F. 
Great Grey Owl, F. 2 Royal Term, M. & F. 
Great Horned Owl, M. 2 Least Term, M. &. F. 
Horned Grebe, M. 2 Greater Shearwater, M. & F. 
Mallard Duck, M. 2 Sooty Shearwater, M. & F. 
Ring Neck Duck, F. 2 Wilson’s Pintail, M. & F. 
Harlequin Duck, F. 2 Cormorant, M. & F. 

2 Northern Phalarope, M. & F. Gadwall, F. 

2 Red Phalarope, M. & F. Redhead, F. 
Wilson’s Phalarope, F. Ring Neck Duck, M. 

2 American Avocet, M.’& F. 2 Lesser Snow Goose, M. & F. 

2 Long-billed Dowitcher, M. & F. 2 Greater Snow Goose, M. & F. 

2 Stilt Sandpiper, M. & F. -2 Marbled Godwit, M. & F. 

2 White Rumped Shrike, M. & F. 2 Western Sandpiper, M. & F. 

2 American Oyster Catcher, M. & F. Wilson’s Plover, F. 

2 Pine Siskin, M. & F. 2 Red Bellied Woodpecker, M. & F. 

2 Lark Sparrow, M. & F. 2 Fork Tailed Flycatcher, M. & F. 

2 Lincoln Sparrow, M. & F. 2 Arizona Kingbird, M. & F. 
Prairie Hen, M. 2 Olive Sided Flycatcher, M. & F. 
Yellow-Headed Blackbird, F. 2 Canada Jay, M. & F. 
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, F. Cowbird, F. 
Spotted Sandpiper, F. Lapland Longspur, F. 
American Pipit, F. Savanna Sparrow, F. 

2 Brown-headed Nuthatch, M. & F. Henslow’s Sparrow, F. 

2 Canadian Chickadee, M. & F. 2 Ard. S. T. Sparrow, M. & F. 
Gray Cheek Thrush, M. 2 Swamp Sparrow, M. & F. 

2 Bicknell’s Thrush, M. & F. Indigo Bunting, F. 


2 Wilson’s Thrush, M. & F. Summer Tanager, F. 


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Prothonotary Warbler, F. 
Golden Warbler, M. & F. 
Nashville Warbler, M. & F. 
Cape May Warbler, M. 
Yellow Warbler, F. 
Magnolia Warbler, F. 

Bay Breasted Warbler, M. & F. 
Yellow Palm Warbler, M. & F. 
Prairie Warbler, M. & F. 
Kentucky Warbler, M. & F. 
Wilson’s Warbler, F. 
Canadian Warbler, F. 
Louisiana Water Thrush, F. 
Conn. Warbler, F. 

Morning Warbler, F. 
Bewicks Warbler, M. & F. 
House Wren, M. & F. 
American Scoter, M. & F. 
Long-billed Curlew, M. & F. 
Hairy Woodpecker, M. 
Wood Pewee, M. & F. 


Yellow Billed Flycatcher, M. & F. 


Orchard Oriole, M. & F. 
Boat Tailed Grackle, M. & F. 
Blue Grosbeak, F. 


FISH. 


Brown ‘Trout. 
Brook Trout. 
Porcupine Fish. 
Fool Fish. 
Trunk Fish. 
Angel Fish. 
Moon Fish. 
Saw Fish. 

Sea Bat. 


Horse Foot Crab, large and small. 


Hermit Crab. 

Fiddler Crab. 
Swimming Crab. 
Brook Trout. 

Purple Spined Urchin. 
Key Hole. 

Sea Horse. 

Devil Fish. 


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Mounted Fisher. 

Group of 6 mounted Beaver. 
Moles. 

Mice. 

Mounted group of 3 Deer. 
Mounted Raccoon. 


BIRDS’ EGGS. 
Holboell’s Grebe eggs. 
Parastic Jaeger egg. 
Ring-bill Gull eggs. 
Gull-billed Terms eggs. 
Caspian Terms eggs. 
Sooty Terms egg. 
Fulamr egg. 
Cormorant egg. 
American Merganser egg. 
Baldpate egg. 


13 Blue-winged Teal eggs. 


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Canvas Back egg. 

Old Squaw egg. 
Harlequin eggs. 

American Bittern eggs. 
American Egret eggs. 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron eggs. 
Purple Gallinule eggs. 
Bartramian Sandpiper eggs. 
Canada Grouse egg. 
English Pheasant egg. 
Mourning Dove'eggs. 
Cooper’s Hawk eggs. 
American Osprey eggs. 
Burrowing Owl eggs. 
Hairy. Woodpecker egg. 
Arkansas Kingbird eggs. 
Prairie Horned Lark eggs. 
American Magpie eggs. 
Blue Jay eggs. 

Northern Raven egg. 
Rusty Grackle egg. 
Savanna Sparrow eggs. 
Blue Grosbeak eggs. 

Barn Swallow eggs. 
Red-eyed Vireo eggs. 
Blue-winged Warbler egg. 
La. Water Thrush eggs. 


10 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 


1908— November— 
Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Public Museum of Milwaukee. 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. | 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodélogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
University Bulletin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, D. C. 
Report of New York State Museum—The Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths 
New Jersey Review of Charities and Corrections. 
The Odlogist. 
December— 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
1909—January— 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Bulletin of New York Botanical Garden. 
Annual Report of the Field Museum, Chicago, 1908. 
Contributions to Texan Herpetology. 
The Auk, Ornithology Bulletin. 
February— 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Bulletin of the New York Botanical Gardens. 
March— 
Bulletin of the New York Botanical Gardens. 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Reports of the John Crerar Library, Chicago, 1895-1908. 
John Crerar Library Handbook, 1907. 
John Crerar Library List of Books Exhibited. 
John Crerar Library Supplement to the List of Books in the Public Li- 
braries of Chicago and Evanston. 
John Crerar Library List of Current Periodicais in Reading Room. 
John Crerar Library List of Cyclopedias and Dictionaries with a List of 
Directories, August, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 4, No. 4, April, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 4, No. 5, May, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 4, No. 6, October, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 4, No. 7, November, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 4, No. 8, December, 1908. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1900. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1900. 
April— 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
General Zodlogy, Catalogue No. 39. 


CURATOR’S REPORT, II 


Zodlogical Society Bulletin, No. 33. 

The Foothills Formation of North Central Colorado. 

Report of the State Librarian of Pennsylvania for 1907. 

Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1908. 

Pedigree Cultures and Museums, University of Chicago. 

The Ecological Succession of Birds, University of Chicago. 

New Species of Fishes from Tropical America, Field Museum, No. 132. 

Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society, 1909. 

May— 

Popular Lectures of Natural History, by S. E. Morse. 

University of Illinois, Bulletin No. 135, Bordeaux Mixture. 

Journal of Comparative Neurology and Physchology, Wistar Institution. 

Esperanto or Odo. 

Anthropologie Metrique, Paris Imprimeris Nationale. 

Bulletin of the Chicago’ Academy of Sciences. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Annual Address, 1878. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Thirty-eighth Annual Report, 1895. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Thirty-ninth Annual Report, 1896. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Fortieth Annual Report, 1897. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Its Past History and Present Collection. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Historical Sketch of the Academy. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Higher Fungi of the Chicago Region. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Glacial Markings of Unusual Forms. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Observations on Fluviatile Deposits. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, List of Batrachia and Reptilia of Illinois. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Microscopic Organisms in the Bowlder Clays 
of Chicago and Vicinity. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Northern Pitcher Plantor Side-Saddle 
Flower. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Boulder Clays. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Micro-Chemistry of Fats. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago Artesian Wells. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, On Rhizocarps in the Erian Period of Amer. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, A Paper on Elephas Primigenius. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Trilobita. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Mineralogy of the Chicago Area. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Birds of the Chicago Area. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Preliminary Outline, Vol. 2, No. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Preliminary Outline, Vol. 2, No. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Preliminary Outline, Vol. 2, No. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Preliminary Outline, Vol. 3, No. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Preliminary Outline, Vol. 3, No. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Lichen-Flora. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Pleistocene Feature and Deposits. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Mollusca of the Chicago Area. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, Gastropoda. 

Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Crinoidea. 

Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Zodlogical Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 


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12 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY SLATE. MUSEUM. 


June— 
Artesian Wells, by John Dean Caton, LL.D. 
The Training School, Vineland, N. J. 
Zoological Society Bulletin, New York Zodlogical Society. 
Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas, Academy of Sciences, St. Louis. 
Occasional Memoirs of the Chicago Entomological Society, 1900. 
Zoological Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Observation on Instantaneous Changes in Color Among Tropical Fish. 
Report of the Director of the Aquarium of the Board of Managers, New 
York Zodlogical Society. 
August— 
Natural History Survey of Illinois, Fishes of Illinois. 
Natural History Survey of Illinois, Atlas. 
University of Illinois, Circulars Nos. 131 and 133. 
University of Illinois, Bulletin No. 136. I 
Museum of Brooklyn, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Report for roo8. 
Arbor and Bird Day, Illinois, 1909. 
Civil Service Commission of New Jersey, First Annual Report. 
Progress of Game Protection, Depart. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 


September— 
University of Illinois, The Mineral Contents of Illinois Waters. 
University of Illinois, Chemical and Biological Survey of the Waters of 
Illinois. 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Zodlogical Bulletin, Division of Zodlogy, Harrisburg, Pa. 


October— 
Zoological Society Bulletin, New York Zodlogical Society. 
Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society, Vol. 6, Nos. 3 and 4. 
Bulletin of the Charlestown Museum, Vol. 5, No. 6. 
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletin 376, Game Laws, 1909. 
Museum News, Central Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Colorado Geological Survey, First Annual Report, 1908. 
Bulletin of the N. Y. Botanical Garden, Hudson-Fulton Celebration. 
Erie, Pa., Public Library, Annual Report. 
Bulletin No. 2 of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy ead Biology. 
Penn. Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Bulletin No. 2, 4 and 5. 
Penn. Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Bulletin No. 6. 
Penn. Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Bulletin No. 7. 
Penn. Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Bulletin No. 8. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Thirty-third Annual Report, 

1909. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 9, January, 1905. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 10, April, 1905. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 11, July, 1905. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 12, October, 1905. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 13, January, 1906. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 14, April, 1906. 
Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 15, July, 1906. 


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Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 16, October, 1906. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 17, January, 1907. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 18, April, 1907. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 19, July, 1907. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 20, October, 1907. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 21, January, 1908. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 22, April, 1908. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 23, July, 1908. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 24, October, 1908. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 25, January, 1909. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 26, April, 1909. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 27, July, 19009. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, No. 28, October, 1900. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Tulip Ware of the Pa. Ger. 
Potters. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Majolica of Mexico. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Lead Glazed Pottery. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Artificial Soft Paste Porcelain. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Tin Enameled Pottery. 

Penn. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Salt Glazed Stoneware. 


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Part LInsects, their Classification 
and _ Distribution. 


CHa TERT: 
INTRODUCTORY. 


Twenty years ago, Dr. Geo. H. Cook, then State Geologist 
as well as Director of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 
asked me to prepare, as part of the final report of the survey 
which was published in 1890, a list of the insects known to 
occur in New Jersey. ‘The time was brief, the sources of in- 
formation were few and our knowledge of the classification of 
some of the orders was limited. That, under the circumstances, 
the list should be incomplete and imperfect was to be expected, 
and no one recognized that better than I. Nevertheless, in spite 
of its defects, the list served a useful purpose and stimulated 
interest beyond all expectation. It also produced so much addi- 
tional information that, in 1899, ten years later, the State Board 
of Agriculture authorized me to prepare another edition, or in 
reality a new ‘work, which was published in 1900 as a supplement 
to the T'wenty-seventh Annual Report. 

In this second edition a number of departures were made. 
More time being allotted and more material being at hand, the 
aid of specialists in the various orders was enlisted and a much 
more complete picture of the insect fauna was obtained. LIllus- 
trations were introduced and an attempt was made to picture at 
least representative species of the main groups. And, while it 
was impossible to give much information about so many species, 
a great many brief notes on food habits and on the methods of 
dealing with economic species were incorporated. 

The publication was the most ambitious faunal list ever at- 
tempted in the United States, and it proved unexpectedly ac- 


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ceptable and useful. Requests were received from all parts of 
the country, from educational institutions and students, and long 
since the entire edition was exhausted. There is, perhaps, no 
similar work in such general use, and copies that find their way 
to dealers in second-hand books find a ready sale at a good price. , 


The book has stimulated study and has created increased de- 
mand for information concerning insect habits from all parts of 
the State. There is no other one work in New Jersey libraries 
from which an equal amount of such information can be ob- 
tained, and as.a reference work it is in constant demand. 


Since the publication of the last edition a new generation of 
collectors and students has come into being, and the entomolog- 
ical societies in New York City, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and in 
Newark have increased largely in membership. Niew Jersey still 
furnishes a favorite hunting-ground for many of these collectors 
and students, and our knowledge of the species has increased 
enormously. In the present edition there are 139 recorders, and 
many of those that had only a few records in the last edition 
have contributed liberally to this. Almost an equal number of 
contributors have died or have ceased to add to entomological 
work; but their notes are still serviceable and suggestive. 

Among those who have contributed to the actual work of 
preparing the list there have been additions and subtractions. 
Mr. R. P. Dow has contributed a list of Thysanura, an order 
which was entirely unrepresented before. In the Neuropterous 
orders Mr. Nathan Banks is still authority, save in the Odonata, 
which, as before, have been done by Dr. Philip P. Calvert. The 
biting and sucking lice have been worked over by Prof. Herbert 
Osborn, and the list is from his publications as marked for me 
by him. In the Homopterous section of the Hemiptera, Mr. E. 
P. Van Duzee has helped me out and has identified a large part 
of the species for collectors of New Jersey material, while Dr. 
W. E. Britton has very kindly done the Aleyrodide. In the 
Hemiptera Heteroptera Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno has pre- 
pared the list except in the Capside, in which Mr. Otto Heidmann 
has again contributed. In the Orthoptera Mr. James G. A. Rehn 
has arranged the list and has named much of the material gath- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 17 


ered. In the Coleoptera .and Lepidoptera the list has been writ- 
ten by me with such help as is specifically acknowledged, except 
that the Microlepidoptera are almost entirely the work of Mr. 
W. D. Kearfott. In the Hymenoptera Mr. Henry L. Viereck is 
responsible for the present general arrangement, the gall-flies 
and ants being written by Mr. Beutenmuller and Dr. Wm. M. 
Wheeler, respectively. The Diptera are again listed by Mr. C. 
W. Johnson except for the gall-midges, which were done by Mr. 
Beutenmuller, and the mosquitoes, which were written by Mr. 
John A. Grossbeck. To all these gentlemen especial thanks are 
due, for without their help the list would have lacked much of its 
present completeness and accuracy. I have not mentioned here, 
specifically, all who have assisted to greater or less extent, but 
individual help will be found acknowledged in connection with 
the particular specialty, and I do not consider this assistance less 
valuable or worthy of grateful recognition because of its smaller 
scope. 

To the members of the Newark Entomological Society, of the 
Brooklyn Entomological Society, of the New York Entomo- 
logical Society, of the Feldman Social and of the American 
Entomological Society I am indebted for hearty co-operation and 
encouragement in all phases of this work. 

In this edition the intention has again been to connect it with 
the preceding, so that so far as possible every name in the latter 
should be identifiable here. In most orders this has been possible ; 
but not in all. Sometimes names are omitted without explana- 
tion where they were recorded as only probable; in such cases 
the probability has for some reason become remote, and that 
should be considered the explanation. 

Where species have been transferred from one genus to 
another, the generic name used in the previous list is given in 
parentheses after the specific name; but when several species in 
succession have been so transferred, the generic name may appear 
in parentheses only two or three times to call attention to the 
matter and to locate the transferred names. 

In no case must the synonyms given here in parentheses or 
following an = sign be considered as a scientific synonymical 


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18 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


reference. It means only that the first name given 1s the correct 
name or theyname now in use to represent the species previously 
recorded under the second name or the name inclosed in paren- 
theses. ‘These references are merely for the identification of the 
names used in the previous edition and carry no weight otherwise. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 19 


Chee Pek ol 


The system used in this list is practically the same as that of 
the previous edition, and it may be well to briefly state the char- 
acters of the orders as used here. . 

I assume that the primitive insect from which all the types now 
existing have descended was a small, soft-bodied creature living 
in moist earth or mud along the banks of bodies of water. It had 
six true legs, and probably leg-like abdominal appendages, no 
wings, no compound eyes or no eyes at all, and no developed 
breathing system; taking in oxygen from the surrounding 
moisture through all parts of the skin surface. The head was 
not much differentiated from the rest of the body, and the mouth 
parts were generalized, with three or four pairs of fleshy processes 
from which the jointed and other appendages of the more 
specialized mouth structures developed. ‘These were the Proto- 
thysanura, and creatures not so very different occur among the 
Thysanura of the present day. The latter, however, have in some 
cases well developed mouth parts, while many live in dry places 
and have a fairly complete tracheal system. There are no distinct 
metamorphoses and the insects are wingless throughout. 

Our primitive Thysanurans divided early into two branches 
on mouth structure; some becoming mandibulate or fitted for 
chewing, while others became haustellate, fitted for puncturing 
plant or animal cells, and living on the juices alone. In both 
these branches wings developed, very different in type and yet 
with fundamentally the same scheme of venation. 

The little order Thysanoptera has the mouth parts fitted for 
puncturing or scraping the surface so as to get at the plant juices, 
which are then drawn into the body. ‘The wings are long, very 
narrow, frail, not connected, and altogether the structure is 
primitive. Popularly they are known as Thrips, and some of 
them are decidedly injurious to farm crops. 

A decided step forward is made in the Rhyngota, in which the 
mouth parts are developed into slender lancets fitted for piercing, 
and are protected by a jointed beak except in the parasitica and 


20 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


scale insects. ‘These creatures are able to puncture tissue and to 
suck the juices of animals or plants as the case may be. 

The Parasitica contains those forms without wings, adapted to 
live among the hair, on the blood of certain vertebrates, and here 
the lancets are retractile into the head, the beak being lost or 
modified into a short snout with or without anchor hooks or 
processes, 

The order Homoptera, or Hemiptera-Homoptera, contains the 
plant lice, scale insects, leaf-hoppers, mealy bugs, etc., hence is, 
in its entirety, injurious to the agriculturist. The head is here 
closely applied to the thorax, the beak is directed backward and 
issues underneath the head so far that, in many cases, it seems 
to come out between the front legs. In the scale insects the beak 
is lost in the female, and in the males the mouth structures are 
partially or altogether lost. When wings are present they are 
uniform in texture throughout, but there is often a difference in 
the texture of the two pairs. 

The order Heteroptera or Hemiptera-Heteroptera marks the 
extreme of the development in the Rhyngota, and here the mouth 
structures are more free, the beak often from the front of the 
head so that it may be directed straight forward, the forewings 
thickened and leathery or chitinous at base, thin and mem- 
braneous at tip, usually divided into well-marked regions. None 
of the Rhyngota have a completed metamorphosis and altogether 
this branch, with sucking mouth parts in all stages, remained a 
limited and inferior one. 

The branch in which mandibles were developed found a much 
greater range of food-getting possibilities and split up into a 
much greater number of divisions. 

With the development of wings, the thoracic segments which 
bear the organs of locomotion became modified. At first the 
three segments were similar to each other, and one series retained 
this peculiarity, all the rings being of practically equal import- 
ance. All these are loose-jointed frail forms with large, trans- 
parent wings. A departure was made when the second and 
third segments, which bear the wings, became united for more 
compact muscular attachments, and the first segment or prothorax 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 21 


was left free. The highest specialization was reached when all 
three of the thoracic segments united to form a compact body 
supporting all the organs of locomotion. ‘These modifications, 
once started, tended to become intensified, and there is little 
difficulty now in recognizing the orders belonging to each series. 

Perhaps the simplest type in general structure are the /sop- 
tera, including what are generally known as Termites or white 
ants. They are soft-bodied, loose-jointed, all the thoracic rings 
well developed and altogether primitive in appearance. The 
wings are large and frail, net-veined, not united in flight and not 
folded when at rest. Yet, while these insects retain their primi- 
tive structure, they have become very highly specialized socially, 
living in immense communities with specialized worker, soldier 
and other castes. The workers are blind, never become winged, 
and even the sexually-mature winged forms have no resting 
stage; the metamorphosis is incomplete. 

The Mallophaga are the biting lice, and have the same general 
form as the Termite workers except that they are more flattened 
and are adapted to their parasitic mode of life. Wings are never 
developed, the metamorphosis is incomplete, and the insects most 
commonly infest birds. 

The Corrodentia mark yet another step in advance, but are 
still soft-bodied and loose-jointed. The book-lice found in 
houses are a common type, and resemble the biting lice in form; 
but they are very active and run rapidly. Some forms develop 
wings, which are peculiarly veined and not folded when at rest. 

The Neuroptera, including Aphis lions and Ant-lions, are yet 
further specialized. The larve retain the Termite worker type, 
but are more oval and the jaws are much larger and character- 
istically developed for a predatory mode of life. The larve, 
when full grown, form true pupz, which remain quiescent until 
the adult emerges, and the metamorphosis is thus complete. The 
adults have, generally, long, slender bodies, with large wings, 
which are laid flat when at rest and not folded. This is by far 
is very compact, the constriction between head and thorax is very 
is very compact; the constriction between head and thorax is very 
well defined, and, altogether, the resemblance to some of the 
types of the third series is strongly marked. 


22 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


It. will be noted that all the orders of the first series are terres- 
trial in all stages, and that in none of them are the wings folded 
in any way. 

The second series of the mandibulates is that in which the 
first segment of the thorax became separated from and movable 
upon the second, while the second and third became closely 
united. In all cases the head 1s set into the first thoracic segment, 
and there is never any distinct neck between. This series 
branched early into two main divisions, one of them adapted to 
living on land, the other living in or under water. 

The Plecoptera, or plaited winged forms known as stone-flies, 
have the wings net-veined, and the hind wings are folded or 
plaited beneath the fore wings when they are at rest. The 
larve live under stones in water, breathing by means of gill- 
tufts; the pupz are active and the metamorphosis is thus incom- 
plete. 

An advance is noted in the Platyptera, where the transforma- 
tions become complete. In general appearance they are not 
unlike the stone-flies, but are more compactly built, with the 
wings folded in much the same way. ‘They are known as fish- 
flies, and some of them are very large and formidable in appear- 
ance. The larve live on the bottom of streams under stones, 
breathing through gill-tufts and usually coming to the shore to 
pupate. The largest of these larve are known to fishermen as 
Hellgramites, and are often gathered in numbers as bait for 
bass. 

In the terrestrial series the roaches first became developed, and 
from them the other members of the order Orthoptera or 
straight-winged insects, grasshoppers, katydids, crickets and the 
like. In all these the fore wings are actually or comparatively 
narrow, more or less thickened in texture, while the hind wings 
are folded fan-like beneath them. The pupal stage is active, and 
the transformation, therefore, incomplete. Some of the roaches 
had, and some yet have, the secondaries transversely folded, and 
from this type we derive the Dermoptera and Coleoptera. 

The Dermoptera, or ear-wigs, resemble small, short-winged 
beetles, with a curious, forceps-like anal appendage, which they 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 23 


use in tucking in the elaborately folded hind wings beneath the 
short wing-covers. The transformations are incomplete. 

The Coleoptera, or sheath-winged insects, commonly called 
beetles, illustrate the extreme of this line of development. They 
have the fore wings hardened so as to be useless for purposes of 
flight, and they are laid on the back so as to meet in a straight 
line down the middle. The secondaries are folded transversely 
under the wing-covers or elytra, and the metamorphosis is com- 
plete. 

The third and last of the mandibulate series is that in which 
all the thoracic rings are united together to form a more or less 
compact or even, barrel-shaped mass. The head is now free from 
the thorax and united to it only by a slender neck. A fly, a bee 
or a butterfly will serve as an illustration. 

The ancestry of this series began in the aquatic forms passing 
the larval stages under water, and the Ephemerida or day-flies are 
the earliest types. The larve live in the mud of stream and other 
water bodies in immense numbers and, when full grown, change 
to frail, gossamer-winged flies which have the fore wings larger 
than the second pair and both pairs held upright like those of 
butterflies when at rest. Most of the species have slender anal 
filaments, the mouth parts are aborted and the life period is very 
short in the adult stage, though as larvee they may live for years. 
The transformations are incomplete. 

The Odonata or dragon flies are also aquatic in the larval stage 
and in their day were numerous and well developed. They have 
two pairs of flat, net-veined, similar wings, and they are predatory 
in habit. The larve live in the mud of ponds and among water 
plants, feeding upon any soft-bodied insects that come in their 
way, and the pupa is as active as the larva. The order has many 
structural peculiarities in all stages and ‘has no descendants, the 
line now tending to become lost. 

From the Ephemerid type two lines diverged in larval struc- 
ture—one to a caterpillar-like larva living in mud and moist 
places generally, the other toward a similar larva living in 
water and building a tube or case for protection. ‘The latter are 
known as Trichoptera or “caddice-flies,” the larve either preda- 
tory or plant-feeding. The adults have the wings more or less 


24 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


densely covered with hair, the hind pair is folded under the fore 
wings and the mouth parts are aborted. The transformations 
are complete, and some of the local caddices or cases are marvels 
of structure and mimicry. 

Direct descendants of this order are the Lepidoptera or scale- 
winged insects, including butterflies and moths. In these the 
mouth parts of the adult are modified into a coiled tongue serving 
only to lap up liquid food, while the caterpillars or larve have the 
mandibles well developed and chew their food. ‘The transforma- 
tions are complete. 

The mud or earth living larve developed at once into terrestrial 
types, of which the oldest and most generalized are the M/ecoptera 
or scorpion flies. They derive their common name from the fact 
that the males of many of the species are furnished with a promi- 
nent anal forceps curved upward like the tail of a scorpion, 
although entirely harmless. The wings are long, rather narrow, 
net-veined and not folded. ‘The mouth parts are prolonged into 
a beak-like structure in which the parts are much divided and 
synthetic in type. They are predatory in all stages and the trans- 
formations are complete. 

The Hymenoptera contain the bees, wasps, ants, saw-flies and 
the like, and among them we find the highest type of social 
organization and the extreme of intellectual development among 
insects. ‘The mouth parts are in many cases elongated to enable 
them to gather the nectar of flowers, and they have four trans- 
parent wings with comparatively few veins and cells except in 
the saw-flies, where the venation is more complicated. The trans- 
formation is complete and in many cases the larva is dependent 
for its food upon the supply gathered by its parent. 

The Diptera or flies can always be recognized by having two 
wings only, the hind pair appearing as vestiges merely. The 
larvee are mostly footless, grub-like or maggots, and, while there 
is no development of social or intellectual characters, the flies are 
in their transformations and physical structure at the head of the 
insect world. The mouth structures are variably developed and 
may be adapted for lapping as in the common house-fly, or for 
piercing and sucking as in the equally common mosquito. The 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 25 


importance of certain of these flies to the human race has only 
come to be appreciated in very recent years. 

An offshoot from the Diptera, which has become partially 
parasitic, we find in the fleas, for which the ordinal term Sipho- 
napteya is used. ‘They are wingless, laterally compressed, and 
live as adults on warm-blooded, hair or fur-coated animals. 

In a graphic form the scheme of classification is shown on 
the accompanying diagram. (See p. 26.) 

For convenience of cataloguing, the sequence of the orders is 
modified so that all the neuropterous forms are grouped together 
before the Rhyngota, irrespective of the series to which they 
belong in point of development. 


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CHAPTER Tie 
FAUNAL CHARACTERISTICS. 


New Jersey is in the Carolinian area of the upper austral zone, 
and its relations as a whole are with the territory to the south 
and southwest, rather than with that to the north or northeast. 
Only in the mountainous northwestern section in Warren and 
Sussex Counties is there a distinct element of the Transition zone, 
which is manifested to a much smaller extent along the northern 
boundary in Passaic and Bergen Counties. 

Yet, although the State belongs to one general faunal area, 
the fauna is by no means uniform and it offers several very 
distinct though not sharply limited regions. These are based 
largely upon geologic formations which cannot be discussed here ; 
but their general boundaries and character should be briefly 
stated. And first I wish to credit Dr. Philip P. Calvert with 
suggesting the importance and outlining the characters of the 
regions to avoid unnecessary elaboration in recording widely 
distributed species, and with suggesting the designations for the 
various regions. 

Beginning at the northwestern corner of the State we have 
the Appalachian region, bounded at the southeast by that series 
of elevated ridges extending northeast and southwest, beginning 
with the Pochunck Mountain on the north, and reaching the 
Delaware River at the Marble Mountain, just north of Easton, 
including as part of the ridge the Scott, Jenny Jump and Alla- 
muchy Mountains. ‘This region contains the greatest elevations 
in the State and resembles in character the adjacent regions of 
Pennsylvania and New York. It has not been at all thoroughly 
collected, Mr. Johnson’s records at Dunnfield and in the Water 
Gap region forming the most important contributions, and evi- — 
dencing the transition characters strongly. ‘Thus far no truly 
boreal elements have been found, but there may be a trace in the 
unexplored sections of the mountains. 

East and a little south of the Appalachian come the Highlands, 
fairly defined at their western border, but very irregular at the 


28 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


junction with the Piedmont Plain. This contains the hilly 
country of most parts of Hunterdon and Morris, and of smaller 
areas in Passaic and Bergen Counties. It extends from Riegels- 
ville on the Delaware north to the junction with the Appalachian 
above Phillipsburgh. From the Delaware it extends irregularly 
eastward to the vicinity of White House Station on the Central. 
Railroad of New Jersey. From that point it extends northeast 
in avery irregular line to the northern boundary, taking in Morris 
Plains, Boonton and Butler near the edge of the line. It extends 
as a narrow border along the northern line of the State and sends 
two spurs to the south. One of these spurs includes the Palisades 
and Highlands along the western shore of the Hudson River, to 
Hoboken. ‘The second extends southward to Paterson, is there 
broken by the Passaic Valley and then takes in the narrow ridge 
of the Orange or Watchung Mountains, the southern tip coming 
near to Somerville. This region is rolling or hilly in character, 
with deciduous forests, and contains much area under cultivation. 
The transition element is marked though not conspicuous in this 
region, and many of the New York species come into it. A 
large part of the Orange Mountain and Palisade districts have 
been thoroughly collected in some of the orders, but along the 
northern border little has been done except in the Greenwood 
Lake district, and in the more central portion only the Hopat- 
cong territory has been explored. ‘The Ramapo Mountains are 
almost unknown entomologically, and so indeed are most of the 
ridges in line with and parallel to the Green Pond Mountain. 
The Piedmont Plain takes in the great red sandstone region, 
which is quite sharply bounded on the south by a line extending 
rather evenly southwest from the mouth of the Raritan River to 
Trenton. From Trenton it extends along the Delaware nearly 
to Riegelsville, and it fills in to the north everything to the edge 
of the Highlands, but does not quite extend to the shore line on 
the east. ‘This area is largely under cultivation, has no great 
elevations, but has many large swamp areas and low meadow 
regions. The forests are deciduous and insect life is less 
abundant than to the north or south. There are a number of 
distinctive features in this region which are interesting: the 
elm-leaf beetle is strictly one-brooded, while in the Delaware 


THE INSECTS. OF NEW. JERSEY. 29 


Valley region it is at least partially two brooded; the codling 
moth never has a full second brood, and only in exceptional 
seasons even a partial one. And so there are other points which 
are of economic interest and agricultural importance. 


The Delaware Valley region extends south from ‘T'renton 
along the Delaware River to the bay, and along the bay to Cape 
May, fringed south of Salem Creek by salt marshes. It extends 
eastward an average distance of about fifteen miles, until about 
opposite Bordentown it crosses the State in a strip about twenty 
miles wide to the Monmouth shore. Its northern border is 
formed by the Piedmont Plain; its southern and eastern border 
merges into the Pine Barrens. When it reaches the Monmouth 
shore this region sends a narrow strip northward along the coast- 
line, broadening along the shores of Newark Bay so as to take in 
the entire peninsula from Jersey City to Bergen Point and 
extending up the Hackensack Valley, including all the space 
between the Palisade spur of the Highlands on the east and the 
edge of the Piedmont Plain on the west. A southward extension 
of this region extends in a narrow strip along the ocean to 
Point Pleasant and then partially breaks up into a narrow inter- 
rupted fringe between the Pine Barrens and the salt marsh, and 
even appear on the large islands—e. g., near Barnegat City, on 
seven-mile beach, five-mile beach, etc. Islands of this region 
occur also in the Pine Barrens, especially along the edges, and 
the boundaries here are difficult to establish. 

This Delaware Valley region contains the best agricultural 
land in the State, and most of it is under cultivation. It is level 
or slightly rolling and has a rich diversified flora and insect 
fauna. Nearly the whole region has been thoroughly collected 
over and its peculiarities are well known. 

The Pine Barrens occupy the area between the coastal strip 
on the east and the Delaware River region on the west, and alto- 
gether contain a greater area than any one other faunal region in 
the State. There are no natural boundaries to the north or west, 
and it simply merges into the Delaware Valley in an irregular 
manner, sending out spurs and islands of all sizes and forms. 
A singular detached island extends along the southern shore of 


30 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


the Raritan River, and from South Amboy to Jamesburg, form- 
ing an excellent collecting ground. 

The term “barrens” applied to this area is, in a way, a mis- 
nomer. ‘There are many desolate stretches of pines and scrub 
oaks on a level sandy soil, but, on the other hand, there are 
hundreds of acres of excellent truck lands, and for small fruits 
there is no better section in the State. Pines and scrub oaks are, 
however, the dominant trees, and the country is level or but 
slightly rolling, the soil more or less sandy. ‘There are acres of 
cedar, sphagnum and other swamps in this region, and many of 
these have been turned into profitable cranberry bogs. ‘There is 
a great diversity of conditions in this area and, in consequence, 
the insect fauna is extremely rich. The species on the whole 
resemble those of more southern States, and Georgian or even 
the Floridian forms are not uncommonly met with, and yet the 
only trace of real boreal species has been found in the deep cold 
swamps of Ocean County. ‘This area has been thoroughly ex- 
plored by the Philadelphia collectors and certain parts of it by 
the New York collectors as well, so that its insects are tolerably 
well known. 

The Coastal strip includes the marshlands lying between the 
bars fringing the coast and the mainland, and also those along 
the Delaware Bay and the rivers extending. inland through the 
marshes. ‘The insect fauna is scant, but some very characteristic 
species occur. 

The strictly maritime region extends along the coast from 
Sandy Hook to Cape May, and is confined to the beach and the 
sand hills immediately back of it. It is not rich in species and the 
fauna is fairly well known. 

The map which accompanies this report shows these regions 
as accurately as is at present possible. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. ax 


CHAD TER IV: 
BENEFITS AND INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. 


It is universally understood that insects cause greater or less 
injury each year to farm crops, and that injury has been con- 
servatively estimated as averaging 20 per cent. of the total 
value. For the year 1908 this meant a loss to the United States 
at large of $1,500,000,000, an almost incredible sum! In the 
State of New Jersey the 20 per cent. depreciation in value is 
fully maintained when all the crops are jointly considered, and 
it means an annual loss to the State running well into the mil- 
lions. Much of this loss is avoidable and much of it is avoided by 
progressive agriculturists and horticulturists, leaving most of the 
burden where it justly belongs—the ignorant, careless or in- 
different farmer. 

But it is fair to present, on the other hand, the fact that with- 
out insects many kinds of crops could not be raised at all, and it 
is a serious question whether, if benefit and loss could be bal- 
anced, the benefit would not far outweigh the injury. It is as 
pollenizers that insects are chiefly beneficial, aside from _bee- 
products, and many of our fruit and forage plants are largely 
or altogether dependent upon them for bountiful crops. Red- 
clover seed depends upon bumble-bees entirely; small fruits like 
strawberries, raspberries, &c., would be only a scant set without 
the flies and bees that visit the flowers, and many of our tree 
fruits are similarly served. 

Cucurbs, including citrons, melons, squashes and the like, need 
bees of definite species for best results, and there are few 
cultivated plants on which some insects are not of some benefit. 

Not only plant life is affected; indeed, almost all farm and 
other animals have insect parasites of some kind, internal or 
external, and here there is little to be said in favor of insects. 
To be sure, many of them are scavengers, removing animal and 
other decay, and thus they are indirectly beneficial, but the bene- 
fits so derived are in no proportion to the injury caused by the 
direct attack. Every dairyman knows that when cattle have to 


32 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE. MUSEUM. 


fight flies or other pests they fall off in milk, and every farmer 
that ever sold a hide knows that bot holes lessen its value. 

Even man does not escape attack, and has parasites as specific- 
ally dependent upon him as has any other animal. But it is not 
only the direct attack that is annoying, unpleasant or dangerous. 
Some of the most common of our pests act as carriers or inter- 
mediate hosts for serious diseases. It is bad enough to be bitten 
by a mosquito, but if that mosquito inoculates its victim with the. 
germs of malaria, yellow fever or other pernicious trouble, the 
matter becomes much more serious. ‘To be bitten by a flea is no 
great matter in itself, but if the flea came from a plague-infested 
rat, it is quite another matter. 

It has been definitely demonstrated that a considerable number 
of febrile diseases depend for their transmission altogether upon 
certain kinds of insects, and that if these insects were eliminated, 
the diseases would disappear. 

Ordinary house flies are about the most abundant of all our 
usual pests, and besides the annoyance they cause they are capa- 
ble of carrying and often do carry the organisms that cause 
typhoid fever, and other enteric diseases, consumption, diph- 
theria and several other equally dangerous ailments. We must 
not, therefore consider these small creatures as insignificant or 
unworthy of study and attention. They are more dangerous and 
less easily controlled than the large predatory animals of the field 
and jungle. A campaign against flies and mosquitoes looks un- 
worthy of a comparatively huge animal like man; but the com- 
bat 1s not so unequal and the victims of insect-borne diseases run 
into the thousands each month. Large areas of Africa have been 
depopulated by the sleeping sickness, borne by a T'setse fly, and a 
similar fly makes the keeping of horses an impossibility in other 
portions of the same continent. 

The fight against insects is not confined to the farmer and 
fruit grower, nor is he the only one that suffers from their depre- 
dations. The community at large is as much on the defensive; 
but it is only recently that this fact has been appreciated by our 
sanitary and medical authorities. As the agriculturist has learned 
to control those insects that oppress him and to lessen to the 
vanishing point their tax upon him, so it is quite possible to ma- 
terially lessen if not to altogether eliminate the fly, mosquito and 
other pests that prey upon humanity at large. 


Part II—Systematic List. 


Order THYSANURA. 


This order contains the “spring-tails” and “bristle-tails,’ which are 
small or minute, soft-bodied creatures without wings and no obvious 
transformations. The mouth parts are feebly developed, without obvious 
mandibles, and they are, as a rule, feeders upon the products of decay, 
though some of the larger forms are able to attack dry and hard sub- 
stances by scraping we surface. They are ; y 
among the most primitive of existing insects, \, f 


a few of them closely resembling the early 4 
stages of “Myriapods,” while in others the 
tracheal system is so feebly developed that 
respiration seems a function of the entire 


skin surface. Such insects can live in moist 
places only, and die as soon as they are ex- % £ 
posed to drying out. : ig 
In this order Mr. R. P. Dow has kindly fur- NK / 
nished the list, including such species as are 
so generally distributed that their occur- 
rence in New Jersey is practically certain. 
There have been no actual collections. 


Sub-order CINURA. 


The long anal appendages which give 
these insects the name “bristle tails’ are 
many-jointed and extend straight out. 
None of the species are jumpers. 


LEPISMA Linn. 


L. saccharina Linn. Occurs in households 
all over the world and generally in cel: 
lars or damp places. Is fond of moist 
sugar, and will feed also on starchy 
materials. 


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L. quadriseriata Pack. Similar in habit to 
he pr in i i , ; 
the preceding, but a native insect, more Bie eS iive Guha Meniemarep.: 
common southwardly. very much enlarged. 


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34 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


THERMOBIA Bergr. 


T. domestica Pack. The common “silver-fish” or “fish moth” found every- 
where in houses, and usually in dry places around kitchen stoves, in 
pantries, and even in dusty drawers. Feeds on starchy material, 
and sometimes gnaws the bindings of books. All these species are 
economically harmless. 


SCOLOPENDRELLA Gerv. 


S. gratis Ryder. In damp places, under leaves and mold; resembles 
a minute larval centipede. 


CAMPODEA Westw. 


C. americana Pack. Common everywhere in woods, under stones and 
leaves. 


MACHILIS Latr. 


M. variabilis Say. Generally distributed in the Atlantic States. 


Sub-order COLLEMBOLA. 


Much more abundant in species and specimens, and all small or very 
small. They are distinguished by a pair of short anal spines or “furcula,” 
which are turned under the body and form a spring or leaping organ, 
which gives them the common name “spring-tails.”” Most of the species 
are feeders on vegetable decay, and they occur literally in thousands on 
manure beds, in toad-stools, on stored fermenting vegetables, in cellars 
and generally in damp places. A few species occur on living, healthy 
plants, but not in such a way as to prove injurious. The insects are very 
light, and after a heavy rain thousands may be seen hopping about on 
the surface of the pools formed in low meadows. I have seen millions 
on the water covering a cranberry bog reflowed late in May or early June. 


SMYNTHURUS Latr. 


. arvalis Fitch. This and the four next following 
species are found on garden plants and are locally 
common. 


. elegans Fitch. With the preceding. 
. hortensis Fitch. Common on grasses. 
. quadrimaculatus Ryder. Locally common. 


. clavatus Banks. Under rotten bark, Sea Cliff, Long 
Island. 


Fig. 2.—Podurid SOK: : 3 
with spring S. macgillivrayi Banks. Long Island, on weeds, in May. 


extended. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 35 


PAPIRIUS Lubbock. 
marmoratus Pack. Found on Long Island; probable in New Jersey. 
novee-boracencis Fitch. Under boards and rubbish. 
unicolor Harv. On fungi, Maine to Ohio. 
purpurascens MacGill. Long Island and probably New Jerey. 


The number of species occurring in New Jersey will prove greater than 


this list shows. The material already in hand indicates this, but unfor- 
tunately it has not been worked up. 


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ORCHESELLA Templ. 
flavopicta Pack. Long Island to Tennessee. 


TOMOCERUS Nicolet. 


plumbeus Linn. . New Jersey is within the faunal region indicated by 
MacGillivray for this species. 


SEIRA Lubbock. 


. buskii Lubb. A common European species which Professor Folsom 


regards as a recent .mportation to the eastern United States. 


LEPIDOCYRTUS Bourlet. 
albus Pack. Recorded from Maine to Tennessee. 
marmoratus Pack. Massachusetts and probably New Jersey. 


. metallicus Pack. Maine to Tennessee. 
. pusillus Linn. Another European species; but there is room for doubt 


as to the correctness of the identification. 


ENTOMOBRYA Rond. 


. fasciata Say. Recorded from Maine to Florida. 
: griseo-olivata Pack. Described from New York. 


. purpurascens Pack. Recorded from Maine to Tennessee. 


ISOTOMA Bourlet. 


- albella Pack. Maine, New York and probably New Jersey. 

. fimetaria Linn. Throughout Europe and the United States. 

. glauca Pack. Recorded from “Massachusetts to Ohio.” 

. hivalis Pack. New Jersey specimens taken are probably this species. 
. plumbea Pack. Long Island and probably New Jersey. 


. quadri-oculata Tullb. A green-house species, imported from Europe. 


ACHORUTES Templ. 
boletivorus Pack. Occurs from Maine to District of Columbia. 


nivicola Fitch. The “snow-flea,’’ found very early in the year on snow 
banks. 


pratorum Pack. Described from “New York.” 


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PODURA Linn. 


P. aquatica Linn. Europe and: the United 
States generally; equally at home on 
land and water. 


LIPURA Burm. 


L. ambulans Linn. New York to District 
of Columbia. 


L. fimetaria Linn. A common European 


species, which has been taken in Massa- 


Fig. 3.—Podurid, commonly found chusetts and Ohio. 
on manure beds; spring not visible 


because curved beneath body. 


ANURIDA Laboul. 


A. maritima Guer. Common throughout Europe and the Hastern United 
States. 


ANOURA Gervais. 
A. gibbosa Pack. Recorded from Maine to New York. New Jersey is 
probably within its range. 


A. granari Nicol. Another European species which has been found as 
far west as Ohio, and probably cccurs in New Jersey. F 


Order EPHEMERIDA. 


The members of this order are popularly known as ‘“‘May flies” because 
of the time of their greatest abundance, or “day flies” because of their 
short life in the adult stage. The ordinal term here used is based upon 
this same peculiarity in their life cycle. The adults have two pairs of 
wings, very closely net-veined, frail in texture, and the anterior much 
larger than the posterior. - The head is large, set on a distinct neck, the 
mouth parts are aborted, the eyes prominent and the antenne very short. 
The body is loosely jointed and the abdomen has long anal filaments, 
varying from three to five in number. The insects are attracted to light 
and on favorable evenings in early summer often come in swarms to the 
electric lights in cities or towns on lake or river banks. The early stages 
are passed in the water, the larve feeding in the mud and ooze, some- 
times for a considerable number of years, before they attain maturity. 

There are many interesting and peculiar 
structures in this, perhaps the most ancient of 
the existing types of insects, and the enormous 
numbers of individuals that still occur, even 
though the number of species is limited, indi- 
cates the richness in organic life of the bottoms 
in which they feed. They are not of economic 
importance from any point of view. 


POLYMITARCYS Eaton. 


P. albus Say. New Brunswick in July. 


HEXAGENIA Walsh. 


H. bilineata Say. Caldwell (Cr); New Bruns- 
wick (Coll); Westville VI, Riverton VII, 
(Jn). 


H. limbata Pict. Echo Lake, Passaic Co. VII, 
2, Normannock VII (Ds). 


Fig. 4—An adult May-fly. 


EPHEMERA Linn. 


E. decora Wlk. Caldwell, common (Cr). 


LEPTOPHLEBIA Westw. 


L. cupida Say. (Blasturus) Great Piece Meadows IV, 10-28, very com- 
mon (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee V, 1, Staten Island IV, 17, 27 
(Ds); Jamesburg, Trenton IV, 30, Lahaway IV, 1 (Coll); Westville 
IV, 9 (Jn). 


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L. mollis Eaton. Recorded from New Hampshire to North Carolina. 
L. nebulosus Wlk. (Blasturus) Caldwell (Cr). 
L. preepedita Eaton. Riverton V (Jn). 


HADROPHLEBIA Eaton. 


H. americana Banks. Passaic (Berry); the type locality. 


EPHEMERELLA Walsh. 
E. excrucians Walsh. Lake Hopatcong VII, 7, New Brunswick (Coll). 


CAENIS Steph. 


C. diminutiva Wlk. Occurs from New York to Florida. 
C. hilaris Say. Riverton VII (Jn). 


BAZTIS Leach. 


B. propinquus Walsh. Delaware Water Gap VII (Jn). 
B. unicolor Hagen. New York to District Columbia. 


CLEON Leach. 


C. vicina Hagen. Caldwell, common (Cr). 


CALLIBAETIS Eaton. 


C. americanus Banks. Staten Island (Ds). 
. ferrugineous Walsh. Ranges from Canada to the Southern States. 
C. undatus Pict. (Cleon) New York to Cuba. 


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BAETISCA Walsh. 
B. obesa Say. Caldwell, not rare (Cr). 


HEPTAGENIA Walsh. 
. canadensis Wlk. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); New 
Brunswick (Coll). 
. flaveola Pict. (Betis) New Brunswick VIII, 1 (Coll). 
. fusca Wlk. Caldwell, not rare (Cr). ; 
:.maculipennis Walsh. New Brunswick V, 22, VII, 10 (Coll). 
interpunctata Say. Riverton VII (Jn). 
. pulchella Walsh. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn). 
. simplex Walsh. New Brunswick VII, 24 (Coll). 
. terminata Walsh. Princeton VI, 11 (Coll). 
. verticis Say. Ranges from Canada to Georgia. 


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Order PLECOPTERA. 


The “Stone flies’ which constitute this order are loose-jointed, flat- 
tened, soft-bodied creatures with long net-veined wings, the hind pair 
longitudinally folded beneath the anterior. The head is large, the 
mouth parts are soft, antenne long and tapering, eyes rather prominent. 
The prothorax is free and quadrate, the other segments loosely jointed. 
The abdomen is soft and usually with anal filaments or processes. These 
“flies” are found along the streams and rivers in which their larve occur, 
resting on the leaves and not easily disturbed; their flight is heavy and 
they do no feeding upon living plants so far as known. The larve live 
in streams under stones to which they cling so closely that, being very 
much flattened they are easily overlooked. They breathe by means of 
lateral gill tufts which occur also on the head, and which, in some species, 
persist even in the adult stage; a curious reminder of ancient conditions 
and an indication of the primitive character of this order! The pupe are 
active and the transformation is incomplete. They form an important 
feature of the aquatic fauna in numbers of individuals as well as of 
species, but are of no economic importance. 

Since the previous edition quite a number of genera and species have 
been taken, practically all of which have been determined by Mr. Banks. 


Fig. 5.—A stone-fly and its larva. 


Family PERLID/. 


PTERONARCYS Newn. 


P. nobilis Hagen. New York to Tennessee. 
P. regalis Newn. Philadelphia, and certainly 
occurs in New Jersey. 


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40 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ACRONEURIA Pict. 
A. abnormis Newn. Newfoundland VI (Ds); Philadelphia. 


A. arenosa Pict. (arida Hag.) Warren County VIII, 13, Orange Mts. 
(Coll). 


ISOGENUS Newn. 


l. frontalis Newn. Canada to New York and west to Ohio, so should 
occur in New Jersey. 


PERLA Geoff. 


. annulipes Hagen. Eastern States to District of Columbia. 
. ephyre Newn. New York to Georgia. 

placida Hagen. Riverton VII (Jn). 

. postica Wlk. New York to Georgia. 

. similis Hagen. Pennsylvania and Maryland. 

. tristis Hagen. Del. Water Gap VII, 3, 12 (div). 

. xanthenes Newn. Eastern States, generally. 


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PERLESTA Banks. 
P. virginica Banks. (Chloroperla) Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll). 


NEOPERLA Need. (PSEUDOPERLA Banks). 
N. occipitalis Pict. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, So. Jersey, New Brunswick 
IX, 19 (Coli). 
ISOPERLA Banks. 
]. transmarina Newn. Del. Water Gap (Slosson); Barnegat Bay dist. VII, 
14 (Coll). 
ALLOPERLA Banks. 
A. maculata Pict. (Chloroperla) Philadelphia, and sure to occur in 
New Jersey. 
CHLOROPERLA Newn. 
C. cydippe Newn. (lsopteryx) New York to Chicago. 


TAENIOPTERYX Pict. 
T. maura Pict. Common along the Passaic at Paterson III, 19; IV, 23 
(Gr). 
RHABDIOPTERYX Klap. 


R. fasciata Burm. (Tzeniopteryx) Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island IV 
(Ds); “New Jersey” 2 specimens in collection without definite locality. 


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NEMOURA Pict. 


. albidipennis Wlk. Canada to Virginia. 
. similis Hag. (Tzeniopteryx) Caldwell (Cr). 


LEUCTRA Pict. 


. ferruginea Wlk. Lahaway VI, 7 (Coll). 
. tenuis Pict. Taken at Philadelphia. 


CAPNIA Pict. 


. necydaloides Pict. Staten Island III (Ds); in March on tree trunks 
or under bark (Bno). 

- pygmea Burm. New York and Pennsylvania and surely to be found 
in New Jersey. 


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Order MALLOPHAGA. 


This order contains the “biting lice,’ infesting warm-blooded animals 
generally, but so commonly found on birds that the term “bird-lice” has 
come to be generally used for them. They do not suck blood, the mouth 
parts being formed for biting only, but live among the hair and feathers 
of their hosts, subsisting upon what they can scrape from the surface. 
While they do not actually puncture the skin or feed on living tissue, 
they gnaw the soft material at the base of hair and feathers, eat the 
particles of dry scurf, the clotted blood at the edge of a scratch or other 
wound, and create a more or less constant irritation, which is likely to 
result in a loss of hair or plumage and a consequent mangy appearance. 
I have seen ill kept dairy cattle with patches bare of hair from this cause. 
In shape these parasites are flattened, elongate oval, with a large obtuse 
head, and often bulging eye prominences. The eggs are attached to hair 
or feathers, and the young resemble the adults in general appearance, 
there being no obvious transformations. Practically all birds, wild as 
well as domesticated, are infested, and in this list Prof. Herbert Osborn, 
_of the Ohio State University, who has been good enough to aid me in its 
preparation, has indicated all the species whose host is known to occur in 
New Jersey; for where the host occurs the parasite is almost sure to be 
found when sought. 

The list as it stands contains just one hundred species. It is probable 
that a few of these will never be found, either because the birds them- 
selves are very occasional visitors, e. g., the Pelicans, or because the distri- 
bution of the parasite is really a very limited one. On the other hand, 
only a small proportion of our wild birds have been closely examined, and 
it is at least probable that a large percentage of those from which no 
parasites are yet reported will be found to be infested. So I believe that 
the list will be increased rather than lessened as the result of future work. 

Remedial measures for domesticated birds are plenty of dust, with 
which they may thoroughly powder themselves, and the free use of white- 
wash and crude petroleum in chicken and other fowl-houses. Horses and 
cattle may be thoroughly brushed occasionaly with a stiff brush dipped 
from time to time in crude petroleum. Kerosene must not be used, because 
it is likely to take out the hair. Where its application is convenient on 
small birds, carbolated vaseline can be employed to good advantage. On 
other animals carbolated soaps,, miscible oils and other materials of that 
character may be used, and, in general, the amount of success is in pro- 
portion to the determination and persistence of the person making the 
application. 


Family PHILOPTERIDAS. 


The antenne are filiform, five-jointed, exposed; the tarsi have two claws, 
and all the species are parasitic on birds. 


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DOCOPHORUS Nitzsch. 


. lari Denny. Found on several species of gulls occurring along the 


Jersey shore and bays. 


. melanocephalus Burm. Occurs on gulls and terns of various species 


in North and South America and Europe. 


. icterodes Nitzsch. Common on ducks and geese, domesticated and 


wild. 


. cygni Denny. The little red swan louse; common throughout Europe 


and eastern North America. 


. fusiformis Denny. Occurs on the Sandpipers; “Tringa”’ sp. 
. testudinarius Denny. Taken on Bartrams Sandpiper; also known as 


“Upland,” “Field” or “Grass” Plover. 


. platystomus Nitzsch. Infests hawks and eagles generally. 
. buteonis Pack. Found on the red-shouldered hawk and on one of the 


king-birds, ““Tyrannus atra.” 


. halieti Osb. Found on the bald eagle. 
. cursor Nitzsch. Occurs on owls of various kinds. 
. bubonis Osb. Infests the great horned owl. 


ceblebrachys Nitzsch. Parasitic on the snowy owl. 
coccygi Osb. Taken from the yellow-billed cuckoo. 


. superciliosus Nitzsch. Infests the hairy woodpecker. 
. fusco-ventralis Osb. Occurs on the wood pewee. 
. corvi Osb. Makes life miserable for the common crow. 


transpositus Kellogg. Found on the cowbird. 
agelaii Osb. Infests the red-winged blackbird. 


. quiscali Osb. A parasite of the crow blackbird. 
. compar Piaget. On the American or red cross-bill. 


communis Nitzsch. A general parasite on larks, blackbirds and many 
other Passerines. 


NIRMUS Nitzsch. 


. lineolatus Nitzsch. Taken on various gulls in Europe and America. 
. furvus Nitzsch. Occurs on “Phalaropus,’ and also recorded from 


Plovers. 


. piceus Nitzsch. On the American Avocet or “Blue-stocking.”’ 
- Signatus Piaget. A companion of the preceding on the same hosts. 
. cordatus Osb. Recorded from the Hudsonian Godwit or ring-tailed 


Marlin. 


. orarius Kellogg. A parasite of the Golden Plover. 
. boephilus Kellogg. Infests the ‘“Killdeer.” 
. abruptus Osb. Infests the common “Bob White.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 45. 


fuscus Nitzsch. A common parasite of eagles, hawks and falcons. 
discocephalus Nitzsch. Another parasite of the bald eagle. 


. fenestratus Nitzsch. Infests the black-billed cuckoo. 
. candidus Nitzsch. Parasitic on the hairy and red-bellied woodpecker 


and on the ‘Flicker’ 


. tyrannus Osb. Infests kingbirds. 
. rotundatus Osb. Parasitic on the common crow. 


secondarius Osb. With the preceding on the same host. 


. ornatissimus Giebel. On the red-winged blackbird. 
. illustris Kellogg. With the preceding on the same host. 
. picturatus Osborn. A parasite of the meadow lark. 


cyclothorax Nitzsch. Infests the English sparrow. 


pallidus Osb. From the rose-breasted grossbeak. 


. gracilis Nitzsch. A parasite of the Purple Martin. 

. brachythorax Giebel. Found on cedar-bird and other wax-wings. 
. orpheus Osb. A parasite of the catbird. 

. simplex Kellogg. Infests the robin. 


LIPEURUS Nitzsch. 


L. longicornis Piaget. Occurs on the double- 
crested Cormorant. 

L. forficulatus Nitzsch. Found on Pelicans. 
Two species of Pelicans are listed as 
occurring in New Jersey, and specimens 
of one of the species are in the State 
Museum; but they are rare visitors, and 
it is stretching matters a little to record 
this as a New Jersey insect. 

L. bifasciatus Piaget. The same remarks 
apply to this species. 

L. sqgualidus Nitzsch. The common duck- 

stylifer. louse; occurs on both wild and domesti- 

eated forms. 


. jejunus Nitzsch. Found on geese; wild and domesticated. 
. leucopygas Nitzsch. Occurs on Herons and Bitterns. 
. botauri Osb. On the American Bittern or marsh hen. 


luridus Nitzsch. Infests the American Coot or mud hen. 


. picturatus Kellogg. Occurs with the preceding. 

. infuscatus Osb. Found on woodcock and upland plover. — 
. dissimilis Piaget. Another parasite of the “Bob White.” 
. polytrapezius Nitzsch. The turkey louse. 

. Variabilis Nitzsch. Common on domestic fowls. 

. heterographus Nitzsch. Occurs with the preceding. 

. baculus Nitzsch. Found on domestic pigeons. 


46 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ORNITHOBIUS Denny. 
O. goniopleurus Denny. Infests the Canada goose. 
O. cygni Linn. The white swan louse. 


ONCOPHORUS Rudow. 
O. minutus Nitzsch. On the American Coot or mud hen. 


GONIOCOTES Burm. 
G. compar Nitzsch. Another pigeon parasite. 


GONIODES Nitzsch. 
. dispar Nitzsch. A parasite of quail. 


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G. stylifer Nitzsch. Another turkey louse. 

G. damicornis Nitzsch. Infests the common pigeon. 
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. falcicornis Nitzsch. Common on pea-fowl. 


Family TRICHODECTIDA:. 


Like the preceding family, but the antenne are 3-jointed, the tarsi have 
only one claw, and all the species infest mammals. 


TRICHODECTES Nitzsch. 
T. scalaris Nitzsch. Common on domestic cattle. 
T. parumpilosus Piaget. Biting louse of the horse. 


. 8.—Dog-louse (a) and sheep-louse (b), Trichodectes 
latus and spherocephalus. 


climax Nitzsch. Infests the domestic goat. 


sphzrocephalus Nitzsch. Found on _  do- 
mestic sheep. 


subrostratus Nitzsch. Infests the house cat. 


Fig. 7.—Cow-louse, Trichodectes 
scalaris. 


‘T. retusus Nitzsch. Recorded from weasel. 
‘T. mephitidis Osb. Occurs on the common skunk. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 47 


Family LIOTHEIDZ. 


The antenne are 4-jointed, with an enlarged club at tip, concealed; 


tarsi with two claws, and all the species infesting birds. 


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PHYSOSTOMUM Nitzsch. 


. lineatum Osb. Infests the ruby-throated humming bird. 
» angulatum Kellogg. On the king bird or “bee Martin.” 
. frenatum Nitzsch. Taken in New Jersey from the golden-crowned 


Kinglet. 


TRINOTON Nitzsch. 


. luridum Nitzsch. Another of the duck parasites. 
. lituratum Nitzsch. Found on wild ducks and geese. 


NITZSCHIA Denny. 


. pulicaris Nitzsch. Louse of the chimney swallow. 


COLPOCEPHALUM Nitzsch. 


. lari Pack. Found on the great black-backed gull. 
. fuscipes Piaget. Also a parasite of gulls. 


. ochraceum Nitzsch. Found on the pectoral sandpiper. 


flavescens Nitzsch. Louse of the swallow-tailed kite. 


. subpachygaster Piaget. Infests the great horned owl. 
. pustulosum Piaget. Parasite on the belted king-fisher. 


MENOPON Nitzsch. 


. tridens Nitzsch. Yet another parasite of the mud hen; probably in- 


festing also other allied birds. 


. consanguineum Piaget. A third species found on pelicans, and prob- 


ably not a good Jerseyite. 


. crocatum Nitzsch. Taken on American woodcock and ring-tailed Mar- 


lin. 


: pallescens Nitzsch. Yet another parasite of the Bob White. 

: pallidum Nitzsch. Also found on the domestic fowl. 

. biseriatim Piaget. Occurs with the preceding. 

. interruptus Osb. Parasitic on the common crow. 

. expansum Osb. Infests the bobolink. 

- crassipes Piaget. Found on the Baltimore Oriole. 

. dissimile Kellogg. Found on the purple Martin. 

. rusticum Giebel. A companion of the preceding on the same host. 


48 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family GYROPID/. 


Similar to the preceding; but the tarsi have only a single claw and the 
species occur on mammals only. 


GYROPUS Nitzsch. 


G. ovalis Nitzsch. Occurs on the Guinea pig. 


G. gracilis Nitzsch. Occurs with the preceding. Of course, these species 
are not really natives of the State, but the host animals are some- 
times raised as pets and for other purposes and the parasites follow 
them, as do those of other domesticated animals. 


Order ISOPTERA. 


This order is characterized by having a flattened, loose-jointed body, 
the wings similar in size and shape, net veined, the metamorphoses in- 
complete. Only a single representative species occurs in New Jersey, the 
Termite, commonly known as a “white ant.” These “white ants” live in 
colonies in dead or decaying 
stumps, logs or _ standing 
trunks or under stones in 
woodland. The forms most 
commonly seen are the 
“workers,” which are whitish 
in color, have a large head 
without eyes, moderately de- 
veloped jaws, a soft, some- 
what flattened oval body, and 
are about one-quarter of an 
inch long. Scattered among 
them are somewhat larger 
individuals with long, sharp- 
pointed, brown-tipped mandi- 

. bles, and these are the sol- 

Fig. 9.—Termes flavipes or ‘‘white ant,” showing qdjers whose function it is to 

the castes: a, larva; b, winged female; c, defend the colony. In the 

worker; d, soldier; e, large female; f, z 

pupa. Natural size marked by lines. spring, yet larger, chestnut- 

brown forms with eyes and 

developed wings are found, and these are the males and females which 

“swarm” in May or June, coming out of the nests in immense numbers 
and fluttering feebly in the bright sunshine for a short period. 

They do not attack growing vegetation in our State, but are often 
found in partly decayed trees and may hasten the death of such. Some- 
times they get into the woodwork of fences and buildings, and may then 
do considerably injury. Remedial measures must be adapted to the case 
in hand and may mean the injection of carbon disulphide, soaking with 
creosote or the actual removal of the infested wood. In all cases an effort 
should be made to locate and destroy the central nest from which the 
specimens come. 

Our species is listed as follows: 


Family TERMITIDA. 


TERMES Linn. 
T. flavipes Koll. Found commonly throughout the State. 


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This order is composed of a rather small number of soft-bodied insects 
with a large head which, while it is not sunken into the prothorax, has 
no distinct neck. The mouth parts are small, fitted for gnawing, which 
gave rise to the ordinal term, meaning “gnawers.’’ The antenne are long 
and slender, and the wings when present are large and frail. Many are 
wingless and some of these, occurring in houses, are known as book-lice, 
because they gnaw the calendered surface of the paper. They are found, 
usually, in dry, dusty places, feeding on starchy materials, and some- 
times they attack museum specimens. They resemble lice in shape and 
appearance, but run rapidly and have the posterior thighs much enlarged. 
Cleanliness and naphthaline or carbolic acid are usually efficient agents in 
getting rid of these species. 

The winged forms occur on the bark of trees overgrown with moss or 
lichens, which serve as food for the insects. The venation of the wings 
is very peculiar and tortuous, and as fliers the species are not remark- 
ble, most of them preferring to drop to the ground when disturbed rather 
than use their wings. They are not harmful in any way, though when 
they occur in numbers sufficient to attract attention they are usually 
looked upon with suspicion. 

No systematic collections in this order have been made in New Jersey, 
although it is known that we have a large number of species. The present 
list, therefore, is a compilation from the catalogue of Neuropteroid in- 
sects by Mr. Nathan Banks, and it includes those species of such general 
distribution as to make it reasonably probable that they are members of 
our fauna. It is certain that, when our species are once carefully studied, 
they will be found to be materially more numerous than here recorded. 


Fig. 10.—Psocus lineatus. This represents the forms usually found on tree trunks. 


' Family PSOCID. 


Sub-family ATROPIN#. 
TROCTES Burm. 
T. divinatorius Mill. (Atropos) This or an allied species is common 
in houses among books and papers or in dusty corners throughout 


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52 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


the State. Sometimes it occurs in bureau drawers among linen, 
where its appearance excites apprehensions of parasites. They can 
be easily distinguished from the slow, crawling parasites by their 
rapid gait and long feelers. Naphthaline or camphor will keep them 
out, or drive them off where they have become established. 


T. purpurea Aaron. Taken near Philadelphia. 


ATROPOS Leach (CLOTHILLA West). 


A. pulsatoria Linn. Occurs through- 
out the State. This is one of 
those forms known as_ the 
“death watch” from the belief 
that it produces the ticking 
sound often heard in old 
houses during the quiet of the 
night, and it was supposed to 
portend the death of one of the 
inmates. It has the same gen- 
eral habits as “T. divinatorius.” 


MYOPSOCNEMA End. 


M. annulata Hagen. Recorded from 
the Eastern States. 


HYPERETES Kolbe. 


Fig. 11.—A _ book-louse, Atropos sp. This 
represents the form commonly found H. SESS TIELES Hagen. Recorded 
in houses. from Maine to Kentucky. 


DORYOPTERYX Aaron. 
D. pallida Aaron. Philadelphia, New York and District of Columbia. 


LEPINOTUS Heyd. 
L. inquilinus Heyd. Throughout the United States. 


Sub-family Psocrn az. 


OCELLATARIA Weber. 


O. gravinympha Weber. Described from Pennsylvania. 


AMPHIENTOMUM Hagen. 
A. hageni Pack. Philadelphia; eastern United States, generally. 


PTERODELLA Kolbe. 


P. pedicularis Linn. (Ceecilius) United States, generally. 
P. rufus Walsh. Eastern United States. 


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. definitus Aaron. Philadelphia. 


impactus Aaron. Philadelphia. 


PERIPSOCUS Hagen. 


. madidus Hagen. Eastern States. 
. permadidus Walsh. Eastern States. 


MESOPSOCUS Kolbe. 
unipunctatus Miill. (Elipsocus) Northern States; New York. 


ELIPSOCUS Hagen. 


. canadensis Prov. Eastern States. 

. conterminus Walsh. Hastern States. 
. maculosus Aaron. Philadelphia. 

. pumilis Hagen. New York. 


POLYPSOCUS Hagen. 


. corruptus Hagen. Eastern States. 


MYOPSOCUS Hagen. 


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. atratus Aaron. Philadelphia. 

. confraternus Banks. (contaminatus Hagen.) Eastern States. 

. inornatus Aaron. Philadelphia. 

. juvenilis Kolbe. Pennsylvania. This species with “moestus” and 


“variegatus” appeared as Amphigerontia in the previous edition. 


. leydyi Aaron. Eastern States. 

. moestus Hagen. Eastern States. 

. quietus Hagen. New York to Georgia. 
. semistriatus Walsh. Eastern States. 

. sexpunctatus Linn. Philadelphia. 

. Slossonz Banks. Eastern States. 

. Striatus Wlk. Eastern States. 

. Variabilis Aaron. Philadelphia. 


CERASTIPSOCUS Kolbe. 


. trifasciatus Prov. (Psocus) Eastern States. 


C. venosus Burm. (Psocus) Freehold (U S Ag), Egg Harbor City VIII, 


on cherry trunks. This or an allied species is frequently received as 
abundant on the bark of trees. It probably occurs throughout the 
State under suitable conditions. 


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Order PLATYPTERA. 


This is an aggregation of loosely-jointed species, very few of which 
occur in our State. It is not numerous at best and, as represented with us, 
consists of rather large forms, the head as broad or broader than the 
square or oblong thorax, the mandibles large and sometimes prominent, 
antenne many-jointed and often pectinated in the male. The wings are 
large, net-veined, the posterior not much the larger and folded only once 
near the anal angle when at rest beneath the anterior pair which covers 
them. The early stages are passed in the water, under stones or among 
the vegetation at the bottom of running streams. The larve are rather 
long and flattened, usually blackish, and breathe by means of a series of 
gill-tufts. When full grown they crawl on shore, burrow into the soil, or 
an old stump, or under a stone and pupate; the transformations are com- 
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REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


The species belonging here are of no economic importance. The adults 
are known as “‘fish-flies,’’ and the larve of some of them make good bait for 
certain kinds of fish; otherwise they may be simply classed as “‘innoxious.” 


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Family SIALIDA. 


CORYDALIS Latr. 


cornuta Linn. Throughout the State, but more common northwardly, 
late June to August. The larve are found under stones in running 
streams or brooks, and are known as ‘‘Dobsons” or ‘Hellgramites.” 


CHAULIODES Latr. 


angusticollis Hagen. Middlesex County VII, 10 (Coll). 

fasciatus Wlk. (lunatus Hagen.) Newfoundland VI, 6, So. Orange 
(Ds); Newark. 

pectinicornis Linn. Chester, Paterson, Springfield, Orange Mts., Pali- 
sades V, 30, New Brunswick, Trenton VI, 10, 28, Anglesea, VII, 12 
(Coll); Summit (U S Ag); Short Hills (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Staten 
Island VII (Ds); seems to be the most common of our fish-flies. 
rastricornis Ramb. Staten Island VI, 6 (Ds); Anglesea VI, 25 (Coll). 

serricornis Say. Paterson VI, 6, New Brunswick, Mercer Co. VI, 10, 
Lakewood (Coll); Tuckerton VI, 14, common (Gr); Caldwell (Cr). 


Fig. 13.—FEarly stages of Corydalis cornuta; a, egg-mass on leaf; b, same, detached, from 


the under side—natural size; c, single eggs, enlarged; d, newly hatched larva, 
enlarged; with structural details yet further enlarged e to /. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 57 


C. concolor Needh. Staten Island VII, 31, VIII, 4 (Ds). 


SIALIS Latr. 


S. infumata Newn. Lafayette V, 22, Greenwood Lake V, 30, Paterson VI, 
6, New Brunswick VI, 1, Jamesburg VI, 16, Lahaway VI, 1, Atlantic 
County (Coll). 


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Order NEUROPTERA. 


In its original or Linnean scope this order included all the net or 
nerve-winged insects, hence was easy of definition. It is the most ancient 
of all the orders in this sense and the course of evolutionary divergence 
left its mark in the form of remnants, retaining the original wing type, 
but differing greatly in other respects. Recognizing its composite char- 
acter, the first attempt to divide it was upon the method of transforma- 
tion, and we had Pseudoneuroptera in which the metamorphoses were 
incomplete, and Neuroptera in which they were complete. This was un- 
satisfactory, because nothing in the adult indicated the character of its 
transformation and also because there were a number of transitional 
forms which were not easily classified. Hence the modern tendency to 
give each compact group ordinal rank, and that I consider the correct 
solution. There is as yet no entire agreement as to just where the lines 
of division should be made, and, while I have in general followed the 
classification in Mr. Nathan Banks’ Catalogue of 1907, I have adopted the 
ordinal divisions that were indicated by my own studies along the lines 
of the introduction to this work. The ordinal terms are in general those 
used by Prof. Comstock. 

As the order Neuroptera is limited here it contains insects that have a 
moderately compact thorax, the prothorax being well developed yet im- 
movably connected with the mesothorax whatever its size, and no dis: 
tinct neck between it and the head. There are four large net-veined 
wings which are not folded and are carried obliquely or roof-like when 
at rest. They are not densely hairy in any case, there is little or no dif- 
ference in texture between the two pairs and usually not much in size. 
All of them are terrestrial in all stages and all are predatory in character 
as larva, although in one case at least with a tendency to parasitism, and 
in all there is a complete metamorphosis. 

Several families occur in New Jersey, differing considerably in habits 
and appearance and most of them of small extent. 

The Mantispide have only two representatives—remarkable looking 
forms with long prothorax and immense clasping fore-legs, much resemb- 
ling the “Mantide” of the Orthoptera. The larve prey upon the eggs 
of spiders and are semi-parasitic, living in the egg-sac and becoming 
grub-like in form. 

The Hemerobiid# resemble the Chrysopide except that they are brown 
instead of green in color, and the larve, for their own protection, make 
sacs composed of the skins of their victims and dirt particles held to- 
gether by threads of. silk. 

The Chrysopide, termed “lace-wing” or “golden-eyed flies” as adults, 
and “aphis lions” as larve, are well represented with us and distinctly 
useful. The term ‘aphis lion’ refers to the habits of the larve which are 
spindle-shaped, a little flattened, with prominent, long mandibles which 
are grooved on the inner side. This larva grasps a plant-louse, punctures 
it and draws in its juices, the body being thrown away when exhausted. 


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60 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM: 


The adults are green in color, the wings very transparent and delicate, 
justifying the term “lace-wing.”’ The eyes are hemispherical, prominent 
and gold-bronzed, which gives base to the other of the common names. 
They have a peculiar sickening ordor when handled, reminding one of 
an ill-kept urinal. The eggs of this, as well as the preceding family, are 
laid on long stalks by the adult and the larva spins a spherical silken 
cocoon. The species are decidedly beneficial and sufficiently numerous to 
be accounted a notable check to plant-lice increase. 

The Coniopterygide are scarcely more abundant than the Mantispide. 

All those that I have seen are small, covered with a white mealy powder 
and have the hind wings unusually small. The larve, so far as their 
habits are known, feed on scale insects and resemble in form those of 
the “Chrysopide.” So far as they go, therefore, the insects are bene- 
ficial. ; 
The Myrmeleonide are “ant-lions’’ in the larval stage and very much 
larger as adults than any of the preceding. The larve are not so different 
in form and structure from those of the “‘Chrysopide,” but 
they differ altogether in habit by living underground or build- 
ing pits in sand or dry earth to serve as traps for the capture 
of such unwary insects as may tumble into them. They can 
scarcely be considered beneficial though, on the other hand 
they are certainly not injurious. The larve pupate in silken 
cocoons covered or mixed with sand grains. In the adults the 
antenne are short, terminated by a gradual club at tip. 

The Ascalaphid# are much larger insects, more hairy, with broad head 
and very long antenne terminated in an abrupt club. The larve are 
like those of the preceding families, but build no pits and the species are 
always rare. 


Fig. 14.— 
Ant-lion. 


Family MANTISPID/. 


MANTISPA III. 


M. brunnea Say. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Coll); 
Lakehurst V-IX (div); Da Costa (Dke); 
probably rare throughout South Jersey. 


M. interrupta Say. Lakehurst VII, 4-30 (div); 
Lahaway in June (Coll); Philadelphia. 


Family HEMEROBIIDA. 


LOMAMYIA Banks. 


L. flavicornis Wlk. (Berotha) Prospertown pea simie . pees 


IX, 22 (Coll); Lakehurst (Bno). line from side. 


POLYSTCECHOTES Burm. 


P. punctatus Fabr. Philadelphia: United States generally. 
P. vittatus Say. Recorded from New Jersey by Hagen. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 61 


HEMEROBIUS Linn. 


H. humuli Linn. (castanea Fitch. —tutatrix Fitch.) New Brunswick, 
Princeton VI, 11, Anglesea IX, 4 (Coll); Staten Island VI (Ds). Fitch 
says it is everywhere common on chestnut, walnut and other trees. 


H. hyalinatus Fitch. New York on pine, May to July. 
H. conjunctus Fitch. (pinidumus Fitch.) Clementon VIII (Jn). 
H. stigmaterus Fitch. Staten Island (Ds); Riverton III (Jn). 


BORIOMYIA Banks. 


B. fidelis Banks. (Hemerobius) Riverton VII (Jn); Lakehurst (Bno). 
B. longifrons Wlk.—alternatus Fitch. (Hemerobius) New York, on 
pine and hemlock in June (Fitch). 


SYMPHEROBIUS Banks. 


S. amiculus Fitch. (Hemerobius) New York, on peach trees, V—X 
(Fitch). 
PSECTRA Hagen. 


P. diptera Burm. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll). 
MICROMUS Ramb. 
M. posticus Wlk. (insipidus Hagen.) Chester VIII, 11 (Coll); Westville 
VII, Riverton VII (Jn). 
Family CHRYSOPIDA® 


ALLOCHRYSA Banks. 


A. virginica Fitch. (Noto- 
chrysa) Staten Island 


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stalked eggs from the side, the larva, the small 
round cocoon intact and with the lid C. albicornis Fitch. Riverton 
opened, and the adult with wings VIII, Burlington County 
of one side absent. VIII. 


C. chlorophana Burm. (latipennis Schneid.) Greenwood Lake V,_ 30, 
New Brunswick VI, 15 (Coll); Caldwell (Cr). 

C. harrisii Fitch. Staten Island X, 18, Lakehurst IX (Ds). 

. interrupta Schneid. (tabida Fitch.) The common species at New 
Brunswick whose larva feeds on the slugs of elm-leaf beetles and 
other soft-bodied insects on tree trunks, fences, ete. 

C. lineaticornis Fitch. New York and generally distributed. 

C. nigricornis Burm. Staten Island VIII, 9 (Ds); New Brunswick VI, 6 
(Coll). 


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62 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. oculata Say. (lIllepida Fitch.) Throughout the State VII-IX, and 
probably our most common species. 

C. plorabunda Fitch. Chester, Anglesea IX, 6 (Coll). 

C. quadripunctata Burm. (sulphurea 
Fitch.) Staten Island IX (Ds); 
New Jersey (Banks); probably 
throughout the State. 

C. rufilabris Burm. Staten Island IX, ee ae ee A aa 
11 (Ds); New Brunswick IX, 18 when ties i Lee fe 
(Coll). 


C. ypsilon Fitch. New Brunswick IX (Coll). 


Family CONIOPTERYGIDA. 


CONIOPTERYX Curt. 


C. vicina Hagen. Lakehurst (Bno). 


MALACOMYZA Wesm. 


M. westwoodii Fitch. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll); South Jersey on 
oak VII (Sm); Lakehurst (Bno). 


Family MYRMELEONIDA. 


ACANTHACLISIS Ramb. 


A. americana Dru. Sandy 
Hook VIII, IX rare ===2 
(Bt); Anglesea VIII, = 
1, one specimen (Coll). 


MYRMELEON Linn. = 


M. crudelis Wlk.  (rusti- ———— 
cus Hagen.) Staten 1-H aL —— 
land VII, Lakehurst a —— 
VII (Ds); Lahaway 2] 
VI, 28, VII, 3 (Brake- j 
ley). 


Fig. 18.—Section through the pit of ant-lion, showing 
the insect in position at the bottom. 


PSAMMOLEON Banks. 
P. guttipes Banks. Lakehurst IX (Engelhardt). 


GLENURUS Hagen. 


G. gratus Say. (Dendroleon) Taken at Philadelphia, and certain to 
occur in New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 63 


DENDROLEON Brauer. 


. obsoletum Say. New Brunswick VII, 24; Jamesburg VII, 21 (Coll); 
Lahaway VII, 4, IX 20 (Brakeley). 

. pumilis Burm. (Brachynemurus) Staten Island, a small species and 
usually rare (Ds). 


BRACHYNEMURUS Hagen. 


. abdominalis Say. Staten Island 
VI-IX, Lakehurst VI, VII 
(Ds); New Brunswick VII, 
23, common, Jamesburg VII, 
21, Anglesea VII, 12, IX, 4 
(Coll); Shark River VII, 9, 
(Jn); Lahaway VI, 28, VIII, 
i7 (Brakeley). 


Fig. 19.—Myrmeleon sp. Winged adult. 


CRYPTOLEON Banks. 


. nebulosum Oliv. —conspersa Ramb. (Maracanda) Jamesburg VI, 
Lakehurst VI, VII (Ds); Lahaway VII, 8-18 (Brakeley). 
. signata Hagen. Almost certain to occur in New Jersey. 


Family ASCALAPHID/. 


NEUROPTYNX McCl. 
. appendiculatus Fab. Lakehurst VII (Ds); DaCosta VII, 16 (Dke). 


ULULODES Currie. 
. hyalina Latr. New Brunswick VII, 9, Anglesea IX, occasional at light 
(Coll). 


. 4-punctata Burm. Staten Island, Lakehurst VII (Ds); New SBruns- 
wick VIII, 3, Anglesea (Coll); Belmar VII, 9 (Jn). 


COLOBOPTERUS Burm. 


. excisus Hagen. Belmar VII, one specimen (Jn). 


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Order MECOPTERA. 


The “scorpion flies’ are a curious remnant of what I believe was the 
ancestral type from which the orders Hymenoptera and Diptera were 
developed. They have narrow, net-veined wings, the cross-veins rather 
few in number, laid flat across the back when at rest. The mouth parts 
are mandibulate and set at the end of a proportionately long beak, so 
that the order is readily recognizable. In 
the males of ““Panorpa” the abdomen is fur- 
nished with a curiously jointed forceps, 
curved upward so that it somewhat re- 
sembles the tail and sting of a scorpion, and 
that gives the order its common name. The 
flies are predatory, and feed on a variety of 


Fig. 20.—A male scorpion fly; small insects. 
Panorpa sp., somewhat 
enlarged. 


They are never common in my experience, 
but are not really rare, and in some locali- 
ties .are freely taken by collectors. The 3 
species of “Boreus’ occur in late winter 
and very early spring, often on the surface 
of snow after a short period of mild weather. 

The larve are caterpillar-like in shape, 
have 8 pairs of fleshy pro-legs, live in damp ' : 
soil and are predatory in habit. Taken as Fis. greats. ee ak 
a whole, the order is of no economic im- 
portance, and none of the species are at any time injurious, directly or 
indirectly. 


PANORPA Linn. 


P. confusa Westw. Orange Mts., Lahaway, Anglesea VII, 20 (Coll). 


P. maculosus Hagen. Hopatcong VII, 6, Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Green- 
wood Lake V, 30, Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll); Ft. Lee Dist. IX, 9 (Bno). 


P. nebulosus Westw. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); 
Staten Island VI (Ds). 


P. rufescens Ramb. (debilis Westw.) Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); Little 
Falls (Ds); Woodbury V, 28, Pitman Grove VIII, 4 (Acad). 
P. venosa Westw. Sparta VII (Ds). 


BOREUS Latr. 


B. brumalis Fitch. Staten Island XiI, 6 (Ds); on snow, New York, April. 
B. nivoriundus Fitch. New York, on snow, in early spring. 


66 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BITTACUS Latr. 


B. apicalis Hagen. Eastern States generally. 
. occidentis Wlk. Pennsylvania and Hastern States generally. 


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B. strigosus Hagen. Common near Philadelphia (Haim). 


MEROPE Newn. 


M. tuber Newn. Atlantic States generally. 


Order TRICHOPTERA. 


The ‘‘caddice” or ‘‘case-flies” are so named from the fact that the larve 
make cases or tubes of stones, sticks or other fragments of vegetable, 
animal or mineral matter among which they live. They are aquatic, 
resemble caterpillars in shape, but have the thoracic legs very long, the 
others very short or obsolete, and the hind body soft because of the pro- 
tection afforded by the case. Usually they frequent running brooks, 
streams or ditches, but some live in water that is sluggish or almost 
stagnant. The adults have a free head with distinct neck, a compact 
thorax, an abdomen without anal appendages, and four net-veined wings, 
the posterior folded under and covered by the anterior. The antenne 
are usually very long, the fore-wings are narrower than the hind-wings, 
often a little thicker in texture and covered with a fine hair, which some- 
times becomes scale-like. The mouth parts are mandibulate in type, but 
are rarely well developed, and in many cases so nearly obsolete as to be 
entirely useless for feeding purposes. They have many resemblances to 
the Lepidoptera, and some of the species of either order may be readily 
taken for members of the other. It is believed that in the Trichoptera we 
have the direct ancestors of the Lepidoptera. 


Fig. 22.—Caddice-fly cases of varying types. 


Collections in this order are not much more complete than they were at 
the time of the previous edition, and comparatively few new species have 
been added. Some of the species added as probabilities have been veri- 
fied, and a very few of these have been omitted as unlikely to occur from 
better knowledge. 


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68 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family PHRYGANEID/. 


PHRYGANEA Linn. 


P. interrupta Say. Caldwell (Cr); Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll); “New Jersey” 
is the type locality. 


P. vestita Wlk. Staten Island V (Ds). 


NEURONIA Leach. 
- angustipennis Hagen. Newark, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Coll). 
.» concatenata Wlk. Recorded from Canada to Florida. 
. dossuaria Say. Buena Vista VI (Jn). 


. ocellifera Wlk. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Orange 
Mts., Jamesburg, Anglesea VI, 10-21 (Coll). 


N. postica Wlk. Caldwell (Cr); Chester VII, 8, Palisades V, 30, Orange 
Mts., New Brunswick VI, Lahaway VI, 1, VII, 7 (Coll). 


N. semifasciata Say. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. (Bt). 


N. stygipes Hagen. Staten Island, Ft. Lee V (Ds); Paterson IV, 21, So. 
Orange IV, 18, Monmouth Jn. V, 9 (Coll). 


Fe eM eS 


Family LIMNEPHILIDA. 


LIMNEPHILUS Leach. 


L. submonilifer Wlk.—pudicus Hagen. 
(Goniataulius) Newark X, 30, New 
Brunswick, Prospertown VI, 1, Anglesea 
IV, 26 (Coll). Riverton. IV (Jn). 


PLATYCENTROPUS UIm. 


P. maculipennis Kolen. (hostis Hagen.) 

Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Manchester VI 

Fig. 23.—A caddice-fly, Limnephilus (Ds); Barnegat Bay Dist. Vi, 4, Laha- 
rhombicus; enlarged. way VI, 24 (Coll). 


HALESUS Steph. 
H. argus Harr. Staten Island VI (Ds). 


PYCNOPSYCHE Banks. 


P. guttifer Wlk. (Halesus) Occurs from Canada to Georgia; certain to 
be found in New Jersey. 


P. scabripennis Ramb. (Stenophylax) Lakehurst VIII, 23 IX (div). 


ALLOPHYLAX Banks. 
A. punctatissimus Wlk. Chester (Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 69 


PLATYPHYLAX McLach. 


P. lepida Hagen. Recorded from Pennsylvania and the N. E. States. 
P. subfasciata Hagen. Philadelphia and eastern States generally. 


CHILOSTIGMA McLach. 


C. difficilis Wlk. (Cryptothrix) Staten Island XI, XII (Ds); Lahaway 
XI, 9 (Coll). 


CHAZTOPTERYGOPSIS Stein. 


C. parvula Banks. (Oecetina) New Brunswick IX, 18. 


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RHYACOPHILA Pict. 


R. terminata Banks. Delaware Water Gap (Slosson). 
R. torva Hagen. Delaware Water Gap VII (Jn). 


CHIMARRHA Leach. 
C. aterrima Hagen. Lafayette V, 23, Newark V, 12, Barnegat Bay Dist. 


VI, 14 (Coll). 
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. fuliginosus Wlk. (incanus Hagen.) Paterson V, 1, 
New Brunswick IV, 21, [X, 18 (Coll). 


HELICOPSYCHE Hagen. 


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. annulicornis Banks. “New Jersey” (Banks). 


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. borealis Hagen. New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll). 


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of caddice-fly and 
its case; enlarged. 


L. togata Hagen. Del. Water Gap (Slosson). 


Family CALAMOCERATID/E. 


HETEROPLECTRON McLach. 
H. borealis Prov. Del. Water Gap (Slosson); Passaic VI, 8 (Coll). 


GANONEMA McLach. 


G. americana Wlk. (Sericostoma) New Brunswick, Cumberland Co. 
VI (Coll). 


70 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family LEPTOCERIDA#. 


BERA-A Steph. 
B. nigritta Banks. Clementon VIII (Jn). 


MOLANNA Curtis. 


M. cinerea Hagen. “Eastern States;” sure to occur in New Jersey. 


LEPTOCERUS Leach. 


L. mentiens Wlk. New Brunswick VI, 23, VIII, common (Coll). 
. resurgens Wlk. (Setodes) New Brunswick VI, 23 (Coll). 
L. transversa Hagen. Will probably be found in. South Jersey. 


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T. flavescens Banks. Del. Water Gap (Slosson); New Brunswick IX, 18 
(Coll); this is the species listed as ‘‘venusta” in the last edition. 


T. ignita Wlk. New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll); Riverton VII (Jn). 


LEPTOCELLA Banks. 
. albida Wik. (Setodes) Sure to be found in New Jersey. 
. exquisita Wik. New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll). 
. uwarowii Kolen. Riverton VII (Jn). 


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CECETINA Banks. 


avara Banks. New Brunswick VI, 23, IX, 19, common (Coll). 
flaveolata Hagen. (Setodes) New Brunswick. 

fumosa Banks. Staten Island VI (Ds). 

guttata Banks. New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll). 


incerta Wlk. New Brunswick VI, 1-22, IX, 18 (Coll); Westville VI, 
Riverton VII (Jn). 


parvula Banks. New Brunswick IX, 18. 


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MYSTACIDES Latr. 


M. nigra Linn. New Brunswick, and probably throughout the State. 


M. sepulchralis Wlk. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, New Brunswick VI, 22 
(Coll). 


Family HYDROPSYCHID. 


MACRONEMA Pict. 


M. zebrata Hagen. New Brunswick VI, 23, very common (Gr). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 71 


HYDROPSYCHE Pict. 


. alternans Wlk. Chester VIII, 19 (Coll); Caldwell, common (Cr). 
. analis Banks. New Brunswick VI, Lahaway VII, 21 (Coll). 

. phalerata Hagen. New Brunswick V, 3, VI, 28, VII (Coll). 

. scalaris Hagen. New Brunswick (Coll). 

. sordida Hagen. Hastern States generally. 


PLECTRONEMIA Steph. 


. confusus Hagen. (Polycentropus) Staten Island VI (Ds); Jamesburg 


V, Lahaway V (Coll). 


PHYLOCENTROPUS Banks. 


. lucidus Hagen. (Polycentropus) Chester VIII, 17 (Coll). 


PHILOPOTAMUS Leach. 


. distinctus Wlk. Caldwell, rare (Cr). 


PSYCHOMIA Latr. 


. flavida Hagen. Canada to Virginia, and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


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Order ODONATA. 


The Odonata or “dragon flies” are predatory in all stages, and none of 
them are, therefore, injurious to the agriculturist. Some of them are 
more or less beneficial in the adult stage as destroyers of injurious or 
annoying species, and their practice of taking mosquitoes has given them 
the name “mosquito-hawks.” Their habits of flying by day only, and 
preferably in sunny places, limits their usefulness against the nocturnal 
pests very decidedly, and makes them practically useless in any attempt 
to control mosquito breeding. Their appearance and habits have always 
aroused interest, and often dread, as the common names “snake doctor” 
and “devil’s darning needle” testify, and many a tale of their dangerous 
power is current. As a matter of fact, the insects are entirely harmless, 
and can neither sting nor bite, the mouth being so peculiarly constructed 
that the insect can chew only what can be gotten into the buccal cavity 
itself. 

The eggs are laid on or under the surface of the water, and the larve 
are aS voracious and formidable in appearance as the adults. The lower 
lip is hinged, capable of being extended well beyond the head, and almost 
any soft-bodied water insect coming within reach is liable to be captured 
and eaten. Mosquito wrigglers furnish a large percentage of the food 
of some species, and in permanent pools such larve cannot maintain them- 
selves in any number. 

The list of species in the last edition was prepared by Dr. Philip P. 
Calvert, of the University of Pennsylvania, who has also supplied addi- 
tional notes to the present edition. His absence from the country during 
the time the list was prepared for the printer, and while it was passing 
through the press has prevented his looking it over in final form, and he 
is not to be charged with errors appearing it it, but is to be credited with 
the determination of the material and the general arrangement as it now 
stands, as well as all records not otherwise acknowledged. 

The list of species and varieties has been increased from 90 to 112, and 
there probably is no other order more thoroughly and completely known 
in New Jersey. The labors of Messrs. Daecke and Davis, in addition to 
those of Dr. Calvert, have done much to bring the list to its present state 
of completeness. 


Family AGRIONIDAE. 


Sub-family CALOPTERYGIN 2. 


CALOPTERYX Leach. 


Cc. maculata Beauv. Throughout the State except in the Appalachian V, 
28-VIII, 9, locally not rare. 


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74 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. apicalis Burm. Iona V, 8, Bamber VII, 30, Malaga VI, 27, Browns Mills 
VI, 24 (Dke); Weymouth VII, 30-VIII, 15 (div); Toms River (Bt); 
Raccoon Creek VIII, 3, Patcong Creek VIII, 25 (C); not rare. 


HETAERINA Hagen. 


H. americana Fab. Paterson IX, 1 (Gr); Berkshire, Morris Co. 
IX, 12, Patcong Creek VIII, 25 (C); Bamber IX, 9 (Dke); 
South Jersey cranberry bogs (Sm); locally common. 


Sub-family AGRIONIN#. 


LESTES Leach. 


rs i L. congener Hag. Staten Island IX, X, XI (Ds). 
ig. 25.—An 
adult Agrionid L. unguiculatus Hag. Bergen Hill (Hag); Staten Island VII, 


in a resting 15, ovipositing (Ds); DaCosta VII, 20, Hammonton IX, 6 
oar (Dke); Minnisink IX, XI, 2, Lucaston VII, 16 (C); Peer- 
mont VI, 16 (Vk); Anglesea VI, 19—VIII, 21 (Sm). 

L. forcipata Ramb. Piedmont Plain and southward throughout the Dela- 
ware Valley and pine barrens, but not in coast strip or maritime IV, 
30-IX, 8. 

L. rectangularis Say. Throughout the State, except Appalachian VI, 3-IX, 
10; many records from all regions. 

L. vigilax Selys. Highlands, southward through pine barrens, but no 
records from the coast strip or maritime VII, 10-IX, 14. 

L. inzequalis Walsh. Morris Co. VII, 10 (Jn); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); 
Riverton VII, 19 (Satterthwaite); Kirkwood VI, 16 (C). 


L. eurinus Say. Staten Island (Ds). 


ARGIA Ramb. 


A. putrida Hag. Del. Water Gap 
VII, 7, Dunnfield Creek VII, 14, 
Chatham VIII, 8 (C); Norman- 
nock VII, 23, Little Falls VII, 8 
(Ds); Newark, Gloucester Co. 
VII-(Sm). 

A. violacea Hag. Throughout the 
State, except that there are no 
records from the Appalachian 
nor the maritime VI, 8-IX, 6. 


A. translata Selys. Hanks Pond, near Newfoundland IX (Ds); Hopat- 
cong VII (Rhoades). 


A. tibialis Hag. Atco IX, 4 (H);: New Jersey VII, 4 (A N S); Browns 
Mills VII, 29, Bamber VIII, 11 (Dke). 


Fig. 26.—An Agrionid nymph, Lestes rec- 
tangularis; somewhat enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 73 


. apicalis Say. Staten Island (Ds); Haddonfield VII (R); Almonesson 
VII, 17, Grenloch VII, 29 “in copula,’’ Mullica Hill VIII, 3 (C); Laurel 
Springs VII, 21 (Dke). 

. bipunctulata Hagen. Newfoundland VI, 4 (Ds); Haddonfield VIII (R); 
Atco VII, 12 (N); Berlin VII, 17, Albion VI, 1, Lucaston VI, VIII, 10, 
Manumuskin V, 21 (C); Browns Mills VII, 21, Toms River VII, 12 
(Dke). 

CHROMAGRION Needh. 


. conditum Hag. Lakewood V, Iona V, 26, Browns Mills V, 21 (Dke); 
Hewitt VI (Ds). 
NEHALENNIA Selys. 


. irene Hag. Great Piece Meadow VIII, 3 (Coll); Ft. Lee VI, 23, Browns 
Mills VII, 5, DaCosta VII, 19 (Dke.); Staten Island VI, Lakewood VI 
(Ds); Berlin VII, 17 (C). 

. posita Hag. Throughout the State V, 2-VIII, 30, locally common. 

. gracilis Morse. Iona VII, 18, Hammonton VII, 17 (Dke). 

. integricollis Calv. Malaga VI, 27, one 9 (Dke). 


AMPHAGRION Selys. 


. saucium Burm. Dunker Pond VII, Staten Island VI (Ds); Plainfield 
V, 18, Jamesburg VII, 4, Lahaway (Coll); Riverton V, 30 (CG); West- 
ville VI, 16, Clementon V, VI (Jn); Woodstown V, 28 (C); Lucaston 
VI, 18, Iona V, 24 (Dke). 


ENALLAGMA Charp. 


. durum Hag. Westville VIII, 28 (W); Alloway VIII, 28, Bargaintown 
VIII, 24, Petersburg VIII, 25 (C); Ocean Co. VIII, (R); Toms River 
VII, 12 (Dke); Lavallette V, 21 (Vk). 


. doubledayi Hag. New Jersey, near Egg Harbor River (Uhler); Ocean 
Co., Manahawkin or Tuckerton VIII (R). 


. civile Hag. Piedmont Plain and southward; most abundant through 
the pine barrens and in the coast strip; VI, 11-IX, 22; recorded also: 
from Newfoundland VII (Ds), and probably rare in the Highlands. 

. carunculatum Morse. Lake Hopatcong VII, IX, 8 (div); Newfoundland 
VII (Ds). 

. aspersum Hag. Bergen Hill (Hag); Staten Island VI-VIII (Ds); 
Haddonfield VIII (R); DaCosta VIII, 19; Lucaston VI, 14-IX, 7, Ham- 
monton VIII, 23, Manumuskin IX, 15 (Dke); Seaville VII, 12, Cape 
May V, 30 (Sk). ; 

. traviatum Selys. Clementon VI, 4, Almonessen VII, 17 (C); Lucaston 
VII, 2 (Dke). 

» geminatum Kellicott. Lake Hopatcong IX, 14, Kirkwood V, 25, mostly 
6, VI 16, “in copula,” Almonesson VII,:17, Clementon VII, 22, Mullica 
Hill VIII, 3, West Creek Pond VIII, 26, Manumuskin VI, 21 (C); 
Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); DaCosta V, 17, Lucaston VI, 27, VII, 2 (Dke)- 


76 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Merchantville V, 26, Iona VI, 8 (Dke); Kirkwood VI, 


. divagans Selys. 
exsulsans Hag. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Jamesburg (Sm); Three 


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16 (C). 
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States Point VII, 21, Patcong Creek VIII, 25, Mullica Hill VIII, 3, “in 
cop” in narrow parts of Raccoon Creek, but not at Mill Pond (C); 
Merchantville V, 26, Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 
‘E. signatum Hag. Highlands, Piedmont Plain, Delaware Valley and ex- 
tending a little into the pine barrens along its western border, VI, 
6-IX, 6. 
E. pollutum Hag. Lake Hopatcong IX, 14, Clementon VI, 4, VII, 22, IX, 
Pine barrens VI, 6—VIII, 29, extending a little into the 


22 (C). 
pictum Morse. 
Delaware Valley where the two join; “in cop” VII, 22, VIII, 26. 


TELAGRION Selys. 
Malaga VI, 27, 1 ¢, Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


T. deckii Calv. 
ISCHNURA Charp. 
Recorded, not rarely, from all regions except the Ap- 


l. verticalis Say. 
palachian IV, 21—VIII, 29. 
I. kellicotti Williamson. Clementon IX, 22, Hammonton Lake VIII, 23, 
Alloway VIII, 28, Bridgeton VIII, 27, Patcong Creek VIII, 25, West 
Creek Pond, Eldora VIII, 26, Millville VIII, 28, Bargaintown VIII, 25 
(C); Tuckerton VIII (R). 
I. ramburii Selys. Staten Island IX, X (Ds); pine barrens and coast 
strip, extending a little into the Delaware Valley VII, 2—VIII, 29. 
ANOMALAGRION Selys. 
A. hastatum Say. Highlands southward throughout the State; most 
abundantly recorded from the pine barrens near the shore, V—IX, 15. 


Family AEKSCHNID/Z:. 
Sub-family GoMPpHIN®. 


HAGENIUS Selys. 
Newfoundland VII (Ds); Franklin Furnace—Wild- 


H. brevistylus Selys. 
Weymouth VIII, 16, Bamber VI, 24, VIII, 11 (Dke). 


OPHIOGOMPHUS Selys. 


wood Lake (C); Browns Mills Jne. VI, 24, Grt. Egg Harbor River, 


‘O. johannus Needh. Hewitt VI (Ds). 
‘O. rupinsulensis Walsh. Dover (Jn); Ramapo Mts., near Halifax VI, 12 


(Ds). 


TEE, INSECTS ‘OP-NEW. JERSEY: 77 


GOMPHUS Leach. 


. parvulus Selys. Ramapo V, 31 (Ds); Hewitt V, 31 (Watson). 

. villosipes Selys. Great Piece Meadow V, 23 (Coll). 

. exilis Selys. Highlands, pine barrens and coast strip; many records 
V-VII; none from Piedmont Plain or Delaware Valley; Staten Island 
V-VII (Ds). 

. plagiatus Selys. Trenton VIII, 8 (Coll); Edgewater Park Ville) a2oe 
Manumuskin IX, 3 (DkKe). 

. albistylus Hag. Lucaston VI, 3 (Dke). 

. brevis Hag. Browns Mills V, 21 (Dke). 

. sordidus Hag. Newfoundland VII, 9 (Ds); between Clementon and 
Blackwood VI, 4 (C). 

. furcifer Hag. Hewitt VI, 19 (Ds). 

. spicatus Selys. Newfoundland V, 19, VII (Ds). 


PROGOMPHUS Selys. 


. obscurus Ramb. Lakehurst VII, 21 (Ds); Browns Mills VI, 25, VII, 
21, Bamber VII, 18 (Dke). 


DROMOGOMPHUS Selys. 


. spinosus Selys. Dunnfield Creek VII, 14 (C); Lake Hopatcong VII- 
IX, 14 (div); Sparta VII, Newfoundland VI (Ds). 


Sub-family CorDULEGASTERIN &. 


CORDULEGASTER Leach. 


. maculatus Selys. Staten Island V, 30, VI, 17 (Ds); Lacey V, 27 (Dke). 
. diastatops Selys. Lake Hopatcong VI, Hewitt VI, Lakehurst V (Ds). 
. obliquus Say. Lake Hopatcong VI, 17 (Watson). 


Sub-family 7H scHNINZE. 


EPIAESCHNA Selys. 


. heros Fab. Throughout the State III-X, sometimes very abundant 
along shore; not actually recorded from the Appalachian and spar- 
ingly from the Highlands; but from all portions of the pine barrens, 


BOYERIA McLach. 


. vinosa Say. Sparta VII, Newfoundland VII, IX, Staten Island VII, 
Lakehurst VII (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); Bound Brook, in R. R. car (C);. 
Mt. Holly VII (A N S); Clementon (Gr); Lacy VII, 14 (Dke). 


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BASIAESCHNA Selys. 


B. janata Say. Newfoundland V, Great Notch V, Paterson V, Staten Is: 
land V, 2, Lakehurst V (Ds); Medford (Banks); common in pine 
barrens IV, 24-V, 13 (Dke). 


GOMPHAESCHNA Selys. 
G. furcillata Say. Hewitt VII, Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Sussex Co. (B. 
Long); Browns Mills V, Iona IV, DaCosta V (Dke). 


var. antilope Hag. Newfoundland VI, 22 (Ds); New Brunswick V, 22 
(Coll); Clementon VI, 6 (Dke); Sea Isle, 1 9 in wash-up VI, 25 (C). 


AESCHNA Fab. 

AE. juncea L., var. verticalis Hag. Staten Island VI, IX, X (Ds); Ft. Lee 
(Dke). 

. clepsydra Say. Dunnfield Cr VII, 14 (C); Newfoundland IX (Ds). 

. umbrosa WIlk. (constricta Say.) Dunnfield Cr VII, 14 (C); Nor- 
manock VII, Staten Island VI, IX, X (Ds); Haddonfield IX (R); De 
lair X, 19, Lucaston X, 10 (Dke); Anglesea IX, 6 (Sm). ; 

AZ. grandis L. Bergen Hill, 1 ¢ (Hag), and probably an introduced ex- 

ample. The species is European. 


mm 


ANAX Leach. 


A. junius Dru. Throughout the State IV, 23-X 3, locally common. 


A. longipes Hag. Staten Island VI, 5, VIII, 9, Orange (Ds); Lucaston 
VI, 27, VII, 22, Bamber (Dke). 


Family LIBELLULID. 


Sub-family CoRDULIN#. 


DIDYMOPS Ramb. 

iD. transversa Say. Highlands, Piedmont Plain V—VII, many localities; 
Riverton IV, 23 (Jn); Mt. Holly V, 18 (A N §S); Woodbury IV, 29 
(Kp); Hainesport V, 7 (Dke). 

MACROMIA Ramb. 


M. illinoisensis Walsh. Del. Water Gap VII, 9 (Jn); Newfoundland VII, 
Echo Lake VII, 2 (Ds); Bamber VII, 13, Browns Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 


EPICORDULIA Selys. 


£. princeps Hag. Hopatcong IX, 14 (C); Newfoundland VI, VII, Singac 
VI (Ds); New Brunswick VII, 10 (Coll); Almonesson VII, 17 (C). 


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TETRAGONEURIA Hag. 


. semiaquea Burm. Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Kirkwood VI, 16 (C); Clem- 
enton V (div); Lucaston V, 30, Manumuskin V, 10-28 (Dke); Angle- 
sea V, 11 (Lt) 


. spinosa Hag. Great Notch V, 5 (Lv); Clementon V, 27, VI, 3, Laurel 
Springs IV, 21, Iona IV, 20 (Dke). 


. cynosura Say. Newfoundland VI, VII, Staten Island V-VU, Lakehurst 
VI (Ds); Clementon V—VII (div); Blackwood VI, 4, Kirkwood VI, 
16 (C). 

HELOCORDULIA Need. 


. uhleri Selys. Florence IV, 23 (C); Lakehurst V (Ds); Browns Mills 
V, 21, Iona IV, 20, Manumuskin IV, 5 (Dke). 


NEUROCORDULIA Selys. 


. obsoleta Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 10 (Jn); Lake Hopatcong VI, 17, 
VII, 4, IX, 14 (div). 


DOROCORDULIA Need. 


. lepida Hag. Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4, Iona V, 26, VI, 
8, Browns Mills VI, 24 (Dke). 


. libera Selys. Paterson V, 24 (Coll); Normanock VII, 23 (Ds). 


SOMATOCHLORA Selys. 


. filosa Hag. Petersburg VIII, 30 (C); Iona VIII, 25, Manumuskin IX, 
3, Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke); Cape May Co. IX, 20 (Sm). 


» provocans Calv. DaCosta VII, 16, Formosa bog VII, 22, Bamber VII, 
18, Weymouth VII, 30 (Dke). 


. tenebrosa Say. Jamesburg VII, 4, Lakehurst IX (Ds); Clementon IX, 
6 (C); Malaga VII, 27, Bamber VII, 18, Browns Mills VII, 5 (Dke). 


Sub-family LrBELLULIN A. 


PANTALA Hagen. 


. flavescens Fab. Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); Lucaston VII, 6, Cape 
May IX, 21 (Dke). 


- hymenzea Say. Sea Isle City VIII, 15 (Lt). 


TRAMEA Hag. 


. carolina L. Bergen Hill (Hag); Staten Island V-IX (Ds); and south- 
ward through the pine barrens V-IX, along the coast strip but 
scarcely entering the Delaware Valley. 


- lacerata Hag. Staten Island V-IX (Ds); Haddonfield VIII (R); Ocean 
Co. (Sm). 


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LIBELLULA Linn. 


Fig. 27.—Libellula sp., showing all stages: 7, larva with jaws extended; 2, pupa shell, 
from which larva has issued; 3, active pupa capturing its prey; 4, pupa on 
stalk, ready to transform; 5, adult dragon fly. 


L. luctuosa Burm. (basalis Say.) Lake Hopatcong (Rhoads); Sparta 
VII, Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); So. Orange IV, 18, New Brunswick 
VI, 28 (Coll); Riverton VII (Jn); Haddonfield VIII (R); Westville 
VII (div); Mullica Hill VIII, 3 (C); National Park VIII, 4, Laurel 
Springs VII, 21 (Dke). 

L. auripennis Burm. Staten Island V-—VII (Ds); Petersburg VII, 23, 
Tuckahoe VII, 21 (C); along shore, Point Pleasant to Cape May VII, 
VIII. 

L. flavida Ramb. Haddonfield VIII (R); Lakehurst VII, VIII (Ds); 
Browns Mills VI, 15, VII, 5, IX, 15 (Dke); Cape May (Sk). 

L. cyanea Fab. Ft. Lee VI (Bt); So. Orange IV, 18, Ocean Co. VII, 3. 
(Sm); Staten Island VI-VIII (Ds); Jamesburg VI, VII (div); Had- 
donfield VIII (R);. Westville VII (div); Kirkwood VI, 16, Tuckahoe 
VII, 22, Seaville VII, 12 (C); Manumuskin VI, 4 (Dke); Cape May 
V, 30 (Sk). 

L. axillena Westw. Clementon VI, 4 (C). 

var. vibrans Fab. Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); no. branch, Big Timber 
Creek VII, 29, Albion VI, 1 (C). ‘ 

var. incesta Hag. Highlands, southward through the Delaware Valley 
and pine barrens; but not along shore VII-IX. 

L. exusta Say. Highlands, and southward through Delaware Valley and 
pine barrens; but not along shore IV, 20—-VIII, 8. 

L. quadrimaculata L. Lake Hopatcong VII (Rhoads); Arlington, Staten 
Island V, VI (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Dke); Atco VI, 18 (Jn). 

L. semifasciata Burm. Ft. Lee VI (Bt), and Piedmont Plain southward 
throughout the State V-IX, often common along shore. 


L. pulchella Dru. Throughout the State IV, 18-IX, 1, often common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 81 


PLATHEMIS Hagen. 


P. trimaculata DeG. Highlands and southward throughout the State V— 
IX, often common. 


ERYTHRODIPLAX Brauer. 


E. berenice Dru. Bergen Hill (Hag); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds); along 
shore Sandy Hook to Cape May V-IX, often very common; the larva 
in salt water and the only one I have found in such places (Sm). 


NANNOTHEMIS Brauer. 


N. bella Uhler. Staten Island VI, VII, Toms River VIII (Ds); Clemen- 
ton VI, 25, Albion VI, 1, Lucaston VI, 1, pruinose 4, Berlin VII, 17, 
Seaville VII, 21 (C); Lucaston VIII, 10, DaCosta VII, Iona VI, 16 
(Dke). 

CELITHEMIS Hagen. 


C. ornata Ramb. Lakehurst IX, Toms River VIII (Ds); Clementon VII, 
22, IX, 6, Ocean View VII, 25, Indian Creek VIII, 24, Patcong Cr VIII, 
24, West West Creek Pond VIII, 26 (C); Lucaston IX, 2, DaCosta 
VII, 2-20 (Dke). 

C. elisa Hag. Bergen Hill (Hag); Staten Island VI-VIII (Ds), and south- 
ward throughout the State VI-IX; usually not common. 

C. fasciata Kirby. Lucaston VI, 27-—VIII, 11, DaCosta VII, 7 (Dke); 
Malaga VI, VII (div). 

C. eponina Dru. Hopatcong VII (Rhoads); Staten Island V, VII (Ds); 
throughout the Delaware Valley, pine barrens and coastal strip 
VII-IX. 

LEUCORHINIA Britt. 


L. intacta Hagen. Normanock VII, Newfoundland VII, Staten Island V, 
VI (Ds); So. Orange IV, 18 (Coll); Ft. Lee VII, 4, Clementon VI, 28 
(Dke); Albion VI, 1 (C). 


SYMPETRUM Newm. 


S. rubicundulum Say. Throughout the State VI-IX, not common. 
var. assimilata Uhler. Westville VIII, 27 (N). 

S. albifrons Charp. Delair VII, 18, Manumuskin IX, 15, Belleplain IX, 16 
(DkKe). 

S. obtrusum Hagen. Staten Island VII (Ds); Bamber, Browns Mills, 
Manumuskin, Belleplain all IX, 1-16 (Dke). 

S. semicinctum Say. Sparta VII, Staten Island VII, 15 (Ds); Shark River 
WAU Py (pale 


S. vicinum Hagen. Lake Hopatcong VII (Rhoads); Bergen Hill (Hag); - 
Staten Island [IX—XI (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll); Delaware Valley 


and pine barrens generally VII-X, but not from coastal strip or mari- 
time. 


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82 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


S. corruptum Hagen. Staten Island V, 27, VIII, 8, several miles west of 
Barnegat XI, 1 (Ds). 


PERITHEMIS Hagen. 


P. domitia Dru. Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Delaware Valley and pine 
barrens VI-IX; not on coastal strip or from maritime. 


ERYTHEMIS Hagen. 


E. simpliciollis Say. (Mesothemis) Piedmont Plain and southward 
throughout the State VI-IX, often common; also Ft. Lee (Bt); So. 
Orange V, 27 (Coll). 


PACHYDIPLAX Brauer. 


P. longipennis Burm. Throughout the State except the Appalachian V, 
23-IX, 5, not usually common. 


Order THYSANOPTERA. 


The insects of this order are commonly known as “Thrips” and often 
cause severe injury to growing plants. They are very small, very slender, 
somewhat fusiform, with very delicate narrow fringed wings, which are 
laid flat upon the back when at rest and are not even visible to the ordi- 
nary observer without a lens. 

The mouth parts are made up of a number of slender lancets, only the 
points of which protrude beyond the mouth opening. With these they 
scrape the surface of the leaf or plant and exhaust the cell beneath, 
leaving a yellow or whitish spot. Onion leaves sometimes turn almost 
white under a severe attack, and “silver-tip’” in grasses is often due to these 
insects. Cabbage leaves are sometimes completely devitalized, and grow- 
ing tips of young trees may be crippled. Not all species are harmful, 
however, some of them occurring under such conditions as to make it 
almost certain that they are predatory. Yet as a whole this little order 
must be considered as injurious. 

As to remedial measures it 
is difficult to make recom- 
mendations. Ordinarily the 
species flourish only in dry 
weather, and their injuries in- 
crease and manifest them- 
selves in a dry season, or 
after a protracted drought. 
A cold rain may check them 
when they threaten most, and 
a spray of cold water, thor- 
oughly applied, is often suffi- 
cient for their control. Tobacco decoction and soap suds are good addi- 
tions, and may generally be relied upon to kill off the species in the green- 
house and garden. 

Very little has been added to our knowledge of the New Jersey species 
since the previous edition, and the number of forms has not been in- 
creased by coliections. Mr. Pergande is, therefore, still to be credited 
with the notes. 


SANA 


Fig. 28.—Thrips tabaci: a, adult; b, antenna of 
same; c, young larva; d, full-grown larva; 
enlarged. 


Family TER LPL Ay. 


COLEOTHRIPS Halid. 


C. trifasciata Fitch. Infests grain and grasses. 


CHIROTHRIPS Halid. 


C. antennatus Osb. Infests grasses. 


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LIMOTHRIPS Halid. 


L. ceralium Halid. Infests grain and grasses throughout the State. 


HELIOTHRIPS Halid. 


H. dracanz Heeger. On hot-house plants. 
H. hzemorrhoidalis Bouché. In green-houses, often common. 


THRIPS Linn. 


T. 6—maculatus Pergande. A general feeder on many plants. 


T. tabaci Linden. On cabbages, onions and other vegetables throughout 


the State; a serious pest seasonally and locally (Sm). 


T. tritici Fitch. On grain, grasses and flowers; also locally in tips of 


nursery peach trees, sometimes causing serious injury (Sm). 


PHLCEOTHRIPS Halid. 


. carye Fitch. Occurs on hickory. 
. mali Fitch. Feeds on leaves of apple. 
. nigra Osb. Found commonly on clover. 


qos) ae) a0) 


on its inhabitants. 


. phylloxerze Riley. Occurs in galls of “Phylloxera,’ and is said to feed 


Order PARASITICA. 


Under this head come the sucking lice, which are parasitic on warm- 
blooded animals other than birds. They never become winged, have prac- 
tically no transformations, the body is more or less flattened and either 

: the feet are scansorial, fitted for climbing and holding, or 
the mouth hooks are so formed as to enable the insect to 
anchor itself firmly in place. The insects remain on their 
host constantly and the eggs are nearly always attached 
to the hair of the host animal. 

Three species attack man and sometimes cause serious 
annoyance. In extreme cases an inflammatory condition 
of the skin may be set up to which the terms “phthiriasis” 
and “pediculosis’ have been applied. 

Almost all the domestic and many of the wild animals are 
subject to infestation and the list here given will undoubt- 
Be creatis edly prove incomplete when systematic collections are 
enlarged. made. 


Fig. 29.—Head- 
louse, Pediculus 


Family PEDICULID/. 


PHTHIRIUS Leach. 


P. inguinalis Leach. The “crab-louse”’: 
found in the arm-pits and pubic re- 
gions of man and sometimes on the 
coarse hair of the breast. The grasp- 
ing structures of the feet are so well 
developed that it is easier to pull out 
a hair than to remove the parasite 
from it. Liberal and repeated appli- 
cations of mercurial ointment are re- 
quired to destroy these species. 


Fig. 30.—Crab-louse, Phthirius 
inguinalis; greatly enlarged. 


PEDICULUS Linn. 


P. capitis DeG. The common “head-louse;” more generally found on 
children. A fine-tooth comb and repeated application of pomade or 
vaseline will readily control this pest. Tincture, or extract of Lark- 
spur, has also been used with good effect. 


P. vestimenti Leach. “Body-louse,” ‘“‘clothes-louse” or “‘gray-back.”’ Lays 
its eggs in the seams of clothing in which also it hides when not 
actively feeding. Cleanliness is the best preventive; when an attack 
is to be dealt with, use mercurial ointment in the seams of the cloth- 
ing or dip them in gasoline two or three times at intervals of one 
week. Steaming or thorough boiling will answer the same purpose. 


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86 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Fig. 31.—Body-louse, 
Pediculus vestimentt; 
greatly enlarged. 


Fi. acanthopus Burm. 


HAZMATOPINUS Leach. 


. piliferus Burm. The sucking-louse of the dog. 

. pedalis Osborn. Occurs on the feet of sheep be- 
low the wool and easy to destroy with any good 
sheep dip. 

. eurysternus Nitzsch. Short-nosed ox-louse. This 
and the following may be reached by the crude 
petroleum brushing recommended for the biting 
lice. 

. vituli Linn. Long-nosed ox-louse. 


H. urius Nitzsch. The hog-louse: our largest spe- 


H. 
H. 


H. ventricosus Denny. 


H. suturalis Osborn. 


cies; sometimes very common and conspicuous. 
asini Linn. Found on the horse and ass. 
spinulosus Nitzsch. Found on the common rat. 
Infests field mice. 

Found on hares and rabbits. 


Infests chipmunks and ground squirrels. 


Order HOMOPTERA. 


This ordinal term is employed for those Rhyngota in which the two 
pairs of wings are either similar in texture; as in the plant-lice or 
“Cicada,” or the primaries are of the same texture throughout, though 
this may be different from that of the secondaries, as in the leaf-hoppers. 

The mouth parts are composed of four lancets, of which two are usually 
grown together concealed in a jointed beak, except in the Coccids or 
seale insects, in which the mouth parts are quite generally aborted in the 
males and reduced to thread-like lancets in the females. Usually the 
base of the beak is on the under side of the head, and its point is directed 
backward so that it rests between the haunches of the fore-legs. 

All the species are plant feeders, 
piercing the tissue by means of the 
lancets and exhausting the cells be- 
neath. They are, therefore, of eco- 

é nomic importance, and, as a matter 
of fact, some of our most destructive 
species belong to this order. 

In a general way the transforma- 
tions are incomplete; but the life his- 
tories of the species are often involved 
and sometimes curiously unique. No 
general recommendations for treat- 
ment can be given, except that only 
contact poisons are of any avail and 
stomach poisons are never indicated. 

Since the previous list. was pub- 
lished this order has received much 
attention from collectors and students, 
and the number of species here listed 
has been greatly increased. Most of 
the species previously included as 
probable inhabitants have been defi- 

Fig. 32.—Mouth structure of a plant- nitely authenticated and a few have 
louse: a, beak; b, the lancets; c, been dropped for one reason or an- 
tarsus; greatly enlarged. 
other. 

By the courtesy of Mr. E. P. Van Duzee, of Buffalo, N. Y., the collec- 
tions of certain of the groups made in New Jersey have been determined, 
and he has also been good enough to look over the manuscript in these 
groups and to give me suggestions as to the order of species and genera. 
A very few species remain that have not been actually taken in the 
State, but these are almost certain to occur, and besides these there are 
undoubtedly many new species yet to be discovered and determined by 
thorough collecting and study. 

All of the gentlemen who assisted me ten years ago have continued 
their aid in one way or another. 


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88 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family CICADID/E. 


Figg 33.—Egg punctures made by the 
Periodical Cicada, the twig broken at a. 


Contains the largest species in this 
sub-order, popularly known as “har- 
vest flies,” and incorrectly as 
“locusts.” They are found on shrubs 
and trees, the males making a shrill- 
ing sound during the day. This song 
or call is very loud and piercing, and 
is different for each species, so that 
each may be recognized by this char- 
acter alone. In the adult stage they 
feed little or not at all, and are in no 
sense injurious except through their 
method of laying eggs in twigs and 
shoots, and even in this point only the 
“periodical cicada” offends. 

The larve live underground and 
suck the juices of tree and other plant 
roots, but grow so slowly that they 
do no appreciable harm. Just how 
long our common species require for 
their complete life cycle is not defi- 
nitely known; but the larva of the 
“periodical” species is known to live 
in that stage sixteen years in the 
north and thirteen years in the more 
southern States. 


TETTIGEA Am. & Serv. 


T. hieroglyphica Say. Occurs in June 
and July throughout the pine 
barrens, and is specifically re- 
ported from Lakewood, Lakehurst, 
Lahaway, DaCosta, Anglesea. It 
is the smallest of our species, the 


abdomen is almost transparent, and I have noted it ovipositing in 


cedar. 


TIBICEN Latr. 


T. septendecim Linn. The “periodical cicada’ or “17-year locust.’ 
Occurs at intervals throughout the State, appearing during the last 
days of May and continuing through most of June. There are two 
large broods in the State, a third that is fairly marked and two, if 
not three, that are dying out, and are represented at the present 
time by a few scattered examples only. The adults cause injury 
when they appear by their habit of cutting slits to deposit eggs in 
the terminal twigs of larger trees and in the trunks and branches of 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 89 


nursery and other young fruit trees. These slits never heal, and, 
while on a large tree the injury is a mere trimming as the twigs wilt 
and break, on the small trees they are a source of permanent weak- 
ness, and sooner or later the branch or even trunk breaks. 


Fig 34.—The Periodical Cicada, Tibicen septendecim: a, pupa, ready to 
emerge; b, pupa skin from which adult has emerged; c, adult; 
d, cavities to receive eggs; e, eggs, enlarged. 


The species “rimosa Say” and “striatipes Hald.,” listed in the last 
edition, are probably not of our fauna. 


i CICADA Linn. 


C. marginata Say. Staten Island VII (Ds); New Brunswick, rare, Lake- 
wood common (Sm); DaCosta, Riverton IX, 10 (div). The largest of 
our species and the longest winged. Not found every year, but no 
definite intervals have been noted. 


C. sayi Grossb. Throughout the State from mid-July to early October, 
and the most common of our ‘“‘Harvest flies.” It is the species that 
has in the past been known as “pruinosa”’ because of the uniform 
white powdering of the underside. 


C. pruinosa Say. Cape May IX, 20, Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke); Bayside X, 21 
(Coll). Really a very rare species, of which only a few specimens 
are known in collections. 


C. linnei Grossb. Throughout the State, common from mid-July until 
frost. This is the species that used to be called “tibicen Linn.’ the 
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C. lyricen DeG. Taken only at points north of New Brunswick, but prob- 
ably occurs throughout the State with the preceding, which it closely 
resembles. 


C. canicularis Harr. Throughout the State; more or less common. 
Occurs with “linnei,’” than which it is smaller, but otherwise nearly 
allied. 


C. davisi Grossb. Paterson IX, 4 (Gr); Anglesea VIII, 25 (Coll). 


CARINETA Am. & Serv. 


C. parvula Say. Occurs all along the Atlantic Coast, and, according to 
Ashmead, should reach New Jersey. It is certain that a form not 
yet taken has been heard at Anglesea by myself and others, and it 
is probably this speeies. 


Family MEMBRACID.. 


Contains the “tree-hoppers” which are odd-looking creatures, more or 
less wedge or beech-nut shaped, the prothorax often abnormally developed 
into horns, spines or crests. They leap and fly readily and are commonly 
found on trees and shrubs. The eggs are usually laid in slits made in 
twigs, shoots or other vegetable tissue, and many of the larve or nymphs 
envelop themselves in frothy masses. A few of them excrete honey dew. 

Few of the species are really abundant and none of them cause injury 
by feeding. The “buffalo tree-hopper” and its allies do some harm by 
their egg-laying. The slits are made in the soft tissue of the twigs and 
shoots of fruit trees, and these wounds seem to be poisonous. At all 
events, instead of healing, the slits form open wounds which enlarge, 
check growth, make weak points where breaks occur when fruit is borne, 
or any strain is put upon the injured wood. 

The punctures are readily noticed in winter and should be cut out when 
pruning and the cuttings destroyed. Insecticides are not indicated. 


Sub-family SMILIIN &. 
CERESA Am. & Serv. 


C. diceros Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, VIII, IX. 
C. bubalus Fab. Common, VI-IX, throughout the State. This is the 
“buffalo tree-hopper’’ whose injuries are referred to above. 


C. brevitylus Van D. Jamesburg VI, 19, New Brunswick VIII, 31 (Coll). 
Described from the New Jersey material. 


C. taurina Fitch. Jamesburg VIII, 31, Staten Island V, VII, VIII, IX (Ds); 
Merchantville, Atco VI, 21 (Ss). 


C. borealis Fairm. Chester VIII (Coll). 


C. basalis Wlk. Chester IX, 1 (Coll), and probably throughout the High- 
lands. 


The “C. brevicornis Fitch” is omitted because it has not yet been ac- 
tually taken, although its occurrence is probable. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. gt 


STICTOCEPHALA Stal. 
S. inermis Fab. Not actually taken, but sure to occur in the State. 
S. substriata Wlk. “New Jersey” (Van Duzee). 
S. festina Say. Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 
Ss 


. lutea Wlk. Woodbury VI, 23 (Ss); Madison (Pr); Atco VI, 4, James- 
burg V, 3, VI, 9 (Coll). 


ACUTALIS Fairm. 


A. tartarea Say. Chester VII, 20, VIII, 24, Jamesburg VII (Coll); Staten 
Island VIII, 7, IX, 11 (Ds). 


The species “semicrema” Say, “dorsalis” Fitch, and “calva’”’ Say, are 
omitted because not yet actually taken; but they almost surely occur in 
the State. Dorsalis and calva belong to “Micrutalis’” according to Van 
Duzee. 


CARYNOTA Fitch. 


C. mera Say. Chester VII, 4, 20 (Coll); Orange Mts. VII, 5 (Jn); Madi- 
son VIII, 6 (Pr); Merchantville VI, 29 (Ss); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Gr); 
Navesink Highlands VIII, 15 (Ds). 


C. marmorata Say. Chester VII, 4 (Coll); Westfield VII, 9, Staten Island 
VII, 15, on alder (Ds). 


THELIA Am. & Serv. 


T. bimaculata Fab. Common on locust. Chester (Coll); Madison VIII, 
12 (Pr); Morris Plains (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island VII, 20, 
VIII, 2 (Ds); Rahway (Bf). 


GLOSSONOTUS Butler. 
G. acuminatus Fab. Lakehurst VI, VII, 19 (Ds). 


G. turriculatus Emmons. Staten Island, Lakehurst VI (Ds); “New Jer- 
sey” (Goding). 


G. univittatus Harr. Madison (Pr); Lakehurst VI, VII (div). 


. cratzegi Fitch. “New Jersey” (Ss); Sparta VII, Staten Island VIII 
(Ds). 


The species here listed appeared as ‘“Thelia” in the last edition, and the 
species there referred to as “pyramidoides”’ Gdg., is —to “crategi.” 


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HELIRIA Stal. 
H. cristata Fairm. Lakehurst VI, IX, on oak (Ds). 


H. scalaris Fairm. So widely distributed that it must occur in the State, 
on beech. 


TELAMONA Fitch. 


T. declivata Van D. Sparta VII, Lakehurst VI, IX, on oak (Ds); one of 
the type localities. 


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reclivata Fitch. Hewitt VI, Staten Island VII, Navesink Highlands 
VIII, 15, Staten Island VII (Ds). 


. monticola Fab. Princeton VI, 11, Lahaway VII, 12 (Coll). 
. ampelopsidis Harr. Hewitt VII, Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); New 


Brunswick IX, 13, Ocean Co. VIII, Hammonton, Lakewood (Coll). 


T. coryli Fitch. Westfield (Ds). 

T. concava Fitch. Anglesea VII, 8 (Ss). 

T. unicolor Fitch. Staten Island VII, 8 (Ds). 

T. extrema Ball. Staten Island VI (Ds); Lakehurst VI, VII, IX (div). 

T. irrorata Godg. Madison VIII, 15 (Pr) — ‘‘inornata” of the previous list 
and probably an erroneous determination. 

ARCHASIA Stal. 

A. galeata Fab. Madison (Pr); Plainfield VII, 4 (Gr); Lakehurst on 
white oaks VI, VII (Ds); Milltown (Bf). 

A. belfragei Gdg. Staten Island VII, Jamesburg VII (Ds); Browns Mills 
Jn VI, 21 (GG). 

SMILIA Germ. 

S. camelus Fab. Madison (Pr); Newfoundland, Oak Ridge VII, Staten 

Island VI (Ds); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Coll). 
CYRTOLOBUS Goding. 

C. fenestratus Fitch. Staten Island VII, 15 (Ds). 

C. ovatus Van D. Staten Island, Lakehurst (Ds). Described from the 
New Jersey material. 

C. muticus Fabr. Staten Island (Ds); Lakehurst VII, 5 (Coll). 

C. sculptus Fairm. Madison VI, 12, 22 (Pr); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); 
Lakehurst VII (div). 

C. discoidalis Emmons. (Atymna) Sparta (Ds); Chester VII, 4, Madi- 
son VI, 22 (Coll); Berkeley Hts. (Bf). 

C. vau Say. Milltown (Bf); Jamesburg V, 31, Anglesea VII, 4, 17 (Coll); 


Lakehurst VII, 17 (Ds). 


. Inermis Emmons. Milltown (Bf); Lakehurst VI, 16 (Ds). 
. cinereus Emmons. Madison VIII (Pr); Lakehurst (Bf). 
. fuscipennis Van D. Staten Island, Jamesburg (Ds); part of the type 


material. 


. varius Gdg. Newfoundland VII, 5, Great Notch V, 30, Jamesburg VII, 


2 (Ds); Lakehurst VI, VII (div). Mr. Van Duzee says this is the male 
of “vau.” 


ATYMNA Stal. 


A. castanea Fitch. Throughout the highlands on chestnut V-VII (div); 


Jamesburg VII, 2, Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 93 


A. inornata Say. Chester VII, 5, Jamesburg VI, 24 (Coll); ‘Merchantville 
(Ss); Lakehurst VII (div). 
“Querci” Fitch has not yet occurred in the State. 


XANTHOLOBUS Van D. 


X. nitidus Van D. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll); Staten Island VII, 15 (Ds). 
Types from these localities. 


OPHIDERMA Fairm. 
O. salamandra Fairm. Newfoundland VII, Staten Island VI, 22, Lake- 
hurst VI, 20 (Ds). 
O. flavicephala Gdg. Lakehurst VII (Bf, Coll); Malaga VIII, 4 (GG). 
O. flava Gdg. Staten Island VI, 22 (Coll). 
QO. pubescens Emm. Chester VII, 4, Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). , 


“O. nigrocephala” of the previous edition is the same as “Atymna cas- 
tanea.”’ 
VAN DUZEA Goding. 


V.. arquata Say. Madison VIII, 6, 30 (Pr); Staten Island VII, 8 (Ds); on 
locust. 


ENTYLIA Germ. 


E. sinuata Fab. Staten Island VI, IX, on “Iva frutescens,’’ Perth Amboy 
V, Jamesburg VIII (Ds); Merchantville IV, 22, Camden XII, hiber- 
nating (Ss); Vineland (U S Ag); Jamesburg V, 10, Lahaway V, 20 
(Coll). 


E. bactriana Germ. Berkeley Hts. (Bf); Camden V, 18 (Ss). 


PUBLILIA Stal. 


P. concava Say. Madison VI (Pr); said to be common and widely dis- 
tributed in the U. S. “Nigrodorsum” is a variation only. 

P. reticulata Van D. Staten Island IX, 26 (Ds); Jamesburg VI, 24 (Coll). 
One of the types is the Jamesburg specimen. 


Sub-family HopLoPHorIN&. 
PLATYCOTIS Stal. 
P. 4-vittata Say. Caldwell (Cr). Sagittata Germ., has not yet occurred 
to collectors. 
Sub-family MEMBRACINA. 
CAMPYLENCHIA Stal. 
C. curvata Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. 


ENCHENOPA Am. & Serv. 


E. binotata Say. Throughout the State, VI-VII. Mr. Davis records it on 
locust. 


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Sub-family CENTRODIN&. 


MICROCENTRUS Stal. 
M. caryze Fitch. Madison VIII, 11 (Pr); “New Jersey” (Ss). 


CENTRUCHOIDES Fowler. 


C. perdita Am. & Serv. Singac IX, Staten Island XI (Ds); Lakehurst 
Vill EX XS (divs) - 


Family FULGORID. 


The “lantern-fly” family is represented by monstrous and bizarre forms 
in tropical countries, but in New Jersey by insignificant, though often odd 
forms. There is no real typical form in our species, some having head 
or thoracic processes, while most have none at all. Some have broad 
wings laid roof-like along the sides, others have them narrow and almost 
flat over the abdomen. A few are covered by a floury or pruinose coating, 
and some resemble the tree or leaf-hoppers. : 

None of those occurring in the State are in the least harmful, while 
most of them may be accounted fairly rare. Mr. Van Duzee has been 
good enough to give me the sequence of genera here, and has added a 
number of interesting records. 


Sub-family DicrvoPHARIN &. 


DICTYOPHARA Germ. 


D. lingula Van D. Staten Island VIII, 17 (Ds); Anglesea VII, 20, IX, 6 
(Sm); Wildwood (Jn); Cape May VIII (Van D). This is the form 
noted as “sp. nov.” in the last edition. 


D. microrhina Wlk. Staten Island, salt marsh, VIII, 4, 28 (Ds); Wood- 
bine VIII, 20, Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 


SCOLOPS Schaum. 


S. sulcipes Say. Madison (Pr); Orange 
Mts. VIII, 29 (Coll); Westville (Jn); 
Ocean Co. (Sm); probably through- 
out the State. 

S. dessicatus Uhl. Chester IX, 5 (Coll); 
Jamesburg VIII, 31, Lakehurst VIII, 
18 (Ds); Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 

S. angustatus Uhl. Riverton IX, 4 (Jn). 

S. perdix Uhl. Staten Island VIII, 2 

Fulgorid@g, or lantern-flies.—a, Scolops (Ds); Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 
sulcipes; 6, Paciloptera TEES grossus (hil. aviestville VIII, 18 (Jn). 


twice natural size. 
Fig. 35 


THE INSECTS: OF NEW JERSEY: 95 


PHYLLOSCELIS Germ. 


P. atra Germ. Madison (Pr); Farmingdale VIII, 12, Lakehurst IX, 6 
(Ds); Riverton VIII, 17, Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 
var. albovenosa Milichar. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D) 


P. pallescens Germ. Lahaway, on cranberry bogs, V (Sm); “N. J.,’”’ com- 
mon (Van D). 


Sub-family ACHILIN A. 
ELIDIPTERA Spin. (HELICOPTERA.) 


E. pallida Say. New Jersey, probably. 


E. septentrionalis Prov. Manasquan IX, 23, Lakehurst IX, 24 (Ds); Laha- 
way IX, 14 (Coll). 


E. opaca Say. “New Jersey” (Uhbler). 


E. floridze Wlk. Lakehurst V, 29 (Ds); Riverton IV, 26, Pemberton V 
(GG). 


E. variegata Van D. Riverton IX, 7 (GG). 


CATONIA Uhler. 


C. nava Say. Throughout the eastern United States. 


C. impunctata Fitch. Cranford VIII, 27, Highlands of Navesink VIII, 15 
Jamesburg VIII, 31 (Ds). 


C. picta Van D. Type locality is Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Gr) X (Ds). 
C. cinctifrons Fitch. New York and probably New Jersey. 


Sub-family C1ximn#. 


BOTHRIOCERA Burm. 
B. bicornis Fab. “New Jersey” (Uhier). 


OLIARUS Stal. 


O. quinquelineata Say. Staten Island V, 22, VIII, 8, Jamesburg VII, 2 
(Ds); Barnegat Bay Dist. VIII, 3 (Coll); Lakehurst VII, 7, 24, IX, 4 
(div); Browns Mills Jn., VI, 21 (GG); Cape May (Van D). 

O. humilis Say. Chester VIII, 12, Monmouth Co., on salt meadow VII, 
31 (Coll); Madison VIII, 18 (Pr). 


O. complectus Ball. Chester VII, 24 (Coll); Staten Island VI, 17, VII, 1, 
Jamesburg VII, 5 (Ds). 


CIXIUS Latr. 
C. stigmatus Say. Chester VIII, 12 (Coll); Madison VIII, 6 (Pr); “New 
Jersey” (Jn). 


The species “colepeum” Fitch, “pini”’ Fitch and “‘vicarius” WIk. are all 
so distributed that their occurrence in New Jersey is more than probable, 


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but as they have not been actually taken in the rather thorough collect- 
ing in this group it is deemed best to omit them from the record. “Albi- 
cincta’” Germ. is probably not found in America at all. 


iu) 


OECLEUS Stal. 


. decens Stal. Clementon V, 30 (GG); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 


MYNDUS Stal. 


. sordidipennis Van D. Staten Island VII, 1 (Ds). 
. viridis Ball. Monmouth Co., salt meadows, VII, 3 (Coll). 


Sub-family Issinz&. 


BRUCHOMORPHA Newn. 


. oculata Newn. Chester IX, 9, Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 
. tristis Stal. Jamesburg VI, 22 (Ds) VII, 18 (Coll). 
. dorsata Fitch. Riverton (Jn). 


NASO Fitch. 


. robertsonii Fitch. Occurs both north and south of the State. 


APHELONEMA Uhler. 


. simplex Uhler. Monmouth Co., salt marsh VII, 31 (Coll); Cape May 


VIII, 19 (Van D). 


THIONEA Stal. 


. simplex Wlk. Woodbury VII, 29 (Ss). 
. bullata Say. Should be taken in New Jersey (Van D). 


Sub-family ACANALONIN#. 


AMPHISCEPA Germ. 


. bivittata Say. Madison (Pr); Little Falls VIII, Staten Island VII-IX, 


Farmingdale VIII, Lakehurst IX (Ds); Monmouth Co. VII, 31 (Coll). 
A pink form is not uncommon. 


Sub-family FLATIN2. 


ORMENIS Stal. 


. pruinosa Say. More or less common throughout the State, VIII & IX, 


and on a great variety of trees and plants. 


. septentrionalis Spin. With the preceding; hardly less common, v-Ix. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 97 


Sub-family DERBIN A. 


LAMENIA Stal. 


. vulgaris Fitch. Recorded from Chester to Lakehurst in all faunal 


regions VI-IX, inclusive. 


. uhleri Ball. Jamesburg VIII, 31 (Ds); Riverton (Jn). 


OTIOCERUS Kirby. 


. amyotii Fitch. Madison VIII, 30 (Pr). 
. degeerii Kirby. Madison VIII, 11 (Pr); Staten Island VII, 8, Mana- 


squan IX, 23 (Ds); Lahaway VIII (Coil). 


. francilloni Kirby. Grantwood VII, 20 (Coll). 
. wolfii Kirby. Staten Island VIII, 16 (Ds). 


“Coquebertii” Kirby, “signoretii’” Fitch and “stollii” Kirby will also be 


found I have no doubt. 


re 


Sub-family DELPHACIN&. 


STENOCRANUS Fieb. 


. dorsalis Fitch. Eastern U. S. generally; doubtless in New Jersey. 
. lautus Van D. Riverton (Jn); New York City (Van D). 


MEGAMELANUS Ball. 


. spartini Osb. Staten Island is the type locality. 


MEGAMELUS Fieb. 


. marginatus Van D. Staten Island VII, 8 (Ds); Barnegat Bay Dist. 


VIII, 3, Anglesea (Coll). 


PISSONOTUS Van D. 


. brunneus Van D. New York City, and certainly New Jersey. 
. delicatus Van D. Riverton VII, 17 (Van D). 


STOBZERA Stal. 


. tricarinata Say. Ft. Lee Dist. X, 6 (Brb); New Brunswick VII, 20 


(Sm); Riverton (Jn); Merchantville X, 29 (Ss). 


. concinna Stal. Monmouth Co., salt meadows VII, 31 (Coll). 


LIBURNIA Stal. 


. ornata Stal. Staten Island X, 21 (Ds); Riverton (Jn). 
. detecta Van D. New York City and doubtless in New Jersey. 
. puella Van D. New Jersey (Van D); Riverton (Jn). 


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L. foveata Van D. Newark IX, 1 on salt marsh (Coll); Anglesea VIII, 
23, Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 


L. osborni Van D. “New Jersey” V (Sm); Barnegat Bay Dist. VIII, 3 
(Coll). 


L. pellucida Fab. Will yet be discovered in New Jersey no doubt. 


PENTAGRAMMA Van D. 


P. vittatifrons Uhl. “New Jersey” (Uhl); Staten Island VIII, 23, on salt 
meadow (Ds). 


Family CERCOPID/. 


These are the ‘“frog-hoppers” or “‘spittle-insects,’” so called because of 
the shape of the adults, which is broad and squat, the leaping power 
being also well developed, and because the larvee live in little masses of 
white froth resembling spittle. In this group the thorax is without ab- 
normal processes and is not produced back over the abdomen. 

While “frog-spittle’ is not uncommon on low meadows, shrubs and 
bogs, none of the species are injurious to cultivated plants in New Jersey. 


Sub-family CERCOPIN#. 


TOMASPIS Am. et Serv. = (MONECPHORA). 


T. bicincta Say. Throughout the State VII, VIII, not rare. The variety 
“ignipecta Fitch” has been recorded from Madison VIII, 6. 


Sub-family APHROPHORIN®. 


LEPYRONIA Am. et Serv. 


L. quadrangularis Say. Warren Co. VIII, 13 (Coll); Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten 
Island VII-X (Ds); Riverton (Jn); Camden I, Collingswood III, sift- 
ing (Ss). 

L. angulifera Uhler. Ocean County (Uhler). 


APHROPHORA Germ. 


A. quadrinotata Say. Newfoundland VII, Westfield VII, Staten Island 
VI-IX (Ds); Chester VII-IX, Orange Mts. VIII, Lakehurst VII (Coll); 
Shark River VI (Jn). 

A. parallela Say. Throughout the State VI-IX on white and pitch pine, 
and probably infests other species; sometimes not rare. 

A. saratogensis Fitch. Newfoundland VII, Staten Island VII, VIII, James- 
burg VII, Farmingdale VIII, Lakehurst VII (Ds); Malaga VIII, 4, 
Browns Mills VI, 21 (GG). 

A. signoretti Fitch. New York, and probably also New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. - 99 


PHILAENUS Stal. 


. lineatus Linn. Said to occur throughout North America. 


[UE oo 


. spumarius Linn. Also of general distribution. 


CLASTOPTERA Germ. 


C. proteus Fitch. Throughout the State in July. 
var. flava Ball. Hopatcong VII, Jamesburg VII (Coll). 
var. vittata Ball. Chester VII (Coll); Lakehurst VII (div). 
var. nigra Ball. Jamesburg VI, 22, VII (Ds); Lakehurst VII (Coll). 


C. xanthocephala Germ. New Brunswick VII, 20, Anglesea VII, 23 (Sm). 


C. obtusa Say. Piedmont Plain and northward VII-X, not rare; Staten 
Island X (Ds); Jamesburg VII, VIII (div). 
var. achatina Germ. Chester VII, 4, Jamesburg VII, 18 (Coll). 


JASSOIDEA. 


Under the general term “leaf-hoppers” are included a large number of 
active little species referred to the families Tettigoniellide, Bythoscopide 
and Jassidz. They are more or less elongate, usually tapering posteriorly, 
the head short, generally blunt and more or less crescent shaped, the tip 
of the beak projecting between the front legs. The feelers are very short 
and bristle-like, the hind legs long and fitted for leaping. They occur on 
grasses, shrubs and trees of all kinds and many of them are injurious, 
sometimes much more so than is generally appreciated. On grape one 


Fig. 36.—Athysanus vaccini. Fig. 37.—Thamnotetix fitchti. Fig. 38.—Agallia 4-punctata. 


species occurs that often becomes excessively abundant after mid- 
summer, punctures the cells of the leaves and produces a yellow spot 
which afterward turns brown. When these spots are sufficiently close 
together the entire leaf dries up, dies and drops long before the shoot is 
mature. Young apple trees frequently suffer from an allied species that 
yellows and dries the foliage soon after mid-summer. 

In general, the insects winter as adults in rubbish and crevices and lay 


100 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


eggs in spring, many of the species developing several generations during 
the season. The adults are attracted to light, and many thousands are 
sometimes found in the globes of electric lamps near cities and towns; 
but we have not found it practical to prevent injury by thus trapping them. 

Remedial measures are, in general, cleaning up the rubbish in which 
they hibernate, capturing them on sticky surfaces, and spraying with 
some contact insecticide. The first method needs no explanation. Cap- 
turing on sticky surfaces is much resorted to in vineyards, sometimes 
merely with palm-leaf fans coated with tar or “tanglefoot,’ sometimes 
with elaborate screens run between the rows, the vines being jarred to 
induce the insects to jump or fly. Persistently employed this method de- 
stroys immense numbers, and if begun early in the season will secure 
practical exemption in fall. 

Spraying is with either kerosene emulsion or fish oil soaps. The mix- 
ture should always be made as strong as the foliage will stand, the spray 
should be very fine and should be applied with as much force as possible 
so as to reach the partly-grown insects which tend to crouch close to sur- 
face among the plant hairs; and it is also desirable to keep the air about 
the vines or plants filled with the fine mist so as to reach the adults that 
tend to fly at the first disturbance. In general the toll exacted by these 
leaf-hoppers is not appreciated by the agriculturist. 


Family TETTIGONIELLIDA. 


Sub-family TETTIGONIELLIN&. 


ONCOMETOPIA Stal. 


O. undata Fab. Riverton VII, 31 (Jn); Anglesea VI, 30 (Ss). 
O. costalis Fab. G. d., throughout the U. S. east of the Rocky Mts. 


AULACIZES Am. et Serv. 


A. irrorata Fab. Palisades VIII, Staten Island X, Navesink Highlands 
VIII (Ds); Jamesburg IX, 30 (Brb); Woodbury VI, 4 (Ss); Anglesea 
V, 30 (Coll). 


A. guttata Uhl. New York to Florida and sure to occur in New Jersey. 
KOLLA Dist. 
K. bifida Say. Madison (Pr); Palisades VIII, 21, Staten Island VIII, 7 
(Ds); Jamesburg X, 2 (Coll); Riverton IX, 11 (Jn). 
TETTIGONIELLA Jacoby. 


T. tripunctata Fitch. Staten Island IX, 7 (Ds). 


T. gothica Sign. Staten Island VIII, 26, Jamesburg V, 25 (Ds); Lake- 
hurst VII, 7 (Coll). “T. hieroglyphica Say” does not seem to occur 
east of Illinois. 


DIEDROCEPHALA Spin. 


D. coccinea Forst. More or less common throughout the State, VI-X. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW: JERSEY. IO1 


DRAECULACEPHALA Ball. 


. mollipes Say. Throughout the State, common, all season. 
. angulifera Wlk. Sure to be found in New Jersey. 


. nove-boracensis Fitch. “Doubtless common in grassy lowlands in New 
Jersey.” 


HELOCHARA Fitch. 


. communis Fitch. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island X, “New Jersey” III 
(Ds). 


Sub-family GyPoNIN 2. 


XEROPHLCEA Germ. 


. viridis Fab. (peltata Uhl.) Arlington (Coil); Jamesburg Vili, Si 
(Ds). 
. major Bak. Ft. Lee dist. X, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Brb). 


GYPONA Germ. 


. cana Burm. More or less common throughout the State, VII-X. This 
name Mr. Van Duzee refers to the commonest large species in the 
State and cites “quebecensis Prov.,’” as a probable synonym. Some of 
the references under “octo-lineata” in the last edition belong here. 


. octolineata Say. This name is now confined to the large form with 
scarlet marks. Mr. Grossbeck has taken a pink form of this. 


. striata Burm. (flavilineata Fitch.) Also occurs throughout the State 
and probably confused with “cana.” Our records range from Chester 
to Lakehurst, and from VI to X. 


. melanota Spang. Madison VII, VIII (Pr); Staten Island VIII (Ds); 
“New Jersey” (Van D). 


. bimaculata Woodw. Del. Water Gap (Ss); Staten Island VIII, X (Ds). 


. scarlatina Fitch. Jamesburg VI-VIII (Ds); Merchantville X, 15 (Ss); 
Lakehurst VII (div). 


. olivacea Spang., not rugosa Spang. Clifton VIII, 24 (GG); Navesink 
Highlands VIII, 15, Lakehurst IX, 6-X, 6 (Ds); Riverton (Jn). 


. albosignata Uhl. Coastal plain of United States (Uhler). 


PENTHIMA Germ. 


. americana Fitch. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll); Greenwood Lake V, 
18 (Brb); Madison VI, 27 (Pr); Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); Lakehurst 
V-VII (div); Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Anglesea (Ss). 


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Family BYTHOSCOPIDAS. 


BYTHOSCOPUS Germ. 


. Variabilis Fitch. Newfoundland VII, 4, Singac VI, 15, Staten Island 
VI, VII, Lakehurst VI, 30 (Ds). 


. sobrius Wlk. Found in New York and probably in New Jersey. 
. cognatus Van D. Occurs with the preceding. 

. fenestratus Fitch. Singac VI, 15, (Ds). 

pruni Prov. Singac VI, 15 (Ds). 

. minor Fitch. Staten Island VI, 18 (Ds). 

. nigrinasi Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


onoanDoooOW 


. distinctus Van D. New York to North Carolina, and surely in New 
Jersey. 
. fagi Fitch. Will probably be found in northern New Jersey. 


w 


PEDIOPSIS Burm. 


. insignis Van D. Newfoundland VII, 4 (Ds). 

. viridis Fitch. Riverton IX, 25 (Jn). 

. trimaculata Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 
. sordida Van D. Staten Island (Ds). 


ole oe Ayo) =a) 


IDIOCERUS Lewis. 


. pallidus Fitch. Staten Island VI, 22 (Ds). 

. suturalis Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. nervatus Van D. “New Jersey” (Van D). 

. lachrymalis Fitch. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 

. alternatus Fitch. Occurs throughout the eastern United States. 
. cratzgi Van D. On thorn, New York to Iowa. 

- maculipennis Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 

- provancheri Van D. New York tc Iowa. 


AGALLIA Curtis. 


A. 4-punctata Prov. Throughout the State, V—-VIII, more or less common; 
sometimes abundant on cranberry bogs, but probably feeding on 
weeds, etc., rather than on vines. 

A. sanguinolenta Prov. Newark, Jamesburg VII, 5, Merchantville X, 29, 
Lakehurst VII, 7, Anglesea VII (Coll). 

A. constricta Van D. Madisen VI, 1 (Pr); New Brunswick VII, 20, Ocean 
Co. V, Lahaway VII, 10, Anglesea (Coll). 

A. novella Say. Riverton (Jn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 103 


Family JASSIDA. 


Sub-family ACOCEPHALIN &. 


ACOCEPHALUS Germ. 


. albifrons Linn. (mixtus Say.) Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); New 
Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


. brunneo-bifasciatus Geoff. New Jersey (Ball). 


XESTOCEPHALUS Van D. 


. pulicarius Van D. New York and probably New Jersey. 


Sub-family JAssIN 2». 
Dorydini. 


s HECALUS Stal. 
. lineatus Uhl. Shark River VII, 9 (Jn); New Jersey (Van D). 


SPANGBERGIELLA Sign. 


. vulnerata Uhl. New Jersey (Sm). 


PARABOLOCRATUS Fieb. 
. viridis Uhl. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll). 


Deltocephalini. 


MESAMIA Ball (PARAMESUS Van D.) 


. nigridorsum Ball. Staten Island IX, 11 (Ds). 
. vitellina Fitch. Madison VI, 30 (Pr); New Brunswick (Sm). 
. cincta O & B. Manasquan IX, 23 (Ds); is the “jucundus” of the 
previous list. 
PLATYMETOPIUS Burm. 
. acutus Say. Chester VII, 3, Jamesburg X, 2, Lakehurst VII, 4, Angle- 
sea VII, 12 (Coll); Staten Island VI, VIII, X (Ds). 


. frontalis Van D. Chester VII-IX, Jamesburg X, 2, Lakehurst VII, 7 
(Coll); Madison VI (div); Cranford VII, 27, Staten Island VI, 22 (Ds). 


DELTOCEPHALUS Burm. 


. sayi Fitch. Madison VI, 14 (Brb); Riverton VI, 25 (Coll); Clementon 
(Jn). 

. inimicus Say. Chester IX, 10, Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); Camden IX, 
27 (Ss). 


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. nigrifrons Forbes. Camden IX, 27 (Ss). 
. simplex Van D. Barnegat Bay Dist. VIII, 3 (Coll). 
. littoralis Ball. Barnegat Bay Dist. VII, 3 (Coll); Anglesea VIII, 23, 


Cape May VIII, 17 (Van D); on salt marshes. 


. obtectus O & B. Chester IX, 7 (Coll); Riverton IX, 11 (Jn). 
. areolatus Ball. Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 
. flavicosta Stal. Chester IX, 7 (Coll); Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D); this 


is probably the species listed as “retroversus Uhl.,’” in the last edition. 


. affinis Baker. Monmouth Co., salt meadows, VII, 21, Anglesea VII, 


12 (Coll). 
“—). virgulatus Uhler,” is “Athysanus bicolor Van D.” 


GONIOGNATHUS Fieb. 
palmeri Van D. Staten Island VI (Ds). 


Athysanini. 


ATHYSANUS Burm. 


. striola Fall. Anglesea V, 20 (Sm). 
. parallelus Van D. Lahaway VII, 21 (Coil). 
. exitiosus Uhl. (Limotettix) Newark, salt meadows IX, 1, James- 


burg VIII, 8 on cranberry bogs (Coll); Riverton IX, X (Jn). 


. extrusus Van D. Madison VI, 16 (Pr); Overbrook V, 30 (Ds). 
. anthracinus Van D. Staten Island VI, Jamesburg VII, 5 (Ds). 


plutonius Uhl. Madison VI, 16 (Pr). 


. vaccini Van D. New Brunswick VII, 1 Jamesburg VII, Burlington Co. 


VIII, Anglesea V, 28; common on cranberry bogs, but apparently not 
injurious to the plants. This name replaces A. striatulus of the last 
edition. 


. curtisii Fitch. Budds Lake IX, 13, Chester IX, 9 (Coll); Roselle VI, 


28 (Brb); Cranford VIII, 27, Staten Island VI, 17 (Ds). 


. bicolor Van D. (virgulatus Uhl.) “New Jersey” (Uhl). 


EUTETTIX Van D. 


. subzenea Van D. “New Jersey” (Ball). 


var. picta Van D. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Dn). 

var. tristis Ball. Lakehurst VII, X (div). 

var. marmorata Van D. Burlington Co. VIII, 19 (Sm). 
var. southwickii Van D. Newfoundland VII, 29 (Ds). 
var. lurida Van D. New York to Maryland. 


. johnsoni Van D. Chester VIII, 12 (Coll); Madison VI, 30 (Pr); Pali- 


sades IX, 22, Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 


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. seminuda Say. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 
. strobi Fitch. Jamesburg V, 25 (Ds). 


PHLEPSIUS Fieb. 


. altus O & B. Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 


excultus Uhl. New York to Florida, and doubtless in New Jersey. 


. humidus Van D. “New Jersey” (Jn); Clifton VII, 3 (GG). 
. truncatus Van D. Philadelphia (Jn). 


irroratus Say. Chester IX, 5, New Brunswick, Jamesburg X, 2, Lake- 
hurst VII, 7, Anglesea V, 20 (Coll); Staten Island VII, 9 (Ds). 


. fuscipennis Van D. Newark IX, 1, Anglesea VI, VII, (Coll), on salt 


marshes. 


. latifrons Van D. Aimost sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. fulvidorsum Fitch. Riverton IX, 11 (Jn); Burlington Co. VII (Sm). 
. uhleri Van D. Jamesburg VII, 2 (Ds). 

. majestus O & B. Anglesea (Ss). 

. decorusO & B. “New Jersey” (Jn). 


ACINOPTERUS Van D. 


. acuminatus Van D. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D); Lakehurst VII, 12, 


VIII, 28 (div). 


SCAPHOIDEUS Uhl. 


. immistus Say. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VIII, 16, Lakehurst 


VII, 4 (Coll); Staten Island VIII, 2, Farmingdale VIII, 11 (Ds). 
var. major Osb. Lakehurst X, 18 (Ds). 


. intricatus Uhl. “New Jersey” (Uhl). 

. luteolus Van D. “New Jersey” (Van D). 

. lobatus Van D. Madison VIII, 6 (Pr); Staten Island VIII, 7 (Ds). 

. consors Uhl. Ranges from New York to Texas. 

. jucundus Uhl. Staten Island VIII, 4 (Ds); Lahaway VII, 20, Lake- 


hurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


. auronitens Prov. “New Jersey” (Coll); Cranford VIII, 27 (Ds). 
. opalinus Osb. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 

. fasciatus Osb. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 

: Sanctus Say. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 


THAMNOTETTIX Zett. 


. clitellaria Say. Throughout the State, common, V—X. 
. kennicotti Uhl. Madison VIII, 6 (Pr); Staten Island X, 3 (Ds). 
. fitchii Van D. Lahaway, Burlington Co., on cranberry bogs. 


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smithi Van D. “New Jersey” (Van D). 

melanogaster Prov. Have seen this from New Jersey (Van D). 
subcupreus Prov. Anglesea VIII, 23, Cape May VIII, 21 (Van D). 
perpunctata Van D. Wildwood (Jn, fide Van D). 

“Eburata Van D,’ is omitted as probably boreal only. There are, on the 


other hand, probably undescribed species in the collections from the salt 
marshes at Newark and from Anglesea. 


CHLOROTETTIX Van D. 


. unicolor Fitch. Madison VII, 25 (Pr); salt meadows, VIII, 23, James- 


burg VII, 15 (Coll); Staten Island VI-VIII (Ds). 


. vViridia Van D. Cranford VIII, 27, Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); New- 


ark IX, 1, New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 15, Anglesea VI 
(Coll); Riverton X, 9 (Jn). 


. tergata Fitch. Chester VIII, IX, Jamesburg, on cranberry bogs VIII, 


8 (Coll); Cranford VIII, 27, Staten Island VII, VIII, Lakehurst IX, 12 
(Ds). 


. galbanata Van D. New York to North Carolina, and doubtless in 


New Jersey. Mr. Baker claims that this is really “unicolor Fitch,” 
but Mr. Van Duzee does not agree. 


. rugicollis Ball. Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 


Jassini. 


JASSUS Fab. 


. olitarius Say. Throughout the State VII-X, common. The name “bi- 


fasciatus Say,” of the last edition, refers to the female of this species. 


NEOCCELIDIA G & B. 


. tumidifrons G & B. Manasquan IX, 23, Lakehurst IX, 14 (Ds). 


Cicadulini. 


BALCLUTHA Kirk. (GNATHODUS Fieb.) 


. punctatus Thunb. Cranford VIII, 27 (Ds); Lahaway V (Coll). 
. impictus Van D. New Brunswick VII, 20, Lahaway VIII (Coll). 


EUGNATHODUS Baker. 


. abdominalis Van D. New Brunswick VII, 20, Anglesea V, 20 (Coll). 


CICADULA Zett. 


. sexnotata Fall. New Brunswick VII, 20, Monmouth Co., salt meadows 


VII, 31, Anglesea V, 21 (Coll); Woodbine VIII, 21, Anglesea VIII, 23 
(Van D). 


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. variata Fall. Staten Island VIII, 17 (Ds); Anglesea VIII, 23 (Van D). 


punctifrons Fall., with its variety “repleta Fieb.,’ have not yet turned 
up, but will be found almost certainly. 


Sub-family TyPHLOCcYBIN &. 


ALEBRA Fieb. 


albostriella Fall. Common throughout the eastern United States. 


DICRANEURA Hardy. 


. fieberi Low. “New Jersey” (Gillette). 


EMPOASCA Walsh. 


. smaragdula Fall. Common to the eastern United States. 
. fabze Harr. The bean leaf-hopper; occurs throughout the United 


States. 


. mali LeB. The apple leaf-hopper; common and sometimes decidedly 


injurious throughout the State. Found on a great variety of plants 
other than apple, and very difficult to control. 


. obtusa Walsh. New Brunswick VI, 9, VII, 20 (Coll). 


EUPTERYX Curtis. 


. flavoscuta Gill. Quite sure to occur in New Jersey. 


TYPHLOCYBA Germ. 


. tricincta Fitch. Will certainly be found in the State. 


. comes Say. The grape leaf-hopper. Common and sometimes very in- 


jurious throughout the State, especially in the southern section. 
Sometimes, in September, the foliage is dead and dry from the attacks 
of this insect long before the fruit is mature. The varieties “vitis 
Harris” and “vitifex Fitch’ occur with the type; the variety ‘“‘basilaris 
Say” occurs at New Brunswick on elm. 


. vulnerata Fitch. United States generally; the variety “niger Gill.,” 


has been taken at Chester, IX, 9 (Dn). 


. obliqua Say. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 
: querci Fitch. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 
. trifasciata Say. Riverton (Jn). 


bifasciata G & B. New Brunswick VIII, 24 (Coll). 


rose. Linn. The common rose leaf-hopper, which occurs abundantly 
throughout the State. 


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Family PSYLLIDA. 


Commonly known as “jumping plant lice” from their active habits, but 
really resemble much more closely a miniature Cicada in appearance. 


Both pairs of wings are transparent as a rule and the 
antennz are quite long, thus differing from the leaf 
and tree-hoppers to which in some other respects 
they are similar. 

Some of the species produce galls, while others 
feed exposed on the foliage. Our only injurious 
species is the “pear psylla,”’ which not only punctures 
the leaf and fruit stalk, exhausting the juices, but 
also excretes a honey dew in such great quantity as 
to coat the leaves and form a foundation for the de- 
velopment of a black fungus that covers both leaves 
and fruit and checks development. The insect hiber- 
nates as an adult in bark crevices and under bud 
scales, and a thorough spraying just before the buds 
open, with one of the miscible oils diluted no more 


Fig. 39.—Pear psylla; 
winged adult; 
enlarged. 


Fig. 40.—Appendiculate 
eggs of Psylla; much 
enlarged. 


than nine times, will kill most of the specimens in 
their winter quarters. Summer applications are not 
nearly so effective, because the young are often cov- 
ered by a frothy secretion and the adults fly readily 
to avoid the spray; but a strong kerosene emulsion 
is sometimes a great help in reducing numbers. 

There has been little collecting in this family since 
the last edition was published and the present list 
stands now much as it did then, as Mr. Schwarz 
left it. 


Sub-family Livin &. 


LIVIA Latr. 


L. maculipennis Fitch. Staten Island VI, 13, Jamesburg VII, 13 (Ds). 


L. vernalis Fitch. 


Common throughout the eastern United States on 


Juncus sp.; imago in winter on pine trees. 


P. fraxinicola Forst. 


Sub-family APHALARIN A. 


PSYLLOPSIS Loew. 
Atlantic City on “Fraxinus excelsior”’ (C V. R). 


Imported from Europe and quite injurious to ash trees (Sz). 


APHALARA Forst. 


A. calthea Linn. New Brunswick VII, 27 (Sm), on “Polygonum hydro- 


piper” (Sz). 


A. sp. nov. Sz. Anglesea V, 28 (Sm), on Solidago throughout the State 


(Sz). 


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Sub-family PsyLLInz&. 


CALOPHYA Liv. 


C. nigripennis Riley. Common on sumach, “Rhus. copalina,”’ throughout 
the State; Anglesea V, 28. 


C. flavida Sz. Found only on the smooth-leaved sumac, “Rhus glabra”; 
also common. 


PSYLLA Geoffr. 


Fig. 41.—Pear psylla; pupa from 
above; much enlarged. Fig. 42.—Pear psylla; pupa from 
below; much enlarged. 


P. annulata Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


P. carpina Fitch. Common on Carpinus in New York, and probably in 
New Jersey. 


P. buxi Linn. An -imported species on ““Buxus sempervirens,” which has 
been found in Jersey City. 


P. pyricola Forst. Throughout the State but more abundant in the south- 
ern counties. This is the ‘pear psylla,” and its injuries are very 
local though sometimes severe. 


PACHYPSYLLA Riley. 
P. celtidis-mamma Riley. Makes leaf galls on “Celtis,” in New Jersey 
(Bt): 
P. celtidis-cucurbita Riley. Also a common gall-maker on “Celtis” (Bt). 
P. celtidis-vesiculum Riley. Found with the preceding (Bt). 


P. venusta O. S. Paterson III, 25 (Coll); makes galls on the leaf petioles 
of hackberry in New Jersey (Bt). 


u 


celtidis-gemma Riley. Locally common in New Jersey, making galls 
on the twigs of Celtis. 


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Sub-family TRr10zInz&. 


TRIOZA Forst. 


T. diospyri AShm. Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); common on persimmon every- 
where (Sz). ; 

T. tripunctata Fitch. Staten Island X, 31 (Ds); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); 
common, the imago frequently met with in winter on’ pine trees (Sz). 


Family APHIDID#. 


The “plant-lice,”’ ‘“green-flies” or “aphids” are among the commonest 
and most abundant of all our insects, and also among the most destructive. 
They have, when winged, two pairs of transparent wings, the anterior 
much the larger; but some species and some forms of nearly all species 
never develop wings at all. The bodies are plump, oval, with usually a 
pair of “honey tubes” or “cornicles” near the anal end, a pair of long 
antenne and rather long sprawly legs. They frequently cluster in great 
numbers about twigs or shoots of plants or on the under surface of leaves, 
sucking the juices and excreting from the anal end a thin sugary liquid, 
the honey dew. This honey dew when present in quantity tends to choke 
the leaves upon which it falls, and that tendency is furthered by a black 
soot fungus which develops on the honey dew and disfigures and some- 
times checks the growth of fruits as well as leaves. 


Fig. 43.—Wheat plant louse; much enlarged. 


The life history of the species is interesting and sometimes compli- 
cated; but briefly stated is generally about as follows: They winter as 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. III 


Fig. 44.—Eggs of apple plant louse; very much enlarged. 


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eggs, from which in spring hatch wingless forms which, in a few days, 
give birth to living young resembling the parents, and, like them, vivip- 
arous, i. e., giving birth to live young, and parthenogenetic, i. e., neither 
male nor female. These young are in turn ready to reproduce in a few 
days, and give birth to anywhere from 4 to 8 daily, according to condi- 
tions. Some time during the early summer winged individuals are pro- 
duced and these fly to other localities or other food-plants, thus spread- 
ing the species. They also are parthenogenetic and usually viviparous, 
and found colonies wherever they alight, the progeny being winged or 
wingless or some of each sort. In the fall, when sap ceases to run and 
-food becomes scarce, sexed individuals, male and female, are produced, 
and these copulate, the female laying the winter eggs. There are numer- 
ous modifications of this life history; but in a general way it applies to a 
large percentage of the species. 

Some species have alternate food-plants; i. e., they feed upon one plant 
late in fall and early spring, using it to winter upon, while in summer 
they fly to some annual like the melon or hop that dies down completely 
in fall and renders migration to the winter plants necessary again in late 
summer or fall. The spring migrations usually occur in June and the air 
is then sometimes apparently alive with these minute flying lice. 

The rate of increase among these insects is such that, were it not for 
the numerous natural checks, they would soon destroy every particle of 
plant life which they are able to feed upon. 

Remedial measures are, winter pruning where eggs are noticed in large 
numbers, the cuttings to be burnt; application of contact insecticides 
early in the season to destroy the stem-mothers; application of contact 
insecticides at any time when the insects are noticed, keeping in mind at 
all times that it is easier to kill a few than to reach a great many, espe- 
cially if they feed so as to distort the leaves or curl them up into shelters 
not easily penetrated by insecticides. Indoors the pyrethrum, dry or in 
the form of decoction, is a favorite and effective remedy. In the field, 
garden or greehouse, tobacco decoction, whale-oil soap or kerosene emul- 
sions are used. Soluble or miscible oils are not safe for summer use at 
effective strengths. Whale-oil soaps are used at from 1 pound to 4 to 6 
gallons of water, according to the species to be reached. Kerosene emul- 
sion is used diluted with from 10 to 15 times its bulk of water, the green 
lice being most easily destroyed in all cases and the black lice the most 
resistant. 

Tobacco decoctions, home-made and commercial, are also used, and 
some of the commercial preparations are more effective than the home 
made mixtures. 

Whatever mixtures are used thoroughness in application is always 
essential. All these mentioned are contact poisons and of no effect unless 
actually brought into direct touch with the specimens. Therefore it re- 
quires not only a proper nozzle to make a fine spray, but also a sufficient 
amount of force to drive this spray to the specimens. 

Under some circumstances even cold water will kill plant lice, and a 
cold storm in middle or late June will play havoc with the migrating 


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forms and may practically exempt an alternate food-plant for the season. 

Little systematic collecting has been done in New Jersey in this family, 
and the list here follows Mr. W. D. Hunter’s Catalogue of 1901 as pub- 
lished in Bull. 60 of the Iowa Agricultural College Experiment Station. 
It is probable that numerous additions will be made when our fauna has 
been more thoroughly studied. 


Sub-family RHIZOBIIN 2. 


All the members of this sub-family occur on the roots of plants. 


TYCHEA Koch. 
T. brevicornis Hart. Chester VIII, 5, on roots of lettuce (Marsh). 


RHIZOBIUS Burm. 


R. lactucze Fitch. The common lettuce-root louse; found locally in- 
jurious. 


Sub-family CHERMAPHINA, 


PHYLLOXERA Fonsc. 


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Fig. 45.—Grape leaf infested by Phylloxera. 


P. caryze—-caulis Fitch. Common; making galls on twigs and leaf stalks 
of hickory in New Jersey (Bt). 


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P. caryz—foliz Fitch. Makes galls on leaves of Hickory; common 
throughout the Watchung Mts. 


P. caryz—venz Fitch. Forms pleats or galls along the veins or ribs of 
hickory leaves; sometimes locally common. 


P. vastatrix Planch. The grape Phylloxera; occurs throughout the State, 
but nowhere in destructive form. 


The other names occurring in the previous edition do not appear to be 
sanctioned by description, and are therefore omitted. It is certain, how- 
ever, that there are several additional species in the State. 


CHERMAPHIS Mask. (CHERMES.) 


C. abieticolens Thos. Edgewood (U S Ag); found locally on spruce. 
C. laricifoliz Fitch. Common locally on American larch or tamarack. 


C. pinicorticis Fitch. Jamesburg (Coll), and throughout the pine bar- 
rens; sometimes quite common. 


Sub-family PEMPHIGIN 2. 


TETRANEURA Hartig. 


T. ulmi DeG. Under side of leaves of European and American elms. 


HORMAPHIS O. S. 


H. hamamelidis Fitch. Makes galls on leaves of witch hazel, N. J. (Bt). 
H. spinosus Shimer. Makes gall on fruit buds of witch hazel, N. J. (Bt). 


PEMPHIGUS Hartig. 


P. acerifolii Riley. Found throughout the State on the underside of 
maple leaves, and sometimes abundant at New Brunswick. 


P. imbricator Fitch. Occurs on the leaves of beech, and is the “Schi- 
zoneura imbricator” of the previous edition. 


P. populicaulis Fitch. Makes galls at junction of stem and leaf of “Popu- 
lus monilifera,’ Passaic (Bt); also elsewhere in State. 


P. populiglobuli Fitch. Also found on “Populus” at Passaic (Bt). 
P. populivenz Fitch. Makes galls on veins of poplar leaves. 


P. rhois Fitch. Common on leaves of sumac (Bt); throughout the State 
(Sm); Caldwell (U S Ag). 


P. tessellata Fitch. The “alder blight.’ Sometimes very common locally, 
in September and October, forming conspicuous masses. 


P. vagabundus Walsh. Sometimes locally common on poplar. 


Cc. 


Ss. 


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Sub-family SCHIZONEURIN. 


COLOPHA Monell. | 


ujmicola Fitch. Makes the well- 

known cockscomb gall on elm; 
locally and seasonally common 
throughout the State. 


SCHIZONEURA Hartig. 


corni Fabr. A woolly louse on 
various species of dogwood, but 
also found on a variety of 
grasses and other plants. 


lanigera Hausm. The “woolly 
apple-louse.”’ More or less com- 
mon throughout the State, but 
never really injurious. It 
forms galls on roots, and 
clusters in masses about 
wounds on the trunk and 
branches. In the latter condi- 
tion it is easily reached by the 
kerosene emulsion. Root treat- 
ments have not hitherto been 
necessary in New _ Jersey. 
Occurs also on other plants 
and trees, and is the ‘ameri- 
cana” of the last edition. 

rileyi Thos. (ulmi Riley.) <A 
woolly louse on American elm. 


Sub-family 


Fig. 46—.Woolly apple louse; injury to the 
roots is shown at a; adult at c, showing 
the woolly fibres, much enlarged. 


LACHNINZA. 


PHYLLAPHIS Koch. 
fagi Linn. Trenton (U S. Ag); on beech. 


LACHNUS Burm. 


abietis Fitch. Occurs on spruce in the Appalachian and Highlands 


areas. 


alnifoliz Fitch. Occurs on leaves of alder. 


laricifex Fitch. Occurs on the American larch or tamarack. 
quercifolize Fitch. On the leaves of oak. 


salicelis Fitch. Found locally on willows. 


strobi Fitch. A feeder on white 


pine; sometimes locally common. 


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LONGISTIGMA Wilson. 


. caryz Harr. Locally common on hickory, walnut, linden, etc., and 


accused of killing trees in some instances. 


Sub-family APHIDINA. 


CLADOBIUS Koch. (MELANOXANTHUS.) 


. Saliciti Harr. Occurs on willow, poplar, maple, ett.; sometimes com- 


mon at New Brunswick late in the season, the relatively large winter 
eggs attracting attention. “Salicicola Uhler” of the last edition is the 
same. 


CHAITOPHORUS Koch. 


. aceris Linn. A common species on maple; sometimes seriously in- 


jurious to Norway maples in early summer. 


- negundinis Thos. Found infesting box elder. 
. Pinicolens Fitch. Feeds upon pine. 
. populifoliz Fitch. On leaves of poplar. The New Jersey species 


found on poplar have not been determined. 


. viminalis Monell. On willow, poplar and maple; locally common. 


CALLIPTERUS Koch. 


. asclepiadis Monell. A common species on milkweeds. 
. bellus Walsh. Infests red and other oaks. 


betulazecolens Fitch. A species of wide distribution on birch. 
caryz Monell. Found on hickory and walnut. 


. castaneze Fitch. On leaves of the American chestnut. 
. discolor Monell. A feeder on oak. There are several species of this 


genus that occur on oak, and our forms have not been determined. 


. trifolii Monell. One of the clover-leaf plant-lice. 
. ulmifolli Monell. On leaves of the American elm. 


MONELLIA Oestl. 


. caryella Fitch. A species of wide distribution on hickory. 


DREPANOSIPHUM Koch. 


. acerifolii Thos. A species of wide distribution on maple; common in - 


New Jersey on the soft maple. 


HYALOPTERIS Koch. 


. arundinis Fab. River Edge, Newark, Vineland (U S Ag); a common 


species on prune and plum. Is the “pruni” of last edition. 


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APHIS Linn. 


. ambrosia Raf. On the various species of ragweed. 


asclepiadis Fitch. Occurs on various species of milkweeds. 


brassicee Linn. The common cabbage plant-louse. Occurs throughout 
the State and often in destructive numbers. 


cerasifolize Fitch. Common on wild cherry in Hunterdon Co. (Sm). 


. cornifolize Fitch. On the leaves of dogwood and “Cratzgus.” 


. gossypi Glover. The melon-plant louse: occurs throughout the State, 


but much more commonly in the southern counties, where it often 
destroys entire crops. It occurs also on a great variety of weedy 
plants on which it passes the winter, migrating to the melon fields 
in June. In ordinary seasons only a few hills in a field become in- 
fested in that month, and from these the spread is in every direction. 
Covering these hills with tight boxes, tubs or hay caps, and evap- 
orating beneath them carbon bisulphide at the rate of 1 tablespoon- 
ful to every cubic foot of space will often check the spread of the 
species over the field and save the crop. Once they are generally 
distributed the whale-oil soap is the only satisfactory remedy. 


forbesi Weed. The strawberry-root louse. Locally and seasonally 
common in the light sandy soils of southern New Jersey, and rarely 
injurious. In the more northern parts almost entirely absent. 


. maidis Fitch. The corn-plant louse. Sometimes quite plentiful, but 


not injurious in New Jersey. 

maidiradicis Forbes. The corn-root louse. A very destructive species 
in the middle west, but in New Jersey of only occasional occurrence. 
Found also on the roots of a variety of weedy plants and attended 
by ants that care for the winter eggs and colonize the young on 
proper plants in spring. 


. mali Fabr. The apple-plant louse. Occurs throughout the State, some- 


times in great numbers, causing serious injury. Spray very early 
when this species is noticed in numbers, to kill off the stem-mothers 
and their first brood before they cripple the leaves so as to serve as 
shelters. “Malifolie” is now considered a form of this species. 


persicze—niger H. F. Smith. The black-peach louse. Plentiful through- 

out the State south of the Piedmont plain and most abundant in the 
lighter sandy soils where the root form often does serious injury to 
young trees. On the Piedmont plain and northward it is rare and 
never injurious. Tobacco dust worked in a trench over the roots 
around the tree is more or less satisfactorily used as a remedy. 


: prunicola Kalt. Newark, Vineland (U S Ag); on plum. 


prunifolize Fitch. A widely-distributed species on plum. 
quercifoliz Walsh. Feeds on oak, soft maple and button ball. 


. rumicis Linn. The bean-plant louse. Generally distributed, some- 


times common, but never, in my experience, injurious in New Jersey. 


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SIPHOCORYNE Passerini. 


. salicis Monell. Occurs on various species of willow. 


RHOPALOSIPHUM Koch. 
berberidis Fitch. Feeds on barberry. 


dianthi Schrank. Kinkora (U S Ag). On pinks, carnations and ger- 
man ivy. In greehouses throughout the State. 


. rhois Monell. A feeder on sumac. : 
. solani Thos. Tomato-plant louse; sometimes does serious injury in 


parts of Salem and Gloucester Counties (Sm). 


. violas Pergande. On violets in greehouses throughout the State. 


MYZUS Passerini. 


. cerasi Fabr. Very abundant throughout the State on cherry and 


sometimes does severe injury. This is one of the black lice, very 
resistant to ordinary sprays, and best dealt with in late September 
when the sexed forms appear. 


. mahaleb Fonse. On plum, and a great variety of other plants. 
. persiczee Sulz. The green-peach louse. Throughout the State, but 


never in harmful numbers so far as I am aware. 


. ribis Linn. Occurs throughout the State on currant. Causes a dis- 


tortion and reddish discoloration of the leaf which is sometimes quite 
conspicuous and occasionally injurious. 


PHORODON Passerini. 


» humuli Schrank. The hop-plant louse. Throughout the northern part 


of the State wherever hops are grown, and reported also at Freehold 
(U S Ag). The winter food is plum and only the summer forms occur 
on hop. 


NECTAROPHORA Oestl. 


» avenze Fabr. (granaria Kirby.) The wheat-louse. Occurs throughout 


the State, and, in the southern counties, sometimes in destructive 
numbers. Ordinarily kept in check by its natural nemies, and when it 
does occur in numbers insecticide applications are generally im- 
practicable. 

cucurbitz Thos. On squash and pumpkins. Sometimes rather abund- 
ant late in the season, but never in harmful numbers. 


fragariz: Koch, var. immaculata Riley. On leaves of strawberry. 


. lactucze Kalt. Lettuce-plant louse. 
. pisi Kalt. (destructor Johns.) The pea-louse. Throughout the State 


south of the Piedmont plain, and seasonally common and destructive. 
Less abundant in the more northern counties. 


rose Linn. Throughout the State on rose; often common and injuri- 


ous. Tobacco decoction is, on the whole, the most effective material 
against this species. 


THE INSECTS .OF NEW! JERSEY: 11g 


N. rubi Kalt. A blackberry-plant louse which I have seen abundantly at 
Hammonton, and occasionally in smaller numbers elsewhere in the 
State. 

N. liriodendri Monell. Sometimes common on leaves of tulip trees. In 
harmful numbers at Vineland in 1899. 


N. rudbeckiz Fitch. Occurs commonly on ragweed, golden-rod and other 
plants. 


N. viticola Thos. Montclair, Perth Amboy (U S Ag), and generally 
throughout the State on grape. 


Family ALE.YRODID/. 


This little family, popularly known as “white flies,’ contains only a few 
small species in New Jersey, and most of these are of practically no im- 
portance except on plants under glass. “White flies” are dangerous pests 
in Florida and California on citrus plants, and occur in numbers in warmer 
countries generally. They somewhat resemble plant lice in appearance, 
but are covered with a fine whitish powder or flour. In the larval stage 
they somewhat resemble scales, but as adults both sexes have four well- 
developed wings. 

In the last edition only three species were listed, and very little collect- 
ing has been done to increase this number in New Jersey; but Dr. W. E. 
Britton, of Connecticut, has recently devoted considerable time to the 
study of these little creatures, and he has been good enough to prepare 
the following list of species, which he thinks will certainly be found in 
our territory when properly sought for. 


ALEYRODES Latr. 


A. abutilonea Hald. Infests 
“Abutilon avicenne” in 
Pennsylvania and should 
be found in New Jersey. 


A. actez Britton. Described 
from Connecticut on 
baneberry, “Actea alba” 


(W. E. B.), and will prob- 4 
ably occur in New Jer- Fig. 47.—Aleyrodes citri with wings spread at a, 
dey and in natural position at b; much enlarged. 


A. coryli Britton. Described from Connecticut, where it occurs through- 
out the State; locally common on hazel nut and occasional on black- 
berry (W. E. B.). Should occur in New Jersey. 

A. corni Hald. On “Cornus sericea” in Pennsylvania, and should be 
found in New Jersey. 

A. fernaldi Morrill. Massachusetts and Connecticut on Spirza. 

A. forbesi Ashm. (aceris Forbes.) Massachusetts to Illinois, on silver 
maple (W. E. B.), and should occur in New Jersey. 


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A. morrilli Britton. Connecticut and New York; locally very abundant 
on “Impatiens fulva’’ (W. E. B.), and will probably be found in New 
Jersey. 


A. mori Quaintance var. maculata Morrill. Massachusetts and Connecti- 
cut, on ash, hornbeam, catalpa and hackberry, and should occur in- 
New Jersey (W. E. B.). 


A. packardi Morrill. Massachusetts, Connecticut and probably through- 
out the eastern United States on strawberry (W. E. B.). 


A. vaporarium West. The “white fly’ or plant-house “Aleyrodes.” A 
common pest of green-houses throughout the State. “It has been 
found on over sixty different kinds of plants, but is especially in- 
jurious to tomato, melon, cucumber, ageratum lantana, fuchsia and 
heliotrope when grown under glass” (W. E. B.). 


A. waldeni Britton. Described from Connecticut, but will probably be 
found in New Jersey. Occurs sparingly, but widely scattered, on 
leaves of “Juglans cinerea” and “nigra” (W. E. B.). 


The “A. brassicze WI1k.” of the previous edition is probably not found in 
America at all. 


Family COCCIDA.. 


These are the “scale insects,’ broadly speaking, characterized by a 
degraded, larva-like form in the female, and by the presence of a single 
pair of wings only in the male. The latter is further peculiar in having 
a complete metamorphosis, a long anal style or filament and an extra 
pair of eyes replacing the mouth, which, in this sex, is not used at all 
for feeding purposes. 

There are several sub-families, differing much in habit and structure, 
but in New Jersey we need refer to only three main series, the “mealy 
bugs,” included in the “Dactylopine”’; the “soft scales,’ included in the 
“Coccine,” and the “armored scales,” included in the “Diaspine.” In the 
“Ortheziine’ we have no out-door species. In the “Dactylopine” there 
are the ordinary “mealy bugs” of the green-house, having no sort of pro- 
tective covering, and therefore easily reached by penetrating contact in- 
secticides; the species of “Phenacoccus” and allies, which have long 
waxy filamentous secretions, partly or wholly covering the insects at cer- 
tain seasons; and the species of “Kermes,” occurring mostly on oak, which 
have no powdery or filamentous covering. The species of “Phenacoccus” 
may be reached during the winter by diluted oil mixtures, and in sum- 
mer, when massed, may be often destroyed on shade trees by solid jets of 
water. 

The soft scales are species of usually considerable size, waxy surface 
texture, and more or less convex form. The “scale” is merely the thick- 
ened surface of the insect itself, and not a separate or separable structure. 
These insects are not easily reached by insecticides, except in the larval 
stage, and we have several of them that are more or less troublesome, 


, 


Tig. 48.—A soft scale; adult females. 


on Aste ae a 


ba 


THE, INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. [21 


notably the ‘‘cottony maple scale,” the “tulip soft scale’ and the ‘“terra- 
pin scale” of peach. 

The armored scales are usually small in size, and the scale, although 
excreted by the insect, forms no part of it, and may be removed without 
necessarily injuring the creature covered by it. In this series are our 
most destructive species and those most difficult to deal with. Some of 
these scales are oviparous, laying eggs which winter under the protection 
of the scale; others are viviparous, wintering in the partly grown condi» 
tion. The “San José Scale” is an example of a viviparous form, and this 
may be reached in winter when the plants are dormant by caustics, like 
the lime and sulphur washes, or by penetrants, like the oil emulsions or 
soluble oils. The oviparous forms, like the ‘oyster shell scale’ and “scurfy 
seale,’ cannot be satisfactorily reached in winter, but must be dealt with 
when the young larve are moving in spring. At that time soap mixtures 


Fig. 49.—Development of an armored scale: a, active larva with lancets 
extended; b, somewhat contracted, with waxy filaments ready to 
run together; d, first scale just formed, from above 
and side; all much enlarged. 


or oil emulsions of moderate strength thoroughly applied produce good 
results. It is practically impossible to go into details of treatment here, 
because each species must be dealt with according to its own peculiarities. 

The scale fauna of the State is not well known. No collectors have 
devoted themselves specifically to this family, and the records of the 
office deal mostly with the common orchard species. In compiling this 


122 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


list I have in general followed the excellent catalogue prepared by Mrs. 
M. E. Fernald, and published as a special bulletin of the Hatch Experi- 
ment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 

Dr. W. E. Britton, of the Connecticut Station, who has paid much 
attention to the scale insects in this section of the country, and who has 
especially collected the species found in greehouses and on ornamental 
plants, has been good enough to supply me with a series of notes indi- 
cating those species which from his experience he feels certain will occur 
in New Jersey. Quite a number of these species are confined to green- 
house plants and are unable to maintain themselves outdoors, hence, 
strictly speaking, they are not a part of the New Jersey fauna. They 
have been included, however, as matter of information and to call atten- 
tion to them. 


Sub-family ORTHEZIIN#. 


ORTHEZIA Bosc. 


O. insignis Dougl. The common greenhouse “Orthezia” occurring on a 
great variety of ornamentals, as well as on strawberry, tomato and 
other cultural plants. Not found in the fields. 


Sub-family DactyLoPIn. 


ASTEROLECANIUM Targ. 


A. quercicola Bouché. On various species of oak throughout the State, 
usually on single trees, and never abundant enough to be harmful. 
Easily recognized by its circular form and golden color. 


KERMES Boit. 


. andrei King. On oak from Massachusetts to Georgia. 

. galliformis Riley. On oak. Recorded from New Jersey by Fernald. 

. kingii Ckll. On red oak Cockerell believes it occurs in New Jersey. 
. pettiti Ehrh. Mass. and N. Y. on oak, and should occur in New Jersey. 
. pubescens Bogue. Lakehurst on oak (Ds). 


- guercus Linn. Widely distributed on oak. 


NUTONE ONION TONG TN, TPN 


. trinotatus Bogue. Recorded from New Jersey. 


GOSSYPARIA Sign. 


G. spuria Mod. Local on elm throughout the State; never common nor 
really injurious. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 123 


ERIOCOCCUS Targ. 


E. azalez Comst. Found on Cratzegus, Rhododendron and Azalea. 


PHENACOCCUS CkKII. 


Fig. 50.—Phenacoccus acericola: a, the cottony masses covering 
adult females on leaf; b, young females and males on 
the bark; natural size. 


P. acericola King. The maple false scale. Referred to as ““Pseudococcus 
aceris” in the last edition and in economic publications. Locally 
common on sugar maple, often massing on the trunks in dense 
clumps and sometimes causing serious injury. In cities and towns 
where water pressure is available, turning on a solid jet from the 
hose at short range serves to destroy many of the insects. 


P. americanz King & Ckll. Found in the nest of the ants “Lasius ameri- 
canus.”’ 


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PSEUDOCOCCUS Westw. 


P. citri Risso. Common mealy bug. Found in greenhouses throughout 
the State and on a great variety of plants, cultural and ornamental. 
Soap mixtures are usually found successful against these insects, but 
must be frequently applied until the species is gotten under control. 

D. longispinus Targ. Another common mealy bug, the ‘adonidum,” of 
the last edition. Occurs on ferns, cycas and other greenhouse plants. 

D. sorghiellus Forbes. Feeds on sorghum and also found in the nests of 
ants of various species of ‘‘Lasius.” 

D. trifolii Forbes. Clover root mealy bug; sometimes abundant enough 
to be injurious. 


Sub-family Coccin#&. 


PULVINARIA Targ. 


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Fig. 51.—Cottony maple scales: a, Pulvinaria acericola 
on leaf; b, P. innumerabilis on the twigs. 


P. acericola Walsh & Riley. A cottony scale on maple leaves; not 
really common in New Jersey, but g. d. 

P. innumerabilis Rathy. The “cottony maple scale.” Occurs throughout 
the State, chiefly on soft maple, but also on grape and Virginia 
ereeper. Found chiefly on twigs and branches and sometimes 
seriously injurious to shade trees. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 125 


COCCUS Linn. 


C. hesperidum Linn. The commonest of the larger brown, soft scales. 
Found on ‘“Oleanders’” and on many greenhouse plants everywhere. 
Not an out-door species in New Jersey. 


C. longulus Dougl. Another common species in greehouses. Infests 
palms, ferns, ’ Acacia,” ‘“Myrica,” “Citrus,” &ce. 
EULEUCANIUM CkIl. 


E. armeniacum Craw. The apricot scale; found also on plum, pear, 
cherry, peach, &c., but not abundantly enough to be injurious. 


ml 


canadense Ckll. Massachusetts to Ohio on elm, maple, oak, hickory 
and peach, and should be found in New Jersey. 


E. caryz Fitch. Found on hickory, elm, wild cherry, &e. 


E. cerasifex Fitch. New York plum scale. On cherry, plum, peach, apple, 
pear, &c.; not common nor injurious in New Jersey. 


E. corylifex Fitch. On “Corylus” and “Viburnum.” 

E. cynosbati Fitch. On gooseberry and “Gleditschia.” 

E. fitchii Sign. Found in New York on raspberry and blackberry. 
E 


. fletcheri Ckll. On “Arbor vite” in N. Y. and Mass., and probably New 
Jersey. 


E. juglandifex Fitch. The butternut scale. 


E. kingii Ckll. On sassafras and Vaccinium corymbosum in Mass. and 
Conn. 


E. juglandis Bouché. Not rare locally, but never really injurious in New 
Jersey. 


—E. lintneri Ckll. & Benn. On sassafras in N. Y. and probably in New 
Jersey. 


m 


nigrofasciatum Perg. The “terrapin scale.” Common and injurious 
on peach in certain sections of Cumberland County; local and rare 
elsewhere in the State. 


E. persicae Fabr. The “peach scale.” Local and not common. Found 
also on plum, quince, gooseberry, grape, rose and other plants. 


E. pruinosum Coq. The “frosted scale.’ Infests a great variety of 
orchard and forest trees. 


E. prunastri Fonsc. New York and probably New Jersey on plum and 
peach. 


E. pyri Schr. On pear, apple, hickory and white thorn. 
E. quercifex Fitch. On oak, New York, Mass., and probably New Jersey. 


E. quercicitronis Fitch. Widely distributed on oak, elm, ironwood, chest- 
nut, &c. 


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E. ribis Fitch. The ‘currant scale.” Found on currant, gooseberry, mul- 
berry, &c. 


E. tulipiferee Cook. Throughout the State on the tulip tree and some- 
times in harmful numbers. The largest and most offensive of the 
soft scales in our State. 


SAISSETIiA Depl. 


Fig. 52.—Cottony maple scale: a, leaf covered with young scales; b, male 
scale; c, adult male; b and c much enlarged. 


S. filicum Bdv. Common on ferns in greehouses. 


S. hemisphzrica Targ. Common on palms, ferns and other greenhouse 
plants and often very injurious. 


Sub-family DIAsPIN 2. 


CHIONASPIS Sign. 


C. americana Johns. The “elm tree white scale’ Chatham IV, 29 (Brit- 
ton). Found throughout the eastern and central United States on 
American and other elms. 


C. caryze Cooley. Connecticut to District of Columbia on hickory. 


C. corni Cooley. On dogwood. I have seen what I take to be this species 
on several occasions in Middlesex and Mercer Counties. 


E. euonymi Comst. Common throughout the State on “Euonymus,” and 
sometimes destructive. Also taken on ‘Celastrus scandens.” 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 127 


C. furfurus Fitch. The “scurfy 
seale” or “Harris louse.’ On 
orchard trees, chiefly apple 
and pear, throughout the 
State, and sometimes de- 
structive. Also occurs on 
poplar and other’ shade 
trees; rarely in troublesome 
numbers. 


C. lintneri Comst. Locally com- 
mon on alder in neighbor- 
ing States and probably in 
New Jersey. 

C. ortholobis Comst. Mass. to 
Ohio and probably New Jer- 
sey, on poplar and willow. 


Fig. 53.—Scurfy scale, Chionaspis furfurus, a, 
twig infested by female; b, by male scales; 
C. pinifoliz Fitch. Not uncom- c, female; d, male scale; much 


mon on pine trees through- enlarged. 
out the State, and sometimes locally abundant. 


C. salicis-nigraze Walsh. A common willow scale found at New Bruns- 


wick and elsewhere in the State. Occurs also on poplar, tulip tree, 
dog-wood, etc. 


C. spartinzee Comst. Found on the salt marsh grass, “Spartina stricta.” 


DIASPIS Costa. 


D. boisduvalii Sign. A hot-house scale found on palms, Acacia and other 
ornamental plants. 


D. bromeliz Kern. Massachusets to District of Columbia on various 
green-house plants. 

D. carueli Targ. A Juniper scale. Found occasionally in nurseries, and 
no doubt distributed by them throughout the State, principally on the 
trailing variety. 


D. juniperi Bouché. Another Juniper scale, but also found on arbor vite 
in nurseries. 


D. echinocacti Bouché, var. cacti Comst. A common green-house scale. 


AULACASPIS CkIl. 


A. pentagona Targ. The ‘West India peach scale.” Has occurred 
sparingly on young peach trees in South Jersey, but seems not to do 
well. The scale is a very destructive one where it thrives. 

A. rose Bouché. The “Rose Scale.’ Throughout the State. Thrives 
best on plants growing in the shade. Also attacks blackberry and 
raspberry; sometimes in destructive numbers. : 


PINNASPIS CkIl. 


P. buxi Bouché. On boxwood. I have seen this on some old nursery 
stock, and on one occasion in Burlington County on an old hedge. 


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FIORINIA Targ. 


F. fiorinizs Targ. A common green-house scale on many different kinds 
of plants. 
EPIDIASPIS CkIl. 


E. piricola Del Guer. The “European pear scale.’ Has been introduced 
on European nursery stock, but has not established itself as an in- 
jurious species. 

ASPIDIOTUS Bouché. 


A. abietis Schr. Burlington County, on pine. Occurs also on fir and hem- 
lock. 

A. ancylus Putn. On apple throughout the State; usually on young 
trees; never troublesome; infests also a variety of other trees. 

A. comstocki Johns. Infests maple trees. 

A. cyanophylli Sign. A common green-house pest on palms, orchids, etc. 

A. forbesi Johns. The “cherry scale.” Not uncommon in parts of Bur- 
lington County and occasional elsewhere in the State. Infests also 
apple, pear, quince, currant, etc., but thus far not really injurious. 

A. hederze Vall. (nerii Bouché.) The Oleander scale. Infests almost 
every Oleander I have seen, and occurs also on ivy, holly, box, and 
many other garden plants. 

A. juglans-regiz Comst. Throughout the eastern United States, on wal- 
nut, locust, maple and a number of orchard trees. 


A. ostrezeformis Curt. Has been found in New Jersey on pear, but occurs 
also on most other orchard and many forest trees. 


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Fig. 54.—a, larva of pernicious scale; b, its antenna; c, adult female showing embryos 
through body wall; d, tip of anal plate of female; all greatly enlarged. 


A. 
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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 129 


perniciosus Comst. The “pernicious” or “San José Scale.” Occurs 
throughout the State on all orchard trees save certain cherries, and 
also on some shade trees. The most abundant and destructive of all 
our species. 

rapax Comst. The “greedy scale.’ Occasional on walnut, but occurs 
also on a variety of other trees. 

ulmi Johns. Found on the smooth inner bark of the trunk of the elm 
under the upturned edges of the rough or outer bark (W EB). 

uve Comst. The “grape scale.” Have taken this at Egg Harbor. 
oxycoccus Woglum. Described from New Jersey on cranberry. 


CHRYSOMPHALUS Ashm. 
aonidum Linn. (ficus Ashm.) In green-houses on palms and rubber 
plants. 
aurantii Mask. Red scale of California, occasionally found on green- 
house plants. 
dictyospermi Morgan. On palms in green-houses; sometimes quite a 
pest. 
obscurus Comst. On willow-oak, eastern United States generally. 
tenebricosus Comst. The “Gloomy Scale.” On red maple, District of 
Columbia and probably New Jersey. 


LEPIDOSAPHIS Schimer. 


Fig. 55.—Oyster shell bark louse, Lepidosaphis ulmi: a, female scale from beneath, 
filled with eggs; b, same from above; c, twig infested with female scales; d, 
male scale and a twig infested by them; scales greatly enlarged. 


OREN 


130 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


L. gloverii Pack. Elizabeth (U S Ag). Occurs on magnolia and also in 
green-houses, on all sorts of Citrus plants. 

L. beckii Newm. (citricola Pack.) Purple scale. Found commonly on 
oranges and lemons in market, and in green-houses. 

L. ulmi Linn. The common “oyster-shell scale,’ listed as “Mytilaspis 
pomorum Bouché” in the previous edition, and so referred to in the 
publications of the Expveriment Station. Infests a great variety of 
orchard, forest and shade trees throughout the State and is some- 
times destructive to orchard, shade and forest trees. 


L. neusteadi Sule. A Japanese species introduced on nursery stock, in- 
festing the conifer “Sciotopitys verticillata.” 


ISCHNASPIS Douglas. 


I. longirostris Sign. Occurs on palms in green-houses, Conn. to D. C. 


PARLATORIA Targ. 


P. pergandii Comst. The “Chaff” scale. On Citrus plants in green- 
houses. 


Order HEMIPTERA. 


These are the true “bugs,” or “half-winged’’ insects so termed, because 
the fore-wings have the base thickened and the tips membraneous. The 
same character also gives them the name Heteroptera or different 
winged, and not infrequently the two are combined into Hemiptera- 
Heteroptera as against the Hemiptera-Homoptera. In this series the 
beak is always more free and the head more mobile than in the Homop- 
tera, and in many cases the beak can be projected straight forward like 
a snout. The number of visible joints in the rostrum varies, the ap- 
parently three-jointed forms with short, thick rostre, being usually preda- 
tory, while those which have it four-jointed, long and slender, are more 
generally plant feeders, but there are numerous exceptions. The trans- 
formations are always incomplete and feeding is always done, in all 
stages, by piercing and sucking, whether of plant or animal tissues. In 
the species in which the beak is long and four-jointed it often bends in 
the middle when the insect is feeding, the lancets only being inserted 
and the terminal joint of the beak serving to steady and guide. Many 
injurious and some destructive species are found in this order in which, 
by the bye, many have peculiar and disagreeable odors. 

Since the publication of the last edition our knowledge of this order 
has increased greatly and the classification has been materially changed, 
while still greater modifications are proposed. Mr. J. R. de la Torre 
Bueno, who is one of the younger students, has very kindly suggested 
the present arrangement along very conservative lines, and he has added 
much information and many records to the list. Im fact, as it stands, 
it is really his list with other records added, except in the Capside, or, 
as they are known, the Miride, in which Mr. Otto Heidemann has again 
arranged the series for me. Mr. H. G. Barber, of Roselle Park, New Jer: 
sey, has also been good enough to look over the list critically, and he 
has corrected many of the Paulmier records of the previous edition, the 
collection of that gentleman having come into Mr. Barber’s hands after 
the death of its maker. 

Quite a number of Uhler manuscript names have been omitted, and, 
although over 100 names have been added, the number of species not 
authenticated by actual records is lessened rather than increased. About 
400 species are here listed. Mr. Bueno thinks that at least 500 occur in 
the State, and this leaves plenty of opportunity for additional work by 
collectors. 


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132 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Division TROCHALOPODA. 
Super-family CIMICOIDEA. 


Family PENTATOMID A. 


These are the “shield bugs’; medium to large-sized species as a rule, 
rarely small, with more or less enlarged scutel covering a considerable 
part of the upper surface. Their habits vary, some of 
them are predatory, a few feed indifferently on plant or 
insect tissue, the majority are plant feeders, and, as a 
whole, to be accounted injurious. 


# a Sub-family ScUTELLERIN &, 
Fig. 56.—A Penta- 


tomid and its beak. A . : 
Large, often bright-colored, very convex species in 


which the scutel is so enormous as to cover almost the entire abdomen. 


TETYRA Fab. 


T. bipunctata H. S. Lakehurst IV-IX (div); DaCosta VI, 3 (Dke); 
Browns Mills V, VI (div). Sometimes found on young shoots of old 
pines, but is especially fond of young trees. In cold weather often 
secretes itself among the dead needles that accumulate on the upper 
side of the horizontal branches of pitch pine; hibernates as an adult 
(Ds). 

STETHAULAX Bergr. 


S. marmoratus Say. Lakehurst IV—VI, IX, common on cedars. (div). 


HOMCEMUS Dall. 

H. zeneifrons Say. Hewitt VII, 2, 25 (J1); Oak Ridge VII (Shoemaker) ; 
Westfield VII, 2 (Bno); local in distribution and limited in time of 
appearance. 

EURYGASTER Lap. 
E. alternatus Say. Hewitt VI-VIII (div); West Hebron VI, IX (Bno); 


Staten Island VII (Ds); on edges of marshy meadows; often com- 
mon. 


Sub-family GRAPHOSOMIN&. 


AMAUROCHROUS Stal. 


A. cinctipes Say. (Podops) Throughout the State all season. 

A. dubius Pal. Beauv. (Podops) Chester, Arlington (Coll); New Jer- 
sey IIT (Ds). 

A. parvulus Van D. Pt. Pleasant V, on sea beach, Lakehurst V, not com- 
mon (Brb). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. £33 


Sub-family CypNINz. 


Peculiar in this series of species by having the feet formed for digging. 


They live in sand and mud banks and are of no economic importance. 


CYDNUS Fab. 
. obliquus Uhl. Jamesburg VII (Ds). 


CYRTOMEMUS Am. & Serv. 


. mirabilis Perty. Staten Island VIII (Ds); Camden V, 5 (Jn): Wood- 
bury VII, 29 (Ss). 


PANGAZUS Stal. 


. bilineatus Say. Madison (Pr); Arlington (Coll); Riverton IV, 16 
(Jn); Avalon VI, Anglesea (Ss). 


GEOTOMUS M. & R. (MELANAETHUS Uhl). 


. pennsylvanicus Sign. (picinus Uhl.) “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 
. robustus Uhl. Anglesea (Ss). 


AMNESTUS Dall. 


. Spinifrons Say. Great Notch V, Madison X, Pt. Pleasant on beach V 
(Brb); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); Newark, New Brunswick IV, 
Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll); Riverton IV, V (Jn); Anglesea (Ss). 


. pusillus Uhl. (subferrugineus.) Madison V, X (Brb); Glen Ridge 
VI, 27 (Bno); New Brunswick IV, VIII (Coll); Merchantville X, 
29 (Ss). 


SEHIRUS A. & S. (CANTHOPHORUS M. & R.). 


. cinctus Pal. Beauv. Greenwood Lake VII, Lakehurst V (Brb); New 
Brunswick VII (Coll). 


Sub-family PENTATOMIN &. 


In this series the scutel tends to become smaller and the wings are 


better marked. The insects are, as a rule, flatter above and not so firm 
in texture as some of the preceding groups. The beak is long, four- 
jointed, and many of the species are economically important. The typical 
“buggy” odor is well developed in most of them. 


134 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BROCHYMENA A. & S. 


B. arborea Say. Throughout the State IX till next VI. The species are 
large, rough, known as “‘tree-bugs,” often present in numbers suffi- 
cient to attract attention, yet not conspicuous because their grayish- 
brown tints harmonize well with the bark of the trees on which they 
live. 


B. quadripustulata Fab. With the preceding and hardly less common. 


B. annulata Fab. Lakehurst IV—VI, IX (div). The “harisii’” of previous 
edition is a form of this species. 


PERIBALUS M. & R. (HOLCOSTETHUS Fieb). 


P. limbolarius Stal. Throughout the State, V-IX, common on shepherd’s 
purse. The ‘abbreviatus” of last edition is the same—the true species 
is western. 


TRICHOPEPLA Stal. 
T. semivittata Say. Throughout the State V-IX, common. 


CHLOROCHROA Stal. (PENTATOMA Oliv). 


C. saucia Say. (Lioderma) Staten Island IV, IX, XI (div). 


C. senilis Say. (Lioderma) Staten Island, fall and spring (Ds); Lake- 
hurst X, 19 (Bno). 


C. uhleri Stal. Occurs in New York and probably also in New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 135 


. persimilis Horv. This is the species usually found as “juniperina” 
Linn., in collections; but that is European and does not occur in 
America at all. 


MORMIDEA A. & S. 


. lugens Fab. Throughout the State, common, V-IX. 


SOLUBEA Bergr. (CEBALUS Stal). 


. pugnax Fab. Ft. Lee VIII, 12 (Bno); Manasquan IX (Ds); Burling- 
ton Co. VIII, 7, Barnegat Bay Dist. VIII, 3 (Coll); Anglesea VII 
(div). 


EUSCHISTUS Dall. 


. fissilis Uhl. Throughout the State V—X, the most common species. 

. servus Say. Madison (Pr); Staten Island VI-X, Jamesburg VII (Ds); 
Lakehurst V (Brb). 

. politus Uhl. Throughout the State V—XI, locally common. 

. tristigmus Say. Throughout the State IV-IX, locally common; in 
marshy meadows. 

. variolarius Pal. Beauv. Throughout the State all season, often com- 
mon. 


. ictericus Linn. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee IX, X (div); Glen Ridge VI, 28, 
Pt. Pleasant VII, VIII (Bno); Staten Island VIII (Ds); New. Bruns- 
wick VII, Jamesburg VII, Lahaway VII, Anglesea, V, 28, [X, 6 (Coll). 


CAENUS Dall. 


. delius Say. Hewitt VI (Jl); Singac, Oak Ridge IX, Staten Island V, 
VI, VIII, [IX (Ds); Westfield VII, 16 (Bno); Orange Mts. VII, 10 (Jn); 
Madison VI, IX, X, Roselle. Park XI, Lakehurst V, common (Brb); 
hibernates as adult under stones in fields. 


HYMENARCYS A & S. 


. aqualis Say. Madison, rare (Pr); New Jersey (Van D). 


. nervosa Say. Madison VIII, rare (Brb); Staten Island IV, VIII (div); 
Jamesburg V, X, Anglesea IV, 4 (Coll); Westfield VII, 21, Clementon 
V, 30 (Jn). 


NEOTIGLOSSA Kirby. 


. undata Say. Cape May VI, 22 (Coll); New Jersey (Van D). 


. sulcifrons Stal. Anglesea VII, 4 (Sm); Lakehurst V (Brb), VII, 4 
(Dow). 


136 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


COSMOPEPLA Stal. 


C. carnifex Fab. Chester VII, 5 (Coll); Newfoundland VII, Oak Ridge 
VI, VII (Ds); Madison VII, Ft. Lee dist. [V (Brb); Great Notch V, 30 
(Bno); sometimes locally common. 


MENECLES Stal. 


M. insertus Say. Sparta, Staten Island XI, 11 (Ds); Chester, Monmouth 
Co. V, 9 (Coll). 


THYANTA Stal. 


T. custator Fab. Madison VII (Brb), and south of the red shale through- 
out the season; recorded by all collectors. 


MURGANTIA Stal. 


M. histrionica Hahn. The “harle- 
quin cabbage bug.” This is a 
southern species that under 
special conditions sometimes 
extends into New Jersey, and 
has been taken as far north as 
Morris County. In 1896 it oc- 
curred in destructive numbers 
along the Delaware, but since 
then only occasional examples 
have been taken. 


Fig. 58.—The harlequin cabbage bug: a, b, 
larva and pupa, natural size; c, d, e, 
eggs, natural size and enlarged, 
NEZARA A & S. from side and above; f, adult, 
wings closed, and g, open; 
natural size. 


N. pennsylvanica De G. Through- 
out the State, fall and spring. 


N. hilaris Say. Throughout the State all season: not rare. 


BANASA Stal. 
B. calva Say. Madison (Pr); Palisades IX, 4 (Jl); Staten Island X, 
Lakehurst IX (Ds); Riverton VIII, 21 (Jn). 


B. dimidiata Say. Madison VI, VIII, X (Brb); Staten Island VI-VIII, 
Lakehurst V—-VII, X (Ds); Pt. Pleasant VII, VIII (Bno); Clementon 
V, 2 (GG). 

B. sordida Uhl. Massachusetts to Maryland, and sure to occur in New 
Jersey. 


DENDROCORIS Bergr. 


D. humeralis Uhl. (Liotropis) Greenwood Lake V, Madison VIII, com- 
mon (Brb); Farmingdale VIII (Ds); Lakehurst V-IX (div). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 137 


Sub-family AsopIn#. 


STIRETRUS Lap. 


S. anchorago Fab. Hackettstown (U S Ag); Madison VIII, rare (Brb); 
Jamesburg VII, 7 (Ds); South Jersey (Coll); a predatory form that 
sometimes attacks asparagus slugs. 


Fig. 59.—Stiretrus anchorago; a, adult; b, nymph. 


PERILLOIDES Schout. (PERILLUS.) 


P. exaptus Say. Hewitt V, 1 (Bno); Madison VI, Roselle Park (Brb); 
Oak Ridge VI (Shoemaker). 

P. circumcinctus Stal. Throughout the State VI, VII, not common; feeds 
on bettle larve; the records for ‘“‘confluens’ in last edition belong 
here. 


P. bioculatus Fab. (Mineus) Staten Island VI (Ds). 


MINEUS Stal. 


M. strigipes H. S. Madison VII, 10 (Brb); Westfield VII, 4, Pt.- Pleasant 
VII, 27 (Bno); Jamesburg V, 11, VII (Coll); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Dow); 
Iona V, 16 (GG). 


APATETICUS Dall. (PODISUS H. S.) 


A. cynicus Say. Morris Co. (Jn); Madison VII, X (Brb); Hewitt VII, 
Brookville VII, Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); Newark VII, Lakehurst 
VII, 7 (Coll). The species of this genus are quite usually predatory, 
and feed upon slugs of all kinds, including those of the potato beetles. 


128 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. bracteatus Fitch. Certain to occur in New Jersey (Bno). 


A. maculiventris Say. (spinosus Dall). Common throughout the State 
all season. 


A. serieventris Uhl. Recorded from all sections of the State VI-VIII, but 
there is a question of determination involved, and most of the speci- 
mens may prove “maculiventris.” 


A. modestus Dall. Madison IX, common (Brb); Staten Island IV (Ds). 


A. placidus Uhl. Hewitt VII, 25 (Jl); Madison VIII (Brb); Staten Island 
VIII (Ds); Jamesburg (Coll); Lakehurst VII (div). 


Sub-family ACANTHOSOMIN &. 


ELASMUCHA Stal. 


E. lateralis Say. (Acanthosoma) Hewitt VII, 2 (Bno); Chester IX, 18 
(Coll); Madison VII (Brb); Staten Island IV, IX (div); Anglesea (Ss). 


ELASMOSTETHUS Fieb. 


E. cruciatus Say. (Acanthosoma) Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Chester 
VII, 4 (Coll); Madison VIII (Brb). 


Family THYREOCORID/-. 


These are the Corimelenide or “negro bugs” of the previous edition, 
so named because of their generally uniform black color. They are 
shining, convex, almost as broad as long, the scutel covering almost the 
entire abdomen, and they resemble beetles of the Histeridz more than 
they do the usual run of bugs. They lay their eggs in black and rasp- 
berries, and these eggs have a peculiar bed-buggy flavor, which becomes 
offensively apparent when the fruit is eaten. 


THYREOCORIS Schrank. (CORIMEL/AENA White.) 


T. unicolor Pal. Beauv. (atra A & S.) Throughout the State V-—VIII, 
sometimes locally common. 


Us nitiduloides Wolff. With the preceding, but more rare. The form that 
occurs in New Jersey is said to be a variety, the typical form being 
western. 


T. lateralis Fab. Hewitt VI, Newfoundland VII, Staten Island VII, James- 
burg VII (Ds). Mr. Barber suggests that this is “gillettii’ Van D. 


T. anthracina Uhl. Pennsylvania, and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


T. gillettii Van D. Staten Island V (Brb); Cape May C. H. VIII, 21 
(Van D); Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 139 


pulicaria Germ. Throughout the State V—VIII; often 
common; occurs also on the salt marshes. 


Family ARADIDAS. 


This family contains the “flat bugs,’ so named be- 


cause of their form, which is adapted for life in the 
narrowest sort of crevices, under bark or in cracks of 
dead trees. They are generally dark brown or blackish Fig. 60.—A negro 
in color, are believed to be predatory in habit, and seem bug, Thyreocoris 


to be essentially forest species, isolated trees rarely 


pulicaria; en- 
larged. 


being infested. 


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So Se et See 


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Sub-family ARADIN&. 


ARADUS Fab. 


. equalis Say. New Jersey (Uhl, Bergroth). 
. quadrilineatus Say. Palisades (Jl); State Island IV, 10 (Ds). : 
. robustus Uhl. Ft. Lee VII (Jl); Madison, Lakehurst VI, a common 


species (Brb). 


. similis Say. Greenwood Lake V (Brb); Great Notch V, 30 (Bno); 


Staten Island IV, 10 (Ds); Lakehurst (Jl); Clementon V, 2 (GG). 
Commonly found in and under the fungus “Polyporus betulinus” 
growing on dead white birches or, in winter, nymphs and adults under 
bark near base (Bno). 


. hubbardi Heid. Almost undoubtedly in New Jersey (Bno). 
. acutus Say. Lakehurst (Ds); Anglesea IV, 11 (Coll). 

. inornatus Uhl. Prospertown, Lahaway VII, 3 (Coll). 

. crenatus Say. Pennsylvania and probably also New Jersey. 


. lugubris Fall. (rectus Say.) Staten Island (Ds). 


uniformis Heid. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


abbas Bergr. New Brunswick IV (Coll). 


. cinnamomeus Panz. Staten Island IV, 10 (Ds); Lakehurst V, 27 


(Bno); Clementon V, 2 (GG); common on pines. 


. niger Stal. Lakehurst IV, 14 (Ds); also under pine bark. 


Sub-family Mrzririn&. 


MEZIRA A & S. (BRACHYRHYNCHUS Lap). 


. lobata Say. Should be found in New Jersey (Bno). 


. granulata Say. Occurs from Canada to Maryland. . 


140 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


NEUROCTENUS Fieb. 


N. simplex Uhl. Throughout the State, fall to late spring. 
N. ovatus Stal. Should also occur in New Jersey (Bno). 


ANEURUS Curtis. 


A. inconstans Uhl. Westfield VII-IX (Bno); Staten Island V, Perth 
Amboy V, 12, 31 (Ds); Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 

A. fiskei Heid. Ft. Lee VII, 19 (Jl); Staten Island VI, 26 (Ds); under 
bark of dead hickory saplings, dead oak branches, etc.; sometimes. 
in company with the preceding. 


Family PYRRHOCORIDAE. 


Resemble the next following Lygeidze in form, but are stouter, with 
contrasting red and black colors and a different venation in the membrane 
of wing-covers. They are known as “red-bugs,’ where they occur com- 
monly, but we have only a single representation in our territory which, 
while a plant feeder, is not injurious. 


LARGUS Hahn. 
L. succinctus Linn. Jamesburg IX, 4, Lahaway VI, 7, Atlantic Co. (Coll); 
Lakehurst V-IX (div); Toms River (Brb); Clementon VIII (Jn); 
Atco VIII, 27 (Ss). 


Family LYGAHIDZ. 


Narrow, oblong bugs, flattened above, of moderate or small size, often 
gay colors and medium or soft texture. The position of the antenne and 
venation of membrane of primaries afford structural characters by which 
the student recognizes the group. All are vegetable feeders and some 
of them are distinctly injurious. 


Sub-family Lycans. 


ONCOPELTUS Stal. 


O. fasciatus Dall. Caldwell (Cr); Roselle Park IX (Brb); Staten Island 
VI, VII, IX, X (Ds); Riverton IX, 25 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 11, very 
common on milkweed (C G); Woodbury VI, Anglesea (Ss). 


LYGUS Fab. 
L. bicrucis Say. (Melanocoryphus) Staten Island, seashore V, 14 (Ds); 
Woodbury, Anglesea VII (Ss); Clementon VII, 6 (Jn). 


L. reclivatus Say. So distributed that its occurrence in New Jersey is 
probable (Bno). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 141 


L. kalmii Stal. Common throughout the State IV-X. This is the species 
usually labeled ‘“‘turcicus” in collectiohs. 


L. turcicus Fab. All New Jersey specimens seen have proved to be 
“kalmii,”’ but it is recorded from Pennsylvania by Montandon and 
should occur in this State also (Bno). 


NYSIUS Dall. 


N. ericzee Schill. (angusta- 
tus Uhl). Camden IX, 
X (Ss); Westville V, 
20° + (Im); Lakehurst 
VII, 7 (Dn); Lahaway, 
common on cranberry 
bogs, Anglesea V,. 28 


Fig. 61.—Nysius erice: a, potato leaf showing in- (Coll). 
jury; b, nymph; c, adult: a, natural size, 
b, c, much enlarged. 


N. longiceps Stal. New Jer- 
sey (Stal). 


N. minutus Uhl. Woodbine VIII, 23 (Van D); New Jersey (Uhl). 

N. providus Uhl. Madison VII, VIII, X (Brb); Orange Mts. VIII, 29 
(Gr); Jamesburg VII, 18 (Coll); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Dn); Pt. Pleasant 
VII, 26 (Bno). 

BELONOCHILUS Uhl. 


B. numenius Say. Anglesea (Ss). 


ORSILLUS Dall. 


©. scolopax Say. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll): May be an error and finally 
prove to refer to Nysius providus (Bno). 


ISCHNORHYNCHUS Fieb. 


I. geminatus Say. (didymus Zett.) Throughout the State all season; 
also labeled “‘resedee” in collections, but is not really Panzer’s species 
(Bno). 


CYMUS Hahn. 
C. luridus Stal. Pt. Pleasant VII, 26 (Bno). 


C. discors Horv. Madison (Pr); Roselle Park XI (Brb); Glen Ridge 
(Bno); Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll). 


C. angustatus Stal. Throughout the State IX until next VII. The records 
for “Cymodema tabida”’ in last edition really belong here. 


C. claviculus Hahn. Throughout the State, fall and spring. 
C. breviceps Stal. Madison VIII, Lakehurst IX (Brb). 


142 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CYMODEMA Spin. 


C. exiguum Hory. (tabida Say.) Thus far recorded only from the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, but may occur in So. Jersey. The records in the 
last edition almost certainly refer to “Cymus angustatus” (Bno). 


Sub-family BrLiss1n #&. 


ISCHNODEMUS Fieb. 


|. falicus Say. Glen Ridge VII (Bno); Staten Island V, VI, IX (Ds); 
Lahaway, common on cranberry bogs in May (Sm). 


BLISSUS Klug. 


B. leucopterus Say. Roselle Park J, sifting (Brb); Caldwell (Cr); Glen 
Ridge VI, 1, Staten Island X, 25 (Bno); Camden IV, 22 (Ss); Angle- 
sea VII, 12 (Coll). This is the well known ‘“Chinch bug” that is so 
destructive in the wheat and cornfields of the middle west. In New 
Jersey, while it occurs throughout the State, it is really a somewhat 
rare species, not often found even by the collector. The reason fo. 
our exemption is climatic and is not due to any natural enemy or 
parasite peculiar to this region. 


Sub-family GEocoRIN z. 


GEOCORIS Fall. 


G. uliginosus Say. Madison IX, X, Ft. Lee IX (Brb); Camden X-—XII 
(Ss). 

G. punctipes Say. Madison, rare (Pr); Riverton IX, 25 (Jn); Merchant- 
ville X, 29 (Ss). 

G. discopterus Stal. New Jersey (Stal). 

G. limbatus Stal. New Jersey (Stal). 

G. piceus Say. Madison VIII (Brb); Camden Co. XI, 23 (Ss); commonly 
found on “Potentilla canadensis” (Bno). 

G. bullatus Say. Alabama to Nova Scotia and sure to occur in New Jer- 
sey. The species of this genus are found crawling about the roots of 
weeds in sandy spots, and sometimes under boards in winter. They 
have not been closely collected, and more will be found when search 
for them is systematically made. 


Sub-family PACHYGRONTHIN &. 


PHLEGYAS Stal. (PELIOPELTA Uhl.) 


P. abbreviata Uhl. Budds Lake VII, Madison VII, VIII (Brb); Orange 
Mts. VIII, 29 (Gr); Ft. Lee Dist. VII, 4, Westfield VII, 16, Lakehurst 
V, 23:(Bno); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Jamesburg V, VI (div); 
Riverton V, 30 (Vk); So. Jersey, Swedesboro VII (Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 143 


CEDANCALA A. & S. 


CE. crassimana Fab. (dorsalis Say.) Madison VIII, Lakehurst IV, XI 


(Brb); Jamesburg VIII, 15, Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 


Sub-family OxyCARENINA. 


CROPHIUS Stal. 


. disconotus Say. New Jersey (Stal). 


Sub-family APHANIN#. 


LIGYROCORIS Stal. 

. diffusus Uhl. (sylvestris Stal, not Linn.) Greenwood Lake VI, Madi- 
son VII, [X (Brb); Chester VIII, IX (Coll); Westfield VIII, 13, Staten 
Island X, 25, (Ds); Jamesburg VII, X (div). 

. contractus Say. (sylvestris Fieb., not Linn.) Palisades VIII (Brb); 
Westfield VII, [IX (Bno). 

. constrictus Say. Chester VIII, IX (Dn); Camden IX, 30 (Ss); New 
Jersey (Stal). 


PERIGENES Dist. 


. fallax Heid. Chester VIII, 12 (Dn); Madison VII, Staten Island VI, 
Jamesburg VII (Brb). 


MYODOCHA Latr. 


. serripes Oliv. Hopewell IV, Madison VII, Ft. Lee Dist. III, Roselle 
Park XI, Arlington III (Brb); Orange Mts. VIII, 29 (Gr); Staten 
Island III, V, VII, IX, XI, Jamesburg VII (Ds); Camden X, XII (Ss); 
Lahaway V, VII, XII (Sm). 


HERAUS Stal. 

. plebejus Stal. Madison IV, VI, Roselle Park, XII, 1, sifting (Brb); 
Camden XI, XII, common (Ss). 

. orbicollis Uhl. Chester, Newark, Arlington, Anglesea III, 19, Laha- 


way V, on cranberry bogs (Coll). Seems to be a mss. name and Mr. 
Barber thinks may be the same as above. 


PAMERA Say. 


. bilobata Say. Camden XI, XII (Ss). Mr. Bueno says the species is 
southern and the record may refer to the next following. 


. basalis Dall. Westfield VII, Glen Ridge VI, Pt. Pleasant VII (Bno); 
Madison VII, Roselle Park XI, Lakehurst III, IV (Brb); Camden, 
Merchantville (Ss); Ocean Co. V (Coll). 


144 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PTOCHIOMERA Say. 


P. nodosa Say. Lakehurst IX (Brb). 


. clavigera Uhl. Lakehurst V, 2, IX (Brb). 


PYGA-US Uhl. 
. pallidus Uhl. Ft. Lee, Lakehurst IV, sifting (Brb). 


CLIGENES Dist. 


. minutus Berg. Lakehurst IX (Brb); Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs 
(Sm). Is the same as “Pachymerus minutus” Uhl., mss. 


. pilosula Stal. New Jersey (Stal). 


CNEMODUS H. S. 


. mavortius Say. Hewitt VI, Brookville VII, Staten Island V (Ds); 
Lakehurst IV, VII, X (div). 


OZOPHORA Uhl. 


. picturata Uhl. Staten Island XI (Ds); Riverton VIII, 21 (Jn); Cam- 
den Co. (Ss); Anglesea VII, 23 (Coll). 


DRYMUS Fieb. 


. unus Say. (Megalonotus) Roselle Park V, sifting under Alder 
(Brb); Jamesburg XII, 1 (Dn); Avalon IV, 10 (Coll). 


PERITRECHUS Fieb. 
. fraternus Uhl. Lakehurst IIJ-V (Brb); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs 
V (Coll). 

SPHRAGISTICUS Stal. 


. nebulosus Fall. (Trapezonotus) Lakehurst IV (Brb); Camden XII 
(Ss). 


. rufipes Stal. Lakehurst V (Brb). 


ARPHANUS Dist. 


. umbrosus Dist. (Dorochrosa illuminatus Dist.) New York to District 
of Columbia, and I have seen it from New Jersey (Sm). 


EMBLETHIS Fieb. 
. vicarius Horv. Lakehurst IV (Brb). 


E. arenarius Linn. is a misidentification of the Linnzan species, and 
Gonianotus marginepunctatus is probably this same form (Bno). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 145 
EREMOCORIS Fieb. 


E. ferus Say. Paterson IV, Madison III, X (Brb); Staten Island IV (Ds); 
Lakehurst IV, VII, X (div); Anglesea III, 19 (Coll). 


CRYPHULA Stal. 
C. parallelogramma Stal. Camden (Ss); Lakehurst V (Brb). 
SCOLOPOSTETHUS Fieb. 


S. atlanticus Horv. New Jersey (Hory). 
. diffidens Horv. Lakehurst IV (Brb). 
S. thomsoni Reut. Roselle Park XI, by sifting (Brb). 


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Family COREIDAL. 


Oblong, moderately stout species of medium or rather large size, flat- 
tened above, the common squash-bug being a fair representative of the 
family. The hind legs are sometimes abnormally developed, the femora 
large or clubbed or the tibiz with leaf-like expansions; sometimes the 
edges of the abdomen are raised at the sides so that the wings lie in a 
depression. The odors in this family are especially well developed, more 
penetrating and more offensive than in any other. Most of them are 
vegetable feeders, and some are of economic importance. 


Sub-family MERocORIN#. 


CORYNOCORIS Mayer. 


C. typhzeus Fab. Chester VII, 20 (Coll); Madison VII, VIII, Milltown VIII 
(Brb); Westfield VII, [IX (Bno); Staten Island VI (Ds); Riverton VII, 
3 (Jn). The “distinctus” of previous edition was an error of deter- 


mination. 


Sub-family Mictin#&. 


ARCHIMERUS Burm. 


A. calcarator Fab. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee VIII (Bno); Staten Island VI, 
IX (div); Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll). 


ACANTHOCERUS Pal. Beauv. 


A. galeator Fab. (Euthoctha) Throughout the State VI-IX; not rare. 


TO TN 


146 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family ACANTHOCEPHALIN A. 


ACANTHOCEPHALA Lap. 


A. terminalis Dall. (Metapodius) Piedmont Plain and northward, IX 
until next VII; also Riverton (Jn). The “femoratus” of previous edi- 
tion is this same species. 


Sub-family ANISOSCELIN At. 


LEPTOGLOSSUS Guer. 


L. oppositus Say. Staten Island X (Ds); New Brunswick VIII, 23 (Coll); 
Lakehurst V (Brb); Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn). 


corculus Say. New Brunswick (Coll); Westville VII, 4 (Jn). 


r 


Sub-family CHARIESTERIN &, 


CHARIESTERUS Lap. 


C. antennator Fab. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island VIII, 
Jamesburg VII, 5, Lakehurst VII, 29 (Ds); Farmingdale VII (Jn); 
Camden (Ss). 


Sub-family CENTROSCELIN &. 


ANASA A & §S. 


A. tristis De G. The common squash bug; occurs 
throughout the State. Hibernates as an adult, 
lays eggs in large patches on underside of 
leaves of all sorts of Cucurbs, and matures 
two broods. In garden's gather the con- 
spicuous eggs early in the season and destroy 
them. In fields plow out and destroy the 
vines as soon as crop is off, to prevent adults 
from coming to maturity. Insecticides are 
not indicated. 

A. armigera Say. Also on squashes and other 
cucurbs from New Brunswick southward. I 
have no records from more northern points, 
but believe it will occur there as well. Under 
ordinary circumstances it will not be differ- 
entiated from “tristis.” 


A. repetita Heid. Also resembles the common 


species so closely as to be readily mistaken Fig. 62.—The squash- 
for it. I have no actual Jersey records, but it bug, Anasa tristis; 
enlarged. 


has been found in Pennsylvania, and I have 
no doubt it occurs with us. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 147 


Sub-family MiIcrELYTRIN A. 


PROTENOR Stal. 


P. belfragei Hagl. Staten Island VIII (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 18 (Coll); 
in wet meadows on grasses. 


Sub-family ALYDIN 2. 


ALYDUS Fab. 


A. urinus Say. Throughout the State VI-IX; everywhere common. 


A. pilosulus H. S. With the preceding, but less common. “These two 
species are commonly found in patches of clover in meadows or in 
bush clover.” (Bno). 


A. quinquespinosus Say. Throughout the State Vix 
A. conspersus Mont. Newfoundland IX (Ds). 


STACHYOCNEMUS Stal. 


S. apicalis Dall. Riverton V, 26 (Jn), VIII, 17 (Van D); found running 
on sandy spots in company with “Cicindela”’ (Bno). 


Sub-family CorizIn&. 


HARMOSTES Burm. 


H. reflexulus Stal. Common throughout the State all season. The 
“fraterculus” of previous edition also belongs here. 


CORIZUS Fall. 


C. crassicornis Linn. (noveeboracensis Sign.) Chester IX, 5 (Coll). 


C. lateralis Say. Common throughout the State, late VI until winter, and 
again until late next V. All records of other species in previous list 
should in all probability refer here. C. side Fab. has never been 
authentically recorded north of Maryland (fide Hambleton), and 
should not be included in any lists from the middle States (Bno). 

C. nigristernum Sign. Is recorded from New York and Pennsylvania and 
certainly occurs in New Jersey. 


Sub-family BERYTIN A. 


These are the “stilt-bugs”; long, slender species with thin, thread-like 
legs and antenne. The thighs and feelers are clubbed, and, altogether, 
the insects have a peculiar spidery appearance. They are plant feeders, 
but of no economic importance. 


148 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


NEIDES Say. 


N. muticus Say. Greenwood Lake V (Brb); Hewitt VII, Staten Island 
VIII (Ds). 


JALYSUS Stal. 


J. spinosus Say. Throughout the State V, VII-IX, locally common. 


Family TINGITID/. 


These peculiar little creatures have been called “lace-bugs’ from the 
net or lace-like covering of the wings and other body parts. This renders 
them easy of recognition, and, under a lens of even moderate power, they 
are really pretty. They are plant feeders and sometimes occur in num- 
bers sufficient to cause injury to garden plants or shrubs. As field pests 
they are not troublesome in New Jersey, and, in general, contact poisons 
would be advised against them should they become in the least dangerous. 


Sub-family PresMINn a. 


PIESMA Lep. & Serv. 


P. cinerea Say. Locally common throughout the State on horse chest- 
nuts, under bark of “Platanus,” &c. 


Sub-family TIncrrin &. 


CORYTHUCA Stal. 


C. ciliata Say. Chester VIII, 19 (Dn); Staten Island (Ds); New Jersey 
(Sm). On sycamore in great numbers on under side of leaves; 
adults hibernate under bark and under leaves at base of tree (Bno). 

C. arcuata Say. (juglandis Fitch.) Throughout the State all season, on 
a variety of trees, but most abundant on walnut. 

C. gossypii Fab. Palisades VII, 4, Pt. Pleasant VII, 26 (Bno). 

C. pergandei Heid. Roselle Park XI-II, sifting under Alder, on which it 
feeds (Brb); Staten Island VI, 9 (Ds); Lakehurst IX, 20 (Bno). 

C. marmorata Uhl. New York to North Carolina, and sure to occur in 
New Jersey. 


LEPTOBYRSA Stal. 


L. explanata Heid. Newfoundland VII, 8 (Ds); Springfield, Rutherford 
V-VII, IX (Dn); on Kalmia and Rhododendron. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 149 


GARGAPHIA Stal. 
G. amorphz Walsh. Lakehurst IX (Brb). 


G. tiliz Walsh. New York to Virginia, on bass- 
wood. 


G. fasciata Stal. Found in Pennsylvania and prob- 
ably in New Jersey. 


LEPTOSTYLA Stal. 


L. oblonga Say. Greenwood Lake V, Jamesburg 
VII (Brb); Lakehurst VII, 4, Lahaway, V, 
VIII (Coll); on cranberry bogs (Sm). 


Fig. 63.—A lace-bug, 
Gargaphia angulata; 
much enlarged. 


MELANORHOPALA Stal. 


M. clavata Stal. (Tingis) Westfield through VII, the short-winged 
form only (Bno); Staten Island VIII (Ds); Jamesburg VII (Brb). 


PHYSATOCHEILA Fieb. 
P. plexa Say. Madison VIII, IX, Lakehurst IV (Brb). 


LEPTOYPHA Stal. 
L. mutica Say. Madison VI, rare (Brb). 


TELEONEMIA Costa. 
T. elangata Uhl. “United States” (Uhl). 


Super-family NEPOIDEA. 
Family NABIDA. 


These are yellowish or black, rather flattened bugs, predatory in char- 
acter, found on flowers and vegetation generally, seeking what they may 
devour. They are useful in destroying many small vegetable feeders in 
the early stages. Our collections are poor and not well determined, so 
the list is, as yet, largely guess work. It is more than likely that all and 
more will be found with us when systematic collections are made. 


PAGASA Stal. 


P. fusca Stein. (pallipes Stal.) Madison VIII, IX, Jamesburg VI (Brb); 
lives under stones in fields (Bno). 


REDUVIOLUS Kirby. (CORISCUS Schrank.) 
R. subcoleoptratus Kirby. Madison VI, common (Brb); Oak Ridge VI, 
VII, Staten Island V (Bno); New Jersey (Ss). 
. sericans Reut. Probably found in New Jersey (Bno). 
. sordidus Reut. Probably occurs in New Jersey (Bno). 
. pallescens Reut. “New Jersey” (Brb). 


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150 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


R. annulatus Reut. Madison (Pr); Riverton IX, 11 (Jn). 
R. inscriptus Kirby. Canada to Virginia. 

R. rufusculus Reut. Occurs from New York to Virginia. 
R 


- ferus Linn. Common throughout the State IV—XII, and the best known 
representative of this family. 


R. capsiformis Germ. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 

R. kalmize Reut. Occurs near the line in Pennsylvania. 

R. roseipennis Reut. (punctipes Reut.) “New Jersey” (Reut). 
R. propinqguus Reut. New York and probably New Jersey (Bno). 
R. vicarius Reut. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Bno). 
R. assimilis Uhl. Ranges from Canada to Maryland. 


Family GERRID/. 


This aggregation comprises the “water striders,”’ ‘marsh treaders” and 
other species that live in wet places or on the water surface. As a rule, 
the body is narrow and elongated, covered with a velvety pile adapted to 
shed or repel water. The legs are long and slender, and the insects are 
adapted to move rapidly over the surface of the water, resembling spiders 
when the legs are fully extended. They are predatory in habit in all 
stages, and where they occur in numbers no Anopheles or other mosquito 
larve are able to maintain themselves. 


Sub-family VELIINA. 


RHAGOVELIA Mayr. 


R. obesa Uhl. Hewitt VII, Cranford VIII, Staten Island VII, VIII, Lake- 
hurst VII, X (Ds); Bloomfield VI, Rahway River VIII, Lakehurst IX; 
a very common species in swiftly running streams (Bno). 


MICROVELIA Westw. 


M. marginata Uhl. (capitata) Ft. Lee X, 10, Cranford VIII, 6 (Bno). 

M. albonotata Champ. Westfield V, 3, VII, VIII, 13, Staten Island VII, 8 
(Bno); Riverton VIII, 3 (Jn). 

M. americana Uhl. (Hebrus) Westfield VII, 4-IX, 2, Cranford VIII, 
Ft. Lee Dist. V, 28, IX, X, 10, Staten Island VI, 3, VIII, 19 (Bno). 


M. boreale Bno. (pulchella Westw.) Westfield VI-IX, Bloomfield VI 
30, Cranford VIII, Ft. Lee Dist. VII-IX, Staten Island V—VIII (Bno). 
This is the species usually labelled ‘“‘pulchella”’ in collections, but it 
is really a distinct form. 


Sub-family GERRIN A. 


This contains the narrower forms listed as Hydrobatide in the previous 
edition. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 151 


GERRIS Fab. 
. buenoi Kirk. Staten Island IV—VII (Ds); VIII 19 (Bno). 


. marginatus Say. (Limnotrechus) Throughout the State III-X, com- 
mon. 

. canaliculatus Say. Echo Lake, Westfield IV-IX, Cranford VIII, 6, Ft. 
Lee Dist. IV, 19 (Bno); Staten Island VII, VIII (div). 

. remigis Say. (Hygrotrechus) Westfield VII, VIII, Bloomfield V, 23, 
Cranford VIII, Ft. Lee Dist. X, 20 (Bno); Staten Island III-X (Ds); 


Grantwood VIII, 19, Jamesburg VIII, 2 (Coll); one of our common 
forms. 


. conformis Uhl. Morris Co. (Jn); Great Notch V, 30, Rahway River 
VIII, 6 ((Bno); Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll). 


LIMNOPORUS Stal. 
. rufoscutellatus Latr. Madison (Pr); Westfield VIII, Glen Ridge VI, 
30, Ft. Lee Dist. IV-X (Bno); Staten Island VII (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick IV, 22 (Coll). 

METROBATES Uhl. 


- hesperius Uhl. New York to North Carolina and sure to occur in 
New Jersey. 


TREPOBATES Uhl. (STEPHANIA White.) 
. pictus Uhl. Echo Lake, Westfield IX, 2 (Bno); Lakehurst X, 18 (Ds). 


RHEUMATOBATES Bergr. 


Fig. 64.—A water-strider, Rheumatobates rileyi, female: a, anterior tarsus; 
b, ovipositor; c, hind tarsus; much enlarged. 


152 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


R. rileyi Bergr. Madison (Pr); Echo Lake, Westfield IX, 2, Cranford 
VIII, 6-27 (Bno). 


Sub-family MEsovELIINz. 


MESOVELIA Muls. & Rey. 


M. bisignata Uhl. Glen Ridge VI, 28, Bloomfield VI, 30, Westfield VI-IX, 
Cranford VIII, Ft. Lee Dist. VIII, IX, Point Pleasant (Bno); Staten 
Island VII-IX (div). 


Sub-family HypDROMETRIN &. 


These are the “marsh-treaders,’ found moving about on mud flats; they 
are listed as Limnobatide in the previous edition. 


HYDROMETRA Latr. 


H. martini Kirk. (lineata Say.) Madison (Pr); Westfield VI-IX, Cran- 
ford VIII, 27, Ft. Lee Dist. V, 21 (Bno); Staten Island IV—X (div); 
Camden XII (Jn). 


Family NAVOGEID/. 


The two species in our fauna were listed under “Hebrus” in the last 
edition and placed under the family ‘“Veliide,’ which the species re- 
semble; in fact, the ‘“Hebrus americanus” Uhl. is really a “‘Microvelia.” 


: NAZOGEUS Lap. (HEBRUS Curt.) 


N. burmeisteri Leth. & Sey. (pusillus Burm.) “United States” (Uhl). 


N. concinnus Uhl. Chester, Arlington (Coll); Westfield IV, 19, VII 
(Bno). There may be really only a single species in New Jersey ana 
the two names here listed may both refer to that one (Bno). 


Family REDUVIDZS. 


Called “pirate bugs” and “assassin bugs” from their predatory habits, 
which make them decidedly beneficial. They have long legs, the anterior 
often enlarged for grasping, a very narrow head with small, though promi- 
nent eyes, and a short, very stout curved beak, which is rigid and cannot 
be folded back against the head. These characteristics render the family 
an easily recognizable one, although there is a great variety in form and 
general appearance. A number of them have become adapted to life in 
cities, and, on shade trees, are of material service in reducing the num- 
ber of plant feeders. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 153 


Most of the species resent being handled and will, if they get a chance, 
puncture the hand that holds them, or they may “bite,” on general prin- 
ciples, if they alight on an exposed surface. The “bite” or puncture is 
severe and poisonous, often causing intense pain and more or less swell- 
ing, which may persist for a long time. A few species live in houses, 
and in the Southern States one of them attacks human beings and is 
known as the “big bed-bug.” Another species has the more satisfactory 
habit of feeding on common bed-bugs and other household pests. This, 
while of good size, is seldom seen, because it covers itself with dust and 
fluffy material that accumulates in corners which make it resemble a 
little wad of waste. 


Sub-family EMEsSIN &. 


This is a series of very slender species with enormously lengthened 
legs which has given rise to the common name “thread-legged” bugs. The 
anterior legs are fitted for grasping, and, slight as the insects are, they 
depend for their food upon species unable to resist them. They are not 
usually abundant. 


PLOIARIOLA Reut. 


P. errabunda Say. (Cerascopus.) Taken in adjacent States and sure to 
occur in New Jersey. 


EMESA Fab. 
E. longipes De G. Throughout the State VII-IX, not common. Occurs 


on bushes at the edges of fields and about barns and is said to prey 
on spiders. 


BARCE Stal. 


B. annulipes Stal. Staten Island (Ds); Lakehurst V, VII, IX, X (div). 


B. simplicipes Uhl. New York and probably New Jersey; both species 
under planks or logs in fields (Bno). 


LUTEVA Dohrn. 


L. carolina H. S. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Bno). 


Sub-family Sarcrn #. 


ONCEROTRACHELUS Stal. 


O. acuminatus Say. Greenwood Lake V, Roselle Park I, sifting (Brb); 
Jamesburg XII, 1 (Dn); Pt. Pleasant VIII, 8 (Bno). 


154 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family STENOPODIN A. 


PNIRONTIS Stal. 


P. infirma Stal. Camden VIII, 1 (Ss). 
P. languida Stal. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Bno). 


PYGOLAMPIS Germ. 


P. sericea Stal. Taken in adjacent States and will probably be found in 
New Jersey (Bno). 


P. pectoralis Say. Madison VIII, Ft. Lee V (Brb); Pt. Pleasant VIII, 8 
(Bno). 


STENOPODA Lap. 


S. culiciformis Fab. Madison (Pr); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Far- 
mingdale VII, 14 (Jn); Sandy Hook VII, Anglesea VI, 28 (Coll); at 
light (Bno). 


NARVESUS Stal. 
N. caroliniensis Stal. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


Sub-family ACANTHASPIN &. 


REDUVIUS Fab. 


R. personatus Linn. (Opsiccetus.) Staten Island V, VII (div); Orange 
Mts., New Brunswick VII, 3, Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll). This is the 
“bed-bug hunter” referred to in the introduction to the family. 


CONORHINUS Lap. 


C. sanguisugus Lec. The “big bed-bug”’ of the Southern States. Has 
not been actually taken in the State so far as I know, but has oc- 
curred in Pennsylvania, and its presence in the pine barrens may be 
expected. 


Sub-family PrraTin a. 


MELANOLESTES Stal. 


M. picipes H. S. Madison IX, Hopewell IV (Brb); Staten Island III, IV, 
IX (Ds); New Brunswick, Hightstown, Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll); Atco 
IV, 29, Collingswood V, 4 (Ss). This and the next species made a 
temporary stir in 1899 as “kissing bugs,’ because of a number of re- 
ported cases where ‘bites’ had caused swellings of the lips. These 
species bite very readily, and if, in flight, they strike the face of an 
individual, they are very apt to puncture promptly. There is no 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 155 


doubt that some such cases did occur; there is no doubt either that 
the majority of the reported cases were attributable to altogether 
different causes. They live and develop under stones. 


M. abdominalis H. S. With the preceding at about the same times. 


RASAHUS A. & S. 


R. thoracicus Stal. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Bno). 


SIRTHENEA Spin. 


S. stria Fab. (carinata Fab.) Westwood V, 4 (Angell); Woodbury V, 
from globes of electric light (div); Lahaway V, 28 (Coll). 


Sub-family EcuTRICHODINA. 


ECHTRICHODIA L. & S. 


E. cruciata Say. Jamesburg VIII (Ds); Anglesea (div). 


Sub-family APIOMERIN#. 


APIOMERUS Hahn. 


A. crassipes Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); Jamesburg VII, 4D, 
Lakewood, Lakehurst VII, 7, Atlantic City VII, 19 (Coll); Tuckerton 
VIII, IX (Ds); Anglesea (Ss). 


Sub-family HARPACTORIN#. 


MILYAS Stal. 


M. cinctus Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII, [X, not common. 


ZELUS Fab. (DIPLODUS A. & S.) 


Z. luridus Stal. Throughout the State VI-VIII; “exsanguis’” Stal is the 
western form. 


Z. socius Uhl. Lakewood (Coll); Lakehurst IV, V, VII, IX (div). 


FITCHIA Stal. 


F. nigrovittata Stal. Staten Island V, IX, XI (Ds), on salt meadow under 
boards (Brb); Lakehurst IV—VII, IX (div); on bushes in summer; 
under stones in spring (Bno). 


156 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
ROCCONOTA Stal. 


R. annulicornis Stal. (Heza) Westfield VII, 2 (Bno); New Brunswick 
VIL, 27 (Coll): 


Fig. 65.—The “wheel-bug,” Arilus cristatus, in all its stages; natural size, 
except the individual eggs, which are enlarged. 


ARILUS Hahn. 


A. cristatus Linn. (Prionidus) The “wheel-bug.’’ Occurs throughout the 
State, but more commonly in the southern sections. It is the largest 
species of the family and conspicuous by its toothed thoracic crest, 
which looks from the side like the segment of a cog-wheel. The egg- 
masses are frequently found on fruit trees, but the insects are bene- 
ficial rather than harmful. They feed on all sorts of slugs and cater- 
pillars, and according to Mr. Davis, also take grasshoppers and 
bumble-bees. 


ACHOLLA Stal. 


A. multispinosa De G. Throughout the State VI-X. “I have found this 
dropping from elm and other trees in Westfield; it is highly pre- 


daceous (Bno). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 157 


SINEA A & S. 


S. diadema Fab. Common throughout the State all summer, especially 
in clover patches. On city shade trees it feeds on larve of elm-leaf 
beetles, young caterpillars of all kinds and in general whatever insects 
it can get hold of. a 


Family PHYMATIDA3. 


PHYMATA Latr. 


P. erosa Linn. (wolfii Stal.) This 
occurs in two sub-species, “fas- 
ciata” Gray and “pennsyl- 
vanica” Handl., throughout the ¥& 
State VII-IX. The color scheme 
of the peculiar chunky and angu- 
lated species is such that the 
specimens are able to conceal 
themselves in a flower so as to 
seem part of it, and this gives Phymata erosa.—a, 6, adult, from above and 

i side; c, front leg; d, beak. 
an opportunity to capture on 66. 
species which they could not 
otherwise reach. Large butterflies, and even bees are captured and 
killed. The fore-legs are short and very powerful, and when once the 
insect gets a hold and has forced its short, chunky beak into its 
prey it is only a matter of a short time to quiet it forever. No eco- 
nomically injurious insects are controlled by these species. 


Family NEPID/A-. 


These are narrow, long-legged water bugs, the fore-legs fitted for 
grasping, the others for walking. A pair of grooved anal bristles keeps 
the insects in contact with the outer air, and enables them to breathe 
when walking on the bottom of shallow pools, ete. The term ‘water 
scorpions” has been applied to these species without any warrant so far 
as danger frem the anal processes is concerned. 


NEPA Linn. 


N. apiculata Uhl. Paterson VI, 15, Orange Mts. (Coll); Madison (Pr); 
Caldwell (Cr); Westfield VIII, 15 (Bno); Staten Island III (Ds); 
Riverton V, 1 (Jn). 


RANATRA Fab. 


R. quadridentata Stal. Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee Dist. V, 
VIII, IX, Cranford VIII, 27 (Bno); Staten Island V, VI, VIII, X (Ds); 


158 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Riverton VIII, 14 (Jn). To this species belong most of the records 
credited to “fusca’’ Pal Beauv., a species which probably does not 


oceur in New Jersey at all. 


R. grisea Bno. One of the forms 
mistaken for ‘fusca,’ eand un- 
doubtedly in New Jersey collec- 
tions under that name. 


R. kirkalayi Bno. New York to North 
Carolina and sure to be found in 
New Jersey (Bno). 


Division PAGIOPODA. 
Super-family MIROIDEA. 
Family ANTHOCORID. 


This family, the Acanthiide of the 
previous edition, in part contains a 
series of rather small, inconspicuous 
bugs found under bark of trees or in 
flowers, and mostly predatory in habit. 
The adults are winged, and have the 
membrane of the wing-cover without 
veins. 

LYCTOCORIS Hahn. 
L. campestris Fab. Recorded from 
New York, and should occur in 
New Jersey (Bno). 


Fig. 67.—“‘A ‘‘water scorpion,’ Ranatra 
species; enlarged. 


L. domesticus Schill. Ranges from 
British America to Texas. 


PIEZOSTETHUS Fieb. 
P. sordidus Reut. Westfield, under bark of dead trees VIII, [IX (Bno). 


TRIPHLEPS Fieb. 


T. insidiosus Say. Common throughout the State III-XII, in fiowers, 
under bark of trees, in rubbish and generally in about all places 
where insects occur at all. Feeds upon insect eggs and minute forms 


generally. 
CARDIASTETHUS Fieb. 


C. pergandei Reut. Should occur in New Jersey. 
C. luridellus Fieb. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey. 


ANTHOCORIS Say. 


A. musculus Say. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 159 


Family CLINOCORID/. 
CIMEX Linn. 


C. lectularius Linn. The common “bed-bug.” — 
Wingless, flattened, oval, red-brown in 
color, found in human _ habitations 
throughout the State. They infest not 
only beds but the crevices and cracks in 
other furniture and in the woodwork of 
the room. A free use of gasoline ap- 
plied twice at intervals of ten days will 
serve to clean them out, but the appli- 
cations must be thorough, and every 
erevice large enough to hold a bug must 
be dosed. The family term here used 
replaces the Cimicide of the previous 


The bed-bug, Acanthia lectularia. 
list. Fig. 68 


CECIACUS Stal. 


C. hirundinis Jen. Infests the nests of swallows; common in parts of 
Burlington County and probably elsewhere in the State. Is very 
similar to the preceding in appearance, and a close ally in habits, but 
does not infest human habitation. 


Family MIRIDZ. 


These are the “leaf-bugs” or ‘‘plant-bugs,’ recorded as Capsid@ in the 
previous edition. They are usually soft in texture, oval in shape, some- 
what flattened above, with the membraneous tip of wings often sloping 
- down rather abruptly. The colors are green and brown as a rule, more 
or less mottled and inconspicuous, but red and black bands and spots are 
not infrequent, and some of them present striking contrasts. 

While none of the species that occur in this State are first-class pests, 
many are common and numerous enough to do a great deal of injury that 
is not always recognized. They feed, as all their allies do, on plant 
juices, and often puncture buds, blossoms or young shoots, crippling, 
checking growth or actually killing them. On some small fruits they 
kill the blossom stalk or even pierce the young fruit, and this kind of 
injury is not easily avoided. Some winter as adults; hence it is always 
a good plan to destroy all rubbish, &c., that may serve as a.hiding place. 
Others lay their eggs in the stems of the plant in which they feed, and 
these may be reached by intelligent trimming and burning the cuttings. 
Contact poisons only are available for use against these insects, and these 
are effective only when used thoroughly and with a full understanding 
of the particular case in hand. 

Quite a number of additions have been made to our collections since 
the previous edition, and again Mr. Heidemann has been good enough to 
supply the material for the form in which it stands at present. 


160 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


HEIDEMANNIA Uhl. 
H. cixiiformis Uh]. Del. Water Gap (Slosson). 


CHLAMYDATUS Curt. 


C. suavis Reut. (Agalliastes) New Jersey without doubt. 
C. associatus Uhl. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 


ATOMOSCELIS Reut. 
A. seriatus Reut. New Jersey (Uhl). 


PLAGIOGNATHUS Fieb. 


P. obscurus Uhl. Warren Co. VIII, 13, Chester VII, 4, Plainfield VII, 4, 
New Brunswick VII, 20, Trenton X, 2 (Coll). 

P. politus Uhl. Orange Mts. VII, 12 (Jn); Staten Island VII (Ds); 
Jamesburg (Coll). 

P. fraternus Uhl. New Jersey (Heid). 


REUTERSCOPUS Kirk. 


R. ornatus Reut. (Episcopus) Throughout the State, all season; more 
or less common locally. 


PSALLUS Fieb. 
P. delicatus Reit. New Jersey (Uhl). 


STRONGYLOTUS Reut. 
S. saliens Reut. Riverton X, 9 (Jn). 


RHINACLOA Reut. 
R. forticornis Reut. New Jersey (Uhl). 


MEGALOCOLEUS Reut. 
M. coagulatus Uhl. (Macrocoleus) Riverton VI, 25 (Coll); New Jer- 
sey (Uhl). 
LOPUS Hahn. 
L. decolor Fall. (Oncotylus) Madison (Pr); Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll). 


REUTERIA Puton. 


R. irrorata Say. (Malococoris) Staten Island VIII (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VII, 20 (Coll). 


DIOMMATUS Uhl. 
D. congrex Uhl. Chester VII, 4 (Coll); Madison, rare (Pr). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 161 


CERATOSCOPUS Reut. 


C. fasciatus Uhl. (Melinna) Madison (Pr); Staten Island VII (Ds). 


C. modestus Uhl. Chester VII, 4 (Dn); Madison (Pr); Staten Islana 
VII (Ds); Lakehurst VII, 7, Anglesea VII, 24 (Coll). 
C. pumilus Uhl. Staten Island (Ds); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


ILNACORA Reut. 


l. divisa Reut. New Jersey (Uhl). 
i. malina Uhl. Madison, occasional (Pr). 
I. stalii Reut. New Jersey (Ss). 


DIAPHNIDIA Uhl. 


D. pellucida Uhl. Madison, rare (Pr). 
ORTHOTYLUS Fieb. 
O. flavosparsus Sahlb. New Jersey (Heid). 


ECTOPIOCERUS Uhl. 
E. anthracinus Uhl. Lakehurst (Ds); New Jersey (Jn). 


HYALIODES Reut. 


H. vitripennis Say. Madison (Pr); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); James- 
burg VIII, 15 (Coll), and probably throughout the State. 


DICYPHUS Fieb. 
D. famelicus Uhl. United States generally (Uhl). 


GARGANUS Stal. 
G. fusiformis Say. Madison, frequent (Pr); New Jersey (Ss). 


CYLAPUS Say. 
C. tenuicornis Say. United States generally (Uhl). 


HALTICUS Hahn. 


H. uhleri Giard. Madison (Pry; New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 
15, Swedesboro VI, 12 (Coll) ; Camden Co. IX, 30 (Ss). 


LOPIDEA Uhl. 


L. media Say. Chester IX, 7 (Coll); Madison (Pr); Staten Island VI- 
VIII, Jamesburg (Ds). 


var. robinize Uhl. Staten Island VII, on locust. 


L. confluens Say. Del. Water Gap VIII, 12 (Jn); Staten Island VI, VIII 
(Ds). 
L. marginata Uhl. Jamesburg VI, Lakehurst VII (Coll). 


Tat TN 


162 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


There are at least two undescribed species in collections including “L. 
fuscicornis Uhl.,’ which is a mss. name only. 


LOMATOPLEURA Reut. 
L. czesar Reut. Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Hewitt (Ds). 


STRONGYLOCORIS Blanch. 
S. stygicus Say. (Stiphrosoma) Madison, rare (Pr); Staten Island 
VII (Ds); New Jersey (Coll). 
S. atratus Uhl. Chester VII, 4 (Coll); New Jersey (Heid). 


PILOPHORUS Hahn. 
. crassipes Uhl. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 
. amoenus Uhl. Riverton VIII, 21 (Jn); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 
. Walshii Uhl. Lakehurst VII (Ds). 
. schwarzi Reut. (confusus Kirsch.) New Jersey (Uhl). 
. letus Uhl. Jamesburg (Ds); Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 


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ALEPIDIA Reut. 
A. gracilis Uhl. Jamesburg (Ds). 


FULVIUS Stal. 


F. heidemanni Reut. (anthocoroides Uhl.) New Jersey (Uhl). 
F. brunneus Prov. Jamesburg, the short-winged form (Ds). 


RESTHENIA Spin. 


R. insitiva Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 15 (Jn); Madison, rare (Pr). 


R. insignis Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Madison, common (Pr); 
Staten Island VI, Jamesburg VII (Ds). 


R. confraterna Uhl. Hewitt (Ds); Madison, rare (Pr). 
R. nigricollis Reut. Jamesburg (Ds). 


ONCEROMETOPUS Reut. 
O. nigroclavus Reut. New Jersey (Uhl). . 


COLLARIA Prov. 


C. oculata Reut. Staten Island VIII (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 15, Anglesea 
V, 28 (Coll). 


STENODEMA Lap. 
S. trispinosum Reut. Madison (Pr); Cranford VIII, Staten Island VII 
(Ds); Jamesburg VII, 15, Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs. This name 


replaces “Brachytropis calcarata” Fall., which is European, and not 
found in the United States. 


4 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 163 


. instabilis Uhl. (Miris) Madison (Pr); New Brunswick, Jamesburg 


VIII ,15 (Coll); Riverton VIII, 21 (Jn). 


TRIGONOTYLUS Fieb. 


. uhleri Reut. Staten Island VI (Ds); New Jersey (U S N M). 
. ruficornis Fall. New Jersey (Uhl). 
. pulcher Reut. Madison, common (Pr); Cape May VI, 22 (Jn). 


MIRIS Fab. 


. dolabratus Linn. (Leptoterna): Madison (Pr); Staten Island (Ds); 


Orangé Mts., New Brunswick, Jamesburg VI, 16,. Mercer Co. VI, 28, 
Riverton VI, 25 (Coll). 


PHYTOCORIS Fall. 


. eximius Reut. (Paracalocoris inops Say.) Madison (Pr); Staten 


Island VIII, Lakehurst (Ds); Jamesburg VIII, 10 (Coll). 


. tibialis Reut. Staten Island VIII (Ds); New Jersey (Uhl). 
. puella Reut. Madison, common (Pr); Staten Island VIi, 10 (Ds); 


Lakehurst VII, 7, Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


. breviusculus Reut. Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 
. pallidicornis Reut. New Jersey (Uhl). 
. annulicornis Reut. (Campsocerocoris) Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll); New 


Jersey (Uhl). 


PARACALOCORIS Dist. 


- scrupeus Say. (Phytocoris) Staten Island VI, Lakehurst (Ds); Mer- 


cer Co. VI, 24, Camden VI, 7 (Coll). 


. colon Say. Staten Island VIII (Ds); New Jersey (Heid). 


NEUROCOLPUS Reut. 


. nubilis Say. Madison (Pr); New Brunswick VII, 7 (Coll); Staten 


Island VI, Lakehurst (Ds); Merchantville VI, 29 (Ss). 


CALOCORIS Fieb. 


- bipunctatus Fab. Staten Island VI (Ds); Monmouth Co. (Uhl); Tren- 


ton VII, 2, Riverton VI, 25 (Coll). 


ADELPHACORIS Reut. 


. rapidus Say. (Calocoris) Common everywhere VI-IX. 


EUSTICTUS Reut. 


- grossus Uhl. (Megaccelum) Staten Island (Ds); New Jersey (Uhl). 


164 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


STENOTUS Jakoleff. 


S. binotatus Fab. (Oncognathus) Staten Island VI (Ds). 


DICHROOCYTUS Fieb. 


. suspectus Reut. (rufipennis Fall.) New Jersey (Uhler). 


LYGUS Hahn. 


. pratensis Linn. (oblinea- 
tus Say.) Throughout 
the State all season; 
always abundant and 
sometimes injurious on 
garden crops. 

. invitus Say. Madison (Pr) ; 
Camden VI (Ss); Laha- 
way V, on cranberry 
bogs; not rare (Sm). 


- pabulinus Linn. Warren Fig. 69.—Lygus pratensis: adult at left; 
Co. VIII, 18 (Coll); New nymph at right; enlarged. 
Jersey (Uhl). 


. Vitticollis Reut. (Monachus) Chester VII, 20 (Dn); Jamesburg VII 
(Ds); Burlington Co. (Coll). 


. campestris Linn. (Orthops pastinacez.) Palisades (Ds); New Jersey 
(Uhl). 


. flayonotatus Prov. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


. rubicundus Fall. (Hadrodema pulverulenta Uhl.) Newark, Egg Har- 
bor City (Uhl). 


TROPIDOSTEPTES Uhl. 


. cardinalis Uhl. New Jersey (Uhl). 
. saxeus Dist. (Neoborus) New Brunswick VI, 9, on ash (Coll). 
. pettiti Uhl. (Neoborus) New Brunswick VI, 9 (Coll). 


CAMPTOBROCHIS Fieb. 


. nebulosus Uhl. Madison (Pr); Staten Island IV, VI, VIII (Ds). 
. grandis Uhl. Staten Island VI, 8, Jamesburg (Ds); New Brunswick 


VIII, 8, Lahaway V, Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 
CAPSUS Fab. 
. ater Fab. Madison (Pr); Staten Island VI (Ds); New Jersey (Jn). 


PCECILOSCYTUS Fieb. Ml 


. basalis Reut. Common everywhere VI-X, and sometimes seriously in- 
jurious to garden crops. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 165 


P. americanus Reut. (Systratiotus) Chester VII, 9 (Coll); Madison 
(Pr); Staten Island VI, Jamesburg (Ds). 


P. venaticus Uhl. New Foundland (Ds). 


PCECILOCAPSUS Reut. 


P. lineatus Fab. Throughout the State, all season; occasionally trouble- 
some to small fruits and in gardens; sometimes to field crops. 


HORCIAS Dist. 


H. goniphorus Say. Madison (Pr); Hewitt, Newfoundland, Staten Island 
(Ds); New Jersey (div). This and the two next following have been 
removed from “Pcecilocapsus.”’ 


H. affinis Reut. Hewitt (Ds); Madison, rare (Pr). 
H. marginalis Reut. New Jersey (Ss). 


CACCOBAPHES Uhl. 


C. sanguinarius Uhl. Staten Island VI, on red maple (Ds). 


ORECTODERUS Uhl. 
O. obliquus Uhl. United States generally (Uhl). 


XENETUS Dist. 
X. scutellatus Uhl. Newfoundland (Ds); Madison, rare (Pr). 


PARAXENETUS Reut. 


P. guttulatus Uhl. (Eucerocoris) Madison (Pr); Riverton VIII, 17 
(Van D); Lakehurst (Ds). 


MONALOCORIS Dahlb. 


M. filicis Linn. Madison (Pr); Staten Island VI, 9 (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 
15 (Coll); Woodbine VIII, 21 (Van D). 


PYCNODERES Guer. 


P. dilatatus Reut. (Eccritotarsus) Throughout the eastern States. 


SIXEONOTUS Reut. 
S. insignis Reut. (Eccritotarsus) Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll). 


The following manuscript names of the previous edition are omitted: 
Lopidea fuscicornis Uhl., Paracalocoris instabilis Uhl., Apocremnus ro- 
bustus Uhl., Macrotylus blatchleyi Uhl. and Phylus modestus Uhl. There 
seems to be some question as to the identity of Bryocoris pteridis Fall., 
and that name is also omitted as not representing a New Jersey species. 


166 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Super-family NOTONECTOIDEA. 


Family ACANTHIID. 


Replaces the term Saldide of the previous edition. They are small or 
medium size, usually blackish, and inhabit muddy banks or marshes, over 
or on which they fly or run rapidly. They are rather soft in texture, have 
a small head and prominent eyes, and some of them dig into the banks on 
which they are found. They are more or less predatory, feeding on 
living or dead insects, and none are of economic importance. 


ACANTHIA Fab. (Salda Auct.) 


. Signorettii Guer. Cape May VI, 22 (Jn), VIII, 19 (Van D). 

ligata Say. Canada to North Carolina. 

- confluenta Say. Westfield VII, 3 (Bno). 

- interstitialis Say. Westfield VI, 11, VII, 16 (Bno). 

- reperta Uhl. Ft. Lee Dist. V, 28, Staten Island VII, 9 (Bno). 
deplanata Uhl. Glen Ridge VI, 23 (Bno); Westville V, 2-VI, 22 (div). 
anthracina Uhl. N. Y. and Pa., and certain to occur in New Jersey. 

. sphacelata Uhl. Atlantic City VIII, 20, Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 

- coriacea Uhl. Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). 

. orbiculata Uhl. On all sides of and probably in New Jersey. 


- humilis Say. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee Dist. V, 28, Westfield VI, VII, 
Bloomfield VI, Staten Island VII, 9 (Bno). 


: pallipes Fab. Madison (Pr); Glen Ridge VI, 2, Westfield VI, VII, 9 
(Bno). 


. xanthochila Fieb. Anglesea VIII, 23 (Van D). 
. separata Uhl. Pennsylvania and probably also New Jersey. 


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. lugubris Say. In the adjacent States and probably also New Jersey. 
saltatoria Linn. New York and probably New Jersey. 
- vagator Uhl. Anglesea (Ss); Cape May VIII, 19 (Van D). 


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. Family OCHTERIDZ. 


Included under the “Galgulidzee’—now “Nerthridax” of previous list, and 
resemble them in general appearance and habits. 


OCHTERUS Latr. (PELOGONUS Latr.) 


O. americanus Uhl. Westfield VII, 4 (Bno); Staten Island V, Lakehurst 
IX (Ds); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V (Sm). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 167 


Family NERTHRID/. 


The Galgulide of the previous edition. They are broad, squat, with 
prominent eyes, often called ‘“‘toad-bugs,”’ because of a fancied resemblance 
to that animal. They are predatory, live in marshes and along the muddy 
banks of streams and, while not rare, are of no economic importance. 


GELASTOCORIS Kirk. (GALGULUS Auct.) 


G. oculatus Fab. Recorded from all parts of New Jersey, but all ex- 
amined specimens are of an undescribed form (Bno). 


G. n. sp. Bno. Staten Island VII (Ds); Lakehurst IX, 15 (Eng); Tren- 
ton VIII, 12, Anglesea V, 30 (Coll), and probably also the Caldwell, 
Riverton and Westville records of last edition. 


Family NAUCORID. 


Resemble the Nerthridze in outline, but without the projecting eyes. 
They are predatory, the fore-legs are developed for grasping, and they 
live in water, crawling about among the plants. We have only a single 
species. 


PELOCORIS Stal. 


P. femoratus Pal. Beauv. Cranford VIII, 27 (Bno); Staten Island III, V, 
VIII, X, Jamesburg IX (Ds); Trenton VI, X, Delair IX, 1 (Coll); 
Riverton V, VIII (Jn); Camden IV, 17 (Ss). 


Family BELOSTOMATIDAK. 


This family contains the “giant water bugs,” oval, flattened creatures, 
with keel-like bodies beneath, short powerful beak, large fore-legs fitted 
for grasping, and long broad hind-legs fitted for swimming. At the anal 
extremity is a pair of short protrusible, strap-like appendages used for 
respiration. 5 

They are predatory, feeding on all sorts of aquatic insects, tadpoles, 
and even fish, some of the species becoming two inches or more in 
length. At the mating season they fly from pond to pond at night, and 
at this time they are often attracted to electric lights in great numbers. 
This has given them the common name “electric light bugs,’ and their 
uncouth shape and sprawly motions make them objects of terror. As a 
matter of fact, they are quite harmless when carefully handled; but they 
are very strong, and in their struggles to get away will make use of their 
powerful legs. When they get a good chance they use their beak as 
well, and their puncture is extremely painful for a short time. It does 
not, however, produce any swelling or other ill effect. 


168 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BENACUS Stal. 


B. griseus Say. Throughout the State in ponds and at electric lights; the 
largest of our species. ae 


LETHOCERUS Mayr. (BELOSTOMA.) 


L. americanus Leidy. Throughout the State 
at light, VII, VIII, in ponds all season; 
sometimes common and hardly smaller 
than the preceding. 


L. obscurus Duf. With the preceding and 
usually confused with it, but less com- 
mon. 


L. uhleri Mont. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt). 


BELOSTOMA Latr. (ZAITHA A & §S.) 


B. fluminea Say. Throughout the State V— 
X. It is the commonest of the medium 
sized water bugs of this family. 


B. testaceum Leidy. Delair (Coll). 


: ’ ; Fig. 70.—Giant water bug, 
B. aurantiacum Leidy. Riverton IX, 5 (Jn). Lethocerus americanus. 


Family CORIXID. 


These are the water-boatmen which inhabit almost every clean pond, 
permanent pool or sluggish stream. They are somewhat flattened above, 
have a broad short head and an exceedingly hot tongue. The species 
are predatory in habit, closely allied and not well determined in collec- 
tions. Practically all that can be done under the circumstances is to 
give a list of those species that are so distributed that their occurrence 
in New Jersey is a reasonable certainty, adding the localities for such 
as have been determined with reasonable certainty. 


ARCTOCORISA Wallen. (CORISA.) 


calva Say. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg VI, 16 (Coll). 

tarsalis Fieb. “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 

- Signata Fieb. “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 

lateralis Leach. (hieroglyphica Duf.) “Atlantic States’ (Uhl). 
verticalis Fieb. “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 

. burmeisteri Fieb. “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 

. interrupta Say. “United States” (Uhl). 

. erichsonii Leach... “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 169 


. stagnalis Leach. (limitata Fieb.) “Atlantic States” (Uhl). 
. Stigmatica Fieb. ‘United States” (Uhl). 

. alternata Say. ‘“‘United States” (Uhl). 

. harrisii Uhl. Madison (Pr). 

zimmermannii Fieb. “United States” (Uhl). 

. kennicottii Uhl. “United States’ (Uhl). 

. suffusa Uhl. New Jersey (Jn). 

. serrulata Uhl. New Jersey (Jn). 

expleta Uhl. Lakewood VIII (Coll). 


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CALLICORIXA White. 


kollarii Fieb. Canada to Florida. 


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Family NOTONECTID. 


These are the “back-swimmers,”’ so named because the upper surface is 
keeled, and they swim back down. They are predatory, and “bite” 
severely if carelessly handled. Mr. Davis lists five species from Staten 
Island, and remarks that “they are most common in fall and spring, and 
pass the winter like so many other water bugs as adults.” Mr. Bueno 
adds that “they can be caught, active, under the ice except in the coldest 
days of winter.” 


Sub-family NOTONECTIN#. 


NOTONECTA Linn. 


N. insulata Kirby. Ft. Lee Dist. V, VIII, 
Staten Island VIII, IX, Delair (Bno); 
DaCosta VII (Jn). 


N. irrorata Uhl. Piedmont Plain and 
northward all season, and probably 
throughout the State. Fig. 71.—A _ water-boatman, 


Not ct 2cles. 
N. undulata Say. Throughout the State, Seger ace 
our most common species, ranging in color variation from almost 
black to pure white. 


N. variabilis Fieb. Piedmont Plain and northward throughout the sea- 
son. Riverton VII, 12, VIII, 17 (div), and probably throughout the 
Delaware Valley region. “It is apt to be mistaken for a dwarf white 
undulata, and is the species appearing in the previous edition as 
americana.” 

N. raleighi Bno. Delair (Bno). 


N. uhleri Kirk. Ft. Lee Dist. V, 5, 14 (Bno); Staten Island VIII (div). 
The rarest of our species if not in the United States. 


170 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BUENOA Kirk. (ANISOPS.) 


B. margaritacea Bno. Staten Island IX-XI (Bno); Delair (Coll). This 
is the species usually in collections as “platycnemis” Fieb. 


B. elegans Fieb. Ft. Lee Dist. IX, 7—X, 22, Rahway River, Cranford VIII, 
27 (Bno). 
B. platycnemis Fieb. Mount Holly VII, 18 (Coll); the true species (Bno). 


Sub-family Plein a. 


PLEA Leach. 


P. striola Fab. Cedar Lake (Ss); Trenton IV, 23 (Coll); Westfield VII, 
VIII, Cranford VIII, 27, Staten Island V, VI, [IX (Bno). 


Order DERMOPTERA. 


The members of this little order are popularly known as ‘“ear-wigs,” 
from a supposed habit of crawling into the ears of persons sleeping out- 
doors. They are slender, with short wing-covers and resemble “rove- 
beetles” in shape, except for a forceps-like process at the end of the ab- 
domen, used in tucking the large, elaborately plaited hind-wings under 
the wing-covers. The metamorphosis is incomplete, and the females of 
some species brood over their eggs until they are hatched. 

Though the species are common and are said to be injurious in some 
European countries, they are rare in New Jersey and never troublesome 
in any way. 


Family FORFICULID. 
ANISOLABIA Fieb. 


A. maritima Bon. Along the base of the Palisades 
north from Ft. Lee (Bt); Sandy Hook VII (Sm); 
g. d. along the seashore of Staten Island under 
stones and driftwood V, VI, IX, X (Ds). An in- 
troduced species. 


LABIA Leach. 


L. minor Linn. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island V,, 
VIII (Ds); New Brunswick VII, Englishtown X, 
12, Lahaway IX (Sm). Another introduced spe- 
cies, flles commonly to light at times and may 
also be taken sweeping. 


Forficula teniata, male 


SPONGIPHORA Serv. See 
Fig. 72.- 


§. brunneipennis Serv. Has been recorded from New 
Jersey (Bt). 
APTERYGIDA Westw. 
A. aculeata Scudd. Snake Hill IV, V (Bt). 


FORFICULA Linn. 


F. auricularia Linn. The common European “ear-wig,”’ which is occa- 
sionally found in green-houses on imported plants. Has never as yet 
been taken outdoors. 


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Order ORTHOPTERA. 


Contains the grasshoppers, katydids, roaches and crickets, by far the 
greater portion of which are feeders upon vegetation, and therefore ac- 
tually or potentially injurious. Most of them feed openly upon the plant 
tissue and are therefore within reach of the stomach poisons. 

In the species of this order the fore-wings are narrower and of firmer 
texture than the secondaries and serve as covers merely, not as organs 
of flight. The secondaries are folded more or less fanlike and are usually 
hidden by the primaries when at rest; the shape is in general triangular 
and the texture thin and membraneous with numerous longitudinal veins, 
between which the tissue is reticulated. The metamorphosis is incom- 
plete, and in some cases where the wings are wanting there is little dif- 
ference in appearance between nymph and adult. 

The list as it stands here has been revised by Mr. J. A. G. Rehn, of 
Philadelphia, who has collected extensively in New Jersey and is also a 
recognized authority in the order. In the list of 1900, while the collec- 
tions were very good, it was, nevertheless, deemed expedient to include 
a number of species that seemed likely to occur though they had not been 
actually recorded. Since that time the collections made by Mr. Rehn and 
other Philadelphia collectors, by Mr. Davis on Staten Island and in 
eastern New Jersey generally, and by the office force in the State, have 
been so extensive that it is deemed proper to exclude nearly all species 
not actually taken. All the doubtful species have been verified and most 
of the college material has been in the hands of specialists in the various 
groups for study and determination. 


Family BLATTID. 


Better known as “roaches.” They are more or less flattened, soft in 
texture, with long, slender antennz or feelers and long, stout, spiny legs 
fitted for rapid running. They live in crevices, under bark or stones in 
the woods, or in cracks between boards and other hiding places in houses. 
Their favorite haunt in dwellings is about sinks or water pipes. whence 
a small brown, fully-winged form received in New York the name ‘Croton 
bug.” A much larger species, in which the male has short wings and 
the female none at all, is known as the “black beetle.’ Both of these 
household pests are importations and have been spread by commerce 
over most of the civilized world. 

In this family the eggs of the female are developed in an egg-case or 
ootheca which the mother carries about with her attached to the end of 
the abdomen until all the eggs are fully developed. She then drops it in 
some sheltered place, and, in due time, the case splits along one side and 
gives exit to the young, which resemble the adults throughout their life 
as nymphs. 

None of the species are agriculturally important. In houses the do- 
mestic species are often extremely annoying and may be destroyed with 


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174 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


phosphorous paste or Paris green where there is no danger of poisoning 
children or household pets. A mixture of equal parts of sweet chocolate 
and borax ground together in a mortar and liberally spread about is at- 
tractive to the insects and rapidly fatal to them when eaten. Other foods 
should be kept out of the way so far as possible when this bait is spread. 
In any case specimens should be killed whenever seen, and a campaign | 
very early in the season before the eggs are developed will avoid late 
summer trouble from the new brood. 


BLATTELLA Caudell. 


Fig. 73.—The Croton bug, Blattella germanica: a, minute nymphs just hatched; 
b, second; c, third; d, fourth stage; e, adult male, f, female with egg 
case attached; h, adult with wings spread—all natural 


size; g, egg case enlarged. 


B. germanica Linn. The “croton bug” or small ‘cockroach,’ common in 


houses in cities and towns throughout the State. It is purely do- 
mestic, never found out-doors, and there are yet a few places in the 
State in which the species is unknown. Was referred to Phyllodromia 
in last edition. The “P. borealis” of that list is the female of “Ischnop- 
tera pennsylvanica.”’ 


ISCHNOPTERA Burm. 


I. pennsylvanica De G. Throughout the State, under bark and attracted 


to “sugar’’; mature in V—VII; recorded by all collectors. The ‘“Phyllo- 
dromia borealis” of the last edition is the female of this species. 


uhleriana Sauss. Represented from every section of the State and 


taken in every month from V-—X; locally common. Is attracted to 
light and “sugar,” and also occurs under bark. The “I. unicolor’” of 
the last edition is this same species, and “Temnopteryx virginica” is 
the female. 


I. johnsoni Rehn. Haddonfield II, 2 (Cope). A southern species (Rehn)- 


BLATTA Linn. (STYLOPIGA Fischer.) 


B. orientalis Linn. The “oriental roach” or “black beetle.” Occurs in 


houses throughout the State; more common in the cities and towns 
than in the farm houses. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 175 


PERIPLANETA Burm. 

P. americana Linn. Throughout the State, rarely common in my experi- 
ence. Mr. Davis notes it “in green-houses and other like situations, 
where it is warm and moist.” In one case, in Camden, it was 
found infesting a feed store-house so abundantly that two quarts 
were captured in a single night. 


PANCHLORA Burm. 

P. poeyi Sauss. (viridis Burm.) Staten Island, one specimen found in 
March in a closet where bananas had been kept (Ds). This species, 
its ally “P. exoleta,”’ “Periplaneta autralasie,’ “Nyctibora mexicana” 
and “Leucophea surinamensis,”’ are not natives of New Jersey and 
not really a part of its fauna. Their occurrenc is accidental, merely 
coming in with material imported from the tropics, and the species 
do not maintain themselves in the State. 


Family MANTID/:. 


Of these very peculiar insects we have only one native species, which 
is taken rarely in the southern section. There is another which has been 
intentionally introduced, and this has now established itself at several 
points. They have a very long, narrow prothorax and immensely de- 
veloped fore-legs, which they use in holding or grasping their prey, for 
they are carnivorous. The other legs are feebly developed and the body 
is clumsy. The eggs are laid in masses on twigs, and are covered by a 
fibrous substance, which holds them together. The native species is too 
rare to be of any economic value, and up to the present time that is also 
true of the introduced species. 


STAGMOMANTIS Sauss. 
S. carolina Johann. Has been taken in Atlantic and Ocean Counties. 


Fig. 74.—Stagmomantis carolina: a, female; b, male; natural size. 


The “S. dimidiata” Burm., is omitted as unlikely to occur. 


176 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Fig. 75.—Walking stick, Diapheromera femorata: a, b, eggs, enlarged, front 
and side view; c, young just hatching; d, male; e, female adult. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Se 


PARATENODERA Rehn. 

P. sinensis Sauss. Accidentally introduced at Philadelphia from the 
Orient, from which parent colony many others have been started, in- 
tentionally or otherwise. Egg masses were distributed to numerous 
localities throughout the State, and the insects have been found since 
at Rutherford, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Staten Island, Moores- 
town, Woodbine, Atlantic City and Anglesea. Nowhere have they 
done so well as at the point of original introduction. 


Family PHASMIDAS. 


These are the “walking sticks’; odd creatures, two inches or more in 
length, very slender, with very long antenne and long, slender legs, which 
they so dispose as to be practically invisible when at rest to all save the 
trained eye. No wings are developed in our species, which, while it 
occurs quite generally, and sometimes even abundantly, is never injurious. 
It feeds on the foliage of a variety of shrubs and trees, and the eggs are 
simply dropped to the ground at random by the female on the plants. 


DIAPHEROMERA Gray. 
D. femorata Say. Throughout the State, becoming adult VIII and IX, 
' put found until X. Usually rare, but sometimes locally rather plenti- 
ful. I have had them reported so in Somerset County on peach trees. 
Mr. Davis writes that it is “partial to hazel bushes and young chest- 
nut, but found on many other plants. It is not common on the Island, 
which is probably due to the fact that its eggs lie on the ground 
over winter and are destroyed by the oft burning of the woodland.” 


Family ACRIDIIDA‘. 


These.are the short-horned grasshoppers, perhaps the most common 


Fig. 76.—lllustrates egg-laying of a grasshopper: a, a, females with 
abdomen inserted in the soil; b, broken egg-pod lying on sur- 
face; c, individual eggs; d, section of soil showing eggs 
being placed in position; e, egg-pod completed; 

f, egg-pod sealed over. 


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178 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


and best known of our insects, jumping or flying up however one turns, 
among grass or low herbage in roads, fields or meadows. The females 
have at the end of the abdomen four horny valves, by means of which 
they lay their eggs in masses in the ground or in soft decaying wood, 
where they may remain all winter or may hatch in fall. In the latter 
ease the partly grown larve winter and are sometimes seen on mild days 
even on the snow. The hind legs are much the longest, developed for 
jumping, the antennz rarely exceeding and often not equalling half the 
length of the body. 

Among the grasshoppers are many injurious species, which in some 
countries take the form of devastating plagues. In New Jersey the in- 
sects are usually held in check by their natural enemies, and only in un- 
usually dry seasons do they become at all troublesome to cultivated 
crops. In such cases the arsenites may be used and sometimes the bran 
and Paris green as used for cut-worms proves very satisfactory. Instead 
of bran, fresh horse manure can be used. The grasshoppers are very 
fond of that and will eat it in preference to almost anything else. 

Turkeys and guinea fowl are very active feeders on grasshoppers, and 
will keep them down whenever allowed to range freely ‘over infested 
fields. 

NOMOTETTIX Morse. 


N. cristatus Scudd. Throughout the pine barren IV—X, found in pine and 
oak wood undergrowth. Is less abundant further north, but Mr. 
Davis reports it at Little Falls VI, Great Notch V, Newfoundland VII 
and Lake Hopatcong VII. It therefore occurs throughout the State. 
Belongs to the little series of “grouse locusts.” 

N. carinatus Scudd. Occurs with and is sometimes: considered a long- 
winged form of the preceding. 


N. sinuifrons Hancock. Lakehurst V (Rehn). 


ACRYDIUM Geoff. (TETTIX Fischer.) 


A. granulatum Kirby. Newfoundland V, VII, Staten Island IV, X (Ds); 
Camden County (Ss). The form ‘“triangularis’” Scudd. occurs with the 
type. 

A. obscurum Hancock. “New Jersey’ (PAS); Belvidere IX (Long); 
Riverton V (Dke); Clementon VI, Malaga VIII (GG); Stafford’s Forge 
IX (Hebard). 

A. arenosum Burm. Husted V, Ocean Co. V (Coll); Staten Island IV—VII, 
X (Ds). 

NEOTETTIX Hancock. 

N. femoratus Scudd. Staten Island VI, VIII, Brookville VII, Jamesburg 

VII, Lakehurst VII (Ds) 


PARATETTIX Bolivar. 


P. cucullatus Burm. Delaware Water Gap VII (div); Boonton I, 10, 
nymphs (Greene); Glassboro IX, 19 (Jn); Iona V, 26 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 179 


TETTIGIDEA Scudd. 


. parvipennis Harr. From all points south of the Piedmont Plain, in 
every month from March to October. It is reported by all contribu- 
tors, the only northern records being Great Notch V, Palisades VIII, 
and Staten Island IV-VII and X (Ds). Mr. Rehn says that “the range 
of this species overlaps that of the next (lateralis) of which it appears 
to be a northern representative.” The “polymorpha” Burm. of the 
last edition referred to this species. 


. lateralis Say. Covers the same territory as the preceding, but the 


records are not so numerous and there are none north of Staten 
Island. 


. pennata Morse. Greenwood Lake V, Newfoundland V, Staten Island 
IV—-VI, IX, Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Chester III, Newark III, Princeton 
III, Lahaway V, IX, Anglesea V, IX (Coll). 

. acuta Morse. Staten Island IV (Ds). 

.» armata form depressa Morse. “New Jersey” (PAS) fide Rehn. 

- davisi Morse. Staten Island IV, VI, VIII, Perth Amboy V, 31, James- 
burg VIII, 31 (Ds). 

- prorsa Scudd. Beach Haven, spring (Long); not previously known 
north of Georgia. Ends the series of grouse-locusts. 


TRUXALIS Fabr. 


. brevicornis Johann. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Delair IX, Anglesea IX 
(Coll); Lucaston IX (Dke); Cold Spring IX (Long); West Creek 
TX (Rehn); Almonessen IX (W); Dennisville IX (Ds). Is an in- 
habitant of both fresh and salt marsh areas, but more abundant in 
the latter. 


MERMIRA Stal. 


. Vigilans Scudd. Anglesea, Cape May, Ocean City in September; re- 
corded by several collectors and sometimes common. Mr. Rehn says 
that this name must replace “bivittata” Serv., which represents a 
species that does not occur in New Jersey. 


SYRBULA Stal. 


. admirabilis Uhl. Throughout the pine barrens, especially at the edge 
of the maritime, extending a little into the Delaware Valley region, 
VIlI-X. “A species found in low scrubby growth such as in over- 
grown clearings and occasionally on cranberry bogs.” 


ERITETTIX Bruner. 


. carinatus Scudd. “No evidence yet of its occurrence, but no doubt 
will be found from the red shale belt north” (Rehn). Mr. Rehn does 
not believe that “Amblytropidia occidentalis” Sauss. will occur in 
New Jersey. He says that it is restricted to the Georgia pine regions 


180 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


(P. palustris), and that the Canadian record for the species is almost 
certainly based on a misidentification. 


ORPHULELLA Giglio—Tos. 


O. speciosa Scudd. Sparta,. Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); Orange Mts. © 
VII, VIII, Bound Brook VIII, Sandy Hook, Jamesburg on cranberry 
bogs, Lakehurst VIII (Coll); Ft. Lee (Bt); Anglesea IX, 4 (Rehn). 
The names ‘“zqualis’” Scudd., and ‘“bilineata’ Scudd., refer to this 
same species according to Rehn. 

O. olivacea Morse. From Sandy Hook to Cape May along the seashore. 
Occurs on the salt marsh chiefly, rarely extending inland a little to 
old fields near the marshes, VIII and IX. 

O. pelidna Burm. Extends along the coast from Staten Island to Cape 
May, through the pine barrens where it is common on cranberry 
bogs, is rarer and less generally distributed in the Delaware. Valley 
region and extends along the Hudson to Fort Lee. I have no records 
from the Piedmont Plain and northward. Mr. Rehn says it occurs 
usually on wet meadows, but occasionally in scrub land, dry woods 
and grassy waste fields from July until frost. As far as known not 
found in salt marshes, but occasionally taken on the beaches. Mr. 
Rehn also says that ‘“‘maculipennis” Scudd. is undoubtedly this same 
thing. 


CLINOCEPHALUS Morse. 


C. elegans Morse. Ocean County on cranberry bogs, rare (Sm); West 
Creek IX, 3 (Rehn); Ocean View VIII, 11 (Fox); Anglesea IX, 5 
(W); Cape May IX (div). Generally found in salt meadows on 
grassy places in the salt marsh (Rehn). 


DICHROMORPHA Morse. 


D. viridis Scudd. Occurs throughout the State, but much more generally 
south of the Piedmont Plain, from July until frost. Occurs in dry 
grassy fields, meadows and hillsides, and also on the dams and dry 
cranberry bogs in Ocean and Monmouth Counties. The variety 
“punctulata”’ Scudd. occurs with this type. 


CHLOEALTIS Harr. 


C. conspersa Harr. Lake Hopatcong, Culvers Lake, Newfoundland, 
Sparta, Staten Island, Lakehurst, Tuckerton (Ds); Ft. Lee (Bt); 
Browns Mills Jn. (Dke); Speedwell, Atsion (Rehn), July until frost. 
Mr. Rehn adds that this is a very scarce species in South Jersey, 
and there found in boggy spots and on wet ground. 


CHORTHIPPUS Fieb. - (STENOBOTHRUS Fischer.) 


C. curtipennis Harr. Lake Hopatcong, Sparta, Little Falls, Staten Island 
VII-X (Ds); Orange Mts., Jamesburg, Ocean Co. VIII (Sm); Cald- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 181 


well (Cr); Anglesea IX (Rehn). A northern species, which appa- 
rently works south along the coast (Rehn). 


MECOSTETHUS Fieb. 


. lineatus Scudd. Ft. Lee VII, 31 (Bt); Hammonton VII, Anglesea IX, 
Ocean County on cranberry bog IX (Coll); Lakehurst VII (Ds). A 
very pretty and rare species, taken only in single specimens. The 
“M. gracilis” of the-previous edition is based on an erroneous deter- 
mination. 


ARPHIA Stal. 


. sulphurea Fabr. Occurs throughout the State, but more common 
south of the Piedmont Plain IV—VII. Found in waste places along 
the edge of woods (Rehn), and also about cranberry bogs. 

. xanthoptera Burm. Common south of Piedmont Plain VIII-X, “on 
waste, grassy and sandy fields, woodland roads and along the edges 
of woods (Rehn). North of that point it occurs more rarely at Fort 
Lee (Bt); Orange Mts. and Middlesex Co. (Coll); Staten Island 
VIII-X (Ds). 


CHORTOPHAGA Sauss. 


. viridifasciata De G. Throughout the State, generally common, and 
throughout the season. The nymphs winter as such and often become 
active and noticeable during warm periods and in early spring. 
Adults are recorded in every month from May to October. The 
varieties “virginiana” Fabr., “radiata” Harr., and “infuscata”’ Harr., 
occur with the type form. 


ENCOPTOLOPHUS Scudd. 


. sordidus Burm. Newfoundland IX, Staten Island IX—XI (Ds); Cald- 
well (Cr); Newark, New Brunswick, Ocean Co. X (Coll); Speed- 
well VIII, 31 (Stone). 


HIPPISCUS Sauss. 


. phoenicopterus Germ. Throughout the pine barrens VI-VIII and ex- 
tends a little into the Delaware Valley area. Also recorded from 
Little Falls (Dke); Caldwell (Cr) and New Brunswick (Coll), but 
rarely. “Found in sandy, over-grown fields and oak scrub barrens” 
(Rehn). : 


- rugosus Scudd. Caldwell (Cr);) Bound Brook VIII, Lahaway VII, 
Lakewood, Anglesea VI (Coll); Cedar Grove VII, South Seaville 
VIII, Dennisville VIII, Ocean View VIII (Fox); old fields edges of 
woods and woodland roads (Rehn). 


- compactus Scudd. Orange Mts., Bound Brook, New Brunswick, all 
VIII (Coll). Mr. Rehn thinks these may be specimens of “rugosus”’; 
they were named by Prof. Bruner. 


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H. tuberculatus Beauv. Hewitt VI, Newfoundland VII, Great Notch V, 
Staten Island V—VII (Ds); High Bridge V (Ss); Farmingdale VII, 
15 (Jn). 


DISSOSTEIRA Scudd. 


D. carolina Linn. Common throughout the State VII-XI; the most 
abundant and conspicuous of the larger species. 


SPHARAGEMON Scudd. 


S. bolii Scudd. (balteatum Scudd.) Throughout the State VII-X, but 
much the most abundant in the pine barrens. Found in “sandy fields, 
edges of woods, woodland roads and beneath undergrowth in oak and 
pine woods and in scrubby clearings” (Rehn). 

S. saxatile Morse. Newfoundland VII-IX, on rocky ridges (Ds). 


S. collare-wyomingianum Thos. — cequale Scudd.=collare Scudd. of the 
last edition. Staten Island VII-XI (Ds), and throughout the pine bar- 
rens. Occurs at Jamesburg and elsewhere on cranberry bogs and is 
locally abundant. 


SCIRTETTICA Sauss. 


S. marmorata Harr. Throughout the pine barrens and extending into the 
adjacent regions a short distance VII-X, and locally common. “A 
species found on exposed sandy spots, roads or fields, in low, open 
scrub, woodland paths and roads and in dry oak, pine and hickory 
woods” (Rehn). 


PSINIDIA Stal. 


P. fenestralis Serv. Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); extends southward 
through the pine region to Cape May and into the Delaware Valley 
region to Westville and Riverton. Occurs on sandy meadows and 
scrub land near beaches and in open places in pine woods; recorded 
by all collectors and as late as X, 11. 


TRIMEROTROPIS Stal. 


T. maritima Harr. Along the shore from Staten Island and Sandy Hook 
to Cape May and up the Delaware Bay to Bayside VI-X. Almost ex- 
clusively a beach species, rarely found in sand-pits marking old 
beaches, some distance inland: e. g., Sea Isle Junction IX (Fox); 
Lakehurst VII-IX (Ds); Mt. Pleasant IX on sandy road (Fox). 


CIRCOTETTIX Scudd. 
C. verruculatus Kirby. Del. Water Gap VII-IX (div); Dover VII, 15 (Jn). 


PSEUDOPOMALA Morse. 
P. brachyptera Scudd. New Jersey (Ss); Ft. Lee VII (Bt). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 183 


SCHISTOCERCA Stal. 

S. alutacea Harr. Extends throughout the State south of the Piedmont 
Plain; inost common in the pine barrens VII-IX; also Staten Island 
VIli-X (Ds); Middlesex Co. VIII (Sm). 

According to Rehn this species occurs in two color-phases, which in- 
clude the “obscura” Burm. and “rubiginosa”’ Harr. of the previous list. 
It is found in dry oak scrub, the undergrowth of pine woods, on bogs and 
near swamp land. It is sometimes abundant about and on weedy cran- 
berry bogs and is occasionally accused of feeding on berries. 

S. americana Dru. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Ang); Staten Island V, VI, 
VIII, X—XII (Ds); Lahaway VII, Lakewood VIII, Anglesea VIII (Coll); 
Seaside Park IX (Long); Cape May VII, VIII (div). Our largest 
grasshopper, with very long wings and powerful flight, whence it is 
termed the “bird locust.” 

S. damnifica Sauss. Westville V (Sk); Woodbury VIII (Vk); Clementon 
IV, V (div); Florence IV (C); Lucaston X, Hammonton IX, Manu- 
muskin VI (Dke); Medford IX (Stone); Speedwell VI, Staffords 
Forge XI (Rehn); Lakehurst IV, V, Lakewood XI, Manasquan IX 
(Ds). “One of our earliest and also one of our latest grasshoppers, 
appearing IV—XI, frequenting pine woods undergrowth and dry grass 
lands” (Rehn). 

HESPEROTETTIX Scudd. 

H. brevipennis Thos. Lakehurst VIII (Ds); Stafford’s Forge VIII-X 
(Rehn); Mt. Pleasant IX (Fox); Anglesea VIII (Coll). “Not uncom- 
mon in the cranberry fields of Atlantic County” (Uhler). 


DENDROTETTIX Riley. 


D. quercus Riley. Bamber VIII, 17 (Dke). This is the only record of the 
species in the eastern United States (Rehn). 


MELANOPLUS Stal. 


Fig. 77.—The stages of a grasshopper: a, young nymph; b, nymph 
further advanced; c, pupa; d, winged adult. 


M. atlanis Riley. More or less common throughout the State in grassy 
areas and along roads, VII to frost. 


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mancus Sm. Lake Hopatcong (Ds. Sleight). 


impudicus Scudd. Jamesburg, East Plain, Lakehurst, all VII (Ds); 
Atsion IX, White Horse VIII, near Harris VIII (Rehn); Stafford’s 
Forge IX (Hebard). A southern species found only in the under- 
growth of pine woods (Rehn). 


scudderi Uhler. Hopatcong VIII, Newfoundland IX, Staten Island 
VIII-XII, Lakehurst [X, X (Ds); Middlesex Co., Atlantic Co. (Coll); 
Riverton IX (Jn); Almonessen IX (W); Medford VIII Atsion IX, X, 
DaCosta VII, Stafford’s Forge IX, XI (Rehn); Lucaston IX (Dke); 
Mt. Pleasant IX (H. Fox). 


. fasciatus Wlk. Jamesburg, on cranberry bogs VII, VIII (Bt); White 


Horse VIII, Stafford’s Forge VIII, IX, Speedwell VIII, Cedar Grove IX, 
Whitings IX (Rehn); DaCosta VII, Manumuskin (Dke). This species 
is usually encountered in the undergrowth of pine wood (Rehn). 


femur-rubrum De G. The commonest of our field grasshoppers, 
occurring throughout the State and practically throughout the season. 
Mr. Rehn adds, however, that in the pine barrens it is only found in 
cultivated areas and abandoned fields. 


. tribulus Morse. Staten Island VII, IX (Ds); Stafford’s Forge VIII 


(Rehn). 


. stonei Rehn. Between Harris and White Horse VIII (Stone & Rehn); 


Atsion IX, 2, Stafford’s Forge VIII, 26 (Rehn). This striking species 
has been taken in the low scrub under mixed pine and oak and on 
bare sand near pine woods. 


minor Scudd. Along the Palisades in dry, grassy places VI, VII (Bt); 
Jamesburg VI, Lakehurst VI (Ds); Westville VI (Jn); Atco (Ss); 
Speedwell VI, 20 (Rehn); Clementon VI, 6 (Long). 


. luridus Dodge. (collinus Scudd.) From all sections of the State ex- 


cept the maritime, VII-IX. It is one of those species occurring on 
and around cranberry bogs. Mr. Beutenmuller marks it from dry, 
grassy places, and Mr. Rehn says it is found in dry woods on bare 
spots, sandy fields, in huckleberry barrens or in undergrowth. 


keeleri Thos. Stafford’s Forge VIII, White Horse VIII (Rehn); Sum- 
ner X, 15 (Long). A southern species found in the undergrowth in 
pine woods. “Only known as a New Jersey species on the basis of 
females. When compared with females from Florida, Georgia and 
North Carolina, they are identical. According to Morse, ‘M. luridus’ 
and this species run into one another, at least in portions of their 
ranges. This may be the case, but in New Jersey ‘luridus’ appears 
to be a smaller form than the southern type called ‘keeleri’’”’ (Rehn). 


differentialis Thos. Camden (div); Riverton X, 11 (Rehn); West- 
ville IX, 12 (Jn); Dennisville IX (Ds). 


femoratus Burm. (bivittatus Say.) Common throughout most sec- 
tions of the State VII-X. The clumsiest species of this genus, and 
sometimes abundant on grassy cranberry bogs. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 185 


M. punctulatus Scudd. Newfoundland IX, Staten Island VIII, IX, Lake- 
hurst VIII-X (Ds); Stafford’s Forge IX (Hebard); Brown’s Mills X 
(Dke); Ocean County, about cranberry bogs (Sm). 


PAROXYA Scudd. 


P. floridiana Scudd. Throughout the pine barrens, extending along the 
shore into the coastal strip, and on the west into the Delaware Valley 
fauna. Have no records from the Piedmont Plain, but Mr. Davis finds 
it on Staten Island VIII-IX. It is one of the species on and near 
cranberry bogs, and the records under “atlantica’’? Scudd. in the pre- 
vious edition belong here. 


P. scudderi Blatchley. Jamesburg VIII-IX, Lakehurst VII-X (Ds); 
Atsion X (Hebard); Speedwell VIII, Stafford’s Forge VIII, IX (div); 
Bear Swamp VIII (Rehn). More of a strictly pine barren species than 
the preceding, and also sometimes on cranberry bogs (Rehn). 


. - Panitly BOCUS TIDAL. 


These are the long-horned or meadow grasshoppers and the katydids, 
which are generally more or less obviously green in color. The antenne 
are thread-like, always as long, and often two or three times as long, as 
the body. The hind legs, also formed for leaping, are much longer and 
proportionately more slender than in the Acridiide, the entire insects . 
indeed being less robust in build. In the females the ovipositor is pro- 
longed into a blade made up of six flat pieces, the whole sometimes 
straight, sometimes curved or sickle-shaped. In the males the wing-covers 
overlap at the base and are modified into a sound-producing organ, by 
means of which they produce either a shrill continuous call, or a chirping 
or rasping, which is characteristic for each species, so that, after some 
experience, they may be recognized by this character alone. Although 
only the males are musicians, both sexes are provided with ears in the 
tibiz of the anterior legs. The head in most of the species is pointed, 
and the mouth parts are well developed, the mandibles being especially 
long and sharp pointed. This makes it possible for them to dig into tissue 
or to eat seeds, aS many do, of grases and other plants. Several species 
occur on cranberry bogs, and some eat into the berries to get at the seeds, 
species of “Scudderia” being the principal offenders. 


Fig. 78.—A species of Microcentrum. 


186 REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


The members of this family winter chiefly in the egg stage, the eggs 
being laid in grasses, reeds, stems of plants, bark of trees, and even in 
the leaves between the upper and lower layers, the blade or sword-like 
ovipositor being especially adapted for this purpose. In one group the 
eggs are laid externally on edge, in a series partly overlapping each other. 
This habit makes it possible to control the species feeding on the cran- 
berry bogs, because these lay their eggs in certain grasses on the dams 
and around the edges. If these dams and edges be burnt off in the winter 
to destroy all grasses, the insects will not appear in troublesome numbers 
the season following. 

We have a few forms that are wingless and live in cellars, caves and 
dark places generally, but these are usually rare. 


SCUDDERIA Stal. 


S. texensis S & P. Hewitt VII, Little Rock VIII, IX, Staten Island VIII, 
IX, Jamesburg VIII (Ds) and throughout South Jersey, especially in 
the pine barrens. This is the species referred to as “furculata”’ in the 
last edition, which is so troublesome on cranberry bogs, and does 
such serious injury to the fruits. It occurs to the very edge of the 
maritime, but gets very little into the Delaware Valley region. 


S. pistillata Bruner. Chester VIII, 7 (Coll); Lucaston IX (Dke); “New 
Jersey” (Ss); occurs with the other species VIII, IX (Bt). 

S. curvicauda De G. (angustifolia Harr.) Caldwell (Cr); Riverton VIII 
(Vk) and throughout the pine barrens; less abundant than “texensis.” 

S. furcata Bruner. (fasciata Beut.) More widely distributed than any 
other species, extending into the highlands and Piedmont Plain, but 
less abundant there than in the pine barrens or even the Delaware 
Valley region. The specimens are found on cranberry bogs, and also 
in oak barrens and the undergrowth of pine woods. 


S. septentrionalis Serv. Ramsey VIII, 9, Lake Hopatcong VII, VIII 
(Sleight); Vineland, Hy. Edwards (Bt). 


S. truncata Beut. Vineland (Bt). 


AMBLYCORYPHA Stal. 


A. oblongifolia De G. From the Orange Mts., southward through the 
Piedmont Plain, the Delaware Valley and the pine barren region VII 
to frost. This species tends to the production of pink or brownish 
individuals. 

A. rotundifolia Scudd. Sparta, Newfoundland IX, Ft. Lee VIII, Staten 
Island VII-frost, Morgan X, Lakehurst VII (Ds); Chester VIII, IX 
Ocean Co. (Coll); Manumuskin X, Weymouth VII (Dke); Stafford’s 
Forge VIII (Rehn); Sea Isle Jn. (H. Fox); found in oak scrub and 
old fields (Rehn). 

A. uhleri Bruner. Atsion X (Hebard); Lucaston IX (Dke); Sea Isle Jn. 
IX (H. Fox); in shrubby fields. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 187 


MICROCENTRUM Scudd. 


M. rhombifolium Saus. Staten Island VIII to frost; Dennisville [X, Tuck- 


M. 


Pe 


erton VIII, [IX (Ds); Delair, Lucaston IX (Dke); Stafford’s Forge 
VIII, IX (div); Malaga IX (G@ G). This name replaces “laurifolium”’ 
Linn. of the last edition. Common at New Brunswick IX and X, and 
occurs throughout the State. This is the species whose eggs are 
sent in so frequently and which are shown at Fig. 80. 


retinerve Burm. Mt. Holly VIII, 18 (Haim); Manumuskin X (Dke); 
Bayside X, 21, Cape May IX, 28 (Coll). This is the more southern 
form, and the remarks under this species in the last edition refer to 
the preceding. 

PTEROPHYLLA Kirby. 


perspicillata Linn. Reptaces “Cyrtophyllus concavus” Harr. of the pre- 
vious list for the common katydid, which occurs throughout the State 
from late July until frost. Mr. Davis has noted July 22, 28, 29 for 
three separate years as the date of the first katydid call. The species 
is much more abundant in the northern than in the southern portion 
of the State, and its loud song forms a distinct feature of the August 
nights in some wooded regions. 


CONOCEPHALOIDES Perkins. 


robustus Scudd. Hackensack Meadows (Bt); Staten Island VIII until 

frost. Along the coast from Barnegat Bay southward, taken in the 
sedgy areas at the edges of the salt marsh. Also found in swampy 
areas at Jamesburg and throughout the pine barrens late VIII-X. 


. triops Linn. (dissimilis Serv.) Ft. Lee VIII, IX (Bt); Staten Island 


Vill-frost, Lakehurst IX, Cape May IX (Ds); New Brunswick IX 
(Gr); Trenton X, Lahaway X (Coll); Riverton IX (Vk); Westville 
IX (Jn); Merchantville X, Lucaston IX (Dke); Sewell X, 6 (Dn); Sea 
Isle City IX (Haim). 


. ensiger Harr. Greenwood Lake VII, Staten Island VII-frost, James- 


burg IX (Ds); Ft. Lee VII-frost (Bt); New Brunswick VIII (Coll); 
Manumuskin VIII (Dke). 


. retusus Scudd. Caldwell (Cr). Not satisfactorily recognized in our 


collections. 


. atlanticus Bruner. Staten Island IX, Lakehurst IX (Ds); Westville 


IX (Jn); Delair VIII, Anglesea IX (Dke); Atsion X (Hebard). 


. exiliscanorus Davis. Staten Island VII-frost; in salt meadows-on 


“Spartina,” Farmingdale VIII, Dennisville IX, Freneau VIII, 21, (Ds); 
Hackensack Meadows (Bt). 


. lyristes Rehn. & Hebard. Snake Hill VIII, Staten Island VIII, Lake- 


hurst IX, Dennisville IX, Tuckerton IX (Ds); Barnegat Bay Dist. X 
(Coll); Stafford’s Forge IX (Hebard); Speedwell VIII (Stone); Cape 
May VII, IX (div). 


. caudellianus Davis. Jamesburg IX, Lakehurst IX, Tuckerton VIII, IX 


(Ds). 


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Fig. 709. Fig. 83. 
Fig. 79.—The true Katydid, showing the stridulating area at base of forewings. 
Fig. 80.—Eggs of Microcentrum; a, from the front; b, from side. 


Fig. 81.—Field cricket, male and female. 

Fig. 82.—Tree cricket, male, from above. 

Fig. 83.—Tree cricket, female, from side. 

Fig. 84.—Eggs of tree cricket in raspberry cane; a, appearance of the punctures from 
without; b, cane split to show eggs in position; c, individual egg greatly enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY: 189 


. nebrascensis Bruner. Lakehurst IX, 20 (Ds); Sea Isle City IX, 19 
(Haim); Cold Spring, Cape May Co. IX, 14 (Long). 

. palustris Blatchley. New Brunswick IX (Coll); Dennisville IX (Ds). 
The “C. gladiator Redt.” of the previous edition has not been verified 
and is omitted. 


ORCHELIMUM Serv. 


. agile DeG. Westville VIII (Vk); Delair X, Lucaston IX (Dke); Sea 
Isle City IX (Haim); Dennisville [IX (Ds); Anglesea VIII, IX (Coll); 
Cape May IX (div). 

. glaberrimum Burm. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Anglesea IX, 5 (W). 

. vulgare Harr. (gracile Harr.) Throughout the State from all points 
south of the highlands, late July until frost. Occurs in low, swampy 
meadows and in marshes, salt and fresh, to the edge of the seashore. 
Common on grassy cranberry bogs. 

. erythrocephalum Davis. Helmetta IX, Jamesburg IX, Lakehurst VII- 
X, Toms River VIII, Tuckerton IX (Ds); New Lisbon IX, Lahaway 
IX (Sm); Browns Mills Jn. VIII (Dke); Great Cedar Swamps VIII 
(H. Fox). 

. herbaceum Sery. (concinnum Scudd.) Staten Island VII-X, Brook- 
ville VII, Dennisville IX (Ds); DaCosta VII (Dke); Speedwell VIII 
(Stone); Spray Beach IX (Long); Atlantic City IX (Rehn); Anglesea 
IX (W). 

. validum WI1k. (nigripes Scudd.) Riverton IX (div); Lucaston IX, 
Belleplain IX (Dke); Gloucester X (Hardenberg); Clementon IX 
(G G); West Creek IX (Rehn); Sea Isle City IX (Haim). 


. pulchellum Davis. Helmetta IX, Dennisville [IX (Ds); Trenton IX, X 
(Gr); Clementon X (Rehn); found in swamps. 

. campestre Blatchley. Tuckerton VIII, Cape May VIII (Dke). 

. minor Bruner. Helmetta IX, Jamesburg IX, Lakehurst VII—X, on pine, 
often in tops of the trees (Ds); Browns Mills Jn. X (Dke); Atsion X, 
Staffords Forge IX (Hebard); Delair IX (Coll). 

. indianense Blatchley. Sea Isle City IX, 12 (Haim); Ocean View VII, 
30, VIII (H. Fox); a salt marsh species in New Jersey (Rehn). 

. fidicinium Rehn & Heb. Staten Island VIII, Tuckerton VIII, IX (Ds); 
Ocean View VIII, Townsends Inlet VIII (H. Fox); Anglesea IX, 9 
(Rehn). Apparently restricted to salt marsh areas. 


CONOCEPHALUS Thunb. (XIPHIDIUM.) 


. fasciatus De G. South of the Piedmont Plain, common in fresh-water 
swamps from July until frost. Extends northward along the Hudsuu 
and along the Hackensack Valley, and taken in the swamps near 
Trenton, else there are no records from the Piedmont Plain or north- 
ward. This is one of the cranberry bog species. 


190 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 


C. brevipenne Scudd. Occurs with the preceding, quite as common and 
more widely distributed; extends north to Hopatcong (Ds) and is 
recorded throughout the Delaware Valley region. Also occurs on 
eranberry bogs. 

C. ensiferus Scudd. Staten Island VIII; may be a large form of “brevi- 
penne” (Ds). 

C. saltans Scudd. Riverton IX, 8 (Vk); Atsion X (Hebard); Browns 
Mills Jn. X (Dke). 

C. strictum Scudd. Staten Island IX, X (Ds); Taunton IX (Stone); 
Atsion X (Hebard). 

C. nemorale Scudd. Along the eastern slope of the Palisades VIII, IX 
(B62 


ATLANTICUS Scudd. 


A. dorsalis Burm. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island VIII- 
X, Dennisville IX, Tuckerton VIII (Ds); Lahaway IX, X (Coll); Lakes 
hurst VII-IX (div); Browns Mills Jn. X (Dke). 

A. pachymerus Burm. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Newfoundland 
VII, Staten Island VI, IX, Woodbridge (Ds); Staffords Forge VIII 
(Holman). 


CAMPTONOTUS Uhler. 


C. carolinensis Gerst. Riverton (Jn); Point Pleasant (Brown). 


CEUTHOPHILUS Scudd. 


C. gracilipes Hald. In dark cellars and barns, under stones and in hol- 
low trees (Bt). All the species of this genus are wingless and rare, 
occurring in single examples only. Boonton VII, 23 (GG); Little 
Falls (Dke). 

C. heros Scudd. Chester (Coll). 


C. lapidicolus Scudd. Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (Ss); a specimen 
without definite label is in the collection. 


C. uhleri Scudd. Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island IX (Ds). 
C. neglectus Scudd. Ft. Lee (Bt). 


C. maculatus Harr. Morris Plains (Jn); Ft. Lee (Bt); “New Jersey” 
(Ss). C. grandis Scudd., terrestris Scudd., blatchleyi Scudd. and 
latens Scudd. have not yet been taken, and are better omitted from 
the list, although their occurrence is highly probable. 


Family GRYLLIDA, 


The “crickets,” as the members of this family are popularly termed, 
are distinguished by the somewhat flattened form, the fore-wings lying 
flat on the back but bent down so as to cover also the sides. In the 
males the flattened surface of the wing-covers is modified into a stridu- 
lating organ with strong veins and glassy transparent cells. In the female 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Ig! 


the ovipositor is long, cylindrical, like a stout bristle, and this makes the 
family easily distinguishable from the “Locustid®” in which the ovi- 
positor is always blade-like. The field crickets are usually black or 
brown, live in damp places in fields or meadows and jump readily if some- 
what erratically. They are often common on cranberry bogs and are 
believed to eat into berries, but I have never found them doing this until 
after the berries were on the ground. . 

The shrill music of the male cricket is well known and the “song” is 
characteristic for each species. The eggs are usually laid in dry, sandy 
soil late in fall, but some forms live as adults throughout the winter and 
a few come into houses. As a rule they are omnivorous and occasionally 
cannibalistic. 

The “tree crickets” are white or greenish as a rule, tending to yellowish 
or light brown, and they occur on trees and shrubs as their popular 
name implies. They are predatory in habit, feed largely on plant-lice and 
are therefore beneficial. Their eggs are laid in the soft shoots of trees 
and shrubs and some injury is occasionally done on fruit trees and berry 
bushes, but this is slight as compared with the benefits derived from them. 


GRYLLOTALPA Latr. 


G. borealis Burm. Recorded from all sections of the State VII until frost. 
The “mole cricket,’ so odd in its appearance that it attracts fre- 
quent attention and is often sent in with requests for information. 
Lives in burrows underground, in dams and along ditches, and has 
been recorded as injuring potatoes. 

Columbia Scudd. is a long-winged form of the preceding and occurs 
with it. 
TRIDACTYLUS Oliv. 


T. terminalis Scudd. Atlantic Highlands (Bt); Clementon V, 30 (Jn); 
Lucaston (GG); Bridgeport V, 20 (Haim); Ocean Co. (Sm); Laval- 
lette V (Vk); Anglesea IX (Dke). 

T. apicalis Say. Staten Island VI, IX, on damp ground (Ds). 


ELLIPES Scudd. 
E. minuta Scudd. Ocean City (Jn). 


CYCLOPTILUS Scudd. 
C. squamosus Scudd. Lakehurst X, 3 (Ds). 


NEMOBIUS Serv. 


N. fasciatus De G. Throughout the State VII to frost. More common in 
the pine barrens, but recorded as well from the hilly sections of the 
north as along the beach strip to Cape May. 

N. vittatus Harr. This is a form of the preceding, in which the wings 
are aborted. It is as widely distributed and has more northern 
records; it also occurs commonly on cranberry bogs. 


192 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


N. affinis Beut. Occurs with “fasciatus” from late July until frost (Bt). 

N. carolinus Scudd. Mahwah X, Ft. Lee VIII, Cranford VIII, Brookside 
VUI, Staten Island VIII-XI, Lakehurst VIII-X (Ds); Jamesburg X 
(Coll); Atsion X, Stafford’s Forge IX (Hebard); West Creek IX 
(Rehn). 

N. canus Scudd. Sumner X, 15, Whitings IX, 28 (Long). 

N. palustris Blatchley. Lake Hopatcong VIII, Lakehurst IX (Ds); Staf- 
ford’s Forge IX (Hebard). 

N. janus Kirby. National Park X (Dke). 

N. maculatus Blatchley. Mt. Pleasant IX, 7, in oak-pine woods (H. Fox). 


GRYLLUS Linn. 


G. luctuosus Serv. (abbreviatus Serv.) Occurs throughout the State in 
late summer and fall, and perhaps our most common field cricket. 
Some adults winter and are found again in May. The name “abbre- 
viatus” refers to the short-winged form. Occurs on salt marshes and 
upland fields and one of the common species on cranberry bogs. 

G. pennsylvanicus Burm. As widely distributed as the preceding, but 
much less abundant. Records come from all faunal regions in late 
fall and early spring. 

G. neglectus Scudd. Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (Bt); Ocean Co., on 
cranberry bogs (Sm). May be a variety of the preceding—a point 
on which the authorities are not agreed. 

G. domesticus Linn. New Brunswick V (Gr); the “cricket on the hearth” 
or house cricket; introduced from Europe. 


MIOGRYLLUS Sauss. 


M. saussurei Scudd. Staten Island V, Lakehurst VI-VII (Ds). Matures 


in June. 
CECANTHUS Serv. 


CE. angustipennis Fitch. Ft. Lee IX, Staten Island IX, X (Ds); New 
Brunswick VIII (Coll); common throughout the pine barrens and ex- 
tends into the Delaware Valley region—Riverton VIII, IX (Jn). 


CE. exclamationis Davis. Cranford VIII, Staten Island VIII, IX, Morgan 
X, Manasquan IX, Farmingdale VIII (Ds); Riverton IX, 10 (Rehn); 
Clementon VIII, 13 (Vk). 

CE. niveus De G. The “snowy tree-cricket.” All the species of this genus 
are tree crickets and lay their eggs in twigs, sometimes causing 
injury, but not all species lay them in close series, nor do they 
equally produce injury. Boonton IX (GG); Ft. Lee IX, Staten Island 
VIII, IX, Lakehurst, in village gardens only (Ds); Jamesburg, Angle- 
sea (Coll); Riverton VIII, Glassboro (Jn). 

CE. latipennis Riley. Staten Island VIIIJ-X; Jamesburg IX, Farmingdale 
VIII, Lakehurst VIII, IX, common (Ds); Riverton VIII (Jn); Delair 
VIII, Lucaston IX (Dke); Medford VIII, Stafford’s Forge IX (Rehn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 193 


C=. fasciatus Fitch. (nigricornis Wlk.) Throughout the State VII-x, 
and locally the most common species; perhaps more abundant north- 
wardly in the State. 


CE. 4-punctatus Beut. Also occurs throughout the State, records extend- 
ing from Greenwood Lake to Cape May and to the Delaware. 


C=. pini Beut. Riverton (Jn); Lakehurst VII-IX (Ds); Anglesea IX 
(Dke). 
XABEA Walker. 


X. bipunctatus De G. Chester IX, Monmouth Co. X (Coll); Ft. Lee IX, 
Staten Island VIII, Atlantic Highland VIII, Farmingdale VIII, Mana- 
squan, Tuckerton IX (Ds); Riverton VIII (Jn). 

' ANAXIPHA Sauss. 

A. exigua Say. Palisades IX, Cranford VIII, Staten Island VIII-X, James- 
burg VIII, Helmetta IX, Dennisville IX, Lakehurst IX (Ds); Riverton 
(Jn); Medford VIII (div); Stafford’s Forge VIII, IX (Rehn). Beaten 
from shrubbery, low trees, ete. The “pulicarius’” Sauss. is not likely 
to occur in New Jersey, the “Del.” and “Pa.” records really referring 
to “exigua” (Rehn). 


PHYLLOSCIRTUS Guer. 


P. pulchellus Uhl. Ft. Lee VIII, [IX (Bt); Elizabeth, Ocean Co. IX (Coll); 
Staten Island VIII-X, Jamesburg VIII, Farmingdale VIII, Dennisville 
IX (Ds); Clementon VIII (GG); Stafford’s Forge VIII (Rehn). Found 
on bushes and trees. 


HAPITHUS Uhl. 


H. agitator Uhl. Staten Island IX, 21, one 2 only; Dennisville IX, Tuck- 
erton IX (Ds); Riverton IX (div); Ocean View IX, Sea Isle City IX 
(Fox); Anglesea IX (div); Bayside IX (Sm); on low bushes and 
weeds. 

OROCHARIS Uhl. 


O. saltator Uhl. Matawan IX, Dennisville IX (Ds); Riverton VIII, Cum- 
berland Co. IX (Jn); Bridgeton X, 15; Lahaway X, Bayside IX (Sm); 
on bushes and low trees. 


“Myrmecophilus pergandei’’ Bruner has not yet been taken by collectors, 
and is therefore omitted. 


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Order COLEOPTERA. 


The Coleoptera or beetles are recognizable by their hard or leathery 
Wing covers, which are laid over the abdomen so that they meet in a 
straight line down the back, the hind wings being transversely folded 
beneath them. They have mandibulate or chewing mouth parts and feed 
on a great range of substances, animal and vegetable, as well in the larval 
as in the adult stages. There is no part of plants that is not attacked by 
some species, hence many are seriously injurious; but, on the other hand, 
predatory forms occur also in great abundance, and some of these are 
markedly beneficial. The larve vary much in shape, but never have more 
than six functional legs, and their habits are as diverse as those of the 
adults. The pupal stage is inactive, and the metamorphosis is therefore 
complete. 


The characters upon which classification is based are found in the num- 
ber of joints on the feet and in shape of the antenne or feelers, the snout 
beetles being first separated off by the mouth parts, which are set at the 
end of a longer or shorter beak. 


It is not usually difficult to determine whether a beetle is probably in- 
jurious, harmful or beneficial, if a few points of structure are carefully 
observed. 


First.—Practically all weevils or snout beetles are plant feeders and 
may be or become injurious; none are beneficial. 

Second.—All beetles that have only four apparent joints to the feet or 
tarsi, the third joint lobed or split, are to be looked upon with suspicion, 
for they are likely to be either leaf beetles, like the potato or asparagus 
beetle, or wood-borers of the family “Cerambycide,” like the round-headed 
apple borer. 


Third.—Beetles with five-jointed tarsi or feet, and feelers that have a 
large leaf-like club at tip are likely to be leaf chafers, like the “May- 
beetle” or “rose-bug,” and their larve are “white grubs,’ many of which 
are injurious. A few of these beetles are scavengers and at least harm- 
less, but none are to be accounted really beneficial. 


Fourth.—Beetles with five-jointed tarsi and antenne that are somewhat 
flattened and have the joints marked like the teeth of a saw are likely 
to be injurious. If the prothorax is loosely jointed to the rest of the 
body, they are snapping or click beetles, whose larve are wire-worms, 
and this series contains also the Buprestide or flat-headed borers. 

Fifth.—If the antenne are gradually enlarged toward the tip, forming 
a club, the insects are likely to be scavengers or feeders upon dead or 
dry animal or vegetable matter; but this is subject to many exceptions, 
and it is only safe to say that such species are not likely to be feeders 
upon growing vegetation. 

Sixth.—Beetles in which the hind tarsi or feet are 4-jointed, while the 
others have five joints, are likely to prove feeders in dead or dying wood 


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196 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


or other vegetable tissue; but this is by no means uniform, a few species 
being distinctly beneficial, while others are as decidedly harmful. 

Seventh.—Beetles with 5-jointed feet and slender, filiform or thread-like 
antenne are probably predatory and beneficial. There are only a few 
exceptions to this. 

The list in this order has been very materially added to in many fami- 
lies, and may be considered fairly accurate and complete. It has been 
critically looked over by a number of our best Coleopterists, and every 
questionable record has been verified, so far as it was possible to do so. 
Credit is given in all cases for work done in the various families, and in 
most instances the most recent American work has been followed. 

There has been no recent comprehensive work on this order in the 
United States, and the studies in other countries, which indicate a very 
radical change in the arrangement of the series, have not been generally 
understood and accepted here. Under the circumstances, I have deemed 
it best to attempt no change in the arrangement, a faunal list being no 
proper place to introduce a mooted or new classification. 


Family CICINDELID. 


Commonly known as “tiger-beetles.” They are long-legged, rather 
slender, active beetles, predatory in habit, living usually in open, sandy 
places, and flying readily when disturbed. The larve are uncouth 
creatures, with large head and prominent jaws, that live in vertical bur- 
rows in sandy soil, watching at the mouth for such unwary creatures as 
may come in their way. They are of no economic importance. 


Fig. 85.—Tiger beetles: a, Cicindela repanda; b, C. generosa; c, C. sexguttata; 
d, C. purpurea; e, a larva. 


CICINDELA Linn. 


C. unipunctata Fabr. Plainfield, on the mountain road VII, 4 (div); Lake- 
hurst VI (div); Malaga IX, 15 (GG); Atco, Woodstown (Li); DaCosta 
VII (W). Usually rare and always local; partly nocturnal in habit; 
“found running in pine woods along roads before dark” (W). 


THE. INSECTS! OF NEW JERSEY. 197 


C. scutellaris Say. var. modesta Dej. Local throughout the State south 
of the red shale, August to October and again in spring; the adult 
hibernates. 

var. rugifrons Dej. Lakehurst IV, V, IX, X (div); Bamber IX, 9 (Dke). 
The immaculate forms “nigrior’ Schaupp (all black), and “unicolor” 
Dej. (all green or blue), are liable at any time to occur with the more 
normal types. 

C. sexguttata Fab. Throughout the State, April to July, in open woods 
or along shaded roads; not rare anywhere and locally common. 


C. patruela Dej. Lakehurst V, 18 (Gr); Lakewood (Coll); rare. 


var. consantanea Dej. Local and sometimes not rare in the pine bar- 
rens on old roads. Lakehurst IV—VII, IX, X (div); Brookville (Lg); 
Atco VIII, IX (div); DaCosta VI, 18 (Brn); Brown’s Mills (Dke); 
Brigantine, Mainland IX (Hn). 

C. purpurea Oliv. Throughout the State [V—-VII and again IX, locally not 
rare. Of the named varieties “transversa”’’ Leng. and “limbalis” Klug. 
have been found in New Jersey, the latter near Boonton IV, 28 (GG), 
and in Great Bear Swamp IX, 6 (Sleight). 


C. generosa Dej. Throughout the State, but somewhat local and rarely 
in numbers; April to October. 

C. tranquebarica Hbst. (vulgaris Say). Generally distributed and 
locally common throughout the southern counties during the entire 
season, hibernating as an adult. It is much less frequent and more 
local north of the red shale line. 


C. 12-guttata Dej. Caldwell (Cr); Hackensack Meadows (Bf); Newark 
(Soc); Staten Island V, VI, IX, X Lakehurst IV, VII (Ds); Gloucester 
(Li); Ateo IX, 8 (Brn); on mud banks, near water (W). 


C. repanda Dej. Common from April to October throughout the State, 
hibernating as an adult. It is the most abundant and generally dis- 
tributed of all our species. 


C. hirticollis Say. Common along the coast from Staten’Island to Cape 
May, April to September. Extends also along the shores of the Dela- 
ware and is local in the sandy districts of South Jersey, especially 
near swamps. 


C. punctulata Oliv. Common throughout the State, July to September; 
found even in cities along side streets or in sandy lots, and is at- 
tracted to electric light. 


C. trifasciata Fab. (tortuosa Dej.) Atlantic City VI, three specimens 
in the wash-up (Li). 


C. dorsalis Say. Common along the seashore from Staten Island to Cape 
May, July and August. It is also taken inland, very locally, on white 
sand flats, specimens having been taken at Lahaway in August. The 
insect varies locally, and at some places the majority of specimens 
are almost immaculate. 


198 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. marginata Fab. Common along the coast on salt meadows, July and 
August. Reported all the way from South Amboy to Anglesea. 


C. lepida Dej. Seashore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, locally, VII-IX, 
sometimes in numbers. Also occurs in limited areas inland; one is 
at and another near Jamesburg, one at Lahaway, another at Clemen- 
ton, and no doubt there are yet others to be discovered. Lives in 
holes made beneath little tufts of grass (W). 


Cc. marginipennis Dej. Essex Co. and along the Delaware in North Jersey 
(W). 

C. abdominalis Fab. East Plains VII, 27 (Lg); Lakehurst VII-IX (div); 
DaCosta in late June (Li) and early July (W). 


C. rufiventris Fab. Upper pine barrens (Lg); Hast Plains, near Barne- 
gat, in considerable numbers VII, 27 (Ds). 


Family CARABIDAE. 


The ‘ground beetles,’ as the members of this family are popularly 
known, are usually black or dull brown in color, sometimes bronzed or 
metallic, and, exceptionally, usually on flower-loving forms bright blue, 
green and yellow. Many of the species hide during the day under stones 
or bark, among roots of plants, in grass at the base of trees, in burrows 
under ground or in other places of concealment. They fiy at night, are 
often attracted to electric light, and in general are predatory in habit. 

The larve are more or less fusiform, somewhat flattened above, gray 
or dusky in color, and they live in similar localities though even more 
concealed. They also are 
predatory and of decided - 
- economic importance, feed- 
ing upon many of the leaf- 
ie feeders that go  under- 

J (bees) ground to hibernate or to 
Fig. 86.—Larva of a ground beetle, feeding on a pupate. Those that in the 
Curculio larva. adult stage live on plants, 

feed on eggs, caterpillars and slugs of herbivorous forms. 

All the species have slender, filiform antennse, 5-jointed tarsi on all 
feet and are somewhat depressed or flattened; those that live under bark 
sometimes very much so. 


OMOPHRON Latr. 


O. labiatum Fab. Along the Delaware, Camden to Woodbury V, VI (div); ° 
Anglesea (W); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); usually rare. 

O. americanum Dej. Boonton VI, 11, Glassboro IX, 7 (GG); W. Bergen 
V, and can be washed out along most streams in my district (Bf); 
Caldwell (Cr); Greenville VI, IX (Sp); Gloucester (Li); Atlantic 
Co. (W). 

O. tessellatum Say. Mountain View VIII, 11 (GG); Anglesea V, Atlantic 
Co. (W). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 199 


SPHAZERODERUS Dej. (CYCHRUS Fab.) 


S. stenostomus Web. Palisades V, VI, under stones (Sp); Snake Hill, 
all year (Bf); Caldwell (Cr); Riverton X, 21, Merchantville III, 13 
(G G); Gloucester, Clementon XII, 17, sifting (W). 
var. lecontei Dej. With the type; also Boonton III, 9, X, 11 (GG); 
Chester VI, 28 (Dn); Summit II, 22 (Bf); Westville (Li). 
“S. nitidicollis’” Chev. is a boreal species and the record from Lake Ho- 
patcong is an error. 


SCAPHINOTUS Dej. 


S. elevatus Fabr. Englewood VII, 1 (Bt); Orange Mts., Newark Dist. 
(Bf); Newtonville III, 26 (Brn); Egg Harbor, Anglesea IV (div); 
rare. ‘ ‘ 

S. unicolor Oliv. Five-mile beach V, 30 (W). This is the “violaceous” 
of the previous edition. 


S. viduus Dej. Hopatcong VI, 3 (W); Orange Mts. (Bf); Ft. Lee IV, VI, 
VIII (Bt); Mays Landing (W., Li). Always rare. 


CARABUS Linn. 


C. sylvosus Say. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Greenville VI (Sp); Atlantic High- 
lands (Bt); Gloucester, Camden (div); Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke); 
Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll). 

var. finitimus Hald. Wenonah X, 21 (Dke). 


C. serratus Say. Throughout the State VI, VIII, IX, often at sugar in 
fall. 


C. limbatus Say. Throughout the State, not rare IV, V, VIII, IX. 


C. vinctus Web. With the preceding, under stones and logs; the most 
abundant representative of the genus in the State. 


C. nemoralis Mull. Newark IV, 6, 12 (Dn). This is an introduced 
species, and a number of examples have been taken near New York. 
Mr. Dickerson took 1 ¢ 1 9 in a city back yard, and the species is 
probably g. d. in the district, though rare. A specimen was taken by 
Mr. Clarence Riker, at Maplewood, about 20 years ago. 


CALOSMA Weber. 

Cc. externum Say. Woodside (Bf); Green- 
ville, under stones VI, IX (Sp); New- 
ark at light (Dn); Staten Island VII, 9 
(Ds); Gloucester (Li); Camden, Atlan- 
tic, Cape May Cos. (W); not common. 
Mr. Davis’s specimen was “found under 
an electric light and squirted its acrid 
fluid into my face at a distance of about 
a foot.” 


Fig. SADC ocohid calidum C. scrutator Fabr. Throughout the State, 
and larva. locally common, often washed up along 


200 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


shore in large numbers VII-IX. Isa tree climber, a caterpillar hunter 
and our largest representative of this family. 

C. willcoxi Lec. Newark at light (div); Atlantic. City (div); Ocean City 
(G G); Cape May Co. (div). Similar in habit to the preceding, but 
much smaller and less abundant. 

C. frigidum Kirby. Newfoundland V (Ds); Newark at light (Bf); Wood- 
bury V, 18, Sea Isle City VI, 26 (Brn). 

C. sayi Dej. Staten Island (Ds); Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Cape 
May Cos. (W); Atlantic City (Li); always rare. 

C. calidum Fabr. Throughout the State, under stones, &c., in fields. The 
most abundant and generally distributed species. 


ELAPHRUS Fabr. 


E. fuliginosus Say. Ft. Lee IV (Sf); Snake Hill IV (div). The record of 
“cicatricosus” in last edition was based on an example of this species. 

E. ruscarius Say. Throughout the State along dry ditches and on mud 
flats IV—VII, IX; usually not rare where it occurs. 


BLETHISA Bon. 
B. quadricollis Hald. Caldwell, rare (Cr). 


NOTIOPHILUS Dum. 


N. zneus Hbst. Ft. Lee, among leaves X (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
(Soc); Camden and Gloucester Co. V, IX, at various points near the 
Delaware (div). 


N. semistriatus Say. (sibiricus Mots.) Durham’s Pond VIII, 18, Orange 
Mts. V, 30 (Dn); Madison (Pr); Newark, about roots of trees and 
under damp leaves (Bf). The true “sibiricus’” does not occur in the 
Us: atvall: 

N. novemstriatus Say. (semistriatus Say.) Boonton VIII, 17, Orange 
Mts. (GG); Newark (Bf); Staten Island (Lg), among leaves at base 
of trees (Bt); New Lisbon VII, 14 Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn). This is 
the species listed as “hardyi’” in the last edition, and so the species 
stands in most collections. 


NEBRIA Latr. 


N. pallipes Say. Throughout the State V, VIII, IX, along rocky streams, 
under stones just at edge of water. More common north of Piedmont 
Plain. 


PASIMACHUS Bon. 
P. sublevis Beauv. Staten Island (Ds); Monmouth Co. VIII, 10 (Coll); 


Sandy Hook VIII (Bt); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Avalon VII, 4 
(Brn); Anglesea VII-X (div); always along shore. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 201 


P. punctulatus Hald. DaCosta VII (div); Clementon, Egg Harbor (Li); 
Brown's Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 


P. depressus Fab. Lakehurst (Lg); Staten Island (div). Mr. Leng be- 
lieves that the references to the previous species also belong here, 
and that “punctulatus” does not occur in New Jersey. 


SCARITES Fabr. 


S. subterraneus Fab. Throughout the State, under stones, at all seasons. 
var. substriatus Hald. Anglesea, very rare VI (W, Brn). 


DYSCHIRIUS Bon. 
D. nigripes Lec. Newark (Bf). All the species are found near water 
or under leaves or burrowing in sandy banks. 
D. globulosus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII. 


D. terminatus Lec. Atlantic City (div); Brigantine VII, Sea Isle City 
VI, VII (Brn); Anglesea V, 31-VII, 11 (Brn). 


D. sphericollis Say. Boonton to Anglesea VI-IX, sometimes abundant at 
light; taken largely on or near the shore. 


D. erythrocerus Lec. Newark (Bf); Anglesea VII, 23 (Sm). 


D. sellatus Lec. Atlantic City (W, Li); Sea Isle City VI, 10 (Brn); Angle- 
sea VII (div); strictly a maritime species (Sz). 


D. pallipennis Say. With the preceding, and also a maritime form. 
Brigantine [X, Avalon V, 23 (Brn). 


D. filiformis Lec. Orange VI, common at light (Ch); Brigantine Beach 
IX on salt marshes (Hn). 


D. pumilus Dej. Orange VI, at light (Ch); Newark Dist (Bf); Brigan- 
tine marshes IX (Hn). The “hispidus” of last edition belongs here. 


CLIVINA Latr. 


C. dentipes Dej. Collingswood VII, 22 (GG); Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). 


C. impressifrons Lec. Orange VI (Ch); Newark (Bf), at light; Wood- 
bury VII (GG); g. d. (Li); Anglesea (W); Cape May VI, 3 (Brn). 


C. rubicunda Lec. Atlantic City, rare (Li). 
C. rufa Lec. Irvington VIII, 4, one specimen (Bf). 


C. americana Dej. Throughout the State IV—VII, IX, on bogs, marshes, 
ete. 


C. striatopunctata Dej. Arlington VI (Sf); Newark district, rare, along 
streams (Bf); Brigantine salt marsh IX (Hn). 


C. ferrea Lec. Gloucester, not common (W). 


ce) 


. convexa Lec. Atlantic City, 1 specimen; Rockaway (Sf). 


C. bipustulata Fabr. Throughout the State, at light V, VI, and under 
stones, throughout the season. 


202 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SCHIZOGENIUS Putz. 
S. lineolatus Say. Throughout the State, at light and under stones, all 
season. 


S. ferrugineus Putz. Staten Island, under logs at South Beach (Bf); 
Cramer Hill V (GG); Westville VI (div); Brigantine salt marshes IX, 
Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


S. amphibius Hald. Irvington, rare, washing stream banks (Bf); West- 
ville (Li); along the Delaware, near Camden, Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


ARDISTOMIS Putz. 


A. obliquata Putz. Atlantic City, two or three by Dr. Castle (Li). 


A. viridis Say. Clifton VI (Sp); So. Orange V, 30 (Dn); Newark (Soc); 
Cranford, Irvington, common (Bf); Camden and Gloucester Counties, 
along muddy streams (W); g. d. (Li). 


PANAGAZUS Latr. 
P. crucigerus Say. Snake Hill, under stones V, VI (Sp); Brigantine 
Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea V, 28 (W); always in single specimens. 


P. fasciatus Say. Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr); Newark, at light (Bf); 
Springfield III, 3 (Stortz); Ft. Lee, in ant nests IV (Bt); Snake Hill, 
under stones V, VI (Sp); Atlantic City, wash-up (W); Sea Isle V, 
VI (Brn); also rare. 


NOMIUS Lap. 


N. pygmzeus Dej. Newark, one specimen (Bf); Atlantic City VI, 24 
(Brn); Avalon, Anglesea (W); extremely rare in this State. 


BEMBIDIUM Latr. 


B. inzequale Say. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp); Elizabeth IV, 8 (GG); 
Westville (Li); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Union Co., not rare 
(Sm). 

B. punctatostriatum Say. Banks of Passaic, spring and fall (Sp). 

B. confusum Hayw. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp); New Jersey (Hayw). 

B. americanum Dej. Throughout the State, along river banks, spring 
and fall. 

B. honestum Say. Along the Passaic V, IX (Sp), Irvington (Bf); Cam- 
den and Gloucester Co. (W); Cramer Hill V, VI (GG). 

B. chalceum Dej. Boonton VIII, Mt. View IX (GG); banks of Passaic V, 
IX (Sp); Irvington, washing stream banks (Bf). 


B. nigrum Say. Boonton VIII (GG); along the banks of Passaic, spring 
and fall (Sp); So. Orange V, 30 (Dn); Irvington, Rahway (Bf); 
Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W). 

B. grandiceps Hayw. “New Jersey” (Hayw). This and the next two fol- 
lowing species occur along larger streams that have gravelly banks. 


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THE, INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 203 


. guexi Chd. Hemlock Falls, rare (Bf); “New Jersey” (Hayw). 
. fugax Lec. Boonton VI, 11, VIII 15 (GG); “New Jersey” (Hayw). 
. ustulatum Linn. Boonton IV, Glassboro VII, IX (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); 


Snake Hill IV (Lv); Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden Co. (W); Glouces- 
ter Co. (div). 


. Viridicolle Laf. Newark, salt meadows V, 8 (Bf). 
. variegatum Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall, along river 


banks, on salt marshes, cranberry bogs and similar situations. 


. versicolor Lec. Banks of Passaic V, IX (Sp); Orange Mts. VII, New- 


ark salt meadows (Bf); Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W). 


. contractum Say. Along the seashore and on salt meadows; strictly 


maritime, practically all season. 


. constrictum Lee. With the preceding, but a distinct species. 

. pedicellatum Lec. Generally distributed, rare (W). 

. 4maculatum Linn. Common throughout the State all season. 

. affine Say. Newark salt meadows (Bf); New Brunswick VI (Coll); 


Camden (Li); Westville I, 28 (GG); g. d. (W); Lahaway V, on cran- 
berry bogs. 


. anguliferum Lec. “New Jersey” (Hayw). 
. assimile Gyll. Newark, salt meadows, rare (Bf). 
. semistriatum Hald. Banks of the Passaic, spring and fall (Sp). 


TACHYS Schaum. 


. nanus Gyll. Throughout the State under bark of trees. 

. flavicauda Say. -As common and distributed as the preceding. 

. granarius Dej. Staten Island (Lg), and sure to be found elsewhere. 

. fuscicornis Chd. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 

. incurvus Say. Along Passaic V, IX (Sp); Orange Mts. (Bf) and Ft. 


Lee (Bt) in ant hills; g. d. (W); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


. xanthopus Dej. Newark, Woodside (Bf); Orange VI (Ch); Westville 


I, IV (GG); Ocean Co., on cranberry bogs V (Sm); Anglesea (W). 


- capax Lec. Chester VII, 4, Arlington III, 1 (Dn); Newark, Ocean Co., 


cranberry bogs V, Anglesea VII, X (Coll); Anglesea I and II, sifting 
(W). 


- vivax Lec. Along the Delaware River, So. Camden V, 17 (W). 
. tripunctatus Say. Summit, along river (Bf); banks of Passaic V, IX 


(Sp); Highlands V (Bt); Westville V, 31 (GG). 


. frontalis Hayw. Chester (Dn). 
. lavus Say. Throughout the State IX, V, VI, and in winter siftings. 
- pallidus Chd. Sea Isle City VIII (W); Avalon VI, Anglesea VI (Brn); 


a salt meadow species. 


. occultator Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Avalon VI, 23 (Brn); 


Sea Isle City, Anglesea VIII, also on the salt meadows (W). 


204 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE. MUSEUM. 


T. proximus Say. Passaic banks V, IX (Sp); Orange VI, light (Ch); 
Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); g. d. (Li); Lahaway V, on cranberry 
bogs (Coll). 


T. scitulus Lec. Banks of Passaic V,.IX (Sp); Newark, Snake Hill, salt 
meadows V (Bf); Orange, Long Branch V, VI (C); Woodbury VII, 
30 (GG). 


T. corruscus Lec. Westville, throughout the winter, sifting (W). 


It is reasonably certain that, in addition to the above, “dolosus’”’ Lec. and 
“ferrugineus” Dej. also occur in New Jersey. 


PERICOMPSUS Lec. 


P. ephippiatus Say. Orange VI, at light (Ch); salt meadows, 1 spec. 
(Bf). 


, PATROBUS Dej. 
P. longicornis Say. Locally not rare throughout the State V-VIII. 


POGONUS Dej. 


P. lecontei Horn. Atlantic City (Castle); Corsons Inlet VII, 20 (Li); Sea 
Isle City, Anglesea, common on mud flats under the dry and thick- 
ened upper crust on salt marshes (W). 


MYAS Dej. 


M. coracinus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); South Jersey (W), very rare. 


M. cyanescens Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Clifton VI, VII (Sp); 
Staten Island (Sf). 


TRECHUS Clairv. 


T. chalybeus Mann. Milltown VII, VIII; common under dead leaves 
along a stony brook in accidental association with the ant, ‘“Lasius 
mixtus” Nyl. (div); Westville (Brn). 


PTEROSTICHUS Bon. 

P. adoxus Say. Throughout the State spring and fall; under bark or in 
rotten wood (Bf); locally common. 

P. rostratus Newn. Palisades (Sp); New Jersey (W); single specimens 
only. 

P. diligendus Chd. Palisades V (Sp); Newark, on salt meadows (Bf). 

P. honestus Say. Palisades above Hoboken in early spring (Sp, Sm). 

P. lacrymosus Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 4 (Dn); Orange 
Mts. VII (Bt); Newark (Soc), along Palisades in spring (div). 


P. coracinus Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 4 (Dn); Ft. Lee (Bt); 
Orange Mts. (Bf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 205 


P. stygicus Say. Throughout the State, locally common, spring and fall. 


P. moestus Say. Throughout the Appalachian and Highland regions, 
spring and fall; always in rotten logs (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); New 
Brunswick (Coll). The “superciliosus”’ of previous list is really this 
species. 

P. sayi Brulle. Throughout the State, fall and spring; not rare. 


P. lucublandus Say. Throughout the State, under stones and shelter of 
all kinds; one of the few species that has adapted itself to live in 
tilled fields. 


P. ebeninus Dej. Ft. Lee (Sf); Atlantic City (Li); Westville (W); Sea 
Isle City V (Brn); Anglesea IV, V (div); single specimens only. 

P. caudicalis Say. Snake Hill (Bt); g. d. (Li); Camden IV, 18, West- 
ville V, 29; Avalon VII, 18 (Brn); Anglesea (W). 


P. luctuosus Dej. Snake Hill (Bt); Newark, salt meadows (Bf); Arling- 
ton (Dn); Westville II (W); Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm); 
Avalon VIII, 18 (Brn). 


P. corvinus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill V, 26 (Lv); 
Palisades in spring (Sp); Newark (Bf); Arlington (Dn); g. d. (Li). 

P. gravis Lec. Highlands V (Sf); Westville V, 28, 1 specimen (Brn). 

P. purpuratus Lec. Staten Island, 1 specimen (Lg). 


P. tartaricus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Hoboken (Li); Cranford V, 17, Sea 
Girt (Bf); Sea Isle VI, 15 (Brn); single specimens only. 


. mutus Say. Throughout the State and everywhere abundant. 
. erythropus Dej. Also occurs everywhere and is locally common. 
. patruele Dej. With the preceding, though less abundant. 


. femoralis Kirby. Orange Mts., Westville IV, 23 (GG); Staten Island 
(Lg). 
The records for “P. haldemanni Lec.” were based on errors. 


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EVARTHRUS Lec. 


E. sigillatus Say. Greenwood Lake VI (Sf); Hopatcong (Pm); Chester 
VII, 30, VIII, 24 (Dn); Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr); Irvington, New- 
ark, Sea Girt (Bf); Atlantic City (Li); always rare. 


The “sodalis” of the last edition belongs here. 


AMARA Bon. 


A. avida Say. Palisades V (Sp), VII (Bt); Snake Hill (Sf); salt 
meadows (Bf); Camden V, IX (div); Westville, Gloucester (Li); 
Mauricetown VI, 20, injuring strawberries (Sm); Cape May VI, 3 
(Brn). 

A. fulvipes Putz. Chester IX, 16 (Dn); Newark (Bf); Camden IX, 1 
(GG); Atlantic City, Anglesea (Li); Brigantine VII, Avalon VII, Sea 
Isle VI (Brn); common in wash-up in spring (W). 


206 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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exarata Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); salt meadows (Bf); 
Camden II, IX, Woodbury VI (GG); Atlantic City VI (Brn); Anglesea 
in wash-up (W). 


. latior Kirby. Woodside, salt meadows, rare (Bf); New Brunswick 


VII (Coll). 


. septentrionalis Lec. Highlands, 1 specimen (Ch); Woodside (Sf). 
. apricaria Payk. Atlantic City, VI, 24 (Brn); New Jersey (Li); rare. 
. angustata Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Palisades V (Sp); Newark district in 


spring (Bf); Cramer Hill V, VI (GG); g. d. (Li). 


: pallipes Kirby. Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic Counties (W). 

. impuncticollis Say. Throughout the State, fall and spring; common. 

. basillaris Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill IV (Sf); salt meadows (Bf). 
. cupreolata Putz. Snake Hill IV (Sf); “New Jersey” (Hw). 

. fallax Lec. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); upper Montclair (Bf). 

. polita Lec. Orange Mts., one specimen (Bf). 

. interstitialis Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Newark (Bf); Camden and 


Gloucester Counties, g. d. IV (Li). 


. obesa Say. Throughout the State, locally common V-—VII. 
. terrestris Lec. Staten Island (Lg); Brigantine VI, 11 (Brn). 
. chalcea Dej. Ramapo, Eagle Rock I, 31, salt meadows (Bf); Palisades 


V (Sp); Woodbury (Li). 


. gibba Lec. “New Jersey” (Hw). 
. rubrica Hald. Ft.. Lee (Sf); Palisades IX, 27 (Lv); Newark (Soc); 


Westville, Woodbury (Li); So. Jersey, in sandy places under boards 
(W); Sea Isle V, VI, Anglesea V, Cape May V (Brn). 


. subzenea Lec. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 
. musculus Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; often abundant 


on weeds and other herbage in September. 


LOXANDRUS Lec. 


. minor Chd. Westville IV, 30, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). 


DIPLOCHILA Brullé. 


. laticollis Lec. Palisades V, VI (Sp); Snake Hill IV, 26 (Liv); salt 


meadows (Bf); Hoboken (Bt); Orange, at light VI (Ch); Arlington 
III (Dn); meadows along Delaware V (W); Atlantic City (Li); Cape 
May VI, 23 (Brn). 

var. major Lec. Palisades, more rare than the type (Sm); Snake Hill 
V, 22 (Bf); Lahaway III, 14 (Coll). 


impressicollis Dej. Snake Hill, one specimen (Sf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 207 


DICAELUS Bon. 
. dilatatus Say. Throughout the State VI, IX, locally not rare. 


. purpuratus Bon. Also generally distributed V, VI, IX; not common. 

. ovalis Lec. Snake Hill (Bt); Westville (Li); Collingswood IV, 2 
(Brn); Gloucester, Camden, Atlantic Co. (W); not common. 

. elongatus Bon. Throughout the State, spring and fall; under stones 
and logs; the most abundant of our species. 

. ambiguus Laf. Hopatcong (Pm); V, 31 (W). 

. teter Bon. Chester VI, 19, VII, 4 (Dn); Ft. Lee; Snake Hill (Bt); 
Palisade woods V (Sp). 

. politus Dej. Throughout the State, spring and fall. a 


BADISTER Clairv. 


. hotatus Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Arlington, Millburn, Orange Mts. 
(Bf); Camden XI (Brn); Gloucester (Li); Woodbury VII, XI (div); 
the species occur rarely, in most places under old leaves. 

. pulchellus Lec. Suffern V (Bt); Newark (Coll); Arlington, salt 
meadows, spring (Bf); Staten Island V; Orange VI (Ch); Woodbury 
(div); Sea Isle City VI, 10 (Brn). 

. maculatus Lec. Woodbury VI (div); four recorders. 

. elegans Lec. Woodbury VII, 30, at light (Brn). 

. micans Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark, salt meadows (Bf); Snake 
Hill (Sf); Orange (Ch); Westville (Li); Woodbury VIII, 7 (W). 

. reflexus Lec. Orange, one specimen VI (Ch). 


CALATHUS Bon. 


. gregarius Say. Throughout the State, common nearly all season. 


. opaculus Lec. G. d. (W); Camden IV, Gloucester IV, DaCosta VI, 3 
Brigantine VII, 5, Sea Isle VII, Anglesea IX, 12 (Brn); Atco (Li). 


. impunctatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sp); Sandy Hook VII (Bt); Atco (W); 
and along the seashore at all points from Atlantic City to Cape May 
V-VII (div). 


PLATYNUS Bon. 


. angustatus Dej. Ft. Lee (div); Lahaway V, cranberry bogs (Sm); 
Anglesea (W). 

. decens Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Palisades (div); Caldwell 
(Cr); Newark (Soc); Anglesea VII (Sz). 

. Sinuatus Dej. Ft. Lee, Palisades (div); Paterson III, 30, Hemlock 
Falls V, 30 (Dn); Newark, Woodside V, VI (Bf); Camden, Gloucester 
Co. (W); g. d. (Li); Newtonville III, 20 (Brn); Lahaway V, on -cran- 
berry bogs (Sm); Brown’s Mills V, 19 (Dke). 


208 REPORT OF NEW, JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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opaculus Lee. Ft. Lee, rare (Sp); may be an erroneous determination 
(Sf). 

tenuicollis Lec. New Jersey (Bt); Atlantic City (Castle). 

cincticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI, EX; locally common. 
reflexus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 4 (Dn); Ft. Lee (div); 
Palisades VII (Lv); Staten Island IV (Bt); Newark (Coll); g. d. (Li); 
Merchantville VI (Brn); Anglesea IV, VII (Coll). 


. extensicollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI, IX; the variety “viridis” 


Lec. rarely from northern localities. 


. decorus Say. Throughout the State, not common; taken in winter, 


sifting; also at all points along the seashore. 


t SbReU RES Hbst. (pusillus Lec.) Staten Island (Lg). 

. moerens Dej. New Jersey (GG). 

. tenuis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City (Coll); salt meadows (Bf). 
. atratus Lec. Caldwell (Cr); Orange V, at light (Ch); Snake Hill IV 


(Bt); Westville I, 28 (W). 


. melanarius Dej. Throughout the State in spring; locally common. 
. propinquus G & H. New Jersey, one specimen (W). 
. affinis Kirby. Ft. Lee (Bt); Palisades V (Sp); Caldwell (Cr); New- 


ark (Bf); Jamesburg V, 10, Camden I, 28, Lahaway V, 28 (Coll). 


. metallescens Lec. Palisades V (Sp); Hoboken, Snake Hill V (Bt); 


Orange Mts., Newark, salt meadows (Bf). 


. cupripennis Say. Throughout the State, under stones, ete., in fields; 


our most brilliant species and usually somewhat rare. 


. excavatus Dej. Palisades (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mts., New- 


ark (Bf); g. d. (Li); Westville I, 28, common everywhere (W). 


. ferreus Hald. Occurs with the preceding at the same dates. 


. basalis Lec. Hoboken, rare (Ll). 


nutans Say. Palisades (Sp); salt meadows (Bf); Sea Isle VI, VII in 
single specimens only (Brn). 


. albicrus Dej. Westville VI, 6, one specimen (Brn). 
. octopunctatus Fabr. Throughout the State, late fall and early spring, 


mostly rare; sometimes taken in winter sifting. 


. placidus Say. Throughout the State, locally common, fall and spring. 
. bogemanni Gyll. Palisades (Sp); Snake Hill (Bt); Orange VI (Ch); 


Newark, salt meadows (Bf); New Brunswick VI, 4 (Dn); Gloucester 
VI (Brn); seashore to Anglesea V, VI (div). 


. quadripunctatus De G. Newark, at light (Bf); Highlands VI (Ch). 


. zruginosus Dej. Delaware Valley formation and northward, under 


bark and at light III-VI; more common northwardly. 


. crenistriatus Lec. Throughout the State, spring and fall; rare. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 209 


P. rubripes Zimm. Palisades V (Sp); Ft. Lee (Bt); Plainfield IV, 20 
(Bf); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); and along the seashore to Angle- 
sea V, VI (div). 

P. punctiformis Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; not usually 
common; cranberry bogs V, 28 (Sm). 

P. sordens Kirby. Palisades V (Sp); Arlington I, IV (Bf); Orange VI 
(Ch); Woodbury VIII (W). 

P. picicornis Lec. Orange VI, one specimen (Ch). 

P. ruficornis Lec. Palisades V, Ft. Lee (div); Westville I, 28 (W); Red 
Bank, Gloucester Co. IV, 20 (Brn); g. d. (W Li). 

P. picipennis Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VI, 28 (Dn); Hoboken 
IV, V (div); Arlington III, 18 (Coll); Collingswood IV, 2 (GQG). 

P. lutulentus Lec. Throughout the State, and in every month save July 
on cranberry bogs, salt marshes and along shore; usually rare. 


‘ 


“P, bembidiodes” De G. of the last edition was an error of determina- 
tion. 


OLISTHOPUS Dej. 


O. parmatus Say. Throughout the State, always rare IV—VI. 


O. micans Lec. Ft. Lee IV, 17, sifting (Sf); Westville I, 28, VIII, 20, 
under old leaves, sifting (W); Atlantic City (Li). 


PERIGONA Lap. 
P. pallipennis Lec. Arlington meadows, rare (Bf); Highland V (Sf). 


ATRANUS Lec. 


A. pubescens Dej. Palisades VI (Sp); Ft. Lee, in brooks (Ll); Orange 
Mts. VI, in rotten wood (Bf); Westville (Li); Camden, Gloucester 
(W). 


LEPTOTRACHELUS Lair. 


L. dorsalis Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Arlington IV; Snake Hill III, IV (Sf), 
in crevices of sand-stone between the layers (Bf); Newark III, IV, 
between bottom leaves of cat-tails (Bf); Orange VI (Ch). 


CASNONIA Latr. 


C. pennsylvanica Linn. Throughout the State, practically all season. 
C. ludoviciana Sallé. Camden, in the marsh along Delaware River, found 
by sifting (div). 


GALERITA Fabr. 
G. janus Fab. Throughout the State; not uncommon. 
G. bicolor Dru. With the preceding, but more rare. 
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210 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


TETRAGONODERUS Dej. 


T. fasciatus Hald. Seems to be locally common in Camden and Glou- 
cester Counties, but not reported from any other localities by any 
collector. 


LEBIA Latr. 


L. grandis Hentz. Throughout the State, sometimes not 
uncommon; feeds among other things on the eggs and 
young larve of potato beetles, but never occurs in 
numbers sufficient to be of any practical benefit from 
the economic standpoint. 

L. atriventris Say. A similar but much smaller species; 
also occurring throughout the State and locally com-_ Fig. 88.—Lebia 
mon. grandis. 

L. tricolor Say. Salt meadows II, IV (Bf); Woodbury VI, very rare (EH. 
A. Klages); Atlantic City, one specimen only (Li). 


L. pulchella Dej. Throughout the State, spring and fall; often on flowers 
and locally not uncommon. 


L. marginicollis Dej. DaCosta (Li). 

L. viridis Say. Throughout the State, most of the season, sometimes 
abundant. The variety “moesta” Lec. is reported as rare at Atco (Li). 

L. pumila Dej. Delaware Valley region and northward, V—VIII; locally 
common on flowers and in sweeping. 

L. pleuritica Lec. Ft. Lee (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf). 

L. viridipennis Dej. Throughout the State, not usually common; mostly 
in low swampy areas, on salt marshes and along shore. 

L. lobulata Lec. Chester VII, 5 (Dn); Snake Hill (Sf); Westville VII, 2, 
Laurel Spring V, 10, sifting (Brn). 

L. ornata Say. Throughout the State III-IX, locally common. 

L. analis Dej. Ft. Lee (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf); Orange VI, at light (Ch); 
Newark (Coll); Westville (Li); Woodbury VIII, 7, at light (Brn); 
eid: (CW). 

L. fuscata Dej. Chester VII, 19 (Dn) ; Passaic, Ridgewood, Greenville 
VI, VII (Sp); Snake Hill V (div); Irvington (Bf); Arlington VI, Sea 
Isle City VI (Brn); Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 

L. scapularis Dej. Throughout the State VI-VIII, at light and on flowers. 

L. furcata Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill IV (Bf); Woodbury VI (EK. 
A. Klages); Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). 


L. pectita Horn. Throughout the State V—VII, IX, generally rare. This is 
the species listed as “vittata” in the last edition, Mr. Schwarz proving 
correct in his surmise as there recorded. 


L. bivittata Fabr. Boonton VI, 10 (GG); seashore, rare (div). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 211 


COPTODERA Dej. 


C. zrata Dej. Newark, one specimen (Bf); Lakewood V, 18 (Coll); An- 
glesea VII (W); seashore (Li). 


DROMIUS Bon. 


D. piceus Dej. Hoboken (Sp); Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden, Gloucester 
Co. (W); g. d. (Li); Anglesea VI (Sm); under bark, sometimes (Bt) 
on flowers. 


D. atriceps Lec. Anglesea V (W, Coll). 


APRISTUS Chd. 


A. cordicollis Lec. Gloucester (Li); Clementon (Lt); DaCosta VI, New- 
tonville VI (Brn); Anglesea (Sm); on sand banks along streams 
like Bembidiids. 


A. subsulcatus Dej. Snake Hill (Sf); Woodside in spring (Bf); Newark 
salt meadows VII, 24 (Coll); Avalon VIII, 3 (Brn). 


BLECHRUS Mots. 


B. glabratus Duft. (nigrinus Mann.) Hoboken (Sp); Ft. Lee (Bt), un- 
der bark; also among roots of grasses in dry meadows. 


METABLETUS Schm.—Goeb. 


M. americanus Dej. Throughout the State, locally common. 


AXINOPALPUS Lec. 


A. biplagiatus Dej. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hoboken (Sp); Anglesea VII (div); 
usually under bark of trees. 


CALLIDA Dej. 
C. punctata Lec. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
Wall it (CBi): 
C. purpurea Say. Throughout the State V-IX; at Lakehurst quite abund- 
ant at times on oaks (Ds); often common in wash-up along shore. 
The “decora” of last edition was an error of record. 


PLOCHIONUS Dej. 


P. timidus Hald. Hoboken (Sp); Westville (Li); Berlin, Clementon IV, 
Sea Isle V (Brn); g. d. (W); generally under bark of trees. 


PINACODERA Schaum. 
P. limbata Dej. Palisades and Ft. Lee south to Cape May along the 
coast; Camden and Gloucester Co., Riverton III-VII, IX. 


P. platicollis Say. Throughout the State, usually with the preceding, but 
extends to the northern boundaries of the State. 


212 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 


ee 


CYMINDIS Latr. 


. elegans Lec. Atco, two specimens (Li). 
» americana Dej. Throughout the State, under stones in dry localities, 


nowhere common; also along shore in the wash-up. 


. pilosa Say. From the Highlands southward, inland and along shore; 


locally common in late fall under dry cow-dung (Bf). 


. neglecta Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark district (Bf); Camden, 


Gloucester Co. (W); Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). 


APENES Lec. 


. lucidula Dej. Throughout the State, usually rare except along the 


shore, where it is sometimes common in the wash-up. 


. sinuata Say. With the preceding, usually more rare. 


PENTAGONICA Schm.—Goeb. 


. flavipes Lec. Merchantville V, Sea Isle VI, very rare (Brn). 


HELLUOMORPHA Lap. 


. nigripennis Dej. Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, Cape May C. H. V (W); 


Lakehurst (Sf); Iona VI, 8 (Brn); Bamber V, 14 (Dke); always very 
rare. 


. bicolor Harr. Ft. Lee under stones (Bt); Orange Mts. (Bf); Camden 


Co. (W); Woodbury VI (EB. A. Klages); Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn); single 
specimens only. 


. ferruginea Lec. Greenville, under logs, rare (Sp). The record for 


“texana’’ in last edition is a misidentification. 


BRACHINUS Web. 


. janthinipennis Dej. Orange Mts., in stump (Bf); Vineland (U S Ag). 
. viridipennis Dej. ‘New Jersey” (Sp); Newark (Bf). 


minutus Harr. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). 


. perplexus Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Orange Mts., Woodbury V, 22 (GG). 


medius Harr. Orange Mts. (GG); along the Palisades (Sp). 


. quadripennis Dej. Along the Palisades in spring, (Sp). 


conformis Dej. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). 


. cyanipennis Say. Palisades V (Sp); Snake Hill V, 22 (Bf). 


alternans Dej. Along the Palisades in spring (Sp). 


. tormentarius Lec. Salt meadows (Bf); Snake Hill. 

. fumans Fab. Throughout the State and usually common. 

. similis Lee. Newark (Bf); Brigantine beach IX (Hn). 

. cordicollis Dej. Split Rock Lake IV, 28 (GG); Palisades (Sp); Cald- 


well (Cr); Orange Mts. (Bf); g. d. (Li). 
This genus stands as it did in the last edition; the species still need 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Big 


revision and the list is tentative merely. It is quite certain that some of 
the species do not occur in New Jersy and that other names must event- 
ually be substituted. 


Cc. 


Cc. 


Cc. 


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CHLAENIUS Bon. 
erythropus Germ. Snake Hill (Bf); Atlantic Co., Anglesea in wash- 
up (W). 
sericeus Forst. Delaware Valley region and northward in spring, 
sometimes not uncommon. 
laticollis Say. Throughout the State; common in spring in the Ft. 
Lee, Snake Hill and Newark districts; more rare southwardly. 


. diffinis Chd. Along the Palisades in early spring (Sp). 
. estivus Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall; more common 


north. 


. augustus Newn. Anglesea VII, 20, 1 specimen in wash-up (Brn). 

. prasinus Dej. Trenton (Hk). 

. leucoscelis Say. Throughout the State, under stones, common. 

- nemoralis Say. Throughout the State, common. 

. tricolor Dej. Throughout the State, common. 

. pennsylvanicus Say. Throughout the State; more common in the 


northern districts in spring. 


. impunctifrons Say. Palisades in spring (Sm); Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Cald- 


well (Cr); Camden V, Westville IX (Brn); g. d. (W, Li). 


C. niger Rand. Throughout the State in spring; usually rare. 


. purpuricollis Rand. “New Jersey’ (Horn). 
. tomentosus Say. Throughout the State all summer, under shelter of 


all sorts, and usually the most common species near cities. 


ANOMOGLOSSUS Chd. 


. emarginatus Say. ‘Throughout the State V—VII, locally common. 
. pusillus Say. Also generally distributed in spring and fall; but more 


rare than the preceding. 


BRACHYLOBUS Chd. y; 


. lithophilus Say. Hopatcong VI (Bt); Palisades III (Sp); Snake Hill 


(Sf); salt meadows (Bf); Westville, Anglesea in meadows and under 
drift -(W). 
LACHNOCREPIS Lec. 


. parallelus Say. Throughout the State in spring, locally not rare; on 


meadows and marshes under drift; also under stones. 


OODES Bon. 


. amaroides Dej. Palisades V (Sp); Snake Hill (Sf); Camden IV (GG); 


Westville, Woodbury VI (W); Atco (Li); Lawnside VI, Petersburg 
VI (Brn). 


214 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


O. 


americanus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Palisades (Sp); Hoboken IV 
(Bt); Snake Hill (Sf); Westville (Li); in damp places under stones, 
ete. 


. fluvialis Lec. Newark (Coll); salt meadows (Bf); Camden, Glouces- 


ter Co. under drift in meadows in spring (div); Anglesea I, 20, Cape 
May VI-(Brn). 


. 12-striatus Chevr. (lecontei Chd.) Camden, Gloucester Counties 


(W); Anglesea VII (div); always rare. 


GEOPINUS Lec. 


. incrassatus Dej. Piedmont Plain and southward, in sandy districts 


along water-courses V—VII, usually rare. 


CRATACANTHUS Dej. 


. dubius Beauv. Woodside, Newark IV (Bf); New Brunswick VI (Sm); 


Cramer Hill VI (GG); Westville V, Brigantine VII (Brn); g. d. (Li); 
in sandy districts (W). 


AGONODERUS Dej. 


. lineola Fab. Throughout the State, often at light, spring and fall. 
. infuscatus.Dej. Anglesea (Li); Brigantine IX (Hn); g. d. (W). 
. pallipes Fab. Throughout the State, common at light in spring and 


early summer, and again in fall. 


. partiarius Say. With the preceding, but not so abundant. 
. pauperculus Lec. Salt meadows (Bf); Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs. 
. indistinctus Dej. Along the Palisades in spring, rare (Sp). 
. testaceus Dej. Lakewood V (Bt); Atlantic City (Castle); Sea Isle 


City VI, 4 (Brn); Anglesea (W). 


DISCODERUS Lec. 


. parallelus Hald. Salt meadows (Bf); Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea 


and the seashore generally (W). 


\ GYNANDROPUS Dej. 


. hylacis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Clifton (Ch); Caldwell (Cr); Hobo- 


ken under bark (Sp); Trenton (Coll); Atco VI (Brn); Atlantic City 
(Li); Anglesea VI (Sm). 


HARPALUS Latr. 


. dichrous Dej. Caldwell (Cr); Snake Hill (Sf); South River VII, 


Lahaway VII (Coll); Westville (Li); Atlantic City VI, Brigantine VII 
(Brn); se. (W)y rare: 


. vulpeculus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill (Bf); Newark Dist. 


(Bf); Riverton V, Brigantine VII (Brn) g. d. (W Li). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. ars 


. autumnalis Say. G. d. under leaves (W); seashore V, VI (div). 

. erraticus Say. Throughout the State VII, VIII, locally not rare. 

. Viridizsneus Beauv. Throughout the State, locally common, especially 
in city vacant lots, and in meadows, under stones. 
. caliginosus Fabr. Throughout the State;  at- 
tracted to light in early summer, and in fall 
often common on seeds of rag-weed. 

. faunus Say. G. d., locally common (div). 

. convivus Lec. New Brunswick, one specimen. 

. vagans Lec. Throughout the State V—VII, local- 
ly common. 

- pennsylvanicus DeG. Common throughout the 
State, readily attracted to light and sometimes a 


nuisance. The varieties “compar” lLec., and 


“erythropus” Dej., occurs with the type. Fig. 89.—Har- 
palus caliginosus 


. spadiceus Dej. Madison (Pr); Palisades (Sp). 
. fallax Lec. Orange VI, Highlands (Ch); ‘New Jersey” (Hw). 


. pleuriticus Kirby. Along the Palisades V (Sp); Newark V (Coll); 
Cape May VI, 3 (Brn); not common. 


. foveicollis Lec. Anglesea V, 14 (Brn); two examples which seem to 
agree most nearly with this and are certainly unlike any species rep- 
resented in accessible collections. Mr. Schwarz makes this doubtful 
reference. 


. herbivagus Say. Throughout the State, most of the season, common. 


. nitidulus Chd. Clifton, Highlands, rare (Ch); Gloucester V, 1 (Brn); 
seashore (Li); not common. 


. viduus Lec. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 


SELENOPHORUS Dej. 

. pedicularius Dej. Along shore, Brigantine to Cape May, VI-IX (div); 
Westville III, 5 (W); Atco VI (Brn). 

. iripennis Say. Anglesea (W). 

. gagatinus Dej. Snake Hill (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


. opalinus Lec. Throughout the State, fall to spring and extending into 
the summer; under leaves and along shore under rubbish. 


. ovalis Dej. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


. ellipticus Dej. Orange Mts. IV, and thence southward along the shore 
to Cape May V, VI, IX; Hainesport V (Dke). 


STENOLOPHUS Dej. 

. carbonarius Brullé. Ocean Beach (Pr); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); 
Atlantic City, Anglesea (Li); Sea Isle City VI, 15 (Brn). 

. spretus Dej. Sea Isle City V, Cape May VI (Brn); Anglesea (div). 

. fuliginosus Dej. Throughout the State V—VII, IX, X, locally common. 


216 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Ss. 


DnNANnDN NH 


plebeius Dej. Irvington, salt meadows (Bf); Collingswood IV (GG); 
Westville I, 28 sifting (W); Gloucester V (Brn); Lahaway V, on 
cranberry bogs; Brigantine beach IX (Hn); locally common. 


- conjunctus Say. Throughout the State, not rare, spring and fall. 

: humidus Hamilton. Madison (Pr). 

. ochropezus Say. Common throughout the State fall to spring. 

. dissimilis Dej. Atlantic City, Anglesea, 1 specimen in wash-up (W). 
. alternans Lec. So. Camden, in sandy wet places (Brn). 


ee ’ 


S. anceps Lec.,” of the last list, is based on an error. 


ACUPALPUS Lec. 


: hydropicus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark salt meadow III (Bf); 


Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs, and probably throughout the 
State. 


- carus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); salt meadow I, 11 (Bf); Westville I, 


ude OW > 
BRADYCELLUS Er. 


. linearis Lec. Orange VI, one example (Ch). 
. rupestris Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring; not rare. 
. tantillus Chd. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange VI (Ch); So. Camden, An- 


glesea (W); rare everywhere. 


TACHYCELLUS Moraw. 


. atrimedius Say. Staten Island (Lg). 
. kirbyi Horn. Fort Lee (Sf). 
. badiipennis Hald. Wocdside (Bf); Snake Hill (Sf); Westville I, 11 


(W); Camden XI, Gloucester V, Anglesea V; always rare. 


ANISODACTYLUS Dej. 


. dulcicollis Laf. Lahaway IX, 6 (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


rusticus Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring; common. 


. carbonarius Say. G. d. (W); Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea V (Coll). 
. interpunctatus Kirby. Newark (Soc); New Jersey VII (Bt); g. d. 


(W). 


. harrisii Lec. Ft. Lee IV, V (Bt); Newark (Soc); seashore (Li). 
. agricola Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City V, New Brunswick, 


Lahaway V (Coll); g. d. (W); locally not rare. 


- melanopus Hald. Salt meadows (Bf); Westville X, 4 (GG); g. d. 


(Li). 


. nigerrimus Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee IV (Bt); Brigantine IX 


(Hn). 


. nigrita Dej. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee IV (Bt); Riverton V (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 217 


A. discoideus Dej. Throughout the State in spring, on swampy ground; 
never common in my experience. 

A. baltimorensis Say. Throughout the State; common at all seasons. 

A. verticalis Lec. Anglesea VIII (Sm). 

A. piceus Lec. Newark at light (Bf); Woodbury VII (GG); Brigantine 
Beach IX (Hn); Sea Isle City VI, 15 (Brn); Anglesea (W). 

A. terminatus Say. Throughout the State, fall to spring. 

A. latus Dej. Woodbury VII (W); Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea VI, 
VII (div). 

A. coenus Say. Newark (Bf); Woodbury VII, 30 (W); Atlantic City (Li); 
Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn); rare at all points. 

A. lugubris Dej. Woodside III, 5 (Bf); Newark (Soc); Gloucester (Li); 
Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (W); g. d. (W). 

A. sericeus Harr. Throughout the State, in spring; locally not rare and 
sometimes common at light. 

A. interstitialis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr); Orange (Ch); 
Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Bt); salt meadows (Bf); Newark, New Bruns- 
wick (Coll). 


Family HALIPLID/A. 


Small, oval water beetles, pointed at each end, the greatest breadth at 
or a little behind the shoulders of the wing covers. Live in stagnant 
ponds and ditches in all stages, and are of no economic importance. 


In this and the following “Dytiscidze”’ all our material has been de- 
termined by Mr. Chris. H. Roberts, of New York City, who has also 
added materially to our records from his own experience. 


HALIPLUS Latr. 
. fasciatus Aubé. Throughout the State V-IX; recorded by all col- 
lectors, from Garret Mt. to Anglesea, and west to the Delaware. 
. punctatus Aubé. “New Jersey” (U M). 
. triopsis Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Spotswood, Ocean Co. (Rob). 
. ruficollis DeG. Throughout the State, common, VI-IX. 
. longulus Lec. Paterson VIII, 3 (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob). 


ae 


Sm dat ae ae 


CNEMIDOTUS Er. 


C. 12—punctatus Say. Common throughout the State in spring and fall. 

C. edentulus Lec. Paterson VI, VII, Great Piece Meadow IX, 3 (Coll); 
Monmouth Co. (Rob), X; 4 (Coll). 

C. n. sp. Camden Co., VI, 11, X, 4 (Coll). 

C. n. sp. Paterson IV, 23 (Coll). 

C. n. sp. New Brunswick VIII, 9 (Coll). 


218 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 


Family DY TISCIDAK. 


These are the “diving beetles,’ and their larve are known as “water 
tigers” from their predatory habits, voracity in feeding and powerful 
mandibles. The adults are also predatory, oval and somewhat flattened, 
with rather short, stout swimming legs; the posterior longest and oar- 
Nike. They live in water of all kinds and may often be seen in clear 
springs rising to the surface, discharging a bubble of tainted air from 
the anal extremity and then swimming again to the bottom. They are 
interesting in structure and habits, but not of economic importance. 


CANTHYDRUS Sharp. ~ 
C. puncticollis Cr. Staten Island V, 20 (Lg); Ocean Co. (Rob); Cape 
May C. H. (W). 


C. punctipennis Sharp. Linwood (Rob); Clementon IV, 16, Petersburg 
Vv. 19 (Brn); Anglesea IV, V (Coll): Mr. Roberts says thatec. 
bicolor’ Say does not occur in New Jersey, and that the records 
under that name in the last edition refer to this species. 


HYDROCANTHUS Say. 
H. iricolor Say. Recorded from Newark to the Delaware, and south to 
Cape May V, VIII, IX; taken by all collectors. 
H. oblongus Sharp. Ocean Co. 1 spec.; it is common in Florida (Rob). 


LACCOPHILUS Leach. 

L. maculosus Germ. Common throughout the State in early spring and 
again in fall; hibernates as an adult. 

L. proximus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Monmouth and Ocean Co. (Rob); De- 
lair (Coll); Anglesea V (div). 

_L. fasciatus Aubé. Throughout the State in spring and fall; common. 

L. undatus Aubé. Summit V, 1, Paterson IV, 2, Millburn IV, 30, West- 
ville VI, 11 (Coll); Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee district (Bt); Monmouth, 
Ocean Co. (Rob); Merchantville IV, 24 (Brn). 


HYDROVATUS Mots. 

H. cuspidatus Germ. Ft. Lee district, Staten Island (Bt); Camden (Li); 
Atco V, 29, Brigantine VII, 25, Anglesea V, 28 (Brn); in stagnant 
water. 

H. pustulatus Mels. Staten Island (Bt); Monmouth and Ocean Cos. 
(Rob); New Brunswick VI, 11, Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). 

H. compressus Sharp. Anglesea V, 28 (Coll). 


DESMOPACHRIA Bab. 


D. convexa Aubé. Great Piece Meadows V, 2, VIII, 22, Delair, Anglesea 
IV, 12 (Coll); Madison VII, 28 (Pr); Orange VI, 5, at light (Ch); 
Camden (Li); in stagnant water. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 219 


BIDESSUS Sharp. 


. flavicollis Lec. Spotswood (Rob). 

. pulicarius Aubé. Staten Island (Coll); Ocean Co. (Rob). 

. affinis Say. Throughout the State; common all the year. 

. lacustris Say. Staten Island (Coll); Monmouth and Ocean Co. (Rob). 
. fuscatus Cr. Great Piece Meadow VIII, 22, Orange Mts. III, 20, Sum- 


mit V, 9, Arlington III, 11, Lakehurst IX, 2, Anglesea IV, 12 (Coll); 
Staten Island (Lg); Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob). 


. granarius Aubé. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, Summit V, 9, S. Orange 


V, 27 (Coll); Madison (Pr); Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob); Da- 
Costa VII, 30 (Brn). 


CELINA Aubé. 


. angustata Aubé. Staten Island (Lg); Newark (Bf); Ocean Co. (Rob); 


Sea Isle City VI, 10, Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn). 


. grossula Lec. Sea Isle VI, 15, Brigantine VII, 5 (Brn); Anglesea VI, 


VII (div). Mr. Roberts is in doubt as to whether this is the true 
“grossula,” and considers it probably a new species. 


CCELAMBUS Thom. 


. inzequalis Fab. Represented in our collection from all sections of 


the State in spring and fall. 


. punctatus Say. Generally distributed; not rare; spring and fall. 
. farctus Lec. Lakehurst V, 24 (Rob). 
. laccophilinus Lec. Millburn IV, 30, Paterson VII, 3 (Gr); Staten 


Island (Lg); Ocean Co. (Rob). 


. turbidus Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 
. nubilus Lee. Paterson V, 12 (Coll); Ft. Lee (Bt); Bloomfield (Bf); 


Ocean Co. (Rob); Woodbury VIII, 7, Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn); g. 
de (an) 


. dispar G. & H. (dissimilis Harr.) Woodside (Bf); Camden VII, 20 


(Brn); Monmouth Co. (Rob). 


. impressopunctatus Sch. Common in the salt meadows along shore 


from Hoboken to Cape May from early spring to late fall. 


DERONECTES Sharp. 


. catascopium Say. Lakehurst (Rob); “New Jersey” (U M). 


HYDROPORUS Clairv. 


. concinnus Lec. Monmouth Co. (Rob). All the species of this genus 


occur in brooks and springs; not in stagnant water. 


. pulcher Lec. Newark (Bf); New Brunswick VIII, 9, Staten Island 


IX (Coll); Spotswood (Rob); Westville VII, 15 (W); Merchantville 
Vile (Brn): 


. integer Sharp. Ocean and Monmouth Co. (Rob). 


220 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


H 


. cimicoides Sharp. Lakehurst V, 29 (Rob). 


H. undulatus Say. Throughout the State; locally common. 


H. 
H. 


H. 


a, ae jek SE 


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spurius Lec. Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). 


clypealis Sharp. Millburn IV, 30, Camden VI, 11, Atco IX, 3 (Coll) ; 
Ocean and Monmouth Cos. (Rob). 

proximus Aubé. Millburn IV, 30, Newark VII, Waverly VI, 27, Am- 
boy Meadow VI, 27 (Coll); Ft. Lee Dist., Ocean and Monmouth Cos. 
(Rob). 


. vitiosus Lec. Fort Lee Dist. (Rob). 
. Striatopunctatus Mels. Ft. Lee Dist. (Rob); Staten Island (Lg). 
. solitarius Sharp. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee Dist. (Rob); Newark, Wood-— 


side (Bf); Delair (Coll). 


- obscurus Sturm. Clementon III, 18, Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea VI, 15, 


Cape May VI, 3 (Brn); g. d., not rare (Li). 


. tenebrosus Lec. Hemlock Falls X, 2 (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob). 
. Signatus Mann. Millburn IV, 29 (Coll); Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten 


Island (Lg); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Lahaway III, 26 (Coll). 


. tristis Payk. Millburn IV, 30, Orange Mts. III, 20, Lahaway III, 26 


(Coll); Staten Island (Lg); Ft. Lee Dist., Ocean and Monmouth Cos. 
(Rob). 


. americanus Aubé. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, VIII, 22, IX, 3 (Coll). 

: dichrous Mels. Spotswood (Rob); New Jersey. (U M). 

. inornatus Sharp. Lahaway III, 26 (Coll). 

. higer Say. Newark (Bf); Lahaway V, 28 (Coll). 

- modestus Aubé. In the Collection from Chester to Anglesea, spring 


and fall, and recorded from all parts of the State. 


. Stagnalis G. & H. Lakehurst (Rob). 

. oblitus Aubé. Fort Lee Dist. (Rob). 

. vilis Lee. Sea Isle City V, 10, 2 examples (Brn). 

. difformis Lec. Great Piece Meadow XI, 24, Millburn IX, 30 (Coll); 


Staten Island VI (Lg). 


. sp. indet. Summit V, 11, Atco IX, 20, Lahaway (Coll). Of the spe- 


cies recorded in the previous edition, “H. alpinus” is omitted as based 
on an erroneous determination; and “H. consimilis’” because Mr. 
Roberts questions the occurrence of the true species in New Jersey. 
There is a species that can be easily mistaken for it, and the New 
Jersey “consimilis’ is probably one of the species described by 
Sharp and not yet identified in our collections. 


ILYBIUS Er. 


biguttulus Germ. Throughout the State; locally not rare. 
confusus Aubé. Newark IX, 19, Westville IX, X (Coll); Monmouth 


Co. (Rob). 
“T. ater’ Lec. and “I. 4-maculatus” Aubé., of the previous edition, are 


omitted. Mr. Roberts questions whether the former species is North 


LHe, INSECTS OF (NEW: JERSEY. 221 


American at all, and says of the latter that it seems to be a strictly 
boreal species. 
COPTOTOMUS Say. 


C. interrogatus Fab. Locally common throughout the State in late fall 
and early spring. 
ILYBIOSOMA Cr. 


l. bifarium Kirby. Woodside, common (Bf). 


COPELATUS Er. 


C. chevrolatii Aubé. Staten Island (lg). 


C. glyphicus Say. Throughout the State, taken in almost every month 
of the year; locally common. 


MATUS Aubé. 


M. bicarinatus Say. Orange Mts. IV, V, Westville X, 4 (Coll); Ft. Lee 
VIII (Bt); Woodbury VIII, 7 (GG); Ocean Co. (Rob). 


AGABETES Cr. 


A. acuductus Harr. Millburn IV, 30 (Coll); Woodside (Bf); Staten 
Island in Woodland pools, VI (Lg); Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). 


AGABUS Leach. 


A. parallelus Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 


. seriatus Say. Great Piece Meadow V, 21 (Coll); Ocean and Mon- 
mouth Cos. (Rob); Brigantine Beach VII, 5 (Brn); all the species of 
this genus live in spring and creeks. 


. obtusatus Say. Woodside (Bf); Monmouth Co. (Rob). 
. punctatus Mels. Ft. Lee VI (div); DaCosta V, 30, Anglesea V (Coll). 
. semipunctatus Kirby. Paterson VII, 3 (Coll); Newark (Dn). 


> 


. zruginosus Aubé. Ocean Co. (Rob); “New Jersey” (Coll). 

. tzeeniolatus Harr. Common at Lakehurst (div). 

. disintegratus Cr. Throughout the State, locally common V-—VII. 

. congener Payk. Great Piece Meadow V, 2, Vailsburg VI, 2 (Coll). 

. reticulatus Kirby. Monmouth Co. (Rob); Woodbury VI, 8, Anglesea 
We Vile (Brim): 

A. erythropterus Say. Fort Lee, New Brunswick (Rob). 


A. gagates Aubé. Throughout the State VI, VII. 
The “A. discors” Lec. of the previous edition was not well determined. 


PS > bee > > > 


It is a west coast species. 


RHANTUS Esch. 


R. binotatus Harr. Newark (Soc); Paterson VI, 27, Delair VII, 16 (Coll); 
Ocean Co. (Rob). 


222 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE. MUSEUM. 


R. calidus Fab. Staten Island V (Ds); Camden and Gloucester Cos. (W); 
Lakehurst IX, 2 (Rob). 


R. sinuatus Lec. “New Jersey” (Bf); Newark (Dn). 
R. tostus Lec. Fort Lee (Rob). 


The ‘“R. flavogriseus” Cr. of the last edition was based on a misidentifi- 
cation; the species does not occur east of the Mississippi. 


COLYMBETES Clairv. 


C. sculptilis Harr. Orange Mt. Dist. (div); Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill 
(Sf); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Waverly VI, 27, Jamesburg V, 7 (Coll); 
Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn). 


HYDATICUS Leach. 


H. stagnalis Fab. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Newark IV, 14 (Coll); Staten 
Island V (Lg); Monmouth Co. (Rob). 


H. piceus Lec. Caldwell (Cr). 


H. bimarginatus Say. Woodside (Bf); Newark, Delair, Westville X, 4 
(Coll); Ocean Co. (Rob); Anglesea (Rob). 


DYTISCUS Linn. 


D. fasciventris Say. Hopat- 
cong (2m); Madison 
(Pr); Caldwell (Cr); 
Westville VII, 8 (Coll); 
Camden, Gloucester, At- 
lantic Co. (W). 


D. hybridus Aubé. Newark 
(Coll); Staten Island III, 
IV, X (Ds); Spotswood 
(Rob); Brigantine VII, 5 
(Brn). 

D. verticalis Say. Newark f 
(Coll); Staten Island III ! 
(Ds); Monmouth Co. XS 


(Rob). ihe \ 
D. harrisii Kirby. Caldwell Fig. 90.—A water-tiger, Dytiscus marginalis: a, 
(Cr) larva, devouring an Agrion larva; b, pupa; 


c, male beetle, eleytrum of female at 


D. vexatus Sharp. DaCosta side; d, anterior tarsus of male; 
(GG) e, tarsus of female: a, b, c, 


about natural size. 


ACILIUS Leach. 


A. semisulcatus Aubé. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee, in quarry holes (Bt); 
Grantwood VIII, 9 (Bno); Newark (Coll); Riverton IX, 11 (GG). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 223 


A. fraternus Harr. Paterson X, 13, Newark marsh VIII (Coll); Madison 
(Pr); Staten Island (Lg); Ft. Lee VII, Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); 
DaCosta VII, 30, Brigantine VII, 5, Sea Isle V, 31 (Brn). 


A. mediatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, in quarry holes (div); Sum- 
mit V, 9, Delair VIII (Coll); Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic County 
(W); Lucaston VIII (Dke); seashore (Li). 


THERMONECTES Esch. 
T. ornaticollis Aubé. Riverton V, 1, Woodbury VI, 8 (GG). 


T. basillaris Harr. Ft. Lee district (Bt); Staten Island IX, X (Ds); 
Delair IX, 30, Westville V, 4, X, 14 (Coll); Woodbury VIII, 7; Brigan- 
tine VII, 5; Anglesea VI, 15 (Brn); g. d. (li); the variety ‘inter- 
medius” Cr. occurs at Newark (Bf). 


GRAPHODERES Esch. 
G. liberus Say. Recorded from all sections of the State, IV-IX. 


G. fasciaticollis Harr. Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island IV, VIII (Ds); New- 
ark (Coll); Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob). 


CYBISTER Curt. 
C. fimbriolatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (div); Monmouth Co. 
(Rob); Anglesea (Sm). 


Family GYRINIDA. 


These are the “Whirligig beetles,” so named because of their habit of 
swimming about in groups or swarms on the surface of ponds or quiet 
streams and ditches, the individuals often whirling round and round 
without apparent aim. They are black or a little bronzed, convex above, 
flattened below, with short, paddle-like swimming legs, the anterior pair 
long and arm-like. When handled many of them emit a milky white fluid 
which has a fruity odor, that gives them the local name “Apple-bugs.” 
They are predatory in the larval as well as the adult stage. and among 
others feed on the larve of “Anopheles,” which are never found where 
these beetles occur in numbers. 

Mr. Roberts has been good enough to verify the list in this family also. 


GYRINUS Linn. 
G. minutus Fab. Atco (Rob). 
. rockinghamensis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Atco (Li); Atlantic Co. 
(W); Lakehurst (Rob); Lakewood IX, 2; Ocean Co. VIII (Coll); 
everywhere common. 


Q 


. fraternus Coup. Spotswood (Rob). * 

. zeneolus Lec. “New Jersey,’ without specific locality (Rob). 

. limbatus Say. Spotswood (Rob); Atco, Egg Harbor (Li). 

. dichrous Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Lakehurst (Rob); “New Jersey” 
(U M). 

. ventralis Kirby. Orange (Ch); Spotswood (Rob); g. d. (Li). 

- aquiris Lec. Spotswood (Rob). 


QO 9 OD 


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224 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


G. affinis Aubé. Anglesea (Rob); Staten Island (Coll); “New Jersey” 
(U M). ; 

G. pernitidus Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 

. analis Say. Spring Lake (Ch); Hammonton VIII (Dke); Atlantic Co. 
(div); Lahaway V, 28, (Coll); Clementon VII, 26, Atco IX, 2, 27 
(GG). 

. marinus Gyll. Anglesea (Rob). 

. opacus Sahlb. Spotswood (Rob). 

. gibber Lec. Spotswood (Rob). 

. borealis Aubé. Madison (Pr); Hammonton VIII (Dke); Atlantic Co. 
(div); Lahaway V, 28, Jamesburg (Coll). 

G. lugens Lec. Boonton VI, 12 <GG); Spotswood (Rob); Atco (Li). 

. picipes Aubé. Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); Atco IX, 27 (GG). 


7) 


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co) 


DINEUTES MacL. 


D. vittatus Germ. New Brunswick and southward April to midsummer, 
everywhere, singly in ditches and small streams; never in ponds. 

D. emarginatus Say. Westville (Rob); DaCosta, Jamesburg VIII, 24 
(Coll); Merchantville VI, 5, Clementon VII, 26 (GG). 

D. hornii Rob. Budd’s Lake IX, 3 (Coll); Boonton V, 19 (GG); New 
Brunswick (Rob); Westville (Dke); Staten Island VIII, 16 (Ds). 

D. nigrior Rob. Budd’s Lake IX, 3, Newark, New Brunswick, Lahaway 
(Coll); Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); Boonton V, 17, Woodbury VI, 
8, Clementon VII, 26 (GG). 

D. assimilis Aubé. Common throughout the State nearly all summer. 

D. discolor Aubé. With the preceding and equally abundant. 

D. carolinus Lec. Hammonton VIII (Dke). 


Family HYDROPHILID/. 


These are the “water scavengers,” usually black in color, sometimes 
with yellow, orange or red markings along the margins, usually smooth, 
polished and very convex above, flattened below. The antenne are short 
and clubbed or enlarged at tip; hence the species are easily distinguish- 
able from the divers, which have them filiform or thread-like. A number 
of the smaller species are different in form and have the surface rough or 
pitted; these crawl rather than swim on the soil and vegetation under 
water. Finally there are yet other species structurally like those inhab- 
iting the water, that live in-moist earth, dung and decaying or fermenting 
vegetation. They are of no economic importance. As in the other water 
beetles, Mr. Roberts has helped out in this family. 


HELOPHORUS Fab. 


H. lacustris Lee. Locally common throughout the State all season. 
H. lineatus Say. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee V (Bt); Newark (Soc); Wood- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 225 


side, ‘salt meadows (Bf); Westville VII, 9 (Brn); Lakehurst (Rob); 
Sedan (lait 


H. tuberculatus Gyll. Spotswood (Rob); Westville (Li). 


HYDROCHUS Leach. 


H. scabratus Muls. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Soc); Long Branch (Ch); 
Trenton VIII, 6, Delair TX, 1 (Coll); Westville I, 28, sifting (W); 
Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); g. d. (Li). 


- inzequalis Lec. Staten Island V (Bt); Atlantic Co. (Rob). 
- subcupreus Rand. Atlantic Co. (Rob); “New Jersey” (U M). 
. variolatus Lec. Camden, not rare (Li). 


Je Vac, 225 9 Se 


. squamifer Lec. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Mer- 
chantville III, 10, DaCosta, Anglesea VII, 30 (Brn). 

Ochthebius benefossus Lec. was included in the previous list on a speci- 

men labelled ‘““New Jersey” in the Horn collection. Mr. Schwarz claimed 

at the time that the locality was incorrect, and as the species has not 

turned up since, and Mr. Roberts doubts the occurrence of any species of 

the genus in New Jersey, it is deemed better to omit it. 


HYDRAENA Kug. 


H. pennsylvanica Kies. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, sifting, IX (Sf); Woodside 
(Bf); Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); Petersburg VI, 18 (Brn). 


HYDROUS Leach. (HYDROPHILUS Geoff.) 

H. ovatus G & H. Newark (Soc); New Brunswick VII, 24, Woodbury 
V, 5, Lakewood (Coll); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Riverton VII, 16, An- 
glesea IX, 4 (GG); Westville (Li); Mt. Holly III, 17 (Dke); always 
rare. 

H. triangularis Say. Throughout the State, often common and some- 
times attracted in great numbers to electric lights. 


A water-scavenger, Aydrophilus triangularis.—a, the larva; 6, male adult; c, pupa; d, 
opened, and e, closed egg case; ftoz, enlarged structural details of the adult. 


Fig. 91. 
PS, EN 


226 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


H. nimbatus Say. Throughout the State, V-IX, often abundant. ‘“H. 
limbalis” Lee. is a western species, and the record in the last edi- 
tion is based on an erroneous determination. 

H. mixtus Lec. Great Piece Meadow V, 23, IX, 3 (Coll), Madison (Pr); 
Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); g. d. (Li); Anglesea IX, 5 (Dke). 

H. glaber Hbst. Great Piece Meadow IX, 3 (Coll); along the Palisades, 
common (div); Caldwell (Cr); Monmouth, Ocean Co. (Rob); Delair 
VIII (Dke); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Sea Isle VI, 26, Anglesea V, 
9, Cape May VI, 3 (Brn). 


HYDROPHILUS Leach. (HYDROCHARIS Latr.) 


H. obtusatus Say. Throughout the State, usually common; from early 
spring to midsummer and again in fall. 


BEROSUS Leach. 


B. pantherinus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Monmouth Co. (Rob); Spring 
Lake, and probably along the coast (Ch). 

B. peregrinus Hbst. Greenwood Lake VI (Bt); Newark (div); Ft. Lee 
(Rob); Staten Island, Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll); g. d. (Li). 

B. striatus Say. Ft. Lee, Ocean Co. (Rob); Madison (Pr); Caldwell 
(Cr); Newark (Coll); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Woodbury V, 22 
(GG); g. d. (Li). 

“B. exiguus” Say and “infuscatus” Lec. are out of our faunal range, 
and the record in previous list is an error of identification. 


‘ 


LIMNEBIUS Leach. 
L. piceus Horn. Spotswood (Rob). 


LACCOBIUS Er. 


L. agilis Rand. Snake Hill (Sf); Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); West- 
ville (Li). 


HELOCHARES Muls. (PHILHYDRUS Sol.) 
H. nebulosus Say. Snake Hill, Hoboken, salt meadows (Bt); Orange 
VI (Ch); Newark (Bf); Atlantic Co. (Rob). 


H. ochraceus Mels. Orange VI (Ch); Westville I, 20, Camden, Glouces- 
ter Co. (W); Lakehurst (Rob); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V 
(Sm); Brigantine Beach IX, common in fresh water pools (Hn). 


H. reflexipennis Zimm. Atlantic Co. (Rob); Brigantine IX, common in 
fresh water pools (Hn); Anglesea IX, 5 (Li). 


. cinctus Say. Throughout the State, V, VI, common. 

. consors Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 

. diffusus Lec. Snake Hill, Hoboken IV, 24, on salt meadows (Bt). 
. perplexus Lec. Throughout the State IV—VI. 


a 25 a5 35 Se 


. maculicollis Muls. Spotswood (Rob). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY: 227 


PHILHYDRUS Sol. 


P. hamiltoni Horn. Newark (div); Atlantic Co. (Rob); Brigantine 
Beach IX (Hn); Avalon VII, 18 (Brn), Anglesea (W). 


CYMBIODYTA Bedel. 


C. rotundata Say. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Bf); Lakehurst (Rob). 
C. fimbriata Mels. Reported from all sections in early spring. 


C. lacustris Lec. Hoboken (Ll); Woodside, Newark (Bf); Atlantic Co. 
(Rob); seashore (Li). 


HELOCOMBUS Horn. 


H. bifidus Lec. (Philhydrus) Ft. Lee IV, 18, under stones (Bt); Lake- 


hurst (Rob). 
é 


HYDROBIUS Leach. 
H. fuscipes Linn. Orange VII (div); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); 
Lakehurst (Rob); Woodbury VII, 7, Anglesea VI, 12 (Brn). 
H. globosus Say. Throughout the State, in fresh water streams under 
stones, sometimes common, IV—VII. 


H. tessellatus Ziegl. Pottersville IX, 5 (Dn); Jamesburg (Rob); Lake- 
hurst (Lg); Westville V, 28, Clementon V, 14 (GG). 


H. tumidus Lec. Camden III, 3 (Brn); normally a southern species. 
H. suturalis Lec. Atlantic Co. (Rob); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


CRENIPHILUS Mots. 


C. despectus Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 
C. rufiventris Horn. “New Jersey” (GG). 


C. subcupreus Say. (Hydrobius) More or less common throughout the 
State spring and fall. 


C. digestus Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 


SPHA-RIDIUM Fab. 


S. scarabzoides Linn. Throughout the State, IV-IX, common on fresh 
cow-dung. This is a European species that was introduced into the 
more northern part of the State about the date of the previous edi- 
tion and was therefore not included. Since that time it has spread 
to all sections and has become plentiful. Fortunately as a scavengel 
it is not a harmful species. 


CERCYON Leach. 


The species of this genus are not well determined in collections. It is 
quite probable that we have more species than are listed, and that some 
of those listed do not actually occur with us. Most of them live in dung 
or other decaying and fermenting material. 


228 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. pubescens Lec. Brigantine VII, 25 (Brn). 

C. navicularis Zimm. Newark (Bf). 

C. melanocephalus Linn. Newark (Bf). 

C. granarius Er. Anglesea, in winter, sifting (W). 

C. nigriceps Marsh. (centromaculatus Sturm.) Orange Mts. 

C. littoralis Gyll. Newark (Bf); seashore (Li); a circumpolar species. 

C. preetextatus Say. Orange VI (Ch); Hoboken IV, 24 (Bt); Brigantine 
Beach, LX (Hn) 3)... (i); 

yC. ocellatus Say. Fort Lee (Bt); g. d. (Li). 

C. pygmzeus Ill. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee VILE Sater 

C. unipunctatus Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange, in horse dung (Ch); 
2. d. (Li), 

C. analis Payk. Madison, Orange Mts. (div); Merchantville III, 11 (GG); 
Camden (Li); Lahaway, on cranberry bogs V, 28 (Sm). 

C. depressus Steph. Highlands (Ch). 

C. hzemorrhoidalis Fab. G. d., common (Li). 

C. lugubris Payk. Camden (Li). 


PHAZNONOTUM Sharp. 


P. extriatum Say. Camden (div), sifting along the river front in winter 
and spring (W); Westville V, 27 (Brn). 


CRYPTOPLEURUM Muls. 


C. minutum Fabr. Boonton X, 24 (GG); Arlington, Newark (Bf); Cam- 
den (Li); DaCosta V, 21 (Brn). 


Family LEPTINIDA:. 


LEPTINUS Mull. 


L. testaceus Miill. A small semi-parasitic species infesting moles, field- 
mice, etc., found commonly in their nests near Philadelphia and near 
Washington, D. C., and will undoubtedly be found in New Jersey 
when sought for. 


Family SILPHID. 


Includes the “carrion beetles” and “burying beetles,’ which vary much 
in size, form and appearance, but very little in habit. They feed not 
only in and on dead animal matter, but some species occur in fungi and 
other usually decaying vegetable matter. The antenne are capitate, 
terminated by a short spherical club, which is very sensitive to odors of 
decay. They are of no direct benefit to the agriculturist, but some are 
indirectly useful by removing and changing the form of animal remains. 
Small animals are interred completely, the larve of the burying and 
other scavenger insects feeding upon them beneath the surface. 


N. 


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. orbicollis Say. Throughout the State, 


» marginatus Fab. Throughout the State, 


. pustulatus Hersch. Staten Island VII, 


. basillaris Say. Hudson Co. (LI), Anglesea VII, 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 229 


NECROPHORUS Fabr. 


The species of this genus are the typical burying beetles. 
americanus Oliv. Throughout the State, 
almost exclusively on reptiles, and not 
usually common. 

sayi Lap. Ft. Lee. (Bt); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Staten Island VII (Ds). 


not common VI, VII. 


on carrion of all kinds, and one of the 
most common of our species, IV—VII. 


19, at electric light (Ds), Ocean Co. 
(Coll). 


tomentosus Weber. Throughout the 

State, common Y-IX. Fig. 92.—A burying beetle, 
vespilloides Hbst. Caldwell (Cr); Snake Necrophorus americanus; 
Hill (Sf). enlarged. 


“N. guttula’”’ Mots. is a western species, and its record in the last 
ition an error. 5 
SILPHA Linn. 


. surinamensis Fab. Throughout the State under carrion; the largest 


of our flat forms, easily known by the greatly enlarged hind legs. 


lapponica Hbst. Throughout the State; specifically on fish; but also 
on snakes, toads and other reptilia. 


. inzequalis Fab. Throughout the State; not rare; a general feeder. 


noveboracensis Forst. Throughout the State; common. 


. americana Linn. Occurs on toadstools and in 


dung, as well as on carrion everywhere; not 
usually common. 


CHOLEVA Latr. 


simplex Say. Newark (Bf), Ocean Co. II, 8 
(Coll); on store cheese (Sf). 


23 (Coll); on store cheese (Sf). 

clavicornis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Bf); 

Westville IV, 24 (Brn); baiting with store 

cheese (Sf). Fig. 93.—A carrion 

terminans Lec. Anglesea VII (Sz); baiting with "°ct® *Phaamert 
ana; enlarged. 

dead fish (Ly). 


PRIONOCHAETA Horn. 


. Opaca Say. Throughout the State, sometimes common, IV—VII; taken 


on old store cheese, baiting (Sf). 


230 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PTOMOPHAGUS III. 
P. consobrinus Lec. Common everywhere (Sz). 
P. pusio Lec. Bronx Park, N. Y. (Sf); and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


CATOPOMORPHUS Aubé. 


C. parasitus Lec. Ft. Lee, Arlington, sweeping at dusk (Sf); Hudson 
Co. (L1); Newark (Bf); Red Bank on Delaware IV, 20 (Brn); occurs 
in nests of “Formica integra.” 


COLON Hbst. 


C. bidentatum Sahlb. Eagle Rock, accidentally found on hickory (Bf). 
C. dentatum Lec. Snake Hill, sweeping, at dusk (Sf). 


ANISOTOMA III. 
A. alternata Mels. Staten Island X (Ds). 


COLENIS Er. 
C. impunctata Lec. Orange Mts., VII, in mushrooms (Sf), Staten Island 
(Ds). 
LIODES Latr. 


L. polita Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 


L. discolor Mels. Hudson Co. (Ll); Atlantic Highlands (Sz); Seaville 
Vi (5rn)t 


L. basalis Lec. Spring Lake (Ch); Gloucester VII (W). 


The species of this genus are found on a slime-mold, “‘Foligo septica,” 
which grows on the surface of stumps of felled trees or under the bark 
ot dead trees. 


CYRTUSA Er. 
C. picipennis Lec. Arlington IV, V, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 
C. egena Lec. Arlington IV, V, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 


ISOPLASTUS Horn. 
1. fossor Horn. New York City, 1 spec. (Sf). 


a 


AGATHIDIUM III. 


A. oniscoides Beauv. Orange Mts. (GG); Snake Hill (L1); Highlands 
(Sf): Newark; Salem (Coll); occurs generally in rotten wood and 
under old bark. 

A. exiguum Mels. Hudson Co. (Ll); Highlands V, 30, under bark (Sf); 
Westville V, 23, Clementon IV, 21 (Brn); g. d. (Li); Lahaway VI, 28 
(Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 231 


AGLYPTUS Lec. 


A. levis Lee. Mr. Schwarz says that this is a common species in the 
New Jersey district, and believes that it will be found in collections 
mixed with undetermined Phalacrids or small Coceinellids. 


CLAMBUS Fisch. 
C. gibbulus Lec. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting, 1 specimen (Sf). 


Family SCYDMA.NID/A. 


This family and the following ‘‘Pselaphide’’ contain small or very 
small species often of odd or bizarre forms with usually large antenne, 
often distorted and terminated by a large club, the wing-covers often 
short, not covering the abdomen. They are seldom seen except by the 
collector, and their habits are indicated in the notes to the species. 
Comparatively little has been added since the last edition, and Mr. H. 
W. Wenzel is still to be considered general authority for the notes and 
comments not otherwise credited. 


CHEVROLATIA Duv. 
C. amcena Lec. The type locality is Ft. Lee (Sf): 


EUCONNUS Thoms. 
E. ventralis Casey. Under old leaves I-IV, in marshes, abundant but 
very local; Snake Hill (Sf); along the Delaware (W). 


E. clavipes Say. Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); g. d. under layers of old 
leaves and in meadows under pieces of wood. 


E. bicolor Lec. (lecontei Schauff.) Snake Hill (Sf); Camden to Angle: 
sea, g. d. I-IV, under old leaves and moss. 


E. cavipennis Casey. Anglesea IV, under very rotten leaves. 

E. occultus Casey. Ft. Lee (Sf); in rotten logs with the preceding. 

E. affinis Casey. Greenwood Lake (Sf); in old logs and with colonies of 
“Lasius mixtus” Nyl., near Philadelphia. 


E. salinator Lec. Throughout the State; but usually under sticks and 
stones on or along salt marshes in early spring. 


E. fatuus Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Arlington, common V, VI, sweeping 
(Sf); Westville VII, Anglesea III, under old leaves and in wet moss. 


PYCNOPHUS Casey. 


P. rasus Lec. Woodbury VII, 23, from an old pine log (W); exclusively 
myrmecophilus (Sz). 


CONNOPHRON Casey. 


C. oreophilum Casey. In rotten wood TVs near Philadelphia. 
C. fossiger Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Camden I, 22 
(GG); g. d., I-IV, under old leaves and moss in damp places (W). 


232 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Cc. 


C. 
C. 
: frontale Casey. Snake Hill, Arlington, So. Orange (Sf); g. d., 


Q 


n 


brevicorne Say. Arlington, Snake Hill (Sf); Lahaway V, 28 on cran- 
berry bogs (Sm). 


clavicorne Casey. Snake Hill (Sf); Collingswood VI, 29, under leaves. - 
longipilosum Casey. Gloucester III, Clementon IX, from deep moss. 


throughout the year, under layers of dead leaves. 


. hirtellum Lec. Madison (Pr). 

. pyramidale Lec. Near Philadelphia VI, under bark of oak. 

. bifidum Lec. Lakehurst IX (Sf). 

. trinifer Casey. Snake Hill IV, Arlington VI, throughout the year, g. 


d., under dead leaves. 


. fulvum Lec. Throughout the State VII, VIII, under rotten leaves and 


from rotten wood. 


. capillosum Lec. Clementon IX, 14, under the roots of a sedge. 


SCYDMAENUS Latr. 


. perforatus Schaum. Throughout the State g. d., under leaves and 


MOSS. 


. badius Casey. Ft. Lee IV (Sf); g. d., VI-VIJI, under old bark and 


leaves and around roots of dead trees. 


. corpusculum Casey. Ramapo, N. Y., and sure to occur in New Jersey 


(Sf). 


. turbatus Casey. Fort Lee (Sf). 
. subpunctatus Lec. Westville IV, V, in moss. 
. pubipennis Casey. Gloucester, Westville, Clementon VII, VIII, under 


deep layers of rotten leaves. 


OPRESUS Casey. 


. othonus Casey. Bronx Park VI, from rotten hemlock (Sf). 
. sp. indet. Clementon VII, 27, from dead oak. 


EUMICRUS Lap. 


. motschulskii Lec. From very rotten wood, near Philadelphia X. 


CEPHENNIUM Mull. 


. corporosum Lec. Palisades VIII (Sf); Woodbury III, under old leaves. 


ASCYDMUS Casey. 


. tener Casey. Clementon IX, 17, taken from rotten wood. 


ACHOLEROPS Casey. 


. zZimmermanni Schaum. Near Philadelphia in meadow under board 


(W); exclusively myrmecophilus (Sz). 


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D. 


Ee, INSECTS VOR: NEW tERSEY.: ee 


Family PSELAPHIDA. 


RHEXIUS Lec. 


. insculptus Lec. Snake Hill V, 30, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 


RHEXIDIUS Casey. 


. canaliculatus Lec. Ft: Lee VIII, Watchung Mts. VII, Lakehurst IX 


(Sf); Westville, Clementon, Atco, Anglesea I-VIII, under old leaves 
and in rotten wood; not rare. 


EUPLECTUS Leach. 


. confluens Lec. Snake Hill (Sf); Clementon VI, from rotten logs. 

. pertenuis Casey. Anglesea III, 11, one example from old leaves. 

. sexualis Casey. Woodbury VII, 23, from a very rotten log. 

. tenellus Casey. Near Philadelphia VII, 16, from a very rotten log. 

. spec. indet. A number of specimens representing two species, not 


determinable from the material at hand. 


DALMOSELLA Casey. 


tenuis Casey. Clementon IX, 17, a single female from rotten wood. 
This genus contains the most minute species of the family, and there 


is at least one undescribed species from New Jersey. 


BIBLIOPLECTUS Reitt. 


. ruficeps Lec. Snake Hill (Sf); Anglesea III, IV, under deep layers 


of rotten leaves; rarely. 


ACTIUM Casey. 


. angustum Casey. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, Ft. Lee (Sf). 


TRIMIOPLECTUS Brend. 


. obsoletus Brend. Near Philadelphia VI, from rotten oak stump. 


EUTYPHLUS Lec. 


. similis Lec. Westville VIII, 20, from an old pine log. 


TRIMIOMELBA Casey. 


. convexula Lec. G.d.in damp woods, under old leaves; rare. 
. dubia Lec. With the preceding, but more common. 


MELBA Casey. 


. parvula Lec. Anglesea III, IV, under old damp leaves and grasses. 


. fossiger Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bog (Sm); Clementon, 
Anglesea VII, under old leaves. 


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BATRISODES Reitter. 


. jonze Lec. Summit (Sf); Anglesea IV, 20, IX, 4, from dry oak bark, 


VII, 3, with “Lasius,” probably ‘“mixtus.” 


. monstrosus Lec., var. ferox Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island 


(Lg); Laurel Spring V, with “Lasius interjectus.” 


. schaumii Aubé. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting (Sf); from old logs, near Phila- 


delphia. 


. uncicornis Casey. (riparius Say.) Anglesea VII, under bark of old 


stumps. 


- globosus Lec. Ft. Lee; Alpine III, in nest of a red ant, Snake Hill 


(Sf); g. d., under bark of old stumps and rotten logs VI-VIII. 


. denticollis Casey. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Watchung Mts. (Sf); under 


old leaves in marsh along Delaware River front, near Camden. 


. denticauda Casey. Newfoundland (Lg); So. Orange (Dietz). 

. striatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Staten Island (Lg). 

. spretus Lec. Near Philadelphia III, 18, under bark of an old oak. 

. triangulifer Brend. Newark, Lakehurst (Sf); Woodbury III, 25, in 


dark woods under deep layers of oJd leaves. 


nigricans Lec. Under very deep layers of old leaves in marshes along 
the Delaware River, near Camden IV. 


The record of “B. lineaticollis’” Aubé is an error of determination. 


ARTHMIUS Lec. 


. involutus Casey. Clementon IX in woods among roots of “Carex” sp. 


DECARTHRON Brend. 


. abnormis Lec. Throughout the State and throughout the year; more 


common in winter and spring; under leaves and moss. 


. exsectum Brend. Snake Hill (Sf); Anglesea III, under old leaves. 
. stigmosum Brend. South Orange (Bf); exclusively myrmecophilus 


(Sz). 


. strenuum Brend. Staten Island (Lg). 
. longulum Brend. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (div); Orange (Ch). 
. formiceti Lec. Clementon VII, Westville VIII, under layers of old 


leaves and chips in damp woods (W); Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs 
(Sm). 
RYBAXIS Saul. 


. valida Brend. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea III, 


11, under old leaves. 


. conjuncta Lec. Occurs with the following, under same conditions. 
. brendeli Horn. Suffern VII, 27 (Sf); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry 


bogs (Sm); Anglesea III, 11, under old leaves. 


. mystica Casey. Anglesea V, 28, under old leaves. 


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BRYAXIS Leach. 


. luniger Lec. In salt meadows with ‘“abdominalis,” but more rare 


(Lg); Anglesea, rare, under drift IV, 7, VI; also found under a sub- 
merged log on salt meadow, and this species can live submerged. 
abdominalis Aubé. Staten Island, salt meadow under chips (Lg); 
Anglesea III, rare, under leaves and chips, and sifted from layers of 
old grass. 


dentata Say. Anglesea III, 11, IX, 4, under old leaves. 


. terebrata Casey. Snake Hill, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 
. perpunctata Brend. Anglesea V, 30, a single example near the beach. 


REICHENBACHIA Leach. 


- gemmifer Lec. Palisades VIII, IX (Sf). 
. divergens Lec. Palisades IV, Snake Hill (Sf). 


congener Brend. Snake Hill (Sf); Staten Island (Lg); Lahaway V, 
on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea, common in damp moss in winter. 


gracilis Casey. Anglesea IV, 15, under submerged logs on salt 
meadows. 


. scabra Brend. Camden IV, Anglesea II, rare, under layers of old 


leaves. 


i rubicunda Aubé. G.d., common, under damp old leaves and moss. 
. insolita Casey. Anglesea V, under old leaves. 
. puncticollis Lee. Snake Hill, Arlington, sweeping (Sf); Lahaway V, 


on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea, common in damp moss in winter 


. inepta Casey. Anglesea III, 18, under old leaves. 
. polita Brend. Anglesea II, III, rare, under old leaves and moss. 
. propinqua Lec. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea, 


under old leaves. 


NISAXIS Casey. 


. tomentosa Aubé. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill IV (Sf); Anglesea, in 


colonies close together on submerged log in salt meadows. 


BYTHINUS Leach. 


. bythinoides Brend. Westville, Anglesea I-IV, under deep layers of old 


leaves, very rare. 


TYCHUS Leach. 


. minor Leach. Throughout the State all the year, under deep layers of 


old leaves. The “Cylindrarctus testaceus” of the last list refers to 
this species, and so does the sp. indet. referred to under this genus. 
“Eupsenius glaber” Lec. is omitted because based on a misidentifica- 
tion. 


236 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PSELAPHUS Hbst. 
P. erichsoni Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Arlington VI (Sf); 
Newark (Bf). 
P. longiclava Lec. Irvington XII, 30, under stones (Bf). 


P. fustifer Casey. Ft. Lee VIII, sifting (Sf); Staten Island (Lg); Angle- 
sea I-IV, under old leaves, not rare. 


P. bellax Casey. Just north of the State line, and sure to occur in New 
Jersey. 
PILOPIUS Casey. 
P. piceus Lec. Throughout the State, common, under old leaves in win- 
ter; under boards and stones in early spring. 
P. consobrinus Lec. Occurs with the preceding in equal abundance. 


CEOPHYLLUS Lec. 


C. monilis Lec. Woodbury IV, 12, Clementon IX, from old rotten log, in 
company with the ant “Lasius interjectus” Mayr. 


TMESIPHORUS Lec. 
T. costalis Lec. Clementon VI, VII, from old pine logs (W); the species 
of this genus are exclusively “myrmecophilus” (Sz). 
T. carinatus Say. With the preceding (W); Lakehurst IX (Lg). 


CEDIUS Lec. 


C. ziegleri Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, in ant hills (Bt); So. Orange 
(Bf); Woodbury X, 7, in ant hills (W). 


TYRUS Aubé. 


T. humeralis Aubé. Ft. Lee V, Lakehurst, under bark of pine log IX 
(Sf); Gloucester VIII, from rotten pine log. 


ADRANES Lec. 


A. coecus Lec. Arlington V (Sf); Staten Island (Lg); Clementon, Wood- 
bury, Laurel Springs, Anglesea I-VII, with “Lasius mixtus,”’ Nyl., and 
under leaves. ; 

A. lecontei Brend. Staten Island (Lg); Woodbury IV, 18, occurs rarely 
with colonies of ants, “Lasius mixtus’”’ Nyl. 


Family STAPHYLINID/. 


These are the “rove beetles,’ Known by the very short wing-covers, 
which leave most of the slender, flexible abdomen exposed. They are 
usually long and slender in form, depressed or even much flattened, and 
have moderately clubbed, rarely very long antenne. They live on decay- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 227 


ing animal or vegetable matter, in excrement, fungi or fermenting sap, 
and are among the most universally distributed of all beetles. Many of 
them are predatory, and some have been accused of feeding on living 
plants; but on the whole they are of importance to the agriculturist only 
as scavengers, and as they aid in reducing the dead animal and vegeta- 
ble matter into shape for assimilation by plants. 

The classification of the group is unsatisfactory, and 
the New Jersey collections are not all well determined. 
There has been no general revision since the last edition 
of the list, but there have been important papers by Dr. 
Fenyes, Major Casey and others. A great many new 
species have been described, some from neighboring 
States, which are certain to be found in New Jersey; but 
it has been deemed best not to include more than a very 
few of these. There is no doubt that a thorough revision 
of the family, including the New Jersey material, will 
add many species to our list. 


Fig. 94.—A 
Staphylinid. 


GYROPHAENA Mann. 
G. vinula Er. Throughout the State in toadstools. 


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HOMOLOTA Mann. 
H. plana Gyll. “New Jersey” (US N M). 


H. lividipennis Mann. Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Cramer 
Hill V, Westville [V, VI, Longport VI, Beesley’s Point III (Rk). 


THINUSA Casey. 


T. maritima Casey. (Polystoma) Highland Beach V, 30 (Sf); Brigan- 
tine Beach IX (Hn); Longport VI (div); Cape May VII (Sz). 


BOLITOCHARA Mann. 
B. trimaculata Er. (Homolota) Ft. Lee (Bt); Collingswood III, 2 
(GG). 
FALAGRIA Mann. 
F. dissecta Er. Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Woodbury V 
(Rk); DaCosta VII (Brn). 
F. cingulata Lec. Ft. Lee, Highlands, IV, V, under bark of rotten wood 
(Sf). 
MERONERA Casey. 
M. venustula Er. (Falagria) Ft. Lee IV (Bt); Westville IV (RK); 
Gloucester V (Brn). 
CHITALIA Sharp. 
C. scutellaris Lec. “Coney Island’ (Casey); sure to occur on our own 
coast in similar situations. 
C. bilobata Say. (Falagria) Camden III, 30 (Rk). 
C. nigrescens Casey. “Iowa to New Jersey” (Casey). 


238 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


TACHYUSA Er. 


- cavicollis Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, South Orange (Sf). 


GRYPETA Casey. 


. higrella Lec. (Tachyusa) “New Jersey” (U S N M). 
. baltifera Lec. “Elizabeth, N. J.” (Casey). 


ATHETA Thom. 


. modesta Mels. (Homolota) Fort Lee (Bt). 
. analis Grav. (Homolota) Ft. Lee (Bt); Camden III, Westville IV 


(Rk). 


. pallitarsis Kirby. (Homolota) Westville VI, 16 (Rk). 
. lucida Casey. ‘New Jersey” (Casey). 


HOPLANDRIA Kraatz. 


. lateralis Mels. Westville V, 5 (RK). 
. pulchra Kraatz. Anglesea VII, 23 (Coll). 


TRICHIUSA Casey. 


. setigera Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). 


ZYRAS Casey. 


. rudis Lec. “New Jersey” (Rk); fide Sz. 


XENODUSA Wasman. 


. cava Lec. (Lomechusa) Found in the galleries of the large black 


carpenter ants, “Camponotus pennsylvanicus” and “vicinus,” and 
may be counted upon wherever these occur; always rare. 


OXYPODA Mann. 


. sagulata Er. “New Jersey” (US N M). 


ALEOCHARA Grav. 


. lata Grav. Throughout the State, common under dead animal mat- 


ter; the other species usually in excrement; IV-VII. The records 
under “‘brachypterus” in last edition belong here. 


. bimaculata Grav. Throughout the State all season; common. 
. nitida Grav. Cramer Hill, Westville V, DaCosta, Atco VI (Rk). 
. fuscipes Grav. Newark (Rk). 


MYLLA/ENA Er. 


. minuta Grav. (fuscipennis Kraatz.) Ft. Lee VIII, Snake Hill, Ar- 


lington (Sf); Anglesea VIII (Sz). This is the species recorded as 
“M. rufipennis” in last edition. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 239 


DINOPSIS Math. 


. americanus Kraatz. Snake Hill, Arlington VI, 4 (Sf). 


ACYLOPHORUS Nordm. 


. pronus Er. Throughout the State in spring; locally common under 


debris near water. 


HETEROTHOPS Steph. 


. fumigatus Lec. “New Jersey” (U S N M). 


QUEDIUS Steph. 


. fulgidus Fabr. Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Hudson Co. (Ll); West- 


ville II, 24, Merchantville X, 1. 


. peregrinus Gray. Westville V (Rk); “New Jersey” (Horn, U M). 
. capucinus Grav. Hudson Co. (Ll); Anglesea (W); “New Jersey” 


(div). 


. levigatus Gyll. Hudson Co. (Ll); Brigantine, mainland IX (Hn). 

. molochinus Grav. Hudson Co. (Li);. “New Jersey” (US NM). 

. brunneipennis Mann, Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea V, 28. 

. ferox Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co., rare (LI). 

. vernix Lec. Hudson Co., rare (L1); Newark (Soc); “New Jersey” 


(U M). 


LISTOTROPHUS Perty. 


. cingulatus Grav. Throughout the State under animal and vegetable 


decay; one of the few species found on human excrement (Sm). 


. capitatus Bland. Greenwood Lake VII (Sf); New Jersey (U M); 


always rare. 


CREOPHILUS Kirby. 


. villosus Grav. Throughout the State, common under or on dead 


animals; more rarely on excrement. 


STAPHYLINUS Linn. 


. badipes Lec. Orange Mts. (Rk); Newark, Anglesea V, 28. 
. vulpinus Nordm. Throughout the State, all season, in decaying mat- 


ter. 


. maculosus Grav. Throughout the State, all season, usually under ex- 


crement; our largest species, and locally not rare. 


. mysticus Er. Throughout the State, IV-VII, in decaying vegetable 


matter and under stones. 


. tomentosus Grav. Throughout the State, with the preceding. 
. fossator Grav. Throughout the State, V-IX, usually on gilled fungi. 


240 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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cinnamopterus Grav. Our commonest species; occurs everywhere. 


. violaceus Grav. Throughout the State, IV—VI, under bark and in 


fungi; not common. 


. vViridanus Horn. Hopatcong (Pm). 
. prelongus Mann. Orange Mts. (Rk); Snake Hill (Bt); Hudson Co. 


(Ll); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Avalon VI, Sea Isle V (Brn); Angle- 
sea V, VII, under drift (div). : 


OCYPUS Kirby. 


. ater Grav. Throughout the State VI-IX, under stones, common. 


BELONUCHUS Nordm. 


. formosus Grav. -Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Orange Mts. (Rk); 


Newark (Soc); g. d., on sap of wounded trees (W). 


TYMPANOPHORUS Nordm. 


. puncticollis Er. Camden XI, 23 (W). 


PHILONTHUS Curt. | . 


. politus Linn. (eeneus Rossi.) Throughout the State, all season, not 


common. The species of this genus feed on fungi, sap and vegetable 
decay generally, and are found under bark of trees, stones and in the 
infested fungi often in large numbers. 


. sericinus Horn. Hudson Co., rare (Ll); Newark (Soc); New Jersey 


(U M). 


. umbratilis Grav. Westville VIII, 16 (Rk); New Jersey (Horn). 

. letulus Say. Orange Mts. (Rk); Newark (W); Highlands X (Sf). 

. asper Horn. New Jersey (Sf). 

. hepaticus Er. Throughout the State V-IX; not rare. 

. umbrinus Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); Brigantine Beach IX 


(Hn); Anglesea (W); always rare. 


. quisquiliarius Gyll. (quadricollis Horn.) Newark (Soc); Beesley’s 


Point VIII, 23 (Rk). 


. debilis Grav. Spring Lake, in cow-dung (Ch); Camden III (Rk); 


Westville (W); Merchantville III (div). 


. varians Payk. “New Jersey” (US N M). 

. longicornis Steph. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d. (W). 

. discoideus Grav. Ft. Lee, in mushrooms (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI). 

. alumnus Er. Common throughout the State all season. 

. fusiformis Mels. Woodbury V (Rk); Brigantine Beach IX, common 


(Hn). 


. thoracicus Grav. Merchantville X (W); Gloucester Co. IV, 20 (Brn). 
. schwarzii Horn. Snake Hill (Ll); Newark (Soc); rare. 


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. lomatus Er. Common throughout the State all season. 
cunctans Horn. Orange Mts. Westville IV, 27 (Rk). 

. brunneus Grav. Common throughout the State. 

cyanipennis Fab. Throughout the State VII-IX, in gilled fungi. 


. blandus Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark (Soc); West- 
ville VI (Brn); Brigantine, Mainland IX (Hn). 


sordidus Grav. Hudson Co. (L1); Longport VI, 12 (Rk). 
cephalotes Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI). 


nigritulus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (LI); 
Gloucester V, Merchantville III (Brn). 


. micropthalmus Horn. Throughout the State V-IX; not common. 
. baltimorensis Grav. Throughout the State V-IX; not common. 


. apicalis Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Highlands VII (Sf); Cam- 


den, Gloucester Counties (W); Weymouth VIII (Dke); always rare. 
“P. fuscipennis”’ Mann., “politus’ Fab. is not really an American species. 


ACTOBIUS Steph. 


. cincerascens Grav. Hudson Co. (Ll); Westville V (Rk). 


. nanus Horn. Hudson Co. (1); Arlington IV, sweeping (Sf); Camden 
III, Woodbury IV, Merchantville IX (Brn); DaCosta (W). 


. patruelis Horn. Anglesea VII (Sz). 
. sobrinus Er. Throughout the State ITII-VII. 


. parcus Horn. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee VI, sifting (Sf); Lahaway V, 
28. 


. peederoides Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Gloucester, Westviiie V (Brn); 
Ocean Co. V (Sm); Brigantine Beach VI, IX (div); Anglesea (W). 


CAFIUS Steph. 


. bistriatus Er. Seashore, from Sandy Hook to Anglesea V-IX. 


. sericeus Holme. Highlands Beach V, 30, under an old log with the 
preceding (Sf); Westville V, 4 (Brn). 


EULISSUS Mann. 


. fulgidus Fabr. (Xantholinus) “New Jersey,’ several records without 
definite localities or date. 


NUDOBIUS Thoms. 


. cephalus Say. (Xantholinus) Throughout the State; usually common. 


GRYOHYPNUS Steph. (XANTHOLINUS Serv.) 


. obsidianus Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt); Eagle Rock VI, 5 (Rk); g. d. (W); 
under rubbish in gardens (Ch), and probably throughout the State. 


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242 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


G. emmesus Grav. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Spring Lake, in 
fungus (Ch); Lakewood (Sm); Riverton V (Dke); Camden, Clemen- 
ton IV, Iona VI (Brn). 


G. fuscosus Casey. “New Jersey,’ rare on sea beaches (Casey). 


G. hamatus Say. (obscurus Er.) Throughout the State; found all winter 
sifting and most of the summer. 


G. sanguinipennis Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); seashore from Barnegat to _ 
Cape May VII (div). 


G. pusillus Sachse. Hudson Co. (LI). 


LEPTACINODES Casey. 
L. flavipes Lec. (batychrus Gyll.) Snake Hill, Arlington, common (Sf). 


LEPTOLINUS Kraatz. 
L. rubripennis Lec. Westville IV, V (Rk); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry 
bogs. 
DIOCHUS Er. 


D. schaumii Kraatz. Staten Island (Lg). 


DIANOUS Sam. 


D. czerulescens Gyll. (chalybeus Lec.) Staten Island, on stones at foot 
of a waterfall, IV, XI, abundant (Lg). 


STENUS Latr. 


S. bipunctatus Er. “New Jersey’ (U SN M). 

S. juno Fabr. Throughout the State, found sifting all winter. 
S. femoratus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); “New Jersey” (US N M). 
S. strangulatus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 
S. intrusus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 

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. erythropus Mels. Westville III, 22, Woodbury V, 19 (Rk); Lahaway 
V, 28 on cranberry bogs (Sm). 


. convictor Casey. South Camden XII, 12 (GG). 

. inornatus Casey. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 

pluto Casey. Woodbury VI, 7 (Rk). 

. pumilio Er. (atomarius Casey.) Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs. 


. colonus Er. Westville V, 19, Longport VI, 12 (Rk); New Jersey 
(U M). 


. stygicus Say. “New Jersey” (US N M); Philadelphia Neck III (Rk). 
. egenus Er. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 
. sectilifer Casey. Anglesea VII (Sz). 


NDNANRDD 


. pudicus Casey. Camden III (W); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs. 
. humilis Er. So. Camden XII (GG); Lahaway V, 28 on cranberry bogs. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 243 


HEMISTENUS Mots. (AREUS Casey.) 


. flavicornis Er. Weehawken V, 2 (Bt); Palisades, Snake Hill V, abund- 


ant (L1); Merchantville V, 30 (Rk). 


. annularis Er. With the preceding, not rare. 
. reconditus Casey. “New Jersey” (U SN M). 
. arculus Er. Woodbury VI, 7 (Rk); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


punctatus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Westville V, VI (Rk); 
Camden III, Anglesea (W). 


EUAZESTETHUS Grav. 


. americanus Er. Snake Hill (Sf); Weehawken IV, 2 (Bt); Westville 


I, 28, and g. d. (W); occurs in fungi; not rare. 


GASTROLOBIUM Casey. 


. floridanum Lec. “New Jersey” (Casey). 
. convergens Casey. ‘New Jersey” (Casey). 
. carolinum Hr. (Cryptobium) Camden III, Westville V (Rk), Angle. 


sea (W). 


. bicolor Gray. Madison (Pr); Hudson Co. (Ll); Spring Lake (Ch); 


Lahaway on cranberry bogs V (Sm); Anglesea (W). This and fol- 
lowing—‘“Cryptobium.” 


. badium Grav. Snake Hill (L1); “New. Jersey” (USN M). 
. parallelum Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). 
. lugubre Lec. Brigantine Beach [X, occasional (Hn). 


HESPEROBIUM Casey. 


. pallipes Grav. (Cryptobium) Common throughout the State. 
. cinctum Say. (latebricola Nord.) Camden III, Westville V, Wood- 


bury V, VI (Rk); Lahaway V, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Brigantine 
Beach IX (Hn). 


. cribratum Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton III, IV (GG); Madison 


(Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll), Philadelphia Neck III (Rk). 


PAZEDERILLUS Casey. 


. littorarius Grav. (Pederus) Throughout the State, spring and fall, 


under stones, under rubbish along shore, rarely in fungi. 


. obliteratus Lec. (Pzederus) Brigantine Beach IX, not common (Hn). 


LATHROBIUM Grav. 


. preelongum Casey. “New Jersey, J. B. S.” (Casey). 
. nigrolucens Casey. “Orange, N. J.” (Casey). 
. armatum Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Montclair IV, sifting (Sf); Newark 


(Soc). 


244 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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simile Lec. Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (1); Westville 
VI (RK); Anglesea (W). 


seriatum Lec. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


LITHOLATHRA Casey. 


. cruralis Casey. New Jersey (Casey). 
. confusa Lec. (Lathrobium) Camden II (W); Collingswood III (GG). 


LATHROBIOMA Casey. 


. othioides Lec. New Jersey (Casey). 


TETARTOPEUS Czwi. 


. terminatum Grav. (Lathrobium punctulatum) Throughout the State, 


winter and early spring. The ‘“puncticeps” of last edition belongs 
here. 


DERATOPEUS Casey. 


. nitidulus Lec. (Lathrobium) Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs 


(Sm). 


EULATHROBIUM Casey. 


. grande Lec. Westviile I, 28 (W); New Jersey (US N M). 


LATHROTAXIS Casey. 


. longiuscula Gravy. (Lathrobium) Hoboken V (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); 


Arlington IV (Sf); Newark (Soc); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


LINOLATHRA Casey. 


. filitarsis Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea II (W). This 


is the “Lathrobium dimidiatum” of the previous edition. 


LATHROBIELLA Casey. 


. ventralis Lec. New Jersey (Casey). 
. collaris Er. (Lathrobium) Westville VI (GG); Woodbury V, VI, 


Longport (Rk); Anglesea (W). 


MICROLATHRA Casey. 


. pallidula Lec. Staten Island (Casey). 


DACNOCHILUS Lec. 


. lztus Lec. (angularis Er.) Anglesea (W). 


‘ADEROCHARIS Sharp. 


. corticina Grav. Throughout the State, under bark. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 245 


LITHOCHARIS Lac. 


. ochracea Grav. Cosmopolitan; extends from Atlantic to Pacific. 


TRACHYSECTUS Casey. 


. confluens Say. (Lithocharis) Throughout the State; common. 


PSEUDOMEDON Rey. 


. ruficolle Casey. New Jersey (Casey). 
. thoracicum Casey. (Lithocharis obsoletus) Anglesea (W). 


SCOPAEUS Er. 


S. picipes Casey. Sea beaches of New Jersey (Casey). 


S. exiguus Er. Madison (Pr). 


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SCOPAEOPSIS Casey. 


. Opaca Lec. New Jersey (Dn); Camden III, 5 (W). 


STILICUS Latr. 


. Oopaculus Lec. New Jersey (U S N M). 

. biarmatus Lec. Newark (Soc). 

. angularis Er. Throughout the State IV, VII. 

. dentatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs 


(Sm). 
MEGASTILICUS Casey. 


. formicarius Casey. Alpine III, 10, in nest of a red ant (Bt); near 


Newark, in ant hills; not rare (Soc). 


SUNIUS Er. 


. prolixus Hr. Newark (Soc); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 
. binotatus Say. Chester (Dn); Ft. Lee (Bt); Collingswood III (GG); 


Westville IV, V (Rk); Anglesea (W). 


. brevipennis Aust. Staten Island V (Ds). 
. longiusculus Mann. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, under stones in spring 


(Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Westville V 
(Rk). 


STILICOPSIS Sachse. 


. monstrosa Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill IV, IX, sifting (Sf); Westville I 


(W). 
PINOPHILUS Grav. 


. latipes Grav. Ft. Lee (Jl); Woodbury V, 22 (Rk); Anglesea (W). 


246 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


dAaAaAG 


PALAMINUS Er. 


. normalis Lec. Anglesea VII (Sz). 
. testaceus Er. Snake Hill (Sf); Eagle Rock VI (Rk); Westville I, 


sifting (W). 
TACHINUS Grav. 


» memnonius Gray. Ft. Lee, on mushrooms (Bt); Riverton V, 1, West- 


ville VI, 6 (Brn); Merchantville XI, 16 (Dke). 


. repandus Horn. Camden XII, 12, Anglesea (W). 

. flavipennis Dej. Eagle Rock VI, 5 (Rk); New Jersey (US N M). 

. fimbriatus Gray. Throughout the State VI-X, common. 

. picipes Hr. Collingswood (W). 

. limbatus Mels. Staten Island VI (Ds); Gloucester V (Brn); Anglesea 


(W). 


. fumipennis Say. Staten Island V (Ds). 
. pallipes Grav. New Jersey III, 27 (Rk), on mushrooms (Bt); Camden, 


Gloucester Co. (W). 


TACHYPORUS Grav. 


. elegans Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn); Madison (Pr). This 


and the other species in the series mostly in fungi or fermenting sap. 


. jocosus Say. Madison (Pr); Camden and Gloucester Counties (W). 
. chrysomelinus Linn. Ft. Lee (Bt); West Jersey (U0 SN M); Brigan- 


tine Beach IX (Hn). 


. nitidulus Fab. (brunneus Er.) Ft. Lee, Weehawken IV, 2 (Bt); Cam- 


den and Gloucester Co. (W); New Jersey (US N M). 


CILEA Duval. 


. silphoides Linn. Hemlock Falls VII, 4 (Rk). 


ERCHOMUS Mots. 


. ventriculus Say. Common everywhere in fungi and soft decay. 


. levis Lec. Anglesea, sifting, all winter (W). 


CONOSOMA Kraatz. 


. littoreum Linn. Spring Lake (Ch). 
. knoxii Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 
. crassum Grav. Throughout the State, common in fungi on trees, under 


old leaves and bark, winter and spring. 


. pubescens Payk. Common throughout the State. 
. basale Er. Spring Lake (Ch); Merchantville VI, X° (div); National 


Park V (Dke). 


. opicum Say. Ocean Co., under bark (Sm). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 247 


BOLETOBIUS Leach. 


. niger Grav. New Jersey, in Jiilich Coll. (Lg). 

. dimidiatus Er. Lakehurst (Lg). 

. cingulatus Mann. Madison (Pr); Newark (Soc). 

. intrusus Horn. Spring Lake (Ch); Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). 
. cincticollis Say. Spring Lake (Ch); New Jersey (US N M). 

. anticus Horn. Ft. Lee (Bt); New Jersey (U SN M). 


pygmzeus Fab. Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). 


. trinotatus Er. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Highlands (Ch); 


Westville, DaCosta (W); Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


. cinctus Grav. Common throughout the State. 


var. gentilis Lec. Brigantine mainland IX (Hn). 


BRYOPORUS Kraatz. 


. rufescens Lec. New Jersey (U SN M). 


MYCETOPORUS Mann. 


. americanus Er. Madison (Pr); Spring Lake (Ch); Merchantville V, 


30 (Rk); Anglesea VII (Sz); under old leaves, ete. 


. humidus Say. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 


PSEUDOPSIS Newn. 


. sulcatus Newn. Lake Pleasant, on dead fish (Lv fide Sf). 


OXYPORUS Fabr. 


. femoralis Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (div); Ft. Lee (Sf); 


Camden and Gloucester Co. (W); all the species in fungi. 


. austrinus Horn. Madison IX, 12 (Pr). 

. major Grav. Ft. Lee VIII (Bt); Camden and Gloucester Co. (W). 

. rufipennis Lec. Fort Lee (Jl). 

. vittatus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee VIII (Bt); Riverton X (GG); 


DaCosta (W); Atco IX, 1 (Brn). 


. bicolor Fauv. DaCosta (W); Brown’s Mills IX, Manumuskin X (Dke). 
. lateralis Grav. Ft. Lee VIII (div); Orange Mts. (Rk); Riverton X 


(GG); Camden and Gloucester Co. (W); Atco X (Brn). 


BLEDIUS Leach. 


. pallipennis Er. Newark (Soc). The species of this genus live in 


sandy shores of streams or ponds and may be obtained by flooding 
their burrows; they are also attracted to light, and most of the 
specimens collected are taken in that way. 


. mandibularis Er. Brigantine and southward along shore to Cape May; 


adults in September. 


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4Hiaddq 


- brevidens Lec. Atlantic City (W). 
. politus Er. Brigantine, salt marshes IX (Hn); Anglesea (W). 
. semiferrugineus Lec. Woodbury V, 22 (Rk); Lahaway V, 28, on 


cranberry bogs (Sm). 


. rubiginosus Er. Woodbury VII, 30 (W). 
. tau Lec. Rockaway Beach, L. I., and sure to occur on the Jersey 


shore. 


. basalis Lec. Brigantine, salt meadow IX (Hn); Sea Isle VI, VII 


(Brn); Anglesea VII, not rare (Sz). 


. cordatus Say. Brigantine, salt marshes, common (Hn); Sea Isle V, 


VI (Brn); Anglesea (W). 


. neglectus Casey. New Jersey (Rk). 


PLATYSTETHUS Mann., 


- americanus Er. Common throughout the State in half dry cow-dung. 


OXYTELUS Grav. 


. himius Casey. Point Pleasant (Ly, fide Sf). 
. sculptus Grav. Woodbury V, 22 (Rk); on decaying vegetation. 
. rugosus Grav. Hopatcong (Pm); New Jersey (U S N M). 


pennsylvanicus Er. New Jersey (U M); Mosholu VII, on human ex- 
crement (Sf). 2 


. insignitus Grav. Common throughout the State on cow-dung. 
. suspectus Casey. (nitidulus Grav.) New Jersey (U M). 
. tetracarinatus Block. (depressus Grav). Madison (Pr). 


. exiguus Hr. Orange Mts. VII, sifting (Sf); Ft. Lee (Bt); Anglesea 


VII (Sz). 


TROGOPHLCEUS Mann. 


. arcifer Lec. New Jersey (U SN M). 
. 4-punctatus Say. Camden and Gloucester Co. (W); the species on 


mud banks or among decaying leaves in muddy swamps. 


. hanulus Casey. Cape May (Casey). 

. pudicus Casey. Cape May (Casey). 

. convexulus Lec. Longport VI, 12 (Rk). 

. simplarius Lec. Eagle Rock VII, 5 (Rk); Anglesea VII (Sz). 
. providus Casey. Atlantic City, Cape May (Casey). 

. confusus Casey. Cape May (Casey). 


APOCELLUS Er. 


. sphzericollis Say. Snake Hill, So. Orange (Brn); Brigantine Beach 


IX (Hn). 


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GEODROMICUS Redt. 


G. brunneus Say. (ceesus Er.) Staten Island (Sf); Gloucester and 
Camden Co. (W); Cramer Hill V, 30 (Rk). 


G. stictus Casey. Staten Island (Sf); is probably the species referred to 
as “stictus’’ Mill. in the last edition. 


LESTEVA Latr. 
L. pallipes Lec. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 


OLOPHRUM Er. 


O. obtectum Er. Madison (Pr); Snake Hill (Sf); Newark (Sf); Mer- 
chantville III, IX (div); Collingswood IV (Brn). 


HOMALIUM Grav. 


H. repandum Hr. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 
H. floralis Payk. (rufipes Grav.) New Jersey (US N M). 


MEGARTHRUS Steph. 
M. sinuaticollis Lac. Lake Pleasant on dead fish (Ly, fide Sf). 


LISPINUS Er. 
L. exiguus Er. Fort Lee (Bt). 
L. prolixus Lec. Mosholu (Sf). 


GLYPTOMA Er. 


G. costale Er. Ft. Lee (Bt); not rare under bark of trees, g. d. 


TRIGA Fauv. 
T. picipennis Lec. Snake Hill, Highlands (Sf); Philadelphia VII (Rk). 


ELEUSIS Lap. 
E. pallidus Lec. Snake Hill, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 


MICROPEPLUS Latr. 
M. cribratus Lec. New Jersey (B); Greenwood Lake V, 26 (QGr). 


Family TRICHOPTERYGID/. 


These are extremely minute species, living in decaying vegetable mat- 
ter, often in excrement and occasionally in fungi. They are often some- 
what flattened, have the hind wings slender, with long fringes, and are 
of no economic importance. 


PTILIUM Er. 
P. hornianum Matth. Anglesea VII (Sz). 


250 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PTENIDIUM Er. 


. evanescens Marsh. Staten Island (Lg), and will probably be found 


throughout the State. 


. ulkei Matth. Cape May VII (Sz). 
. atomaroides Mots. Cape May VII, strictly maritime (Sz). 


LIMULODES Matth. 


. paradoxus Matth. “New Jersey” (Lg). 


TRICHOPTERYX Kirby. 


» moerens Matth. Camden III, 4, Gloucester II, 7, sifting (W). 
- haldemanni Lec. Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d., common (W). 


NEPHANES Thom. 


. leviusculus Matth. Camden, Gloucester, sifting (W). 


Family SCAPHIDIIDA. 


A small group of generally black shining beetles, sometimes marked 


with red or yellow spots, living in rotten wood, fungi, and the like; there- 
fore not of economic importance. They are most abundantly found in 
winter under leaves, in rubbish and in dead wood. 


n 


SCAPHIDIUM Oliv. 


. quadriguttatum Say. Throughout the State mostly before VI, but 


isolated examples in late VIII. The varieties “obliteratum’” Lec., 
“piceum” Mots., and “4-pustulatum” Say occur with the type; some- 
times replacing it, or aS exceptions. 


BAZOCERA Er. 


. speculifer Casey. Westville I, 28 (W). 
. apicalis Lec. Camden, winter, sifting (W); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). 


SCAPHISOMA Leach. 


. convexum Say. Throughout the State; winter and early spring. 
. punctulatum Lec. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 
. rufulum Lec. Newark district (Bf). 


TOXIDIUM Lec. 


. gammaroides Lec. Orange Mts., Woodside, Newark III, IV (Bf); 


Snake Hill, Arlington, Highland (Sf); Jamesburg VII (Sm). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 251 


Family PHALACRIDA. 


Small, black, shining beetles of very convex form, living on flowers or 
under bark, and of no economic importance. 


PHALACRUS Payk. 


P. politus Mels. Boonton VI, Split Rock Lake IX (GG); Ft. Lee, Snake 
Hill, Newark VII (Sf); Arlington (Bf); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Iona VI, 
16 (Dke). It is probable that the “pumilio” of the last edition is this 
same species. 


OLIBRUS Er. 
. semistriatus Lec. New Jersey (Sf). 
3 neglectus Casey. New Jersey (Sf). 
. lecontei Casey. Clementon (Li); “Atlantic States” (Casey). 
. pallipes Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway V, VI (Sm). 
The “O. rufipes” Lec. of the previous list is an error. 


0000 


EUSTILBUS Sharp. 
E. apicalis Mels. (consimilis Marsh.) Throughout the State, almost 
every month in the year. 


E. nitidus Mels. Throughout the State, in excrement, on dead wood and 
vegetable decay. 


E. subalutaceus Casey. Cape May (Casey). 


LITOCHRUS Er. 


L. pulchellus Lec. Woodbury VIII, 7, sifting (W). 
L. immaculatus Casey. “New Jersey” (Casey). 


Family CORYLOPHID:. 


Very small species, varying in shape, black or brown, marked with yel- 
low, among fermenting sap, in rotting fruits or in decaying vegetation. 
May also be beaten from dead branches or found hiding under bark and 
are not of economic importance. 


SACIUM Lec. 


S. amabile Lee. Fort Lee (Sf); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


S. fasciatum Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Soc); 
Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


S. lunatum Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea 
VII (Sz). The record for “splendens” Sz. is an error in determination. 


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ARTHROLIPS Woll. 
A. misellus Lec. Palisades (Sf); Eagle Rock (Bf). 


CORYLOPHODES Matth. 


C. truncatus Lec. Anglesea (W). 
C. marginicollis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Sm). 


SERICODERUS Steph. 
S. flavidus Lec. Fort Lee (Sf). 


RHYPOBIUS Lec. 


R. marinus Lec. Snake Hill, Arlington, sweeping VI (Sf); along shore, 
Brigantine to Cape May V-IX, sifting drift on beach. 


ORTHOPERUS Steph. 


QO. glaber Lec. Camden and Gloucester Co. (W); Lahaway V, 28, on 
cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


Q. scutellaris Lec. Anglesea VII (Sz). 


Family COCCINELLIDAS. 


These are the “lady bugs” or “lady birds” or “lady bird beetles,” which 
are among nature’s most effective checks to scale and plant lice increase. 
They are more or less hemispherical in shape, sometimes a little more oval 
in outline, and then usually less convex. In color they are as a rule red or 
yellow with black spots, or black with red and yellow spots. In a very 
general way, and subject to many exceptions, those of the 
first type are feeders on plant lice, while those of the 
second type feed on scale insects; the smaller, black 
species are usually scale destroyers. The larve are rather 
slender, more or less fusiform in outline, sometimes with 
lateral processes, often prettily marked with black, blue or 
orange. In its predatory habits the family is somewhat 
exceptional among the “Clavicorns,” and one of our species 
departs from the usual habits and is a vegetable feeder. 
Most of the species are widely distributed, their occurrence 


being chiefly determined by the presence of the insects Fig. f= 
upon which they feed. Coccinellid 
larva. 


ANISOSTICTA Dup. 


A. strigata Thunb. Chester (Dn); Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Arlington VI (Sf); Westville (Li); Merchantville IV, 24 (Brn); 
Camden Co. IV, 14 (GQ). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 253 


A. seriata Mels. (Nzmia) Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf); Newark (GG); found 
in numbers during spring, in swamps, Merchantville and Westville 
(W,); Anglesea VI, Beach Haven VI, VII (Coll); often found in the 
wash-up along the shore, and locally common on aphid-infested golden 
rod all along our Southern Coast line. 


MEGILLA Muls. 


Fig. 96.—Megilla fuscilabris: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; 
enlarged. 


M. fuscilabris Muls. (maculata DeG.) Throughout the State and more 
or less generally throughout the season. Hibernates as an adult, 
sometimes in great masses, and has rather a wide range of food, in- 
cluding pollen and fungus spores, as well as plant lice and other soft 
insects. 

HIPPODAMIA Muls. 


H. glacialis Fabr. Throughout the State, locally and seasonably abund: 
ant. This is one of the most effective enemies of plant lice in gen- 
eral, and is always present when there is any abnormal increase of 
destructive species, as, for example, the melon louse. 

H. convergens Guer. Occurs with the preceding; is locally even more 
abundant, and has the same general habits. 

H. 13-punctata Linn. Split Rock Lake IV, Clifton 
VII (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
DIStEUVE, Vil-eExXa(Sf):. 

H. parenthesis Say. Throughout the State, all sea- 
sons, with much the habits of “glacialis.” 


Fig. 97.—Hippodamia 
ADALIA Muls. convergens, larva, 


: A pupa and adult. 
A. bipuncta Linn. The commonest and most wide- 


ly distributed of our species; will even get into greenhouses and on 
house plants to feed on the aphids there found. It is not infrequently 
considered the author of the injury caused by plant lice. 


A. humeralis Say. Masonville VI, 16 (Castle). 


254 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. 9-notata Hbst. 


COCCINELLA Linn. 


on plant lice of all kinds. 


C. trifasciata Linn. Boonton VII (GG); 
Newark Dist. (Bf); Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not 
a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. 


C. sanguinea Linn. 


Common throughout the State and a general feeder 


Madison (Pr); Hoboken (Sf); 


CYCLONEDA Crotch. 


Throughout the State; more or less common every- 
where. A general feeder on plant lice. 


NEOHARMONIA Casey. 


N. venusta Mels. Atlantic City, in wash-up (Sherman); a southern 


H. picta Rand. 


species. 


HARMONIA Muls. 


Throughout the State V—VIII, but local; on pine trees, 


end of April (W); abundant in its season (Lg). 


ANATIS Muls. 


A. 15-punctata Oliv. Reported from all 


parts of the State and locally and 
seasonally common. Feeds on plant- 
lice generally and on many other 
soft-bodied insects; especially im- 
portant as a check to the plant- 
louse that often infests Norway 
Maples in early summer. 


NEOMYSIA Casey. 


N. pullata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); 


P. 20-—maculata Say. 


E. borealis Fabr. The “Squash lady-bird’’; 


Orange Mts. (div); Clifton VIII, 
Riverton V, Clementon V (GG); 
Westville (Li); Lahaway IX (Coll); 
on pine trees IV, V (W). 


ft 7 
Fig. 98.—15-spotted “‘lady-bird’’: 
a, larva devouring slug of 
potato beetle; b, pupa; d 
to g, variations of 
adult. 


PSYLLOBORA Chev. 


Common locally throughout the State. 


EPILACHNE Chev. 


feeds in all its stages on 


cucurbs, but preferably on squash, and occasionally causes notice- 
able injury. It is the one exception in our State to the predatory 
habit of the family, and is readily recognizable by its large size and 


large black spots on a yellow ground. 


arsenites. 


It succumbs readily to the 


A. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Bsc 


AXION Muls. 


tripustulatum.DeG. Woodside (Bf); Riverton VI, IX, feeding on San 
José Seale (Sm); DaCosta on pines IV, V, VIII (div); Atlantic City 
(Li); sometimes very plentiful at Lakehurst on post oaks infested 
by “Kermes pubescens” Bogue, VIII, IX (Ds). This is a scale feeder 
and locally and seasonally common; but while I have found it feed- 
ing on the San José Scale, this seems to be an accidental and occa- 
sional habit, and it has not manifested any intention of adding this 
species to its regular diet. 


CHILOCORUS Leach. 


bivulnerus Muls. Throughout the State, locally common; is a scale 
feeder and has devoted itself especially to the San José Scale, of 
which it destroys great numbers. Unfortunately it is a slow breeder, 
with only a single annual generation, and hence does not suffice to 
keep the scale in check. 


. similis Rossi. This is the “Chinese or Asiatic lady-bird” introduced 


to supplement the preceding as a check to the San José Scale. It 
was maintained for part of two years at New Brunswick, and a con- 
siderable number was liberated at various points in South Jersey; 
but there is no evidence that the insect has really established itself. 
The name is introduced here chiefly to record the attempted intro- 
duction. 


EXOCHOMUS Redt. 


. marginipennis Redt. Milltown V (Coll); Clementon V (GG); Da- 


Costa (lui); 2g. d., rare (W). 


. 4-pustulata Linn. Rutherford VIII, 10, found while inspecting conifers 


in a nursery, one example only. It is a European species and prob- 
ably a recent introduction (Sm). 


BRUMUS Muls. 


. septentrionis Weise. var. davisi Leng. Milltown IV, 22 (Coll); 


Jamesburg, Lakehurst, common in spring on pines infested with 
plant lice. 


DELPHASTUS Casey. 


. pusillus Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mt. Dist. V (Bf); 


Buena Vista (Li). 
BRACHYACANTHA Chev. 


. ursina Fabr. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. 
. 10-pustulata Mels. With the preceding; but less common. 
. basalis Mels. “New Jersey” (Li); Mr. Leng suggests that this record 


may refer to the next species. 


. 4-punctata Mels. Lakehurst IX, 4 (Lg). 
. dentipes Fab. Woodbury (Li); Anglesea (W). 
. indubitalis Cr. Hewitt, Plainfield (Lg). 


256 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


HYPERASPIS Chevr. 
H. bigeminata Rand. Jamesburg IV, 18 (Coll); Atco (Li); Lakehurst 
Xen bee Cla) 
H. pratensis Lec. Hopatcong, in Dietz Coll. (Sf). 


H. signata Oliv. Common throughout the State. Feeds on the cottony 
maple scale, and is the most effective check to that species. Also 
feeds on ““Pseudococcus” and probably other soft scales. 


H. binotata Say. Atlantic Co., rare (W); found on pine trees in spring, 
on willow in summer; not rare (Lg). 


H. proba Say. Throughout the State, locally not rare. 

H. lewisi Cr. “New Jersey,” one example only (W). 

H. fimbriolata Mels. Throughout the State, Jersey City to Cape May 
V-VII. 

H. undulata Say. Jersey City to Camden and Cape May IV-—VIII. 


SMILIA Weise. 


Fig. 99.—Similia misella: a, adult; b, larva; c, pupa; d, larva 
and adult feeding on the pernicious scale in calyx cup 
of pear; all much enlarged. 


S. misella Lec. Throughout the State, locally common on trees infested 
by the pernicious scale. It is one of the important controls of the 
scale, but has never been sufficiently abundant anywhere to get the 
better of it. 


S. 


Ss. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 257 


STETHORUS Weise. 


. punctum Lec. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); Spring Lake (Ch); Iona VI, 


16 (Dke); g. d. (Li). This is the smallest of our species, and will 
probably be found to occur throughout the State. : 


SCYMNUS Kug. 


. fraternus Lec. Hlizabeth XI, 27 (GG); g.d., rare (Li). 
. brullei Muls. Fort Lee (Sf). 
. hemorrhous Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Cape May Court House (W); 


Lakehurst IX, 5 (Lg). 


. chromopyga Casey. Lakehurst IX, 5 (Lg). 

. cervicalis Muls. Ft. Lee (Sf); Spring Lake (Ch); “New Jersey” (Li). 
. caudalis Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway (Coll). 

. collaris Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); South River VII, 2 (Coll); Jamesburg 


(Lg); Iona VI, 8 (Dke); DaCosta, Anglesea (W); g. d. (Li). 
indutus Casey. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Ly). 


. puncticollis Lec. Still only a probable inhabitant of the State. 
. lacustris Lee. South River VII, 5 (Coll). 
. tenebrosus Muls. Spring Lake (Ch); Jamesburg V, 17, Lahaway, on 


cranberry bogs V, 28, X, 14, Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Coll); DaCosta V 
(Dke). 


. punctatus Mels. Ft. Lee, the black form (Sf); g. d., in Newark dis- 


trict (Bf); Buena Vista (Li). 


. nanus Lec. Fort Lee (Sf); South Orange VII, 4 (Lv). 
. punctum Lec. Boonton VI, 18 (GG). 
. americanus Muls. Boonton VI (GG); Fort Lee (Sf); Orange Mt. Dist. 


(div); Jamesburg VII, IX (Coll); Atco (Li); DaCosta, Cape May C. H. 
(W). 


. flavifrons Mels. var. bioculatus Muls. Much like the preceding in 


distribution. 


. intrusus Horn. Newark VIII, 30 (Bf). 
. myrmedon Muls. Pennsylvania, and probably New Jersey. 
. liebecki Horn. Buena Vista (Li); DaCosta VII, 20 (Brn); Lakehurst 


(Lg). 
terminatus Say. Fort Lee (Sf); Newark district III, V (Bf); Camden 
to Seaville III, IV, VI, VII, XII (Brn); g. d. (W). 


xanthaspis Muls. Newark Dist. III, 7, VII, 26 (Bf). 


“S_ paludicola” Sz. is a Floridian species, and the name is not sanctioned 


by description. The species of this genus are very small, convex, hairy 
black beetles, with obscure orange, yellowish or brown markings, and 
most of them are feeders on scale insects. They do not occur in suffi- 
cient numbers, however, to be of any decisive service. 


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258 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CEPHALOSCYMNUS Cr. 


C. zimmermanni Cr. Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf); Anglesea VII (W); 
feeds on the scurfy scale (Sz). 


COCCIDULA Kug. 


C. lepida Lec. Gloucester and Camden Cos., locally common in winter 
swamp collections (div); hibernates as adult, and occurs until June 
or July. 


Family ENDOMYCHIDAE. 


Somewhat resemble the Coccinellids, but are as a rule longer and less 
convex. They are almost exclusively feeders on fungi in both larval and 
adult stages, and not of importance from the economic standpoint. 


MYCETAA Steph. 


M. hirta Marsh. Ft. Lee IX, 9, under bark (Jl); Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten 
Island III, in decaying, fungus-covered stumps (Ds). _ 


RHANIS Lec. 


R. unicolor Ziegl. Throughout the State, locally common IV-VII, under 
old bark. 
PHYMAPHORA Newn. 


P. pulchella Newn. Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Sf); Pali- 
sades IV, 29 (Bno); Newark (Soc). 


LYCOPERDINA Latr. 


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L. ferruginea Lec. Throughout the State V, VI, breeds in puff-balls, and 
also found on fungus under bark. 


APHORISTA Gorh. 


A. vittata Fab. Throughout the State in spring, on mold and other fungi 
under bark and in decaying logs. 


MYCETINA Muls. 


M. perpulchra Newn. Palisades, Orange Mts., Newark (Bf). 


M. testacea Ziegl. Hewitt VI, 2 (Jl); Millburn (Bf); DaCosta (W); Sea- 
shore (Li); always rare; beaten from dead branches. 


STENOTARSUS Perty. 


S. hispidus Hbst. Throughout the State, spring and fall, on dead 
branches of pine and other trees. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 259 


EPIPOCUS Germ. 
E. bivittatus Gerst. Newark, rare (Bf). 


ENDOMYCHUS Panz. 


E. biguttatus Say. Throughout the State, spring and fall, locally com- 
mon, under bark on fungus. 


Family EROTYLIDA. 


As the family stands in our lists at present, it comprises species of 
two quite different types. The ‘“Languriine,’ which are long, slender 
and somewhat cylindrical, and the ‘“‘Hrotyline,’’ which are shorter, more 
robust, tapering to the end of the wing-covers. The former are feeders 
in the stems of living plants, the latter are found in fungus and under 
the bark of trees. These are sometimes regarded as representing dis- 
tinct families, while others include under the one. heading also the 
“Cryptophagine” and “Atomariine.” It has not been deemed advisable 
to advocate either proposition here, and therefore the list has been left 
essentially a& in the last edition. 


LANGURIA Latr. 


L. bicolor Fab. Newark (Soc); Camden (W); Westville (Li); Brigan- 
tine Beach, IX. 
L. mozardi Lec. Throughout the State, locally not rare; the. larva is 


a borer in “Composite,” and sometimes injurious as a clover stem 
borer. 

L. discoidea Lec. “New Jersey,” probably Chester (Dn). 

L. tedata Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); seashore from Brig- 
antine to Cape May VI, VII (div). 


L. angustata Beauv. ‘Throughout the State in spring. 
var. trifasciata Say. Arlington IV, VI, sweeping and under stones 
(Sf); salt meadows in spring under stones (Bf); Camden XII-— 
III sifting (div); g. d. in wet places, sweeping (W). 


ACRAPTERYX Gorh. 


A. gracilis Newn. Throughout the State VI-VIII, not common; larva in 
stems of “Composite” (Ch). 


DACNE Latr. 
D. 4maculata Say. “New Jersey” (Li); on white fungi on old logs 
(Ch). 
MEGALODACNE Cr. 


M. fasciata Fab. Throughout the State, under old bark infested with 
fungi. 


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ISCHYRUS. Lac. 
I. 4-punctatus Oliv. Caldwell (Cr); Westville IV, 29 (Brn). 


MYCOTRETUS Lac. 
M. sanguinipennis Say. Staten Island (Lg); Plainfield on beech fungus 
(Sf). 
M. pulchra Say. Hudson Co. (L1); Woodside, once common (Bf). 
M. dissimulator Cr. Newfoundland (Lg). 


TRITOMA Fab. 


T. humeralis Fab. Throughout the State VIII, IX, on fungi. 
T. biguttata Say. With the preceding, VII-IX. 


T. angulata Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Woodside, Orange Mts., rare (Bf); 
Clementon VII, 26, VIII, 6 (G@). 


T. unicolor Say. Throughout the State; common on fungi. 
T. thoracica Say. Throughout the State V-IX; not common. 
T. flavicollis Lac. With the preceding, but common. 


Family COLYDIIDA. 


Usually brown in color, slender or somewhat flattened, often with 
ridged wing-covers. Live largely on dead or dying trees, and some of 
them, devour the larve of woodboring beetles. 


SYNCHITA Hellw. 


S. obscura Horn. Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea V, VII (div); on red oak. 


S. fuliginosa Mels. Ft. Lee, common (Jl); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange 
Mts. (Bf); under bark of dead branches. 


CICONES Curt. 
C. marginalis Mels. Newark at lights (Bf). 


DITOMA III. 
D. quadriguttata Say. Throughout the State IV, V, under bark; rare. 
D. pinicola Schaef. Lakehurst IX (Sf); the type locality. 
D. quadricollis Horn. Woodbury V, 22 (GG); Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


COXELUS Latr. 


G. guttulatus Lec. Ft. Lee in spring (Jl); Westville (Li); Clementon 
III, 18 (Brn); Waretown III, 3 (W); on fungus under bark and on 
dead branches; rare. 


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AULONIUM Er. 


. parallelopipedum Say. Hudson Co. (L1); Westville V, 23 (Brn); un- 
der bark and in twigs of coniferous and deciduous trees. 


. tuberculatum Lec. Newark (Bf); Malaga VI, 1 (GG); Iona X, 14 
(W). 
COLYDIUM Fab. 


. lineola Say. Throughout the State III-VIII, under bark; rare. 


OXYLAEMUS Er. 
» americanus Er. Fort Lee VI, 8-19 (Jl). 


PENTHELISPA Pasc. 


. heematodes Fab. Ft. Lee (Jl); Malaga VI, VII (GG); Anglesea (W); 
under moist bark of dead pines. 


. reflexa Say. Lakehurst V, 22 (Jl). 


PYCNOMERUS Er. 
. sulcicollis Lee. Woodside IV, 3, rare (Bf). 


BOTHRIDERES Er. 


. geminatus Say. Boonton III, 138 (GG); Ft. Lee III, 14, under dead 
hickory bark (Jl); g. d. (Li); also occurs under dry oak bark. 


CERYLON Latr. 


. castaneum Say. Highlands, Snake Hill (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); salt 
meadows (Bf); Riverton IV, V (GG); Gloucester IV, 20 (Brn); Lake- 
wood (Coll); g. d. (W); rare at all points. 


PHILOTHERMUS Aubé. 
. glabriculus Lec. Throughout the State IV—VII, in decayed wood. 


Family RHYSSODID. 


CLINIDIUM Kirby. 


. sculptile Newn. New Brunswick, Lahaway (Sm); Camden, Glouces- 
ter Co. (W); g. d. (Li); long slender brown species with ridged 
prothorax, found under bark and of no economic importance. 


Family CUCUJID/.. 


Small or moderate sized species, narrow, flat, fitted to live under bark, 


where most of them are found. Some of them are carnivorous in habit, 


262 REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


others occur in granaries and among stored products of various kinds. 
None of them attack living plants, and cleanliness, assisted by carbon 
disulphide, intelligently applied, will usually prevent loss on the dried 
stock. 


SILVANUS Latr. 


Fig. 100.—Silvanus surinamensis: a, adult; b, pupa; 
c, larva; enlarged. 


S. surinamensis Linn. Throughout the State, in stored grains, dried 
fruits, etc.; common in mangers in stables and in bakeries. 


S. bidentatus Fab. Throughout the State; under bark; not rare; taken 
most of the season. 


S. planatus Germ. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange, under pine bark (Ch); 
Newark Dist., g. d. (Bf); Brigantine IX (Hn). 


S. imbellis Lec. G. d., not rare (Li); Anglesea (Sm). 


CATHARTUS Reich. 


C. advena Walth. Throughout the State; rare under bark; more common 
in stored grain, fruit, nuts, etc., particularly such as are spoiled. 


NAUSIBIUS Redt. 
N. clavicornis Kug. (dentatus Marsh.) Ft. Lee (Jl); Newark (Bf); 
eg. d. (Li); under bark, and also occasionally in store-houses. 
CATOGENUS Westw. 
C. rufus Fab. Throughout the State, under bark of trees, but local and 
not usually common. 
PEDIACUS Shuck. 
P. depressus Hbst. Newark, rare (Bf). 


THE, INSECTS OF NEW) JERSEY. 263 


CUCUJUS Fab. 
clavipes Fab. Throughout the State, under bark; the larva predatory. 


2 


LAEMOPHLCEUS Lap. 
L. biguttatus Say. Throughout the State, under bark; fall to mid-sum- 
mer. 
L. fasciatus Mels. Newark, rare (Sf); Anglesea VII (Sz). 
L. modestus Say. Jamesburg V, under bark (Sm); Westville I, sifting 
(W). 
L. convexulus Lec. Clifton V, 24 (GG); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark (Bf). 


L. adustus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark (Bf); Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); 
Collingswood IV, 17 (Brn). 


L. testaceus Fab. Hudson Co. (L1); Newark (Bf). 
L. alternans Er. Cosmopolitan, found everywhere (Casey). 
L. ferrugineus Steph. Merchantville V, 7 (Brn); also cosmopolitan. 


All of these species really occur throughout the State, although there 
are no specific records for some of them, and the greater number may be 
found under somewhat moist, rather closely adherent bark. 


LATHROPUS Er. 
L. vernalis Lec. (not ventralis) Throughout the State V-—VII, beating 
dead oak branches. 
DYSMERUS Casey. 
D. basalis Casey. Red Bank, in Gioucester Co., I (W). 


BRONTES Fab. 


B. dubius Fab. Throughout the State III-VI. 
B. debilis Lec.. Hudson Co. (L1); English Creek IX (Bland). 


These species probably occur throughout the State, and are not well 
separated in collections. “Debilis’” is said to be more northern in its 
range, while “dubius” is more southern. 


TELEPHANUS Er. 


T. velox Hald. Throughout the State, under stones and old leaves; 
rarely under bark; may be sifted out from fall to late spring. 


Family CRYPTOPHAGIDA:. 


Small clavicorn beetles, living in fungi and decomposing vegetable mat- 
ter, yellow to blackish in color, sometimes banded, flattened below, and 
not very convex above. They are of no economic importance, and are not 
well known. 


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TELMATOPHILUS Heer. 


. americanus Lec. Throughout the State IV—-VI, locally common, sweep- 


ing in low meadows or marsh land. 


LOBERUS Lec. 


. impressus Lec. Throughout the State, all summer, sweeping in damp 


or Swampy meadow land at dusk. 


TOMARUS Lec. 


. pulchellus Lec. Throughout the State; not rare; taken by sifting in 


winter; spring and fall under leaves, chips, ete., in marsh or low 
meadows. 
ANTHEROPHAGUS Latr. 


. ochraceus Mels. Orange Mts. VII (div); Bloomfield (Bf); Hudson Co. 


(L1); Westville (Li); on flowers; is an inquiline in nests of bumble- 
bees. 
CRYPTOPHAGUS Hbst. 


. cellaris Scop. Spring Lake, in cellars (Ch). 
. croceus Zimm. Newark, rare (Bf). 
. 4-dentatus Mann. New Brunswick (Coll). 


CROSIMUS Casey. 


. obesulus Casey. Greenwood Lake VI, sifting rotten leaves (Sf). 


ATOMARIA Steph. 


. vespertina Makl. Snake Hill (Sf). 

. latula Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill, Arlington, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 
. ochracea Zimm. Snake Hill, common (Sf). 

. ephippiata Zimm. Common throughout the State all season. 


EPHISTEMUS Steph. 


. apicalis Lec. Snake Hill XI, Arlington VI, sweeping at dusk (Sf). 


Family MYCETOPHAGID/. 


Oblong or oval beetles of small or moderate size, brown or black, with 


obscure yellow mottlings or markings, more or less coated with silky 
hair. They are found under bark and in fungus growths, and are neither 
beneficial nor harmful to the agriculturist. 


MYCETOPHAGUS Hellw. 


M. punctatus Say. -Throughout the State, locally common, in fungus on 


oak and elsewhere under bark. 


M. flexuosus Say. With the preceding and similar in habit. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 


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M. bipustulatus Mels. Eagle Rock, 1 specimen (Bf). 

M. pluriguttatus Lec. Newark district in fungus (Bf). 

M. melsheimeri Lec. Camden, rare (Li). 

M. pluripunctatus Lec. Greenwood Lake (Sf); Westville (Li). 
M. pini Ziegl. Westville rare (Li), under pine bark. 

M. obsoletus Mels. Avalon (Li); Sea Isle City VI, 11 (Brn). 


LITARGUS Er. 


L. 6-punctatus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts., Newark IX, 20 (Bf); 
Anglesea VII (Sz); under decomposing vegetable matter and bark. 


L. tetraspilotus Lec. Boonton III, 17 (GG); Orange Mts., Newark V, 30 
(Bf). 
L. didesmus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); DaCosta VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn); 
Anglesea VII and probably throughout the State. 
The record of ‘LL. balteatus’ was based on a misidentification. 


TYPHCEA Steph. 


T. fumata Linn. Common everywhere in stables and sweepings from 
granaries and feed stores (Ch); bred in numbers from dry-rotting 
potatoes at New Brunswick. 


Family DERMESTID/Z. 


Stout, heavily built beetles, with short, weak legs that may be very 
closely folded to the body. Clothed with flattened hair or scales, usually 
black and white mottled; but 
sometimes marked with red, 
brown or yellow. The larve 
are elongate, hairy creatures, 
with tufts of bristles at the 
end of the abdomen and 
sometimes along the sides; 
or with bunches of hair that 
may be erected or spread out. 
They feed (with one excep- 
tion) on stored or dry ani- 
mal and sometimes vegeta- 
ble products, and include 
such pests as the “larder 
beetles,” “museum beetles,” 
“carpet beetles,” etce., and 
are therefore decidedly in- 
jurious. Protection is gained by the use of repellants like camphor and 
naphthaline, and by cleanliness or making access impossible to larve or 
adults. As a rule a combination of both methods is employed, and occa- 
sionally bisulphide of carbon can be used to advantage. ; 


Fig. 101.—Dermestes vulpinus: a, larva from above 
and side; h, pupa; k, adult; enlarged: other 
figures refer to structural details of larva. 


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D. 


D. 


D. 


D. 


A. 


slic 
ali. 


BYTURUS Latr. 


unicolor Say. Throughout the State, adult in flowers; larva a whit- 
ish maggot in fruits, chiefly of raspberry; the one exception in our 
fauna to the feeding habits detailed in the opening paragraph. 
Sometimes this genus is made the type of a distinct family. 


DERMESTES Linn. 


caninus Germ. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, under dead animals, 
sometimes rather common; not usually in houses. 
lardarius Linn. The “larder beetle,’ common throughout the State, 
often on stored provisions. Kill the beetles and larve whenever 
seen, keep provisions in tight or screened receptacles, and, where 
the insects are abundant, trap them on easily accessible scraps. 
vulpinus Fab. Throughout the State under old bones and dried car- 
casses; also in skins and leather, hence known to manufacturers as 
the “leather beetle’; gasoline and carbon disulphide may be used. 
frischii Kug. Riverton IV, Burlington Co. VI (GG); seashore (Li); 
Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); locally not rare; but not a troublesome 
form. 

ATTAGENUS Latr. 
piceus Oliv. Throughout the State, common; the “black carpet 
beetle.” Also said to attack cereals and other seeds. Gasoline and 
carbon disulphide are used. for their destruction, and naphthaline 
may be used as a repellant. 


TROGODERMA Latr. 
ornatum Say. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VI, 9, on flowers (Bf). 


tarsale Mels. Throughout the State. ‘“‘Sometimes injurious to cere- 
als and other seeds, to cayenne pepper, and very troublesome in 
collections of insects or other objects of natural history’’ (Ch). 


ANTHRENUS Geoffr. 


Fig. 102.—The carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophularie: a, larva; b, pupa formed 
in larval skin; c, pupa; d, adult; all much enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW: JERSEY: 267 


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A. scrophularize Linn. The “carpet beetle,” Known in the larval stage 
as the “Buffalo moth.” Adults hibernate and are common on flowers 
in spring; the larve infest woolens chiefly. From stored clothing 
they can usually be kept with naphthaline; infested carpets should 
be removed and cleaned if possible and the floors thoroughly 
scrubbed. If removal is not possible, drench with gasoline twice at 
intervals of ten days, or press the infested areas with a very hot flat- 
iron over a wet cloth so as to drive a steam through the texture. 


A. verbasci Linn. The common Museum pest, injuring dried animal and 
vegetable products of all kinds. In collections naphthaline is used 
as a repellant. 


A. muszeorum Linn. Less common than the preceding and not injurious 
in this country. 


CRYPTORHOPALUM Guer. 


Cc. ruficorne Lec. Common on flowers in Ocean County. 
Cc. triste Lec. Throughout the State on flowers, spring and fall. 


ORPHILUS Er. 


O. niger Rossi. (glabratus Fab.) Not rare on flowers, g. d. 


» 


Family HISTERIDA. 


This family is recognizable by the usually short, chunky form, shining 
black color, the elytra squarely cut off behind so as to leave the end of the 
abdomen exposed. The legs are short, the tibize broad and flat and fitted 
for digging. When disturbed, the beetles fold these legs so close to the 
body that they are practically invisible. The antennal club is short and 
rounded or capitate. The adult beetles are found in or under decaying 


Fig. 103.—Hister arcuatus and H. bimaculatus; much enlarged. 


animal or vegetable matter, in excrement or in fungi. A few of them are 
more oblong and flattened, and these live under bark and generally in 
moist places. The larve as a rule occur in similar situations. 


268 REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Although the circumstances under which the insects occur suggest that 
they are scavengers, it is certain that some and perhaps most of them 
are really predatory, feeding upon other genuine scavengers that occur 
in such situations. 


HOLOLEPTA Payk. 
H. lucida Lee. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee, under bark of chestnut (Bt); 
also under freshly loosened bark of other trees. 
H. fossularis Say. Throughout the State, under bark or in bark layers. 


HISTER Linn. 
H. planipes Lec. Ft. Lee IV (Bt); Belleville III, Woodside IV (Bf); New- 
ark (Dn); found in ant nests and probably preys upon their larve. 


H. arcuatus Say. Madison (Pr); Newark (Bf); along shore from Sandy 
Hook to Cape May among drift and in the sand. 


H. biplagiatus Lec. West Bergen V (Bf); Westville V (div); g. d. (W); 
Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea VII; not common. 

H. harrisii Kirby. Fort Lee (Bt). 

H. virginiz Casey. “New Jersey” (Sf). 

H. merdarius Hoffm. Hopatcong (Pm); New Brunswick, Anglesea (Coll). 

H. interruptus Beauv. Throughout the State, common. 

H. stygicus Lec. Staten Island V (Sf). 

H. immunis Er. Fort Lee (Bt); Staten Island (Lg). 

H. marginicollis Lec. Madison (Pr). 

H. unicus Casey. Hewitt, Staten Island, in toad-stools (Sf). 

H. cognatus Lec. Palisades IV (Sf); Camden V (GG). 

H. umbilicatus Casey. “New Jersey” (Sf). 

H. abbreviatus Fab. Common throughout the State under cow-droppings. 


The “foedatus” of the previous list belongs here. 


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civilis Lec. Camden, Gloucester Co., Cape May C. H. V (W); Brigan- 
tine Beach IX (Hn); seashore (Li); not so common. 
H. furtivus Lec. Madison (Pr). 


. depurator Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
DaCosta VII (W); Winslow VIII, Brown’s Mills IX (Dke); locally 
common. 


ae 


. Gefectus Lec. Jamesburg (Ds); Lakehurst IX, in mushrooms (Sf). 
. servus Er. Lakehurst IX (Sf). 

. bimaculatus Linn. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, not common. 
. sedecemstriatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Hudson Co. (11). 


. americanus Payk. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Brown’s Mills VII (Dke); g. d. (W Li). 


. davisi Schaef. Jamesburg VIII, IX, Lakehurst IX (div); Brookville 
(lige 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 269 


. perplexus Lec. Newark III, 30, g. d. (Bf). 

. relictus Mars. New Jersey (Sf). 

. exaratus Lec. Brigantine Beach IX, rare (Hn). 

. venustus Lec. Newtonville III, 21, sifting, 1 specimen (Brn). 

. subrotundus Say. Throughout the State, under bark and _ stones; 


locally not rare. 


. vernus Say. Orange Mts. V, Newark IX (Bf); 5-mile beach V, and 


Soh (AW )c 


A species taken at Trenton, VI, 2, is probably undescribed, according to 


Mr. Schaeffer. 


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PLATYSOMA Er. 


. saunieri Mars. Silver Lake, Staten Island (Sf). 
. carolinus Payk. Throughout the State, under bark; like most of the 


others of this series. 


. lecontei Mars. With the preceding, but more common. 
. aurelianus Horn. Newark (Bf). 
. parallelus Say. Throughout the State, in spring, under bark; pre- 


datory upon Scolytids. 


. equus Lec. Snake Hill (Sf). 


CYLISTIX Lewis. 


. coarctatus Lec. Staten Island (Lg); Lakewood (Ll). 
. cylindricus Payk. Lakewood VII (div); Jamesburg V,°17 (Coll). 
. attenuatus Lec. Cape May C. H. V, 28, under pine bark, always asso- 


ciated with “Tomicus” (W); Brown’s Mills VI, 23 (Dke). 


EPIERUS Er. 


. pulicarius Er. Camden, Gloucester Co., under bark (W); Merchant- 


ville VI, 15 (GG); found also in decaying wood. 


HETAERIUS Er. 


. brunneipennis Rand. Hopatcong (Pm); Alpine III (Bt); Orange Mts. 


(Bf); Newark (GG); always in ant nests, and sometimes common. 


ONTHOPHILUS Leach. 


. alternatus Say. Staten Island (Lg). 


DENDROPHILUS Leach. 


. punctulatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark V, in rotten elms, rare (Bf); 


Anglesea V, 14, 1 specimen (Brn). 


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CARCINOPS Mars. ‘ 


. conjunctus Say. Snake Hill V, 22, Arlington, Woodside, under stones 


(Bf); Lakehurst V, 24 (Ds). 


. geminatus Lec. Staten Island III (Sf); Brigantine Beach IX, rare 


(Hn). 


. 14-striatus Steph. Snake Hill (1); Newark Dist., g. d. (Bf); Brigan- 


tine Beach IX (Hn); Cape May C. H. V, 28, under king-crabs (W). 


PAROMALUS Er. 


. zequalis Say. Snake Hill (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); Woodbury III 


(Brn); Anglesea; under bark like most other members of this genus. 


. estriatus Lec. Snake Hill (Ll). 
. bistriatus Er. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill (Ll); New- 


ark, g. d., common (Bf). 


. seminulum Er. Snake Hill, under bark of freshly cut stumps (LI). 


SAPRINUS Er. 


. rotundatus Kug. Anglesea (W). 
. pennsylvanicus Payk. Along the seashore and sandy river banks, 


under carrion and in dung, very common; all season. 


. oregonensis Lec. var. sejunctus Mars. Paterson V, 28 (Coll). 

. assimils Payk. Throughout the State; usually in excrement. 

. conformis Lee. Newark (Bf); Iona V, 26 (Dke); Anglesea (W). 

. placidus Er: Highlands (Ch); Sandy Hook VII (Coll). 

. minutus Lec. 5-—mile beach VII, 4—VIII, 1 (W). 

. sphzeroides Lec. Westville VII (W); DaCosta VI, 3, Anglesea VI 


(Brn); Brigantine Beach IX, rare (Hn). 


. fraternus Say. Throughout the State; our commonest inland species. 
. patruelis Lec. Sandy Hook to Cape May, along shore VII-IX. 


. dimidiatipennis Lec. Highlands (Ch) and Sandy Hook to Cape May. 


Most of the species of this genus are more common along shore, where 


they are found in the sand beneath dead fish and other animal matter. 
There are probably other species, and Mr. Schaeffer has determined that 
one form, found at Lakehurst, VII, 4, is undescribed. 


P. 


P. 


PLEGADERUS Er. 


transversus Say. Atlantic City (Castle); g. d. (W); found in Scolytid 
galleries under pine bark. 
barbelini Mars. Newark (Bf); Atco IV, 2 (W). 


BACANIUS Lec. 


B. misellus Lec. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 271 


ACRITUS Lec. 


A. exiguus Er. Newark Dist., g. d., in rotten wood (Bf); Anglesea IV, 11 
(Coll). 
AELETES Horn. 


~. politus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Lahaway V, 28, on 
cranberry bogs (Sm); under decaying vegetable matter generally. 


Family NI'TIDULIDZ. 


Sap beetles as a rule, although some live in fungi and others in or on 
dry animal or vegetable matter. In a general way they may be classed 
as scavengers, and have the short, chunky antennal club usual to such 
species. The majority are more or less flattened, usually broad in pro- 
portion to their length and some of them with somewhat abbreviated 
elytra, exposing the end of the abdomen. Sap beetles are most abundant 
in late fall on tree stumps cut in spring or on over-ripe and decaying 
fruits. 

BRACHYPTERUS Er. 


B. urtice Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Hoboken (Coll); g. d. (W); com- 
monly occurs on nettle (Ch). 


CERCUS Latr. 


C. abdominalis Er. Throughout the State IV—VIII, on flowers of pussy 
willows, elder, etc. 


CARPOPHILUS Steph. 


C. hemipterus Linn. Jersey City, Newark, New 
Brunswick, Westville; an introduced spécies, 
common in grocers’ and bakers’ stocks. 

C. niger Say. Throughout the State under bark, in 
blossoms or on sap, spring and fall. 

C. corticinus Er. Orange Mts. (Bf); Palisades 
(Sm); Camden (Li); Grenloch V, 3 DaCosta VI, 
10 (W). 

C. marginatus Er. Hemlock Falls (Bf). : “ 

C. brachypterus Say. Hudson Co. (div); Orange Fig. 104.—Carpo- 
Mts. (Bf); Newtonville VII, Seaville Iv (Sf); 9 Ms hemibrerus; 
Grenloch V, 3, on pine sap (W). a 


C. antiquus Mels. Hudson Co. (div); Clementon VIII, 10, on the black 
fungus on outside of ears of corn (W). 


“C. dimidiatus” and “C. pallipennis’” of the previous edition are mis- 
identifications. 


COLASTUS Er. 
C. morio Er. Bloomfield (Bf); Iona IV, 30 (W); under pine bark. 
C. maculatus Er. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (L1); also under bark. 


272 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM 


C. semitectus Say. Throughout the State under bark of pine stumps 
and other trees on flowing sap, often in large numbers. 


C. unicolor Say. Newark (Bf); Petersburg VI (Brn); Westville, Iona 
V, 7, in great numbers in stumps of pine (W). 

C. truncatus Rand. Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Westville (W); Mer- 
chantville V, 17 (Brn). : 


var. obliquus Lec. Iona V, 7, on pine stumps (W). 


CONOTELUS Er. 


C. obscurus Er. Throughout the State VIII, [X, in ‘“Convolvulus” and 
other flowers; very like a rove-beetle in appearance. 


EPURAZA Er. 

E. helvola Er. Hudson Co. (Ll); Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea VII 
(SZ) secrmdanGVae 

E. rufa Say. Throughout the State, locally common; sifting in winter, 
on fungi in fall and spring. 

E. erichsonii Reitt. Lahaway VI, 12 (Sm); Sea Isle VI, 10 (Brn); g. d. 

in decaying bloom (W). 

. corticina Er. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

. avara Rand. Hudson Co. (L1); Lahaway V (Sm). 

. planulata Er. Grenloch V, 3, Iona IV, 30, on pine stumps (W). 

. truncatella Mann. Newtonville III, 26, 1 specimen (Brn). 

ovata Horn. Arlington VI, in dead fungus (Sf); Newark (Bf). 

. peltoides Horn. Hudson Co. (L1); Orange Mts. V, 5 (Bf); on sap. 

. labilis Er. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf). 


mmmmmmm 


HAPTONCUS Murr. 
H. luteolus Er. Hopatcong (Pm). 


NITIDULA Fab. 

N. bipunctata Linn. (bipustulata) Ft. Lee (Sf); 
West Bergen IV, 24, common in dead fishes (Bf) ; 
Camden V, 14; Merchantville IX, 30 (Brn). 

N. rufipes Linn. Throughout the State from fall to 
spring, under dry animal matter; sometimes 
common. 

N. zic-zac Say. Common throughout the State. 


STELIDOTA Er. 
S. geminata Say. Throughout the State, on sap 
and under dry leaves. 


S. 8maculata Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark, g. d. (Bf); Spring Lake 
(Ch); Westville (W); Anglesea VII (Sz). 
S. strigosa Gyll. Malaga, under pine bark (W); Brigantine IX (Hn). 


Fig. 105.—WNitidula bi- 
punctata; enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 273 


PROMETOPIA Er. 


P. 6—-maculata Say. Throughout the State under pine and other bark in 
spring and until VII, 30. 


PHENOLIA Er. 


P. grossa Fab. Throughout the State, more or less common in gilled 
fungi. 


OMOSITA Er. 


- ©. colon Linn. Throughout the State on dry carrion or in fungi. 
The “O. discoidea”’ of previous edition is an error. 


SORONIA Er. 


S. guttulata Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Iona V, 7, on pine roots in scolytid 
galleries (W). 


S. undulata Say. Throughout the State, g. d., not rare. 


S. ulkei Lec. Newark (Bf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Brn); Westville V, 4 
(GG); seashore (Li); single specimens only. F 


S. grisea Linn. Clementon, Malaga VI (W); an introduced species. 


POCADIUS Er. 


P. helvolus Er. Ft. Lee in Lycoperdium (Bt); Camden VII, 25 (GG); 
Collingswood VII, 28 (Brn); Lacy V, 27 (DkKe); g. d. (W). 
P. infuscatus Reitt. “New Jersey” (Horn Coll). 


MELIGETHES Steph. . 
M. mutatus Harr. Paterson V, 3 (Jl). 


OXYCNEMUS Er. 


©. histrinus Lec. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); seashore (Li); g. d. 
(W); always rare and “peculiar to the genus ‘Phallus’” (Sz). 


O. nigripennis Lec. Brookville IX, 20 (Lg); Sea Isle City IX, 8 (W). 


AMPHICROSSUS Er. 


A. ciliatus Oliv. Hudson Co. (Ll); West Bergen, Orange Mts., on sap 
(Bf); Woodbury V, 22, VII, 30 (div); g. d. (W). 


PALLODES Er. 


P. pallidus Beauv. Throughout the State V-—VII, in gilled and other 
fungi. ; : 


CYLLODES Er. 
C. biplagiatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf). 


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274 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CYCHRAMUS Kug. 


C. adustus Er. Hoboken (Sm); Orange Mts. in fungus (Bf); Westville 
(W); Atco IX, 4 (Brn); in puff-balls, never common. 


CYBOCEPHALUS Er. 
C. nigritulus Lec. Snake Hill (Sf). 


CRYPTARCHA Schuck. 


C. ampla Er. Throughout the State; a general sap feeder V-VII. 
C. strigata Fabr. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange (Ch); g. d., on 
sap at all times (W); usually not common. 


C. concinna Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d., not rare (Bf); 
Lahaway II, 8 (Sm). 


IPS Fabr. 


l. obtusus Say. Throughout the State; rare; on sap. 


1. quadriguttatus Fabr. (fasciatus) Throughout the 
State; common under bark, on sap and sometimes 
in fruits. 


Il. sanguinolentus Oliv. Throughout the State, though 
somewhat local and rarely common. 


RHIZOPHAGUS Hbst. 


Fig. 106.—Ips 


A. scalpturatus Mann. Orange Mts., salt meadows (Bf). quadriguttatus 
R. cybindricus Lec. Lahaway III, VI, VII (div); Gren- GN ES 
enlarged. 


loch XI, 26 (W); g. d., not rare (Li). 


R. cylindricus Lec. Lahaway III, VI, VII (div); Grenloch XI, 26 (W); 
2d NOu Tare: inal): 


R. brunneus Horn. Grenloch XI, 26, Iona IV, 30, live deep underground 
around roots of pine (W). 


R. bipunctatus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Woodside, once plentiful (Bf). 
R. minutus Mann. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 


Family LATRIDUHD/. : 
Very small, oval, convex insects with the thorax usually narrower than 
the elytra. They are very commonly brown in color, often striated, occa- 
sionally banded, and found commonly under bark, under decayed leaves 
and in sweeping among vegetation in early evening. The larve are oval, 
soft, very hairy, and live in vegetable refuse, fungi, etc. Occasionally 
they are found:in granaries, but never in really troublesome numbers. 
The arrangement here follows the revision of Prof. H. C. Fall in the 


THE INSECTS OF NEW: JERSEY. 275 


Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. for 1899 in all essentials, and all the species collected 
and recorded by Mr. Boerner were determined by Prof. Fall. 


ig) (el fel (9) 


LATRIDIUS Hbst. 


breviclavus Fall. L. I. to Michigan, and almost certainly New Jersey. 


. liratus Lec. (Stephostethus) Snake Hill, Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark V, 


New Brunswick (Coll); g. d., local, not rare (W). 


ENICMUS Thom. 


. minutus Linn. Arlington VI, sweeping at dusk (Brn). 
. aterrimus Mots. (Latridius opaculus). Fort Lee (Sf); Arlington 
meadows (Bf). 
CARTODERE Thom. 
. ruficollis Marsh. Mass. to Va., and certain to occur in New Jersey. 


CORTICARIA Marsh. 


. fulva Com. A cosmopolitan species found from the Atlantic to the 


Pacific, and from Mass. to Va.; certain to occur in New Jersey. 


. serrata Payk. Also cosmopolitan, as with the preceding. 

. dentigera Lec. Spring Lake (Ch). 

. elongata Gyll. Orange (Ch); Malaga VII (GG); Newtonville III (Brn). 
. ferruginea Marsh. (deleta) Orange (Ch) and g. d. in dried products. 


This is also probably the “ferruginosa”’ Mots. of the last edition, and 
occurs throughout the State. 


MELANOPHTHALMA Mots. 


. picta Lec. (Corticaria) Snake Hill (Sf); Westville V, 28, Merchant- 


ville III, 30, Anglesea VII, 12 (Brn). 


. simplex Lec. (Corticaria) Anglesea V, VII (div). 
. villosa Zimm. Newark VII, Gloucester V, DaCosta VII, Sea Isle VI, 


Anglesea VII (Brn). 


. distinguenda Com. Newark VII, Gloucester to Anglesea, g. d., IV—VII 


(Brn). 


. pumila Lec. Ft. Lee, Staten Island (Jl). 
. gibbosa Hbst. Newtonville VII, 9 (Brn). 


similata Gyll. Merchantville VII, Westville V, Gloucester V, DaCosta 
VII, Anglesea VI (Brn). 


. regularis Lec. “New Jersey’’—type locality. 
. longipennis Lec. (Corticaria) Arlington III, 19 (Bf); Newark, New 


Brunswick (Coll). 


. americana Mann. (Corticaria) Hudson Co. (Ll). 
. cavicollis Mann. Hudson Co. (Ll); Sea Isle City VIII (Brn). 


276 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family TROGOSITID/L. 


Usually oblong, flat species, the prothorax as wide as the thorax and 
often well separated from it. Generally they live under bark, but a few 
live in granaries, where they sometimes become rather numerous, and 
more rarely specimens are found on fungus. Some of them are predatory 
or semi-parasitic in the larval stage, and very few are at all injurious. 


THYMALUS Duft. 


lie fulgidus Er. Throughout the State V, VI. Looks like a bronze lady- 
bird beetle and is usually found on a white birch fungus. Mr. Daecke 
has actually bred it from ‘‘Polyphorus betula-alba.” 


NEMOSOMA Latr. 


N. parallelum Mels. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark (GG); Orange Mts. VII 
(Bf); Anglesea (Li); feeds on Scolytids. 


ALLINDRIA Er. 
A. cylindrica Serv. Ft. Lee IV, 27 (Jl); Anglesea (W). 


TROGOSITA Oliv. 


T. virescens Fabr. Throughout the State, under bark IV—VIII, locally 
not rare. 


TENEBRIOIDES Pall. 
T. mauretanica Linn. 
Throughout the State 
and throughout most of 
the world as well, in 
granaries, warehouses and 
stores; known as_ the 
“Cadelle.” 


T. corticalis Mels. Occurs 
with the preceding and 
sometimes replaces it; 
but is more general un- fig. 107.—The “Cadelle” 


> a, larva; b, adultsie 
der bark, throughout the to j, structural details; all enlarged. 
State. 


T. collaris Sturm. Staten Island (Lg); Clementon V (Brn); Lakehurst 
VI, IX (Jl); Brown’s Mills VI (Dke); Anglesea (W). 

T. marginata Beauv. Anglesea (W). 

T. americana Kirby. (castanea Mels.) Boonton VI (GG); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Camden (Li); Anglesea and g. d. (W). 
var. laticollis Horn. Anglesea (W). 

T. bimaculata Mels. Ft. Lee VI, VIL (div); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange 
(Ch); Jamesburg VI (Jl); Malaga VII (GG); Anglesea (W). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 27 


N 


Family MONOTOMID. 


MONOTOMA Hbst. 
M. producta Lec. Brigantine Beach IX, Sea Isle City, Avalon VII, An- 
glesea VII (div); a strictly maritime species. 
M. picipes Hbst. Hudson Co. (Ll); under decaying vegetation. 


EUROPS Wall. 


E. pallipennis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, on gummy excretions of 
hickory (Sf). 


BACTRIDIUM Lec. 
B. ephippigerum Guer. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. 
(Bf); Merchantville V, 7 (Brn). 
B. striolatum Reit. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (L1); Orange Mts. (Bf). 


B. cavicolle Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf), 
Hudson Co. (L1), in galleries of and feeding on Scolytid larve. 


Family DERODONTID. 


Oblong, rather convex species, the thorax rounded and toothed at the 
edge, elytra yellowish with obscure blackish markings. Very little is 
known of the adults and less of the larve. 


DERODONTUS Lec. 
D. maculatus Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


Family BYRRHID/. 


These are usually known as “pill beetles,” small in size and generally 
black with silky iridescent pubescence, which makes the species easily 
recognizable. The legs and antennze may be so closely folded to the 
body as to be practically invisible. They live at the roots of grasses or 
in water, and are of no economic importance. 


CYTILUS Er. 


C. sericeus Forst. (trivittatus Mels.) Greenwood Lake V (Lv); Madi- 
son V (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark district (Bf); 
Sea Isle City V (Brn); and probably throughout the State. 


BYRRHUS Linn. 


B. americanus Lec. Newfoundland IX (Jl); Paterson V (Soc); Green- 
wood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Bf); along the shore, Brigantine 
to Cape May VI, VII (div); not common. 


278 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


LIMNICHUS Latr. 


L. punctatus Lec. Newark, rare (Bf); Burlington County (Sm). 


L. ovatus Lec. Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); Anglesea II, 
22 (W). 


FORCINOLUS Muls. & Rey. 
F. minimus Fabr. Lakehurst (Brb, Jl). 


Family NOSODENDRID. 


Very similar to the “Byrrhide; more bronzed, less silky and feeders 
on the sap of trees. 


NOSODENDRON Latr. 


N. unicolor Say. Ft. Lee (div); Snake Hill, Orange Mts., g. d., rare 
(Bf); Atlantic City (W). 


Family PARNIDA. 


These are aquatic beetles, with long legs not fitted for swimming. They 
are usually gray or black, sometimes striped with yellow, and may be 
found clinging to the under side of stones or wood debris in streams and 
ponds. They are oblong or elongate, convex, and the division between 
thorax and abdomen is unusually well marked. The larve are aquatic, 
flattened, and resemble crustaceans in appearance. 


PSEPHENUS Hald. 


P. lecontei Lec. Hemlock Falls, not rare (Bf); Newark (Coll); Millburn, 
on stones in streams (Bt); Echo Lake, on stones and lily pads (Ds); 
Lake Macopin, abundant, walking on large submerged stones (Lg); 
Spotswood (Rob). 


DRYOPS Oliv. 


D. lithophilus Germ. Throughout the State, not rare, V—VIII. 


D. fastigiatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mt. and Newark district 
(div); Jamesburg, Lakehurst (Rob). 


D. striatus Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Jamesburg, Lakehurst (Rob). 


ELMIS Latr. 


=5 bivittatus Lec. Jamesburg (Rob); “New Jersey” (Lg). 


E. 4-notatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Clifton (Ll); Jamesburg, Spotswood, 
Lakehurst (Rob); Atco (W). 


E. elegans Lec. Newark (Bf); Westfield Conn. (Sf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. ae 


E. fastiditus Lec. Jamesburg (Rob). 

. ovalis Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 

E. nitidulus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (div); Spotswood 
(Rob); Ateo (W). 

E. pusilius Lec. Ft. Lee Dist. (Rob);. Clifton (L1). 


m 


STENELMIS Dup. 


S. sinuatus Lec. Lakehurst (Rob). 


S. crenatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Clifton (Ll); Newark, at light (Bf); 
Spotswood, Lakehurst (Rob); Clementon VIII, 5 (Brn). 


S. bicarinatus Lec. Newark, at light (Bf); Jamesburg, Spotswood (Rob). 
. 4maculatus Horn. Newark (Bf); Jamesburg (Rob). 
S. vittipennis Zimm. Clifton (Ll). 


n 


MACRONYCHUS Mill. 
M. glabratus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Clifton (L1); Orange Mts. (div); 
New Brunswick VIII, 29 (Coll); Jamesburg VII, 4 (div); Woodbury 
(Brn); under logs in running water. 


ANCYRONYX Er. 
A. variegatus Germ. Orange Mts. (div); Clifton (L1); Jamesburg VII, 


4 (Bf); Spotswood (Rob); Atco VI, 18, Clementon VIII, 5, Newton- 
ville VII, 9 (Brn); g. d. (W). F 


Family HETEROCERIDAE. 


These beetles are oblong, convex, densely clothed with short silken 
pubescence. The thorax is almost square, the angles rounded, head small, 
with the mandibles projecting prominently. They are yellowish in color, 
mottled with black spots or bands, and live in galleries in sand or mud 
along the banks of ponds, streams or ditches. They fly at night and are 
often attracted to light in large numbers. 


HETEROCERUS Fabr. 


H. tristis Mann. Seashore, rare (Ll). 


H. undatus Mels. (fatuus Kies.) Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Woodbury 
VII (GG); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea V (W). 


H. ventralis Mels. Atlantic City (W). 
. auromicans Kies. Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


ae 


H. pusillus Say. Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Orange, abundant at light 
(Ch); Sea Isle V, Anglesea VI (Brn). 
The record of “‘brunneus” Mels. is an error of identification. 


280 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family DASCYLLID/. 


Small, oval, convex species with rather soft elytra, head concealed and 
bent down, antenne usually slender, but often serrated toward the tip. 
The legs are slender, and when disturbed the insects usually draw up 
so as to seem almost hunched, the broadest part of the body coming a lit- 
tle before the middle. They are beaten from trees or swept from shrubs, 
and some species are very common, though none are known to be in- 
jurious. 


EURYPOGON Mots. 


E. niger Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 
2 (Bf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Chew’s Landing VI, 9 (W); DaCosta VI, 4 
(Dke). 


ODONTONYX Guer. 
O. trivittis Germ. Orange Mts. (Bf); Montclair (Sm); very rare. 


PTILODACTYLA Latr. 


P. serricollis Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Wood- 
bury VII, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI (Brn); g. d. (W). 


EUCINETUS Germ. 


E. terminalis Lec. Hudson Co. (Li); Newark (Bf); Merchantville X 
(GG); Chew’s Landing, Anglesea VI, 9 (W); among decaying leaves. 


E. strigosus Lec. Merchantville X, Woodbury XII, Gloucester XI, Clemen- 
ton IX (W). 


ECTOPRIA Lec. 


E. nervosa Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI (GG); Hudson Co. (Ll); 
Orange Mts., Woodside VI (Bf); Anglesea (W). The record of ‘“Pla- 
conycha edwardsii’ Lec. was based on a specimen of this species. 


DICRANOPSELAPHUS Guer. 
D. variegatus Horn. “N. Y. City and vicinity,” in the Jtilich Coll. (Lg). 


PRIONOCYPHON Redt. 


P. limbatus Lec. East Jersey (Dietz); Staten Island (Lg); DaCosta 
(W). > 


HELODES Latr. 


H. pulchella Guer. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf); 
Haddonfield V, 13 (GG); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); DaCosta VII, Chew’s 
Landing VI (W). 


H. thoracica Guer. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 281 


SCIRTES Ill. 


S. orbiculatus Fab. Hudson Co. (L1); Clementon V, VIII (div). 
S. tibialis Guer. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 


CYPHON Payk. 


-C. robustus Lec. Merchantville V, 23, Anglesea, in Swamps among 
Sphagnum (W); Atco V (div); Buena Vista (Li); Sea Isle V (Brn). 


C. ruficollis Say. Orange Mts., Clementon VI, 3 (GG); Westville VI, 6 
(Brn); Anglesea (W). f 

C. obscurus Guer. Newark (div); Waverly III (Bf); Jamesburg VII, 
Camden, Westville !V, 22, DaCosta VI, Anglesea V (Brn). 

C. collaris Guer. Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d. (Bf). = 

C. variabilis Thunb. Common throughout the State. 

C. padi Linn. Anglesea (W). 


Family RHIPICERIDZE. 


Elongate, very convex black or brown species, somewhat resembling 
“Elateride”’; but without the power of leaping; thorax shorter, head 
more prominent, with large calliper-like mandibles and flabellate antennz 
in the males. They are very rare and usually found on or near dead trees. 


SANDALUS Knoch. 


S. petrophya Knoch. North Jersey (Li); Plainfield, Lakehurst IX (Sf); 
Newark (Bf); Staten Island on beech (Lg); Anglesea in wash-up 
(W). 


Family EUCNEMID/E. 


Resemble in general the following ‘‘Elateride”’ and sometimes united 
with them; but the prothorax is more closely joined to the mesothorax, 
and the “‘snapping” habit is not developed. None of the species are in- 
jurious, and several of them are distinctly rare. 


MELASIS Oliv. 


M. pectinicornis Mels. Palisades (Lv); Alpine (Bt); Ft. Lee (Sf); New- 
ark (Soc); Orange Mts. (Bf); Clementon V, 2 (CG); Atlantic City 
(Castle); Avalon VI (Brn); Anglesea VII and South Jersey (W); 
bores in dead oaks and is always rare. ° 


THAROPS Lap. 


T. ruficornis Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; local and always rare; 
bores in felled trees. 


282 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


D. 


DELTOMETOPUS Bonv. 


ameenicornis Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee (Sf); Hemlock Falls, 
Chester (Bf); Iona VI, Avalon VI (Brn); Anglesea V, VI (div); and 
probably throughout the State, though never common. 


. rufipes Mels. Fort Lee (Sf). 


DROM/ZOLUS Kies. 


. cylindricollis Say. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Ft. Lee, on bull thistle, at 


the junction of leaf and stem; hard to pick off (Bt); breeds in dead 
or dying branches (Sz). . 


. striatus Lec. Jamesburg VII, 4, Petersburg VI, 8, DaCosta VII, 16 


(Brn); Buena Vista (Li). 


FORNAX Lap. 


. calceatus Say. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 
. orchesides Newn. Ft. Lee, larve by the thousands in dead gum tree 


(Jl); Avalon (W). 


ENTOMOPHTHALMUS Bonv. 


. rufiolus Lee. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf); Hemlock Falls 


(Stortz); Petersburg VI, 18, under bark (Brn). 


MICRORRHAGUS Esch. 


. subsinuatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 
. triangularis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); 


Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); on dead branches like all of this genus. 


. pectinatus Lec. Orange Mts., Hemlock Falls, rare (Bf). 
. bonvouloirii Horn. Fort Lee (Sf). 


The “humeralis” and “imperfectus” of the previous edition are based 


on errors of determination. 


HYPOCCELUS Esch. 


. frontosus Say. Fort Lee VII, 10 (Jl). 
. terminalis Lec. Orange Mts., Hemlock Falls (Bf). 


SCHIZOPHILUS Bonv. 


. subrutus Rand. Plainfield (Sf); South Jersey (Li). 


SARPEDON Bonv. 


. scabrosus Bony. Palisades, bred (Liv); Boonton VIII, 3 (GG); Orange 


Mts. (Bf). 
PEROTHOPS Er. 


. mucida Gyll. Camden (Li); Anglesea (W); rare; breeds in dead 


beech. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 283 


CEROPHYTUM Latr. 
Cc. pulsator Hald. Fort Lee, 1 specimen (Sf). 


Family KLATERID/A‘. 


The species belonging to this family are commonly known as “click,” 
“snapping” or “spring beetles,’ because of their power of springing into 
the air when laid on their back and turning right-side-up in the process. 
The prothorax is long, loosely jointed to the meso-thorax, prolonged back- 
ward on the under side into a curved process, which fits into a groove or 
cavity in the meso-thorax. When placed on its back the beetle elevates 
the body until it rests on the head and tip of elytra, and the end of the 
spine rests at the edge of the cavity. 
* The tension is then suddenly removed 
and the curvature reversed, the shoulders 
of the wing-covers striking the surface 
hard enough to elevate the beetle for 
quite a distance. In general the insects 
are at least three times as long as wide, 
broadest at the shoulders and tapering 
posteriorly. The prevailing colors are 
brown, black or yellowish, and few of 
Your species are spotted or banded. As 
adults they rarely do much feeding and 
are not injurious. The larve are long, 
slender, a little flattened, yellowish or 
whitish, and very tough or leathery in 
texture, whence they are termed “wire- 
worms.” Some of these live in decaying 
wood and are practically harmless, but 
others live in the soil, feeding on the 
roots of growing plants, chiefly grasses. 
Corn, potatoes and other crops following sod are chiefly injured, and when 
the pests are very abundant little can be done to stop them. Ordinary 
insecticide applications are entirely useless, because it is practically im- 
possible to reach the insects where they are feeding. Systematic fall plow- 
ing of sod land is useful, because it destroys the pupze and recently de- 
veloped beetles, and this, combined with short periods in sod, serves to 
lessen the evil. Chickens eat the insects when turned up by the plow, 
and hogs take them greedily when they can get at them. In the garden 
they can be attracted to cut pieces of potato, which may be gathered and 
destroyed when filled with the insects. They have also been baited. with 
little masses of poisoned sweet dough placed underground, but that is 
only attractive while fresh. 


Fig. 108.—A click-beetle, or snap- 
ping beetle; enlarged. 


284 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. 


Fig. 109.—Wire worm from 
above and side; enlarged. 


AGRYPNUS Esch. 


A. sallei Lec. Manumuskin V, 12 (Dke); 
Anglesea VI, VII, IX (div). 


ADELOCERA Latr. 

A. impressicollis Say. Lakehurst VII (Ds). 

A. marmorata Fab. Gloucester and Camden 
Co. (W); Westville (Li); Manumuskin V, 
5 (DkKe). 

A. discoidea Web. Throughout the State IV-— 
VI, local, not common. 

A. aurorata Lec. Chester (Dn); Livingston 
Park V, 8 (Gr). 

A. maculata Lec. New Jersey, exact locality 
unknown (Li). 

A. obtecta Say. Ft. Lee VI (Jl); So. Amboy X 
(Bt). 

A. brevicornis Lec. Palisades (Jl); all the 
species under dead bark. 


CHALCOLEPIDIUS Esch. 


C. viridipilis Say. Camden and Gloucester 
Counties, rare (div). 


ALAUS Esch. 

A. oculatus Linn. Throughout the State, not 
rare; our largest and most conspicuous 
species; larva in decaying wood. 

myops Fab. Throughout the State where pine occurs; always rare; 

larva under pine bark IV-VI, adults VI-VIII. 


HEMIRHIPUS Latr. 


ti fascicularis Fab. G.d., but local and very rare (W). 


CARDIOPHORUS Esch. 


. convexus Say. Throughout the State V—VII. 
. cardisce Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Woodside (Bf); Highlands (Ch); 


Anglesea V (div); g. d. (W), and probably throughout the State. 


. fenestratus Lec. Anglesea V, 30, 1 specimen (W). 
. convexulus Lec. Greenville, in early spring, under stones (Bf). 
. gagates Er. (lzvicollis Er.) Throughout the State IV—VI, locally not 


rare. 


. robustus Lec. Greenville, rare (Bf); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY 285 


HORISTONOTUS Cand. 


. curiatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf); 


Jamesburg VII, 4 (Sm); Camden, Gloucester Co. (div) National Park 
VI, 10 (Dke). 


CRYPTOHYPNUS Esch. 


. abbreviatus Say. Snake Hill IV (Sf); Newark Dist., salt meadow 


(Bf); Orange (Lg). 


HYPNOIDUS Schioerite. 


. exiguus Rand. Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); Camden, Westville V (div); 


Sea Isle V, 10 (Brn). 


. choris Say. Chester (Dn); So. Camden IV, V (div); Gloucester Co. 


(Li); Merchantville IV, 24, Westville V, 28 (Brn). 


. obliquatulus Meéls. Irvington, Orange Mts., salt meadow (Bf); Staten 


Island (Jl); Camden (Li); Woodbury V, 22 (GG); Ocean Co. V, 28 
(Sm); Peermont VI, 28 (Brn). 


. perplexus Horn. New Jersey (Lg). 

. pectoralis Say. Salt meadows, Springfield, Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

. delumbis Horn. Staten Island (Lg). 

. melsheimeri Horn. Springfield, washed out with ‘“Bembidium” (Bf). 


MONOCREPIDIUS Esch. 


. lividus DeG. Throughout the State VI, VII, not rare. 
. vespertinus Fab. Throughout the State VII-IX, locally common; 


more abundant along shore; injurious to beans at DaCosta VII. 


. auritus Hbst. Common throughout the State VI, VII. 
. bellus Say. Throughout the State, not rare VI, VII, sweeping; breeds 


at the roots of millet—“‘Panicum” sp. (Ch). 


ELATER Linn. 


. hepaticus Mels. Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W). 

. manipularis Cand. Newtonville III, 24, IV, 16 (Brn). 

. carbonicolor Esch. Clementon V, 30 (GG). 

. pedalis Germ. Throughout the State VI, locally common on flowers, 


especially on magnolias in South Jersey. 


. higrinus Payk. Staten Island V, on flowers (Ds). 
. mixtus Hbst. Throughout the State IV—VI, on flowers; rare. 
. nigricollis Hbst. Throughout the State II-V, under bark and on flow- 


ers; locally not rare. 


. linteus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Riverton IV, 10 (GG); Gloucester IV, 


20, Seaville ITV, 29 (Brn); g. d. (Li, W). 


286 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. discoideus Fab. Palisades, bred from beech (Ly); Ft. Lee (Bt); 
Staten Island under hickory bark II, Lakehurst IV (Ds);°Riverton V, 
28 (GG). 

. sayi Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee under oak bark (Bt); Staten 
Island V (Ds); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); always rare. 


m 


socer Lec. Lahaway VI, 16 (Sm). 

rubricollis Hbst. Throughout the State IV—VI under bark and on 

flowers. 

E. semicinctus Rand. Newfoundland VII (Ds); Hemlock Falls in early 
spring, rare (Bf); New Jersey (Jil). 

E. militaris Harr. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Anglesea (W); rare. 

luctuosus Lec. Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island (Lg). 

nigricans Germ. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Staten Island V 

(Ds); on flowers. 

E. rubricus Say. Throughout the State V, VI, on flowers; common on 

magnolias in the swamps of South Jersey. 

. collaris Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee V (Bt); Staten Island V 

(div); Lakehurst V (Ds); Camden (Li); on flowers and not common. 

E. sanguinipennis Say. Throughout the State IV, V, VIII, IX, locally 
common. 

E. xanthomus Germ. Newark Dist. (Bf); Riverton IV, Malaga VI (GG); 
Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Clementon III, Petersburg VI (Brn); 
Lahaway III (Coll). 

E. obliquus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co, (Ll); Newark (Soc); Orange 

Mts. (Bf); Ocean Co. (Coll); g. d. (W Li); not common. 
pusio Germ. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea VII, 4 
(Ly). 


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DRASTERIUS Esch. 


D. elegans Fab. Throughout the State IV—-VII; usually common. 
D. amabilis Lec. Throughout the State IV-VII; hardly less common. 


MEGAPENTHES Kies. 


M. limbalis Hbst. Throughout the State in July; not common. 
M. rufilabris Germ. With the preceding, but even more rare. 


LUDIUS Latr. 


L. attenuatus Say. Chester (Dn); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Cald- 
well (Cr); Newark (Soc); Camden (Li); Lahaway VII, 12 (Sm); 
Manumuskin VI, 21, bred from decaying red cedar (Dke); not com- 
mon. 

. abruptus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); Caldwell (Cr); 
Orange Mts. (Bf); Westville (Li); Woodbury VII (Brn); Weymouth 
VII, 20 (Dke). 


r 


>>> Pr D> > 


we find our most common forms; their larve 
are nearly all root-feeders, and the common 
wire-worms infesting cultivated crops. 


M. decumanus Er. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. 


. secretus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Wood- 


. ignobilis Mels. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). 
. depressus Mels. Generally distributed; not 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 287 


~ORTHOSTETHUS Lac. 


. Infuscatus Germ. Avalon, rare (W). 


AGRIOTES Esch. 


» mancus Say. Weehawken (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Newark 


Dist. (Bf); Hudson Co. (Li); Staten Island III (Ds); not rare. 


. Stabilis Lec. Madison (Pr). 

. insanus Cand. Hudson Co. (Ll); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 

. fucosus Lec. Fort Lee (Bt). 

. pubescens Mels. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); g. d. (Li). 

. limosus Lec. Palisades (Jl). 

. oblongicollis Mels. Throughout the State IV, V; locally common. 


\ 
DOLOPIUS Esch. 


. lateralis Esch. Throughout the State IV—-VI; locally common. 


BETARMON Kies. 


. bigeminatus Rand. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. 


(Bf). 
GLYPHONYX Cand. 


. recticollis Say. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. 
. testaceus Mels. With the preceding and equally common. 


MELANOTUS Esch. 


It is among the species of this genus that 


(LI); Orange VI (Ch); Ocean City VII, 12 
(Vk); g. d. (W); not common. 


bury V, 22 (GG); Atco (Li); Anglesea and 
South Jersey (W). . 


rare (W). 


Fig. 110.—Melanotus 
. angustatus Er. With the preceding (W). species and its larva; 


2 enlarged. 
. trapezoideus Lec. G. d., rare (W). 


. teenicollis Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist., on willow, not rare (Bf); 


Staten Island VI (Ds); Westville, rare (W). 


. leonardi Lec. Grenwood Lake V (Lv); Ft. Lee VII (Jl); So. Amboy 


under pine bark (Bt); Malaga VI (GG). 


288 REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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. castanipes Payk. (scrobicollis Lec.) Newark (Bf). 
. glandicolor Mels. Hudson Co. (Ll). 
. fissilis Say. Common throughout the State V—VIII. 


communis Gyll. With the preceding and equally common. 


. exuberans Lec. New Jersey (Horn Coll). 

. parumpunctatus Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll). 

. cribulosus Lec. DaCosta, on pine V, VI (W). | 

. pertinax Say. Orange (Lg); Newark (div); New Brunswick VII 


(Coll); Anglesea (W); rare. 


. dubius Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); South River VII (Coll); g. d., not 


rare (W). 


. tenax Say. New Jersey (Horn Coll). 
. americanus Hbst. Throughout the State V; locally common. 
. insipiens Say. DaCosta V, on pine (W); g. d. (i). 


variolatus Lec. Newark Dist., g. d. (Bf), rare. 


The “sagittarius” of the previous edition is a misidentification. 


LIMONIUS Esch. 


. auripilis Say. Atco (Li); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); rare. 

. stigma Hbst. New Jersey (Horn Coll). 

: griseus Beauy. Throughout the State V, VI; common. 

. interstitialis Mels. Camden, Anglesea (W). 

. confusus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. (Bf); g. d. (Li); rare. 
. plebejus Say. Throughout the State V; locally common. 


zeger Lec. Staten Island V (Ds); Ocean Co., not rare (Sm). 


: quercinus Say. Throughout the State, common V—VII. 
. basillaris Say. East Jersey (Dietz); South River V, 26, VII, 8 (Coll); 


5h (Ole (QDal, NS NRE@ WYLIE 8) (CERES) ye 


. agonus Say. Newark V (0c); Atlantic City (Castle). 
. definitus Zieg]. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. (Bf); Atco, rare (Li). 
. nimbatus Say. Hudson Co. (L1); Newark Dist., common (Bf); West- 


ville (Li); g. d. (W). 


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PITYOBIUS Lec. 


. anguinus Lec.- South River VII, 8 (Coll); DaCosta (Castle); Atlantic 


City (div); Sea Isle City VII, 12 (Brn). 


ATHOUS Esch. 


. brightwellii Kirby. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Anglesea (W). 
. acanthus Say. Throughout the State V-VII; common. 

. cucullatus Say. Throughout the State V—-VII; locally common. 

. scapularis Say. _ Pasilsades, Ft. Lee VI, 18 (Jl). 

. equestris Lec. New Jersey (Coll Horn). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 289 


OESTODES Lec. 


. tenuicollis Rand. Lahaway (Sm). 


PARANOMUS Kies. 


. estriatus Lec. Fort Lee VI, 27 (Jl). 


SERICOSOMUS Steph. 


. viridanus Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); DaCosta (W); seashore (Li). 
. silaceus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; common. 
. debilis Lec. Landisville, 1 specimen (Li). Mr. Schwarz points out 


that this is a Californian species. Mr. Liebeck claims that he has 
compared it carefully with authentic examples and description and 
can find no difference. He made the capture’ himself, but admits the 
possibility of an accidental introduction. 


CORYMBITES Latr. 


. tessellatus Linn. Throughout the Highlands and northward V, VII, 


rare; Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Lakehurst V, 29 (Jl). 


. cylindriformis Hbst. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Caldwell (Cr); 


Newark Dist. (Bf); New Brunswick VI (Coll); g. d. (W, Li). 


- pyrrhos Hbst. Throughout the State, locally common VI, VII. 
. tarsalis Mels. Throughout the State V, VI, on willow (Bf), on pine 


(W); not recorded from the true pine barrens nor the sea coast. 


. sulcicollis Say. Ft. Lee V, 18 (Jl); New Jersey (W). 
. ethiops Hbst. Piedmont Plain and northward V, VI, and Delaware 


Valley V; locally not rare. 


. medianus Germ. New Jersey VII, VIII (Bt). 
. hamatus Say. Ramapo Mts. V, 27 (Brn); Ft. Lee V, 29 (Jl); New 


Jersey (W). 


. hieroglyphicus Say. Greenwood Lake (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Cald- 


well (Cr); Newark Dist., Orange Mts. (Bf); g. d. (Li); locally com- 
mon. 


. inflatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); 


Gloucester (Li); Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn); Manumuskin IV, 28 
(DKe); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 


. rotundicollis Say. New Jersey (Joutel). 


HEMICREPIDIUS Germ. (ASAPHES Kirby.) 


. decoloratus Say. Throughout the State V—VII; not rare. 
. memnonius Hbst. With the preceding and more common. 
. bilobatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Caldwell (Cr); So. 


Camden (W). 


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290 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


MELANACTES Lec. 


M. piceus DeG. Throughout the State VI, VII; sometimes common. 
M. morio Fab. With the preceding, but more rare. 


Family CEBRIONIDA. 


Represented by a single species only in our fauna. Resembles the 
“Elateridz”’ in general appearance and united with them in the last 
edition. 


CEBRIO Oliv. 


C. bicolor Fabr. New Jersey V (Bt); Camden and Gloucester Co.; rare 
(W). 


Family THROSCID/. 


Resembles the “Elateride’’; but the prothorax is firmly articulated to 
the mesothorax, and the species have no power of leaping. They are 
usually found on dead wood or on flowers, and are inconspicuous as well 
as small. None are of economic importance. 


DRAPETES Redt. 


D. geminatus Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Westville, Buena 
Vista (Li); Petersburg VI, Iona VI, Avalon VII (Brn); Iona VI 
(Dke): under bark and on dead branches (Ch). 


AULONOTHROSCUS Horn. 
A. constrictor Say. Newark (Bf); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). 


THROSCUS Latr. 


T. chevrolati Bonv. Throughout the State V—VII. 


T. bonvouloeri Blanch. Snake Hill (Sf). 
The “T. convergens” of the last edition is based on a misidentification. 


Family, BUPRESTIDA:. 


These are elongate, usually stout but sometimes cylindrical beetles, 
with broad thorax and elytra tapering back from the shoulders, the 
prothorax closely united to the mesothorax. A large proportion of them 
are bronzed or metallic in color or reflection, and others are gaudily 
marked with red or yellow bands or. spots. Many of them have the upper 
surface deeply grooved or pitted, and altogether they are very character- 
istic in appearance. Most of them are very active and fly readily, so 
that they are not often recognized except by collectors. 


THE AINSECTS “OF NEW) JERSEY. 291 


The larve are wood-borers, living under bark and making broad, 
rather shallow furrows, galleries or chambers, going into the solid wood 
only to pupate, except in those cases where the species live in dead, 
dying or decaying wood. In shape they are very much elongated, some- 
what flattened, the body segments well defined, head small, the anterior 
segments much enlarged, so as, apparently, to form part of the head, 
giving rise to the common names “hammer head” or “flat-head”’ borers. 
A number of these are of economic importance because they infest 
orchard trees. The larger species usually favor plants that are low in 
vitality from injury or other causes; hence such trees may be protected 
by keeping them in healthy growing condition. Others, like those be- 
longing to the genus “Agrilus,’ attack plants and trees in full vigor. 
As against these our methods of defense must be adapted to the history 
of the insects. 


CHALCOPHORA Sol. 


C. virginiensis Dru. Recorded from all sections of the State V and VI, 
breeding in pines; not common at any point. 

C. liberta Germ. Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf); Westville, Egg Harbor 
(Li); Lahaway V, 18 (Sm); Atlantic Co. (W); also breeds in pine. 


TEXANIA Casey. 


T. campestris Say. West Hoboken on tulip trees (Ch); breeds also in 
sycamore, beech, maple, etc. 


BUPRESTIS Linn. 


B. lineata Fab. Newark (Bf); Lakehurst VI, 30 (Jl); Malaga VIII, 4 
(GG); DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke); Brigantine Beach in drifted wood 
(Hn); Sea Isle IV, VI (div); Anglesea VI, 14 (Brn); g. d. IV, V, 
(W, Li); breeds in pine. 

B. consularis Gory. Lahaway VII, 5 (Sm); g. d., rare (W); seashore, 
rare (Li). 

B. rufipes Fab. Seashore (Li); Anglesea VII, on oak and flying around 

dead wood, Cape May (W); breeds in oak and beech (Ch). 

fasciata Fab. Gloucester Co., rare (W). 

B. striata Fab. Ft. Lee in hemlock (Jl); Newark (Soc); Westville (Li); 

DaCosta V, 30 (W); always rare; bred from pine (Ch). 

. decora Fab. Gloucester Co., one specimen (W). 

B. ultramarina Say. Westville IV, 19, Atlantic City as late as VI, 28 
(W); Lakehurst (Ds); DaCosta IV, 28-V, 30 (div); Clementon V, 7 
(GG); Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn); breeds in pine. 

B. apricans Hbst. Boonton I, 31 (GG). 

The records for “nuttalli’” of the previous edition should be referred to 

“consularis.” : 


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292° REPORT ‘OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM 


DICERCA Esch. 


D. obscura Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, the larva in hickory. 

D. lurida Fab. With the preceding, of which it has been considered a 
variety. 

D. pugionata Germ. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. 
(Bf); Gloucester Co. (div); on black alder (W), and also breeds in 
“Spirea”’ (Hn). 

D. divaricata Say. Throughout the State; breeds in apple, beech, ma- 
ple and a great variety of other deciduous trees; but has not been 
injurious thus far in New Jersey. It is likely that a number of the 
forms recently described by Casey at the expense of this species will 
also be found in New Jersey. The “D. prolongata”’ of the previous 
edition belongs here. 

D. punctulata Sch. Throughout the pine barrens V—VIII and along the 
seashore; Ft. Lee (Bt); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); breeds in pine. 

D. americana Hbst. (asperata L. & G.) Snake Hill IV, 30, from oak 
(Jl); Orange Mts. (GG); Newark Dist., at roots of hickory in spring 
(Bf); New Jersey (Li); probably breeds in oak (Ch). 

D. scobina Chev. (spreta Gory.) Newark (Soc); Camden, Gloucester 
Co., Anglesea (W); always rare. 

D. mutica Lee. Brooklyn, N. Y., and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


PCECILONOTA Esch. 


P. cyanipes Say. Newark (Soc); seashore, rare (Li). 
P. thureura Say. Gloucester Co. (Li); Atlantic Co. (W); rare. 


CINYRA Lap. & Gory. 


C. gracilipes Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Westville (Li); 
Gloucester Co. (W); breeds in oak (Ch). 


MELANOPHILA Esch. 
M. notata Lap. & Gory. Sea Isle VI, 15 (Brn). 
M. acuminata DeG. (longipes Say.) Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf); Da- 
Costa V (W); g. d. (Li); breeds in conifers. 
M. fulvoguttata Harr. Orange Mts. on spruce (W) and hemlock (Bf). 
M. zneola Mels. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jl); Lakehurst VII (div); DaCosta 
V (W); Malaga VIII, 4, IX, 15 (GG); Landisville (Li); Atlantic City 
(Castle); Newtonville VI, Iona VI, Anglesea VII, 12 (Brn); on pine. 


ANTHAXIA Esch. 
A. zneogaster Lap. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 
A. viridifrons Lap. Throughout the State; bred from hickory and prob- 
ably also attacks elm. 
A. viridicornis Say. Madison VI (Pr); Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island 
(Lg). 


A. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 293 


quercata Fab. (cyanella Gory.) Throughout the State V—VII; larva 


in grape and chestnut (Ch). 


A. flavimana Gory. Riverton V, 20 (GG); g. d. (W ,Li). 


X. 


Cc. 


Cc. 


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XENORHIPIS Lec. 


brendeli Lec. Fort Lee, 1 specimen, bred from wood (Jl). 


CHRYSOBOTHRIS Esch. 


femorata Fab. Common throughout’ the 
State V—VII, in many local varieties. The 
larva is the ‘‘flat-head apple-borer,’ which 
attacks also fruit and many forest trees, 
sometimes becoming injurious. It favors 
trees low in vitality, hence keeping trees 
in good condition is protective. When 
they actually get into the wood they can 
be cut out, their location being usually- 
discernible by a slight discoloration of the 
bark. 
floricola Gory. Hudson Co. (Ll); Landis- 
ville, DaCosta (Li); Cape May C. H. V, 28 
and g. d. (W); breeds in pine. 
dentipes Germ. With the preceding and 
also breeds in pine. 


Fig. 111.—Chrysobothris 
femorata: a, larva; 
b, pupa; c, adult. 


. pusilla Lap. & Gory. Newark (Bf); Landisville, DaCosta (Li); New- 


tonville VI, Iona VI, Sea Isle VI (Brn); Lakehurst V, VII (J1); At- 
lantic Co., Cape May C. H., Anglesea V, 28 (W); breeds on pine. 


. sexsignata Say. Ft. Lee VII, 10, Jamesburg VI, 29 (Jl); Hudson Co. 


(L1); Orange Mts. (Bf); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); on beech, 


birch and chestnut. 


azurea Lec. Throughout the State in June; bred from white birch 
(J1), has been taken on sumac (Bf), and once abundant on ‘Cornus 


paniculata” (Lg). 


scitula Gory. Landisville, DaCosta (Li); g. d. (W); rare; said to 


breed in deciduous trees. 


ACTENODES Lac. 


acornis Say. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf); Atlantic Co., on pine 
(W); common in the wash-up, Brigantine to Cape May V-IX. 


ACM/ZODERA Esch. 


ornata Fab. Generally distributed, on flowers (W). 


. pulchella Hbst. Newtonville, DaCosta VII, 9-30 (Brn); Atco (Li); 


Atlantic Co. (W); resting on wild sun-flower VII, 19 (Dke). 


. culta Web. Throughout the State V, VI, locally not rare. 


294 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PTOSIMA Sol. 


P. gibbicollis Say. Seashore (Li); Anglesea (W), rare; bred from red- 
bud, “Cercis canadensis” (Ch), and also found on black locust (Sz). 


MASTOGENIUS Sol. 


M. subcyaneus Lec. Throughout the State VI, 
VII, on oak and willow. 


EUPRISTOCERUS Deyr. 


E. cogitans Web. Boonton VII, 4 (GG); Palisades 
V, 7 (Lv); Hudson Co. (11); Newark Dist. 
(Bf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Brn); Westville 
(Li); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); breeds in Fic. 1x2-—Blaceneee 
alder and is locally not rare. gall maker: b, larva; 

c, adult; all enlarged. 


AGRILUS Steph. 


Fig. 113.—Blackberry gall: a, swellings just begun over 
recent borings; c, section through an old stem 
to show appearance of gall. 


A. ruficollis Fab. Common throughout the State in June. The larva 
bores in stems of blackberry and raspberry, forming galls on some 
varieties and becoming more or less injurious. Cutting out the galls 
and burning the cuttings in winter destroys the brood. As the eggs 
are all laid by July 1st, cutting out all shoots made at that time and 
depending upon those starting after that date will secure exemption 
for the year next following. 

A. lateralis Say. Eagle Rock (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); West Berlin VI, 
25 (Brn); Buena Vista (Li); Brown’s Mills VII, 4, Lacy VII, 14 
(Dke); always rare. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 295 


. otiosus Say. Throughout the State, sometimes common; breeds in 
hickory, oak, locust, etc. The variety “defectus” Lec. occurs with 
the type. 

. arcuatus Say. Westville (Li); DaCosta VII, 28, Lacy VII, 14 (Dke); 
So. Jersey (W); not common; found on and probably breeds in hazel. 
. vittaticollis Rand. Hewitt VI, Newfoundland VII, Lakehurst VII 
(Jl), Buena Vista (li); Clementon V, 30 (GG); Sea Isle VI (Brn); 
breeds in Kalmia and chestnut. 

. bilineatus Web. Throughout the State VI, 1—-VII, 10, not rare; the 
larva is injurious to chestnuts and also attacks oaks (Ch). 

. granulatus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG); Staten Island (Lg); Cramer 
Hill VI, 19, Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn); So. Jersey (W); never common. 
. anxius Gory. The bronze birch borer; appeared as an injurious spe- 
cies on cut-leafed birch in Essex County cities and towns in 1908-09. 
Up to that time recorded as “rare in So. Jersey” (W). 

- acutipennis Mann. Newfoundland VII, 6, Hewitt VI, 12, Lakehurst 
VII, 12 (J1); Woodside (Bf); Woodbury, Malaga, Brown’s Mills VI 
(Dke), Atco, DaCosta VI (Brn). 

. politus Say. Boonton VII, 4 (GG); Madison VI, 10 (Pr); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Newark (Soc); So. Jersey (W); breeds in willow and oak. 

. sinuatus Oliv. Local in Essex, Union and Middlesex Counties; breeds 
in the sap wood of pear. An introduced species that is being grad- 
ually worked out and now occurs only in a very few trees so far as 
known. It also breeds in “Cratzegus,” and a few specimens are 
found on such stock annually. 

. fallax Say. Camden and Gloucester Co., several localities V, 20—VI, 
15, always rare (div). 

. obsoletoguttatus Gory. Throughout the State V, VI, on oak. 

. subcinctus Gory. Madison (Pr); Camden III, 22 (Brn); Westville 
(Li); So. Jersey (W); not common. 

. lecontei Saund. Hudson Co. (Ll); South Jersey (W). 

. imbellis Cr. West Berlin VI, 25, Atco VI, 17, DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn). 

. egenus Gory. Throughout the State late May and all June; found on 
and probably breeds in willow and locust. 


. pusillus Say. South Jersey, not common (W). 


RHAEBOSCELIS Chev. 


. tenuis Lec. Greenwood Lake V, 17, Lakehurst V, 29, VII, 12, IX, 3 
(J1); Gloucester VII, 1 (Brn); Anglesea VII, on low plants in swampy 
glades (W). 


TAPHROCERUS Sol. 


. gracilis Say. Throughout the State IV-VIII, locally not rare; found 
beating in swampy meadows. 


296 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BRACHYS Sol. 


B. ovata Web. Common throughout the State VI-VIII, on oak. The 
variety “tessellata” Fab. occurs with the type. 


B. zrosa Mels. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare, on oak. 


B. zruginosa Gory. Woodbury V, 24, Iona V, 28, VI, 8, Lucaston V, 30 
(DKe). 


PACHYSCELIS Sol. 


P. purpureus Say. Madison X, 15 (Pr); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 4 
(Bf); Hemlock Falls V, 28 (W); larva mines leaves of “Lespedeza” 
(Sz). 


P. levigatus Say. Throughout the State late V and all VI. 


Family LAMPYRID/. 


This family contains the “fireflies” and “soldier beetles.” They are 
long, narrow, somewhat flattened species, with soft, leathery wing-covers 
and a flexible abdomen. The antenne are usually long, the joints more 
or less obviously serrated and -sometimes even flabellate in the male. 
The interesting feature in a number of the species is the power of emit- 
ting a phosphorescent light from the tip of the abdomen. This light is 
entirely in the control of the insects, and varies in color and intensity in 
the different species. ‘The “glow-worms” that are sometimes seen in the 
grass or under stones are larve or wingless females, and these may have 
luminous points along the sides of the body as well as at the tip. In the 
larval stage they feed on snails or on other soft-bodied insects. 

The “soldier beetles” have a more prominent head and narrower tho- 
rax; but are of the same soft body texture. The larve are fusiform, flat- 
tened above and also predatory in habit, feeding upon soft-bodied larve 
or grubs when they enter the earth to pupate. They are distinctly useful 
as checks to a large series of injurious species, including such pests as 
the plum curculio. 


LYCOSTOMUS Mots. 


L. lateralis Mels. Eastern New Jersey (Dietz). 


CALOPTERON Guer. 


C. terminale Say. Boonton VI, VIII, Riverton VI, Merchantville VI, 
Westville VI, Clementon VIII, IX, Pemberton IX (GG); Great Notch 
VII, Laurel Sp. VI, Lucaston VIII, IX (Dke); Plainfield VII (Dow); 
Hudson Co. (Ll). 


C. reticulatum Fabr. Throughout the State VII-IX; not rare. 


CELETES Newn. 


C. basalis Lec. Hudson Co. (L1); Lahaway VI (Sm); Malaga VIII (GG); 
Iona VI (Brn); seashore from Sandy Hook to Cape May VI, VII, in 
wash-up (div). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 207 


CAENIELLA CkIil. (C/AENIA Newn.) 


. dimidiata Fab. Caldwell (Cr); Atco (W); Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea 
VI, 15 (Brn); not common. 


LOPHEROS Lec. 


. fraternus Rand. Paterson (Sm). 


EROS Newn. 


. thoracicus Rand. Westville, rare (Li). 


. aurora Hbst. Throughout the Delaware Valley, pine barren and mar- 
itime faunas IV, V, and sometimes locally common. 


. humeralis Fab. Jamesburg VI, 16 (Sm); Seaville VI, 11 (Brn). 


. trilineatus Mels. Hudson Co. (L1); Middlesex Co., Jamesburg, Laha- 
way, all VII (Coll); Lucaston VI, 27 (Dke); Westville (Li); South 
Jersey (W). 


PLATEROS Bourg. 


. timidus Lec. Hudson Co. (L1); Woodside VI, 27 (Bi). 


- modestus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Middlesex Co., VII, So. Jersey VII 
(Sm); Iona VI, 8, Brown’s Mills VI (Dke); Atco (Li); g. d. (W). 

. Canaliculatus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Jamesburg VII, VIII, Sandy 
Hook VII (Sm); Iona VI, 16 (Dke); g. d. (Li). 

. floralis Mels. Middlesex Co. VII, Jamesburg VII (Sm); Spring Lake 
IX (Ch); Lakehurst VII (Bf); Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 20 (Dke). 


CALOCHROMUS Guer. 
. perfacetus Say. Orange Mts. (Sm); Malaga VII, VIII (GG); rare. 


POLYCLASIS Newn. = 


. bifaria Say. New Jersey, in Dietz coll (Sf). 


LUCIDOTA Lap. 


. atra Say. Throughout the State, nearly all season. 
. punctata Lec. DaCosta (Li). 


ELLYCHNIA Lec. 


- corrusca Linn. Throughout the State all season; the variety “autum- 
nalis” Mels. with the type and equally common. 


PYROPYGA Mots. 


. nigricans Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Irvington VI, 30, Jamesburg IV 
(Coll). 
. decipiens Harr. Throughout the State VI, VII. 


298 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PYRACTOMENA Lec. 


P. angulata Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, nowhere common; per- 
haps the most brilliant of our fire-flies. 

P. ecostata Lec. Anglesea VII, in salt meadows; the larve in the marsh- 
es among snails (div). 


P. lucifera Mels. Throughout the State south of the Piedmont plain 
from mid-May through June. 


PHOTINUS Lap. 


P. consanguineus Lec. Hud- 
son) Co, (E))s sOrange 
Mts. and Newark Dist. 
(div); Anglesea (W); g. 


d, Ci). 

P. lineellus Lec. Orange 
(Ch); Atco (li); rare. 

P. pyralis Linn. Piedmont 
plain and northward, in Fig. 114.—Fire-fly, Photinus pyralis: a, larva; 
June; a moderate-sized b, pupa in underground cell; c, adult; d to 
species with quite a f, enlarged details of larva. 


bright light. 

P. marginellus Lec. Throughout the State VI, VII; locally the most 
common form; flies low and has a yellow light. The female is half- 
winged and does not fly. 

P. scintillans Say. Throughout the State, usually the most common 
form; flies VI, lingers until VIII; habits and light as in preceding. 


% 


PHOTURIS Lec. 


P. pennsylvanica DeG. Throughout the State 
VI to VII, 15; the largest and most bril- 
liant of our common species; flies high 
and shines with a greenish light; locally 
absent. 

P. frontalis Lec. Riverton VI, 17, VII, 3 (GG); 
Anglesea VII (div). Smaller than the pre- 
ceding, but with a similar light. 


PHENGODES Ill. Fig. 115.—Photuris penn- 


sylvanica: a, larva; D, 
its leg; c, adult: 
a and b enlarged. 


P. longicornis Barber. (plumosa Oliv.) Ches- 
ter V, 29 (Marsh); Palisades VI, 22 (Dke); 
Staten Island (Ds). The males of these 
species are not luminous; but the larve and wingless females which 
are found under stones are the most brilliant of all our forms, giving 
off light from lateral points along the body. They are extremely rare. 
Mr. Joutel records a larva Newfoundland VII, 4. 

P. laticollis Lec. Orange VI, 20 (Ch); Lahaway V, 15, VI, 24 (Coll). 


gol ae} eh ae] 


. pennsylvanicus De G. Through- 


. marginatus Fabr. A very simi- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW: JERSEY. 299 


TYTTHONYX Lec. 


. erythrocephalus Fab. Newark VII (Brn) and south of Piedmont Plain 


throughout the State in VII; not common. 


OMETHES Lec. 


. marginatus Lec. Atco, rare (Li); New Jersey (Sf). 


CHAULIOGNATHUS Hentz. 


out the State VIII, IX, often on 


golden rod. One of the “soldier (# 
beetles,’ which, in the larval & f 


stage, devours larve and pups SS eae 
of the plum curculio, ete. 
g e 


lar species occurring in spring Fig. 116.—Soldier beetle, Chauliognathus 
Petrie Guminicr: al Ee pennsylvanicus: a, larva; 1, beetle; 

, y er; a es BGs other letters refer to structural 
and with the same habits. details. 


PODABRUS Westw. 


. tricostatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI, 5 (GG); Orange (Ch); 


Hudson Co. (L1); Montclair, Lahaway VI (Sm). 


. rugulosus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d. (W, Li); Lucaston V, 30 (Dke). 
. frater Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); New Brunswick, Burlington Co. VII, 


Lahaway V, 12, VII (Coll); Westville (Li); Lucaston VI, 27 (Dke). 


. basilaris Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not rare. 
. diadema Fab. Gloucester (Li); Anglesea VI, 26 (Sm). 
. modestus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Atco (Li); Atlantic 


Co. V, 25 (Sm). 


. comes Lec. Orange Mts., rare. 

. tomentosus Say. Generally distributed, rare (Li). 
. protensus Lec. Hudson Co. (L1); Newark (Bf). 

. brunnicollis Lec. Atco, rare (Li). 


SILIS Latr. 


. percomis Say. Clementon V, 6 (GG). 


TELEPHORUS Schaff. 


. dentiger Lec. Boonton V, VI (GG); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark V 


(Soe); Highlands (Ch). 


. excavatus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Montclair VI (Bf); Rocky Hill VI 


(Dn); Spring Lake (Ch); Clementon VI (GG); DaCosta (Li); Laha- 
way V, VI, Anglesea V (Coll). 


300 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ale 
. carolinus Fab. Throughout the State V—VIJ, common. 


+ 


- 


fraxini Say. Cramer Hill V,.30 (GG); Atco (Li); g. d. (W). 


. lineola Fab. Also common throughout the State. 
. rectus Mels. South River VII (Coll); Atco VI, Clementon VI (GG); 


g.d. (W). 


. flavipes Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc); Glassboro VII, 7 (GG). 
. scitulus Say. Throughout the State, very common until midsummer. 


All our species occur on flowers or on foliage. 


. pusillus Lec. Lakehurst VII (Bf); Atco (Li); Lucaston VIII (Dke). 
. rotundicollis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI (GG); Hudson Co. 


Ll); Newark (Soc); New Brunswick (Coll); Westville (Li); Wood- 
bury VI (Dke). 


. tuberculatus Lec. Throughout the State IV—-VII; locally common. 
: bilineatus Say. Throughout the State IV-VI; not common. 
. marginellus Lec. Pitman Grove VII, 21, Clementon VII, 13 (GG). 


POLEMIUS Lec. 


. laticornis Say. Jamesburg VII (Lg); New Jersey (Dietz). 
. undulatus Lec. Anglesea VI, 20 (Coll). 


DITEMNUS Lec. 


. bidentatus Say. Throughout the State V—VIII; locally not rare. — 


TRYPHERUS Lec. 


. latipennis Germ. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VI (GG); Hudson Co. 


(Ll); Newark VII, 4 (Brn); Atco (Li); Anglesea (W). 


MALTHINUS Latr. 


. occipitalis Lec. Woodside VI, 27 (Bf); Westville (W); Atco (Li); 


Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); rare. 


MALTHODES Kies. 


. concavus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll). 
. spado Lec. Hastern New Jersey (Dietz). 


THELYDRIAS Mots. 


. contractus Mots. This odd little species, described in our fauna as 


“Tenotus wnigmaticus” is a recent introduction, and as yet found 
only in entomological collections in and near New York City, where 
it functions as a museum pest of the first order. Its systematic posi- 
tion is in doubt, and its reference here is due to its relation to the 
“Drilini,’ of which we have no representatives. The possibilities of 
injury to stored products should this insect spread cannot yet be esti- 
mated. 


DHEVINSECTS OF NEW JERSEY: 301 


Family MALAICHID/L. 


The members of this family resemble the “Lampyride” in the generally 
soft wing-covers and body, but they are shorter and broader, the elytra 
not nearly so long and often a little truncated posteriorly, the broadest 
part of the body near the end of the wing covers. In the species of 
“Collops” there are orange-colored protrusible vesicles at the sides of the 
thorax, which are supposed to be defensive in character. The antennze 
are short, a little enlarged at the tip and often curiously knotted in the 
male. 

All of them are found on flowers or herbage, some only in moist or low 
places, where they are said to feed on insect eggs, larve and smaller 
insects generally. The larve, so far as known, are predaceous. 


COLLOPS Er. 
. tricolor Say. Sea Girt (Bf). 
. eximius Er. Throughout the State VI-VIII; not rare. 
. nigriceps Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d. (W). 
. 4maculatus Fab. Our most common species throughout the State. 


o20a90 0 


TEMNOPSOPHUS Horn. 
T. bimaculatus Horn. Lakehurst VI, VII (div); 5-mile beach VII, 5 (W). 


ANTHOCOMUS Er. 
A. flavilabris Say. Hudson Co. (Ll). 


PSEUDEB/EUS Horn. 


P. bicolor Lec. Anglesea (W). 


P. oblitus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (L1); Woodside (Bf); 
Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 


ATTALUS Er. 


A. nigrellus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm). 


A. terminalis Lee. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); Jamesburg VII, 
15, Ocean Co. (Coll); Glassboro VII, 30 (GG); Atco VII, 14, Anglesea 
Vi, 30) @Birm): 


. varians Horn. Anglesea (W). 

- morulus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts., Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll). 
. granularis Er. DaCosta (W); Anglesea VII (Sz). 

. otiosus Say. Anglesea (W). 

. circumscriptus Say. Atco (Li). 


> > > >} > 


. scincetus Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. 


The records of ‘‘Pristoscelis” in the last edition were based on erroneous 
identifications. 


302 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family CLERIDA. 


The flower beetles are firmer in texture than those of the last preceding 
families, yet not so hard-shelled as are the click beetles. The antennze 
are usually more or less serrated or saw-toothed, but may also have a 
distinct club or comb at tip. The head is of good size with rather prom- 
inent eyes, the thorax being usually narrower than either head or elytra. 
The latter completely cover the elytra and are often clothed with hair. 
In color they vary but are usually bright, sometimes shining and often 
prettily banded. The beetles may be found on flowers or running on the 
trunks of trees, where they somewhat resemble ants in their motions. The 
spcies of “Necrobia”’ live in all stages on carrion and form the exception 
in a family in which most of the larve thus far known are predatory. 
These larve are usually red or brown in color and are found under bark 
or in the burrows of wood-borers, upon which they feed. Their work in 
this direction is done under cover and is rarely noticed, hence the extent 
of the benefit derived from them) is not appreciated. 


MACROTELUS Klug. (ELASMOCERUS Lec.) 
M. terminatus Say. Boonton VI, 14 (GG); Ft. Lee (Jl); Orange Mts. 
(Bf); Cape May VI, 3 (Brn); larve in burrows of “Scolytids’” and 
“Bostrichids” in hemlock, oak and grape-vines. 


CYMATODERA Gray. 

C. bicolor Say. Ft. Lee V (div); Orange Mts. (Bf); Jamesburg VII, 2 
(Jl); Lahaway VII, 5 (Coll); Westville (Li); g. d. (W); not common. 

C. inornata Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Lakehurst VII, 19 
(Jl); Bamber VI, 3 (W); Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). 

C. balteata Lec. Palisades, Spotswood (Jl); Highlands (Dietz); Bor- 
dentown VII, Lahaway IX (Coll); Riverton VIII (Jn); Camden (LI); 
DaCosta VII (W). 

PRIOCERA Lec. 

P. castanea Newn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Palisades VIII, 2 (Jl); Lakehurst VII 
(div); on pine. 

*TRICHODES Hbst. 

T. apivorus Germ. Normanock VII (Ds); 
Lakewood VII (Jl); Malaga VIII 
(GG); Newtonville VI (Brn); Da- 
Costa VI, VII (W); on flowers of 
“Spirea.” 

CLERUS Geoff. 


C. 4-signatus Say. Boonton IV, 29, Riv- 
erton IV, 20, Malaga VII, VIII (GG). 
C. 4-guttatus Oliv. Throughout North 
Jersey IV—VI, on pine; Glassboro Ill, 
28 (CG). This is the form with red 


Fig. 117.—Trichodes apivorus: a, 
u larva; b, pupa; adult beetle 
abdomen, and extends rarely into Sey eet eT 


South Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 303 


C. nigrifrons Say. This is the common South Jersey form, is more slen- 
der and has a black abdomen (Jl). The two are mixed in collections. 


C. rosmarus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; common. 


C. lunatus Spin. Throughout the pine barrens and maritime, and ex- 
tends a little into the Delaware River region; VI, VII. 


C. ichneumoneus Fab. Lakehurst VII, 15, on pine (Jl); Riverton V, 20, 
Woodbury V, 22, Clementon V, 30 (GG). 


C. thoracicus Oliv. Throughout the State V—VIII, locally common; on 
deciduous trees and flowers. 


THANASIMUS Latr. 
T. dubius Fab. Throughout the State, local, not common, III, IV, VIII, X. 


THANEROCLERUS Spin. 


T. sanguineus Say. Rare under bark throughout the State. 


HYDNOCERA Newn. 


H. unifasciata Say. Madison VII, 28 (Pr); Ft. Lee VI, VII (Jl); Orange 
Mts., Woodside (Bf); Hudson Co. (Ll); Atco (Li); Clementon V 
(GG); g. d. (W); rare. 


H. subzenea Spin. Orange Mts., Newark VI, VII, Ocean Beach (Bf). 


H. humeralis Say. Throughout the State V-—VII, common; the var. 
“eyanescens” Lec. everywhere with the type; the var. “difficilis” Lec. 
more rarely and local. 


H. pallipennis Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 
H. verticalis Say. With the preceding and more common. 


H. tabida Lec. Staten Island VI (Ds); DaCosta (Li); Sea Isle, Avalon, 
Anglesea VI (Brn); rare. 


H. longicollis Ziegl. Madison (Pr); E. Jersey (Dietz), Atco VII (div); 
Gloucester, Newtonville, DaCosta, all VII, Sea Isle VI, 26 (Brn); 2- 
mile beach VII (Dke). 


The record of “pedalis” Lec. is an error of identification. 


ICHNEA Lap. 
]. laticornis Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Palisades VI, 19, bred 
from hickory infested by ‘“‘Scolytus” (Lv); Newark Dist., g. d. (Bf). 
PHYLLOBAENUS Spin. 


P. dislocatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll); 
Camden (Li); DaCosta (W); on dead branches and in sweeping. 


CHARIESSA Perty. 


C. pilosa Forst. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally not rare. The 
larva occurs in burrows of wood borers, and it is probable that this 


304 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


species is responsible for the gradual destruction of the sinuate. pear 
borer, which needs two years to attain full growth, and is long in 
the helpless pupal stage. The variety “onusta” Say. is less frequent 
than the type. 

The records of “C. vestita” Spin. and “C. dichroa”’ Lec. are based on 


erroneous data. 
CREGYA Lec. 


C. vetusta Spin. Highlands (Dietz); Westville (Li); g. d. (W); rare. 
C. oculata Say. Throughout the State VI-VIII; locally not rare. 


ORTHOPLEURA Spin. 


O. damicornis Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm); Palisades, Staten Island III, 16 
(J1); Boonton VII, 17, Malaga VII, 20 (GG); Orange Mts., Newark 
(Bf); Woodbury VII, 30, Collingswood VIII, 2 (Brn); not common. 


LARICOBIUS Rosen. 
L. erichsoni Rosen. Orange Mts., rare (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


NECROBIA Latr. 


N. rufipes Fabr. The “red- 
legged ham beetle’; occurs 
throughout the State, is cos- 
mopolitan and found on dry- 
ing meats, carrion, bones, 
fish, cheese, etc. (Ch). 


N. ruficollis Fabr. With the 


preceding, and much more Fig. 118.—Red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia 
common. rufipes: a, larva; b, pupa; c, cocoon; d, e, 
beetle; natural size and enlarged; 
N. violacea Linn. Same habits f to j, structural details. 
and distribution as before 


and easily recognized by the uniform blue coloration. 


Family PTINID. 


A very interesting group of beetles, varying so greatly in form that no 
superficial description is sufficiently comprehensive to include all. They 
are hard in texture, and the elytra, which may be smooth, striate, shining, 
hairy or scaly, are not abbreviated, but cover the abdomen. The head 
is usually bent under, the antenne are slender, sometimes evenly serrate, 
but more usually with a prominent serrate, lamellate or pectinated club. 
They live on dry animal and vegetable products, and some of them bore 
into the furniture and woodwork of houses, to their material injury. All 
sorts of things from Belladonna roots to cigars and gunwads are attacked 
and serve as food. 

The larve occur with the adults, and are soft, white, grub-like creatures 
resembling miniature white-grubs, but covered with short stiff hair or 
bristles. 


Fig. 121. 


Fig. 120. 


Fig. 119.—Sitodrepa panicea: a, larva; b, pupa; c, d, adult beetles. 

Fig. 121.—Cigars eaten by larva of Lasioderma. 

Fig. 120.—The cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne: a, larva; b, pupa; c, d, adults; 
all enlarged. 


m 


THESINSECTS: OF (NEW JERSEY. 305 


GIBBIUM Scop. 


. psylloides Czemp. Breeds in dried animal matter and excrement in 


houses; occurs in the New York Produce Exchange and in store- 
houses in New Jersey. 


MEZIUM Curt. 


» americanum Lap. Occurs with the preceding in city store-houses. 


PTINUS Linn. 


. brunneus Duft. Camden, rare (Li); lives in store-rooms, cellars, 


granaries and old houses, developes in dried organic matter. 


. fur Linn. With the preceding, but more common, and recorded from 


all sections of the State. Mr. Bischoff finds it on old rags. 


EUCRADA Lec. 


. humeralis Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 9 


(Bf); New Brunswick (Coll); not common. 


OZOGNATHUS Lec. 


. floridanus Lec. Anglesea VII, 1, Cape May VII, 7, on dead oak twigs 


(W); a South Atlantic Coast form. 


ERNOBIUS Thoms. 


. mollis Linn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, Newark (Bf); Lahaway 


(Sm); Pitman Grove VII (GG); probably throughout the State on old 
wood. A comnion European species. 


. filicornis Lec. Atlantic Coast region, Mass. to Virginia, rare (Fall). 
. granulatus Lec. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); New Jersey (Fall). 
. luteipennis Lec. Westville V (div); Gloucester Co. IV, V (div); 


Malaga V, 15 (W); Clementon V, 6 (GG). 


OLIGOMERUS Redt. 


. sericans Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway VI (Sm); Anglesea VII 


(div). 


. obtusus Lec. Staten Island, New Jersey (Fall). 
. alternatus Lec. Anglesea VI, 18, South Jersey (W). 


SITODREPA Thoms. 


. panicea Linn. Throughout the State; breeds in dry roots and stored 


vegetable products of all kinds; also in rattan, willow and wood- 
work, in paper, paste-board and similar stores. Liberal applications 
of gasoline, where practical, or exposure to the fumes of the bisulphide 
of carbon may be resorted to to destroy the pests. 


20. IN 


306 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


TRICHODESMA Lec. 
T. klagesi Fall. Occurs with and is usually mixed with “gibbosa”’ in col- 
lections (Fall). 


T. gibbosa Say. Newark, Orange Mts. VI (Bf); Westville (Li); Glouces- 
ter (W); Burlington Co. VI (GG); always rare. 


ANOBIUM Fabr. 


A. striatum Oliv. (Hadrobregmus pumilis Lec.) Orange Mts., rare 
(Bf); DaCosta (Brn). An introduced species. 


HADROBREGMUS Thoms. 


H. carinatus Say. (errans Mels.) Orange Mts., Union, Newark V (Bf); 
Westville (Li); Anglesea VII (div); on dead branches; not common. 


CCELOSTETHUS Lec. 


C. notatus Say. (Anobium) Madison V, 14 (Pr); So. Jersey (W); An- 
glesea VI, 2 (Sm). “Quadrulus” Lec. is a Pacific Coast species. 


TRYPOPITYS Redt. 


T. sericeus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr); Millburn, Hudson Co. 
VI (Bf); Palisades, Lahaway (Sm); Anglesea VII (W); on dead 
branches. 


XYLETINUS Latr. 
X. peltatus Harr. Orange Mts., on hickory (Bf); Farmingdale VII, 17 
(GG@); Anglesea (W); g. d. (Li); always rare. 
X. harrisii Fall. New Jersey (Fall); Anglesea (W). 
X. fuscatus Lec. Caldwell (Cr). 
X. lugubris Lec. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 


LASIODERMA Steph. 


L. serricorne Fabr. Throughout the State; the “tobacco” or “cigarette 
beetle.” Attacks tobacco in all forms and breeds also in dry vegetable 
products, like “Sitodrepa.” Its general habits and the measures to 
be adopted against it are similar. 

L. semirufum Fall. Anglesea VII, 4; one of the type localities. 

L. hemiptychoides Fall. Anglesea VII, 4, 11 (div); one of the type local- 
ities. 

PETALIUM Lec. 
P. seriatum Fall. Iona VI, 8, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI, 21 (Brn). 
P. bistriatum Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); So. Jersey (W); Anglesea VII 


(Sz); g. d. (Li); locally common. 
EUPACTUS Lec. 


E. nitidus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea VII, 1 
(W). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 307 


CATORAMA Guer. 

C. sectans Lec. Anglesea (W); a Texan form and the identification 
may prove incorrect; Fall records a “New York” specimen. 

. dichroum Fall. Anglesea VII, 1 (W). 

nigritulum Lec. Woodbury VII, 7 (Brn). 

Cc. vexatum Fall. Camden VI, Woodbury VII, DaCosta VI (Brn); Clem- 
enton VII, 15, Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea VII, 1 (W). 

. grave Lec. (Hemiptychus) Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea VII (W); on 
dead wood. 


20 


c) 


“H. similis“ Lec. is strictly southern and does not occur in New Jersey. 
C. indistinctum Fall. Bamber VI, 8, Anglesea VII, 1 (W). 
CRYPTORAMA Fall. 


C. holosericeum Lec. Anglesea (W). 


PROTHECA Lec. 


- hispida Lec. Fort Lee (Sf), Anglesea (W). 
. puberula Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); So. Jersey (W); rare. 


v0 U 


DORCATOMA Hbst. 


D. dresdensis Hbst. A common European species, found throughout the 
eastern U. S., south to Virginia (Fall). 


D. setulosum Lec. Anglesea VII, 1 (W); on dead branches. 


EUTYLISTUS Fall. 


E. intermedius Fall. Anglesea (W). 
E. incomptus Lec. DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); Anglesea VII, 1 (W). 


CAZNOCARA Thoms. 


scymnoides Lec. New Jersey (Fall). 
oculata Say. Common throughout the State. 
. bicolor Germ. Orange, New Jersey (Fall). 
. tenuipalpa Fall. Anglesea VI, 26 (Brn). 


Sy iteh ts) (9) 


inepta Fall. New Jersey (Fall). 


PTILINUS Geoff. 


P. ruficornis Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf); Landisville (Li); 
always rare. 


Family BOSTRYCHIDA. 


Separated from the “Ptinide” by the generally more elongated cylin- 
drical form and other less obvious structural characters. I have retained 
our genera and species as in the old list. 


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. ENDECATOMUS Mell. 


E. reticulatus Hbst. G. d. (Bf, Li); in fungus under bark; not rare. 
The record of ““E. rugosus’”’ Rand. is an error. 


SINOXYLON Duft. 


S. basilare Says Ft. Lee (Bt); 
Orange Mts. VI, at light (div); 
Woodbury VII (div); Camden 
VI, Peermont VI (Brn); g. d. 
(W); boring in dead twigs. 

S. bidentatum Horn. Hopatcong 
(Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Cam- 
den VI, 18 (Brn). 


Fig. 122.—Sinoxylon basilare: a, larva; 
b, pupa; c, adult; enlarged. 


AMPHICERUS Lec. 

A. bicaudatus Say. The “apple-twig borer,’ found throughout the State 
more or less commonly. The adult bores into apple twigs in spring, 
at a bud, and makes galleries varying in length for food and shelter 
only. The larve live in roots of the green or “cat-brier’ and in dead 


grape vines. 
such breeding places. 


Remedial measures, therefore, look to getting rid of 


BOSTRYCHUS Geoff. 


CLMARLATE 


Fig. 123.—The ‘‘apple twig borer’: a, beetle from above; b, same in outline from 
side; c, e, f, structural details; d, larva; g, pupa; h, same in larval 
burrow; all save h enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 309 


B. bicornis Web. Throughout the State V—VII, often at light; bores into 
dead twigs and branches. 


B. truncaticollis Lec. Orange Mts., Newark VI, 16 (Bf). 
B. capucinus Linn. Newark and vicinity; an imported species introduced 
originally in sweet-wood at a licorice factory; has established itself 


and spread slowly, one specimen being recorded by Mr. Joutel from 
Bronx Park. 


DINODERUS Steph. 


D. porcatus Lec. Newark at light (Bf); seashore (Li). 
D. hispidulus Casey. New Jersey (Casey). 


D. cribratus Lec. Newark Dist. (Bf); Boonton V, Woodbury VII, Avalon 
VII (GG); Atlantic City VI (Brn); g. d. (Li). 


LYCTUS Fabr. 


L. striatus Mels. Hudson Co. (L1); Newark (Soc.) and probably through- 
out the State; bores into dry wood of furniture and trimmings and 
often does a great deal of mischief that is hard to avoid. 


L. opaculus Lec. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Orange Mts., common 
(Bf); larva breeds in grape stems and adults attack wood used in 
manufacturing implements and furniture (Ch). 


Family) CUPESLDZs, 


Contains only two species of very long, somewhat flattened and roughly 
sculptured beetles. The head and thorax are narrower than the wing 
covers and the eyes are prominent. The general color is brown, and the 
elytra is very beautifully sculptured in impressed rows separated by 
elevated ridges. They are found on dead wood or under bark, and are of 
no economic importance. 


CUPES Fabr. 


C. concolor Westw. Madison VIII (Pr); Palisade district, in oak stumps 
VI (div); Orange Mts. (Bf); New Brunswick VII (Gr); Gloucester 
(W); never common. 


. C. capitatus Fabr. Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (LI). 


Family LYMEXYLID/.. 


Only a single species occurs in our fauna, and that is very rare. It is 
brown in color, very long, slender, cylindrical, tapering posteriorly and 
covered with a very fine silky pubescence. The larva is a borer, whitish 
and very slender, and its very small irregular galleries in old oak wood 
are not infrequently seen. The European “L. navale” is very destructive 


310 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. . 


to ship timber, and in our Southern States an allied species is injurious, 
but in New Jersey no notable harm is occasioned by them. 


LYMEXYLON Fabr. 


L. sericeum Harr. Newark (Bf); Gloucester (W); Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn); 
Lakehurst VII, 4; single specimens only. 


Family CIOID/A. 


Small, oblong beetles, brown or black in color, convex above, with short, 
clubbed antenne, the head retracted, though not concealed. They live in 
fungi or decaying wood, and are not of economic importance. The larve 
occur with the adults, and are grub-like in form. 


CIS Latr. 


C. fuscipes Mell. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. 
(div); New Brunswick (Coll). 


C. creberrima Mell. Snake Hill (Sf). 
C. horridula Casey. Snake Hill (Sf). 


ORTHOCIS Casey. 


O. punctata Mell. Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d. (W); probably throughout 
the State. 


XESTOCIS Casey. 


X. levettei Casey. New Jersey (Casey). There are three other species 
so distributed that their occurrence in New Jersey is almost certain. 


BRACHYCIS Casey. 


B. brevicollis Casey. Sure to occur in New Jersey (Sf). 


ENNEARTHRON Mell. 


E. thoracicorne Ziegl. Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Anglesea VII (Sz); and I have 
taken it generally in small numbers throughout the State. 


CERACIS Mell. 
C. sallei Mell. East Jersey (Dietz); Chester, Arlington (Dn). 


OCTOTEMNUS Mell. 


O. levis Casey. Snake Hill (Sf). 
RHIPIDANDRUS Lec. 
R. paradoxus Beauv. Ft. Lee (Sf); on hard fungus in old trees (Brn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 3rl 


Family SPHINDID~. 


Very similar to the “Cioide’”’ in appearance and live in fungi. Our 
only species is 
SPHINDUS Chev. 


S. americanus Lec. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Newark (Bf); Anglesea 
(W); probably throughout the State; local and not common. 


Family LUCANID/. 


These are the “stag beetles,’ so called because in some species the 
male has the mandibles very large, branched, resembling stag antlers. 
Our common species, however, are better known as “pinching bugs,” the 
mandibles being of moderate size and not branched. The antenne have 
a leaf-like club at tip, the blades of which cannot be closely opposed or 
folded. The larve are white-grubs and live in decaying wood. 


LUCANUS Linn. 


L. elaphus Fabr. Anglesea, one male (W). 


L. dama Thunb. Throughout the State VI, VII, sometimes locally com- 
mon at electric light; but usually in small numbers only. 


DORCUS MacL. 


D. parallelus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, in white-rotten wood; 
locally common. 

D. brevis Say. DaCosta (Say); Weymouth (Dke). The rank of this 
species is in doubt, and the general belief is that it is only an aber- 
ration of the above; but that is disputed, and the species is left here 
as good. 

PLATYCERUS Geoff. 


P. quercus Web. Recorded from all sections of the State; cut out of 
rotten wood in March, and found occasionally in branches until July. 


CERUCHUS MacL. 


C. piceus Web. Throughout the State; common in rotten beech all the 
year around (Bf). 


NICAGUS Lec. 


N. obscurus Lec. Gloucester, not common (W, Li). 


PASSALUS Fabr. 


P. cornutus Fabr. Common throughout the State in rotten wood; hun- 
dreds of them are sometimes found in an old stump, and on an 
abandoned branch of R. R., on 5-mile beach, they ate up all the old 
ties. The larve are peculiar in having four legs only. 


312 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family SCARABAIDA. 

These are the “lamellicorn” beetles in which the antenna has an oval 
club composed of from three to seven leaves or lamelle at the tip, and 
this is usually much longer in the male. The leaves are closely opposable, 
so that, when at rest, the club seems solid. The species vary much in 
appearance, and range irom small to very large; in habit from feeders on 
leaves to burrowers in excrement. In all of them 
the legs are formed for digging, the fore-tibize being 
almost always flattened and toothed at the outer 
edge. The tarsi are generally long except on the 
fore-legs, and always 5-jointed, so that the species 
are easily recognizable. 

The larve are white-grubs and live in decaying 
wood, in excrement, in decaying vegetation gener- 
ally or in the ground on the roots of plants. They 
are white or yellowish in color, with a brown, horny 
head bearing prominent mandibles, and are much 
wrinkled and enlarged toward the posterior extrem- 
ity, where they end in a smooth, obtusely rounded, 
often discolored sac. Their position is partly coiled 
up, the tip of the abdomen usually about touching 
the long spiny legs. Fig. 124.—Antenna 

The feeders in decaying and excrementitious mat- of a Lamellicorn 
ter are useful or harmless; but so much cannot be eee 
said for those that feed under ground on the roots asta 
of plants. Grass lands are very apt to become in- 
fested, and sometimes lawns are completely destroyed by grubs which 
shear off every root, leaving the tops to wither. Field crops after grass 
often suffer severely, and in this State strawberries are among those 
most injured. 

Remedial measures are unsatisfactory where once the grubs have 
established themselves, and methods in avoidance are usually recom- 
mended. Fall plowing old sod is good practice, and if chickens follow 
the plow or hogs are allowed to run in the infested field they will dis- 
pose of large numbers of them. 

In rare cases, e. g. the rose-chafer, it is the adult and not the larva 
that becomes injurious, and the method of treatment must be modified 
accordingly. So “May beetles” or “June bugs’ sometimes attack fruit 
blossoms by eating into the ae and in such cases wae arsenites are 
of use. 


CANTHON Hoffm. 


C. ebenus Say. Seashore, rare (Li). The species of this genus are 
“tumble bugs,” making large pellets of dung, in which they lay their 
eggs and which they afterward bury. 

C. lecontei Harold. Lakehurst VII (Bf); DaCosta VII (W); Clementon — 
V, 22, Lucaston VIII, 27 (Brn); along shore Brigantine to Cape May 
VI, VII (div). 


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C. probus Germ. Lakehurst V, IX (div); some of the records for 
“lecontei” probably refer to this species; Mr. Schaeffer thinks all do. 


C. vigilans Lec. Weehawken VI (Bt); Atlantic Co. (W); seashore (Li); 
rare. 

C. levis Dru. Common throughout the State. 

C. chalcites Hald. New Jersey (Lg), and probably g. d.; rare. 

C. viridis Beauv. Staten Island IV, VIII (div); Atlantic City (Li). 


CHCERIDIUM Lap. 


C. histeroides Web. Lakehurst VII, IX (div); Woodbury VII (W); Da- 
Costa VI, VII (div); Atco (Li); Petersburg VII, 4 (Brn); in excre- 
ment and fungi. 


C. lecontei Harold. DaCosta VI, 2 (GG). 


COPRIS Geoff. 
C. minutus Dru. Throughout the State IV—-IX; locally common in cow- 
dung; all the species with the habit of digging under droppings. 
C. anaglypticus Say. Throughout the State; common, spring and fall. 
C. carolina Linn. Our largest species; less common, but as widely dis- 
tributed as the preceding. 


—A “tumble-bug,’’ Copris carolina: a, larva; b, the cell in which 
it lived; c, pupa; d, female beetle. 


Fig. 125. 
PHANAZUS MacL. 


P. carnifex Linn. Throughout the State; locally common; spring and 
fall; one of the few species attracted to human excrement. 


314 REPORT OF NEW: JERSEY STATE: MUSEUM. 


ONTHOPHAGUS Latr. 


O. nuchicornis Linn. Greenville IX, 6, rare (Bf); throughout Camden 
and g. d. in Gloucester Counties IV—-VI; an introduced species, spread- 
ing slowly. 


O. hecate Panz. Throughout the State V-IX; common. 


O. janus Panz. Common throughout the State in toad-stools, decaying 
fungi and under excrement. The varieties “orpheus” Panz. and 
“striatulus” Beauv. with the type, but much more rare. 


O. subzeneus Beauv. Lakehurst, spring and fall; under horse-droppings; 
listed as a variety of the preceding, but is probably a good species. 


O. tuberculifrons Harold. West Bergen (Bf); Jamesburg VII (Jl); Atco 
(Li); Clementon VIII (W); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


O. pennsylvanicus Harold. Common throughout the State. 


PSAMMODIUS Heer. 


P. nanus De G. Greenville, West Bergen IV, V (Bf); lives in chicken 
excrement and is cosmopolitan (Sz). 


PLEUROPHORUS Muls. 
P. ceesus Panz. G. d. rare (Bf); always at light (W). 


RHYSSEMUS Muls. 


R. scaber Hald. Along the shore, Brigantine to Anglesea VI-IX; on the 
beach and in the marshes. 


ATAENIUS Harold. 
A. cognatus Lec. Westville I, 28 (W); Brigantine (Hn); Beesley’s Point 
VI, 30, Anglesea (GG). 


A. wenzeli Horn. Brigantine IX (Hn); Atlantic Co., Anglesea (W); Cape 
May VI, 3 (Brn); mostly at light. 


A. strigatus Horn. Westville V (GG); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


A. gracilis Mels. Irvington (Bf); Westville VIII, 1 (div); Woodbury VII, 
30 (W); Gloucester V, 27, Sea Isle VI, 10 (Brn); Brigantine IX (Hn). 


A. imbricatus Mels. G. d. (Bf); Atlantic City VI, 24, Anglesea VII, 11, 
under drift (W); Sea Isle V, VI (Brn). 


A. socialis Horn. Atlantic City, rare (W). 
A. abditus Hald. Collingswood VII, 27 (GG). 


DIALYTES Harold. 
D. truncatus Mels. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 


OXYOMUS Lap. 


| O. sylvestris Scop. (porcatus Fabr.) Snake Hill IV, 20 (Jl); Newark 
Dist. V (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); common in cow droppings. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 315 


APHODIUS III. 


. fossor Linn. Piedmont Plain and northward; an imported species, 


which is now common about Newark and in Hudson County. 


. fimetarius Linn. Common throughout the State. 

. ruricola Mels. Westville IV, 26, Atco (W); Atlantic City VI (GG). 

. granarius Linn. Throughout the State; common. 

. vittatus Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); DaCosta V, Anglesea VII (W); local 


and common throughout the State. 


. inqguinatus Hbst. Common throughout the State. 
. rubeolus Beauv. Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden, Landisville (Li); Wood- 


bury VII, DaCosta V, Clementon VIII (W). 


. stercorosus Mels. Throughout the State; usually common. 

. bicolor Say. Newark (Bf); Westville (Li). 

. phalerioides Horn. Sandy Hook to Cape May, along the coast VII-IX. 
. femoralis Say. Generally distributed, not rare (W, Li). 

. oblongus Say. Ft. Lee III, 24, in a rotten stump (Bt). 

. parcus Horn. Anglesea VII, 11, at light (W). 


BOLBOCEROSOMA Schaef. 


. farctum Fab. Throughout the State; local and rare. 


BOLBOCERAS Kirby. 


. lazarus Fab. Woodbury VII (div); Sea Isle VII, Brigantine VII (Brn); 


Anglesea VI, VII (div); never common. 


ODONTZEZUS KI. 


. filicornis Say. Ocean Beach (Pr); Atlantic City (Li); Sea Isle VI 


(Brn). 


. cornigerus Mels. Spotswood (Jl); New Jersey (Ll). 


GEOTRUPES Latr. 


. splendidus Fab. Throughout the State; local, not common. 
. semiopacus Jek. Madison (Pr); Newark (Soc); Riverton X, 24 (GG); 


Atlantic City (Li); Anglesea VIII, 8 (W). 


. egeriei Germ. Shark River VII (GG); Camden (Li); Woodbury IV, 21, 


Clementon III, 18, under fungus (W). 


. blackburnii Fab. Throughout the State III-X, common, in excrement. 
. balyi Jek. Ft. Lee (Sf); Lakehurst IX, 3, in underground stem of 


toadstools (J1); Gloucester VIII, [IX (W); Westville (Li). 


. hornii Blanch. Hopatcong, Highlands (Sf); Staten Island (Bt); 


Somer’s Point (Hn); under or near decaying toadstools. 
The record of “‘G. inutilis’” Horn is an error. 


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TROX Fab. 

T. scabrosus Beauv. Throughout the State VI-IX; not rare. All the 
species in or under dried carcasses, hides, bones, etc. 

Te asper Lec. Sandy Hook (Bt); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 

T. suberosus Fab. Sandy Hook VII (Bt); Lahaway (Sm); Woodbury IX, 
Atlantic City (GG); Anglesea V, 31, g. d. (W). 

T. tuberculatus De G. Caldwell (Cr); Newark, rare at light (div). 

T..erinaceus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Staten Island II, 25, and later in 
Owl pellets (Ds); Woodbury VI (W); g. d. (Li). 

T. capillaris Say. Staten Island (Lg); Newark, at light, rare (Bf). 

T. unistriatus Beauv. Throughout the State; not rare. 

T. sordidus Lec. Madison (Pr); Staten Island IV (Ds); Westville (Li). 

T. insularis Chev. (foveicollis Harr.) Newark (Bf); Staten Island VIII 
(Ds); g. d. rare (Li). 

T. terrestris Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Staten Island VII (Ds). 

T. cequalis Say. Staten Island (Lg). 

T. scaber Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII; not common. 

T. atrox Lec. New Jersey (Henshaw). 


AMPHICOMA Latr. 
A. lupina Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island (Sf); Jamesburg VII 
(W); Sandy Hook (Loeffler); seashore (Li). } 
A. vulpina Hentz. Newark (Soc); Jamesburg VII, 4, one female (Li). 


HOPLIA Ill. 


H. trifasciata Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts. (GG); West Bergen (Bf); 
seashore (Li); g. d. (W); flies very early in April as soon as vegeta- 
tion starts. 

H. trivialis Harold. Paterson, Lakehurst (Jl); Gloucester, seashore 
(Li); Lucaston and g. d. (W); in IV and V, very local but not rare 
where it occurs. 

H. modesta Hald. Throughout the State IV—VI; our most common spe- 
cies. 

H. equina Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 


DICHELONYCHA Kirby. 


D. elongata Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally not rare. 

D. subvittata Lec. Hopatcong (Pm). 

D. testacea Kirby. Hewitt VI, 5, Spotswood (Jl); Orange Mts. (GG); 
Staten Island (Lg). 

D. fuscula Lec. Gloucester (Li); Anglesea V (div). 


D. albicollis Burm. Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Riverton VI, 6 (Castle); Burling- 
ton Co. (W); Westville (Li); Newtonville VI, 11 (Brn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 317 


SERICA MacL. 


S. vespertina Gyll. Throughout the State V, VI; common. 

S. iricolor Say. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Ocean Co., on scrub oak VI (Sm); 
DaCosta, Atco (Li); Atlantic Co. (W); local. 

S. sericea Ill. Throughout the State V, VI; common. 

S. trociformis Burm. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); throughout the pine barrens 
all V and early VI, getting only a little into the Delaware Valley 
region. 

MACRODACTYLUS Latr. 


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oN 


Fig. 126.—The “‘rose-bug,”’ Macrodactylus subspinosus: a, adult beetle; b, larva; e, pupa; 
c, d, structural details, all enlarged; f, grape leaf showing injury and 
beetles at work—natural size. 


M. subspinosus Fab. The “Rose-bug” or “Rose chafer’; common 
throughout the State, often coming in such hordes as to destroy the 
blossoms of roses and other plants blooming in June, and in vine- 
yards in some sections utterly destroying the grape crop by eating 
the blossoms. They also eat into a variety of fruits, including apples 
and do great mischief in that way. The larve feed on the roots 
of grasses and other vegetation in waste land and are beyond reach 
of destructive measures. Practically, spraying plants to be protected 
with heavy doses of arsenate of lead or collecting the adult beetles 
as they come on, by collectors adapted to the special work, are our 
only resorts. 


M. angustatus Beauv. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bt); Riverton V, 28 (GG); 
Anglesea VI, VII, on oak (div). 


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DIPLOTAXIS Kirby. 
D. sordida Say. West Bergen (Bf); Woodbury VII, 30, at light, Lucas- 
ton IV, 25, Anglesea V (W); Brigantine VII, Sea Isle VII (Brn). 


D. atlantis Fall. Orange, Staten Island (Fall); some specimens of this ; 
species are undoubtedly in collections as “sordida.” 


D. tristis Kirby. Included by Fall in the list of New Jersey species; but 
I have no definite records. Mr. Wenzel has it from Arcola, Pa. 


D. liberta Germ. Throughout the State V—VII; our most common spe- 
cies. 


. subcostata Blanch. DaCosta VI, 12 (Brn); Woodbury VI, 10 (W). 
. excavata Lec. Newark district (Bf); determined by Fall. 
. frondicola Say. New Jersey (Li, Fall). 


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. bidentata Lec. Atco (Li, Fall); Anglesea, sweeping at night (W); 
this is the “truncatula” of last edition. 

D. harperi Blanch. New Jersey (Fall); Snake Hill IV, 14, V, 1 (Har- 

beck); Newark district (Bf). 


Fig. 127.—May beetle: rz, pupa in earthen cell; 2, larva or “white grub”; 
3, adult from side; 4, same from top. 


LACHNOSTERNA Hope. 


These are the “May beetles” or “June bugs,” the larve of which are 
the ordinary ‘‘white grubs” of pasture and garden land. Fall plowing 
and the use of chickens and hogs are the most available methods of 
control. 

L. glaberrima Blanch. DaCosta VII, 19 (Dke); Brigantine IX, 10 (Hn); 
Anglesea VII (Sz). 

L. ephilida Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); Orange, Highlands VI (Bt); g. d. 
(W, Li). 

L. longitarsus Say. New Jersey (GG). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 319 


clemens Horn. New Jersey (U SN M). 


- dispar Burm. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W). 


gracilis Burm. New Brunswick (Coll); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); 
Laurel Springs VII, 21 (Dke); Sea Isle VI, 4 (Brn). 


gibbosa Burm. Throughout the State; locally common. 


. subpruinosa Casey. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


inversa Horn. New Brunswick, Lakewood, Lahaway rare (Coll). 
micans Knoch. Throughout the State, VI, VII; locally common. 


- arcuata Smith. Locally and seasonally throughout the State V—VII. 


The common species is not the same each year, in the same locality, 
and a species swarming at light one season may be totally absent 
the next. 


. insperata Smith. Snake Hill; rare. 


dubia Smith. Throughout the State, locally and seasonally common. 
fusca Freehl. The commonest of all our species V—VII. 


- grandis Sm. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City (Coll); Camden, Glouces- 


ter Co (W); Forked River Mts. V, 26 (Dke). 


. barda Horn. New Jersey, two specimens (Sf). 
- marginalis Lec. Lake Hopatcong (Pm, Sf). 


fraterna Harr. This, with its varieties ‘‘cognata’’ Burm., and “fors- 
teri’ Burm., is locally common throughout the State. 


- nova Smith. New Brunswick (Coll); and probably g. d., rare. 


luctuosa Horn. Buena Vista, one specimen (Li). 


- knochii Sch. & Cyll. Riverton (Castle); in roads through pine woods, 


dead specimens only (W). 


. rugosa Mels. New Brunswick (Sm); Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); 


Merchantville III, 15 (Dke); probably g. d., local and rare. 
hirsuta Knoch. Throughout the State V—VII; locally common. 
balia Say. New Jersey, without definite locality. 
hirticula Knoch. Common everywhere V-—VIII. 


. emula Horn. DaCosta VI, 4 (Dke). 
. crenulata Freehl. Throughout the State; local, never very abundant. 


parvidens Lec. Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


. ilicis Knoch. Throughout the State; not rarely. 


quercus Knoch. Rare, isolated specimens from various localities. 
tristis Fab. Throughout the State; our commonest small species. 


PHYTALUS Er. 


georgianus Horn. Hammonton VIII, 15, one specimen (Sz). 


POLYPHYLLA Harr. 


. variolosa Hentz. Hopatcong (Pm); Highlands (Sf); Riverside, West- 


ville VII, 9 (W), and all along shore in the wash-up VI-VII. 


320 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ANOMALA Keeppe. 
A. binotata Gyll. Throughout the Delaware Valley, the pine barrens and 
maritime regions III—V, locally not rare. 
A. innuba Fab. (minuta Burm.) Anglesea (div). 
A. undulata Mels. Throughout the State IV, VI, locally not rare. 
A. lucicola Fab. Throughout the State, common on grape and “Ampe- 


lopsis” VI, VII; the most abundant form of the genus, and quite 
variable. 
A. oblivia Horn. Pine barrens V—VII, locally not rare; extending into 
the maritime and a little into the Delaware Valley region. 
A. marginata Fabr. Plainfield VI, 20 (Sf); g. d., on hickory (W); sea- 
shore (Li); locally not rare. 
The record of “lurida” Fab. is an error, based on an abnormal form of 
“binotata.” 
STRIGODERMA Burm. 


S. pygmza Fab. Throughout South Jersey V-—VII, locally common on 
sweet potato and other “Convolvulacee.”’ 


S. arboricola Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, more common south- 
wardly on flowers of “Rubus” and “Rosacee”’ generally. At Angle- 
sea on “Opuntia.” 


PELIDNOTA MacL. 


P. punctata Linn. Common throughout the State on grape; larva in 
hickory and oak stumps (Bt). 


COTALPA Burm. 


C. lanigera Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII, on wil- 
low or poplar, occasionally on oak; never very 
abundant. 


CYCLOCEPHALA Latr. 


C. immaculata Oliv. Sandy Hook (Bt); Camden VI, 10, 
Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn); seashore (Li); g. d. (W). 


Fig. 128.— 
DYSCINETUS Harold. (CHALEPUS MacL.) Cotaly ademagents 


D. trachypygus Burm. Throughout the State, but much more common 
along shore; attracted to light VIII, IX. 


LIGYRUS Burm. 


L. gibbosus De G. Common throughout the State, at light, VIII, IX; more 
abundant along shore. 


L. relictus Say. As before, but much more abundant; so plentiful at 
times as to be a veritable nuisance. 


DHE INSECTS OF NEW! JERSEY. 321 


APHONUS Lec. 


A. castaneus Mels. Madison (Pr); along shore VI, VII (div); not com- 
mon; larva in decaying stumps. 


XYLORYCTES Hope. 


X. satyrus Fabr. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Bf); throughout South Jersey 
VII, VIJ, never common; larva in roots of ash. Is known as the 
“Rhinocerus beetle,” because of the great horn on its head. 


STRAT/AEGUS Hope. 


S. antzeeus Fabr. Newark (Soc); Long Branch (Bt); throughout the pine 
barrens VII, VIII, extending rarely into the Delaware Valley region. 
Larva in rotting wood. The beetle is very stout and broad, with three 
thoracic processes, which are sometimes long and horn-like, -giving 
rise to the local name ‘“‘Ox-beetle.”’ 


DYNASTES Kirby. 


D. tityus Linn. Wildwood (Satterthwaite); Cape May (W); one speci- 
men each. This species is really southern, and its occurrence at that 
point on our coast is accidental. 


Fig. 129.—Allorhina nitida: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; d-g, larval details. 


ALLORHINA Burm. 


A. nitida Linn. Throughout the State; locally common in sandy districts; 
flies like a bumble bee on bright, hot days in July, occasionally in 
swarms; the larva is sometimes injurious in sod, eating off the roots 
so that the top can be rolled up like a carpet. 


EUPHORIA Burm. 


E. areata Fab. Throughout the State; very local and seasonal IV, V and 
IX; sometimes abundant. 


E. sepulchralis Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Del. Water Gap (Bt); through- 
out South Jersey in June (div); rare and local. 


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322 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. fulgida Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally and seasonally not 
rare. 


E. herbacea Oliv. Plainfield VII (Lv); Staten Island V (Bt); Westville 
(Li); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); g. d. (W). 


E. inda Linn. Throughcut the State, spring and fall; beetles occasionally 
injurious to growing ears of corn, peaches and other fruits; larva not 
injurious, living in manure and rich earth (Ch). 


The locality for “melancholica” Gory. is so doubtful that Mr. Schwarz 
recommends dropping the name. 


CREMASTOCHILUS Knoch. 


The species of this genus are associated with ants, living in their 
colonies, but hardly in friendly relations with them. They are not often 
found unless especially sought for, and may be in general accounted rare. 


C. variolosus Kirby. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Madison (Pr); 
Orange Mts. (Bf); Gloucester Co. (div); Glassboro VII, 27 (GG). 


C. canaliculatus Kirby. Paterson V (Gr); Woodside V, 1 (Bf). 
C. castanez Knoch. Hewitt V, 20, VI, 15 (Jl). 


C. harrisii Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Morristown (Ds); Woodbury (Li); 
Clementon V, 10, locally common on sandy flats (W). 


OSMODERMA Lep. 


O. eremicola Knoch. Throughout the State, locally not rare; the larva 
often abundant in rotting trees. 


O. scabra Beauv. With the preceding, usually more common; larva as 
before. 


GNORIMUS Lep. 


G. maculosus Knoch. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Hewitt V, 29 (Jl); Ft. Lee 
(div); Staten Island (Lg); seashore (Li); g. d. (W). 


TRICHIUS Fabr. 


T. piger Fab. Throughout the State VII, on flowers; often in great num- 
bers on roses; larvz in old oak stumps (Jl). 


T. affinis Gory. With the preceding; usually more common. 


T. bibens Fab. Hewitt V, 30 (Ji); on flowers of “Viburnum pubescens” 
(Ds). 
T. delta Forst. Williamstown, DaCosta VII, 4, 16 (W). 


VALGUS Scriba. 


V. squamiger Beauv. Common throughout the State IV-VI; the larve 
sometimes abundant in decaying stumps. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 323 


V. canaliculatus Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island (Lg); Vineland 
(U S Ag); never in large numbers. 


Family SPONDYLIDZ. 


Oblong, brown, somewhat flattened beetles, with rather short an- 
tenne; the tarsi 5-jointed, the 4th short and the 38rd somewhat lobed. 
The thorax is almost square, the head horizontal and the mandibles are 
rather prominent. 


PARANDRA Latr. 


P. brunnea Fabr. Throughout the State, locally not rare V—VII; breeds 
in decaying deciduous and coniferous trees. 


Family CERAMBYCIDAE. 


These are the “long-horned beetles,’ so called because the antenne 
or feelers are as long or longer than the body. The body is usually more 
or less cylindrical, although many species are somewhat fiattened. In 
all cases the thorax is without a sharp lateral margin or suture and 
earries out the idea of a cylinder, even if the form does not. The front 
is more or less obviously vertical, and the mandibles are usually stout 
and sharp-pointed. The tarsi are apparently four-jointed only, the third 
being deeply lobed. 

The larve are borers, generally in woody tissue, although a few bore 
into herbaceous plants. They are more or less cylindrical, the joints 
well marked, those of the thorax enlarged, the head chitinous, with pow- 
erful mandibles. They resemble the larve of the “Buprestide”’ in a 
general way, but are not flattened, especially toward the head, so they 
are called “round-headed” borers. 

Most of the species live in the solid or heart wood of dead or dying 
trees; but some of them work in the sap-wood or under bark, and nota 
few attack healthy, sound trees, paving the way for other species that 
prefer less vitality. 

Only a few species are economically important in New Jersey, and 
these are usually dealt with by mechanical barriers or other direct means. 


ORTHOSOMA Serv. 


O. brunneum Forst. Throughout the State in July, not rare; larve in 
oak stumps and logs. 


TRAGOSOMA Serv. 


T. harrisii Lec. Newark, rare (Bf); along shore in wash-up, occasional. 


324 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Fig. 130.—Prionus laticollis, larva, pupa and adult. 


PRIONUS Geoff. 


P. laticollis Dru. Throughout the State, July and August. The larva 
lives in the roots of many trees and shrubs, including orchard trees 
and small fruits. On grape and blackberry it is sometimes injurious, 
causing less damage to the former than the latter. The larva re- 
quires three years to reach its full growth; and when it works in the 
crown of the blackberry causes so much injury that the removal of 
the affected portion and the destruction of the borer is the only 
remedy. 

P. pocularis Dalm. Throughout the pine barrens in July and August; 
the larva often common in decaying pine logs. 


SPHENOSTETHUS Hald. 


S. taslei Bug. Snake Hill, coll. Bkln. Inst. Mus. (Sf); “New Jersey” 
(Horn); rare in New Jersey (Li). There are no recent records. 


ASEMUM Esch. 


A. moestum Hald. Throvghout the State, May and June; the larva on 
pine. 
CRIOCEPHALUS Muls. 
C. agrestis Kirby. Chester (Dn); Newark (div); Brigantine Beach IX 
(Hn); Lahaway VII, Anglesea (Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 325 


obsoletus Rand. Newark (Bf); Woodbury, Atlantic City (W); Sea 
Isle VII (Brn). 


? 


SMODICUM Hald. 
S. cucujiforme Say. Short Hills VII (Bt); Orange, not rare at light 
(Ch); Newark (Bf): Camden, Gloucester Co., under oak bark (W); 
Collingswood, Glassboro VII (GG); Lahaway VI (Sm); g. d. (Li). 


PHYSOCNEMUM Hald. 

P. brevilineum Say. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Weehawken VI (Bt); Orange 
Mts. (Bf); seashore, Atlantic City to Cape May VI, VII (div); feeds 
on elm. 

HYLOTRUPES Serv. 


H. bajulus Linn. Throughout the State in June, on pine. 


H. ligneus Fabr. Throughout the State on cedar; begins to emerge as 
early as March and continues until late June. 


PHYMATODES Muls. 

P. variabilis Fabr. Throughout the State on oak, VI, VII; the larva is 
one of the “bark slippers” often found in great numbers on cord 
wood. 

P. infuscatus Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 

P. lengi Joutel. Fort Lee in May; type locality (Jl). 

P. lividus Rossi. An introduced species, found in Staten Island and 
New Jersey (Jl). 

P. amcenus Say. Throughout the State IV, V, the larva breeding in 
dead grape stems; lecally not rare. 

P. ater Lec. Anglesea V, on oak (W); Sea Isle V, 29 (Brn). 

. dimidiatus Kirby. Staten Island (Lg); Long Branch (Bf). 

P. varius Say. Not uncommon throughout the State, V, VI; the larva, 
with that of ‘“variabilis,’” in oak; I have bred both species from one 
stick. 

The record of “P. blandus” in last edition was based on a misidentifi- 
cation. 


vU 


MERIUM Kirby. 

M. proteus Kirby. Newfoundland, 1 example collected by Leng (Jl). 
This is essentially a boreal species; but the record of its capture by 
Mr. Leng is clear in all details. The example was taken alive on a 
log near a local sawmill, the log cut in the nearby woods. 


CALLIDIUM Fabr. 

C. antennatum Newn. Throughout the State IV—VIII on pine and cedar; 
usually common and most abundant in May. 

C. janthinum Lec. South Amboy IV, on pine boughs (Ds); Irvington on 
cut cedar IV (Bf); it is possible that both of these records may 
eventually prove to refer to the preceding; but the determinations 
seem correct. 


326 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. zreum Newn. Clifton V, 30, bred from chestnut (Ch); Orange Mts., 
Newark, at light (Bf); New Brunswick (Sm). 


OEME Newn. 


O. rigida Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not common; breeds in 
cedar and is sometimes found in the wash-up along shore. 


O. gracilis Lec. Orange VI (Ch). 


CHION Newn. 


C. cinctus Dru. Throughout the State V, VI, not common; the larva in 
hickory, oak and plum (Ch). 


EBURIA Serv. 


E. 4-geminata Say. Throughout the State VII, rarely; on oak and hick- 
ory (W). 
ROMALEUM White. 


R. simplicicolle Hald. Lahaway (Sm); Atlantic County in pine woods 
VIII, IX (W); not rare in wash-up along shore VIII (div). 


R. atomarium Dru. DaCosta (Li); Bridgeton (GG); along shore in 
wash-up, under bark and at sugar VI, VIII, IX (div). 


R. rufulum Hald. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden, 
Gloucester Co. IV, VII, VIII on oak (W); Glassboro VIII, 17 (GG). 


ELAPHIDON Serv. 


E. mucronatum Fab. Throughout the State on trees of various kinds; 
also on grape; does not amputate twigs like “E. villosum.” 
E. incertum Newn. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 


E. villosum Fab. (parallelum Newn.) 
Throughout the State IV—VII, 
more or less common. The larva 
is the common “oak-pruner”; but 
attacks also hickory, apple and 
other trees. It developes in the 
heart of a small shoot, and when 
full grown, girdles the shoot from 
within, so that it falls in the first 
high wind. Gather these fallen Fig. 131.—The “oak pruner”: a, larva; 
branches and burn them where wes ee Cee 
shade or orchard trees are in- gee oped Reece é 
fested. 


E. subpubescens Lec. East Plains VII, 27 (Lg); 2. d. rare (11). 
E. aculeatum Lec. Brown’s Mills VIII, 4 (Dke); g. d. rare (W). 


E. unicolor Rand. Short Hills (Bt); Woodside (Bf); Westville (Li); 
Berlin VI, 25, Woodbury VII, 30, Anglesea VII, common on serub oak 
(W); bred from red-bud (Lec) and plum (Ch). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 327 


E. cinerascens Lec. Chester (Dn); Ft. Lee (Jl); Woodbury VII, 7 
(GG); Lucaston VI, 14 (Dke). 


The records for “inerme” and “pumilum” rest upon misidentification. 


TYLONOTUS Hald. 


. bimaculatus Hald. Ft. Lee VII, 26 (Jl); Newark, New Brunswick 
(Sm); Westville (Li); Camden, Gloucester Co., under bark of ash 
CW). 

HETERACHTHES Newn. 

. 4—maculatus Newn. Palisades VI (Lv); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Orange Mts. (Bf); Gloucester, Camden Co., g. d. (div); on 
hickory. 


. ebenus Newn. Boonton VII, 15 (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark at light 
(Bf); New Brunswick VI (Sm); Camden, Gloucester Co., VI, VII 
(div); along shore Atlantic City to Cape May in wash-up (div). 


CURIUS Newn. 


. dentatus Newn. Anglesea, rare, on oak (W). 


OBRIUM Serv. 


. rufulum Gahan. (rubrum Newn.) Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange VI (Ch), 
Newark on oak (Bf); Woodbury VIII, 7 on ash (W). 


. rubidum Lec. Orange Mts., on ash (Bf); Philadelphia Neck (W). 


PHYTON Newn. 


. pallidum Say. Ft. Lee, Highland VII (Sf); Orange Mts. VII (Bf); 
Rocky Hill VI (Coll); Woodbury VII (GG); Camden VII, Anglesea 
(W); breeds in hickory and red-bud (Ch). 


MOLORCHUS Fab. 


. bimaculatus Say. Palisades (Lv); Newark Dist. (Bf); Orange Mts 
VII, Riverton V (GG); Clementon V, Woodbury VI (W); Brown’s 
Mills V (Dke); Anglesea V, 30; Lahaway V (Sm); develcpes in dead 
ash, dog-wood, red-oud, hickory, walnut and maple (Ch). 


RHOPALOPHORA Serv. 
. longipes Say. Seashore (Li); breeds in red-bud (Ch). 


TRAGIDION Serv. 


. coquus Lec. Caldwell (Cr); Malaga VIII, IX (GG); Lakehurst VII, IX, 
on oak (div); Lahaway IX, Cumberland Co., Mt. Holly VIII, Lucaston 
IX (Dke); g. d., more common southwardly (W); in wash-up along 
shore (div). 


. fulvipenne Say. Several specimens, in June, near Westville (Bland). 


328 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PURPURICENUS Serv. 


P. humeralis Fab. Ft. Lee, on oak VI (Bt); Newark Dist. (Bf); Camden 
VII, DaCosta VI (W); Merchantville VI (Dke); common in wash-up 
along shore, Sandy Hook to Cape May. 


P. axillaris Hald. Ft. Lee (Sf); DaCosta VII, 3, on oak (W); several in 
different localities (Li); always rare. 


BATYLE Thom. 
B. suturalis Say. Throughout the State VII and VIII. 


STENOSPHENUS Hald. 
S. notatus Oliv. Throughout the State, but local; breeds in hickory. 


CYLLENE Newn. 


C. caryze Gahan. (picta Dru.) Throughout the State IV—-VI; breeds in 
hickory and is sometimes injurious in shade trees. 

C. robiniz Forst. Throughout the State VIII-X; breeds in locust, making 
it practically impossible to raise decent trees in most localities. 


PLAGIONOTUS Muls. 


P. speciosus Say. Madison (Pr); Orange Mts. (Bf); 
top of Palisades at Ft. Lee (Jl); Snake Hill on 
oak (L1); breeds in sugar maples, and is often 
injurious. 


CALLOIDES Lec. 


C. nobilis Say. Local throughout the State VI; on 
oak stumps (Bt); sometimes common in wash-up 
all along shore. Fig. 132.—Plagio- 


notus speciosus. 


ARHOPALUS Serv. 


A. fulminans Fabr. Throughout the State VI, VII, sometimes not uncom- 
mon; breeds in chestnut (Ch). 


XYLOTRECHUS Chev. 
X. colonus Fab. Common throughout the State V—VIII; lives in oak, 
maple, hickory, chestnut and other trees. 
X. sagittatus Germ. Lakehurst, common in dead pine IX (div); Anglesea 
VII, 25, in the wash-up, g. d., rare (W). 


X. 4maculatus Hald. Ft. Lee VI, 18 (Jl); Irvington (Bf); Staten Island 
(Sf); Jamesburg (div); So. Camden on black alder (W); Brigantine 
Beach IX (Hn). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 320 


. undulatus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Palisades, Lakehurst VIII, 2 (Jl); 


the variety “lunulatus” Kirby has also been taken in the Orange Mts.; 
breeds in spruce and hemlock (Ch). 


. nitidus Horn. Gloucester County, one specimen (Bland). 


NEOCLYTUS Thom. 


. scutellaris Oliv. Spring Lake VIII (Ch); g. d. (W); Malaga VIII, 4 


(CG); Lakehurst (Ds). 


. jouteli Davis. Rahway VIII, 2 (Bf Gr); Lakehurst VII (Bf Ds). 

. luscus Fab. Generally distributed; rare (W). 

. conjunctus Lec. Palisades, bred (Jl). 

. capree Say. Boonton IV, 28, common on freshly cut chestnut (GG); 


Newfoundland on wood piles VII, 5 (Sf); Newark (Soc); g. d., rare 
(W); breeds in ash, elm and hickory (Ch). 


. erythrocephalus Fabr. Throughout the State V—VII; breeds in forest, 


shade and fruit trees in great variety, and also in grape canes (Ch). 


CLYTANTHUS Thom. 


. ruricola Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Newfoundland VII (Ds); Palisades, 


on dead oak (Lv); Orange Mts. (Bf); Clementon V, 24 (GQG). 


. albofasciatus Lap. Palisades, on dead oak (Lv); Ft. Lee (Jl); Cam- 


den VI, VII (div). 
MICROCLYTUS Lec. 


. gazellula Hald. Newark (Bf); South Jersey, rare (W). 


CYRTOPHORUS Lec. 


. verrucosus Oliv. Throughout the State; not rare; lives on chestnut, 


beech, linden and a variety of other trees (Ch). 


TILLOMORPHA Blanch. 


» geminata Hald. Throughout North Jersey V—VII (div); South Jersey 


(W); bred from sumac (Ulke). 


EUDERCES Lec. 


: picipes Fab. ‘Throughout the State VI, VII; lives on linden, beech, 


chestnut, ete., (Ch). 


. pini Oliv. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Bf); on scrub oak, near Timber 


Creek VI, rare (Bland). 


ATIMIA Hald. 


. confusa Say. Pleasant Mills (Say); Eagle Rock, all summer, on cut 


cedar (Bf); Atco (Li); g. d., rare, in Juniper (W); Anglesea V, 31. 
(Brn). 


330 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


DISTENIA Serv. 


D. undata Oliv. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts., on hickory 
VII (Bf); Westville (Li); Anglesea VII, 22 (Sm). 


DESMOCERUS Serv. 


D. palliatus Forst. Throughout the State on elder in July; seems to be 
absent from Staten Island; no records coming thence. 


ENCYCLOPS Newn. 


E. coeruleus Say. Hewitt VI, 2, on flowers of dogwood (Jl); Orange Mts.; 
sometimes common near Newark (Bf); Gloucester (Li). 


RHAGIUM Fabr. 
R. lineatum Oliv. Throughout the State on pine III-VII; larva under pine 
bark. 
CENTRODERA Lec. 
C. decolorata Harr. ‘“‘New Jersey” (Sm). 
C. picta Hald. Chester (Dn); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts., Woodside V, 
3, rare on dry hickory (Bf); DaCosta, Anglesea (W). 


TOXOTUS Serv. 


T. vittiger Rand. Ramapo, N. Y. (Jl); just across the New Jersey line, 
and doubtless occurs also on our side of the fence. 


T. cylindricollis Say. Ft. Lee VI, 23 (Jl); “New Jersey” (Horn). 


ACM/EOPS Lec. 


A. thoracica Hald. Ramapo, N. Y., V, 31, in some numbers, just north 
of the line (Ds); certain to occur also in New Jersey. 


A. bivittata Say. Fort Lee VI (Bt); Newark (Soc); g. d. (Li). 


A. directa Newn. Del. Water Gap VII, 12- (Jn); Hopatcong (Pm); 
Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf); Riverton (GG); 
Westville (Li). 


A. discoidea Hald. Throughout the State, V, VI, local and not common. 


GAUROTES Lec. 


G. cyanipennis Say. Throughout the Appalachian and Highlands re- 
gions, not rare VI; marked g. d. (W, Li); but local and not common. 


STRANGALIA Serv. 
S. famelica Newn. Throughout the State, VII, on flowers. 


S. acuminata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Hewitt VI, 18, common on flowers 
(Ds); Orange Mts. (div); Newark (Soc); Riverton V-—VII (GG); 
Westville (Li); Brown’s Mills I, 27 (Dke). 

S. luteicornis Fabr. Common throughout the State, on flowers VI, VII. 


S. bicolor Swed. Throughout the State VI, VII, local and not common. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 331 


BELLAMIRA Lec. 


. scalaris Say. “Point Breeze,” the type locality. Newfoundland VII, 


5, in dead ash (Jl, Ds); Ft. Lee VI, 14, larve and pupe in ash (Jl); 
Manumuskin VI, 21 (DkKe). 


TYPOCERUS Lec. 


. zebratus Fab. Sea Girt VIII (Bf); Landisville (Li); DaCosta (W); 


Atco VI (div); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); Lahaway V, VI (Sm). 


. velutinus Oliv. Common throughout the State on flowers in July. 
. lugubris Say. Fort Lee VI (div); “New Jersey” (Hw). 


LEPTURA Serv. 


. emarginate Fab. Boonton VIII, 5, 2 ovipositing (GG); Palisades in 


dead oak and maple (Lv); Ft. Lee, larva in any decayed wood, lives i 
three years (Jl); Irvington VII (Bf); Gloucester VII, 10 (G@). 


. deleta Lec. “New Jersey” (Li). 
. plebeja Rand. Caldwell (Cr); “New Jersey” (Horn). 


subhamata Rand. Newfoundland VII, 4 (Jl); “New Jersey” (Lg). 


. abdominalis Hald. Atlantic City (Castle) seashore, one 2 (Li). 

. lineola Say. Throughout the State in June; locally common. 

. cruentata Hald. Hewitt VI, 2 (Jl); DaCosta 1 dead specimen (Li). 

. americana Hald. Ft. Lee, Hewitt VI, 18-25 (Jl); Eagle Rock, V (Bf). 
. nana Newn. var. hzmatites Newn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts., on 


dog-wood blossoms (Bf); Westville (Li). 


. nitens Forst. Throughout the State, V, VI. on chestnut, oak and 


beech. 


. cordifera Oliv. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Hopatcong (Pm); 


Orange Mts., once common (Bf). 


. rubrica Say. Throughout the State V—VII; on dead beech (Lv). 
. circumdata Oliv. Hewitt VI, 25 (Jl); Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., 


on pussy willow (Bf); Atco (Li); Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); Lahaway 
VI on magnolia flowers (Sm); Anglesea V, 28 (W). 


. vagans Oliv. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); Hewitt VI, Lakehurst VI 


(Jl); Sea Girt VIII (Bf); Clementon VI (GG); Atco, DaCosta VI, 
Anglesea (W); bred from butternut, hickory and birch (Ch). 


. proxima Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); Hopatcong VI (Bt); 


Hewitt VI, 18 (Jl); Newfoundland VI (Ds); Palisades VI, 5 (Dke); 
Westville (Li). 


. octonotata Say. Hewitt VI (div); Hopatcong VI, Ft. Lee (Bt); 


Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island VI (Ds). 


. vittata Germ. Throughout the State VI, VII, on flowers; more abund- 


ant in the northern sections. 


. pubera Say. Del. Water Gap VII (Coll); Hewitt VI, 18, Ft. Lee V, 24 


(J1); Madison VI, 6 (Pr); Orange Mts. VI, VII, on “Spirza’” (Bf). 


332 REPORT’ OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ES 


L. 


. supernotatus Say. Throughout the State V, VI,. 


mutabilis Newn. Palisades IV, V, larvee in dead iron-wood (Jl); 
Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


quadricollis Lec. Staten Island (Lg). 


CYRTINUS Lec. 


. pygmzeus Hald. Throughout the State, locally common, V, VI; lives 


on oak, hickory, locust and box elder (Ch). 


PSENOCERUS Lec. 


breeding in currant stems; locally common but 
rarely injurious. 


MONOHAMMUS Serv. 


. titillator Fab. Throughout the State on pine, VI, Fig. 133.—Pseno- 
VII; often common in the wash-up along shore; a cerus supernota- 
small form at Anglesea. tus; currant tip 


borer. 


. scutellatus Say. Chester (Dn); Newark (Bf). 
. notatus Dru. (confusor Kirby). Ft. Lee (Bt); Eagle Rock VII, 5 


(GG); Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf); Camden (Li); Atlantic, Cape May 
Cos., not rare (W). 


DORCASCHEMA Lec. 


. alternatum Say. Staten Island VI-VIII, common on Osage Orange 


and Mulberry (Ds); Camden, Merchantville VI, 7, on Mulberry (W); 
eo ly, (ODal)e 


. nigrum Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison VII, 24 (Pr); Orange Mts. 


VII (Bf); Caldwell (Cr); Westville (Li); g. d. on hickory (W). 


. wildii Uhler. Common on Osage Orange near Philadelphia and kills 


all the black mulberry near that city; not yet found in New Jersey. 


HETCEMIS Hald. 


. cinerea Oliv. Hewitt VI, 18, bred from hickory (Jl); Plainfield VII, 


4 (Ds); Orange Mts. VII, on Mulberry (Bf); Newark (GG); Collings- 
wood VI, 7 (W); 2. d. (Li). 


CACOPLIA Lec. 


. pullata Hald. Madison VII, 19 (Pr); Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Lakehurst VI, 


VII on scrub-oak (div); Gloucester, Atlantic Cos., on oak (W); An- 
glesea VII, 12 (Coll). 
GOES Lec. 


. tigrina DeG. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Snake Hill (Sf); Cald- 


well (Cr); New Brunswick VIII (Coll); on oak in July (W); Glass- 
boro VII, 27, under pine tree (GG). 


. pulchra Hald. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare; on hickory. 


THE INSECTS: OF NEW’ JERSEY. 333 


. debilis Lec. Greenwood Lake (Sf); Madison VIII, 12 (Pr); Orange 
Mts. (Bf); Ft. Lee (Bt); Merchantville VI, VII, on oak (W); DaCosta 
(Li); Lakehurst VII (div). 

. tessellata Hald. Orange Mts. VII (Bf); Ft. Lee (Sf); DaCosta, Atco 
VII, 13, on oak (W); Lahaway, larve at base of oak saplings in June 
(Sm); Lakehurst VII, 5 (Bf). 

. pulverulentus Hald. Montclair VII, on oak, iron-wood, hornbeam (Sf) ; 
Orange Mts. VII (Bf); Ft. Lee VI, VII, larva in iron-wood (G); New 
Brunswick VII (Sm); Camden (Li); Gloucester, Atlantic Co. VI, VII, 
on beech (W); Lakehurst V—VII, larva in scrub oak (div). 

. oculata Lec. Newfoundland VII, 6 (Watson). 


ACANTHODERES Serv. 

. quadrigibbus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn); Orange Mts. VIII 
(Bf); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Jl); breeds in a variety of forest trees 
(Ch). 

. decipiens Hald. Chester (Dn); Palisades, on dead hickory V (Lv); 
Ft. Lee, So. Orange (Sf); Eagle Rock VII, 5 (GG); Gloucester, Cam- 
den Co. (W); Anglesea VII (Coll). 


LEPTOSTYLUS Lec. 


. aculiferus Say. Orange Mts. I, at base of hickory; Newark VII, on 
tulip tree (Bf); Madison VIII (Pr); Woodbury VII, g. d. (W); sea- 
shore (Li). 

. parvus Lec. Hemlock Falls VII, 6, Hagle Rock VII, 9, Camden VII 
(GG). ; 

. sexguttulus Say. (commixtus Hald.) Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); along 
shore, Atlantic City to Anglesea VI, VII (div); reared from “Pinus 
inops” (Ch). 

. biustus Lec, Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea VII (Sz). 

. collaris Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Highlands on chestnut (Ch); Hud- 
son Co. (Ll); Paterson V (Bf). 

. macula Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn); Caldwell (Cr); Orange 
Mts. (Bf); Clifton VII, breeds in many kinds of deciduous trees (Ch); 
Newark, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Coll); g. d. (W, Li). 


LIOPUS Serv. 

. crassulus Lec. Madison (Pr). 

. variegatus Hald. Highlands, bred from huckleberry and box-elder 
(Ch); Palisades VI (Lv); Newark, Eagle Rock on locust, Sea Girt 
(Bf); Ateo (Li); Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn); 2g. d. (W). 

. fascicularis Harr. Newark (Soc). 

. alpha Say. (cinereus Lec.) Throughout the State VI-VIII, more or 
less common on sumac, in which it breeds. 

. punctatus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); EHagle Rock VI, 26 (Bf); reared 
from dog-wood, “C. florida” (Ch), and also infests plum (Hopkins). 


334 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


DECTES Lec. 


D. spinosus Say. Throughout the State all season; occurs on and breeds 
in the stems of rag-weeds. 


LEPTURGES Bates. 


L. symmetricus Hald. Palisades VII, 2 (Lv); Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. 
(Li); g. d. (Bf); Ocean Co. V (Coll); bred from hackberry (Ch). 


var. angulatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); g. d., not common (W, Li). 
var. pictus Lec. Orange Mountains (GG). 
L. signatus Lec. Palisades VII (Lv); Ft. Lee (Sf); Caldwell (Cr); New- 
ark Dist., g. d. (Bf); infests red-bud (Ch) and beech (Hpk). 
L. quercus Fitch. Throughout the State VI-VIII, more or less common; 
breeds in oak, hickory and red-bud. 


L. facetus Say. Throughout the State, with the preceding; the two 
possibly only forms of one species. 


HYPERPLATYS Hald. 
H. aspersus Say. (maculatus Hald.) Throughout the State, more or less 
common, V—VII, on oak. 
var. nigrellus Hald. Staten Island (Lg); Brown’s Mills V (Dke). 


GRAPHISURUS Kirby. 


G. fasciatus DeG. Throughout the State V—VIII, not uncommonly; reared 
from chestnut, oak and maple (Ch). 


ACANTHOCINUS Steph. 

A. pusilius Kirby. Newark (Bf); New York City (Sf); from Dietz Coll., 
rare; under bark of “Pinus inops” (Ch). 

A. obsoletus Oliv. Atlantic City (GG); Sea Isle VI, 11, Anglesea VI, 26 
(Brn); g. d., but very rare; breeds in pine (Ch). 

A. nodosus Fab. Egg Harbor IX, Anglesea (W), very rare; breeds in 
pine (Ch). 

POGONOCHERUS Latr. 

P. mixtus Hald. Hopatcong (Bt); Newark Dist., on dead swamp willow, 
Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); Atlantic City VI (div); Newtonville VI, Sea 
Isle VI (Brn); Anglesea VI (W); seashore (Li). The record for 
“penicellatus” Lec. was based on a misidentification. 


ECYRUS Lec. 


E. dasycerus Say. Throughout the State VI, VII; found on oak (Sf); 
breeds in red-bud (Ch), and hickory (LeConte). 


EUPOGONIUS Lec. 


E. tomentosus Hald. ‘Throughout the State VI-IX; bred from apple 
twigs, but not commonly, and does no injury. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 335 


E. subarmatus Lec. Nyack on linden, and surely in New Jersey (Leg). 


E. vestitus Say. Throughout the State, rarely; infests ‘Cornus florida” 
(Ch); hickory (Riley) and walnut (Hopkins). 


ONCIDERES Serv. 


O. cingulatus Say. Throughout the State VI-IX, but rare and local; 
girdles twigs of oak, hickory, persimmon, apple and other trees. 


HIPPOPSIS Serv. 


H. lemniscata Fabr. Madison VI (Pr); Bloomfield VIII (Bf); Camden 
VII, Merchantville VI (W); Westville (Li); Lahaway VII (Coll); 
Anglesea VII, 4 (Ly). 


SAPERDA Fab. 
S. obliqua Say. Throughout the State, rarely; breeds in black alder. 


S. calcarata Say. Occasional throughout the State, the larva in trunks 
of poplar and cottonwood, attacking live trees. 


S. mutica Say. Caldwell (Cr); Gloucester on willow (W). 


a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult. 


Fig. 135.—Saperda candida: a, puncture in which egg is laid; b, same in section; 
e, hole from which beetle has emerged; f, same in section; 
g, pupa in its cell. 


336 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


S. candida Fabr. Throughout the State, late May to August, locally 
common. The larva is the “round-headed apple borer,’ which some- 
times does great injury in apple orchards, though it is even more 
destructive in quince, and breeds also in “Crataegus” and ‘“Amelan- 
chier.” The larva can be cut out when first noticed or reached with 
a soft wire in the later stages; but the best practice is to protect 
the base of the tree with some mechanical covering that will prevent 
the parent beetle from laying eggs or the young from getting into 
the trunk. Wire netting, paper, and other coverings serve the first 
purpose; whitewash, cement, soap mixtures and similar compounds 
the second. 

S. fayi Bland. Del. Water Gap, Greenwood Lake (Bt); larve live in 
galls in stems of “Crategus” (Jl). 

S. vestita Say. Throughout the State in July; larva bores in base of 
trunk and exposed roots of linden (Jl) and often causes serious in- 
jury. 

S. discoidea Fab. Throughout the State, locally not rare on hickory, on 
which the larva feeds; adult until IX, 1 (Ds). 

S. tridentata Oliv. Boonton VI, VII (GG); Palisades IV (Lv); Ft. Lee, 
Weehawken VI (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Newark Dist. (Bf); larva in 
standing and recently felled elm. 

S. imitans Joutel. Palisades, Ft. Lee (Joutel). 

S. lateralis Fabr. Throughout the State V, VI; larva in hickory. 

var. connecta Joutel. Top of Palisades, in base of hickory (Jl). 

S. puncticollis Say. Throughout the State, very rare, VI; the larva in 
stems of “Ampelopsis quinquefolia”; not in “Rhus” (Jl). 

S. concolor Lec. Hewitt, Palisades, Ft. Lee, makes galls in poplar and 
willow stems (Jl); Newark Dist., wherever swamp willow occurs 
(Bf). 

“S. moesta”’ Lec. is based on a misidentification. 


OBERA Muls. 
O. bimaculata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (L1); taken only on 
“Rubus” (Ch); Westfield VII, 9 (Bno). 
var. tripunctata Fab. Throughout the State; not rare. 
var. basalis Lec. Chester, Orange Mts., Irvington, rare (Bf); Mer- 
chantville VI, DaCosta VI (Brn); Laurel Springs V, 28 (DKe). 
O. schaumii Lec. Newark (Soc.) 
O. ocellata Hald. Throughout the State in July. 
var. discoidea Lec. DaCosta VII, 5, Iona VI, 22 (Brn). 
O. tripunctata Swed. ‘Throughout the State V—VII. 
var. myops Hald. Orange Mts., Newark (div); Anglesea (W). 


var. mandarina Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm); So. Jersey (W); on “Cornus 
alternifolia,’ and said by Riley to breed in poplar (Ch). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 337 


O. gracilis Fab. Jamesburg VII (div); Lakehurst (Jl); DaCosta VII 
(div); Manumuskin VI, Brown’s Mills VIII (Dke); Atco, Anglesea 
(W). 

O. ruficollis Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on sumac and sassafras. 


TETROPS Steph. 
T. canescens Lec. Gloucester County, one specimen on alder (W). 


TETRAOPES Serv. 
T. canteriator Drap. Throughout the State; local; on milkweed. 


T. tetraophthalmus Forst. Common everywhere VII-IX, on milkweed. 
One of the commonest species of the family. 


AMPHIONYCHA Lec. 
A. flammata Newn. Orange Mts., rare (Bf); “New Jersey” (Lg). 


DYSPHAGA Lec. 


D. tenuipes Hald. Westville, two specimens (W); bred from red-bud 
(Ch), and recorded also from hickory and walnut. 


Family CHRYSOMELID. 


These are the “leaf-beetles,’ having the same tarsal structure as in 
the “Cerambycide’?; but with antenne rarely as long as the body, the 
joints comparatively stouter and larger toward the tip. The species are 
rarely cylindrical and the thorax has usually either a lateral margin or 
a distinct suture. 

The larve are “slugs” or “grubs,” often stout and chunky like those 
of the potato beetle and feeding on leaves, or they may be long and slen- 
der, mining in root or leaf tissue. They vary much in habit, although 
always feeders on vegetable tissue, and many of them rank among the 
first-class pests. As against those that feed openly, the arsenites are 
usually available; but there are some that must be dealt with in other 
ways, depending on their habits. 


DONACIA Fabr. 

D. harrisii Lec. Newfoundland in a damp meadow (Lg). 

D. floridze Leng. Quick Pond VII, 30 (Lg); Hammonton, Tuckerton, 
Bamber VIII, 23, 24 (Dke); very local but common where it occurs. 
All the species of this genus live on or in water plants, and are 
usually found on lily pads or other pond vegetation. 

D. cincticornis Newn. Staten Island (lig); Clementon VIII, Atco VI, 
DaCosta VII (W); Tuckerton VIII, 24 (Dke); Sea Isle V, 24, Anglesea 
Wall (Wei). 

var. proxima Kirby. Throughout State, more common and widely 
distributed than the type form. 

D. palmata Oliv. Throughout the State V, VIII; usually common. 

D. hypoleuca Lac. Hopatcong (Pm); Spring Lake VIII (Ch); New 
Brunswick (Coll); Clementon VII, 6 (Horn). 


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338 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


var. rufescens Lac. Tuckerton VIII, 24 (Dke); Clementon VIII, 6 (W); 
Anglesea V, VII (div). 


D. piscatrix Lec. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Staten Island (Lg); Westville 
VII, Clementon VIII (W); Woodbury V, 31, Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn); 
Lucaston VI (Dke); Durham Pond VIII, 18, Cramer Hill V, VII (GG). 


D. subtilis Kunze. Throughout the State III, VI, VII, VIII, XII. The 
“hirticollis” of previous edition belongs here. 


var. rugosa Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island (Lg); Spring Lake 
IX (Ch); Riverton VII, 16 (GG). 


D. zequalis Say. Throughout the State, fall and spring, common. 
D. tuberculata Lac. Throughout the State, VI, VII, local, not common. 


D. distincta Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark (Bf); Merchantville IV, 2, 
Westville V, 27 (W). 


var. torosa Lec. Camden, Gloucester Co. (W); Manumuskin IV, 28 
(Dke). 


D. pusilla Say. New Jersey (Horn, Li); Boonton VI, 12, Clementon V, 
16 (GG). 


D. femoralis Kirby. Greenwood Lake (Bt). 

D. emarginata Kirby. Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf); Camden, Gloucester Co. 
(W). 

D. metallica Ahrens. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Westville V, Clementon V 
(GG). , 

D. flavipes Kirby. Newfoundland V (Ds); Westville VI, Gloucester VI 
(W); Cramer Hill VI, 11 (GG); Anglesea V, VII (Brn). 

D. rufa Say. Newfoundland V (Ds); Greenwood Lake (Sf); Westville 
V, Atco VI (W). 

D. kirbyi Lac. Camden IV, 24, Collingswood IV, 20, Atco VI, 13 (GG). 


HAEMONIA Latr. 
H. nigricornis Kirby. Westville (W); g. d. (hi); in low meadows. 


ORSODACHNA Latr. 


O. atra Ahr. Greenwood Lake (Jl); Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark 
Dist. (Bf); from mid IV—VI on early blossoms of all kinds; very local. 


ZEUGOPHORA Kunze. 
Z. consanguinea Cr. Hewitt (Jl); Madison VIII (Pr); Newark (Bf). 


Z. varians Cr. Palisades (Jl); Orange Mts. (Bf); rare; on poplar VI 
(Hn). 
SYNETA Esch. 


S. ferruginea Germ. Throughout the State V, VI, local, not common. 


LEMA Fabr. 


L. brunnicollis Lac. Palisades VI, 7 (Liv); Ft. Lee on thistle (Bt); Hud- 
son Co. (Ll); Newark (Bf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 330 


L. collaris Say. Newark, g. d., rare on thistle (Bt). 

L. solani Fabr. Anglesea, one specimen (W). 

L. trilineata Oliv. The “old-fashioned potato beetle,” throughout the 
State, V-—VIII sometimes locally common; usually checked by the 


applications against the “Colorado beetle,’’ and in most places almost 
exterminated. 


Fig. 136.—The common asparagus beetle: a, adult; 
b, egg; c, young larva; d, full grown slug or 
larva; e, pupa; all enlarged. 


a 
CRIOCERIS Geoff. 

C. asparagi Linn. Throughout the State wherever asparagus grows, from 
early spring to late fall, in some stage; hibernates as an adult. An 
imported species, often very injurious. On young plants brush the 
slugs from the shoots to the ground on the middle of a hot sunny day. 
On larger plants apply dry hydrate of lime with a powder gun very 
early when the plants and slugs are a little moist. Destroy all volun- 
teer asparagus; in bearing fields let trap shoots grow until covered 
with eggs, then cut and destroy them. 


C. 12-punctata Linn. Also an introduced asparagus feeder, more recently 


arrived, not so common and not so widely distributed in the northern 
half of the State as the preceding. 


Fig. 137.—The 12-spotted asparagus beetle: a, adult; b, larva; 
c, d, segments of same; all enlarged. 


340 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ANOMCEA Lac. 


A. laticlavia Forst. Delaware Valley region and northward V-—VII on 
“Desmodium” and “Robinia,” somewhat local, and not common. 


COSCINOPTERA Lac. 


C. dominicana Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, not common; adults on 
sumae (Ch); cocoons found under stone with ‘Formica shaufussi,” 
Newfoundland IV, 27, adults V, 15 (Ds). 


BABIA Chevr. 


B. quadriguttata Oliv. Throughout the State VI-VII, not rare; on “Ceano- 
thus americanus” (Ch). 


SAXINIS Lac. 


S. omogera Lac. Throughout the State V—-VII; not common. 


CHLAMYS Knoch. 
C. plicata Fab. Throughout the State, nowhere common V, VI; on hazel, 
blackberry, alder, huckleberry, oak, ete. 
var. polycocca Lac. With the type and even more rare. 
C. foveolata Knoch. Atco, DaCosta (W). 


EXEMA Lac. 


E. conspersa Mann. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. 
E. gibber Oliv. With the preceding and once considered identical. 


BASSAREUS Hald. 
B. congestus Hald. Ft. Lee and southward throughout the State VI-VIII, 
on ‘“‘Alnus” and “Clethra”’; at Anglesea a small variety occurs (Li). 


B. formosus Mels. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. VI (div); Merchant- 
ville VI, VII (div); Atco VI, Newtonville VI (Brn); DaCosta (W); 
Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); on “Sambucus” (Hn). 


var. sulfuripennis Mels. Sparta VII (Ds). 
B. detritus Oliv. Clifton V, on “Ceanothus americanus” (Ch). 


B. mammifer Newn. Throughout the State VI, VII on hickory, hazel 
(Hn), and “Ceanothus americanus” (Ch). 


var. sellatus Suffr. Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea VII (div). 
var. luteipennis Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Anglesea (W). 
var. pretiosus Mels. Woodside, Orange Mts. (Bf). 


B. lituralis Fab. Throughout the State V—VII; locally common. 
var. recurvus Say. Westville VII, Atco, DaCosta VI (W); g. d., rare 
(Bf). 


var. lativittis Germ. With the type, but more rare. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 341 


CRYPTOCEPHALUS Geoff. 


. notatus Fab. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common; on oak, 


blackberry, “Ceanothus.” The variety ‘“4-maculatus” Say. is more 
common than the type. 


. quadruplex Newn. Throughout the State V—VII; the variety “4-gut- 


tulus” Suffr., with the type and locally the more common. 


. guttulatus Oliv. Orange Mts. to Cape May V—VII, on oak. 
. leucomelas Suffr. South Camden on poplar (W). 
. venustus Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII, on “Ceano- 


thus,” potato and other garden plants. The varieties ‘“ornatus” Fab., 
“cinctipes” Rand. and “simplex” Hald. occur with the type more or 
less abundantly. 


. insertus Hald. Newark (Bf); throughout South Jersey VI, VII (W). 
. calidus Suffr. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts., West 


Bergen, rare (Bf), W. Berlin VI, Anglesea VII (Brn). 


. gibbicollis Hald. Lakehurst VI, VII, in low huckleberry (Jl); Iona, 


Atco VI (Brn); Brown’s Mills VI, Malaga VII (Dke); DaCosta VII, 
Anglesea (W). 


. trivittatus Oliv. Ft. Lee (Bt); DaCosta VII, Atco VIII, [IX (W). 
. incertus Oliv. Atco IX, 11 (Brn). 
. mutabilis Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. and Newark Dist. VII 


(div); Anglesea (W); on “Ceanothus,” “Viburnum,” hazel, oak, etc. 


. badius Suffr. Caldwell (Cr). 
. schreibersii Suffr. Newfoundland IX, 2 (Jl); Hudson Co. (Ll); 


Orange Mts., Woodside (Bf); New Brunswick (Coll); Malaga IX, 15 
(GG); always on pine. 
tinctus Lec. Staten Island, beaten from hickory (Lg). 
striatulus Lec. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf). 
C. pumilus Hald. is an error of determination. 


PACHYBRACHYS Chevr. 


. morosus Hald. Newtonville VI (Brn); Clementon V, 21 (GG); Da- 


Costa, Atco VI, 2, Cape May C. H. (W). 


. litigiosus Suffr. W. Berlin VI, 28, DaCosta VI, 3, Anglesea (W). 

. abdominalis Say. New Jersey (W). 

. othonus Say. Piedmont Plain and northward VI, VII; common. 

. pubescens Oliv. (viduatus Fab.) New Jersey (W). 

. picturatus Germ. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jl). 

. trinotatus Mels. Throughout the State, not rare, VI, VII, on “Bap- 


tisia”’ and “Ceanothus.” 


. intricatus Suffr. Throughout the State V—VII; not uncommon. 
. tridens Mels. Boonton VI, 6 (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); 


Newark Dist. (Bf); Clementon, Atco VI, 2 (W); Anglesea VI, 20 
(Sm); on sumac, poison ivy when in bloom and on “Ceanothus.” 


342 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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carbonarius Hald. Woodside, Snake Hill V, 31 (Bf); Staten Island 
(Lg); throughout South Jersey V, VI (W). 


luridus Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Clifton V (Ch); Mer- 
chantville V, 28, Atco VI, 13 (GG). 


. atomarius Mels. Throughout the State V—VIII, on “Ceanothus.” 
. femoratus Oliv. Newark (Soc); Anglesea (W). 


infaustus Hald. Throughout the State V, VI; locally common. 
hepaticus Mels. Woodside, rare (Bf); Anglesea VII, 12 (Bf). 
subfasciatus Hald. Throughout the State V, VI; not rare. 


. dilatatus Suffr. Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); New Jersey (Horn). 


MONACHUS Chevr. 


. ater Hald. Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts. (Bf); Jamesburg V—VIII (Sm); 


Lakehurst VII, IX (Jl); Merchantville VI, Westville VII (GG). 


. Saponatus Fab. Staten Island (Lg); throughout the Delaware Val- 


ley region VI, VII (div); Anglesea VII, 12 (Brn). 


DIACHUS Lec. 
auratus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; common. 


squalens Suff. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 
The “D. levis” Hald. of the previous list is an error. 


TRIACHUS Lec. 


. atomus Suffr. Throughout the State V—VII on huckleberry, “‘Myrica,” 


ete. 


. cerinus Lec. Snake Hill (Sf); Sandy Hook (Bt); g. d. (Li). 
. postremus Lec. Jamesburg VII, 4, DaCosta, Atco VI, 4 (W); Newton- 


ville VI, 5 (Brn). 
ADOXUS Kirby. 


. obscurus Linn. (vitis Fab.) Madison (Pr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange 


Mts. V, 30 (W). 
FIDIA Baly. 


. viticida Walsh. Throughout the State on grape, not rare; but not 


thus far in harmful numbers. 


. longipes Mels. Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick; also feeds on grape 


and “Ampelopsis’” and is sometimes abundant. 


XANTHONIA Baly. 


. 10-notata Say. Common throughout the State V—VIII, on oak. 
. villosula Mels. Throughout the State VI-VIII, on oak and hazel; 


common. 
GLYPTOSCELIS Lec. 


. pubescens Fab. Throughout the State IV-VII, on spruce and pine. 
. barbata Say. Madison (Pr); Newark Dist. (Bf); Ft. Lee (Sf); West- 


ville V, 9, Lucaston IV, 29, DaCosta (W); found on hickory; not 
common. 


THE UNSECTS OF NEW fERSEY: 343 


GRAPHOPS Lec. 
G. pubescens Mels. Throughout the State V—VIII; at roots of evening 
primrose (Ch); common. 
G. curtipennis Mels. Delaware Valley and pine barrens V, VI. 


G. marcassita Cr. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Newark 
(Bf). 


G. simplex Lec. Salt meadows, rare (Bf). 


G. nebulosus Lec. Newark Dist. (Bf); Ocean Co. (Sm); g. d. (W); 
larva in the roots of strawberries and sometimes injurious. 


TYPOPHORUS Er. 
T. viridicyanea Cr. North Jersey (Dietz); Plainfield VII, on wild morn- 
ing glory (Rummel); Jamesburg IX (Lg); Camden II, 20 (GG). 
T. canellus Fab. Throughout the State V—X on a great variety or trees 
and plants; larve sometimes injurious on strawberry, raspberry, etc. 
Many varieties are listed, and their relation to each other is by no 
means established. It is almost certain that several of them will be 
found to be good species. , 
var. aterrimus Oliv. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Bf); 
Cramer Hill, Merchantville VI (GG); along shore, Atlantic City to 
Anglesea VI, VII (div). 
var. gilvipes Horn. Delaware Valley and pine barrens VI-IX (div); 
New Brunswick VII (Coll); Newark (Bf). 
var. thoracicus Mels. Newark (Bf); throughout Camden and Glouces- 
ter Counties, fall to spring (div). 
var. 4-notatus Say. Newark (Bf); Delaware Valley and pine barrens 
V-VII (div). 
var. sellatus Horn. With the preceding, sometimes very common. 
var. vittatus Horn. Atco V, Longport VI (W); Somers Pt. VI, Angle- 
sea VI (Brn). 
var. 4-guttatus Lec. Ocean Co. V, VI (Sm). 
var. sex-notatus Say. Atco V, DaCosta, Cape May C. H. (W); Bayside 
IX (Sm). 
var. pumilus Lec. Newark (Bf); Delaware Valley and pine barrens 
V-VIII (div). 
METACHROMA Lec. 
M. quercata Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (div); throughout 
‘South Jersey on scrub oak V—VII; sometimes common. 
M. pallida Say. Pine barrens and maritime, extending a little into the 
Delaware Valley; on scrub oak. 
M. lzevicollis Cr. Sandy Hook (Bt); Jamesburg, Anglesea VII (Sm); 
DaCosta VI, VII (Brn); Buena Vista VII (Li). 


M. luridum Oliv. DaCosta VII, 4, on scrub oak (W). 


344 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CHRYSOCHUS Redt. 


C. auratus Fab. Locally common throughout the State V—VII, on milk- 
weed and dog-bane; the larve feeding about the roots. 


TYMNES Chap. 
T. tricolor Fab. Throughout the State, local and sometimes common 
VI, VII, on chestnut, hickory, etc. 
T. metasternalis Cr. Staten Island (Lg); Anglesea VII, 23 (div); on 
“Crategus” (Hn). 


COLASPIS Fab. 


C. favosa Say. DaCosta VII, Sea Isle VI (Brn); g. d. (Li). 


C. brunnea Fab. Throughout the State, locally common VI, VII; feeds 
on foliage of grape, strawberry, potatoes, beans, ete.; the larva on 
roots of grape; but not injurious with us. 


var. flavida Say. Distributed as above and is the common form. 


var. costipennis Cr. Jamesburg VI, VII on “Clethra alnifolia” (Sm); 
Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); DaCosta VI (W); Clementon V, VI (div); 
Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn). 


RHABDOPTERUS Lef. 


R. picipes Oliv. Throughout the State south of the Piedmont Plain VI, 
VII, feeds on myrtle, grape and basswood. 


NODONOTA Lef. 


N. tristis Oliv. Throughout the State VII; attacks plum, cherry and 
other fruit trees (Ch), “Lespedeza” and ‘‘Ceanothus” (Hn). 


N. clypealis Horn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Bf); Atlantic Highlands VII, 
11 (Liv); South Jersey VI, 2 (Sm); Westville (W). 


N. convexa Say. Westville (W); on “Ambrosia trifida’’ VII, VIII (Hn). 


N. puncticollis Say. Throughout the State VII, common; on roses (Hn), 
blackberry, raspberry and red clover (Ch). 


CHRYSODINA Baly. 
C. globosa Say. Throughout the State IV—VI, locally not rare. 


PRASOCURIS Latr. 


P. vittata Oliv. Throughout the State IV—VII; locally common. 
P. phellandri Linn. Hopatcong (Pm). 


LABIDOMERA Chevr. 


L. clivicollis Kirby. Throughout the State VI, VII, on milkweed, but 
local and by no means very common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 345 


LEPTINOTARSA Stal. 


Fig. 138.—The t1o-lined potato beetle: a, egg patches; b, larve in different stages 
of growth; c, pupa; d, beetle—all natural size; e, elytrum of 
beetle enlarged. 


. 10-lineata Say. The common “potato-bug” or beetle; occurs through- 
out the State on potatoes, tomatoes, egg-plants and other “Solanaces”’ 
from early spring to late fall. Persistent treatment with arsenates 
is indicated and arsenate of lead is now the most usual material, at 
the rate of 10 pounds to 100 gallons of water. 


ZYGOGRAMMA Chevr. 


. suturalis Fab. Throughout the State IV—VIII, on ragweed, etc., by 
no means common and always local. The var. “‘casta’”’ Rogers is re- 
ported from Staten Island (Lg). 


CALLIGRAPHA Er. 


. lunata Fab. Greenwood Lake (Sf); Caldwell (Cr); Newark Dist., rare 
(Bf); on “Rosa’”’ (Bt). 

. similis Rog. Throughout the State V—VIII, on ragweed, locally com- 
mon. 

. elegans Oliv. Throughout the State, V—-VIII, on “Bidens” and “Am- 
brosia,” local and hardly common. 

. scalaris Lec. Greenwood Lake V, 20 (Liv); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee 
(Bt); Newark Dist. (Bf); Gloucester VIII, 16 (W); feeds on elm; 
not common. 

- rowena Knab. Chester VII, 4 (div); food plant unknown. 

. rhoda Knab. Newark district (Bf); feeds only on hazel ‘“Corylus” 
(Knab). 


346 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. amelia Knab. Chester, Newark Dist. (Bf); feeds on alder only 
(Knab). 


C. philadelphica Linn. Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VI 
(Bf); Riverton V, 30 (GG); throughout Camden and Gloucester Co. 
IV-VI (div); Lahaway V—VII on “Cornus” only (Sm). 


var. spirzeze Say. With the type and locally replacing it. 


C. bigsbyana Kirby. Throughout the State, more common northwardly 
V, VI on maple, willow and alder. The records credited to ‘multi- 
punctata”’ Say. in the last edition really belong here. 


It is quite likely that some of the records credited to “scalaris’” and 
“philadelphica’’ belong to Mr. Knab’s species, and that these are of wider 
distribution than here indicated. 


PHAEDON Latr. (PLAGIODERA Redt.) 


P. viridis Mels. Orange Mts. (Soc); g. d. not rare (Bf); Camden (¢W). 
P. cochlearize Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm). 


GASTROIDEA Hope. 


G. polygoni Linn. Throughout the State VI-IX, common; occasionally 
even on house plants in cities and towns. 


G. cyanea Mels. Throughout the State VII, common; on “Rumex” (Hn). 


MELASOMA Steph. (LINA Megerle.) 
L. lapponica Linn. Hewitt VI, 18, Newfoundland VII, 6 (Jl); Orange 
Mts. (Bf); g. d. (W); on alder and willow. 
L. tremulz Fab. Anglesea VI, 12, one example (Brn). 


L. scripta Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on willow and poplar; 
often common, and sometimes locally injurious. 


L. obsoleta Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Liv); Newark (Bf). 


PHYLLODECTA Kirby. 


P. vulgatissima Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee VIII, IX (Bt); Madison 
(Pr); Orange Mts. (div); on willow and poplar. 


TRIRRHABDA Lec. 
T. tomentosa Linn. Maritime strip V—IX, common on “Solidago.” 
. virgata Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Sandy Hook VIII, IX (Bt). 


T. canadensis Kirby. Local throughout the State on “Solidago,” common 
along shore in July. 


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T. luteicincta Lee. New Jersey coast, near Long Branch (Horn). Mr. 
Schwarz insists that this is an error in the locality label, and that the 
species does not belong to New Jersey. 


Fig. 


aatips 


aclu 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 347 


, GALERUCELLA Cr. 


larve feeding; c, adult; all 


139.—The elm-leaf beetle: a, egg patches on leaves; b 
natural size: e, egg mass; f, surface of egg; g, larva; h, 7, larval details; 
j, pupa; k, beetle; J, surface of elytra: all enlarged. 


’ 


americana Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, on “Solidago.” 
sexvittata Lec. Jamesburg VII, 6 (Jl); Anglesea VII, 23 (Sm). 


cavicollis Lec. East Jersey (Dietz); Atco VI, 4, Anglesea (W); Sea 
Isle V, 22 (Brn); feeds on peach, plum and cherry. 


rufosanguinea Say. Throughout the State V—VIII, locally common; 
feeds on “Azalea” (Hn). 


integra Lec. Caldwell (Cr); Anglesea VIII, 13 (W). 


notulata Fab. Throughout the State V—VIII; more common in South 
Jersey; larva on “Ambrosia” (Hn). 


notata Fab. Throughout the State VI-IX; often common; in all stages 
on “Hupatorium perfoliatum’” (Ch). 


nymphzee Linn. Throughout the State, on water lilies; larve defacing 
leaves and sometimes flowers as well. 


tuberculata Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); New Jersey (Bt); on 
willow (Hn). 


decora Say. Anglesea VII, common (Sz); in all stages on willow. 


348 REPORT’ OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


G. luteola Miill. The elm-leaf beetle; common throughout the State, and 
usually more or less injurious to city shade trees. There is only a 
single brood in most of the State, and thorough spraying with 
arsenate of lead, 1 lb. in 20 gallons of water, will prevent injury. One 
spraying should be made when the beetles first begin to feed, the 
second when the eggs begin to hatch, and the effort should then be 
to hit the underside of the leaves. 


MONOXIA Lec. 


M. puncticollis Say. On salt meadows, from the Passaic to Cape May 
VI, VII; usually not rare; strictly maritime. 


DIABROTICA Chev. 


(se 


Fig. 140.—Spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica 12—punctata: a, egg; b, larva; 


c, holes drilled in corn stalks; d, pupa; e, adult: all enlarged. 


D. 12-punctata Oliv. Common throughout the State IV-X on a great 
variety of plants and sometimes injuring cucurbs; larva in roots of 
corn and grasses. 


D. vittata Fab. The ‘striped cucumber beetle’; throughout the State; 
common and often seriously injurious to cucurbs. The beetle eats 
into the stem at the surface, the larva mines in it a little under- 
ground. Most of the injury is done by the beetles, which attack the 
plants soon after they are up, and a great variety of methods are 
employed to prevent it. Sometimes carbolized lime or lime and tur- 
pentine are applied in the hill, or a dead fish, or freshly ground bone, 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 349 


or sand and kerosene. Ground tobacco is a favorite repellant, and land 
plasters often replace lime. On small fields netting covers are used 
to protect the plants, & 
and occasionally only 
an excess of seed is 
planted so that some 
plants may escape in- 
jury. 

D. atripennis Say. Ft. 
Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Caldwell (Cr). 


PHYLLOBROTICA Redt. 


P. discoidea Fab. Ft. Lee 
(Bt); Hudson Co. 


(L1); Newark, Orange Fig. 141.—The striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica 
Mts. (Bf); Woodbury, vittata: a, adult; b, larva; c, pupa; d, side 
Brigantine, Orange view of anal segment of same. 


Mts. VI-VII (W). 
P. decorata Say. Arlington VI, on “Scutellaria” (Sf). 
P. vittata Horn. Fort Lee (Sf). 


LUPERODES Mots. 


L. meraca Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); Ft. Lee, Orange Mts. VI, 
10 (Bt); Newark (Bf); on wild rose (Hn) and many other plants 
(Ch). 

L. cyanellus Lec. Staten Island (Lg); occurs with the preceding, and 
may be confused with it in collections. 


CERATOMA Chev. 


C. trifurcata Forst. Throughout the State VI, VII; common on peas, 
beans and leguminous plants generally. 


BLEPHARIDA Rog. 


With this species begins the series of forms characterized by enlarged 
hind femora and a well-developed power of leaping, which gives them the 
common and general term “flea-beetles.” 


B. rhois Forst. Throughout the State VII; more common in the southern 
districts; the larva, covered by excrement, feeds on sumac. 


HYPOLAMPSIS Clark. 


H. pilosa Ill. Madison VIII (Pr); Orange Mts. (Bf); Jamesburg VI (Jl); 
Merchantville III, Westville VII (W); Newtonville VII (Brn); along 
shore, Brigantine to Cape May V—VII (div). 


PACHYONYCHUS Chev. 
P. paradoxus Mels. Atlantic City (Castle); lives on “Smilax” sp. (Sz). 


350 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CEDIONYCHIS Latr. 


. gibbitarsa Say. Newark, salt meadows (Bf); Cramer Hill VI (GG); 
Woodbury VI, Anglesea VI (W); g. d. (Li); Brigantine IX (Hn). 


. thoracica Fab. Throughout the State IV—VII; not common. 


f 


. vians Ill. Throughout the State III-V; not common. 

. fimbriata Forst. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf). 

. petaurista Fab. DaCosta VII, 5 (W); seahore (LI). . 

. miniata Fab. Woodside, Orange Mts. IV, VIII (Bf); Atco V, 29 (W); 
Sea Isle V, Avalon VI (Brn); Anglesea (Li). 

. limbalis Mels. Throughout the State IV-IX; never common. 

var. subvittata Horn. Madison VII (Pr); DaCosta (W); Lahaway V 
(Sm). 

. sexmaculata [ll]. Greenwood Lake V, 22 (Lv); Madison VII (Pr); 
Newark, common on ash (Bf); g. d. (W, Li). 

CE. suturalis Fab. Newark (Coll); Atco IX, Clementon V, 15 (W); Egg 
Harbor, Cape May Co. V, 24 (Sm). 

CE. quercata Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, [X; not rare. 

CE. scalaris Mels. Egg Harbor (Li); Anglesea (W). 


RAR AR 


fi 


fa 


DISONYCHA Chev. 


D. pennsylvanica.Ill. Newark Dist. (Bf); Westville V, DaCosta V, An- 
glesea V (W); Clementon V, VII (div); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). The 
varieties “limbicollis” Lec. and ‘“‘pallipes” Cr. occur with the type; 
but more rarely. On “Polygonum” (Bt) and “Sagittaria” (Ch). 

D. quinquevittata Say. Fort Lee VIII (Bt); very rare; on willow (Ch). 

D. crenicollis Say. Hudson Co. (L1); Delaware Valley and pine barrens 
IV—-VIII, not rare. t 

D. caroliniana Fab. Throughout the State IV—VII, not rare; bred from 
larva feeding on “Portulacca oleracea” (Ch). 

D. glabrata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); salt meadows (Bf); 
DaCosta VII, 29 (W); Sea Isle V, Anglesea (Brn); larva on “Ama- 
ranthus” (Ch). 

D. triangularis Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (1); Madison (Pr); salt 
meadows (Bf); larva on ‘Chenopodium’ and “Amaranthus,” the 
adult exceptionally injurious to beets and spinach (Ch). 


Fig. 142.—Grape flea-beetle, Haltica chalybea in all stages on a grape shoot. 

Fig. 143.—Grape flea-beetle, Haltica chalybea: larva, adult and jumping hind leg, en- 
larged. 

Fig. 144.—Striped flea-beetle, Phyllotreta vittata: a, larva; b, adult beetle. 

Fig. 145.—-Striped sweet potato beetle, Cassida bivittata: 1, larve or “peddlers” on leaf; 
2, larva; 3, pupa; 4, adult: all save r enlarged. 

Fig. 146.—Black-legged tortoise beetle, Cassida nigripes: a, “peddlers” on leaf; b, 


larva; c, pupa; d, adult: all save a enlarged. 


THE INSECTS 


352 REPORT’ OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


D. xanthomelzena Dalm. Throughout the State, VII, VIII; the “Spinach 
flea beetle,” which has not yet been injurious with us. Natural food 


plants are “Chenopodium,” “Stellaria” and perhaps ‘Amaranthus” 
(Ch). 

D. collata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Anglesea (W); g.-d. 
(Li). 


D. mellicollis Say. Hudson Co. (L1); Clementon V, 30 (GG)); Sea Isle 
V, VI (Brn); Anglesea VII, and g. d. (W). 
The record of “cervicalis’’ Lee. is an error. 


HALTICA Geoffr. 

H. bimarginata Say. New Jersey (Horn). 

H. chalybea Ill. The “grape flea-beetle’; occurs throughout the State 
V-VII and is sometimes locally injurious. Can be readily controlled 
by the use of arsenites when the larve are feeding. 

H. ignita Ill. Throughout the State V—VIII; attacks strawberry (Ch), 
and is common on “Azalea,” “Rosaceae,” etc. (Hn). At Anglesea a 
small, southern, green form occurs (W). 

H. kalmize Mels. With the preceding and is a cupreous form, feeding on 
“Kalmia latifolia” (Ch). 

H. marevagans Horn. Throughout the State VI-IX on evening prim- 
rose; more common in South Jersey, and especially along shore. 

H. fuscozenea Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Atl. Highlands VII, 11 (Lv); 
throughout South Jersey V-IX; especially common along shore on 
evening primrose, the foliage of which is sometimes completely 


riddled. 
H. rufa Ill. Greenwood Lake VI (Sf); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Spots- 
wood (Jl). 


The ‘punctipennis” Lec. of last edition is an error. 


ORTHALTICA Cr. 
O. copalina Fab. Throughout the State VII; on sumac (Ch). 


CREPIDODERA Chev. 


C. rufipes Linn. Throughout the State VI, VII; common. On honey 
locust (Bf), and sometimes injurious to grape, peach, apple and 
other fruit trees. 


C. helexinus Linn. Throughout the State V-IX, common on willow 
and poplar; exceptionally attacks leaves of fruit trees (Ch). 


C. modeeri Linn. South Orange (Leg). 
C. atriventris Mels. Throughout the State in July. 


EPITRIX Foudr. 
E. fuscula Cr. Throughout the State, not common, on “Solanacea.”’ 


E. cucumeris Harr. The “cucumber flea-beetle’; found everywhere 
throughout the summer on potatoes and other ‘‘Solanacea” as well 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 353 


as on cucurbs and many other garden crops. Make little round holes 
in the leaves and are usually controlled by using bordeaux mixture 
and Paris green. 

E. parvula Fab. The “tobacco flea-beetle”; rare in New Jersey; found 
Westville I, 28, in hibernating quarters (W). 


MANTURA Steph. 


M. floridana Cr. Arlington, under stones in early spring (Bf); through- 
out South Jersey V—VII; hibernates as an adult. 


CHAZTOCNEMA Steph. 


C. subcylindrica Lec. Newark, under stones III, 14 (Bf); Westville (Li); 
Camden I, Collingswood IV, Merchantville V, 8 (Brn); rare. 

C. denticulata Ill. Throughout the State V—VII; on corn and millet (Ch). 

Cc. minuta Mels. Newark (Bf). 

C. alutacea Cr. Anglesea VI (Coll). 

C. obesula Lec. Newark (Bf); a South Atlantic form. 

C. parcepunctata Cr. irvington III (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 

C. pulicaria Mels. Throughout the State III, V, VII, locally common; 
sometimes injurious to corn and millet (Ch). 

C. confinis Cr. Throughout the State all winter until VI, 25, again VIII 
until frost. The “sweet potato flea beetle,” found on “Convolvulacea”’ 
in general. In South Jersey often injures sweet potato plants soon 
after they are set out; larva feeds on roots of bind-weeds. Plants 
may be protected dy dipping tops before they are set out in arsenate 
of lead 1 pound in 10 gallons of water. 

“C. pinguis” Lec. is omitted as an error of record. 


SYSTENA Clark. 


S. hudsonias Forst. Throughout the State VII, VIII; common on many 
plants. 

S. frontalis Fab. With the preceding VI, VII; feeds on “Polygonum” 
and “Chenopodium,” and sometimes on cultivated crops) (Chi); e 2., 
cranberries (Sm). 

S. elongata Fab. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

S. tzniata Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, sometimes abundant on 
carrots, parsley, ete. The var “blanda”’ Mels. is as common as the 
type, on ragweed. Arsenites are indicated whenever they can be 
safely employed; otherwise a strong tobacco decoction will answer 
almost as well. 

S. marginalis Ill. Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts. (Bf); Spring Lake (Ch); 
Clementon VIII, 6 (W); sometimes abundant on oak (Hn). 


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354 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


LUPERALTICA Cr. 


L. fuscula Lec. Newark Dist. (Bf); Jamesburg (Coll); Merchantville 
IX, 6 (GG); DaCosta VIII, Lucaston IX (Dke); not common. 


L. senilis Say. Newark (Bf); Riverton 1X, Glassboro VII, IX (GG); 
DaCosta VIII, Atco IX (W); not common. 


GLYPTINA Lec. 


Q 


. bicolor Horn. Anglesea (W). 


7) 


- spuria Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); g. d. rare (Li); on “Monarda punc- 
tata” (Hn). 


PHYLLOTRETA Foudr. 

. sinuata Steph. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison VIII (Pr); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Camden I (GG); Burlington Co., Westville I, VII, 2 (W). 

. vittata Fab. Common all summer on cabbage and other “Crucifere.” 

P. bipustulata Fab. Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts. V, 30 (Bf); Camden III, 
38, Anglesea VI, 26 (W); g. d. (Li). 

. chalybeipennis Cr. Sandy Hook to Cape May, along shore VII, VIII; 
a maritime form on ‘“‘Cakile americana” (Ch). 


P. picta Say. Throughout the State IV—VII, not rare; on hickory sprouts 
(Ein): 


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U 


U 


LONGITARSUS Latr. 
L. testaceus Mels. Newark, under stones, early spring (Bf); Westville 
VII, 2, So. Jersey g. d. (W); Sea Isle VII, 12 (Brn). 
. turbatus Horn. Staten Island (Lg). 
melanurus Mels. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Newark III, 5 (Bf). 


L. insolens Horn. Newark (Bf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lg); Anglesea (W); 
g. d. (Li); New Jersey (Horn). 
“Alternatus” Ziegl. in the last edition is an error. 


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DIBOLIA Latr. 


D. borealis Chev. Throughout the State VI, VII; lives on plantain, but 
exceptionally attacks turnip (Ch). 


PSYLLIODES Latr. 


P. punctulata Mels. Throughout the State, late fall and until’next July; 
often common; adult devours leaves of rhubarb (Ch). 


P. convexior Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Anglesea (W); g. d. rare (Li). 
This ends the flea beetle series. 


MICRORHOPALA Baly. 


M. vittata Fab. Throughout the State V—VII, IX; not rare; larva mines 
the leaves of goldenrod. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 355 


. xerene Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Camden, g. d., in wet 
places (W); Westville (Li); Burlington Co. VI (GG); larva in gol- 
denrod leaves. 
. erebus Newn. Jamesburg VI, rare (Sm). 
. excavata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hemlock Falls VII, 
4 (W); Jamesburg VI, 24 (Jl); Newtonville (Brn); DaCosta VI, Atco 
IX (W). : 
. porcata Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (Li); Wenonah (Li); very 
rare. 

ODONTATA Chev. 


. scapularis Oliv. Throughout the State V, 30—VIII, 6, not rare. 

. notata Oliv. DaCosta V, 12 (W); g. d. (Li); on “Tephrosia virgin- 
ica.” 

. bicolor Oliv. Throughout the State V—VIII: locally common. 

. hornii Sm. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 5 (W); 
on “Tephrosia virginica.” 

. dorsalis Thunb. Throughout the State V, VI, VIII, common on locust, 
the iarve making blotch-mines in the leaves; exceptionally attacks 
red clover, hog-peanut, some fruit trees, and larva has been reared 
on Soy beans (Ch). 


. rubra Web. Throughout the State with the preceding V, VII, IX; 
also common on “Robinia” and sometimes on basswood. 


. nervosa Panz. Throughout the State nearly all year, on locust; com- 
mon. 


CHARISTENA Baly. 


. nigrita Oliv. Irvington, Newark (Bf); DaCosta VII, 30 (W). 
. ariadne Newn. DaCosta VII, 30 (W); Atco (Li). 


STENISPA Bally. 


. metallica Fabr. Ft. Lee (Sf); Snake Hill (Bt); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Westville IV—-VI (div); Merchantville III and g. d., throughout So. 
Jersey (W); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); in swampy areas. 


PHYSONOTA Boh. 
. unipunctata Say. Boonton III, VI, VII (GG). 


CASSIDA Linn. 


. nigripes Oliv. Throughout South Jersey on sweet potato vines in 
May; not very abundant. . 


. bivittata Say. Very common and often injurious to sweet potato 
vines throughout South Jersey. Mr. Schwarz says this is not orig- 
inally a native of the State, but has spread northward with the culti- 
vation of the sweet potato. It is one of the “gold-bugs,” the larve 


356 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


of which are known as “peddlers.” They attack the plants soon 
after they are set out and injure them severely before they can 
get a start, especially in dry weather. Plants should be dipped when 
set in arsenate of lead, 1 pound in 10 gallons of water; but do not 
dip the roots. 


COPTOCYCLA Chev. 


C. bicolor Fab. (aurichalcea Fab.) Throughout the State on ‘“Convol- 
vulus” V, VI; common and destructive on sweet potatoes in South 
Jersey. A gold-bug like the preceding and amenable to the same 
remedies. 

C. signifer Hbst. (guttata Oliv.) Throughout the State V, VI, more 
common southwardly, where it also attacks sweet potatoes. 

C. purpurata Boh. Cramer Hill V, Woodbury VI, VIII, 29 (GG); West- 
ville I, 28, in hibernating quarters (W). 

C. clavata Fab. Throughout the State, usually not common; sometimes 
locally abundant on potatoes, etc., and causes injury. 


CHELYMORPHA Chev. 


C. argus Licht. Throughout the State, common; on “Convolvulus” and 
“Asclepias,” and sometimes attack raspberries (Ch). 


Family BRUCHID. 


These are the pea and bean weevils, the larve of which live in the seeds 
of leguminous and other plants. The beetles are short and chunky, the 
wing covers cut off square behind so as to expose the tip of the obese 
abdomen; head small, posterior legs long, 
the thighs swollen, but not fitted for jump- 
ing. In color they are usually gray, mottled 
with black and white, the markings formed 
of scales and hair covering the surface, so 
that when these are rubbed off the beetles 
are mostly uniform black. 

The injury is done chiefly to the stored 
product, peas, beans, lentils, and the like, Fig. 147.—The “bean weevil,” 
and several larve are often found in the much enlarged: b, an in- 
larger seeds. Fumigating with bisulphide fested bean. 
of carbon kills these insects without injuring the germinating quality of 
the seeds, provided they are not exposed to the fumes more than twenty- 
four hours. 


SPERMOPHAGUS Sch. 


S. robiniz Sch. Throughout the State IV—VIII, the larve in seeds of the 
honey locust “Gleditschia,”’ but local and by no means common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 357 


BRUCHUS Linn. 


B. rufimanus Sch. Newark (Bf), in stored lentils. 

B. pisorum Linn. The common “pea-weevil,” which occurs abundantly 
throughout the State. ’ 

B. mimus Say. Atco (Li). 

B. chinensis Linn. (scutellaris Fab.) Ft. Lee (Jl); an introduced species 
which will probably be found elsewhere in the State. 

B. 4—maculatus Fab. Orange Mts. VII, 12 (Bf); New Jersey (Li). 

B. discoideus Say. Anglesea V, 30, IX, 4 (div). 

B. bivulneratus Horn. Hudson Co. (Ll); Westville (W) in seeds of 
“Cassia.” 

B. cruentatus Horn. Plainfield, about cultivated peas (Sf); Riverton V, 
Lucaston V (GG); Atco'V, VI (div). 

B. nigrinus Horn. Newark V, 29 (Bf); Highlands (Sf); DaCosta (W); 
throughout South Jersey (Li). 

B. alboscutellatus Horn. Throughout the State V-—VII, breeds in seed 
capsules of “Ludwigia alternifolia.” 

B. calvus Horn. Delaware Valley region V-IX, extending a little into 
the pine barrens and the maritime. 

B. obtectus Say. (obscletus Say., fabze Riley.) The “bean-weevil’; 
throughout the State; common and often seriously injurious. 

B. hibisci Oliv. Woodbury (Li); Westville V—VIII (div); Clementon VI, 
Big Timber Creek VIII (GG); Anglesea V, 28-IX, 20 (div); very 
common in mallow swamps, breeding in the seed pods. 

B. longistilus Horn. Atco VI, 2, Anglesea V, 30 (W); also breeds in 
seeds of mallow. 

B. musculus Say. Throughout the State VII-IX; locally very common. 

B. macrocerus Horn. Anglesea (W); New Jersey (Li). 

The “B. floridee’”’ of the last, edition was an error. 


ZABROTES Horn. 


Z. subnitens Horn. Westville V, 27 (Brn); Clementon V, 30 (GG); Atco, 
DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li); Manumuskin V, 5, on strawberry blos- 
soms (Dke); Anglesea (W). 


Family TENEBRIONIDAE. 


The “darkling beetles” are usually black or dark brown in color, oblong 
or oval in shape, with a peculiar, somewhat loosely-jointed appearance, 
and long, rather clumsy and awkward legs. The anterior and middle feet 
or tarsi are 5—jointed, while the posterior are 4—jointed only, and this is a 
character easily seen in these insects, which are usually of moderate or 
large size. In addition, the antenne are moniliform or bead-like, and the 


358 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


mouth parts comparatively small, not prominent. As a rule, they are 
feeders on fungi or on dead or dry wood or other vegetable products; 
hence scavengers rather than anything else. The larve are long, slender, 
often a little flattened like a wire worm, and they live in dead or decaying 
wood, dry vegetable products or fungi. A few are of economic importance. 
as granary pests, but none attack growing crops. 


EPITRAGUS Lat. 


E. arundinis Lec. Common along the coast, Sandy Hook to Cape May, 
VII-IX, on reeds and grasses. 


The “E. canaliculatus” Say. and “E. tomentosus” Lec. of the last edi- 
tion were based on misidentifications. 


SCHCENICUS Lec. 
S. puberulus Lec. Lakehurst VII, 4-6 (Bf). 


PHELLOPSIS Lec. 


P. obcordata Kirby. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee (div); on dry fungus 
growths on trees; local and not common. 


POLYPLEURUS Esch. 


P. geminatus Sol. Lakehurst IX, 30 (Jl); on pine logs (Lg). 


P. perforatus Germ. Manumuskin IV, 24 (Dke); it may be that this 
record really refers to the preceding. 


BLAPS Newn. 


B. similis Latr. Merchantville IV, 1 (Dke). 
B. mortisaga Linn. Newark (Bf). 


NYCTOBATES Guer. 


ON, pennsylvanica De G. Common throughout the State IV—VIII, under 
bark. The variety “‘barbata’” Knoch, with the type. 


MERINUS Lec. 
M. levis Oliv. Throughout the State IV—VII; not rare under bark. 


UPIS Fabr. 
U. ceramboides Linn. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Soc). 


HAPLANDRUS Lec. 


H. femoratus Fabr. Throughout the State, under stones and bark, usually 
the latter; [V—VII. 


H. ater Lec. With the preceding, but more rare. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 359 


SCOTOBATES Horn. 
S. calearatus Fabr. Throughout the State V—VII; not rare. 


XYLOPINUS Lec. 


X. saperdoides Oliv. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 


X. rufipes Say. Caldwell (Cr); So. Amboy (Bt); Malaga VII (GG); g. d. 
(W, Li). 


X. znescens Lec. Caldwell (Cr); So. Amboy (Bt); DaCosta VII, 27 
(DKe). 


TENEBRIO Linn. 
T. obscurus Fabr. Throughout the State. 


Fig. 148.—The yellow meal worm, Tenebrio moliter: a, larva; 
b, pupa; c, adult; d, egg; about twice natural size: 
e, antenna of adult, more enlarged. 


T. molitor Linn. With the preceding. Both of these species are intro- 
duced and live in granaries, stables, store-houses and the like. The 
larve are the meal-worms, which occur wherever there is a neglected 
heap of grain refuse. Occasionally they are troublesome, but usually 
strict cleanliness, removing their breeding places, serves to keep 
them in check. When its use is practical, bisulphide of carbon will 
kill both adults and larve. 


T. castanea Knoch. Lakehurst V (Jl); DaCosta (Li); Malaga V, 19, un- 
der pine bark (W); Manumuskin V (DkKe). 


T. tenebrioides Beauv. Throughout the State IV—VIII, under bark of 
trees, among rubbish in barns and outbuildings; not rare. 


360 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Ww 


OPATRINUS Latr. 


. hotus Say. Common throughout the State under bark and stones. 
- aciculatus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Woodside (Bf); Jersey City; rare. 


BLAPSTINUS Latr. 


moestus Mels. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 
The “pratensis” Lec. of last edition was based on an example of this 
species. 


- pulverulentus Mann. New Jersey (GG). 
. interruptus Say. Brigantine IX (Hn). Anglesea VII (Sz); rare. 
. metallicus Fab. Throughout the State, all season, common; under 


stones, boards or chips in sandy places. 


AMMODONUS Mus. 


. fossor Lec. West Bergen, rare (Bf). 


EPHALUS Lec. 


. latimanus Lec. Along the shore, very rare in the sand. 


TRIBOLIUM MacL. 


. ferrugineus Fab. Throughout the State; common. 
. confusum Duval. With the preceding and usually mixed with it. 


Both are introduced species, occurring in meal, farina and other 
cereals in stores and granaries. They eat also the eggs and larve 
of other meal insects and the dead of their own kind; but not the 
cast skins of their own larve. Remedial measures where such are 
needed are as for other of the granary insects already dealt with. 


DICEDES Lec. 


. punctatus Lec. Ramapo XII, 6, Ft. Lee IV, 17, Highlands V, 30 (Sf). 


GNATHOCERUS Thunb. 


. cornutus Fab. Also an imported species, on cereals with “Tribolium”; 


where the two occur together in a confined space the ‘“Tribolium” 
eventually destroys the ‘‘Gnathocerus.” 


ALPHITOBIUS Steph. 


. piceus Oliv. (diaperinus Panz.) Commonly found in_ storehouses, 


ete., among refuse; also an introduced species. 


ULOMA Lap. 


. impressa Mels. Throughout the State VI-IX, under bark and in rot- 


ten wood; locally not rare. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 361 


. imberbis Lec. Ft. Lee (Bt); Brigantine IX (Hn); g. d., common (W). 


. punctulata Lec. Spring Lake (Ch); Lucaston IV, 14, Manumuskin VY, 
5 (Dke); g. d., less common than the preceding (W). 


EUTOCHIA Lec. 


. picea Mels. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Weehawken IV, 11 (Bt); At- 
lantic City (Castle); g. d. (div); found under stones and on moss. 


ANAZDUS Blanch. 


. brunneus Ziegl. Common under old leaves throughout the State and 
found at almost all times in sifting. 


PARATENETUS Spin. 

. fuscus Lec. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Sf); Camden XI, 3, sifting 
(W); Atco VIII, 26 (Brn); Anglesea VII (Sz). 

. punctatus Sol. Throughout the State VI-VIII; locally common. 


PHALERIA Latr. 


. testacea Say. Common along shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May, 
all season, in the sand under washup of all kinds and in logs. 


DIAPERIS Geoff. 


. maculata Oliv. (hydni Fab.) Throughout the State, locally com- 
mon; feeding on fungi. 


ARRHENOPLITA Kirby. 

. Viridipennis Fab. Ft. Lee on oak fungus (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); 
Westville XI, 4 (GG); g. d., common (W). 

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


PLATYDEMA Lap. 
. excavatum Say. Common throughout the State under bark of trees 
infested with fungi; where also all our other species occur. 
. ruficorne Sturm. Throughout the State; locally common. 
. ellipticum Fabr. Merchantville III, IV, Westville IV (GG); g. d., 
locally common (W). 
. subcostatum Lec. Merchantville IX, Sea Isle VI, Anglesea VI (Brn). 
. americanum Lap. Fi. Lee (Bt); g. d., common (W). It is not un- 
likely that the records for this and the preceding really refer to one 
species. 

CAENOCORSE Thom. 


. ratzeburgi Wissm. Iona, in an abandoned barn (W); an introduced 
species feeding in stored grain products which has just established 
itself. 


362 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ALPHITOPHAGUS Steph. (PHYLETHUS Meg.) 


A. bifasciatus Say. Throughout the State. Another introduced species 
commonly found in stables, granaries, etc., among refuse. 


HYPOPHLCEUS Fab. 


H. cavus Lec. G. d., rare (W); predaceous in “Xyleborus” galleries. 

H. parallelus Mels. Throughout the State II-VI, IX, in galleries of 
“Tomicus” under pine bark. 

H. thoracicus Mels. Palisades VI, 28 (Lv); Boonton III, 3, Big Timber 
Creek XI, 19 (GG); g. d. rare (W); in Scolytid galleries in pine and 
cedar. 

BOLETOTHERUS Cand. 


B. bifurcus Fab. Common throughout the State on tree fungus (Bole- 
tus). ; 
BOLETOPHAGUS III. 
B. corticola Say. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Riverton IV, 10 
(GG); Seaville IV, 29, VI, 11 (Brn). 
B. depressus Rand. Hudson Co. (LI); g. d. (W). 


HELOPS Fab. 


. micans Fab. Locally common throughout the State under bark. 
» americanus Beauv. G. d., rare (W). 
. venustus Say. Atlantic City (Castle); g. d., rare (W); on dead oak. 


. gracilis Bland. Woodbury IV, Newtonville VI (Brn); Clementon IV, 
V (div); Lakewood and Lakehurst V—VII (div); Da Costa V, Atlantic 
and Cape May Cos., rare on pines (W). 


H. zreus Germ. Throughout the State, fall to spring; locally common. 


Se Ege! Ge el 


MERACANTHA Kirby. 


M. contracta Beauv. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake (Bt); Staten 
Island VII (Ds); g. d., rare (div); on old, dead trees. 


STRONGYLIUM Kirby. 


S. tenuicolle Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co. (L1); Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Woodbury VII, Merchantville V (Brn). 


S. terminatum Say. New Jersey, probably Plainfield (Sf). 


Family CISTELIDA. 


In general structure iike the preceding, but with longer, more slender 
antenne and generally smooth, pubescent surface. They are usually 
brown in color with none or only confused maculation, very convex up- 
per surface, often tapering to a point posteriorly. 

They are found on leaves, flowers and under bark, the larvee so far 


as 
in 


THE INSECTS: OF “NEW JERSEY. 363 


known living in rotten wood and somewhat resembling wire-worms 
shape. None are of economic importance. 


LOBOPODA Sol. 


. punctulata Mels. DaCosta VII, 30 (Dke); Clementon V, Atlantic City 


VI, Seaville VI (Brn); Anglesea VII (Sz); g. d., rare (W); on dry 
twigs. 


. atra Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); Atco 


(Li); Glassboro VII, DaCosta VI, VII, Sea Isle VI (Brn); Iona VII 
(DKe). 
HYMENORUS Muls. 


. niger Mels. Eagle Rock VII, Merchantville VI (GG); Woodbury VIII 


(Brn); Anglesea (W); g. d. (Li). 


. pilosus Mels. Merchantville VI, 15 (Brn); Anglesea (W). 
. obscurus Say. Greenwood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); Collingswood VI, 10 


(GG); Anglesea, g. d. (W); all the species on dead branches. 


. discretus Casey. Fort Lee (Sf). 
. rufipes Lec. Caldwell (Cr). 


MYCETOCHARA Berth. 


. haldemani Lec. Snake Hill, rare (Bf). 
. fraterna Say. Orange Mt. Dist. V, VI (div); New Jersey (Horn); all 


the species on dead wood. 


. binotata Say. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Orange Mts. VI, 17 (Bf); Staten 


Island (Lg); Avalon VI, 23 (Brn). 


. analis Lec. New Jersey (Casey). 


ISOMIRA Muls. 


. quadristriata Coup. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., common.on dog- 


wood (Bf); g. d. common (W). 


. valida Sz. Anglesea, on dead holly branches (W). 
. ruficollis Hamilton. 5-mile beach V, 30 (W). 


CAPNOCHROA Lec. 


. fuliginosa Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. (Bf); 


Newark (Soc); Highlands VII (Sf); g. d. (W). 


« 


CISTELA Fab. 


. brevis Say. G.d., rare (W); the species generally on flowers. 
. sericea Say. Common, VI, VII, throughout the State. 


ANDROCHIRUS Lec. 


. erythropus Kirby. (fuscipes Mels.) Hopatcong (Pm); g. d., not 


common (W). 


364 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family LAGRIIDAS. 


Represented in our fauna by only two economically unimportant spe- 
cies. Head and thorax narrow, of about equal width, nearly cylindrical, 
the elytra abruptly broader so as to form distinct shoulders. The colors 
are black or bronzed and the texture of the wing covers is decidedly thin 
and somewhat flexible. The adults are found on flowers, leaves or under 
bark of trees, never common, while the larve are credited with predatory 
tendencies. 


ARTHROMACRA Kirby. 


A. znea Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Hopatcong (Pm); Green- 
wood Lake VI, 21 (Lv); Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Orange Mts. (GG); Atlantic, 
Cape May Cos. (div). 


‘STATIRA Latr. 


S. gagatina Mels. Throughout the State, on flowers or under bark; 
usually rare. 

S. resplendens Mels. Staten Island (Lg). Replaces ‘croceicollis” of 
the last edition. 


Family MELANDRYIDA. 


The beetles of this family also are economically unimportant, and have 
the same general habits as in the immediately preceding families. They 
are very diverse in form but usually slender, often elliptical in outline, 
in general densely clothed with fine silky hair or pubescence, the an- 
tennz moderate in length, palpi often very long. The head is hidden as 
far as the eyes, and the prothorax is nearly or quite as broad at base as 
the elytra. They are ieeders in wood, fungi and dry vegetable matter 
generally. The larve are of the usual slender cylindrical form, the head 
thorax and tail segments chitinized. 


TETRATOMA Fab. 


T. truncorum Lec. Westville (Li); in old fungus (W). 


T. tessellata Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hudson Co., Wood- 
side (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); 5-mile beach (W); on fungus on dead 
branches V-—VIII. 


PENTHE Newn. 


P. obliquata Fab. Throughout the State under bark, sometimes common. 
P. pimelia Fab. With the preceding, usuaily more rare. 


SYNCHROA Newn. 


S. punctata Newn. Throughout the State V, VI, under bark of decid- 
uous trees and on dry limbs; locally common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 365 


PROTHALPIA Lec. 


P. undata Lec. Greenwood Lake VI, 22 (Lv); Hemlock Falls V, 31 (W); 
Newark and Orange Mt. Dist. (div); in fungus on dead branches. 


MELANDRYA Fab. 


M. striata Say. Throughout the State, locally common, V, VI; under 
bark and on fungus in rotten trees. 


EMMESA Newn. 


E. labiata Say. Ft. Lee (Sm); Woodside (Bf); Highlands V, 30 (Sf); 
rare. 


AMBLYCTIS Lec. 


A. przeses Lec. “Have a specimen of this very rare species from Mo- 
sholu, N. Y., and should also occur in New Jersey” (Sf). 


“Xylita levigata” is an error of determination. 


ZILORA Muls. 
Z. nuda Prov. Eagle Rock VII, rare (Bf). 


CAREBARA Lec. 


C. longula Lec. Jamesburg VI, 24, Lakehurst V, 29 (Jl); Woodbury VII, 
7 (Brn); Bamber VI, 3 (W). 


SPILOTUS Lec. 
S. quadripustulosus Mels. Orange Mts. VI (Bf); Staten Island, on sour 
gum (Thompson); Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


SCOTOCHROA Lec. 


S. atra Lec. Newark, on dry branches, rare, all summer (Bf). 


SERROPALPUS Hellw. 


S. barbatus Schall. Orange Mt. Dist., at light and from dry fungus V1 
(div); Anglesea V, 30 (W). 


HYPULUS Payk. 


H. voudoueri Mels. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 


PHLCEOTRYA Steph. 


P. simulator Newn. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 


P. liturata Lec. Throughout the State VI, VII, on dead, fungus-covered 
branches; sometimes rather common. 


P. voudoueri Muls. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt). 


366 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


(e) (ele) (e) 


SYMPHORA Lec. 


. flavicollis Hald. Greenwood Lake VII (Sf); Orange Mts. V, 30, New- 


ark (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); Highlands VI (Ch); Atco, Anglesea 
(W). 


. rugosa Hald. With the preceding; neither species rare. 


ANISOXYA Muls. 


. glaucula Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Newark (Soc); Atco (W); Angle- 


sea VII (Sz). 
HOLOSTROPHUS Horn. 


. bifasciatus Say. (Eustrophus) Throughout the State IV, VI, IX; 


found in rotten wood. 


EUSTROPHUS Ill. 


- bicolor Say. Throughout the State IX until next VI; not rare. 
. tomentosus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Westville (Li). 


HALLOMENUS Panz. 


. scapularis Mels. Orange Mts., Newark (div). 


ORCHESIA Lat. 


. castanea Mels. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Bf); Iona VI, 22 (Brn); An- 


glesea VII (Sz); g. d. (W); in hard fungi on trees. 


. gracilis Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


MICROSCAPHA Lec. 


. clavicornis Lec. Ft. Lee VII (Sf); Highlands VI, VII (div). 


SCRAPTIA Lat. 


. sericea Mels. Newark (Soc); DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li); on blos- 


soms. 


ALLOPODA Lec. 


. lutea Hald. East Jersey (Dietz); DaCosta, Buena Vista (Li); Berlin 


VI, Newtonville VI, Iona VI, Sea Isle VII (Brn); Anglesea (W). 


CANIFA Lec. 


. plagiata Mels. Buena Vista (Li). 

. pusilla Hald. Orange Mts. V, 30, Newark (Bf); Atco (W). 

. pallipennis Lec. Atco (W); all species on fiowers. 

. pallipes Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Loeffler); Westville to 


Brigantine, g. d., V, 27—VII, 25 (Brn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 367 


NOTHUS Oliv. 


N. varians Lec. Anglesea (W). 


MYCTERUS Clairv. 


M. scaber Hald. Hudson Co. (Ll); Westville VI, Malaga VII (GG); 
Iona VI (Brn); Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke); not rare. 


Panty PY TED As: 


Generally resemble the ‘‘Melandryide” in habits and structure, but 
have the prothorax narrowed behind, the elytra forming distinct shoul- 
ders, and there may be either a deep central or lateral depressions on 
the upper side. In form they are long and narrow, very much flattened 
or only a little convex. Only four innoxious species occur with us. 


BOROS Hbst. 


B. unicolor Say. Riverton IV (div); Malaga V, VI (div); Palmyra V 
(Jn); Gloucester IV, Iona VI (Brn); Lakehurst IV (Ds); under pine 
bark. 

PYTHO Latr. 


P. planus Oliv. (americanus Kirby) Palisades, under pine bark (div); 
Palmyra III (Jn). 
SALPINGUS Gyll. 


S. virescens Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mt. Dist., at light (div); Sea 
Isle VI, 10 (Brn). 


RHINOSIMUS Latr. 
R. viridizaneus Rand. Highlands, beating oak (Sf) 


Family © DEMERID. 


Long, slender, cylindrical or semi-cylindrical beetles, rarely a little flat- 
tened, the head and thorax narrower throughout than the elytra, the 
latter soft in texture or with fine punctures and silky hair. The antenne 
are long and slender, and the feet have the penultimate joint deeply 
bilobed or cleft. They are found on flowers, foliage and sometimes in 
crevices of logs, trees or stumps. The larve have the slender form gen- 
eral in this series, but the head is broader than usual. None of them are 
in any way harmful. 

MICROTONUS Lec. 


M. sericans Lec. Throughout the State V-VII; not common. 


NACERDES Schm. 


N. melanura Linn. Throughout the State V-—VII; not rare in cities in 
woodsheds or about cellars; more common along the coast. The 
species is an imported one and cosmopolitan. 


368 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


XANTHOCHROA Schm. 
X. lateralis Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc). Not recently taken. 


ALLOXACIS Horn. 


A. dorsalis Mels. Common along shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May 
V-VIII, in or under wet boards, timbers, etc. 


COPIDITA Lec. 


C. notoxoides Fab. Buena Vista (Li); Atco DaCosta (W); Lahaway VI, 
1, on flowers (Sm); Newtonville, VI, Brigantine VII, Ocean City VII 
(Brn). 

C. thoracica Fab. With the preceding, more common and somewhat 
more widely distributed, but in the same general regions. 


C. suturalis Horn. Anglesea (W). 


ASCLERA Schm. 


A. ruficollis Say. Throughout the State; common on willow catkins. 
A. puncticollis Say. Staten Island (Lg); Clementon IV, V (div); Sea- 


ville IV (Brn). 
OXACIS Lec. 


O. teeniata Lec. Anglesea (Li). 


Family CKPHALOID/. 


The single species that occurs in the State resembles at first sight the 
longicorn genus “Leptura,”’ but is more slightly built, with more slender 
legs and antenne. It occurs on dry branches and is rare. 


CEPHALOON Newn. 


C. lepturoides Newn. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake VI (Bt); Boon- 
ton VI (GG); Orange Mt. Dist., g. d. VI (div). 


Family MORDELLIDA. 


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 long and stout, fitted for leaping. The 
abdomen is produced into a more or less obvious style or pointed process, 
the antenne are long and slender, and the thorax is as wide at base as 
the elytra. They are found on flowers or on dead trees, and are some- 
times brightly colored and banded. Most of them are locally common, 
and dozens of them may often be taken from a single cluster of “Spire” 
blossoms. 

The larve are long and slender, and live in dead wood or the pith of 
plants. None are of economic importance. 


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PENTARIA Muls. 


. trifasciata Mels. Gloucester V, 10, g. d. (W); Westville VII, 7 (Brn). 


ANASPIS Geoffr. 


. flavipennis Hald. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Staten Island 


(Lg); Riverton V, 14 (GG); Seayille IV, 29 (Brn). 


. rufa Say. Throughout the State V—VII : locally very common. 


TOMOXIA Costa. 


. bidentata Say. Snake Hill (Sf); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. V, 26 


(Bf); on dead trees; nowhere common. 


. lineella Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Boonton VIII, 16 (GG); Millburn (Bf); 


Middlesex Co. VII, 20 (Sm); Atco V, 28 (W); on dead trees; rare. 


. inclusa Lec. Snake Hill (Sf). 


MORDELLA Linn. 


. melzena Germ. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 


Jamesburg VII (Sm); Glassboro VII, 30 (GG). 


. scutellaris Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. 
. octopunctata Fab. Snake Hill (Sf); Newark Dist., rare (Bf); James- 


burg VII, 4 (Dke); Collingswood VII (GG); Gloucester, Camden Co., 
rare, Anglesea VI, common (W). 


. lunulata Helm. New Brunswick VII, 20, So. Amboy VI, 8 (Coll). 

. marginata Mels. Throughout the State VI-VIII; common. 

. serval Say. Lake Hopatcong (Pm). 

. triloba Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); Atco VII, 15 (W). 

. discoidea Mels. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. (Sm); Gloucester VII, 2 


(W); Westville VII, 7 (Brn); Glassboro VII, 19 (GG); always rare. 


MORDELLISTENA Costa. 


: arida Lec. Atco V, 14 (W). 
. trifasciata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Gloucester VII, 


VIII (W); W. Berlin VI, 25 (Brn). 


. lepidula Lec. Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII (Sm); Westville, 


Atco VI, Iona VI (Brn); not common. 


. limbalis Mels. Orange Mts., rare (Sm). 

. vapida Lec. Orange Mts. (div). 

. fulvicollis Mels. Orange Mts. (Sm). 

. ornata Mels. Hopatcong (Pm); New Jersey (Sf). 

. militaris Lec. Orange Mts. VI, 26, VII (div). 

. scapularis Say. Orange Mts. VI, VII (div). 

. comata Lec. Throughout the State VI, VII; locally common. 


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. aspersa Mels. The most universally common species of the genus. 

. amica Lec. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

. picilabris Helm. Atlantic City VI, 24 (Brn). 

. infima Lec. Westville VI, Atco V, 29, DaCosta VIL, 5 (Brn). 

. andreze Lec. Anglesea V, 27 (Sm). 

. ancilla Lec. DaCosta VI, 12 (Brn); g. d., not common (W). 

. varians Lec. Orange Mts., common (Sm); Westville VI, VII (div); 


Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 


. ustulata Lec. Newark, Orange Mts., rare (Bf); Anglesea VII, 11 


(Brn). 


. impatiens Lec. Orange Mts., Newark VI, VII (div); DaCosta VI, 24, 


Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). 


- nigricans Mels. Throughout the State V—VII; locally common. 

. ruficeps Lec. DaCosta VII, 5 (Brn); New Jersey (Sm). 

. splendens Sm. Sea Isle VIII, 14 (Brn); Anglesea VIII, IX (div). 

- pustulata Mels. Throughout the State V—VII; common. 

. fuscipennis Mels. Near Hoboken (Sm). 

. morula Lec. Staten Island (Lg); New Brunswick VII (Sm); West- 


ville, DaCosta VII, 2-30 (Brn). 


. ambusta Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway VI, 1 (Sm). 
. unicolor Lec. Orange Mts. VII (Sm); Woodbury VI, 13 (GG); Da- 


Costa VI, 3 (Brn); Anglesea and g. d. VII (W). 


. marginalis Say. Newark, Orange Mts. VI, VII (div); Gloucester VI, 


17, Anglesea VII, 6 (W). 


- pubescens Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 
. bihamata Mels. Newark (Soc). 
. liturata Mels. Orange Mts. (Bf); Lahaway VI (Sm); Anglesea VII 


(Sz). 


. fuscata Mels. Orange Mts., VII, rare (Sm). 
. cinereofasciata Sm. Westville VII, 2, Atco VII, 17 (Brn). 


Family ANTHICIDAE. 


Small or moderate sized species, varying much in form, often brightly 


or contrastingly colored or banded, the thorax narrower than the elytra 
and sometimes peculiarly modified, the antenne long and slender. They 
live under varying conditions, some of them in sand, often resembling 
ants in appearance and running rapidly when turned out of their burrows. 
None of them are injurious to cultivated plants. 


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CORPHYRA Say. 


. funebris Horn. Newark (Bf); along shore in wash-up, rare (W). 
. elegans Hentz. Suffern, V, 30, common (Sf); Caldwell (Cr). 
. terminalis Say. Newark, V, 29, rare (Bf). 


newmani Lec. Orange Mts. VI, common (Ch). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 371 


lugubris Say. Suffern V, 30, common; sure to occur in New Jersey 
(Sf). 


. collaris Say. Boonton VI, 11 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Orange VI (Ch); 


along shore in wash-up, not rare (W). 


MACRATRIA Newn. 


M. murina Fab. Clifton VII, 3, Burlington Co. VI, 4, Merchantville VI 
(GG); Westville VII, 4 (Brn); Ocean Co., common (Sm); g. d. on 
willow (W). 

TOMODERUS Laf. 

T. interruptus Laf. Newark, edge of meadows in early spring; Mer- 
chantville IX, 26, DaCosta VI, 3 (Brn). 

T. constrictus Say. Newark (Dn); salt meadows (Bf); Gloucester, 


Westville, Laurel Springs V, 10-28 (Brn). 


MALPORUS Casey. 


. formicarius Laf. (Anthicus) Merchantville IV (Brn); _ seashore, 
Brigantine to Cape May V, VII, IX (div). 


. cinctus Say. (Anthicus) Arlington (Bf); Staten Island XI, 16 (Jl); 
Anglesea VII (Sz). 


LAPPUS Casey. 


. obscurus Laf. Arlington VI, 21 (Sf). 


THICANUS Casey. 


rejectus Lec. (Anthicus) Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea VII, 11 
(Brn). 


HEMANTUS Casey. 


. floralis Linn. (Anthicus) Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Soc); Gloucester 
V, 27 (Brn); Anglesea VII (div); and probably throughout the State. 


ANTHICUS Payk. 

. ephippium Laf. (difficilis Lec., confusus Lec.) Throughout the 
State all winter and until VII, 10. 

. scabriceps Lec. Newark (Bf). 

. cervinus Laf. Union, early spring at base of trees (Bf); Woodbury 
V-VII (div); Westville V, Sea Isle VI, Avalon VII (Brn); seashore 
(W); not rare. 

. haldemani Lec. Orange VI, at light (Ch). 

melancholicus Laf. (spretus Lec.) Westville V, 28, DaCosta VII, 5, 

Sea Isle V, 10 (Brn); Anglesea VI, VII (div). 


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SAPINTUS Casey. 


pubescens Lec. (Anthicus) Collingswood III, 12 (GG); New Jersey 
(Dn). 


. fulvipes Laf. Newark II, 12, Arlington, salt meadows, common (Bf); 


Anglesea IV, 28 (Brn). 


AMBLYDERUS Laf. 


. pallens Lec. Brigantine IX (Hn); Anglesea V, VII (div); seashore, 


not rare (W). 


NOTOXUS Geoffr. 


. bicolor Say. Throughout the State IX until following VI; common. 
. bifasciatus Lec. Orange VI (Ch); Newark Dist. (Bf); Clifton, Dunel- 


len (Coll); Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn); Atco (div); locally common. 


. anchora Hentz. Honatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee, Dunellen (Dietz); New- 


ark at light (Bf); Ocean Co. (Sm); not common anywhere. 


. monodon Fabr. Common throughout the State, all season. 
. delicatus Casey. Brigantine Beach IX (Hn). 
. planicornis Laf. Sea Isle VI (Brn); Anglesea throughout the season, 


most abundant sweeping in the early evening. 


MECYNOTARSUS Laf. 


. candidus Lec. Westfield (Jl). 
. flavicans Casey. Hackensack V (Bf); Westville (Li); Merchantville 


V (Brn); g. d. near Delaware River in white sand (W); nocturnal. 


ELONUS Casey. 


. basalis Lec. Widely distributed and should occur in New Jersey (Sf). 
. nebulosus Lec. Madison VII, 16 (Pr); Orange Mts. (Bf). 


EMELINUS Casey. 


. melsheimeri Lec. Ft. Lee (Jl); Highlands VII, on hickory (Sf). 


ZONANTES Casey. 


. signatus Hald. Newtonville III, 26, one example (Brn). 
. subfasciatus Lec. Highlands IV, V, VII, under stones (Sf); James- 


burg VII (Bf). 


. fasciatus Mels. (Xylophilus) Orange Mts. VIII (Bf); Highlands VII, 


8, beating (Sf); Lakehurst VII, 12 (Jl); not rare. 


tricuspis Casey. Orange Mts. VII (Sf). 
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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 373 


Family PYROCHROIDA. 


Rather large, flattened beetles, bright blue, black or orange in contrast, 
thorax narrower than the elytra, the latter, rather soft in texture, widen- 
ing posteriorly. The antenne are either serrate or, in the males, with 
long comb-like processes. The beetles are usually rare, found about dead 
or decaying trees, and in these live the larve, which have a broad head, 
stout legs and two spines on the last abdominal segment. None are of 
economic importance. 

ISCHALIA Pasc. 


‘I. costata Lec. Woodbury XII, Merchantville (W); Lakehurst V (Jl); 
in each case by sifting moss or old leaves in a swamp. 


PYROCHROA Geoff. 


P. flabellata Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood Lake VI, Ft. Lee (Bt); 
Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., g. d. (Bf); Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn). 


P. femoralis Lec. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); g. d., rare (W). 


DENDROIDES Latr. 


D. canadensis Latr. Hopatcong (Pm); Palisades VII, bred (Lv); Cald- 
well (Cr); Orange Mts., West Bergen, under bark (Bf). 


D. concolor Newn. Snake Hill V (Wintersteiner). 


‘ Family MELOIDZ. 


Contains the “oil beetles” and “blister beetles.” They are soft in tex- 
ture, usually slender and cylindrical, the thorax narrower than head or 
elytra, the antenne sometimes curiously knotted or otherwise modified 
in the male, the insects as a whole loose-jointed and sprawly in appear- 
ance. They vary in color, are often striped and spotted and sometimes 
metallic. In the adult stage they feed on plant tissue and are sometimes 
distinctly injurious. One of them, known as the “old-fashioned striped 
potato beetle,” frequently comes in late summer, sometimes with, some- 
times replaced by an ally, and it or they sweep through a field or garden 
before the grower realizes the nature of the attack. They attack not only 
potatoes, but beets and a great variety of other plants and flowers, and 
as a rule disappear almost as suddenly as they come. Some species re- 
main for a day or two only; others stay for a week or two, and these, 
when they attack cultivated plants, should be collected in kerosene pans 
or driven by means, of lime or other repellants, as may be indicated. 
Arsenites kill them slowly and will not be effective until they have done 
nearly or quite all the injury that they would have caused without treat- 
ment. 

Curiously enough, quite a number of the species are markedly beneficial 
in the larval stage, being among the most important checks to grass- 


374 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


hopper increase. Others are semi-parasitic in the nests of bees, and are 
at least not beneficial, even if not directly harmful. 

In New Jersey they are not as important as they are in some of the 
Western States, and the injuries caused by them warrant active measures 
for their destruction. 

MELOE Linn. 
M. angusticollis Say. Madison (Pr); Caldwell (Cr); g. d., in late fall 
on wild turnip (Bf); Riverton XI, 5 (Dke). 
M. americanus Leach. Orange Mts., Irvington XII, 30, under stones (Bf); 
Newark (Soc). 
NEMOGNATHA III. 


N. nemorensis Hentz. Dunellen (Dietz); DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke). 


ZONITIS Fab. 


Z. bilineata Say. Snake Hill (Sf); Madison VIII, 4 (Pr); Orange Mts. 
(Bf); Staten Island (Lg). 


MACROBASIS Lec. 


M. unicolor Kirby. Throughout the State VI, VII, often common on “Bap- 
tisia tinctorum”’; sometimes on potatoes. 


EPICAUTA Redt. 


E. trichrus Pall. East Jersey (Dietz); Merchantville VII, 19, Glassboro 
VII, 17; on sweet potato, ‘“‘Convolvulus” sp., and “Maruta cotula.” 


E. strigosa Gyll. Bamber VIII, 11 (Dke). 
E. batesii Horn. Lakehurst VII, VIII (div). 


E. vittata Fab. Throughout the State, often destructive in late summer 
to potatoes and other garden crops and to flowers; is the “old- 
fashioned striped potato beetle.” 


E. marginata Fab. With “cinerea,’ and usually regarded as a variety. 


E. cinerea Forst. Throughout the State VIII; habits of ‘‘vittata,’” but 
not so abundant nor so often injurious. 


E. pennsylvanica De G. Throughout the State VIII, IX; common on Soli- 
dago. 
POMPHOPCEA Lec. 


P. znea Say. Woodside (Bf); Merchantville VIII (Brn); Westville (Li); 
Anglesea (W); in early spring; isolated specimens only. 


P. sayi Lec. Greenwood Lake VI (Beyer). 


Fig. 149.—The ‘‘Spanish fly,” Lytta vesicatoria: not a native of this country. 

Fig. 150.—The “‘striped blister beetle,’ Epicauta vittata. 

Fig. 151.—Early stages of blister beetles: a, grasshopper egg-pod with triungulin at f; 
b, grasshopper eggs, enlarged; c, triungulin; d, carabidoid stage of larva; e, scarabidoid 
stage of larva, enlarged. 

Fig. 152.—Striped blister beetle: a, scarabidoid larva; c, d, coarctate larva, enlarged. 

Fig. 153.—Striped blister beetle: a, b, true pupa from side and beneath, enlarged. 

Fig. 154.—Margined blister beetle, Epicauta cinerea. 

Fig. 155.—Ash gray blister beetle, Macrobasis unicolor at a; black blister beetle, Epi- 
cauta pennsylvanica at b, enlarged. 


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Family RHIPIPHORIDZ. 


Contains wedge-shaped or clumsy, almost shapeless, forms, with short, 
sometimes pointed wing-covers, beyond which the hind wings often pro- 
ject so as to cover the abdomen. The head is bent down, the antennze 
are serrated in the female, flabellate in the male. The adults occur on 
flowers, rarely, the larve are semi-parasitic in nests of wasps or on 
cockroaches. 
PELECOTOMA Fisch. 
P. flavipes Mels. New Jersey (Sf). 


RHIPIPHORUS Fab. 


. flavipennis Lec. Glassboro VII (GG); Anglesea VII (Brn); g. d., rare 
(W), Iona VII, 13 (Dke). 


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R. dimidiatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII, rare. 
R. octomaculatus Gerst. Malaga VIII, 4 (G@). 
R. pectinatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; rare. 
R. timbatus Fab. Throughout the State VI, VII; rare. 
R. limbatus Fab. Palisades VII, 26 (Lv); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); 
Merchantville VII, 17, Farmingdale VII, 18 (GG); g. d., rare (W). 
R. linearis Lec. Madison VII, 17 (Pr). 
MYODITES Latr. 
M. fasciatus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf); East Jersey, rare (Dietz). 


Fannly Sil ¥UOPIDA:. 


This family is represented in our State by a single minute species 
only, so far as our collections go. It is a representative of a very curious 


Stylops and its development: a, female in body of bee; b, same in 
outline; c, d, male from above and side. 


Fig. 156. 


little group, which is given ordinal rank by some who have studied it 
most closely, and I believe that conclusion to be warranted. As matter 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. BW: 


of convenience, however, and because the change has not been generally 
adopted in our lists, I have preferred to leave the species here. The 
male only is winged, the female lives in the abdomen of some of our 
paper-making wasps. 


XENOS Rossi. 


X. peckii Kirby. Occurs very rarely throughout the State in the abdo- 
men of the species of “Polistes.” 


Series RHYNCHOPHORA. 


The remaining families of the order belong to the so-called ‘‘snout- 
beetles” or weevils, sometimes classed as a sub-order. The chief obvious 
character of a great majority of the species is the elongated head or 
snout, at the end of which the minute mouth parts are situated. In 
some cases this snout is very much reduced; but in such types the tend- 
ency is to a cylindrical form, and the pro-thorax has no lateral margin 
or suture. Practically all the species are feeders upon vegetable tissue, 
and many of them are injurious or even destructive to cultivated crops. 
The families of this series are not easily distinguished except by the use 
of rather obscure structural characters, and no definitions will be at- 
tempted except in special instances—e. g., the “Scolytide.” 

The larve are white, very much wrinkled, stout, fleshy grubs, usually 
without legs, with a yellowish head and a tendency to curl or assume the 
position of a “white-grub.” They also are vegetable feeders, attacking 
plants in all parts, and many of them rank as first-class pests. 


Family RHINOMACERID/. 


RHINOMACER Fab. 


R. pilosus Lec. Gloucester, rare on dying pine (W); Westville IV, New- 
tonville III, 26 (Brn); Clementon V, 5, (GG); Iona V, 16 (CG). 

R. elongatus Lec. Morristown on pine (Jul); Gloucester (W); West- 
ville (Li); Merchantville IV, 27 (Brn); Clementon V, 5 (GG); Iona 
V, 16 (CG). 


Family RHYNCHITID. 


AULETES Sch. 


A. ater Lec. Ramapo Mts. V, 27, on ‘‘Myrica”’ (Sf); Ft. Lee on sweet 
fern (Jul); Landisville, DaCosta (Li); Newtonville VI, Sea Isle V 
(Brn); Anglesea (W). 

A. subcrzeuleus Lec. Newark, one specimen (Bf). 

A. cassandrz Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Atco, DaCosta VII (Brn); Buena 
Vista (Li); Anglesea V, 28 (W). 


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EUGNAMPTUS Sch. 


. angustatus Hbst. Throughout the State V—VII on oak, hickory, but- 


ternut, chestnut, sycamore, etc.; not rare. 


. collaris Fab. Also throughout the State on oak, more local than the 


preceding, and locally no less abundant. 


RHYNCHITES Hbst. 


. bicolor Fab. Common throughout the State VI-VIII on rose. 


zeneus Boh. Lake Hopatcong (Sf). 


. hirtus Fab. Throughout the State V—VII, on oak; not common. 
. fossifrons Lec. Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

. cyanellus Lec. Highlands, abundant (Ch). 

. zratus Say. Throughout the State V—VII, on oak; not rare. 


PTEROCOLUS Sch. 


. ovatus Fab. Throughout the State, V, VI, on oak, locally and sea- 


sonally common; more abundant on the scrub oaks of South Jersey. 


Family ATTELABID/A.. 


ATTELABUS Linn. 


. analis Ill. Throughout the State VI, VII on sumac; makes little cases 


in which the eggs are deposited. 


. nigripes Lec. Throughout the State V—VIII; on oak; more common in 


So. Jersey on scrub oak. 


. bipustulatus Fab. With the preceding and hardly less common. 
. rhois Boh. Chester, Newark (Bf); Orange Mt. Dist. (div); New Bruns- 


wick VII, Jamesburg VII, Anglesea V, VII (Sm); on hazel and sumac. 


Family OTIORHYNCHID. 


EPICERUS Sch. 


. imbricatus Say. Throughout the State, rare; in some localities this 


imbricated snout beetle has been known as injurious, but I have 
never found it so in New Jersey. 


HORMORUS Horn. 


. undulatus Uhler. Hoboken (Jtil); Newark Dist., g. d., under stones 


in early spring, always rare (Bf). 


ANAMETIS Horn. 


. granulatus Say. (grisea Horn.) Newark (Soc); lives under bark of 


apple and pear (Riley). 


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PANSCOPUS Sch. 


. erinaceus Say. Salt meadows III, 19 (Bf); Woodbury III, 25, sifting 
old leaves (W); on wild grape VI, VII (Sm). 


PHYXELIS Sch. 

. rigidus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Madison (Pr); Weehawken (Bt); New- 

ark Dist. (Bf); Camden (Li); Collingswood VII (Brn); g. d. (W). 
AGRAPHUS Sch. 


. bellicus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc); Sandy Hook (Bf); 
Shrewsbury (Jul); Anglesea (W); always rare. 


OTIORHYNCHUS Germ. 


. sulcatus Fab. North of Piedmont Plain, not rare; South Jersey, under 
hemlock bark (W). 


. ovatus Linn. Throughout the State, locally common: larva is the 
“strawberry crown girdler”’; beetle is a general feeder. 


. rugifrons Gyll. East Jersey (Dietz); Ft. Lee V, under stones (Bf). 


CERCOPEUS Sch. 


. chrysorrhoceus Say. Delaware Valley and northward in early spring, 
under bark of chestnut and other trees and stumps. 


PACHNZUS Sch. 
. distans Horn. Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 


TANYMECUS Sch. 


. confertus Gyll. Throughout the State, under stones in spring and 
until VII, feeding on a great variety of plants. 


PANDELETEJUS Sch. 


. hilaris Hbst. Throughout the State, common, in white oak and beech. 


BRACHYSTYLUS Sch. 
. acutus Say. Newark (Soc); South Jersey (W); only on persimmon. 


ARAMIGUS Horn. 


- fulleri Horn. “Fuller’s rose beetle.’”’ An imported species, which was 
for a time a serious pest in rose-houses in Union County and else- 
where. It was never abundant outdoors and is rarely found now 
even in green-houses, where they have learned how to deal with it. 


APHRASTUS Sch. 


. tzeniatus Gyll. Common throughout the State on hazel, alder and 
other bushes in July. 


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The “Plinthodes teniatus’” of the last edition really refers to this 


species. 


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POLYDROSUS Sch. 


dorsalis Horn. (Cyphomimus) Ft. Lee, on wild cherry (Jil); Hudsoh 
Co. (Ll); rare. 
SCIAPHILUS Steph. 


- asperatus Bonsd. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. VIII, not rare (Bf). 


BARYPITHES Duval. 


. pellucidalis Boh. Orange Mts., early spring, not rare (Bf). 


STROPHOSOMUS Steph. 


. coryli Fab. Orange Mts., on birch, “Betula lenta” (Jiil). 


Family CURCULIONID/A:. 


SITONES Sch. 


. hispidulus Germ. Throughout the State V—X, the larva on roots of 


clover. While this is sometimes locally common, it has never 
occurred in such numbers as to make it actually injurious. 


. flavescens Marsh. Hudson Co. (Ll); salt meadows, in early spring 


(Bf); g. d. (W); and probably throughout the State, locally. 


. crinitus Oliv. New Jersey (Jul). 


ITHYCERUS Sch. 


. nova-boracensis Forst. Throughout the State, not common; breeds in 


twigs of oak; also found on hickory and beech. 


APION Hbst. 


. impeditum Fall. Newark district (Bf). 

. impunctistriatum Sm. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Anglesea (W); rare. 
. atripes Sm. South Camden (W). 

. finitimum Fall. Newark (Li); So. Camden (W). 


melanarium Gerst. Hemlock Falls (Bf); New Brunswick VII (Sm); 
Camden VII, XII (div); Anglesea V (div). 


- minutum Sm. Gloucester (W). 
. pennsylvanicum Boh. Anglesea (Li), Newark Dist. (Bf), and prob-- 


ably throughout the State. 


. perminutum Sm. Camden and So. Camden X (div). 

. reclusum Fall. Anglesea (Li); one of the type localities. 

. coxale Fall. Snake Hill (Bf). 

. patruele Sm. Arlington meadows in early spring under stones (div); 


Anglesea V (div); in pods of climbing Legume (Ch). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 381 


. walshii Sm. Jamesburg (W). 
. perforicolle Fall. DaCosta (W); Atco, Buena Vista (Li). 
. turbulentum Sm. Hopatcong (Pm); Arlington (Bf); New Jersey 


(Li); on “Vaccinium stramineum” (Hn); breeds in seeds of “Mei- 
bomia”’ (Ch), 


. griseum Sm. Throughout the State V—VII on “Phaseolus.” 
. fraternum Sm. With the preceding; closely resembling but distinct 


from it; on the leaves of “Lespedeza”’ (Ch). 


. porcatum Boh. Newark Dist., rare in early spring on locust (Bf). 
. rostrum Say. Throughout the State south of the Highlands V—VII, 


on wild indigo, in the seeds of which it breeds. 


. nigrum Hbst. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Clifton, Orange V, VI (Ch); 


breeds in the seeds of the common locust, ‘Robinia pseudacacia.” 


. oblitum Sm. Salt meadows (Bf); Camden XII, sifting (GG). 
. segnipes Say. Gloucester Co. (W); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); probably 


throughout So. Jersey, in seeds of “Tephrosia virginiana.” 


: decoloratum Sm. Camden, Gloucester Co., Cape May C. H. (W); 


South Jersey (Sm); breeds in seed pods of ‘“Meibomia” (Ch). 


. emaceipes Fall. Probably confused with the preceding in collections. 
. carinatum Sm. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. spinipes Fall. DaCosta (W); Anglesea VII, 23 (div). 

. parallelum Sm. Buena Vista (Li); So. Jersey (Ww); not common. 

. puritanum Fall. Riverton V, Westville V, Clementon V (GG). 


umboniferum Fall. South Jersey, probably. 


. herculanum Sm. South Jersey in “Viburnum” and “Cornus” Sp. 


The last named three species are so closely allied that they are prob- 


ably confused in collections. 


P. 


. punctatus Fab. The ‘“clover-leaf beetle,’ common 


PODAPION Riley. 


gallicola Riley. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Bf); makes galls on “Pinus inops” 
and ‘“P. rigida’”’; never common in this State. 


PHYTONOMUS Sch. 


throughout the State VI-VII, but rarely injurious. The 
larva becomes full grown in May, but in ordinary sea- 
sons is nearly wiped out early in that month by a 
disease that prevents injury. 


. comptus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson 

Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); Westville IV, Gloucester 

Co. (div); on “Polygonum.” Fig. 157.—Dis- 
. castor Lec. Mt. View (Bf); Lake Hopatcong (Gr). eased larva of 


clover leaf 


. nigrirostris Fab. Throughout the State IV—VII, locally beetle, en- 


not rare; common during the winter, sifting (W). larged. 


382 REPORT. OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Fig. 158.—Clover leaf beetle, Phytonomus punctatus: a, egg, enlarged; b, b, 
larve feeding; c, larva, enlarged; d, e, head and mandible yet more en- 
larged; f, cocoon; g, same, enlarged to show its net-like character; 

h, pupa; i, beetle on clover stalk; 7, beetle in outline from side; 

k, beetle, enlarged; J, m, foot and antenne of beetle, yet 
more magnified. 


LISTRONOTUS Jek. 

L. sordidus Gyll. New Jersey, without definite locality. All the species 

whose habits are known feed on aquatic plants (Ch). 

. tuberosus Lec. Camden III, 8 (GG); Gloucester Co. (W.) 

. squamiger Say. Orange VI (Ch); Newark Dist. (Bf); Gloucester (W). 

. callosus Lec. Hudson Co. (L1); Arlington meadows IV, 9 (Bf). 

. inzgqualipennis Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); Arlington, 

Newark, Waverly salt meadows III (Bf); Cramer Hill V, 30 (GG). 

L. caudatus Say. Newark (Dn); Arlington meadows III, t7 (Bf). 

L. appendiculatus Boh. Newark Dist. (Bf); Riverside VI, 20 (Brn); 
Camden IX, III (GG); Atco, Westville, common in winter, sifting 
(W). 

L. nebulosus Lec. Eastern New Jersey (Dietz). 

L. frontalis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark g. d. (Bf). 


L. latiusculus Boh. Throughout the State; breeds in stalks and seed 
heads of “Sagittaria variabilis’ (Ch). The “setosus” of last edition 
belongs here. 


L. teretirostris Lec. New Jersey (Jil). 


Wig ellos Ce lee 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 383 


MACROPS Kirby. 


. solutus Boh. Newark, common on “Sagittaria’ (Bf); Collingswood 


VII, 27 (GG); Camden, Gloucester Cos., in winter, sifting (W); g. d. 
(Li). 


. indistinctus Dietz. Irvington VI, 21, Newark (Bf); New Jersey 


(Dietz). 


. delumbis Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist, VII, VIII (Bf). 
. rotundicollis Dietz. Irvington VI, 19 (Bf). 


sparsus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Bloomfield VIII, Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Camden I, 15 (GG). 


. obscurellus Dietz. Brooklyn, N. Y., and sure to occur in New Jersey. 
- humulis Gyll. Salt meadows III (Bf); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Brigantine 


IX (Hn). 


The “porcellus” Say. of last edition is an error. 


PISSODES Germ. 


strobi Peck. The ‘white pine 
weevil’; throughout the State, 
more or less common, some- 
times injurious to pine and 
spruce. No practical remedy 
is known except to cut out and 
destroy infested shoots as 
soon as noticed. 


Fig. 159.—White pine weevil, Pissodes 
strobi: a, larva; b, pupa: enlarged. 


PACHYLOBIUS Lec. 


- picivorus Germ. Woodbury V, Avalon VIII, Atlantic City VI (Brn); 


Lahaway X (Sm); Brigantine IX (Hn); Brown’s Mills VI, 23 (Dke); 
g. d. in South Jersey (W, Li); on pine, not rare. 


HYLOBIUS Germ. 


: pales Hbst. Throughout the State IV, V; breeds under pine bark. 
- confusus Kirby. Newark, on blackberry blossoms VI (Bf). 


EUDOCIMUS Sch. 


» mannerheimi Boh. Snake Hill (Dietz); Hoboken, once abundant 


(Ch); Hackensack Meadows (Bt); Sea Isle V, 24 (Brn); Anglesea 
(W); one example only in each of the last two records. 


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LIXUS Fab. 


: marginatus Say. (sylvius Boh.) Ft. Lee (div); Arlington meadows 


Ti ¢Bf)F 


384 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE. MUSEUM. 


L. terminalis Lec. Throughout the State V—VII; not rare. 


L. concavus Say. Throughout the State V—VIII, breeds in stalks of dock, 
rhubarb, sunflower, thistle, etc. The “rectus” of last edition belongs 
here. 


L. julichi Casey. Newark Dist., Arlington IV—V (div). 


L. musculus Say. Throughout the State IV, V; not common. 


DORYTOMUS Steph. 
D. mucidus Say. New Jersey (Jul). 
D. laticollis Lec. Guttenberg, on poplar (Jiil). 
D. brevicollis Lec. Hudson. Co. (L1); Orange Mts. V, 30 (W); on pussy 
willows (Bf). : 


ERYCUS Tourn. 


E. puncticollis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (div); Snake Hill 
Ill, IV (Sf); Newark, salt meadows, early in spring (Bf). 


PACHYPHANES Dietz. 


P. amcenus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. VII, VIII (Bf); Angle- 
sea (W); on ragweed (Hn). 


DESMORIS Lec. 


D. constrictus Say. East Jersey (Dietz); Anglesea (Bf). 
D. flavicans Lec. Clementon VIII, 6 (W). 


SMICRONYX Sch. 


S. sculpticollis Casey. Clementon VIII, 9, Sea Isle VI, 11 (Brn). 
S. nebulosus Dietz. New Jersey (Dietz). 


S. corniculatus Fab. Chester VII, 4, Hemlock Falls, Newark V, 30 (Bf); 
Ocean Co. (Lg). 


S. tychoides Lec. Orange Mts. VI, 10, Irvington (Bf). 


S. griseus Lec. Ft. Lee on ragweed (Bt); Hudson Co. (Ll); Snake Hill, 
Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Spring Lake VIII (Ch). 


S. squamulatus Lee. Woodbury VII, Atco VIII (Brn); Anglesea VI (div). 


PHYLLOTROX Sch. 


P. ferrugineus Lec. Highlands VI (Ch); Anglesea VII (Sz). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 385 


BRACHYBAMUS Germ. 


. electus Germ. Hopatcong (Pm); salt meadows V, 17 (Bf); Clemen- 
ton VIII, 6 (Brn). 


ONYCHYLIS Lec. 


. nigrirostris Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark on “Sagittaria’ V, 30 
(Bf); Camden XII, 12 (GG). 


ENDALUS Lap. 


. limatulus Gyll. Hoboken, salt meadow (Jul); Newark, Snake Hill V, 
Irvington, sweeping on fern (Bf); Cape May IX, 21 (Dke). 


. ovalis Lec. Salt meadow, under stones, Irvington, on fern V (Bf). 


TANYSPHYRUS Sch. 


. lemnz Fab. Hudson Co. V, salt meadows (div); Orange VI (Ch); 
Newark meadows V, 30 (Bf); adhering to boards in water (W). 


ANCHODEMUS Lec. 


. angustus Lec. Hoboken salt meadows (Jiil); Camden and Gloucester 
marshes along Delaware VI (W); breeds in “Sagittaria.” 


LISSORHOPTRUS Lec. 


. apiculatus Gyll. Jamesburg IV, 18 (Sm); Camden, Gloucester Co., in 
swamps (W); g. d. (Li). 


. simplex Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Hoboken salt meadows (Jil); Irving- 
ton (Bf); breeds in roots of wild rice (Riley). 


BAGOUS Germ. 


. obliquus Lec. Hudson Co. (Ll); Arlington III, 17 (Bf); New Jersey 
(Jil). 


. americanus Lec. Collingswood VII 27 (GG); Beesley’s Pt. VI, 30 (W). 


. magister Lec. Ft. Lee, lily pond (Sf); Hudson Co. (L1); Newark 
(Bf); Sea Isle VI, Anglesea V, Cape May VI (Brn). 


. cavifrons Lec. Irvington VII, 12 (Bf). 


OTIDOCEPHALUS Chevr. 


. myrmex Hbst. Hudson Co. (Ll); New Jersey (Jil); g. d. (div); the 
species are inquilinous in Cynipid galls. 


. scrobicollis Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Hudson Co. 
(L1); Cape May Court House V, 26, and g. d. (W). 


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386 REPORT’ OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


O. 


O. 


= 


chevrolatii Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (div); Jamesburg 
VIL (Lv); Cape May C. H. and g. d. V (W); on elm and hickory. 


lzevicollis Horn. Hudson Co. (div); Orange Mts. (Bf); bred from 
Cynipid galls in oak (Riley). 


MAGDALIS Germ. 


. perforata Horn. Ft. Lee (Sf); Lakehurst VII (Bf); g. d. (W); on 


pine. 


. lecontei Horn. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); New Jersey (div). 
. barbita Hbst. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Bf); Malaga V, 17 (W); Ber- 


lin VI, Sea Isle V, Anglesea VI (Brn); sometimes destructive on 
young hickory. 


. olyra Hbst. Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. (Bf); Atlantic City, Angle- 


sea (Sm); g. d. (W); breeds under bark of hickory (Ch). 


. inconspicua Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell, rare (Bf). 
. pandura Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); Westville (Li); shore counties (W). 
. armicollis Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); New Brunswick VII (Sm); At: 


lantic City (Castle); g. d. (div); breeds in elm. 


TACHYPTERUS Dietz. 


. quadrigibbus Say. Throughout the State on fruit trees; larva feeds: 


around the core of apple and pear, but is rarely injurious. 


ANTHONOMUS Germ, 


. scutellaris Lec. New Jersey, without definite locality. 
. hamiltoni Dietz. Hemlock Falls (Bf); Gloucester V, DaCosta VIII 


(W); Atco VIII, Iona VI, Sea Isle VIII (Brn); Buena Vista (Li). 


. pusillus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hemlock Falls (Bf); Buena Vista 


(Li); Atco, Clementon V, 30 (W). 


. profundus Lec. Newark VI, 9, on huckleberry blossoms (Bf); West- 


ville, Buena Vista (Li); Lucaston IV, Newtonville VI (Brn); lives. 
in buds of “Crataegus” (Sz). 


. sycophanta Walsh. Newark Dist. (Bf); Clementon V, 10 (Brn); 


South Jersey (W); breeds in galls made by a saw-fly on willow. 


. suturalis Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea VII and g. d. (W); said 


to feed on cranberry and plum in the larval stage. 


. flavicornis Boh. DaCosta, Anglesea VII, 11 (W). 
. morulus Lec. Anglesea VII, 11 (W). 
. corvulus Lec. Hemlock Falls, Orange Mts. (Bf); Cape May C. H., 


Anglesea V, 26 (W). ° 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 387 


Fig. 160.—Strawberry weevil and its work: a, shoot of strawberry plant 
bearing punctured buds; b, enlarged eggs at c; at d, larva; e, its 
head, much enlarged; f, pupa, enlarged; g, open straw- 
berry flower showing work of beetles. 


. Signatus Say. Throughout the State; much more common in the 
southern counties. This is the strawberry weevil which always does 
some and occasionally serious injury in Atlantic, Cumberland, Bur- 
lington, Ocean and Cape May Counties. It feeds also on black, dew 
and raspberry and occasionally on other plants. The remedial meas- 
ures are cultural in most part. 


- musculus Say. Throughout the State, not rare VII, on huckleberry. 
. nigrinus Boh. Staten Island (Lg); DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); New Jer- 
sey, on horse nettle, “Solanum virginiensis” (W). 


. scutellatus Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell III, 15 (Bf); Orange 
Mts. (GG); Newark Dist. (div); DaCosta (Li); Anglesea (W). 


. juniperinus Sanb. Anglesea (Li); Bayside IX, 22, on juniper (W), 
feeding in a fungus growth. 


. rufipes Lec. Buena Vista (Li). 
. disjunctus Lec. Gloucester Co. (W); DaCosta VII, 16 (Brn); Atlantic 
City (Castle); Bamber IX, 1 (Dke); Chews Landing IX, 6 (W). 


388 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. latiusculus Dietz. 5-mile beach, on holly, IV (div). | 

A. robustulus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Jamesburg VII, 
4-15 (div). 

A. ungularis Lec. New Jersey (Jul); in “Cassia mary- 
landica.”’ 


A. nubilus Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf); Anglesea (W); 
New Jersey (Li). 
A. elongatus Lec. Snake Hill V, VI (div); Arlington 
V, VI (Sf); Newark (div); Anglesea (W). 
The A. “helvolus,” “nebulosus” and “elegans” of last 
edition are errors of determination. 


Fig. 161. — Straw- 
berry weevil, An- 


ANTHONOMOPSIS Dietz. thonomus stgnatus ; 


enlarged. 


A. mixtus Lec. Generally distributed, rare (W). 


PSEUDANTHONOMUS Dietz. 


P. cratzgi Walsh. Westville VII, 20, Anglesea V, 30 (W). 
. incipiens Dietz. Passaic, Staten Island (Bf). 
P. longulus Dietz. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bf). 


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NEOMASTIX Dietz. 


N. solidaginis Dietz. Atco, Clementon (W); Buena Vista (Li); on 
deflorescent heads of ‘“‘Solidago” species (Dietz). 


NANOPS Dietz. 


N. schwarzi Dietz. Buena Vista (Li); South Jersey (W). 


ELLESCHUS Steph. 


E. scanicus Payk. Plainfield, rare (Bf). 


m 


. bipunctatus Linn. New Jersey (Jil); a circumpolar species. 


E. ephippiatus Say. Bloomfield, Newark (Bf); Westville, common (W); 
Lahaway V, 28, on cranberry bogs (Sm); occurs also on willow. 


ORCHESTES Ill. 


O. ephippiatus Say. Bloomfield (Bf); Westville (W), on “Salix fragilis” 
(Bt); all the species are leaf miners on willow. 


O. salicis Linn. Newark (Bf); a circumpolar species. 
O. niger Horn. Newark Dist. (Bf); New Jersey (Jiil), on low willows 
VII (Ch). 
O. pallicornis Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); 
So. Jersey (W); on low willows VII (Ch). 
The record of “O. canus” Horn, was an error. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 389 


XANTHUS Dietz. 


- pygmzeus Dietz. Anglesea V, 28 (div); on juniper (U). 


ACALYPTUS Sch. 


. carpini Hbst. Hopatcong (Pm), Chester VII, 4, Orange Mts. V (Bf). 


~ PRIONOMERUS Sch. 


. calceatus Say. Throughout the State V-—VII, locally not rare; the 


larva mines in leaves of sassafras. 


PIAZORHINUS Sch. 


. scutellaris Say. Hudson Co. (div); Anglesea V (div); g. d. (Li). 
. pictus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Shrewsbury Chub)e 


DaCosta, Anglesea (W); always rare. 


THYSANOCNEMIS Lec. 


. fraxini Lec. Throughout the State VI, VII, on ash, in the seeds of 


which it breeds. 


. helvolus Lec. Bloomsbury IX, 3 (Bf); South Jersey (W); rare. 


PLOCETES Lec. 


. ulmi Lec. Throughout the State VI, VII; nowhere common. 


TYCHIUS Sch. 


. sordidus Lec. Anglesea, one specimen (W). 


GYMNETRON Sch. 


. teter Fab. Common throughout the State V, VI, on mullein. 


MIARUS Steph. 


. hispidulus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Newark (Soc); 


Plainfield (Sf); in seed capsules of “Lobelia” sp. 


LAZMOSACCUS Sch. 


. plagiatus Fab. Throughout the State V—VIII, locally common, usually 


on oak; sometimes on hickory. 


CONOTRACHELUS Sch. 


. juglandis Lec. Throughout the State V-VII; breeds in green fruit of 


walnut and butternut; not rare. 


390 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. 


(2) (eo) (e) (2) 


nenuphar Hbst. The 
Plum Curew lio; 
throughout the State, 
common V-VII and 
again VIII. Breeds in 
plum, peach, cherry 
and apple, often in 
destructive numbers, 
and is one of the most 
serious enemies to 
fruit growing in New 
Jersey. May be con- 
trolled by persistent. 
spraying with arsen- Fig. 162.—The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenu- 
ate of lead, 1 pound phar: a, larva; b, adult; c, pupa: enlarged. 

in 20 gallons of water. 


. seniculus Lee. Woodbury VII, VIII (div); Westville VII, Merchant- 


ville X, Sea Isle VI, Peermont VI, Anglesea V, 31 (Brn). 


. elegans Say. Throughout the State V, VI and again VIII, IX; larve 


feeding on underground stems of “Amaranthus retroflexus” (Ch). 


. aratus Germ. Atlantic Co., rare (W). 
. cratzegi Walsh. Throughout the State on quince, and sometimes 


locally injurious; VI-—VIII. 


. naso Lec. Atlantic Co. (W); Anglesea V, VIII (Brn); on “Cratzgus,” 


rare. 


. posticatus Boh. Throughout the State V-IX; not rare. 
. geminatus Lec. Throughout the State VIII until next VII; locally 


common. 


. cribricollis Say. Westville I, 28, sifting (W). 

. anaglypticus Say. Throughout the State VI. 

. leucophzatus Fab. New Jersey IX, 23 (Bland). 

. fissunguis Lec. Along the river front near Camden, and everywhere 


along shore in Mallow swamps; breeds in seed pods of “Hibiscus” sp. 


RHYSSEMATUS Chev. 


. palmacollis Say. Hemlock Falls VII (Bf). 
. lineaticollis Say. Boonton VI, VII (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee, in 


seed pods of milkweed (Bt); Snake Hill (Sf); Madison VII (Pr); 
Newark Dist. (div); Anglesea VI (Brn). 


CHALCODERMUS Sch. 


. collaris Horn. Iona VI, 8 (Dke); Atlantic City (Castle); Sea Isle VI, 


Cape May VI (Brn); Anglesea V, 31, VI, 28 (W). 


. Spinifer Boh. Newark, one specimen on cherry blossoms (Bf). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 391 


ZAGLYPTUS Lec. 


. sulcatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Staten Island (Lg). 
. striatus Lec. Anglesea (W). 


ACALLES Sch. 


. carinatus Lec. Berkeley Hts. VII, 6 (Bf). 


TYLODERMA Say. 


. foveolatum Say. Throughout the State V, VI; breeds in stems of 


“(inothera biennis” (Ch), and in “Epilobium.” 


. fragariz Riley. Arlington, Maplewood, under stones (Jwl); breeds in 


strawberry. 


. ereum Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, not rare. 
. nigra Casey. Irvington VI, 30, Arlington I-III (Bf). 
lc 


punctulata Casey. Irvington VI, 21 (Bf). 


The record of ‘‘T. baridium” Lec. is an error of locality. 


PHYRDENUS Lec. 


. undatus Lec. New Jersey, in swamps (Jul); lives on “Solanum” 


(Sz). 
CRYPTORHYNCHUS III. 


‘ parochus Hbst. Chester (Dn); Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist. (Bf), in 


butternut (Jil). 


. bisignatus Say. Throughout the State V—VII, on chestnut, beech and 


birch, probably lives under the bark. 


. pumilus Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Bf); New Jersey 


(Jiil); may be a color variety of the preceding. 


. fuscatus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Newark, rare (Bf); 


Merchantville VI, 28 (Dke); Clementon XII, sifting old leaves in a 
swamp (W). 


. obliquus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Lakehurst V, 30 (Sf); g. d. rare (W). 
. obtentus Hbst. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. VI (div). 
. fallax Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 

. minutissimus Lec. Hudson Co. (L1); Atco, Anglesea V, 30, on dead 


oak twigs (W). 


. tristis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill, Arlington (Sf); Newark, 


Orange Mts. VI, 7, rare (Bf). 


. ferratus Say. Throughout the State V—VII; not common. 
. oblongus Lec. Dunellen, 1 specimen (Coll. Dietz). 
. lapathi Linn. Throughout northern New Jersey, on willow; an intro- 


duced species not yet found south of the Piedmont Plain, but recently 
taken near Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. 


392 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


BAROPSIS Lec. 


B. cribratus Lec. New Jersey (Coll. Horn). The locality label is open 
to question, and the source of the specimen is unknown. 


LECHRIOPS Sch. (PIAZURUS Sch.) 


P. oculatus Say. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist. V (Bf); Jamesburg V, 10 
(Sm); Westville (Li). 


CYLINDROCOPTURUS Heller. 


C. binotatus Lec. (Copturodes) Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); 
Snake Hill, Ft. Lee (Jul); Orange Mts. (Bf); on dry sumac and 
locust. 


C. quercus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); Newark Dist. (Bf); g. d. (W); Wood- 
bury VI, 17 (DkKe); common on oak. 


C. longuius Lec. Atco, Egg Harbor, on oak (W); in galls of “Podapion” 
(U). 
EULECHRIOPS Faust. 


E. minutus Lec. (Zygomicros) Orange Mts., Jamesburg VII (Bf); High- 
lands VII (Sf); Anglesea on oak VII (div). 


ACOPTUS Lec. 


A. suturalis Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Palisades III (Lv); 
Hudson Co. (L1); Orange (Jtil); Newark Dist. (Bf); Highlands VII, 
in dead beech (Ch). 

PSOMUS Casey. 


P. politus Casey. Hemlock Falls, Jamesburg VII (Bf). 


TACHYGONUS Sch. 


T., lecontei Gyll. Caldwell (Cr); Lakehurst VII, IX (div); Gloucester, 
Atco, on oak, rare (W). 


T. spinipes Casey. English Creek (Bland); Iona VI (div); Landisville 
(Li); DaCosta VI (Dke); Seaville VI (Brn). 


MONONYCHUS Germ. 


M. vulpeculus Fab. Throughout the State V, VI, IX on blue flag and 
other flowers; breeds in the seed pods of “Iris versicolor.” 


CRAPONIUS Lec. 


C. inzequalis Say. Hoboken (Jil); Orange Mts. (Bf); Laurel Springs V, 
23 (Dke); Anglesea V, 30 (W); feeds on grape; but not injurious 
with us. ; 

ACANTHOSCELIS Dietz. 
A. curtus Gyll. Orange Mts., in swamps (Bf); Anglesea (Li). 


A. acephalus Say. Common all along shore V-VII, on evening primrose. 


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AULEUTES Dietz. 


. tenuipes Lec. Orange Mts. (W). 
. epilobii Payk. Hudson Co. (L1); Orange Mts. in swamps (Bf). 
. nebulosus Lec. Throughout the State IX—III, VII, VIII; not common. 


ACALLODES Lec. 


. ventricosus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts., Newark (Bf); Westville 


I, sifting (W); Lahaway V, 28 (Sm). 


CCELIODES Sch. 


. flavicaudis Boh. (apicalis Dietz.) Shrewsbury on nettle (Jul). 


CEUTORHYNCHUS Germ. 


. rapze Gyll. Throughcut the State V—VII; feeds on cabbage, rape and 


allied plants, often abundantly, and is known as the “cabbage cur- 
culio.” 


. bolteri Dietz. Millburn V, 30, Irvington, rare (Bf). 
. sulcipennis Lec. Throughout the State V—VII. 
. decipiens Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf). 


pusio Mann. Chester, Hemlock Falls (Bf). 
semirufus Lec. New Jersey (Jil). 


. septentrionis Gyll. Throughout the State, fall to spring on wild mus- 


tard; often common. 


. puberulus Lec. With the preceding and probably confused with it. 
» zimmermanni Gyll. New Jersey (Li). 


CKELOGASTER Sch. 


. zZimmermanni Gyll. So. Orange on beggar nits (Jtil); Newark (Soc). 


PERIGASTER Dietz. 


. cretura Hbst. Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (Jul). 


PELENOMUS Thom. 


. sulcicollis Fab. Throughout the State, not rare on “Polygonum.” 
. squamosus Lec. Irvington (Bf). 


MECOPELTUS Dietz. 


. fuliginosus Dietz. Newark (Dietz); occurs with and is often con- 


founded with “P. sulcicollis.”’ 


. scandens Dietz. Anglesea VII, 12 (W). 


RHINONCUS Sch. 


. occidentalis Dietz. Staten Island (Lg); Jamesburg VII, 11 (Sm). 
. pyrrhopus Boh. Throughout the State V—VII feeding on “Rumex.” 
. longulus Lec. Orange Mts., rare (Bf); South Jersey. 


394 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


DU Ww WD 


G. 


BARIS Germ. 


. Umbilicata Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Hudson Co. (Ll); Orange Mts. 


(Bf); Newark VI, 12, Lahaway V, 28 (Sm) ; Sea Isle VI, 11 (Brn). 


. callida Casey. Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (Bf); Laurel Springs V, 


23 (Dke); Anglesea VII (div). 


. subzenea Lec. Throughout the State V—VII; not rare. 

. transversa Say. Anglesea V, 30 (W), on yarrow (Jil). 

. confinis Lec. Ocean Co. V, 28 (Sm). 

. aerea Boh. Cramer Hill V, VI (GG); Manumuskin IV, 23 (Dke); At- 


lantic City (Castle). : 


. scolopacea Germ. Throughout the State V-—VII, locally common on 


ragweed. 
PLESIOBARIS Casey. 


. t-signum Boh. New Jersey (W). 
. albilatus Lec. Buena Vista, on yellow daisies. 


GLYPTOBARIS Casey. 


rugicollis Lec. Dunellen VI (Dietz Coll); Atco, rare (W); on milk- 
weed. 


The “‘Onychobaris pectorosa” of last edition was an error. 


MADARELLUS Casey. 


M. undulatus Say. Throughout the State, not rare; occurs on grape and 


A. 


Virginia creeper (Ch). 


AULOBARIS Lec. 
ibis Lec. Orange Mts. (Bf). 


TRICHOBARIS Lec. 


Fig. 163.—Potato stalk borer, Trichobaris trinotata larva, pupa 
and adult, enlarged. 


Coo oD 


foil i ole 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 395 


. trinotata Say. Throughout the State, locally common and sometimes 


injurious. The larva is the ‘potato stalk borer,’ which eats out the 
stalk of the plant and prevents the crop from maturing. The beetles 
remain in the stalks all winter, and if these stalks are raked up and 
burned when the crop is harvested the entire brood will be destroyed. 
The native food is nettle. 


AMPELOGLYPTER Lec. 


. ater Lec. Cape May Court House V, 26 (W). 


PSEUDOBARIS Lec. 


- augusta Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill (Bf). 
. nhigrina Say. Throughout the State V, VI; not common. 


CENTRINUS Sch. 


. calvus Lec. DaCosta VI, 3 (Brn). 


picumnus Hbst. Common throughout the State on flowers VI-VIII. 


. albotectus Casey. Anglesea VII (Bf). 
- perscitus Hbst. New Jersey (Casey). 
- penicellus Hbst. Riverton IX, Woodbury VI, 7, Glassboro VII, 27, IX 


(GG); Atco VII, Anglesea VII (W). 


. scutellum-album Say. Common throughout the State VII. 


NICENTRUS Casey. 


. lineicollis Boh. Throughout the State locally and seasonally common. 


LIMNOBARIS Bedel. 


. confusa Boh. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., rare (Bf). 

. confinis Lec. Montclair (U S Ag); New Jersey (Jiil). 

. concinnus Lec. So. Jersey (W). 

. rectirostris Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); So. Orange (Jil); Newark VII 


(Bf). 
OLIGOLOCHUS Casey. 


. robustus Casey. “New Jersey”; type locality (Li). 


IDIOSTETHUS Casey. : 


. tubulatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Sf); Orange Mts. (Bf). 


BARILEPTON Lec. 


. filiforme Lec: Salt meadows V (Bf); Masonville VI, 16 (W). 
. albescens Lec. Westville VII, 2, one example (Brn). 
. quadricolle Lec. West Hoboken, one specimen (Jil). 


PLOCAMUS Lec. 


. hispidulus Lec. New Brunswick (Sm); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); Atcc 


VIII, 21 (W); breeds in dead twigs of locust (W). 


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BALANINUS Germ. 


Fig. 164.—Chestnut weevil and its work; a, beetle from above; b 
same in outline from side; larva: all enlarged. 


? 


B. obtusus Blanch. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark Dist. (Bf); New Bruns- 
wick. 

B. baculi Chitt. (uniformis Lec.) Throughout the State; larva in 
acorns. 

B. nasicus Say. Throughout the State; larva in acorns. 

B. pardalis Chitt. Sandy Hook; larva breeds in acorns (Coll). 

B. carye Horn. Throughout the State VI-VIII, the larva in hickory. 

B. rectus Say. Common everywhere; the larva in chestnut. 

B. quercus Horn. Brigantine IX (Hn); New Jersey (Jil); larva in 
acorns. 

B. proboscoideus Fab. Woodside, Orange Mts. (Bf); Newark, Lahaway 
IX (Sm); Mocrestown (U S Ag); larva in chestnuts and chinquapins. 
Is the same as the “‘caryatrypes” of the last edition. 

B. confusor Hamilton. Hopatcong (Pm); Anglesea (Sm); larve on 
acorns. 

The species of this genus are all nut-weevils, and those that feed in 
hickory and chestnut are often seriously injurious. The chestnut weevils 
in New Jersey are especially troublesome where the European and Jap- 
anese varieties are grown. There is no insecticide that is available to 
reach the insect in any stage, and the only methods of control are to 
collect the nuts as soon as they fall and market them, or to store them 
in tight barrels, from which the larve cannot escape when they emerge 
from the nuts. 


Family BRENTHID/:. 


Contains only a single very curious species, in which the males have 
prominent mandibles at the ends of the short robust snout, and the 
females have long, cylindrical beaks, by means of which they bore into 
the wood to lay their eggs. When these beaks become wedged, as they 
sometimes do, the males use their forceps-like jaws to pull them out. 


EUPSALIS Lec. 


E. minuta Dru. Throughout the State on chestnut, oak and maple; 
hardly commen anywhere. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 397 


Family CALANDRID/. 


Stoutly built, very rigid weevils, with deeply striate wing-covers and 
characteristically marked thoracic sculpture. The beak is usually mod- 
erate in length and stout. The family contains the ‘corn bill-bugs,”’ the 
“grain weevils” and “rice weevil,” and a considerable proportion is 
therefore of economic importance. In the principal genus “‘Sphenophor- 
us,’ Mr. F. H. Chittenden has been good enough to assist in the arrange- 
ment of species. Al! the members of that genus breed in reeds and 
grasses, and preferably such as have large or bulbous roots. 


RHODOBAENUS Lec. 


R. tredecimpunctatus Ill. Throughout the State VII, not really com- 
mon; breeds in the stems of a variety of weeds—Ambrosia,” ‘Heli- 
anthus,” “Cnothera,” “Xanthium,” etc. 


SPHENOPHORUS Sch. 


S. inzequalis Say. Gloucester IV, 24, on sandy 
fields in wagon ruts (W); Woodbury VI, 
Brigantine VII, Atlantic City VI, Sea Isle 
VI (Brn); Anglesea V, VI (div). 

S. zqualis Gyll. (ochreus Lec.) Orange Mts. 
(Hess); Arlington meadows (Bf); Snake 
Hill (Jl); Atlantic City VII, 25, Sea Isle 
VI, Anglesea VI (div); breeds in roots of 
“Scirpus” sp. 

S. pertinax Oliv. Throughout the State V, VI, 
in swampy meadows and marshes along 
shore; breeds in roots of “Calamus.” 


S. setiger Chttn. Highland, a type locality 
(Ch); Lahaway VI, 22, Anglesea V (div). 
villosiventris Chttn. New Brunswick (Coll); 
Woodbury, Westville, Gloucester IV, V, 

Anglesea V (div). 
S. costipennis Horn. Caldwell (Cr); Snake : : 
Hill IV, 26 (Lv); Brigantine Beach IX i8- 165-—Bill-bug, Spheno- 
phorus sp., from side. 
(Hn); seashore (W). 


S. cariosus Oliv. Newark Dist. (Bf); Lucaston IX, 24 (Dke); Lahaway 
VI, 22 (Sm); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); Anglesea V, 30, VII, 12 (div). 
S. callosus Oliv. Jamesburg VII, 11 (Coll). 


S. zeze Walsh. (sculptilis Uhl). Throughout the State, common in the 
southern counties, where it is the “corn bill-bug.” The larve live in 
timothy roots, and where corn follows this sod it is apt to be badly 
eaten by the adults when they mature in late June or early July. 
Remedy, fall-plow old sod land intended for corn. 


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398 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


S. destructor Chttn. Anglesea VI, VII 
(div); the type locality. 

S. melanocephalus Fab. Hudson Co. 
(L1); Newark Dist. (Bf); Lahaway 
(Sm); Westville V (div); Anglesea 
Vin (divs) 


S. pontederize. Chttn. Gloucester V, 
27 (Brn); breeds in roots of pick- 
erel weed (Ch). Fig. 166.—Bill-bug, Sphenophorus 


S. sayi Gyll. Anglesea VII (Sz). : Shia FeOnt site 


S. venatus Say. (placidus Say.) Throughout the State, common, V— 
VII, most abundant along the seashore. 


S. apicalis Lec. Gloucester IV, 24 (W); Avalon VI, 23 (Brn). 


S. parvulus Gyll. Throughout the State, locally not rare V—VII; breeds 
in roots of blue grass (Ch). 


S. minimus Chttn. Atlantic City, Anglesea, in wash-up (W). 


S. marinus Chttn. Ocean Co., on cranberry bogs (Sm); Westfield VI, 
Sea Isle VI; 10 (Brn), type locality; Atlantic City (W); Mr. Chitten- 
den notes “evidently maritime and probably local.” 


S. retusus Gyll. Throughout the State; not common IV and IX. 
S. gagatinus Gyll. “New Jersey” (Coll); probably Newark Dist. 
“Simplex,” Mr. Chittenden says, is a strictly Pacific Coast form. 


CALANDRA Clairv. 
C. oryze Linn. The “rice-weevil’; infests stored grain and is g. d. 


C. granaria Linn. The “grain” or “granary weevil,’ often injurious in 


Calandra granaria.—a, adult ; 6, larva; c, pupa; d@, C. oryza, adult. 
Fig. 167. 


spinosus. 


Scolytus 4 


beetle, 


kory bark 


k of hic 


g. 168.—Wor 


Fi 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 399 


stored grain. Closed bins to keep out the insects and bisulphide of 
carbon to destroy them are the usual measures. 


DRYOPHTHORUS Sch. 


- americanus Bedel. (corticalis Say.) Throughout the State, winter 
and early spring, in very old logs, under bark of pine and in sifting. 


HIMATIUM Woll. 
. errans Lec. Newark district, Berkeley Hts. VII, 6 (Bf). 


COSSONUS Clairv. 


. platalea Say. Palisades V (Lv); Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist (Bf); 
g. d. (W); under bark of trees. 


. concinnus Boh. Chester (Dn); Brown’s Mills V, 12, VII, 1 (Dke). 


. corticola Say. Newark Dist. (Bf); Staten Island IV, 23 (Lg); Spring 
Lake (Ch); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Bf); Anglesea (W); under pine bark. 


. impressifrons Boh. Brigantine, beach and mainland IX (Hn). 


MESITES Sch. 


: subcylindricus Horn. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Bf); Cape May 
VII (Sz); under bark of washed-up pine logs, Anglesea (W). 


PHLCEOPHAGUS Sch. 


. minor Horn. New Jersey (J1); Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark (Bf); Anglesea 
VII (Sz); breeds in dead birch, elm, ash, willow, ete. 


. spadix Hbst. West Bergen, rare (Bf); Brigantine Beach VI, 23 (Brn); 
an imported species not yet commonly found. 


AMAURORHINUS Fairm. 
. parvicollis Casey. New Jersey, in dead wood of various trees (Ch). 


WOLLASTONIELLA CkIl. 


. quercicola Boh. lLandisville (Li); Anglesea VII, 14 (W); breeds in 
dead wood of various trees. 


HEXARTHRUM Woll. 
. ulkei Horn. Newark (Bf). 


RHYNCHOLUS Germ. 
. brunneus Mann. New Jersey (Jl); under bark of wild cherry (Ch). 
. oregonensis Horn. Anglesea (W). 


STENOSCELIS Woll. 


. brevis Boh. Hudson Co. (Ll); Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark Dist. (Bf); Ocean 
Co. V (Sm); breeds in dead wood of most deciduous forest trees. 


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) Family SCOLYTID.. 


Commonly known as “bark beetles.” They are usually cylindrical, or 
nearly so, often with the end of the elytra truncate or armed with teeth 
in the male; the head bent down, often retracted and overshadowed by 
the prothorax, which may be roughened or rugose, and the mouth parts 
forming none or only a very short snout. The legs are generally short, | 
often broad and somewhat flattened, capable of being very closely folded 
to the body. They are all borers in bark, bast or heart-wood, and almost 
every species is aS well characterized by its work as by its structure. 
In the common type of which the “fruit bark beetle’ is an example, the 
adult beetle makes a central gallery on each side of which eggs are laid in 
little recesses. From these eggs hatch grub-like larve, which bore between 
bark and wood, diverging as they increase in size. When these larve 
are full grown they pupate at the end of the boring, and in due time the 
adult emerges through a little round hole. Species of this type usually 
attack trees not quite healthy or badly injured, and when once they have 
secured a footing in an orchard tree it might as well be cut out and 
burned. 

Other species bore into the solid wood, and as readily into healthy as 
sickly trees. Here the galleries are often blackened and serve for the 
propagation of ‘“‘Ambrosia,” a peculiar fungus upon which both larve and 
adult beetles feed. Some of these forms are of extreme interest, and 
their injury is not only direct as affecting the life of the tree, but indirect 
as affecting the value of the wood for timber. 

The classification of the family is in an unsatisfactory condition at 
present. There are many undescribed species and many that are undeter- 
mined in collections. Dr. A. D. Hopkins, of the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, has been studying the group for some years, but has not yet pub- 
lished the results of his labors except in “Dendroctonus.”’ The present 
list, therefore, merely adds a few species, some new localities and a little 
additional information concerning food habits. 


PLATYPUS Hbst. 


P. flavicornis Fab. Sea Isle VII, 4 (Brn); Anglesea V, 21 (div). 


CORTHYLUS Er. 


C. punctatissimus Zimm. Eagle Rock (Bf); Staten Island (Lg); Cape 
May C. H. X, 22, cut out of roots of huckleberry, readily noted by 
yellow dust on surface of ground (W); boring in green sassafras 
(Hpk). 


C. columbianus Hopk. 5-mile beach, cut out of toad stomachs VII, 4; 
bores into healthy oak and other hardwood trees (W). 


M 


M. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 401 


MONARTHRUM Kirsch, 


. fasciatum Say. Throughout the State V—VIII; bores into healthy and 


sick trees in great variety; deciduous and coniferous. 


mali Fitch. With the preceding, but more rare and with an even larger 
range of food plants, including apple; Anglesea IV, 23, brood found 
emerging from oak and other trees (W). 


GNATHOTRICHUS Eich. 


- materarius Fitch. Grenloch, Iona V, 17, entering dying white pine 


(W); probably occurs wherever this tree grows in the State. 


PITYOPHTHORUS Eich. 


. bellus Hich. Iona IV, 30, entering pine (W). 
. minutissimus Zimm. Throughout the State in oak twigs, doing little 


or no damage. Aduits may be cut out any time during the winter. 


. pullus Zimm. New Jersey (Jul); Atco, rare on pine (W). 
. fagi Hopk. New Brunswick, boring in oak twigs (Coll). 
- Sparsus Lec. Orange Mts., rare (Bf); mines in green bark of injured 


or dying pine trunks or branches and hastens death (Hpk). 


. pulicarius Zimm. Bamber VI, 3 (W); Cape May C. H. VIII on pine 


(Sz); breeds in pine twigs (Hpk). 


. puberulus Lec. New Brunswick (Coll); Bamber VI, 3, Anglesea IV, 


27 (W); Cape May C. H. VII (Sz); infests dying terminal twigs of 
pine. 


. querciperda Sch. Hemlock Falls, rare (Bf). 
. frontalis Hopk. Eagle Rock, rare (Bf); New Brunswick in oak twigs 


(Sm). 


There are at least four other undetermined and probably new species 


in collections. 


H. 


H. 


HYPOTHENEMUS Westw. 


. ruficollis Hopk. Gloucester V, 13, Grenloch X, 15, Lahaway III, 26, 


cut out of peach, cherry, etc. (W). 


. atomus Hopk. Westville II, 5, cut out of oak bark (W). 
. eruditus Westw. Orange Mts. (Bf); New Brunswick (Sm); Anglesea 


VII (Sz); breeds in pith and wood of dead vines and twigs in great 
variety. 
hispidulus Lec. New Brunswick from hickory and oak (Sm); cut 
out of sumac (W). 
erectus Lec. New Brunswick from hickory and oak (Sm). 
The species are unsaiisfactorily distinguished, and the last three may 


be partly confused or may represent more distinct forms. 


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402 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


STEPHANODERUS Eich. 
S. dissimilis Zimm. Orange Mts. V, 19 (Bf); New Brunswick (Sm); 
Anglesea (W); bred from grape and oak. 
There are other unnamed species in collections. 


XYLOTERES Er. 


X. politus Say. (unicolor Hich.) Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., rare 
(Bf); Lakewood (Ll); enters into green wood of dying beech, pine, 
etc. 

X. scabricollis Lec. Jamesburg V, 10 (Sm); Grenloch IV, 8, Iona V, 7, 
entering dying white pine (W); Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). 

X. lineatus Oliv. On hemlocks VI, 11 on the Pennsylvania side of the 
Delaware River and sure to occur in North Jersey on the opposite 
bank (W). 


XYLEBORUS Eich. 


X. dispar Fab. Orange Mts., rare (Bf); Jamesburg V, cut from birch 
shoots (Sm); Anglesea (W); infests also hemlock, apple, beech, oak. 

X. pyri Peck. With the preceding and perhaps identical with it. 

X. obesus Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Lakewood (L1); in black oak, beech 
and hemlock timber, causing large black pinholes (Hpk). 

X. affinis Hich. Maurer V, 16, in dead chestnut (Gr). 

X. inermis Hich. Maurer V, 16, in dead chestnut, associated with the 
preceding (Gr). 

X. celsus Hich. Orange Mts. VI (div); at light (Ch); DaCosta (W); 
breeds in hickory. 

X. fuscatus Eich. Orange Mts. (Bf); Ocean Co. (Sm); Woodbury IV, 
5-mile beach IV, 23, in roots and stumps of oak, as a rule in same 
galleries with “pubescens” (W); breeds also in hickory, chestnut and 
pine (Hpk). 

X. xylographus Say. DaCosta, Cape May C. H. V, 26 (W); Anglesea 
VII (Sz); on apple, ironwood and other deciduous trees. 

X., pubescens Zimm. Occurs with and has the same habits as “fus- 
catus’; breeds also on cherry, magnolia, etc. (Hpk). 

X. ceelatus Eich. Camden II, 7 (GQ). 

Mr. Wenzel has an undescribed species from maple, taken in Gloucester 

Co., and on 5-mile beach, in winter and early spring. 


DRYOCCETES Eich. 


D. autggraphus Ratz. Orange Mts. (Bf); mines under green bark of 


logs, stumps, etc., of spruce (Hpk). 


D. granicollis Lec. New Jersey (Jtil); habits as above (Hpk), and also 
found under bark of chestnut, near roots (Ch). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 403 


TOMICUS Latr. 


T. calligraphus Germ. Throughout the State; mines under green bark 
of dead or dying pines (Hpk). 

T. cacographus Lec. With the preceding on pine and spruce. 

T. pini Say. Newark (Bf); DaCosta VI, 2, and still in the wood VII, 7 
(W); Avalon VIII, 2 (GG); infests pine and spruce (Hpk). 


MICRACIS Lec. 


M. asperula Lec. New Jersey (Jil). 

M. opacicollis Lec. Throughout the State, winter and spring, in small 
oak twigs; common. 

M. suturalis Lec. Newark (Bf). 


THYSANOES Lec. 


T. quercus Hopk. Eagle Rock (Bf); infests the bark of dead oak and 
chestnut twigs (Hp). 

T. fimbricornis Lec. Westville VI, 16, Chews Landing VI, 9, on hickory 
and just leaving the wood (W). 


SCOLYTUS Geoff. 


S. quadrispinosus Say. Throughout the State in July; bores under bark 
of feeble or dying hickories and often kills shade trees that would 
otherwise have reccvered under stimulating treatment. 

S. muticus Say. Newark (GG). 

S. rugulosus Ratz. The fruit bark beetle; 
common throughout the State, often hast- 
ening the death of all sorts of fruit trees. 
A tree once thoroughly infested should be 
cut down and destroyed; one just attacked 
may sometimes be saved by stimulating 
treatment. 


CHRAMESUS Lec. 


C. icoriz Lec. Throughout the State V & VI, 
boring under bark of cut or dying hickory 
branches. 


Fig. 169.—Fruit bark-beetle, 
PHLCEOTRIBUS Latr. Scolytus rugulosus; 


enlarged. 


P. liminaris Harr. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange 
Mts. V, 19 (Bf); attacks living peach, plum, cherry (Ch), mining 
under green bark (Hpk). 

P. frontalis Oliv. New Jersey (Jtil); under green bark of Mulberry 
(Hpk). 


404 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


. strigicollis Lec. Orange Mts., g. d. (Bf); 


. dentatus Say. Throughout the _ State, 


. pusillus Gyll. New Jersey (Jiil); infeSts 


. alutaceus Sz. Lahaway III, 26 (W). 


CARPHOBORUS Eich. 


. bifurcus Hich. New Jersey (Jul); said to infest pine. 
. bicristatus Chap. Anglesea (W); normally a floridian species. 


DENDROCTONUS Er. 


. terebrans Oliv. Throughout the State, locally common; mines in 


green bark and turpentine on pine (Hpk), and enters trees late IV 
and early V (W). 


. rufipennis Kirby. Riverton IV, 22 (GG); Lakewood (Ll). 
. valens Lec. Occurs with “terebrans,”’ usually in felled trees within 


two feet from base (W). 


HYLESINUS Fab. 


. aculeatus Say. Throughout the State; common on cut ash (Bf); en- 


ters trees late IV, early V (W); mines under the green bark (Hpk). 


. fasciatus Lec. Clementon V, 20, infests young shoots of healthy 


white ash (W). 


. opaculus Lec. New Jersey (Jil); 5-mile beach IV, 23 (W), mines 


under green bark of elm (Hpk). 


. trifolii Mill. The clover-root borer; g. 


d., but not injurious. 


CNESINUS Lec. 


Westville X, 6, Woodbury VI, 22, Cape 
May C. H. V, 26, cut out of terminal 
twigs of oak (W). 


PHLCGEOSINUS Chap. 


on cedar; entering in June. 


CRYPTURGUS Er. 


pine and spruce, boring in and under 
bark. 


HYLASTES Er. 
porculus Er. Newark (Bf); g. d. (W); 


A “ Fig. 3170.— Clover  root-borer, 
in bark of pine (Hpk). Hylesinus trifolti: a, work of 
the larva in stem and roots. of 

HYLURGOPS Lec. clover plant; natural size; b, 


larva; c, pupa; d, adult beetle; 


. glabratus Zett. New Jersey (Sm); Da- enlarged. 


Costa (GG). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 405 


H. pinifex Fitch. New Jersey (Jtil); Newark (Soc); attacks pine, mining 
in the green bark of dying trees. The relation between these two 
species is not yet settled. 


Family ANTHRIBID. 


In these insects the mouth parts are more distinct, the snout broad, 
obtuse, and the labrum is present. The antenne are not elbowed, but 
are sometimes very long, with an obvious cylindrical club at tip. The 
colors are usually gray or brown, mottled with black, and the insects 
are rather pretty, resembling closely the surfaces on which they are 
found. 

Little is known of their life history. The beetles are usually found on 
dead wood or on tree fungi; but the larva of at least one of our species is 
believed to be a feeder on scale insects, although most of those known 
develop in dry rot decay or in fungi. 


EURYMYCTER Lec. 


E. fasciatus Oliv. Orange Mts. (Bf); Orange, Snake Hill (Jl); Penbryn 
VIII, 2 (Dke); sea coast, always rare (W); Avalon VIII, 2 (GG); Sea 
Isle VI, 26, Seaville VI, 11, Anglesea V, 31 (Brn); on dead twigs. 


TROPIDERES Sch. 
T. bimaculatus Oliv. Newark (Bf). 
T. rectus Lec. Sea coast, rare (W); on dead twigs. 


ALLANDRUS Lec. 


A. bifasciatus Lec. New Jersey, on linden (Jil). 


HORMISCUS Waterh. ‘ 


‘H. saltator Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Bf); Gloucester (W); Da- 
Costa VI, 12, Iona VI, 22, Newtonville VI, 19 (Brn); Anglesea VII 
(Sz); always rare; breeds in dead wood of deciduous trees( Ch). 


H. sp. nov. Schwarz. Anglesea VII (Sz). 


TOXOTROPIS Lec. 
T. pusillus Lec. Anglesea (W). 


EUSPHYRUS Lec. 


E. walshii Lec. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts., Newark Dist. (Bf); 
Highlands (Ch); Gloucester (W); Westville VII, 2 (GG); Avalon VI, 
23 (Brn); breeds in dead wood of deciduous trees (Ch). 


PIEZOCORYNUS Sch. 


P. mixtus Lec. Seashore (W); Avalon VI, VIII (div); Ocean City VII, 
Sea Isle VI (Brn); Anglesea (Li); on old logs and under bark. 


P. moestus Lec. Brigantine Beach IX, rare (Hn). 


406 REPORT) OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


ANTHRIBUS Geoff. 


A. cornutus Say. Jamesburg VII (Bf); DaCosta VI, 8 (Brn); Atco V, 
10, Cape May C. H. V, 26 (W). 


CRATOPARIS Sch. 


Cc. lunatus Fab. Throughout the State, V, VII, VIII, on tree fungus and 
dead trees; develops in fungus-attacked logs and stumps (Ch). 


BRACHYTARSUS Sch. 


B. alternatus Say. “New Jersey” (Jl); Ft. Lee (Sf); Hudson Co. (Ll). 

B. tomentosus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll); common throughout So. Jersey 
(W). 

B. plumbeus Lec. Highlands (Ch). 


B. variegatus Say. Salt meadows (Bf); throughout the State south of 
the Piedmont Plain V—VII; breeds in smut of corn (Ch). 


ANTHRIBULUS Lec. 


A. rotundatus Lec. Ft. Lee (Sf); Newark, Orange Mts. (Bf); Atco V, 
21, Newtonville VII, 9 (Brn); DaCosta VIII, 14, Anglesea (W). 


ARAZCOCERUS Sch. 


A. fasciculatus DeG. On dried fruits and similar stores (Ch). 


CHORAGUS Kirby. 


Cc. sayi Lec. Orange Mts., Jamesburg (Bf). 
Cc. zimmermani Lec. Fort Lee (Sf); Hemlock Falls (Bf). 


Order LEPIDOPTERA. 


This order contains the butterflies and moths or “millers,” characterized 
by the scaly covering or clothing which, except in rare instances, covers 
both body and wings. The wings are usu- 
ally of good size, and both pairs are used in 
flight. In the butterflies the primaries or 
forewings are as large or larger in area 
than the secondaries, in the moths the 
opposite is the case; but there are excep- 
tions to both rules, and in some groups the 
females tend to lose the wings altogether. 
The head is connected with the thorax by 
a distinct neck, and the mouth parts are 
developed into a long, tube-like tongue 

Fig, 171-__Wing ‘scales “of coiled between the palpi when at rest and 

Lepidoptera. used only for sucking up liquid food. In 

the adult stage the insects are therefore 

harmless, and the day fliers or butterflies add much to the beauty of the 

fields and roads by their bright coloring, when flitting from flower to 
flower in the sunshine. 

In the early or larval stages the insects are caterpillars, with mouth 
parts formed for chewing, feeding mostly upon foliage or growing vegeta- 
tion, and therefore injurious. Whenever they feed openly, arsenical or 
other stomach poisons are available against them, and indeed only in 
exceptional cases can any others be satisfactorily used. 

Little has been added to the list in the “Macrolepidoptera” since the 
previous edition was published. A comparatively few species have been 
found whose presence was previously suspected or whose range has been 
somewhat extended by col- 
lections, but in the “micro- 
lepidoptera” there have 
been great changes. Since 
1899 Dietz, Busck, Kear- 
fott and others have de- 
scribed numerous species 
and have written revisions 
of genera that have 
changed the appearance of 
our lists. The work of 
these students has been 
incorporated and used, as 
appears under the special 
families to which they have contributed. While there will probably be 
many more species added in some of these families, they are in very 
much better shape than they were in the previous list, and include the 
species more likely to be found by the ordinary collector. 


(407 ) 


Fig. 172.—Section through a butterfly tongue, show: 
ing how it is made up and how the 
two halves are locked. 


408 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


No important change in general arrangement has been made in this 
edition, and such changes as have been necessary are connected with the 
previous work in the usual way. 


Super-family PAPILIONOIDEA. 


Includes the day-fliers or butterflies, characterized by having the an- 
tenne enlarged into a club at tip, whence they have also been called 
“Rhopalocera” or club-horned. They are usually of moderate or large 
size, brightly colored and marked, and the wings, when at rest, are held 
upright or vertical, the faces opposing each other, except in the skippers 
or “Hesperide,’ where the fore-wings are held vertically and the hind 
wings are held horizontally. 

Dr. Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, has been good enough to look over 
the manuscript in this super-family and to verify such determinations as 
seemed questionable. He has also added a number of records and notes 
from his own experience. 


Family NYMPHALID. 


These are the four-footed butterflies, in which the anterior feet are so 
much aborted as to be useless for any purpose. The pupz are suspended 
by the tail alone and are frequently ornamented by metallic gold and 
silver spots. 


DANAIS Latr. 


D. plexippus Linn. Occurs throughout the State, May to November; 
sparingly before midsummer, commonly until late September. The 
larva feeds on milkweeds, and there are three broods. The chrysalis 
is bright green with golden spots, and forms a conspicuous. object. 
This butterfly migrates in late fall and winters as an adult in the 
Southwest. In May, scattering females return and provide for the 
first brood of larve, the butterflies from which remain here, lay eggs 
and provide for the second brood of larve. These develop in the 
same way, the adults also remain at home and provide for the third 
and largest brood of the season. The adults that hatch from this 
brood of larve have the migrating instinct developed, make no at- 
tempt to reproduce their kind and leave in great swarms in late 
September and early October for their winter home. They do not 
reproduce there, and only the females return to their place of birth 
in the spring following. 


AGRAULIS Bd.—Lec. 


A. vanilla Linn. Cape May; 7-mile beach; Camden County; an occa- 
sional visitor only, and may not breed in the State at all; the larva 
feeds on “Passifiora.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 409 


EUPTOIETA Doubl. 5 


claudia Cram. From Cape May to Jersey City and south of the red- 

shale line to the Delaware, June to October. There are three broods, 
and the larva feeds on violets, mandrake, passion “flower, Portulacea, 
Sedum and Desmodium. Mr. Davis reports it extremely rare on 
Staten Island; but other collectors report it as locally and season- 
ally common. 


ARGYNNIS Fab. 


idalia Dru. Throughout the State and locally common, from late June 

into September, favoring swampy meadows. The form “ashtaroth”’ 
Fisher has been taken by Mr. Angelman at Schooley’s Mountain. 
The larve of all the species of this genus feed on violets. 


. cybele Fab. Throughout the State from early June to late Septem- 


ber; less numerous in the northern areas than in the south, where 
it is the most abundant of the larger species. 


aphrodite Fab. Occurs with “cybele” north of the red shale line and 

more abundant in the hills of the extreme north. Mr. Davis records 
a single example from Staten Island, VI, 29. Records south of these 
points are Camden, Moorestown, Westville (Carney), but these may 
need verification. 


. myrina Cram. Common throughout the State, May to September and 


probably 3-brooded. 


. bellona Fab. Throughout the State, June to September; more com- 


mon northwardly. 


PHYCIODES Doubl. 


nycteis Db—Hew. Recorded from Hopatcong and Greenwood Lake 
to Mount Holly, all dates in June and July. Not usually a common 
species. Larva on aster, sunflower and “Actinomeris.” 

tharos Dru. Common throughout the State and throughout the sea- 
son, probably three-brooded. The form “marcia” Edw. appears in 
May and June and produces the form “morpheus” Edw., from which, 
in turn, “marcia” again appears. The larva feeds on asters. 

batesii Reak. Recorded only from Gloucester, in the original descrip- 
tion and apparently not found since. 


MELITAEZA Fab. 


. pheton Dru. Throughout the State, in swampy meadows, sometimes 


locally abundant. The larva hibernates, becomes full grown in May 
or early June, and the adult is on the wing until early July. Food 
plants are “Lonicera,” “Chelone,”’ “Viburnum,” ‘Mimulus,”’ ‘“Plan- 
tago,” “Gerardia,” etc. 


harrisii Scudd. Orange Mts. (Soc); Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron); Hewitt 
VI, 19 (Ds). The larva on asters. 


410 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


, 7 GRAPTA Kirby. 


G. interrogationis Fab. Occurs throughout the State and throughout 
the season; not uncommon. The adult hibernates, begins to oviposit 
in May and there are three broods. It occurs in two forms, “‘fabricii”’ 
and “umbrosa,” which are not seasonal, but may and do occur to- 
gether in midsummer. The larve feed on “Celtis,” elm, hop, nettle, 
basswood and other trees. 


Fig. 173.—Grapta comma: a, egg chain; b, larva; c, chry- 
salis; d, adult: all natural size except a. 


G. comma Harr. Also recorded from all sections of the State and 
throughout the season; but less abundant and more local. Also 
hibernates and occurs in two forms, “harrisii” (winter) and “dryas” 
(summer). Food plants are much as before, save that hop is the 
favorite. Mr. Grossbeck records it on false nettle near Paterson in 
September. 


G. faunus W. H. Edw. Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron), Westwood IX, 10 (Mit- 
chell), and locally in the hilly sections of northern Jersey. The 
larva on birch, willow, currant and gooseberry. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. AII 


G. progne Cram. Local throughout the northern half of the State; but 
a single ¢ has been recorded at Camden IV, 24, by Carney. Hiber- 
nated specimens occur in March and April and fresh examples in 
midsummer. The larva is recorded from currant and gooseberry. 


G. j-album Bd.—Lec. Local throughout the State, though much more 
frequent northwardly. Lakehurst IX, 17 (Ds), and Barnegat City 
VIII, 16 (Br), are the most southern localities given, and as with 
the others there are two broods. Mr. Davis records that about one- 
half the specimens taken on Staten Island have been found in dwell- 
ings, and it is more apt to come within doors than any other of our 
native butterflies. The larva is recorded from birch. 


VANESSA Fabr. 


V. antiopa Linn. Common throughout the State and almost throughout 
the year, the hibernating examples being sometimes seen during mild 
days even in mid-winter. The spiny caterpillar feeds in colonies on 
willow, poplar, elm and celtis, and sometimes in numbers sufficient 
to attract attention. It is easily controlled by arsenites. The aber- 
ration “lintneri” has been taken at Camden VIII, 4, by Mr. Carney. 

V. milberti Gdt. Orange Mts. and northward VI, VII and IX; one ex- 
ample only, recorded at Camden XI, 9 (Carney). Mr. Davis records 
two examples on Staten Island, both in October. Other specific local- 
ities are Lyons Farms VII (Bz); Swartswood Lake, VII, 25 (Ds); 
Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron); Paterson, VII, 20, VIII, 13 (Gr). Larva on 
nettle. 


PYRAMEIS Doubl. 


P. atalanta Linn. Throughout the State and all seasons; locally com- 
mon. Becomes most abundant in September and hibernates as an 
adult. Two-brooded, the larva on hop and nettle. 

P. huntera Fab. Throughout the State, common, May to November and 
hibernating exampies occasionally in other months. There are two 
broods, and the larva feeds on nettle, thistle, burdock, sunflower, 
everlasting, etc. 

P. cardui Linn. Throughout the State, May to October, usually most 
abundant in September. T'wo-brooded, adult hibernates, food plants 
thistle, burdock, sunflower, hollyhock and others. 


JUNONIA Doubl. 


P. coenia Hbn. More or less generally distributed south of the red shale 
and sometimes common in late summer in Cape May and other 
southern shore counties. Occasional in the Orange Mts. (div); Ft. 
Lee (Bt); Paterson VIII, 22 (Gr), Westwood (Mitchell) and Somer- 
set County. It is two-brooded; flies from May to November, and the 
larva feeds on plantain, snapdragon and Gerardia. 


412 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


LIMENITIS Fabr. 


L. ursula Gdt. More or less common throughout the State, May to Sep- 
tember. The larva hibernates, becomes full grown early in May and 
produces adults late May and June. Second brood adults appear in 
late July and continue to September. Food plants are apple, plum, 
cherry, willow, poplar, oak, thorn, huckleberry, etc. 


var. albofascia Newe. Staten Island VIII, 25 (Ds); East Brunswick 
VII, 29 (Dow); Hoboken (Wr); Chester VIII (Dn). This variety has 
probably been mistaken for “arthemis” in times past, and by its com- 
plete white fascia it resembles that species quite strongly. 


L. arthemis Dru. Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron); Andover VIII (Kr). It is 
probable that this is occasionally found among the hills in the ex- 
treme northern parts of the State; the larva on willow and thorn. 


L. proserpina W. H. Edw. An occasional companion of the preceding 
and generally believed to be a variety of it. Others believe it to be 
a distinct species, feeding on apple, and so I have listed it here. 


L. archippus Cram. More or less common throughout the State VI-X. 
Hibernates as larva, which becomes full grown in May and produces 
adults in June; second brood from late July on. Larva on apple, 
plum, thorn, willow, poplar, oak, gooseberry, huckleberry, ete. 


APATURA Fabr. 


A. clyton Bd.—Lec. Larva numerous on “Celtis” at Maplewood (Doll). 


Family SATYRID/. 


These are the woodland butterflies—modest gray or blackish species 
with eye-spots above and below and the veins at the base of the wings 
inflated. They are brush-footed as completely as the previous family, 
and the chrysalis is suspended by the tail alone. There are no injurious: 
species. 


DEBIS Westw. 


D. portlandia Fab. Local throughout the State; not rare. Newfound- 
land VII, 27 (Ds); Paterson VII, 16, VIII, 17 (Gr); Elizabeth VII 
(Bz); 5-mile beach VII (Haim). There is only a single brood (Bt) 
and the larva feeds on grasses. Mr. Davis says the species is not. 
found on Staten Island. 


NEONYMPHA Westw. 


N. canthus Bd. Lec. Oceurs throughout the State, June to September, 
but hardly common. Specific records extend from Hopatcong to 
Cape May and in every summer month. The larva feeds on grasses, 
and Mr. Beutenmuller gives one brood only. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 413 


N. phocion Fab. 5-mile beach VI (Haim); 7-mile beach, Atlantic City 
(Aaron); DaCosta VII, 17, common (Lt); Toms River VII, 27, Brown’s 
Mills Je. VII, 12 (Dke); Jones Mill VI, 21 (Stone); Morristown (Ed- 
wards). The larva is said to feed on grasses. 

N. eurytus Fab. Throughout the State in and around open woodland. 
It is the most common of our species and on the wing from late May 
to early September. Mr. Beutenmuller says there is one brood only, 
the larva feeding on grasses. 

N. mitchelli French. Dover, VI (Jn), and no other more recent cap- 
tures. 

N. sosybius Fab. Mount Holly (Aaron), and occasional in southern New 
Jersey. The larva on grasses. 


SATYRUS Westw. 


S. alope Fab. Common throughout the State from June to September. 
The typical form occurs sparingly in the northern section—is the 
more common in the centre of the State and along the Delaware, and 
becomes less common in the sandy coastal plain. 

var. maritima W. H. Edw. This is the common form in Cape May 
County, VIJ-IX, is at least as common as the type at Jamesburg, but 
is rare in the Orange Mountains and wanting in the north. 

var. nephele Kirby. Tends to replace the typical form in the north 
and is common in Sussex, Warren and Morris Counties. All forms 
from typical “alope” to typical ‘‘nephele’” occur at Chester. The 
larve are grass feeders. 


Family LIBYTHEID. 


Includes only a single species, which differs from all the rest of our 
butterflies by the long palpi, projected straight forward so as to give the 
appearance of a snout or beak. 


LIBYTHEA Fab. 


L. bachmani Kirtl. Local and sometimes common. Hopatcong (Pm); 
Ft. Lee VII and VIII (div); Newark (Soc); Staten Island VIII, 11, IX, 
15, three specimens only (Ds); Gloucester (Aaron); Camden VII, 9 
(Carney); Avalon VII, 4 (Kp); Lakehurst VII, 21 (Ds). The larva 
feeds on hackberry. 


Family ERYCINIDA. 


The forelegs in the male are aborted, in the female complete. The 
family is a small one at best, and has only a single representative in the 
State. It was called ‘“Lemoniide” in the last edition. 


414 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CALEPHELIS Grt. & Rob. 


C. borealis Grt. & Rob. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Newton, VII, 18 
(Wright); Springdale VII, 10 (Gr). More specimens of this species 
occurred in 1907 than were ever before taken in the State. 


Family LYCASNIDZ. 


These are the blues, coppers and hair-streaks, so named from the colors. 
of the upper surface or the markings of the underside. They are small 
in size, with slender bodies and somewhat fragile wings. In the male 
the anterior tarsi are more or less aborted, but in the female they are 
complete. The caterpillars are often slug-like in form, the chrysalis is 
somewhat constricted centrally, and is girthed by a silken thread at the 
middle as well as fastened by the tail. 


THECLA Fab. 


T. halesus Cram. Cape May, Gloucester, Westville (Aaron); Newark 
(Soc); a southern species of very occasional occurrence. The larva 


on oaks. 


T. m-album Bd.—Lec. Atlantic City (Aaron); Orange Mts. IV, 28 (Br); 
Lake Hopatcong VII, 5 (Franck); also a southern species. The larva 
on oak and “Astragalus.” 


T. favonius Sm. Abb. Anglesea (Sm), IX, 1 (Haim). 


Teeemie linus. Lt bm: Locally, 
throughout the State, V—IX. 
Paterson VIII, 3-17 (Gr); 
Orange Mts. VII (Wat); 
Staten Island V-IX (Ds); 
Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz); 
Camden VI, 17, IX, 17 (Car- 
ney); 5-mile beach, VII, 
4-20 (Haim); Cape May, IX 
(Sk). The larva feeds on 
hop and bean and is two- 


brooded (Bt). Si, 
rey) Fig. 174.—Thecla melinus; c, adult from above; 
T. acadica W. H. Edw. Hewitt dd, same with wings closed showing under 


VI (Jtl); Greenwood Lake surface; a, larva; b, pupa: all some- 

VI (Bt) The jJarva on what enlarged; e, egg, greatly en- 
; . larged. 

willow. — 


T. edwardsii Saund. Newark VII, 4, abundant (Br); Newfoundland VII, 
3 (Ds); Hewitt VI (Jtl); Jamesburg VII, 4. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. AI5 


T. calanus Hbn. Throughout the State. Hopatcong VII, 4, abundant 
about hickory; Paterson VI, 24, VII, 4 (Gr); Newark V-—VIII: (div); 
Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4 
(Sk); Camden VIII, 1 (Carney); 5-mile beach VII, 3 (Haim). Single 
brooded (Bt), the larva on oak, hickory, chestnut, walnut. 


T. liparops Bd.—Lece. Westmont VII (Mitchell); Newark (Soc); Eliza- 
beth (Bwl); Jamesburg VII, 4; Lakehurst VII, 21 (Ds); 5-mile beach 
VII, 17-26 (Haim). The larva on oak, holly, thorn, plum and apple. 
The variety “strigosa” occurs with the type. 


T. damon Cram. Throughout the State, locally common. Westmont V, 
19, 20 (Mitchell); Plainfield, Passaic Valley, Greenwood Lake, Lake 
Hopatcong, Del. Water Gap, only where red cedar grows, V, VI and 
VIII (Bt); Orange Mts. IV, 25-VIII, 1 (div); Paterson V, 11—-VII, 27 
(Gr); Morris Plains (Jn); Staten Island V, 8 (Ds); Laurel Springs 
IV, 29 (Hoyer); 5-mile beach VII (div). Food plants for larva are 
cedar and “Smilax rotundifolia.” 


var. patersonia Brehme. Type locality Paterson VII, 25 (Gr). 
T. cecrops Fab. Manasquan VI, 29 (Brehme); 1 ¢ only. 


T. augustus Kirby. Paterson IV, 8, 22; Milltown IV, 29, abundant (Gr); 
Hemlock Falls IV, 30, V, 30 (Bz); Staten Island, IV and V, formerly 
abundant, but of late years more rare (Ds); South Amboy (Bt); 
Jamesburg V (Sm); Gloucester, Westville IV, 25 (Sk); Mt. Holly 
(Aaron); Clementon V, 10 (div); Laurel Springs IV, 29 (Hoyer). 


T. irus Gdt. Orange Mts. IV and V, not rare (div); Staten Island IV 
and V (Ds); Gloucester, in pine woods IV, V (Aaron); Westville V 
(Sk); Clementon V, 16 (Jn); Anglesea, common V, 1 (Lt); 5-mile 
beach IV, 26-VI (Haim); Jamesburg V (Sm). The larva feeds on 
wild plum and huckleberry. 


T. polios Cook & Watson. Type locality Lakewood IV, 21 and 27; also 
taken at Lakehurst in April and May by Davis and Grossbeck; Mill- 
town IV, 22 (Gr); Brown’s Mills V, 12, Manumuskin IV, 29, Lucaston 
IV, 10 (Dke). Larva on bear-berry “Arctostaphylos uva-ursi’ (Cook). 


T. henrici Grt. & Rob. Staten Island V, 23 (Br); South Amboy (Bt); 
Jamesburg V (Sm); Westville (Aaron). The larva feeds on plum 
and cherry. 


T. niphon Hbn. In pine woods IV and V (Bt); common in May, 1881, 
along a sandy road and none have been seen since, Staten Island 
(Ds); Jamesburg V (Sm); Gloucester, Mount Holly (Aaron); West- 
ville IV, 29, Camden VI, 18 (Sk); Riverton (Jn); Clementon V, 9 (Lt); 
5-mile beach V, 7 (Haim). The larva feeds on pine. 


T. titus Fab. Westmont VII, 8-29 (Mitchell); Dover VII, 16 (Jn); Lake 
Hopatcong (Pm, Bt); Paterson VII, 17 (Gr); Snake Hill (Bt), James- 
burg VII, 4 (div); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds). The larva feeds on 
plum and wild cherry. 


416 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


FENISECA Grt. 


F. tarquinius Fab. Occurs throughout the State, but is local and nowhere 
common. The larva is one of the few predatory caterpillars and feeds 
on “Schizoneura tessellata,” one of the woolly lice on alder. It is 
found throughout the summer and Mr. Beutenmuller records three 
broods. ; 


CHRYSOPHANUS Doubl. 


C. thoe Bd.—Lee. Local and not common in the northern part of the 
State; Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron); Paterson VI, 12, VIII, 3 (Gr); Newark 
district IX (div); Secaucus, on salt meadows (Sb); Elizabeth IX 
(Bz); Staten Island VI, 20, IX, 12 (Ds). Mr. Beutenmuller records 
two broods, VI and VII and VIII and IX. The larva on “Polygonum” 
and “‘Rumex.” 


C. epixanthe Bd—Lec. Newark 1 specimen (Erb); Jamesburg VII, 4 
(div); DaCosta (Aaron); Brown’s Mills Je. VI, 17 (Dke); Lakehurst, 
common in swamps where there are cranberry plants (Ds). 


C. hypophlzeeus Bdv. Common throughout the State from May to October. 
This is the common little copper butterfly that flutters about in fields 
everywhere; the larve on sorrel and clover, but never in injurious 
numbers. 


LYCAENA Fab. 


L. ladon Cram. (pseudargiolus Bd.—Lec.) Common throughout the 
State, but somewhat local. The forms “lucia” Kirby, ‘marginata” 
Edw., and “violacea” Edw., occur in April and May; the forms 
‘neglecta” Edw., and “pseudargiolus Bd.—Lec., are found throughout 
the summer and until September. According to Beutenmuller the 
winter form lays eggs in the flower of dog-wood, ‘Cornus florida;”’ 
the following brood oviposits on the flower stem of black snake-root 
“Cimicifuga racemosa’; the fall brood occurs on ‘“Actinomeris.” 
Other recorded food plants are wild bean, “Apios tuberosa,” “Spirzea,” 
“Ceanothus americana” and “Ilex.” 


L. comyntas Gdt. The commonest of our little blues, occuring every- 


where from May to September. There are three broods during the 
season, the larva on clover, “Lespedeza,”’ “Desmodium” and “Pha- 


seolus.” 

The two species, ‘‘couperii” Grt., and “scudderii’ W. H. Edw., recorded 
in the last edition as probably occuring in New Jersey, have not been 
actually taken in the thorough collecting that has been done in the State 
and are therefore omitted. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. AI7 


Family PIERID/A. 


This family includes the “cabbage butterflies,’ and among them are the 
most serious pests of this series. The butterflies are white or yellow, of 
good size, the wings generally more or less black-bordered and with black 
discal spots. The fore tarsi are complete in both sexes, hence these, in 
common with the following families, are six-footed butterflies. The 
chrysalis is angulated and’ girthed at its middle as well as fastened at 
the tail. : 

The caterpillars are cylindrical, usually green, often velvety in ap- 
pearance, without spines or other processes. Some feed on cabbages 
and cruciferous plants generally, others on clovers and leguminous plants. 
When these caterpillars occur on cabbage and similar cultivated plants 
they may be dealt with by arsenites, applied early in the season. If Paris 
green is used there should be one pound of resin soap to each 100 gal- 
lons of water to give better adhesion. If arsenate of lead is used it 
should be applied with force in a fine spray; but even here the soap 
will be an advantage. 


PIERIS Schranck. 


P. protodice Bdv. Occurs through- 
out the State south of the red 
shale line and sometimes a lit- 
tle to the north of it. Lake 
Hopatcong (Pm) and Pater- 
son VII, 22-80 (Gr), are the 
only records from the north- 
ern part of the State. Some 
seasons it is very common 
throughout its range, and then 
for several years in succession 
only isolated examples are Fig. 175.—Pieris protodice: female adult; 
seen, or it may be entirely natural size. 
absent. 

The variety ‘“vernalis’” W. H. Edw., has been taken at Paterson VII, 26 
(Gr); Riverton IV, 16 (Jn); Camden V (Carney) and 5-mile beach V 
(Haim). ' 

Eggs were found on pepper plants by Mr. Grossbeck VIII, 28, and 
crucifere generally are known as food plants of the species. 


P. oleracea Badv. Paterson V, 5 (Gr); Camden (Carney); occurs occa- 
sionally throughout the State, but more frequently in the northern 
portion. It is our native cabbage butterfly, which has been almost 
exterminated and driven out by the imported species. Only occa- 
sional examples are now found by collectors; in some years none at 
all. 

P. rapz Linn. March to November, throughout the State. This is the 
common cabbage butterfly, introduced from Europe, and which has 


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418 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


replaced the native species. The larva is always abundant on and 
sometimes very injurious to cabbage, cauliflower and other crucifer- 
ous plants. It is kept in check by applications of arsenical poisons. 


G 
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\ 


SY 


N hy, 
ft se 


SESS 


Fig. 176.—The cabbage butterfly, Pieris rape: a, female 
adult; b, egg from top and side; c, larva; d, chry- 
salis: a, c and d slightly enlarged; b, greatly 
enlarged. 


var. immaculata Sk. & Aaron. Riverton IV, 16 (Jn); Paterson V, 2 
(Gr). This is a spring form in which the spots are much reduced or 
wanting, and which has been mistaken for “oleracea.” 


ANTHOCHARIS Bdv. 


A. genutia Fab. Local, throughout the State in April and May. Del. 
Water Gap, Ramapo Mts. (Bt); Great Notch V, 7, Little Falls Vv, 
14 (Ds); Paterson IV, 27-V, 20, eggs on “Arabis lyrata” V, 11-18, 
larve V, 19-VI, 26 (Gr); Orange Mt. Dist. (div); Westville, Mt. 
Holly, 7-mile beach (Aaron); Timber Creek, Riverton (Jn); Laurel 
Springs IV, 29 (Hoyer). The larva feeds on “Arabis” and “Sisym- 
brium.” 

CATOPSILIA Hbn. 


C. eubule Linn. Occasionally common in September in the southern sea- 
shore counties and flies northward for long distances. It is recorded 
from Chester (Dn), Ft. Lee (Bt), Newark (div), Staten Island (Ds), 
and many points to the southward. It is our most conspicuous and 
largest butterfly of this family, and the larva feeds on “Cassia,” 
which is very abundant in Cape May County. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 419 


COLIAS Fab. 
ceesonia Stoll. The ‘‘dog’s head butterfly.” Taken on Staten Island 
in June and July, 1896, and not since recorded. It is common further 
south and west, and the larve feed on clover and “Amorpha.”’ 


C. euytheme Bdv. Mt. Holly (Aaron); Camden (Carney); Long Island 
(Bt); Staten Island X, 20, 1900 (Ds). Very occasional and hardly a 
regular inhabitant of the State. It is common in the Central States, 
and the larve feed on clover and allied plants. 

C. philodice Gdt. The common sulphur yellow butterfly, which occurs 
throughout the State from early spring to late fall. The larva feeds 
on leguminous plants, preferably clover, and while quite abundant, has 
never yet become injurious. 


9 


TERIAS Swains. 


T. nicippe Cram. Local throughout the State, rarely common, in May 
and June and again in September and October. Specific records are 
Orange Mt. Dist. (div); Waverly (Br); Elizabeth IX, 14 (Gr); Staten 
Island VI (Ds); Mt. Holly, Westville, Atlantic City (Aaron); Cam- 
den (Carney); 5-mile beach (Haim). The larva feeds on clover and 
“Cassia.” 


T. lisa Bdv.—Lee. Throughout the State; but rather local and rarely 
common north of the red shale. It is the most common butterfly at 
Anglesea and along the shore in Cape May County in September, 
occurring generally where its food plant, ‘Cassia,’ is plentiful. The 
early butterflies in June, the later broods in August and September. 
Belated examples have been taken in October, and there is no time 
during the summer when it is not likely to be met with along shore. 


Family PAPILIONIDAS. 


These are the swallow-tail butterflies; all of them of large size, con- 
spicuously marked, the hind wings with a tail-like extension, which gives 
them their common name. The legs are all complete, fitted for walking, 
and the antenne are situated close together on the vertex. The cater- 
pillars are unique in the possession of a protrusible fleshy process be- 
tween the thoracic segments which, when extended, gives off an intense- 
ly disagreeable odor. These processes are called ‘“‘osmateria,’ and are 
supposed to be defensive in character. The chrysalids are girthed at the 
middle as well as fastened at the tail. 


PAPILIO Linn. 


P. ajax Linn. Local throughout the State, but usually only single ex- 
amples at long intervals. The larva feeds on paw-paw, and wher- 
ever this food plant does not occur the butterfly is a visitor merely. 
Specific records are from Newfoundland VII (Ds); Hemlock Falls 
VII, 1 (Br); Newark district (div); Staten Island VI, VII, VIII (Ds); 
Anglesea (W). 


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P. philenor Linn. Throughout the State, sometimes common; the larva 
on the “Dutchman’s pipe,” “Aristolochia sipho,’”’ which it sometimes 
defoliates completely. There are three broods and specimens occur 
from May to October; one record, by Mr. Davis, as late as Novem- 
ber 2. 


P. polyxenus Fab. Throughout the State, April to October, and the 
most common of our swallow-tail butterflies. The larve feed on 
carrot, parsley, celery and similar plants, and are sometimes abund- 
ant enough in gardens to be injurious. Hand-picking is usually the 
most satisfactory method of control, though arsenate of lead is 
effective where it can be safely used. 


P. palamedes Dru. Fairview, fide Wrms. A ragged specimen, visitor 
rather than native. 


P. troilus Linn. Not rare throughout the State, April to October, wher- 
ever the food plants occur. Feeds on sassafras, spice-bush and 
“Laurus.” 


P. turnus Linn. Throughout the State, sometimes common, May to Sep- 
tember. It is the largest of our common butterflies, conspicuous by 
its yellow color and black transverse bands. There is a black 
variety of the female, known as “glaucus,’ which is rare in New 
Jersey, but more abundant to the south and west. The larva feeds 
on a great variety of orchard and other trees, but is never plentiful 
enough to cause injury. 


P. thoas Linn. Very occasional throughout the State and even larger 
than the “turnus.” Records of actual captures are from Paterson 
VIII, 12 (Gr); Ft. Lee (Bt), Newark and Orange Mts. (div); Staten 
Island VIII, IX (Ds); New Brunswick (Sm); Trenton (Aaron). The 
larva feeds on orange, prickley ash and hop-tree (Ptella); in Florida 
it is known as the “Orange dog.” 


Family HESPERID. 


These are the “skippers,” so called because of their low, jerky flight. 
They are usually small, stout butterflies, with tawny, black or smoky 
wings, which may or may not be spotted or marked with black or white. 
The head is broad between the eyes, the antenne are widely separated at 
the point of insertion, their club gradual and pointed, usually a little 
recurved at tip. All the legs are fully developed. At rest these butter- 
flies have the forewings vertical as in the preceding families, but the hind 
wings are held horizontally. 


The larve have large heads, separated by a distinct neck from the rest 
of the body, and they feed mostly on grasses, none of them being of 
economic importance. The pupe are rounded, usually more or less incased 
in a slight cocoon and thus somewhat resembling the moths. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 421 


ANCYLOXYPHA Feld. 


A. numitor Fab. Common throughout the State, May to September; the 
larva three brooded, feeding on grasses. 


PAMPHILA Fab. 


P. massasoit Scudd. Westmont VII, 8—VIII, 7 (Mitchell); Paterson VII, 
7 (Gr); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth VII, in fresh water 
swamps (Bz); Jamesburg VII, 4 (div); Camden (Carney); Gloucester 
VII, VIII (Aaron); swamp near Westville VII, 3-10 (Sk, Lt). 


var. suffusa Laurent. Westville VII, 4. 


P. zabulon Bd.—Lec. Quite generally distributed, but seems local and 
not common. Westmont VIII, 28 (Mitchell); Paterson VI, 8, 14 (Gr); 
Newark and Orange Mts. V, 29-VI, 10, VIII, IX, 10 (div); Staten 
Island V, VI, VIII, IX, X (Ds); Cape May V, 30 (Sk); 5-mile beach VI, 
19-VIII, 21 (Haim). 

P. hobomok Harr. Westmont V, 28-VII, 5 (Mitchell); Paterson, V, 11 
(Gr); Staten Island V, VI, VII (Ds); Newark V, 15—VI, 15 (Bz); and 
probably local throughout the State. 

var. pocahontas Scudd. Sometimes common in the hilly portions of 
the State in May and June. 

P. sassacus Harr. Hopatcong (div); Westmont VI (Mitchell); New- 
foundland V, 29; Staten Island V, VI (Ds); Newark and Orange Mts. 
V, VI (div); Plainfield (Sk); Trenton (Ds). 

P. metea Scudd. Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron); Westmont V, 19 (Mitchell); 
Hemlock Falls V, 15 (Sb, Bz); Staten Island VI, Newfoundland V, 
19-27, Lakehurst V, 20-27 (Ds); Clementon V, 10, on sand myrtle 
(div). 

P. attalus W. H. Edw. Lakehurst VII, 17 (Bz); Clementon VIII, 3 (Fox); 
DaCosta VII, 19 (W); Manumuskin (Dke). 

P. leonardus Harr. Quite generally distributed, but not common, in 
August and September. Records are from every section of the State. 

P. campestris Bdv. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc); Camden VIII, IX 
(Carney); Mt. Holly (Aaron); Cape May IX (Sk); 5-mile beach VII, 
26, IX, 20 (Haim); locally common. | ‘ 

P. phylzeus Dru. Hopatcong VIII, 29 (Ds); Bayonne X (Bt); Atlantic 
City (Aaron); 5-mile beach VIII, 20 (Haim); not common. 

P. brettus Lec. Camden 1 ? VIII, 10, 2 ¢ IX, 7 (Carney). 

P. otho Sm. Abb. and its var. “egeremet” Scudd. Quite general through- 
out the State and locally common. Hopatcong (Pm); Newfoundland 
VII, 5, Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Newark Dist. (div); Camden, Mer- 
chantville VII (Carney); Gloucester (Aaron); Lakehurst VII, 29 (Ds); 
5-mile beach VI, 3, VIII, 27 (Haim). 

P. peckius Kirby. Common throughout the State from May to Septem- 
ber; two brooded. 


422 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


P. mystic Scudd. G. d. throughout the northern part of the State, V, VI, 
and again VIII, [IX (Bt); Orange Mts. and Newark Dist. (div); Eliza- 
beth VI (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); Trenton, Schooley’s Mt. (Aaron). 


P. cernes Bd. Lec. Common throughout the State V-IX; two brooded. 


P. manataaqua Scudd. Westmont VII (Mitchell); Newark (Soc); Staten 
Island V, VI, VII (Ds); Elizabeth VI, 20—-VII, 30 (Bz); Camden, Mer- 
chantville VII, VIII (Carney); Gloucester (Aaron). Local and no- 
where common. 


P. verna W.H. Edw. Hopatcong, Ft. Lee Dist. VI, VII in meadows (Pm); 
Westmont VII, 8 (Mitchell); Orange Mts. V, VII (Wdt); Elizabeth 
VI, 20-VII, 30 (Bz); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); 5-mile beach, VI, 23, 
VIII, 12 (Haim). 


P. metacomet Harr. Throughout the State from June to August, records 
ranging from Hopatcong to Cape May. 


P. accius Sm.—Abb. June and July (Bt); Salem (Aaron). 


P. maculata W. H. Edw. Camden VII, 15, 1 ¢ and 1 2 (Carney). 


P. panoquin Scudd. Common on the salt marshes from Tuckerton, south 
to Cape May, June to September; taken by all collectors. 


P. ocola W. H. Edw. Staten Island IX, 1896, once only (Ds); Salem 
(Aaron) ; Camden IX, 1899, common; never seen before (Carney). 

P. bimacula Grt. & Rob. Oak Ridge VI, 26, VII, 3 (Shoemaker); Lake- 
hurst VI, 27 (Ds). 

P. pontiac W. H. Edw. Hopatcong, Snake Hill VI, VII (Bt); Westmont 
VII, 4-28 (Mitchell); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth VII 
(Bz); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Camden, Merchantville (Carney) ; 
Westville VII, 4 (Sk); Gloucester IX (Lt). 

P. dion. W. H. Edw. Brookville VII, Lakehurst VII, 29 (Ds); Brown’s 
Mills IX, 15 (Dke); Anglesea VII (div). 

P. vitellius Fab. Rare near New York (Bt); Jamesburg VII, 30 (Ds); 
Westville VII, 10 (Lt); east bank of Delaware Bay near Maurice 
River (Aaron). 

P. aaroni Sk. - Common on the salt marshes from Tuckerton south to Cape 
May, on Convolvulus VI and VIII; recorded by all collectors. 

P. arogos Bd. Lec. Brookville VII, Lakehurst VIII, 30 (Ds); Brown’s 
Mills VII, 21 (Dke). : 

P. fusca Grt. & Rob. Orange Mts. IX (Wdt); Elizabeth VI (Bz); Staten 
Island VI, Sandy Hook, Tuckerton IX, 2 (Ds); Jamesburg VI, 22 (Ds), 
VII, 4 (Sk); Camden VI, 18 (Sk); 5-mile beach VI, 9, VIII, IX (div). 

P. hianna Scudd. Iona, Brown’s Mills V, 27 (Dke). 

P. viator W. H. Edw. Hopatcong (Pm); Snake Hill, Newark VII (Bt); 
Homestead VII (Kr); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island, VII, 17-31, 
not uncommon at the edge of salt meadow (Ds); Middlesex Co. 
(Hulst); Cape May (Aaron). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 423 


AMBLYSCIRTES Speyer. 


A. vialis W. H. Edw. Newfoundland V, 29, Lakehurst V, 20, VI, 4 (Ds); 
Westville V (Sk); Clementon V, 16 (div). 


A. samoset Scudd. Not yet actually taken; but almost sure to be found. 


PYRGUS Westw. 


P. tessellata Scudd. Throughout the State, seasonally common, VIII 
and IX. The larva on mallow, “Althea,” “Abutilon” and “Sidus.” 

P. centaureze Ramb. Westmont IV, 30-V, 19 (Mitchell); Paterson IV, 
25-V, 14 (Gr); Little Falls throughout May (div); Iona IV, 30 (Sk). 


NISONIADES Speyer. 


N. brizo Bd.—Lec. More or less common throughout the State, April to 
June, recorded by all collectors. There is one record at Clenienton 
X, 5 (Sk), and Mr. Davis adds that the species occurs on the more 
barren hills and sandy districts. Larve on oak and “Cynoglossum.” 

N. icelus Lint. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Ft. Lee, Plainfield V, VI (Bt); 
Orange Mts. V, 1-VI, 15 (Bz); Jersey City VII (Kr); Staten Island V 
(Ds). The larva on aspen, willow and witch hazel. 

N. lucilius Lint. Greenwood Lake, Orange Mts. V, VI (Bt); Paterson 
IV, 19-V, 7 (Gr). The larva on ‘“Aquilegia,”’ “Chenopodium” (Bt), 
willow and poplar (Dyar). 

N. persius Scudd. Westmont VIII, 6 (Mitchell); Greenwood Lake and 
elsewhere in N. J., V, VI (Bt); Orange Mts. V-—VII (Bz); Staten 
Island V-IX (Ds); So. Orange, Camden VII (Bwl); Westville IV, 9 
(Sk). The larva on willow and poplar. 

N. martialis Scudd. Westmont VII, 4 (Mitchell); Sparta, Normannock 
VII, Staten Island V, 3 (Ds); Paterson VII, 27 (Gr); Eagle Rock VI 
(Bz); Laurel Springs IV, 29 (Hoyer); Woodbury IX, 5 (Sk); New 
Jersey V, VI and VII, VIII, two broods (Bt). The larva on red-root 
and wild indigo. The “ausonius” Lint. of the last edition is an un- 
dersized example of this species. 

N. juvenalis Fab. Throughout the State, more or less commonly, May 
to September. Two broods; larva on wild beans and other legumes 
as well as on oak. 

N. petronius Lint. Orange Mts. VII, VIII (Bz); Woodbury IV, V, James- 
burg VII, 4, Atco IX, 4 (Sk). 

“N. horatius’” Scudd. and ‘‘N. terentius’” Scudd, included on published 
faunal maps, have not been actually taken and are of doubtful occurrence. 


PHOLISORA Speyer. 


P. catullus Fab. Common throughout the State, May to September. -It 
is two-brooded, the larva on “Amaranthus” and “Chenopodium.” 


424 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


EUDAMUS Swains. 


E. pylades Scudd. Quite generally distributed, from late May to mid- 
August; the larva on clover and “‘Lespedeza.” 


E. bathyllus Sm. Abb. Common locally throughout the State, May to 
September; the larva on “Lespedeza,’ wild bean and other legumes. 


E. lycidas Sm. Abb. Throughout the State, locally common, May to 
July. Larva on “Desmodium” and legumes in general. 


E. cellus Bd. Lec. Taken rarely near Newark; the larva on Convolvyu- 
lus. 


E. tityrus Fab. Throughout the State, May to September, not rarely. 
The larva on locust and other legumes. 


E. proteus Linn. Newark (Soc); 5-mile beach (Haim); Cape May 
(Aaron); occasional specimens only. The larva on wild bean and 
other legumes. 


@ 


Super-family SPHINGOIDEA. 


These are the “hawk-moths,” so called from their rapid darting flight, 
and habit of remaining poised in the air for a time, in front of a flower. 
They are usually crepuscular, flying in the early twilight, hovering over 
deep flowers like petunia or evening primrose, into which they extend 
their long flexible tongue to reach the nectar at the base; but some 
species fly in the bright sun of mid-day. They are of moderate or large 
size, robust build, with usually pointed wings, conic abdomen, and an- 
tenne that are fusiform, prismatic and with a short, recurved tip. In 
some species the tongue is nearly six inches in length when fully un- 
coiled, but in others it disappears completely. 

The larve are as characteristic as the adults, and most of them have 
a curved horn on the dorsal segment of the end segment, or, in place of 
it, a polished, eye-like spot. They look formidable, but are actually 
harmless, and it is from their habit of sometimes resting with head and 
anterior segments elevated, that they get their “sphinx” appellation. 

A few of the species are of economic importance, but as a rule they 
are kept in check by their parasites and other natural enemies. All of 
the caterpillars are susceptible to arsenical poisoning. 


Family SPHINGIDAR. 


Sub-family MAcROGLOSSIN &. 


These are the “humming-bird’” hawk-moths, in which the wings are 
partly transparent, the colors are metallic bronze or brown and yellow, 
and the abdomen has lateral and terminal flattened tuftings. They fly in 
the bright sunlight about flowers, favoring lilacs while these are in 
bloom, and are often mistaken for true humming birds. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 425 


HEMARIS Dalm. 

H. diffinis Bdv. Throughout the State, not rare; the larva on “Apocy- 
num” and “Symphoricarpus.” The forms listed as “tenuis” QGrt., and 
“axillaris” Grt. & Rob., are now generally regarded as varieties of 
this species. They seem rather more, frequently met with in the 
northern half of the State. E 

H. gracilis Grt. & Rob. Hopatcong (Pm); Lakewood (Bt); Brown’s 
Mills V, 27 (Dke). 

H. thysbe Fab. Generally distributed and not uncommon from May to 
August; the larva on “Viburnum,” sheepberry, honeysuckle and snow- 
berry. The varieties “ruficaudis” Kirby (which replaces ‘“uniformis” 
Grt. & Rob.) and “floridensis” Grt. & Rob., are somewhat less abund- 
ant than the type form; but equally widespread. Mr. Beutenmuller 
records that he has never raised the “thysbe”’ form from ‘“uniformis” 
larva, and Mr. Davis records “uniformis’” in May and June only, 
while “‘thysbe” is taken in July and August only. 


Sub-family CH@ROCAMPIN&. 


A considerable proportion of the members of this sub-family feed 
in the caterpillar stage upon the vine or plants allied to it, and some are 
more or less injurious. 

AELLOPOS Hbn. 

A. tantalus Linn. A southern species, which sometimes occurs along 
the coast. 

TRIPTOGON Men. 

T. lugubris Linn. (Enyo) Also a visitor from the South; Bergen Point, 
IX, 24 (Wrms), and has been taken at electric lights at Long Branch 
and Asbury Park. 

AMPHION Hbn. 

A. nessus Cram. Throughout the State in May and June and locally 
common on flowers; at Anglesea on blue flag (Lt). The larva feeds 
on grape, Virginia creeper, “Fuchsia” and “Epilobium.” 


SPHECODINA Blanch. 

S. abbotii Swains. Not uncommon, locally, May to July, throughout the 
State. Mr. Brehme records eggs from May 5, larve to July 5. Food 
plants are grape and Virginia creeper, and the ugly dull brown larva 
is quite familiar to collectors wherever these plants occur. 


DEIDAMIA Clem. 
D. inscripta Clem. Generally distributed; but rarely abundant. The 
adult is seldom taken; but larve may be locally plentiful on grape 
and Virginia creeper. Flies in June. 


DELLEPHILA Ochs. 

D. gallii Rott. Newark (Soc); Hudson Co. VIII (Kr); Caldwell (Cr); 
Passaic Co. VIII, 2 (Wrms); seems to be confined to the northern 
sections of the State and not really common anywhere. The larva 
on grape and Epilobium. 


426 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


D. lineata Fab. Common throughout the State, July to November about 
flowers in the early dusk. The larva feeds on a great variety of 
plants, including many of economic importance; but is most usually 
found on purslane; yet never in sufficient numbers to do the slightest 
injury to the crop of that omnipresent weed. 


THERETRA Hbn. 


T. tersa Linn. (Choerocampa) Staten Island on Petunias, V, VI, VIII, 
IX (Ds); Newark, V to IX (div); Hudson Co. VIII, on Phlox (Kr); 
Caldwell (Cr). Is locally common but is not widely distributed. The 
larva on “Bouvardia” and buttonwood. 


ARGEUS Hbn. 


A. labruscze Linn. An occasional visitor from the south. 


PHOLUS Hbn. (PHILAMPELUS Harr.) 


P. linnei Grt. & Rob. Greenwood Lake, VIII, 31 (Wrms); occasional 
along the coast. 

P. vitis Linn. Has been taken by Newark collectors and occurs occa- 
sionally along the coast. 

P. pandorus Hbn. Throughout the State, June to September, and Mr. 
Davis records an example from Staten Island in early November. 
The larve feed on grape and Ampelopsis from June to October, eggs 
being recorded by Brehme in June and July. 

P. achemon Dru. Occurs with the preceding and on the same food 
plants. The moths are occasionally attracted to light and the larve 
of both species are easily recognizable by the absence of the horn, its 
place occupied by an eye-spot, and the retractile head and anterior 
segments. These characters are shared with the larve of the next 
genus; but the latter are much smaller. 


AMPELOPHAGUS Brem. & Gray. 


A. choerilus Cram. Common throughout the State from May to August, 
two broods being noted. Eggs may be found from May to August 
according to Brehme, and the larva feeds from 20 to 30 days on 
“Azalea,” “Viburnum,” sheep-berry, sour gum and other plants. 


A. myron Cram. Common throughout the State May to August, and 
sometimes attracted to light. Eggs are found during the same period 
and larve occur on grape and Ampelopsis until early September. 
The variety “cnotus’”’ Hbn. has been taken on 5-mile beach VIII, 2 
(Hmb) and occurs in the more southern sections. 

A. versicolor Harr. Local, but generally distributed and never common, 
May to August. There are two broods, the larva on buttonball (Cepha- 
lanthus) and “Nese#a verticillata.”’ Mr. Grossbeck records it at Pat- 
erson as late as September 10. 


427 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 


Fig. 177.—The potato hawk-moth, Phlegethontius 


celeus, 


larva, pupa and 


adult: about natural size. 


428 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family SpHINcInz&. 


This includes the more typical, gray-powdered hawk-moths, the cater- 


pillars of which are all provided with anal horns and often have lateral 
oblique stripes. The head and anterior segments of the body are not re- 
tractile and none of them occur on grape or “Ampelopsis.” 


0 


DILOPHONOTA Burm. 


- ello Linn. A visitor from the South, occasionally taken in some num- 


bers by the Newark collectors; Elizabeth VII, 20 (Bz). The larva, 
according to Dyar, feeds on “Euphorbia.” 


. alope Dru. Elizabeth IX, 27 (Bz); also a visitor. 


PHLEGETHONTIUS Hbn. 


. celeus Hbn. (Protoparce) Throughout the State, VI-IX, rarely com- 


mon; this and the following are potato or tomato “worms” in the 
larval stage. 


carolina Linn. With the preceding, but more common. These “horn- 
worms,” as the larve of these two species are often called, feed on 
“Solanaceee” of all kinds and are sometimes decidedly troublesome, 
less so on potatoes, which are generally sprayed with Paris green 
or bordeaux mixture, than on tomatoes, where these poisons cannot 
be satisfactorily or safely applied. In these cases hand picking is 
quite generally resorted to with good results, as the insects are quite 
readily seen with a little practice, and they are not so very numerous. 
The large size of the individual accounts for the amount of injury 
rather than the number of examples. 


. rustica Fab. A single specimen taken by myself at Union Hill and 


another recorded by Mr. Davis for Staten Island at electric light. 
The species is an inhabitant of the State, but extremely rare. The 
larva feeds on “Chionanthus” and “Jasminium.” 


. cingulata Sm. & Abb. Generally distributed but nowhere abundant. 


The larva feeds on morning-glory, Ssweet-potato and other ‘“Ipomea”’ 
and “Convolvulus” species until late in fall. Mr. Brehme records a 
full-grown example on morning-glory, October 10. 


SPHINX Linn. 


. kalmize Sm. & Abb. Newark Dist. V-VII; Paterson (Gr); Staten Island 


VIII (Ds); Palisades, Elizabeth, VI, VIII, IX (Bz); throughout the- 
State in all probability. Eggs have been found from late June to early 
August and larve from June to early September. It feeds on 
ash, lilac, laurel and “Chionanthus.” 


. drupiferarum Sm. & Abb. Essex Co., May to August (div); Lake 


Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island VI (Ds); and probably generally dis- 
tributed. Eggs are recorded in V and VI (Br) and larve until VIII. 
Food plants are lilac, cherry, apple, plum, &c., plum being a favorite- 
food and sometimes slightly injured. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 420 


. gordius Cram. Essex and Union Co. V—VII (div); Hopatcong (Pm) ; 
probably throughout the State and locally not rare. Mr. Brehme 
reports eggs V—VII and larve until frost on huckleberry, bayberry 
and birch. Other recorded food plants are ash, apple, privet, &ce. 


. luscitiosa Clem. Essex Co. V, 20-VI; 20 (div); Passaic VII, 29 
(Wrms); Elizabeth V, 20—-VI, 25, second hatch about VIII, 1, no eggs 
or larve from these (Bz). Hggs are recorded on willow from V, 16 
(Br) to VI, 21 (Wrms); larve until late July. 

. chersis Hbn. G. d., V—VIII, local and nowhere common. Eggs are 
found VII, 22—-VIII, 11 and larve from VII, 15-—X, 2. (Wrms). Food 
plants are lilac and ash. 


. eremitus Hbn. G. d., and occasionally not rare; the larva in August 
on pepper, mountain mint (Br), wild bergamot and Salvia. 


. plebeius Fab. Essex Co. VI (div); Hoboken VIII (Kr); Elizabeth VII 
(Bz); Staten Island V—VII; and probably g.d. The larve feed on the 
trumpet vine (Tecoma radicans), “Bignonia”’ and “Passiflora.” 


DOLBA WIk. 


. hylzus Dru. Throughout the State, but local. Essex Co. VI-VIII 
(div); Woodbridge VI (Wrms); Paterson (Gr); Lakehurst VI, 16 (Ds). 
Eggs VI, VII, larve up to VIII, 17 (div). Feeds on black alder, sweet 
fern and “Prinos’’; larva feeds very fast and reaches its full growth in * 
20 days (Br). 


CHLAZNOGRAMMA Sm. 


. jasminearum Bdv. Hasbrouck Hts. (Wrms); Hewitt VII (Ds); Essex; 
Co. (div). 


CERATOMIA Harr. 


. amyntor Hbn. Throughout the State VI and VII. Mr. Brehme reports 
eggs VI and VII and larve until October on elm, linden and birch. 
The caterpillars differ from all the other Sphinges by having four 
little thoracic horns. 


. undulosa Wlk. Generally distributed and not rare. Essex Co. V—VIII 
(div); Elizabeth VI-VIII (Bz); Staten Island V-—VIII (Ds); Lake 
Hopatcong (Pm); Gloucester (Lt); 5-mile beach VI (Haim). Eggs 
VI and VII, larve until VIII (Br), on lilac, privet, ash and locust. 


. catalpze Bdv. Throughout the State, wherever the Catalpa occurs. 
Since 1900 this species has invaded the State from the South, spread- 
ing first along the Delaware and gradually extending until it has 
reached all parts of the State. The larve are gaudy black and yellow 
and feed in colonies, sometimes sufficient to defoliate a large tree in 
a few days. In nurseries great injury has been done, and active 
measures are necessary to kill them off. There are two broods, and 
larve occur from July until September. Adults are found in May 


430 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


and June and again in July and August. Arsenites promptly applied 
are entirely effective. 


LAPARA WIk. (ELLEMA Clem.) 


L. bombycoides Wlk. (harrisii Clem.) Rare, but g. d., the larva on 
pine. Lakehurst VIi, 23 (Ds); Brown’s Mills, Jn (Dke). 

L. coniferarum Sm. & Abb. Equally rare, g. d., and also a pine feeder. 
Lakehurst VII, 17 (Bz). 


Family SMERINTHIDA. 


In this family the tongue is short or entirely absent, the head is small, 
the antenne are more tufted and sometimes pectinated, the wings an- 
gulated, dentate or scalloped and the entire habitus more Bombycid. 


MARUMBA Moore. (TRIPTOGON Brem.) 


M. modesta Harr. Quite generally distributed, but rare; the larva on 
poplar and willow. Essex County VI (div); Hackensack (Gr), larve 
VIII, 22, IX, 3, Staten Island VII (Ds). The moth sometimes comes 
to light, as do others of this family. 


SMERINTHUS Latr. 


S. jamaicensis Dru. Elizabeth (Bz). 
var. geminatus Say. Essex Co. V—VIII (div); Hopatcong (Pm); Staten 
Island VI-VIII (Ds), and g. d. throughout the State. Mr. Brehme 
finds eggs V and VI and larve until VIII on willow and poplar; other 
food plants are elm, apple, cherry, plum and ash. 


PAONIAS Hbn. 


P. exczecatus Sm. & Abb. Throughout the State, quite commonly, June 
to September; larve, which grow very slowly, until October. Food 
plants include the “Rosacee” and a large number of shade and 
forest trees. : 

P. myops Sm. & Abb. Hopatcong (Pm); Essex Co. VII (div); Staten 
Island VI. Apparently local, but probably found throughout the 
State. Larve on wild and cultivated cherry until November (Br). 

P. astylus Dru. Hopatcong (Pm); Essex Co. V, VI, VII (div); Ft. Lee 
(Dyar); Newfoundland VII, Jamesburg VII, 1 (Jl), probably through- 
out the State where the food plant occurs. Eggs VI-VIII on huckle- 
berry and dangleberry (Br); larve until frost. 


CRESSONIA Grt. & Rob. 


C. juglandis Sm. & Abb. G. d. and sometimes rather abundant. Essex 
Co. V, VI (div); Staten Island VI (Ds); Ft. Lee, Hopatcong (Bt). 
Beggs V-VIII, larve until X (Br) on hickory and walnut. Other food 
plants are ironwood and wild cherry. The larva is known as the 
“squeaking Sphinx” (Dyar). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 431 
Super-family SATURNOIDEA. 


These are all large moths, and among them are our American silk 
spinners. They are heavy-bodied, clumsy species as a rule, with small 
retracted heads, mouth parts so aborted as to be unfit for feeding and 
body densely clothed with scales and hair. 

There are three families: The “Saturniide” are the largest of the 
species, expanding up to six inches or more, the wings are large and 
broad, with usually a transparent discal spot, and the antenne are 
pectinated to the tip, with two long branches on each side of each joint. 
The caterpillars are all silk spinners and form a large, dense cocoon, in 
which the pupal stage is passed. 

The “Ceratocampide” are quite different in appearance. They have 
narrower wings, pointed at the apex, there are no hyaline spots, and -the 
antenne have the pectinations shorter, confined to the basal half; but 
still two branches on each side of each joint. The caterpillars are fur- 
nished with horns or other processes, and some of them are very large 
and formidable in appearance. None of them are silk spinners, and the 
pupe are formed under ground. 

The “Hemileucide” are represented by a single species only, black 
with a partly transparent central band on the wings, the antennz pec- 
tinated, with very short joints and single branches on each side of each 
joint. The caterpillars are set with bristly spines and form a cocoon. 

Several of the larve of this series feed on cultivated plants and 
orchard trees, but none are really injurious. Their large size makes 
them easily visible, and hand-picking is usually the best method of get- 
ting rid of them. The species of “Anisota’”’ sometimes become tempo- 
rarily abundant in oak woods and may strip considerable areas, but they 
do no permanent harm. 


Family SATURNIID. 


There has been some shifting of generic names in this family, but the 
species are unchanged, and the changes are so obvious that the syno- 
nyms are not given. 


PHILOSAMIA Grt. 


P. cynthia Dru. Common near Jersey City and for some distance in its 
vicinity. Also taken at Paterson, at Trenton and near Philadelphia, 
but has not reached New Brunswick nor any of the cities or towns 
remote from the larger centres of population. Mr. Davis records it 
from Staten Island, and it is quite possible that it has a foothold at 
other points near the coast. It is an importation from China, and 
has never really established itself in the country at large. The 
caterpillar feeds chiefly upon the “Ailanthus,” or ‘tree of heaven,” 
sometimes known as “tallow-tree”’ from its odor when in bloom, and 
there are two annual broods, the winter being passed in the pupal 
stage. 


432 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SAMIA Hbn. 


S. cecropia Linn. Occurs throughout the State June to August, and is 
by no means rare, although the adult is not often seen. The larve 
feed on most orchard and shade trees, and also on grape and other 
small fruits, sometimes devouring considerable foliage, and yet never 
abundant enough to do any material injury. The cocoons pass the 
winter attached to twigs or some other support, and there is only 
one brood. 


CALLOSAMIA Pack. 


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promethea Dru. Common throughout the State June to August, and 

has two broods. The larva feeds chiefly on sassafras, but also on a 
large variety of other shrubs as well as fruit and shade trees. The 
cocoon is fastened to the twigs and remains suspended during the 
winter. 


ie) 


. angulifera Wlk. Also quite generally distributed and two-brooded; 
but decidedly rare. Has been recorded from May to August, the 
larva feeding on tulip (Liriodendron), sassafras and wild cherry. 
The cocoons are not attached to the twigs and are found on the 
ground beneath the trees upon which the caterpillars have fed. 


ACTIAS Leach. 


A. luna Linn. Throughout the State, and locally not rare. It occurs 
from June to September, is two-brooded, and the caterpillars feed 
on walnut, sweet gum, birch and other forest trees. The cocoons 
are not fastened to the trees and winter on the ground. 


TELEA Hbn. 


= 


. polyphemus Cram. Throughout the State, June to August, the larva 
on most forest and shade trees. This is known as “the American 
silkworm,” and while by no means rare, is never plentiful enough 
to do conspicuous injury. The cocoons drop to the ground and spend 
the winter on the surface; there is also a midsummer brood. 


HYPERCHIRIA Hbn. 


H. io Fab. Common throughout the State, June to August, the larve 
on a large list of food plants. The caterpillar is a very spiny affair, 
and if carelessly handled produces nettling. There is only one brood. 


Family CERATOCAMPID/. 


EACLES Hbn. 


E. imperialis Dru. Throughout the State VI-VIII, sometimes not un- 
commonly. The variety “didyma’’ DeB., less frequently, and speci- 
fically reported from Mt. Holly and 5-mile beach. The caterpillars 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 433 


feed on a large variety of forest trees, including many conifers, and 
are sometimes found as late as mid-September. 


CITHERONIA Hbn. 


C. regalis Fab. Generally distributed, usually rare, June to August. 
The formidable looking larva, which has been called the “hickory 
horned devil,’ feeds on hickory, walnut, butternut, ash, persimmon, 
sweet gum and other trees; examples occurring until late Septem- 
ber. 


ADELOCEPHALA H. S. 


A. bicolor Harr. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); a single example on the beach 
near Sandy Hook, some years ago. The fact that it has not been 
taken since by the many collectors who have scoured the State raises 
a doubt as to the correctness of the identifications. The larva is 
reported as feeding on ‘‘Gleditschia.”’ 


ANISOTA Hbn. 


A, stigma Fab. Reported from all sections of the State in July and 
August and sometimes rather common. The caterpillar feeds on 
oak, hazel and chestnut, and is found until mid-September. 


A. senatoria Sm. & Abb. Occurs from June to August throughout the 
State. The larva is the common “oak-worm,” which is sometimes 
locally abundant and destructive. I have seen acres of oak scrub 
almost defoliated in South Jersey, and occasionally larger trees are 
badly eaten; but no permanent injury is caused, and the natural 
enemies of the species speedily regain control. ; 


A. virginiensis Dru. Also 
quite generally dis- 
tributed but much less 
common than the pre- 
ceding. Flies in June 
and July, and _ the 
larva is also an oak 
feeder. 


DRYOCAMPA Harr. 

D. rubicunda Fab. Occurs 
throughout the State, 
but is somewhat local 
and rarely abundant, 
from May to July. 
The caterpillars are 
sometimes quite num- 
erous on soft maple, Fig. 178.—Dryocampa rubicunda a, larva: b, pupa; 
and more rarely feed . c, female adult. 
on oak. 


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434 REPORT: OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family HEMILEUCID/. 


HEMILEUCA WIk. 


H. maia Dru. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Normannock, Lakehurst X, 18, 
flying in numbers (Ds); Gloucester (Lt); Culver’s Pond, Asbury Park 
(Coll). The larvee feed on oak in July and August; moths occur in 
September and October. 


Super-family BOMBYCOIDEA. 


Family SYNTOMID.. 


A small series of rather slightly built moths, small or of moderate size, 
black and yellow in color, with functional mouth parts, pectinated an- 
tennz in the male, and rather long, slender abdomen. The structural 
characters for the family are chiefly found in the venation of the hind 
wings, and none of the members are at all injurious. 


LYCOMORPHA Harr. 

L. pholus Dru. Hopatcong (Pm); Normannock VIII, 27, Staten Island 
in midsummer (Ds); Plainfield VI, 27 (Gr); locally not rare on golden 
rod in August, in the northern part of the State. Larve on lichens 
(Bt), growing on stone fences (Dyar). 


SCEPSIS WIk. 
S. fulvicollis Hbn. Paterson VI, 26, VIII, 4 (Gr); Orange Mts. and 
Newark Dist. VII-IX (div); Staten Island VI-IX (Ds); Camden Co. 
IX (Lt); 5-mile beach (Haim); quite generally distributed and locally 
not rare; the larva on grass. 


CTENUCHA Kirby. 


C. virginica Charp. Found on Spirza and other flowers, July to Septem- 
ber; more common in the northern part of the State. 


Family LITHOSIIDA. 


These are small, slender moths with narrow fore and broad hind wings, 
the antenne and palpi slender, the mouth parts well developed and 
functional. They differ from the “Arctiidae, which they otherwise resemble 
in structure, by the lack of ocelli or simple eyes. The larve are covered 
with tufts of short, stiff hair, feed mostly on lichens and are not injurious. 


CRAMBIDIA Pack. 


C. pallida Pack. Rare near New York, VIII (Bt); Newark (Wadt); 5-mile 
beach VIII, 20-IX, 3 (div); attracted to light. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 435 


C. cephalica G. & R. Bamber IX, 1, Lucaston IX, 8, Brown’s Mills VI, 24, 
VIII, 4, [X, 8 (Dke). 


HYPOPREPIA Hbn. 


H. miniata Kirby. Andover VIII (Kr); Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Wdt); 
5-mile beach V, 28, VIII-IX, 11 (div). 

H. fucosa Hbn. Occurs throughout the State in July and August, and 
specifically reported from Sparta (Ds), Paterson (Gr), Lakehurst 
(Ds), and 5-mile beach (div). I have beaten it from pines, have 
stirred it up in mossy meadows, and have taken it at light. Larva on 
mosses and lichens on trees (Bt) and has been beaten from red cedar 
at Paterson VI, 28 (Gr). 


ILLICE Wik. (CISTHENE WIk.) 


I. subjecta Wlk. Anglesea VII, 15—VIII, 21 (div); the larve on lichens 
(Bt). 
CLEMENSIA Pack. 


Cc. albata Pack. Newark, rare; flies in June. 


Family NOLID/. 


Small, rather slight, broad-winged moths, in general resembling the 
“Lithosians,’ but usually with ashen gray colors and streaky, dentate 
black markings. The larve also resemble those of the other family, but 
have the anterior pair of abdominal feet aborted. 


CELAMA WIk. 


C. pustulata Wlk. (Argyrophyes) Basking Ridge VI, 8 (Bwl); Elizabeth 
VII, 26 (Bz); New Brunswick, rare at light, in June. 


C. cilicoides Grt. (Argyrophyes) “Atlantic States” (Dyar), and I have 
seen New Jersey specimens. 


C. triquetrana Fitch. (trinotata Wlk.) Greenwood Lake V (Bt); Boon- 
ton VIII (Wdt); Newark and Orange Mt. Dist. IV, V, VII, VIII (div), 
larva on hemlock and witch hazel; Staten Island V, VIII (Ds); New 
Brunswick (Coll); Westville (Lt). 


NOLA Leach. 


N. clethrze Dyar. Larva feeds on “Clethra alnifolia’ and the species is 
quite certain to be found with us. 


N. ovilla Grt. Preakness Mt. V, 5 (Bwl); Ft. Lee, V, VI, the larva on 
oak (Bt); Orange Mts. and Newark Dist. V, VI (div); Jersey City Hts. 
V, 8 (Sb); New Brunswick IV, Jamesburg IV (Coll), VII, 4 (Haim); 
Lakehurst V, 28 (Gr); Clementon V, 7 (Haim); Brown’s Mills V, 13, 
29 (Dke). 


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RCESELIA Hbn. 


R. minuscula Zell. Plainfield VI, 29 (Gr). 
var. phylla Dyar. Gloucester Co. V, 29 (Haim). 


= NIGETIA WIk. (NOLA.) 


N. formosalis Wlk. (melanopa Zell.) Newark, New Brunswick. 


Family NYCTEOLID/. 


Obsecurely marked, gray species; in appearance and wing form much 
like some of the Tortricids or ‘“bell-moths,’ but with the structural char- 
acters mainly those of the Lithosians. 


SARROTHRIPA Curt. 


S. revayana Scop., var. lintneriana Spey. Guttenberg VII, 3 (Wrms); 
Newark VII (Soc); Elizabeth VII, 30 (Bz); the larva on willow and 
poplar. The species is not at all rare, and probably occurs through- 
out the State. 


Family ARCTIID. 


The adults are known as “tiger moths” from their bright stripings, the 
larvee as “woolly bears” from the shaggy clothing of hair with which many 
of them are covered. The moths are stoutly built, of moderate or small 
size, with a broad head on which ocelli or simple eyes are always present, 
rather small palpi and a functional tongue. The antenne vary, but are 
often pectinated in the male, and most of the species are rather closely 
sealed. 

The larve are general feeders in most cases, but as a whole prefer low 
plants, plantain being an all but universal food. A few species are trouble- 
some in the garden, but may be controlled by hand picking or a resort 
to arsenate of lead. Others, like the “fall web-worm,” feed on trees and 
may become serious pests. Most of them spin a little silk and make a 
cocoon in which to pass the pupal stage. As the silk is too scant to do 
this properly, they add to it the hair with which they are covered. This 
hair, to facilitate such a felting process, is furnished with little spurs and 
branches which break off readily. The caterpillars should be carefully 
handled therefore, because these little barbs forced into a sensitive skin 
may set up an intense irritation resulting in blotches or swellings like a 
nettle rash. 


EUBAPHE Hbn. 
E. leta Guer. Forked River Mt. VII, 8 (Dke); in dry woods in June (Bt). 


THE INSECTS OF 


Fig. 179.—The fall web worm, Hyphan- 
tria cunea: a, b, c, varieties of larva; d, e, 
pupe; f, moth of the normal white form. 


Fig. 180.—Varieties in wing markings of 
Hyphantria cunea. 


Fig. 181.—Female Hyphantria ovipositing 
on under side of leaf; b, a little group of 
eggs, enlarged. 


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438 REPORT’OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. opella Grt. Greenwood Lake, larve hiding by day in the dead leaves 
of oak woods (Dyar); Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee VI, 20 (Dke); 
Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Lakehurst VII (Ds). The form “nigricans” 
Reak., is reported from Plainfield in early July (Bz). 


E. immaculata Reak. Paterson VI, 1-11 (Gr); throughout the northern 
part of the State; in dry places in overgrown fields (Bt). 


E. aurantiaca Hbn. Throughout the State VI-IX, in dry, overgrown 
fields. The larve are general feeders; Mr. Grossbeck has found 
them under stones in April, at Paterson, fed them on plantain, had 
pupe V, 20 and adults VI, 1-6. Four varieties, ‘“rubicundaria”’ Hbn., 
“ferruginosa”’ WIk., “brevicornis” Wlk., and “quinaria”’ Grt., are based 
on the amount of black margin of secondaries, or the number of white 
spots on the primaries. They seem to be more or less local, and only 
one form may occur in one place, but on the other hand two or three 
of them may be found at the same place on the same day. 


UTETHEISA Hbn. 


U. bella Linn. Common, late August to early October in low meadows 
along the coast, and locally inland, throughout the State. The larva 
feeds on cherry, elm, ‘‘Myrica,”’ “Crotalaria,” ‘‘Lespedeza,” &c. 

var. hybrida Butler. Has the bands of primaries incomplete, the sec- 
ondaries red. Paterson VIII, 7 (Gr) and generally, with the type. 

var. terminalis N. & D. Secondaries white. Occurs occasionally. 

var. nova N. & D. The pink is replaced by bright yellow. Little Falls 
VIII, 7, 3 specimens (Gr). 

U. ornatrix Linn. Taken at Philadelphia and probably occurs in New 
Jersey. 


HAPLOA Hbn. 


H. clymene Brown. Lake Hopatcong VIII, 15 (Gr); Andover VIII (Kr); 
Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Newark (Soc); 5-mile 
beach VII, 14-22 (Haim). : 

H. lecontei Guer. Occurs locally throughout the State in one or the other 
of its forms. ‘“Lecontei’ Guer. is the completely marked form, and 
that is rare, as.is also the immaculate form “vestalis” Pack. ‘“Con- 
finis’ Wlk., in which only the oblique band is complete, and ‘mili- 
taris” Harr., in which even that is broken, are the more abundant 
types. 

The larve of all the species are more or less general feeders and 
hibernate in the partly grown condition. 


H. confusa Lyman. Fort Lee VII (Erb). 


H. triangularis Sm. Local, near Newark (Ang), VI, 12-30 (Bz); Has- 
brouck Heights (Wrms). 


H. contigua Wlk. Sparta VII (Ds); Plainfield VII, 1-15 (Bz); Newark. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 439 


ECPANTHERIA Hbn. 


E. deflorata Fab. Paterson (Gr); Ft. Lee VI (div); Newark (Soc); 
Staten Island (Ds); Woodbury VI, 18 (Kp). Quite generally distrib- 
uted; but not common; the larva on willow, locust, and also plantago 
and other low plants. This is the ‘‘ocularia-scribonia”’ of the previous 
edition. 

ESTIGMENE Hbn. 


E. acrea Dru. Common throughout the State, but especially so along 
the coast, May to September. The larva is a general feeder, and 
from its occasional presence in enormous numbers on salt marshes 
is known as the salt marsh caterpillar. 

E. antigone Strck. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark VI, 24 
(Sb); Elizabeth, VII (Bz); Staten Island (Ds). The larva is a gen- 
eral feeder (Dyar), and often bores into the stems of large mush- 
rooms. ; 

HYPHANTRIA Harr. 


H. cunea Dru. Common throughout the State. The larva is the “fall 
web-worm,” which in the late summer makes conspicuous nests or 
webs on a large variety of shade and orchard trees. There are two 
broods, the first in June and little noticed, the second in September. 
Spraying the foliage around the nests with arsenites as soon as they 
are noticed will serve to clean them out. 


DIACRISIA Hbn. (SPILOSOMA Steph.) 


Fig. 182.—Spilosoma virginica: a larva; b, pupa; c, adult. 


D. virginica Fab. Common throughout the State. The larva is the 
common white, yellow or reddish woolly caterpillar so often seen in 
gardens and feeding on all kinds of vegetables. There are two 
broods, and adults occur from May throughout the summer. 

D. latipennis Stretch. Not rare locally (Wdt); Elizabeth V, 20-VI, 20 
(Bz); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). In swampy meadows; the larva on 
Jack-in-the-pulpit, touch-me-not, plantago, other low plants and wild 
cherry (Bt). 


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A. 


A. 


ISIA WIk. (PYRRHARCTIA Pack.) 


isabella S. & A. Common 

throughout the State, April 
to August... The woolly lar- 
va is often seen late in fall 
crawling about, seeking 
shelter for hibernation, and 
is readily known by the 
black extremities and 
brown middle. There are 
two broods, and almost 
anything serves as_ food 
plant. 


PHRAGMATOBIA Steph. 


fuliginosa Linn. Lake Ho- 
patcong (Pm); Paterson 
VII, 10 (Gr); Chester VIII, 
6 (Dn); Newark Dist. (div): Fig. 183.—Tsia isabella: a, larva; b, pupa in 
Jersey City VI, at light cocoon; c, female moth. 

(Kr); Anglesea (div).: The 

larva feeds on golden rod, skunk cabbage, iron weed and other 
plants. 


APANTESIS WIk. (ARCTIA Schr.) 


. virgo Linn. Hopatcong (div); Chester (Dn); Newark Dist. (div); 


5-mile beach VIII, 24 (Haim). Probably throughout the State, but 
rare; the larva on plantain, lettuce and other low plants. 


. virguncula Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc). Probably 


throughout north Jersey; but everywhere rare. 


- michabo Grt. New Brunswick, in July, at light. 
. parthenice Kirby. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc). 


. oithona Strck., var. rectilinea French. New Jersey, without definite 


locality (Wrms). 


. anna Grt. Greenwood Lake (Dyar); Woodbury VII, 18 (Kp). 


var. persephone Grt. Newark (Wdt); near New York City (Bt). Both 
species and variety is decidedly rare. 


arge Dru. Throughout the State from Sussex to Cape May County in 

every month from April to August. Mr. Grossbeck reports eggs at 
Paterson V, 4, larva from V, 18—-VI, 20. It feeds on grass, plantago, 
Chenopodium Polygonum and other low plants. 


phyllira Dru. Plainfield V, 18 (Gr); Newark Dist. (div); Woodbury 
VI, 8 (Kp). Not at all common, and, with it, the variety “figurata’’ 
Dru. is also found. The larva is a general feeder. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 44I 


A. nais Dru. Throughout the State, May to September. The larva is a 


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general feeder on low plants, and has been taken in Paterson (Gr), 
May 10-19. 


. vittata Fabr. Elizabeth VIII, 24 (Bz); 5-mile beach VI, and through- 
out the State generally with the pfeceding. 


. phalerata Harr. Plainfield V, 19 (Gr); 5-mile beach VIII, 3 (Haim), 
and in general with the two preceding. The three species last cited 
commonly fly together and are almost equally abundant. With flown 
spécimens there is sometimes a question of identity; with good bred 
material at hand the differences are obvious. 


AMMALO WIk. 


. tenera Hbn. (Cycnia) Paterson VI, 15, VIII, 25 (Gr), to 5-mile beach, 
VIII. 22 (Haim); and quite common throughout the State. The larva 
on dog-bane. 


. eglenensis Clem. (Cycnia) Paterson V, 27, larve VII, 31 and IX, 11 
(Gr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Soc); Staten Island VI (Ds). Feeds 
on milkweed and is two-brooded. 


EUCHZETIAS Lyman. 


. egle Dru. (Cycnia) Common all over the State; two-brooded; the 


curiously tufted larva on milkweed; flies in June and again date July 
and August. 


. oregonensis Stretch. Still to be discovered in the State. 


PYGARCTIA Grt. 


. abdominalis Grt. Lakehurst, V, 29, VI, 13 (Ds); 2 specimens only. 


HALISIDOTA Hhn. 


. tessellaris S. & A. Common throughout the State. The larva is a 
general feeder, often a nuisance on shade trees in cities, sometimes 
troublesome in gardens and frequently found on fruit trees, on which 
it does no serious harm. 


. maculata Harr. This is said to be rare near New York City (Bt), but 
becomes more common northwardly. The larva feeds on willow, oak 
and poplar. 


. caryze Harr. Throughout the State. The larva occurs with that of 
“tessellaris’” and has much the same habits; it may be found as late as 
October. 


442 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family AGARISTIDA. 

Medium sized moths, with black, contrastingly white spotted or red- 
banded wings, the antenne slender, of equal thickness throughout or 
somewhat enlarged toward the tip. The caterpillars are curiously banded 
with red, brown and gray and feed on grape. 


ALYPIA Hbn. 


A. octomaculata Fab. Common in 
cities and large towns in June 
and July. The larva feeds on 
grape and is sometimes destruc- 
tive on garden vines, but rarely 
occurs in the open country, where 
it also feeds on Virginia creeper. 
It succumbs readily to any of the 
arsenites. There is considerable 
variation and some of the forms 
bear a deceptive resemblance to 
the western “langtonii.” 


PSYCHOMORPHA Harr. Fig. 184.—Alypia octomaculata; a, larva; 
b, an enlarged segment; 


P. epimensis Dru. Hopatcong (Bt); ane 


Paterson IV, 25 (Gr); Newark 

(Soc); Elizabeth, Plainfield, IV, larva on wild grape only (Bz); Staten 
Island IV (Ds). I have found the larva at Irvington, webbing up the 
leaves of grape in June, but never in numbers sufficient to be 
injurious. The adults always in June. 


Family PAN THEID/. 


The members of this family resemble the owlet moths, but the thorax is 
shorter, more square, and the head is somewhat retracted. They have 
similar habits, however, and the larve are not unlike those of some of 
the “Acronycta” series. The chief characters used in their separation are 
found in details of the wing venation. None of the species are injurious, 
and none of them are commonly found even by collectors. 


PANTHEA Hbn. 
P. furcilla Pack. Larva IX, 1, at Little Falls (Gr); Lakehurst IX, 3, one 
specimen (Bz); Brown’s Mills VI, 14 (Dke). Feeds on larch and pine. 


DEMAS Steph. 


D. propinquilinea Grt. Ramsey VI, 17 (Sleight). The larva on birch, 
walnut, maple, oak and beech. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 443 


D. flavicornis Sm. Plainfield V, 19 (Gr); Newark in May; Staten Island 
(Coll); taken rarely. 


CHARADRA WIk. 


C. deridens Gn. Plainfield V, 19 (Gr); Newark, V, at light (Wdt), VII, 
16 (Bz); the larva makes a nest on leaves of oak (Dyar) and feeds 
also on birch and elm. 


RAPHIA Hbn. 


R. abrupta Grt. Has the same general distribution as “frater’’ and should 
be found in the State. 


R. frater Grt. Paterson V, 20 (Gr); Ft. Lee (Bt); Jersey City VII, VIII 
(Sb); Newark, V, VI (Coll); Elizabeth V, VI, VIII (Bz); Staten Island 
VI (Ds); the curious larva on poplar and willow. 


Family NOCTUIDAE. 


These are the “owlet moths,’ with plump, robust bodies, short, stiff, 
triangular primaries and broader secondaries. The antenne are usually 
about half the length of the forewings or a little longer, simple, bristled, 
or in the males sometimes pectinated. They are rarely seen during the 
day and derive their common name from their night-flying habits, the eyes 
in some species glowing with a phosphorescent light. During the day they 
hide under bark or stones, in crevices of buildings, or wherever else they 
can find shelter. Some forms rest openly on tree trunks, stones, or lichen- 
covered logs, their colors and markings blending so perfectly with their 
surroundings that they are invisible except to the trained eye, but at 
night they fly readily and many of them are attracted to light. Others 
have a sweet tooth and frequent flowers, or are attracted to lures spread 
by the entomologist, such lures consisting of mixtures of molasses, beer 
and rum or their equivalents. 

The caterpillars vary greatly, many of them being of the type known 
as “cut-worms” and decidedly injurious. These may be controlled by the 
bran and arsenic bait which is elsewhere described. The ‘“cut-worms” 
are fond of bran, eating it in preference to their normal food, and succumb 
to the arsenic it contains. Its use depends on the nature of the crop to 
be protected; in corn and potato fields it is usually placed a spoonful to 
a hill in the late afternoon. 


ACRONYCTA Ochs. 

The moths of this genus are generally known as “Dagger moths” be- 
cause on most of them there are short dagger-like marks, more like the 
greek “psi” on the fore wings. The food plants in this genus, when not 
specially credited, are given on the authority of Dr. H. G. Dyar. 

A. rubricoma Gn. Paterson VI, 16, 26, larva IX, 1 (Gr); Newark (Wdt) 
and probably g. d. Caterpillar feeds on hackberry (Celtis). 


444 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. americana Harr. Our largest species; occurs throughout the State 
and usually common. Paterson VII, 3 (Gr); Hssex Co. V—VII (div); 
Staten Island VI, VII; Jersey City VII; New Brunswick (Coll). The 
larva occurs from VIII-X (Gr), and feeds on maple, elm, chestnut, 
linden, poplar, birch, alder, oak, hickory, ash, sycamore—and prob- 
ably others. 

A. hastulifera Sm. & Abb. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc); Palisade 
Park (Wr); Paterson VII, 17, larva IX, 19 (Gr); Staten Island VI, 
VII, larva on alder (Ds), and probably occurs elsewhere in the State; 
larva on alder (div) and maple (Bt). 

A. dactylina Grt. Chester VII, 30 (Dn); Newark V, VI (div); Elizabeth, 
V, VI (Bz); Gloucester VI, 2 (Lt); Staten Island V, VII (Ds). The 
larva on alder, birch and willow. 

A. leporina Linn. No State records as yet; but I still believe it occurs 
in New Jersey; the larva on poplar, willow and birch. 

A. populi Riley. Recorded from Long Island and sure to occur in New 
Jersey; flies in May and June; larva on poplar. 

A. lepusculina Gn. Ranges from New Hampshire to Florida and sure to 
occur in New Jersey. 

A. innotata Gn. Staten Island, V, VII (Ds); Newark district; Elizabeth 
VII (Bz); the larva on hickory. 

A. betulze Riley. Westfield (Keller); Passaic Co., VII, 20—VIII, 10 (Bz); 
and probably elsewhere in the State on birch. 

A. morula Grt. & Rob. New Brunswick, VII; Staten Island, V, VII, VIII 

(Ds); the larva on eim, apple and linden. 

A. interrupta Gn. (occidentalis Grt. & Rob.) Throughout the State 
common V-IX; Newark V-VIII (div); Chester VIII, 9 (Dn); Metuch- 
en V, 11, Plainfield V, 18, Paterson VIII, 1-22 (Gr); 5-mile beach 
VIII, 2-20 (Haim); Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); the larva on elm, 
birch, apple, plum, cherry. 

A. letifica Sm. Plainfield V, 18 (Gr); Crange Mts. VII (Wdt); several 
specimens marked only ‘“‘New Jersey” without date. 

A. elisabeta Sm. Elizabeth V, VII, VIII (div); Chester VIII, 6 (Dn); 
New Brunswick VII, 3 (Gr); larva probably on maple. 

A. lobelize Gn. Throughout the State IV-VIII. Paterson, Newark, Jer- 
sey City, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Staten Island, 5-mile beach; the 
larva on oak. 

A. furcifera Gn. Paterson VII, 27, New Brunswick V, 15 (Gr); Newark 
VII (Wat); Elizabeth, V—VIII (Bz); 5-mile beach, V, 20 (Haim); the 
larva on wild, fire and choke-cherry. 

A. hasta Gn. Paterson V, 30, VII, 26, Metuchen V, 11 (Gr); Westside, 
Greenville VIII, 5 (Wrms); Elizabeth V—VIII (div); Staten Island IV, 
V, VII, VIII (Ds); larva on cherry VI, 26, IX, 19 (Gr). 

A. spinigera Gn. Elizabeth IV-VI (Bz); Staten Island (Ds), and un- 
doubtedly elsewhere in the State. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A45 


. Clarescens Gn. (pruni Harr.) Throughout the State VI to IX; the 
larva on apple, Mountain ash, wild and cultivated cherry, plum. 

. superans Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Essex Co. (div); Elizabeth IV, 10 
(Bz), and probably g. d.; the larva on apple, plum, cherry, birch, 
mountain ash, etc. 

. lithospila Grt. Newark VI, VIII (Wdt); Elizabeth V-VIII (div); 
Staten Island (Ds); the larva on hickory, oak, chestnut. 

. tritona Hbn. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Lake- 
hurst VII, [IX (div); Clementon V, 9 (Lt); larva on cranberry, deer- 
berry and “Azalea.” 

. connecta Grt. Paterson IX, 20 (Gr); Jersey City VII (Kr); Elizabeth 
VII, VIII (div); Staten Island VI—-VIII (Ds); the larva on willow. 

. funeralis Grt.. Elizabeth V, VI (Bz); Forest Hill VII (Bwl); “the 
ornate caterpillar of this species was found at New Brighton, S. I., 
VIII, 6” (Ds); larva on hickory, birch, elm, apple. 

. fragilis Gn. “New Jersey’ without other information. The larva on 
birch, mountain ash and apple. 

. Czesarea Sm. Hssex Co. Park V, 20 (Kf); Woodside VI, 6 (Bwl). 

. vinnula Grt. Newark VI, VII (div); Elizabeth V, VI, VII (Bz); New 
Brunswick VI, VII; Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); the larve on elm. 

. grisea Wlk. Newark (Soc); New Brunswick, rare; the larva on 
apple, birch, willow, elm and arrow-wood. 

. hamamelis Gn. (afflicta Grt.) Woodridge VII, 29 (Wrms); Newark 
IX, 9 (div); Elizabeth V-—VIII (Bz); the larva on oak (Dyar) and 
Walnut (Bt). 

. subochrea Grt. Jersey City at sugar VI (Kr); Newark V, VII (div); 
Staten Island (Ds); the larva on witch hazel. 

. ovata Grt. Throughout the State from V-VIII; Orange Mts. VI 
(Wdt); Newark VI, VII (Bwl); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); 5-mile beach 
VIII, 4, 27 (Haim); Staten Island VII (Ds); the larva on oak, beech 
and chestnut. 

» modica WIK. (exilis Grt.) Guttenberg VI, 30 (Wrms); Elizabeth 
VI (Bz); New Brunswick VI, VII (Sm); Staten Island VI (Ds); the 
larva on oak. 

. heesitata Grt. Ramsey VI, 7 (Sleight); Boonton VII (Bwl); Eliza- 
beth VI (Bz); 5-mile beach VIII, 4, 27 (Haim); probably throughout 
the State and mixed with “ovata” and “inclara’’; flies from VI-—VIII. 
. inclara Smith. (hamamelis) Common throughout the State VI-IX 
and quite variable. Larva feeds on oak, chestnut, birch. 

. increta Morr. Plainfield VII, 5, Newark IV, 25 (Bz); Jamesburg VI, 
Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 

. retardata Wlk. G. d., and not rare. Essex Co. VIII (div); Paterson 
VI, 26, VIII, 30 (Gr); Elizabeth, V, VI (Bz); New Brunswick VI, VI- 
(Coll); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds); Woodbury VI, 8 (Kp); the larva 
on maple. 


446 REPORT’ OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. impleta Wlk. (luteicoma G. & R.) Jersey City VI (Kr); Newark V 
(Wadt); Elizabeth IV, 20-V, 30 (Bz); New Brunswick IX, 9, larva on 
sassafras (Gr); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); 5-mile beach VIII, 2 
(Haim). The larva is a general feeder on orchard and forest trees. 

. sperata Grt. Newark Dist. (div), and probably ee the State 
V-VIII. The larva feeds on poplar and alder. 

. noctivaga Grt. Essex Co. V (div); Staten Island V (Ds), and probably 
g. d., though rare; larva on poplar and a variety of low plants. 

. impressa Wlk. Throughout the State, not rare. Chester (Dn); Hopat- 
cong (Pm); Jersey City VI (Kr); Elizabeth IV, VII (Bz); Staten 
Island (Ds). The larva feeds on a wide range of orchard and forest 
trees and some small fruits, but is not injurious. 

. distans Grt. Elizabeth VIII, 15 (Bz); Lakehurst IV (Ds). Usually 
confounded with “impressa’’ and probably occurs with that species. 
The larva feeds on poplar, willow, birch and alder. 

. xyliniformis Gn. Throughout the State, not rare. Essex Co. VI, VII 
(div); Elizabeth IV, VII, VIII (Bz); Chester VII, 8 (Dn); Elizabeth 
IV, VI, VIII (Coll); 5-mile beach VII, 25, VIII, 2 (Haim); the larva on 
birch and blackberry. 

A. oblinita Sm. & Abb. Common throughout the State V—-VIII. The larva 

is a general feeder on orchard and small fruits and also on a variety 

of forest trees and other plants, but has never yet been injurious in 
this State. 


ARSILONCHE Led. 


. albovenosa Goeze. Throughout the State, IV-IX, more common along 
the coast. Larva on cat-tail VI, 26 at Paterson (Gr), and from late 
September to the middle of October they were on parts of the Hack- 
ensack meadows in countless numbers. Feeds generally on grasses 
and on smart-weed and willow. 


HARRISIMEMNA Grt. 


H. trisignata Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester (Dn); Essex Co (div); 
Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); and rarely found 
throughout the State. It is a bizarre species in all stages; the larva 
on lilac, winterberry and huckleberry (Dyar), also on “Cephalanthus 
occidentalis” (Bz). 


CERMA Hbn. 
. cora Hbn. Atco, rare (Lt). 


POLYGRAMMATA Hbn. 


. hebraicum Hbn. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll); Ramsey VI, 17 
(Sleight); Newark (Ang); Woodbury VI, 18, VII, 20 (Kp); 5-mile 
beach (Haim). 


Fig. 185.—Common owlet moths of New Jersey: 1, Agrotis ypsilon; 2, Peridroma saucia; 
3, Noctua bicarnea; 4, Feltia subgothica; 5, Noctua c-nigrum; 6, Noctua clandes- 
tina; 7, Euxoa tessellata; 8, Mamestra trifoli; 9, Xylophasia arctica; 

Io, Feltia malefida; 11, Euxoa messoria; 12, Xylophasia devastatrix. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 447 


MICROCOELIA Gn. 

. diphtheroides Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Essex Co. VI, VII (div); Eliza- 
beth V, 20-VII, 30 (Bz); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds); New Brunswick 
(Coll); 5-mile beach (Haim); and probably throughout the State. 
The form “obliterata” Grt. occurs with the type and is the more 
common. 


BRYOPHILA Tr. 


. lepidula Grt. Generally distributed, but rare. 

. teratophora H. S. Newark Dist.; New Brunswick. Not really a rare 
species, but has not been reported by collectors, and my specimens 
have no dates. 


CHYTONYX Grt. 
. palliatricula Grt. Staten Island VII (Ds); Anglesea VII (Sm), and 


throughout the State in July, rarely. The form with the white dot in 
median space is the more common. 


MOMA Hbn. 


. fallax H. 8S. Paterson IV, 30 (Gr) V, 10 (Bz); Chester VIII, 19 (Dn); 
Essex Co. V (div); Staten Island V (Ds); Westville, VIII, 19 (Jn); 
Lakehurst, VIII, 23 (Gr). The curiously banded larva feeds on 
“Viburnum” (Dyar) and on poplar. 


BAILEYA Grt. (LEPTINA Gn.) 


. dormitans Gn. Newark (Wdt), and probably rare throughout the 
State. 

. doubledayi Gn. Suffern, N. Y., VII (Bz), and undobtedly occurs this 
side of the State line as well. 

. ophthalmica Gn. Newark (Soc); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); New 
Brunswick (Coll). 


CATABENA WIk. 
. lineolata Wlk. Chester (Dn); Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz), feeds on Ver- 
bena (Bt). 

CRAMBODES Gn. 


. talidiformis Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (div); Jersey City IX (Sb); 
Newark VII (Wdt); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island VIII (Ds); and 
probably throughout the State; the larva on Verbena. 


PLATYSENTA Grt. 


. videns Gn. Jersey City to Cape May VI-IX, in swampy and marsh 
lands along shore and inland, sometimes not uncommon. 


448 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SENTA Steph. 
S. defecta Grt. “New Jersey,’ without definite locality. 


BALSA WIk. 


B. malana Fitch. Throughout the State V—VIII and recorded by most 
collectors. Feeds on apple; “a little green larva dotted with yellow” 
(Dyar). 

B. tristrigella Wlk. Newark V (Wdt); Woodside VI, 20 (Bwl); Hem- 


lock Falls (Sb); Elizabeth VI (Bz), and undoubtedly throughout: the 
State. 


B. labecula Grt. Occurs near New York City, and sure to be found in 
New Jersey. 


“Triquetrana”’ Fitch referred to this genus in the last edition will be 
found in the ‘“‘Nolide.” 


ANORTHODES Sm. 
A. tarda Gn. (prima Sm.) Newark VIII (Wdt); 5-mile beach VIII, 20 
(Haim). 
CARADRINA Ochs. 
C. multifera Wlk. Ramsey IX, 30 (Sleight); Woodbridge VIII, 12 
(Wrms); “New Jersey” (Coll). 


C. derosa Morr. Described from ‘New Jersey” and never since found in 
or out of the State; probably an exotic. 


C. miranda Grt. Recorded from Newark to 5-mile beach, VI-IX, and 
surely occurs throughout the State. 


PERIGEA Gn. 


P. xanthioides Gn. Throughout the State from June to October. 


P. vecors,Gn. Recorded from Jersey City to Anglesea, May to Septem- 
ber, and occurs throughout the State, not rarely. 


P. epopea Cram. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City at sugar VII (Kr); 
Elizabeth VIII, 9 (Kp); Staten Island VI, IX, X (Ds); 5-mile beach 
VIII, 2-27, common (Haim). 


OLIGIA Hbn. 
O. festivoides Gn. Throughout the State, IV-VIII; comes readily to light 
and is recorded by all collectors. 
O. chalcedonia Hbn. Occurs with the preceding; but less abundantly. 
O. versicolor Grt. 5-mile beach VIII, 20 (Haim). 
O. grata Hbn. Sussex Co. to Anglesea V-X; recorded by all collectors. 


. 


HILLIA Grt. 
H. crasis H. S. Hopatcong (Pm). 


MK KOS BX 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 449 


LUPERINA Bav. 


. passer Gn. Throughout the State V—VIII; recorded by all collectors. 
. burgessi Morr. Elizabeth IX, 16 (Kp); Lakehurst IX (div); Cape 


May Co., 1 specimen at light (Lt). 


XYLOPHASIA Steph. 


. remissa Hbn. Hopatcong VI, 21 (Sleight); Elizabeth VI, 116) (Bz: 


“New Jersey” (Coll). 


. suffusca Morr. Newark (Soc). 
. vultuosa Grt. Jersey City VI, VII (Kr). 
. apamiformis Gn. Newark VI, 4-15 (Sb); Elizabeth VIII (div); River- 


ton VII, 31 (Jn); Camden V, 28, Westville VI, 29 (Kp). 


. finitima Gn. Jersey City on raspberry bloom in May (Kr). 

. lateritia Hbn. ‘New Jersey” without definite locality. 

. cogitata Smith. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll). 

- dubitans Wilk. Throughout the State VII-IX; more or less common. 
. impulsa Gn. Ramsey VI, 19 (Sleight); Elizabeth VI, 21, 1 specimen 


(Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds). 


. devastatrix Brace. Throughout the State commonly, all season. The 


larva is one of the most destructive of our field cut-worms. 


. arctica Bdv. Common throughout the State VI-IX; the larva is de- 


structive to corn, cabbage and garden plants. 


. verbascoides Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Elizabeth VIII, 6 (Kp); Staten 


Island IV, VI (Ds). 


. cariosa Gn. Ramsey VI, 7 (Sleight); Jersey City VI (Kr); Newark 


VI (Wat); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); 5-mile beach VII, 4 (Weigand). 


. vulgaris G. & R. “New Jersey” (Coll). 
. lignicolor Gn. Ramsey VI, 25 (Sleight); Caldwell (Cr); Newark VIII 


(Wdt); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VII, 3 (Gr). 


HADENA Schrank. 


. bridghami G. & R. Ramsey VII, 25 (Sleight); Seabright, on sunflow- 


ers, Jersey City at sugar VII (Kr); the type locality is “New Jersey.” 


. fractilinea Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island VIII, 7 (Ds); New 


Brunswick (Coll); Lakehurst IX (Bz); probably throughout the 
State. 


. miseloides Gn. Paterson to 5-mile beach, VI-VIII; not rare through- 


out the State; larva solitary on “Smilax’—green briar (Dyar). 


. viridimusca Sm. “New Jersey” without specific locality or date. 
. mactata Gn. Englewood Cliffs X, 15, at sugar (Dke); Elizabeth IX, 


2 (Bz). 


. turbulenta Hbn. Thrcughout the State, local VI, VII, VIII; larva 


gregarious on “Smilax’’—green briar—and horse nettle. 
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450 REPORT: OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


H. modica Gn. Andover VIII (Kr); Snake Hill VII (Wdt); Woodside 
VIII, 18 (Bwl); Newark VII (div); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island 
VI-VIII (Ds); 5-mile beach VIII, 27 (Haim). 


H. hausta Grt. Jersey City Hts. IV, 20, Newark (Sb), Elizabeth VI, 24, 
1 specimen (Bz). 


H. diversicolor Morr. Hdgewater Hts. [xX, 10 (Wrms). 


MACRONOCTUA Grt. 


M. onusta Grt. Ramsey IX, 22 (Sleight); Elizabeth IX, 18 (Bz); “New 
Jersey” (div); the larva bores in the roots of German lily (Dyar) 
and blue flag (Bird). 


DRYOBOTA Led. 


D. illocata Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); 5-mile beach VIII, 22 (Haim), and 
probably throughout the State. 


HYPPA .Dup. 
H. xylinoides Gn. Throughout the State V-IX; not rare. 


FERALIA Grt. 


F. jocosa Gn. Paterson IV, 4-6 (Gr); Newark Dist. III, IV, the larva 
‘on hemlock (Soc); is a very local species, but not rare where it 
occurs. 


F. major Sm. Occurs in New York just north of the line, and will un- 
doubtedly be found also in New Jersey. 


TRACHEA Hbn. 
T. delicata Grt. Ft. Lee VIII, 18 (Wrms); Jersey City VIII (Kr); Eliz- 
abeth VIII (Bz). 
EUPLEXIA Steph. 


E. lucipara Linn. Throughout the State V-IX, not rare; larva on birch, 
“Viburnum,” etc. 
ACTINOTIA Hbn. 
A. ramosula Gn. Great Notch VIII, 26 (Dke); Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell 


(Cr); Newark V (Bwl); Elizabeth IV, VII, IX (div); Staten Island 
V-VIII (Ds). 


DIPTERYGIA Steph. 


D. scabriuscula Linn. Throughout the State V—VIII; larva on “Rumex.” 


PYROPHILA Hbn. 


P. tragopogonis Linn. Ramsey VIII, 5 (Sleight); ‘““New Jersey” (Coll). 

P. pyramidoides Gn. Throughout the State, V-IX, sometimes locally 
common. “One of the commonest larva of early spring” (Dyar), 
feeding on wild cherry, apple, poplar, chestnut, etc. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 451 


HELOTROPHA Led. 


. reniformis Grt. Throughout the State VI-IX, often common; the 
variety “atra”’ Grt. occurs with the type and is sometimes the more 
abundant. 


PRODENIA Gn. 


. commelina S. & A. Throughout the State VIII to X; but the rarest 
of the species belonging to the genus. All the larve feed on grasses. 


. ornithogalli Gn. Throughout the State VIII-10; locally common. 
. eudiopta Gn. With the preceding and at the same dates. 


LAPHYGMA Gn. 


. frugiperda S. & A. Common throughout the State VIII-X. The larva 
is the “fall army worm,” which occasionally becomes abundant enough 
to cause serious injury to late crops; even fruit trees sometimes 
suffer. The varieties “fulvosa”’ Riley and ‘‘obscura” Riley occur with 
the type, but not so abundantly. 


MAGUSA WIk. 
. divaricata Grt. Newark in August at light (div). 


HOMOHADENA Grt. 


: badistriga Grt. Newark district; larva on honeysuckle. 


ONCOCNEMIS Led. 


- riparia Morr. Occurs on Long Island and will yet be found along 
shore in New Jersey. 


- Saundersii Grt. Ramsey IX, 15 (Sleight). 


LEPIPOLYS Gn. 


. perscripta Gn. Ramsey IX, 23 (Sleight), and at other points in New 
Jersey. 


ADITA Grt. 


. chionanthi S. & A. Newark (Soc); single specimens only. 


COPIPANOLIS Grt. 
. cubilis Grt. Lakehurst in April (Ds). 


EUTOLYPE Grt. 


. rolandi Grt. Forest Hill IV, 22 (Wrms); Staten Island IV. (Ds). 


- bombyciformis Sm. Larva on shell-bark hickory and is sure to occur 
in New Jersey. 


452 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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PSAPHIDIA WIk. 
grotei Morr. Staten Island IV, 15 (Ds); New Brunswick IV, 17 (Sm). 


. resumens Walk. Paterson IV, 24 (Gr); Newark (div), and probably 


elsewhere in the State. 


. thaxterianus Grt. Will yet be found in New Jersey. 


RHYNCHAGROTIS Sm. 


. rufipectus Morr. Will cccur in the northern part of the State. 
. brunneicollis Grt. Ramsey VI, 22 (Sleight); Newark VI, 9 (Wdt); 


Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island VI, 21 (Ds); 5-mile beach VII, 1, 
VIII, 20 (Haim). 


. anchoceloides Gn. Staten Island IX, X (Ds); Newark VIII, 5 (Sb); 


Elizabeth, VII, VIII (Bz); Westville VII, 2 (Lt); Lakehurst IX, 27 
(Gr); DaCosta VIII, 16 (Dke); 5-mile beach IX (div). The larva is 
one of the commoner cut worms and feeds on grape (Bt) as well as 
a variety of low plants. 


. brunneipennis Grt. Elizabeth VII, 20 (Coll). 
. placida Grt. Hlizabeth VIII, 4 (Kp); Lakehurst IX, 5 (Bz). 
. alternata Grt. Sussex Co. VIII, 24, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Coll); Staten 


Island VIII, IX, X (Ds); Newark VII (div); Elizabeth VII (Bz); 
Camden (Kp). 


ADELPHAGROTIS Sm. 


. prasina Fab. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark VII-IX (div); Staten Island 


VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth VII, 30 (Coll). 


PLATAGROTIS Sm. 


. pressa Grt. Hopatcong (Pm). 


EUERETAGROTIS Sm. 


. sigmoides Gn. Hopatcong V, 22 (div); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth VII, 


on sugar (Bz). 


. perattenta Gn. Newark (Wdt); Staten Island VI (Ds). 
. attenta Grt. Occurs rarely near New York (Bt). 


SEMIOPHORA Steph. 


. elimata Gn. Staten Island IX (Ds); Lakehurst IX (Ds). 
. janualis Grt. Lakehurst IX (div). The Lakehurst localities for this 


and the preceding species may prove to refer to the following. 


. grisatra Sm. Lakehurst IX, 27, 1 9 type (Gr). 

. atoma Sm. Lakehurst IX, 27, 109 ¢ type (Gr). 

. Opacifrons Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 

. tenebrifera Wlk. (catherina Grt.) Taken at Philadelphia V, 1, and 


recorded from ‘New Jersey,” without specific locality. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 453 


PACHNOBIA Gn. 

. monochromatea Morr. Near Newark, very rare (Soc); Brown’s Mills 
Junction V, 20 (DkKe), 1 specimen. 

. manifesta Morr. Paterson V, 20, (Gr); Staten Island V (Ds); New- 
ark, in early spring (div); Mr. Seib has bred it from a larva with 
curious feeler-like processes found under leaves in a swamp. 

. fishii Grt. Newark IV (Bz); Silver Lake, Staten Island IV, 29 (Shoe- 
maker). 


AGROTIS Tr. 

. badinodis Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth IX (Bz); 
Staten Island IX (Ds); Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr). 

. Violaris G. & R. Riverton IX, 20 (Jn); Manumuskin X, 10-21 (Dke). 
: ypsilon Rott. Common throughout the State, V-IX; the larva is one 
of the injurious cut-worms. 


. geniculata G. & R. Ramsey IX, 20 (Sleight); Sussex Co. VIII, 21 
(Coll); Caldwell (Cr); Lakehurst IX (div); Lucaston IX, 8 (Dke); 
Cape May Co.. 1 spec. (Lt). 


NOCTUA Linn. 


Fig. 186.—Cut-worms of typical forms; eggs natural size (6) and 
enlarged (7). 


454 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


N. smithii Snell. Throughout the State, VIII & IX, more common in the 
northern portion. This is the species usually named “baja” in col- 
lections. 

N. normaniana Grt. Sussex Co. VIII, 22, New Brunswick VIII, IX (Coll); 
Staten Island VIII (Ds); Caldwell (Cr). Locally common, but seems 
confined to the northern part of the State. 


N. bicarnea Gn. Throughout the State, VII-XI usually common. The 
larva is a general feeder on low plants; but is not one of the econom- 
ically important species. 

N. c-nigrum Linn. Common throughout the State, VII-XI. The larva is 
one of the injurious species found in fields in the spring. 

N. phyllophora Grt. Hopatcong (Bt); Newark V-VIII (div); larva in 
March (Sb). 

N. plecta Linn. Throughout the State V-IX, sometimes quite numerous. 
The larva feeds on celery, lettuce and similar plants; but rarely in 
injurious numbers. 

N. collaris G. & R.- Ramsey IX, 10 (Sleight). 

N. haruspica Grt. Hopatcong (Pm), and undoubtedly elsewhere in 
North Jersey. : 

N. clandestina Harr. Common throughout the State V-IX. concealed 
under bark, in crevices and other shelter. The larva is one of the 
more injurious cut-worms. 

N. lubricans Gn. Great Notch VIII, 26 (Dke); Boonton VIII, Elizabeth 
VIII, 13 (Kp); Newark VIII (div). 


PERIDROMA Hbn. 


P. occulta Linn. Newark, at light (Wdt); Staten Island VIII (Ds); 5- 
mile beach VIII, IX (div). 

P. margaritosa Haw., var. saucia Hbn. Throughout the State VII-XI. 
The larva is a general feeder and one of the injurious cut-worms. 


P. incivis Gn. Boonton IX (Bwl); Caldwell (Cr); Jersey City VII, at 
sugar (Kr); Newark (div); Elizabeth VIII, IX, 16 (div); Staten Island 
VIII-X (Ds); Stone Harbor VIII, 3 (Dke); 5-mile beach, VIII, 20 
(Haim). 

RHIZAGROTIS Sm. 


R. acclivis Morr. Rare near New York (Bt). I have seen specimens 
from Maryland, and there is no reason why it should not occur in 
New Jersey. 

FELTIA WIk. 


F. subgothica Haw. Occtfrs throughout the State, and is the most com- 
mon of the allied species. The caterpillar is sometimes quite abun- 
dant, but rarely injurious. 


F. jaculifera Gn. With the preceding in a general way, but less abundant, 
and in some localities entirely absent. 

F. herilis Grt. Also occurs throughout the State with the two preceding, 
but is more rare than either. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. | gee 


. gladiaria Morr. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark IX, X (div); Staten Island 
IX (Ds); New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll), and probably throughout the 
State. 

. venerabilis Wlk. Newark IX, 15 (Wdt); Elizabeth IX (Bz); Staten 
Island IX (Ds); Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr). 

. volubilis Harv. Ft. Lee V, 30 (Wrms); Newark, at light X (Wdt), 
Chester (Coll), and elsewhere in North Jersey. 

. annexa Tr. Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr); 5-mile 
beach VIII, IX (div); and probably throughout South Jersey; the 
larva is a general feeder and sometimes rather plentiful. 

. malefida Gn. Trenton (U S Ag); Anglesea IX (Coll), and probably 
throughout South Jersey. 


POROSAGROTIS Sm. 

. vetusta Wlk. Paterson IX, 30 (Gr); Anglesea IX, 28; and throughout 
the State on goldenrod in September during the day. 

. mimallonis Grt. Common near New York (Bt). 


. tripars Wlk. Staten Island IX, 21 (Ds); Lucaston IX, 20 (Dke); Laha- 
way IX, seasonally not rare. 


EUXOA Hbn. (CARNEADES Grt.) 


. velleripennis Grt. Ramsey IX, 23 (Sleight); Great Notch VIII, 26 
(Dke); Guttenberg VIII, 29 (Wrms); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth IX, 
i (Colle Atco) Vill, 2 (lit): 

. fumalis Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 

. detersa Wlk. Throughout the State in late fall on goldenrod; flying 
freely in the bright sunshine; especially common near the shore. 

. bostoniensis Grt. Ramsey IX, 26 (Sleight); Paterson X, 8 (Gr); 
Newark IX, 2 (Coll); Staten Island IX, X (Ds); probably occurs 
throughout the more northern part of the State. 

. messoria Harr. Common throughout the State, June to September. 
The larva known as the “reaping rustic” is the most injurious and 
abundant of our early cut-worms and is especially troublesome in 
South Jersey on sweet-potatoes. The bran-arsenic remedy works per- 
fectly for this species. 

. tessellata Harr. Also common throughout the State, and a close ally 
of the preceding in its destructive work. 

. albipennis Grt. Newark (Ang). 

. obeliscoides Gn. Chester VII, New Brunswick VII (Coll); probably 
occurs throughout the more northern sections of the State. 


. redimicula Morr. Staten Island VII (Ds). 


ANYTUS Grt. 


. privatus Wlk. Ramsey IX, 26 (Sleight); Paterson IX, 10 (Gr); Eliza- 
beth IX (Bz); and, not commonly, throughout the State VIII & IX. 


. capax Grt. Ramsey IX, 19 (Sleight). 


456 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


UFEUS Grt. 
U. plicatus Grt. Newark (Sb). 


MAMESTRA Ochs. 
M. nimbosa Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Soc). 
M. imbrifera Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Soc). 


M. purpurissata Grt. Chester VIII, 17, Sussex Co. VIII, 23 (Coll); not 
common near New York (Bt). 


M. meditata Grt. Chester VIII to Anglesea VI, VIII, IX; and generally 
throughout the State, chiefly VIII & IX. 


M. lustralis Grt. Sure to be found in New Jersey. 

M. detracta Wlk. Newark VI (Sb); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); Staten 
Island VI, VII (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Dke). 

M. distincta Hbn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark IV (div); Elizabeth IV (Bz); 
Staten Island IV, V (Ds); the larva on grape. 

M. atlantica Grt. “New Jersey,” without definite locality. 


M. subjuncta G. & R. Throughout the northern half of the State; New 
Brunswick to Chester V—VIII. The larva is a general feeder on 
grasses, weeds, and sometimes becomes injurious on cabbage and 
other cultivated plants. 

M. grandis Bdv. Newark VI, 20, VIII, 6 (div); Elizabeth VI (Bz); Staten 
Island VI, Jamesburg VII (Ds), and probably throughout the northern 
part of the State; larva on burdock and a variety of other low plants. 


M. trifolii Rott. Throughout the 
State, V-X, common; larva 
on cabbage, clover, Cheno- 
podium, &c., and sometimes 
injurious. 

M. rosea Harv. Ramsey V, 28 
(Sleight); Paterson VI, 15 
(Gr.); Newark, at light VIII 
(Wdt); Elizabeth VI, 10 
(Bz). 

M. congermana Morr. Ramsey 
V, 29 (Sleight); Ft. Lee VII, 
30 (Wrms); Newark, at 
light, rare (Wdt); Elizabeth 
VII (Bz); Staten Island V, 


WAG (CDE). 

M. rubefacta Morr. Lakehurst 
iV, 29 @s).. 

M. picta Harr. Throughout the = 
State VI, VIII, locality com- Fig. 187,—Mamestra trifolii: a, larva from 
mon; the gaudy yellow, above; b, same on cabbage Jeaf; 
black-striped and _ barred c, pupa; d, adult; wing of 


j h enl E 
larve are sometimes found moth enlarged 


eee os 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 457 


abundant on cabbages, though feeding also on other low plants. 
Prompt applicatign of the arsenites should be resorted to when the 
species is noticed. 


. lubens Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Ramsey V, 28 (Sleight); Newark VI, 


larva on huckleberry, sumac and birch (Sb); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); 
Staten Island VII (Ds). 


. latex Gn. Ramsey V, 21 (Sleight); Orange Mts. VI (Wdt); Mont- 


clair VI, 5, Elizabeth V, 28 (Bz); Staten Island V-VI (Ds); National 
Park VI, 10 (Dke); a dirty brown larva on low plants (Dyar). 


. adjuncta Bdv. Recorded from all parts of the State in August; larva 


on asparagus, goldenrod and other plants. 


. repentina Morr. West Hoboken; the type and only example ever 


taken. 


. legitima Grt. Boonton VIII (Bwl); Hopatcong (Pm); Sussex Co. VII, 


New Brunswick VIII, 20 (Coll); Jersey City VII (Kr); Elizabeth 
VIII, 19 (Kp); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Lucaston VII, 27 (Dke); 
the larva feeds on asparagus, beans, cabbage and a variety of other 
garden plants, has two annual broods, and is sometimes injurious. 


. lilacina Harv. Newark IX (div). 

. goodelli Grt. Newark (Sb); 5-mile beach VII, 26 (Haim). 

. ectypa Morr. Morris Plains (Neum). 

. renigera Steph. Common throughout the State and almost all season; 


larva a general feeder and sometimes injurious. 


. olivacea Morr. Throughout the State VI, VIII, IX; recorded by all 


collectors. 


. anguina Grt. Ramsey V, 18 (Sleight); Paterson VI, 26 (Gr); Staten 


Island (Doll). 


. laudabilis Gn. Andover VIII (Kr); Newark (Soc); Iona IV, Bridge- 


ton IX, X, 4 (Coll); Lakehurst IX (div). 


. lorea Gn. Ramsey V, 31 (Sleight); Staten Island VI (Ds); Elizabeth 


VI, 21 (Bz); New Brunswick VI, 11 (Coll); larva on geranium, straw- 
berry, etc. (Bt). 


MORRISONIA Grt. 


. sectilis Gn. Paterson V, 12, on bark of chestnut (Gr); Newark IV 


28-V, 2 on willow bloom (div); Elizabeth IV (Bz); Staten Island IV 
(Ds); the variety ‘‘vomerina” Grt. occurs with the type. 


. confusa Hbn. Ramsey V, 13 (Sleight); Paterson V, 5, Plainfield V, 


18 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Newark V, 1 (Soc); Elizabeth IV (Bz); 
larva on willow, in webbed-up leaves. 


ULOLONCHE Sm. 


. modesta Morr. Great Notch, DaCosta V, 17, Brown’s Mills V, 19 


(Dke); Lakehurst V (Ds); and probably throughout the State, rarely. 


458 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


NEPHELODES Gn. 


N. minians Gn. Throughout the State VIII, IX, oftén on golden rod; the 
larva is sometimes locally injurious as a cut-worm on corn and other 
grasses. The variety “violans” Gn. is locally more common than the 
type form. 


LEUCANIA Ochs. 


The larve of all the species of this genus feed on grasses and a num- 
ber of them are injurious. 


L. pseudargyria Gn. Throughout the State IV-IX; common but not in- 
jurious. 


L. luteopallens Sm. (pallens L.) Ramsey IX, 21 (Sleight); Newark VII 
(Wdt); Elizabeth VIII, 4 (Bz). 
albilinea Hbn. Common throughout the 
State V-IX; the larva is known as the 
“wheat-head” army worm; attacking 
the grain just as it is ripening and 
sometimes causing serious trouble in 
the more northern parts of the State. 
L. diffusa Wlk. Paterson V, 20 (Gr); Eliz- 
abeth VII, VIII (Bz); 5-mile beach VIII, 
20 (Haim); has been confused with the Fig. 188—The ‘“‘wheat-head” army 
preceding and probably has much the worm, Leucania albilinea. 
same distribution. 


L. ligata Grt. Manumuskin V, 5 (Dke). 


L. flabilis Grt. Newark at light, VII (Wdt); Elizabeth IX, 15 (Bz); 5- 
mile beach VII, 25-VIII, 5 (Haim); always rare. 


L. insueta Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City VI, common (Kr); prob- 
ably occurs throughout the State. 

L. extincta Gn. Newark (Ang); Elizabeth V, VII (Bz); 5-mile beach 
VIII, 12 (Haim). 

L. multilinea Walk. Newark meadows, at sugar (Sb); Elizabeth VI, 
VIII (Bz); Staten Island VI-IX (Ds); 5-mile beach VIII, 27 (Haim). 

L. commoides Gn. New Brunswick (Coll); Anglesea VIII, IX (div). 

. phragmatidicola Gn. Throughout the State V, IX; usually common. 


L 


r 


L. unipuncta Haw. Throughout the State from May until frost. The 
larva is the “army-worm,” which is seasonally and locally destruc- 
tive. Remedial measures consist of barriers and mechanical meth- 
ods adapted in each instance to the case in hand. 


Fig. 189.—Mamestra picta: a, the ‘‘zebra caterpillar;’’ b, moth. 
Fig. 190.—‘‘Wheat head” army worm: a, a, larve at work on wheat head; b, egg mass; 
c, d, egg from above and side, enlarged. 


Fig. 191.—Army worm at work. 


Fig. r92.—Army worm moth, Lewcania unipuncta and details. 
Fig. 193.—Heliothis armiger: a, b, egg enlarged, from side and above; c, larva; d, pupa 
in underground cell; e, adult, wings spread; f, same, wings closed. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 459 


Tig. 192 


Fig. 193. 


460 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


4HiAdaA 


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Pad 


ORTHODES Gn. 


. crenulata Butl. Hopatcong to Cape May VI-VIII; more or less com- 


mon throughout the State. 


. cynica Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City at sugar VI (Kr); Newark 


V, VI (Wat); Elizabeth VI, VIII (div); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 


- imora Strck. Ramsey X, 22, at light (Sleight); this species is un- 


known to me (Sm). 


- vecors Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark V-VIII (div); Elizabeth V 


(Bz); Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds). 


HIMELLA Grt. 


. contrahens Wlk. “Northern New Jersey.” 
. intractata Morr. Paterson IV, 20 (Gr); Newark IV (div); Staten 


Island IV (Ds). 
CROCIGRAPHA Grt. 


- normani Grt. Newark IV, on willow catkins (Sb) and probably 


throughout the northern part of the State. 


TAENIOCAMPA Ochs. 


. furfurata Grt. Paterson V, 17 (Gr). 

. culea Gn. Paterson V, 20, Plainfield V, 19 (Gr); Newark (Ang). 

. oviduca Gn. Common throughout the State VIII & IX. 

. rubrescens Wlk. Newark, Elizabeth IV (Bz). 

. alia Gn. Throughout the State, late in fall and again from March to 


May; larva a general feeder in early spring (Dyar). 


- subterminata Sm. With the preceding and probably as widely dis- 


tributed; Newark and Elizabeth IV on willow blossoms (div). 


TRICHOLITA Grt. 


. signata Wlk. Andover VIII (Kr); Newark (Ang), Staten Island VIII, 


23 (Fulda); 5-mile beach IX, 4 (Haim). 


XYLINA Ochs. 


. bethunei G. & R. Throughout the State, and one of the most common 


forms. 


. innominata Sm. With the preceding; but less common and more gen- 


erally restricted to the northern half of the State. 


. ferrealis Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); New Brunswick IV (Coll). 

. Signosa Wlk. Hopatccng (Pm); Caldwell (Cr). 

. fagina Morr. Chester (Dn); Ramsey X, 22, at light (Sleight). 

. unimoda Lint. Ramsey II, 13 (Sleight); Newark (Ang); Staten 


Island (Ds). 


. laticinerea Grt. Ramsey X, 19 (Sleight); Hopatcong (Pm); Carlstadt 


VIII, 20 (Wrms); Staten Island II-V and X, XI (Ds); larva on soft 
maple (Dyar), cherry and other trees. Probably occurs throughout 
the State. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 461 


. grotei Riley. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson X, 24, New Brunswick III, 
23 (Gr); Newark IV (Bz). 


. antennata Wlk. Throughout the State in late fall and early spring; 
the commonest of our species. As in all the other species of this 
genus, the adults occur in late fall and hibernate in that stage, re- 
appearing for flight and oviposition early next spring. The food 
plants include ,among others, apple trees, and some injury has been 
caused by the larve cating into the forming fruit. 


. thaxteri Grt. Newark (Sb). 


LITHOLOMIA Grt. 


. Napee Morr. Forest Hill IV, 20 (Wrms); rare near New York (Bt), 
and probably throughout northern New Jersey. 


CALOCAMPA Steph. 


. nupera Lint. Occasional in northern New Jersey. 


. cineritia Grt. Newark III and IV, on willow catkins; larve in Sep- 
tember on low willows (Sb). 


. curvimacula Morr. Staten Island IV (Ds) and occasional in North 
Jersey. 

CUCULLIA Schranck. 
. convexipennis G. & R. Newark afd northward VI-VIII (div); Staten 
Island VII-IX (Ds); often on golden rod. 


. asteroides Gn. Hopatcong to Cape May and elsewhere throughout 
the State VIL-IX; usually on golden rod. 


. intermedia Speyer. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark VIII (Wdt). 
. phil Sm. Taken in Fairmount Park, Phila., and will certainly occur 
in New Jersey. 7 

BELLURA WIk. 


. gortynides Wlk. Passaic Co. VIII, 29 (Kell); New Durham VIII, 29 
(Wrms); Elizabeth VIII, 9 (Bz); Newark district; larva in stems of 
“Typha,” rare. 


. obliqua G. & R. Newark V, VII, common; larva in cat-tails; easily 
taken during the winter when the stems are frozen in ice. 


NONAGRIA Ochs. 
. oblonga Grt. Elizabeth VII (Bz). 


. subflava Grt. Rare near Newark (Soc); seasonally common near 
Jersey City (Wrms). 


. lata Morr. Described from “Hoboken.” 


OMMATOSTOLA Grt. 


. lintneri Grt. Anglesea in late August and September, sometimes 
common at light and during the day found at rest in the bath houses. 


462 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


FAGITANA WIk. 


F. littera Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City VII, at sugar (Kr); New- 
ark (Soc), and probably rare throughout the State. 


F. u-album Gn. Occurs rarely throughout the State. 


ACHATODES Gn. 


A. zez Harr. Throughout the State; the larva boring in corn, wheat 
and other grasses. It is sometimes rather plentiful in the larval 
stage, but has never yet been seriously injurious. 


APAMEA Tr. 


The two species placed here were among those referred to “Hydreecia”’ 
in the previous edition. The larve are borers, and not often found ex- 
cept on special search. The adults are not uncommon and are attracted 
to light. 

A. velata Wlk. Throughout the State VI-VIII, sometimes common. 
A. americana Speyer. (atlantica Sm.) Throughout the State in July 
and August. The larva bores in the stems of grasses. 


HYDRCECIA Tr. 


H. immanis Gn. Local in the northern parts of the State; the larva in 
the crown roots of hops. Dates of flight are in August and Septem- 
ber. 


PAPAIPEMA Sm. 


The species here referred constitute the bulk of those previously re- 
ferrd to “Hydroecia.” All of them are borers in the larval state, and 
most of them are by no means rare if properly sought for; but most of 
them inhabit plants of no economic importance, and therefore do not be- 
come obtrusive. The adults are rarely seen, and while they are quite 
handsome and conspicuous moths, few collections have more than a 
seattering representation of species. Mr. Henry Bird, of Rye, N. Y., 
has made a special study of this genus, and to him I owe the information 
concerning food plants. 

P. appasionata Harv. Lakehurst (Jtl). The iarva bores in the roots 

. of pitcher plants, and the species will probably be found wherever 

this plant occurs. 

P. marginidens Gn. Staten Island IX (Ds); Elizabeth IX, 15 (Bz), New 
Brunswick IX, 12 (Gr). Mr. Bird reports that he finds the larva 
everywhere in “Sicuta maculata.” 

P. furcata Sm. Hopatcong (Pm); Carlstadt, where the larva has been 
found boring in the young shoots of ash, by Mr. Doll. 

P. circumlucens Sm. Newark, and elsewhere in New Jersey. It has 
been confused with “marginidens,’ and probably occurs wherever its 
food plant, hop, is found. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 463 


. duovata Bird. The larva bores in the golden rod, “Solidago semper- 


virens,” and will probably be found where this plant occurs. 
impecuniosa Grt. Staten Island, the larva in “Aster puniceus” (Ds); 
aster and helenium are general food plants according to Bird, and 
the. species probably occurs throughout the State. 


. inquzsita G. & R. Hopatcong (Pm); Elizabeth IX, 30 (Bz); Staten 


Island (Ds); August and September. The larva in the roots of sen- 
sitive fern (Bird). . , 


. speciosissima G. & R. Ridgewood VIII, 30; Newark (Soc); Elizabeth 


X, 1 (Bz). A rare species, whose larva has thus far escaped detec- 
tion. 


. frigida Sm. The larva lives in the meadow Rue, and no doubt occurs 


in New Jersey. 


. sciata Bird. Newark IX, 5 (Sb); Hlizabeth X, 5 (Bz), and probably 


elsewhere in the State. The larva bores in “Veronica virginica,” 
and this is the species listed as “limpida” in the previous edition. 


. cerussata Grt. Newark IX, 28 (Sb); Staten Island (Ds). The larva 


bores in iron weed and probably occurs wherever that plant grows. 


nitela Gn. Throughout the 
State and sometimes 
common. The normal 
food plant is the rag- 
weed, “Ambrosia trifida,” 
but it may infest dock 
and other of the weedy 
plants. Sometimes it be- 
comes excessively abun- 
dant and then attacks 
potato, tomato, aster, 
dahlia, corn and a great 
variety of other plants, 
causing local injury. 
Gardens and small plant- 
ings are most generally infested, and as a rule where they adjoin a 
weedy road or field. Adults occur from late July to September, and 
a good general measure to prevent trouble is to keep down the rag- 
weeds by mowing in early July. 


Fig. 194.—Papaipema nitela: larva and adult. 


duplicata Bird. The larva breeds in horse balm, “Colensonia cana- 
densis,’ and will almost certainly be found in the State. 


imperturbata Bird. Bores into the stems of the wild sunflower, “Heli- 
anthus divaricatus,’ and should occur in New Jersey. 


necopina Grt. The larva bores in the stalks of the wild sunflower, 
“Helianthus giganteus,” and the species will no doubt be found there 
whenever sought for. An adult is very rarely taken even where the 
larva is abundant. 


464 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


P. eupatorii Lyman. The larva bores in “EKupatorium purpurea,” and will 
probably be found in New Jersey. 

P. pterisii Bird. The larva in brake or high fern, ‘Pterisia aquilina.” 
This species very closely resembles “harrisii,” and some of the records 
for that species will without much doubt be found referable here. 

P. harrisii Grt. Newark (Sb); Hlizabeth IX (Bz). The larva bores in 
“Heracleum lanatum.” 

P. purpurifascia G. & R. Elizabeth IX (Bz), Staten Island (Ds), and 
probably throughout the more northern parts of the State where the 
wild columbine grows; the larva bores in the roots of that plant. 


P, baptisiz Bird. The larva bores in the false indigo, “‘Baptisia tinc- 
torum,”’ and undoubtedly occurs in New Jersey. Mr. Davis has taken 
it on Staten Island. 


P. astuta Bird. The larva bores in horse balm, ‘“Colensonia,” and will 
almost certainly be found in New Jersey. 


P. cataphracta Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Soc); Staten Island (Ds); 
Anglesea (Lt); generally distributed throughout the State. The larva 
is a general feeder in thistle, burdock, elder, sunflower and other 
weeds, the adult flying in September. 


P. rigida Grt. This will probably be found in the northern part of the 
State as the southerly limit of its distribution; it flies in September. 


The species recorded as “rutila’’ in the previous edition probably refers 
to one of the other, similar forms. Mr. Bird has not met with it in his 
collections and considers it a more northern type. The Canadian col- 
lectors get it not uncommonly. 


PYRRHIA Hbn. 


P. umbra Hbn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI (Sb); Elizabeth VII (Bz); 
Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); 5-mile beach VII, 28 (Haim); larva on 
“Desmodium” and blackberry. 


P. exprimens Wlk. With the preceding, but rarely. 


XANTHIA Hbn. 


X. flavago Fab. Recorded as rare near New York by Beutenmuller. 


IODIA Hbn. 
l. rufago Hbn. Newark IV, on willow bloom (Sb); Lakehurst IV (Ds). 


MESOLOMIA Sm. (BROTOLOMIA.) 
M. iris Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Jersey City (Sb); Newark VI (div). 


TRIGONOPHORA Hbn. 


T. periculosa Gn. Chester (Dn); Hopatcong (Pm); Cresskill VIII, 30 
(Wrms); Paterson IX, 21 (Gr); Lakehurst IX (Ds). The variety 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 465 


“v-brunneum” Grt. occurs with the type, and both are probably found 
throughout the State. 


CIRRCEDIA Gn. 


C. pampina Gn. Newark and Orange Mts. IX (div); Bayonne (Bt); 
Elizabeth IX, X (div); Staten Island V, IX, X (Ds); New Brunswick 
IX, 20, Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr). 


SCOLIOPTERYX Germ. 
S. libatrix Linn. Throughout the State. Matures in early fall, hiber- 


nates aS an adult and lives until well along in summer; larva on 
willow and poplar. — 


. COSMIA Ochs. 
C. paleacea Esp. Chester (Dn). 


ORTHOSIA Ochs. 


The species now referred to this genus are only a part of those in the 
previous edition. Most of them have been separated under the term 
“Amathes” Hbn., leaving the larger, more robust species under the present 
term. 

O. aurantiago Gn. Ramsey IX, 5, at light (Sleight); Elizabeth VIII, 20 
(Bz). 

O. helva Grt. Throughout the State, VII and VIII, recorded by all con- 
tributors from Hopatcong to 5-mile beach. 

O. lutosa Andr. Newfoundland VII, 2 (Shoemaker), and also recorded 
from “New Jersey” without specific locality. 

O. americana Morr. Described from New Jersey, was based on a Euro- 
pean example, and “O. conradi”’ Grt., also recorded from the State, 
was undoubtedly an error of determination or locality. 


AMATHES Hbn. 


The species referred here appeared under “‘Orthosia’”’ in the last edition. 


A. bicolorago Gn. Throughout the State, locally common, September to 
October; hibernates as an adult and appears again early next spring. 
The variety ‘ferruginoides” Gn. is really much the most abundant 
form of the two. : 

A. decipiens Grt. Elizabeth X, 19 (Kp). 

. euroa G. & R. Should be found in the northern part of the State. 


A. ralla G. & R. Recorded from New Hampshire to North Carolina and 
sure to be found in New Jersey. 


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PARASTICHTIS Hbn. 


P. discivaria Wlk. Not yet actually found in the State, but almost cer- 
tain to occur there. 


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466 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SCOPELOSOMA Curt. 


S. indirecta Wlk. Caldwell (Cr); Forest Hill III (Wdt); Newark IIi & 
IV (div). All the species of the genus mature in fall, hibernate as 
adults and fly again very early in spring. 

S. moffatiana Grt. Newark district IV, X, XI (div); Staten Island IV 

« (Ds); larva on witch hazel (Dyar). 

. pettiti Grt. Occurs near New York (Bt). 

S. ceromatica Grt. Recorded from “New Jersey,” and Mr. Buchholz has 

taken it in Bronx Park, N. Y. City; larva on witch hazel. 

. tristigmata Grt. Newark, New Brunswick IX (Coll), and probably 

throughout the State. 


S. walkeri Grt. Newark IV, on willow bloom and at sugar (Sb); Hliza- 
beth XII, 13 (Bz). 


S. sidus Gn. Newark district IX (div); Forest Hill IV, 2 (Wrms); 
Staten Island X, Lakehurst X (Ds), 

S. morrisoni Grt. Near New York on oak (Bt); Forest Hill IV, 4 
(Wrms); Staten Island II, IV (Ds). 


S. devia Grt. Newark IV (Sb); Elizabeth III, IV (Bz); Staten Island V, 
3S (DED) a 


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GLAEA Hbn. 
. viatica Grt. Ramsey X (Sleight); Staten Island X (Ds); Lakehurst 
IX, X (div). 
inulta Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island IX, X (Ds). 
signata French. Recorded from “New Jersey.” 


G. sericea Morr. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark Dist. X (div); Staten Island X 
(Ds); Lakehurst 1X, 27 (Gr). 


G. carnosa Grt. Lakehurst X, 19 (Ds); a very rare species. 


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EPIGLAZA Grt. 


E. pastillicans Morr. Found near New York (Bt). 
E. apiata Grt. Should be found in New Jersey. 
E. decliva Grt. Newark (Ang); Elizabeth IX, 13 (Bz). 


HOMOGLAEA Morr. 


H. hircina Morr. Lakehurst IX, on huckleberry leaves (Ds). 


CALYMNIA Hbn. 
C. orina Gn. Will yet be found in the State, I believe. 


IPIMORPHA Hbn. 


I. pleonectusa Grt. Newfoundland VII, 28 (Ds), and recorded from “New- 
Jersey.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 467 


ATETHMIA Hbn. 


A. rectifascia Grt. Raimsey VIII, 14 (Sleight); Elizabeth VII, 16 (Bz); 
“New Jersey” (Aucz). 


; CHLORIDEA Westw. 
C. virescens Fab. Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds). 


HELIOTHIS Ochs. 


H. armiger Hbn. Throughout the State and throughout the season. 
There are three broods in the southern half of the State, the earliest 
larva being the “tomato worm,” which bores into the earliest fruit. 
while the later broods infest first sweet and then field corn, speci- 
mens being found in the ears as late as October. Harly in the spring 
the larva may also bore into pea-pods and attack a variety of 
other vegetation. They winter as pupe in cornfields, and the best 
check to their increase is late fall plowing, which exposes and de- 
stroys them in this helpless stage. ‘The application of insecticides 
has not been found practical. 


RHODOPHORA Gn. 


R. florida Gn. Throughout the State, VII and VIII in the closed flowers 
of the evening primrose; the larva feeds in the buds and seed cap- 
sules of the same plant. 


DERRIMA WIk. 


D. henrietta Grt. “New Jersey” without date or exact locality. 


EUPANYCHIS Grt. 


E. spinosee Grt. (Schinia) Staten Island IX (Ds); Sandy Hook (Bt); 
Atco IX, 4 (Kp); Clementon IX, 9 (Lt); Lucaston IX, 12, Hammon- 
ton IX, 6, Brown’s Mills IX, 15 (Dke); Lakehurst IX, 10 (Bz); An- 
glesea IX, 20 (Coll). 

SCHINIA Hbn. 


S. trifascia Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Elizabeth VIII, IX (Bz); Staten Island 
VII, VIII (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll) and probably throughout the 
State. 

S. nundina Dru. Throughout the State VIII and IX; not common, but 
reported by all collectors from Hopatcong to Anglesea; found during 
the day on flowers of “Spireza,” ete. 

S. lynx Gn. Elizabeth VI (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); Atco IX, 1 (Kp); 
Brown’s Mills VII, 5, DaCosta VIII, 3, Delair VIII, 7, Manumuskin 
VIII, 17 (Dke); Anglesea VIII, 16 (Lt). 

S. arcifera Gn. Orange Mts. VIII, IX (div); Elizabeth VIII, TX (div); 
Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); New Brunswick VIII, IX (Coll); Ft. 
Lee VIII, 30, Belleplain IX, 16 (Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 21-IX, 20 
(Haim). 


468 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


LYGRANTHOECIA G. & R. 
The species referred to this genus appeared under ‘“Schinia’” in the 
previous edition. 
L. thoreaui G. & R. Newark VIII, 25 (Ang); Elizabeth VIII (Bz); New 
Brunswick VIII, 20 (Gr). 
L. marginata Haw. Common throughout the State and _ practically 
throughout the season; usually attracted to light. 


L. brevis Grt. Ramsey IX, 5 (Sleight); Newark, Orange Mts. VIII, 1X 
(div); Elizabeth IX, 5-20 (Bz); Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); locally 
common. 


L. inclara Strck. Paterson (Gr); Woodbury VI, 18 (Kp). 


XANTHOPASTIS Hbn. 


X. timais Cram. Staten Island, taken by Mr. Grote (Ds); a southern 
species which is occasionally taken at light along the shore. 


EUTHISANOTIA Hbn. 


The species referred here appear under “Eudryas” in the previous 
edition, and are there associated with the family “Agaristide,’ which 
they resemble greatly in the larval stage. The present genus was used 
for the species just preceding. 

E. unio Hbn. Throughout the State, locally more or less abundant, VI 
and VIII; larva on evening primrose and “Epilobium.” 


E. grata Fab. Also generally distributed and local, VI and VII; the 
larva on grape and Virginia creeper. 


PLAGIOMIMICUS Grt. 


F. pitychromus Grt. Newark (Wdt); Elizabeth VIII (Bz); Staten Island 
VIII (Ds). 


STIBADIUM Grt. 


S. spumosum Grt. Has been found in New Jersey. 


CIRRHOPHANUS Grt. 


C. triangulifer Grt. Ft. Lee VIII, 30 (Dke); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
(Soc); Elizabeth IX, 15 (Bz); Staten Island VIII (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VIII, 2 (Gr). 


PLUSIODONTA Gn. 


P. compressipalpis Gn. Paterson VI, 2 (Gr); Newark VII (Wdt); Eliz- 
abeth VIII, IX (div); Staten Island VIII (Ds); Merchantville VIII, 
1 (Dke); the larva resembles bird excrement (Dyar) and is found on 
“Menispermum canadense.” 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 469 


CALPE Tr. 

Cc. canadensis Beth. Ramsey VI, 7 (Sleight); Paterson VII, 10 (Gr); Ft. 
Lee (Dyar); Newark VI (Bz); Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); larva on 
meadow-rue. 

POLYCHRYSIA Hbn. 


P. formosa Grt. Hopatcong VII, 4 (Gr); Newfoundland VII, 5 (Ds); 
Union Hill, Edgewater VIII, 4 (Wrms); Newark (Soc); always rare. 


PANCHRYSIA Hbn. (DEVA.) 


P. purpurigera Wlk. Elizabeth VII, 7, 1 spec. (Bz); rare near New 
York (Bt); larva on meadow rue. : 


PLUSIA Ochs. 

P. zrea Hbn. Newark, Orange Mts., Elizabeth VI-IX (div); Staten 
Island VI-IX (Ds); New Brunswick VIII, 28 (Gr), and probably 
throughout the State; larva on verbena. 

P. zroides Grt. Jersey City VII, VIII (Kr). 

P. balluca Geyer. Newark, rare (Ang); the larva on hop. 


EUCHALCIA Hbn. 
E. contexta Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VII, VIII (div); Blizabeth 
VII-IX (Bz); Staten Island VII (Ds). 
E. putnami Grt. Recorded from “New Jersey.” 
E. venusta Wlk. Newark, at light (Ang). 


EOSPHOROPTERYX Dyar. 


E. thyatiroides Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Carlstadt VIII, 11 (Wrms); New- 
ark (Ang); Staten Island VII (Ds); always rare. 


AUTOGRAPHA Hbn. 


This genus contains most of the species referred to “Plusia” in the 
previous edition; the others are distributed in the four genera immdi- 
ately preceding. Many of the moths fly during the day, and are recosg- 
nizable by angular silvery marks or blotches on the fore-wings. The 
larvee are semi-loopers, and some of them are of economic importance. 
A. bimaculata Steph. Newark, on petunias (Ang). 

A. biloba Steph. Newark V, VIII (div); Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); 
Woodbury VII, 7 (Kp). 

A. verruca Fabr. Hemlock Falls, Newark V (Sb); Greenville, seasonally 
common (Sm); Staten Island X (Ds). 

A. rogationis Gn. Near New York on wandering jew, geranium and 
“Bupatorium” (Bt); and I have seen specimens taken in New Jersey. 

A. precationis Gn. Throughout the State V-X, common; it is double- 
brooded, the larva on a variety of low weedy plants. 


470 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. 


A. 


ou Gn. Rutherford IX, 3 (Wrms); Newark X, 7 (Kp). 
brassicz Riley. Throughout the State, all season; the larva a gen- 


Fig. 197.—The cabbage looper, Autographa brassice; a, larva; b, pupa in its flimsy 


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cocoon; c, male moth. 


_ eral feeder on cruciferous plants and seasonally injurious to cabbage. 


It is known as the “cabbage looper’ because it lacks one pair of 
abdominal legs, and it becomes most troublesome late in the season. 
It resists spraying mixtures quite strongly, but the bran and Paris 
green application is usually successful. 


. oxygramma Geyer. Rare near New York (Bt); Newark X, 7(Kp); 


Lakehurst IX, 17 (Ds). 


rectangula Kirby. (mortuorum Gn.) Newark VII, VIII (div) “New 
Jersey.” 


. epigzea Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 
. falcifera Kirby, var. simplex Gn. Throughout the State, commonly 


V-XI; it is double-brooded, the larva feeding on a great variety of 
eruciferous and other low plants. 


. basigera Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark, VI, IX, X (div); Staten 


Island VII, VIII (Ds); never common. 


ABROSTOLA Ochs. 
ovalis Gn. Newark (Sb). 


. urentis Gn. New Brunswick; probably rare throughout the State. 


OGDOCONTA Butl. 


. cinereola Gn. ‘Throughout the State, all season, common; larva on 


ragweed. 
PAECTES Hbn. (INGURA). 


. delineata Gn. Newark (div); Morris Plains, larva on sweet gum 


(Dyar). 


. abrostoloides Gn. Newark (Sb); Elizabeth VIII, IX (div); Staten 


Island VI-IX (Ds); hardly common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 471 


. oculatrix Gn. Ramsey V, 21 (Sleight); Hopatcong (Bt); Caldwell 
(Cr); Newark VII, 1 (Bz); Staten Isiand VIII (Ds); Weymouth VIII, 
9 (Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 5 (Haim). 


EUTELIA Hbn. 


. pulcherrima Grt. Newark, at night (Ang); Ramsey, VI, 17 (Sleight) ; 
always rare. 


MARASMALUS Grt. 

. inficita Wlk. Ramsey VI, 12 (Sleight); Caldwell (Cr); Newark VII, 
7 (Sb); Elizabeth VIII (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); 5-mile beach 
VI, 6, VIII, 3 (Haim). 

. veritilator Grt. Ramsey VI, 5 (Sleight); Newark (Soc), New Bruns- 


wick VIII, 18 (Coll); 5-mile beach VIII (div); larva on poison ivy. 
Both of these species occur throughout the State. 


ALETIA Hbn. 


. argillacea Hbn. Newark IX, X (Wdt); Elizabeth IX, X (Bz); Staten 
Island IX, X (Ds); Long Branch (U S Ag); 5-mile beach VIII, X 
(Haim). This is the famous cotton-moth of the Southern States. It 
does not breed in New Jersey; but each year adults fly north in 
considerable numbers after midsummer, and some of these flights 
reach us, aS a Swarm or in scattering individuals. 


ANOMIS Hbn. 


. erosa Hbn. Newark X (Wdt); Elizabeth X, 3 (Bz); Staten Island 
X (Ds); the larva on cotton and mallow. This is also a Southern 
species which reaches New Jersey as a visitor only. 


SCOLECOCAMPA Gn. 


. liburna Geyer. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark and Orange Mts. VII (div); 
Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island (Ds); the larva in decaying cherry, 
hickory, oak and chestnut stumps. 


EUCALYPTERA Morr. 


. bipuncta Morr. Suffern VII, Newark, Lakehurst VII, 17 (Bz); Lacey 
VII, Bamber VII, 11 (Dke); Anglesea in July, on salt marshes and in 
swamps; the larva probably boring in reeds or grasses. 


AMOLITA Grt. 


. fessa Grt. Hopatcong to Cape May VI-VIII; nowhere common. 


DORYODES Gn. 


. bistrialis Geyer. Secaucus V, 22 (Gr); Newark at light V (Wdt); 
Elizabeth VI, IX (Bz); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds) ; Anglesea, common 
on the salt marshes VI-IX (Sm). + 


472 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PHIPROSOPUS Grt. 


. callitrichoides Gn. Elizabeth VII, VIII (div); Staten Island VI, VIII 


(Ds); Alloway VI, 3, Lucaston IX, 9, the larva on “Smilax rotundi- 
folia” (Dke); 5-mile beach VIII (Haim). 


RIVULA Gn. 


. propinqualis Gn. Paterson (Gr); Newark VI, [X, Elizabeth VI, VII 


(div); 5-mile beach VII, 24 (Haim); probably throughout the State. 


PLEONECTYPTERA Grt. 


. pyralis Hbn. New Brunswick VII (Coll). 
. geometralis Grt. Staten Island VII (Ds); Lahaway VIII, 3 (Coll). 


ERASTRIA Ochs. 


. malaca Grt. Elizabeth VII, 15 (Bz). 
. albidula Gn. New Brunswick (Coll). 


concinnimacula Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island V (Ds). 
synochitis G. & R. Throughout the State V—VII, locally common. 


. olivula Gn. Newark (Wdt); common near New York (Bt). 
. musta G. & R. Newark at light VIII (Wdt); 5-mile beach VIII 


(Haim). 
muscosula Gn. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. 
caduca Grt. Jamesburg VII, larva on “Sagittaria’” (Sm). 


. apicosa Harv. Throughout the State V-IX, common. 
. carneola Gn. Common everywhere V-IX; our most abundant species. 
. aeria Grt. Newark VI (Wdt); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz). 


GALGULA Gn. 


. hepara Gn. Throughout the State VI-X, usually not rare; the variety 


“partita’” Gn. occurs with the type. 


LITHACODIA Hbn. 


. bellicula Hbn. Throughout the State V, VII-IX, not rare; reported 


by all collectors. 
PROTHYMIA Hbn. 


. rhodarialis Wlk. Paterson V, 18 (Gr); New Brunswick, Anglesea 


(Coll), and probably throughout the State. 


. semipurpurea WIk. Paterson V, 18 (Gr); Elizabeth V, VII, VIII, IX 


(div); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke). 


EXYRA Grt. 


. semicrocea Gn. Lucaston V, 30, Iona V, 26 (Dke); Pleasantville VI, 


ali (QUi5)) 5 Lahaway V, larva in “‘Sarracenia.” 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 4 


XANTHOPTERA Gn. 
X. nigrofimbria Gn. Lucaston IX, 14, Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke); 5-mile 
beach VIII (div). 


X. semiflava Gn. 5-mile beach VIII, 19 (Haim), and probably throughout 
South Jersey. 


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METOPONIA Dup. 


M. obtusa H. S. Caldwell (Cr); Newark, Elizabeth, VI, VII (Bz); Staten 
Island V, taken by O. Fulda (Ds). 


CHAMYRIS Gn. 


C. cerintha Tr. Throughout the State V-IX, sometimes common, and 
reported by all collectors; larva on wild cherry, plum, apple and 
other trees, but never in destructive numbers. 


ACONTIA Ochs. 


A. terminimacula Grt. 5-mile beach VII, 26 (Haim). 

A. delecta Wlk. Little Ferry VIII, 19 (Wrms); Elizabeth V, VII, VIII 
(Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); Stone Harbor VIII, 12 larva, V, 16 adult 
(Dke); Cape May (Lt); larva on swamp mallow “Hibiscus mos- 
chatus.” 

A. biplaga Gn. 5-mile beach IX, 4 (Haim). 

A. erastrioides Gn. Common throughout the State and actually recorded 
from all points between Delaware Water Gap and Cape May V-IX; 
larva on rag-weed, burdock, ete. 


A. candefacta Hbn. With the preceding and even more common, but not 
reported later than August; larva as before. 


SPRAGUEIA Grt. 
S. onagrus Gn. Chester VIII, 1, New Brunswick VIII, IX, Anglesea V, IX 
(Coll); Elizabeth VIII (Bz); locally common at light. 
leo Gn. Chester (Wdt); Staten Island (Ds): New Brunswick (Coll). 
. dama Gn. Anglesea IX, 8 (Kp). 


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METATHORASA Moore. 


M. monetifera Gn. Hopatcong (Bt); Orange Mts. VI (Wdt); Newark 
(Soc); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth VII, 24, Glassboro VII, 
3 (Kp); Lahaway (Coll). 


EUHERRICHIA Grt. 


E. mollissima Gn. Jersey City VIII, seasonally common (Kr); Elizabeth 
VII, VIII (Bz); Staten Island V (Ds); Brown’s Mills (Dke); 5-mile 
beach VII, VIII (div). 


474 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PHALAENOSTOLA Grt. 


. larentoides Grt. Newark VIII (Bwl); Elizabeth VI, VIII (Bz); West- 


ville VI, 6 (Jn); 5-mile beach VI, VII, IX (div). 


PANGRAPTA Hbn. 


. decoralis Hbn. Throughout the State V—VII; locally common. 


HYAMIA WIk. 


. perditalis Wlk. Elizabeth VII, VIII (div); Staten Island VII (Ds); 


Anglesea VII, VIII (div). 


. 6-punctata Grt. Newark (Sb); Hemlock Falls V, Elizabeth VI, VIL 


(Bz); Staten Island V, taken by Fulda (Ds). 


MELANOMMA Grt. 


. auricinctaria Grt. Newark (Bwl); has been bred out of sticks con- 


taining larve of “Eu. unio,” and probably feeds on “Cephalanthus.” — 


HOMOPYRALIS Grt. 


. discalis Grt. Paterson VI-VIII (Gr); Newark (Wdt); Elizabeth VII 


(Bz); Camden VI, VIII (Kp); Anglesea IX (div). 


. contracta Wlk. Caldwell (Cr); Elizabeth VII, VIII (div); Staten 


Island VI-VIII (Ds); and probably throughcut the State. 


. tantillus Grt. Near New York, not common (Bt); Anglesea IX, 3 


(Coll). 
‘ISOGONA Gn. 


. natatrix Gn. (Eutoreuma tenuis Grt.) Montclair VIII, 11 (Kf); Hliz- 


abeth VIII, 7, one specimen (Bz). 


HYPSOROPHA Hbn. 


. hormos Hbn. Newark (Soc); Elizabeth VIII (div); Camden VI, VII 


(Kp); 5-mile beach VIII (div). 


DRASTERIA Hbn. 


. erechtea Cram. Common throughout the State V-X. The larva 


feeds on grass, clover, etc., and the moth is the one most usually 
started up in grassy or weedy lands. 


. crassiuscula Haw. With the preceding but less abundant. The 


variety ‘‘ochrea” Grt. occurs occasionally. 


CAENURGIA WIk. 


. convalescens Gn. “New Jersey’; Union Co.; single specimens only. 


EUCLIDIA Hbn. 


. cuspidea Hbn. Throughout the State V—VIII; locally not uncommon. 


THE INSECTS (OF NEW JERSEY: 475 


MELIPOTIS Hbn. 


M. limbolaris Geyer. Orange Mts. VI, VII (div); Paterson VI, 28 (Gr); 
Newfoundland VII, 5, Sandy Hook V, 18 (Ds). 

M. nigrescens G. & R. Fort Lee VI, 14 (Wrms). 

M. jucunda Hbn. Hemlock Falls VI, 1 (Sb); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); 
Staten Island V, 29, Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Manumuskin, common 
(Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 1 (Haim). 


SYNEDA Gn. 


S. graphica Hbn. Throughout the pine barrens V—VIII, locally common 
(div); Staten Island IV—VIII (Ds); Milltown V, 13 (Gr). The variety 
“media” occurred with the type but less abundantly, at Clementon 
(Lt). 


CATOCALA Schranck. 


C. nubilis Hbn. Throughout the State V—VIII, locally common; larva on 
locust (Dyar). 

C. elonympha Hbn. Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); 5-mile 
beach VIII (div); larva on walnut. 

C. amica Hbn. (lineella Grt.) Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds); 
Newark IX (div). 

The variety “androphila’” Gn. occurs with the type. 

C. jair Strek. Lakehurst VII, 1-15 (div). 

C. gracilis Edw. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Newark VIII (Sb); Elizabeth 
VIII (Kp); Anglesea VIII (div). 

var. sordida Grt. Greenwood Lake (Bt). 

C. minuta Edw. Rutherford (Wrms); Elizabeth VII, VIII (div); Staten 
Island VII, VIII (Ds); New Brunswick VII, 16 (Gr); 5-mile beach 
VIII (Haim); the larva on locust. 

The varieties “parvula”’ Edw. and ‘“mellitula’ Hulst occur with the 
type (Bt). 

C. grynea Cram. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Sb); Elizabeth VII (div); 
Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); 5-mile beach VIII (Haim); larva on 
apple and plum. Mr. Beutenmuller says that “polygama” Gn. is 
really this species. 

C. preeclara G. & R. Caldwell (Cr); Hlizabeth VII, 29 (Kp). 

C. micronympha Gn. Anglesea (Lt). 

Mr. Beutenmuller says that the varieties ‘“fratercula” G. & R., “hero” 
Hy. Edw., and “gisela’’ Mayer occur on all sides of New Jersey, and 
should certainly be found in the State with the type. The species is 
surely rare with us. 

C. similis Edw. “New Jersey” without date or exact locality; Lakehurst 
VII, 8 (Ds). 

Mr. Beutenmuller has not had the type form, but has had the variety 
“aholah” Strek. from the State. 


476 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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cordelia Hy. Edw. Roselle (Peck). Mr. Beutenmuller says that the 
species usually called ‘“‘amasia’”’ S. & A. is really this form. There is 
a distinct question as to whether this record can stand. It is prob- 
ably based on an erroneous identification. 


. connubialis Gn. Mr. Beutenmuller says that “sancta”’ Hulst is this 


species. The mix-up in the names relating to this “amasia” series is 
such that I give all the names, since any or all of them “may be found 
represented in New Jersey material. 


. cratzgi Saund. Rare near New York; larva on thorn. 
. pretiosa Lint. Taken in New Jersey and heretofore cited as a variety 


of “crategi.” Mr. Beutenmuller, however, thinks them distinct. 


. blandula Hulst. Caldwell (Cr); larva on “Crategus.” 
. ultronia Hbn. Throughout the State, VII-X; the larva on apple, 


plum, wild cherry, dogwood, oak, ete. According to Mr. Beutenmul- 
ler the true “ultronia” is what has been heretofore termed “mopsa” 
Hy. Edw., and to the form heretofore labeled “‘ultronia,’ he has 
given the varietal name “lucinda.’” The varieties “celia” Hy. Hdw., 
and ‘“‘ariadna’”’ Hy. Edw., are also taken in New Jersey; all occurring 
together at Holly Beach and elsewhere. 


. herodias Streck. Lakehurst VII & IX (Ds). 
. coccinata Grt. Greenwood Lake (Bt); Lakehurst VII, 8 (Ds). 
. cerogama Grt. Newark VII, VIII (div); Elizabeth VIII (Kp); Staten 


Island VIII (Ds); New Brunswick VIII, 21 (Gr). The variety “bunk- 
eri’ Grt. has been taken at Caldwell (Cr). 


. ilia Cram. Throughout the State VII-IX, common; the larva on oak. 


The varieties ‘uxor’ Gn. and “osculata’’ Hulst occur with the type. 


. marmorata Edw. Bayonne (Doll). 
. parta Gn. Newark VII, VIII (div); Staten Island VII-IX (Ds); New 


Brunswick IX, 8 (Gr); larva on willow and poplar. 


. unijuga Wlk. Newark VIII, IX (Sb); Elizabeth IX (Kp); Staten 


Island VII-IX (Ds); New Brunswick IX (Gr); Anglesea (Lt). 


. briseis Edw. Staten Island VII (Ds); “New Jersey.” 
. cara Gn. Common throughout the State, VII-X; the larva on willow 


and poplar. The variety “carissima’’ Hulst occurs more rarely. 


. amatrix Hbn. Throughout the State VII-IX, common; the larva on 


willow and poplar. The variety “nurus’ Wlk. has been taken at New- 
ark and on Staten Island. 


. concumbens Wlk. Throughout the State, VIII & IX, sometimes com- 


mon; larva on willow and poplar. 


. consors S. & A. DaCosta VII, 18 (Lt). 
. antinympha Hbn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VIII, IX (Soc); Elizabeth, 


VIII, 14 (Kp); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds). 


. badia G. & R. Englewood (Bt); Newark (Sb); Hlizabeth VIII (Kp); 


Anglesea VIII; larva on wax myrtle. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 477 


. muliercula Gn. Newark, VIII (Bwl); Elizabeth VIII (div); Staten 

Island VIII, IX (Ds); DaCosta VIII (Lt); 5-mile beach VII, VIII (div); 

larva on wax myrtle. 

. habilis Grt. Orange VIII, IX (Sb); Elizabeth IX (Kp); Staten Island 

VIII (Ds); New Brunswick IX (Gr); the larva on hickory. The 

variety “‘basalis” Grt. occurs with the type, but rarely. 

. serena Edw. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); larva on hickory and 

walnut. : 

. innubens Gn. Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth VIII, 12 (Kp); 

larva on honey locust. 

The variety “scintillans’ G. & R. occurs with the type. 

. paleogama Gn. Throughout the State VII-IX (Bt); the larva on hick- 

ory and walnut. 

The varieties ‘“annida” Fager and “phalanga” Grt. occur with the type, 

but are less common; the latter the more abundant of the two. 

. neogama S. & A. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VII-IX (div); Staten Island 

VII-X (Ds); Lucaston VIII, Holly Beach VIII (Haim); larva on butter- 

nut and walnut. 

The variety “snowiana”’ Grt. is recorded from 5-mile beach VII, 22 

(Haim). 

. subnata Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Passaic Co. VIII, 2 (Wrms); larva on 

walnut and hickory. 

. piatrix Grt. Paterson IX, 21 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Newark VIII, IX 
(div); Elizabeth VIII (Kp); Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); larva on 

walnut, hickory, persimmon. . 

. nebulosa Edw. Still only a probability. 

. relicta Wlk. Jersey City, Newark and Elizabeth and vicinity, in VII- 


IX; recorded by many collectors. 


The type name, according to Mr. Beutenmuller, refers to the dark 
form and is the same as “bianca” Hy. Edw. The gray form is ‘“‘phry- 
nia” Hy. Edw., and the white form is “clara” Beut. All occur in New 
Jersey. Larva on white birch and silver poplar. 


. epione Dru. Newark VII, VIII (Wdt); BHlizabeth VII (Kp); Staten 
Island VII, VIII (Ds); the larva on oak. 

. robinsonii Grt. Orange Mts. IX (Sb); Caldwell (Cr); Newark IX 
(Soc); Elizabeth IX (Bz); Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VIII-X (Gr); larva on hickory. 

. judith Strek. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Elizabeth VII, 15 (Bz); Staten 
Island (Fulda); 5-mile beach VII, 22 (Haim); the larva on hickory. 

. retecta Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Newark IX (Soc); Staten Island VIII 
(Ds); larva on hickory. 

The variety “luctuosa’’ Hulst occurs with the type. 

. flebilis Grt. Occurs with the preceding and listed as a variety in the 
last edition. 


478 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Cc 


Cc. 


dejecta Streck. Lake Hopatcong, Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz); Newark 
(Ang). 

vidua S. & A. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Elizabeth VIII, IX 
(Bz); Staten Island [IX (Ds); New Brunswick VIII, IX (Gr); larva 
on oak, hickory and walnut. 


. viduata Gn. Orange Mts. IX (Sb); Elizabeth VIII (Kp); Pleasant- 


ville (Lt); larva on walnut. 


. lacrymosa Gn. Newark IX, 26 (Sb). 


The var. “ulalume” Strek. is recorded from Morristown (Peck). 


. agrippina Strck. Rare near New York (Bt). 
. insolabilis Gn. Caldwell (Cr); larva on hickory. 
. angusi Grt. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Elizabeth VIII, IX (Bz); 5-mile beach 


VIII, 22 (Haim); larva on hickory. 
Mr. Beutenmuller finds the varieties “edna” Beut. and “lucetta” Hy. 
Edw. with the type near Fort Lee. 


. obscura Strek. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); New 


Brunswick VIII, 25 (Gr); the larva on hickory. 
The variety “residua’’ Grt. occurs with the type and in addition is re- 
corded from Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (Wdt); Elizabeth (Kp). 


. tristis Edw. Dover (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); Lahaway (Sm). 


HYPOCALA Gn. 


. andremona Cram. (hillii Lint.) Staten Island IX, 26 (Ds). 


PHOBERIA Hbn. 


. atomaris Hbn. Newark IV (div); Staten Island IV, Lakehurst IV 


CDsie 
HOMOPHOBERIA Morr. 


. cristata Morr. Described from ‘Hoboken’ and never since found. 


PANAPODA Gn. 


. rufimargo Hbn. Throughout the State V—VIII, the varieties “carnei- 


costa” Gn. and “roseicosta”’ Gn., with the type and equally abundant. 
Larvee on upper side of oak leaf (Dyar), and feed also on hickory and 
willow. 

PARALLELIA Hbn. 


. bistriaris Hbn. Throughout the State V—VIII; usually not rare. 


AGNOMONIA Hbn. 


. anilis Dru. Newark (Soc); Staten Island VIII (Ds). 


REMIGIA Gn. 


- repanda Fabr. (latipes Gn.) Throughout the State, VI and VII-X; 


sometimes locally not rare. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 470 


GRAMMODES Gn. 
G. smithii Gn. Elizabeth, VII, 18, 1 specimen (Bz). 


POAPHILA Gan. 


‘P. quadrifilaris Hbn. Ozrange Mts. V,. VI (div); Newark (Soc); Staten 
Island VI, VII (Ds); Clementon V, 15, Brown’s Mills V, 9, Manumus- 
kin VI, 4 (Dke). 

The record for ‘‘deleta’ Gn. was based on a misidentification. 


CELIPTERA Gn. 


C. frustulum Gn. Throughout the State V—VIII, and sometimes not rare. 


PHURYS Gn. 


P. lima Gn. I have seen this from New Jersey. 


ANTICARSIA Hbn. 
A. gemmatilis Hbn. Staten Island 1X (Ds). 


ANTIBLEMMA Hbn. 
A. minorata Sm. South Orange V, 28 (Gr). 


PHAZOCYMA Hbn. 


Under this term those species referred to in the last edition as “Zale,” 
“Pheeocyma,” “Ypsia’”’ and “Homoptera” are now grouped. The species 
have been recently studied and revised, and some of the records as they 
stand are a little uncertain. I have included all the species that I have 
reason to believe will occur within our faunal area, and have no doubt 
they will all be found in due course. 


P. lunata Dru. Occurrs throughout the State, July to October. It is 
the most common of all the species, and the larva is a general feeder; 
maple, willow, rose and ‘wild cherry being included in the list. What 
has been known as “edusa”’ is the male, and the spring records 
probably refer to “minerea’” and not to “lunata.”’ 


P. undularis Dru. Staten Island V-—VIII (Ds); Newark V, VI (Br); 
Elizabeth V, VII (Bz), and probably throughout the State. “Nigri- 
cans” Beth., recorded as rare throughout northern New Jersey, is 
this same species. The variety “umbripennis”’ Grt. occurs with the 
type, but is much less abundant. 


P. zruginosa Gn. Probably also throughout the State, but not com- 
mon. This was referred as a variety of “undularis”’ until recently, 
and therefore escaped separate record. I have it from Elizabeth, 
however (Kp), & V, 13 (Bz). 

P. minerea Gn. Lakwood V, 27 (Ds), not generally identified in collec- 


tions; I believe that the May and June records for “lunata”’ will be 
found to refer to this species. 


480 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


P. lunifera Hbn. Paterson VII, 14, Guttenberg X,. 4 (Wrms); Elizabeth 
V, 17 (Bz); 5-mile beach VIII, 5 (Haim). This is also referred as 
“penna”’ Morr. in the previous edition. 

P. lineosa Wlk. Some of the records for “lunifera”’ probably refer to 
this species, and I have little doubt that both will be found to occur 
throughout the State, as they are generally mixed in collections. I 
have seen it from Elizabeth VIII, 6 & 9 (Bwl, Bz). 

P. unilineata Grt. Staten Island V (Ds); Newark VI (Bwl); not com- 
mon, and a well-marked species. 

P. obliqua Gn. Staten Island V, VII, VIII (Ds); Elizabeth (Kp). 

P. metata Sm. Newark VI, 11 (Bwl); almost undoubtedly confused with 

the preceding. 

. curema Sm. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. helata Sm. Quite within our faunal range. 

» squammularis Dru. Probably confused with ‘obliqua.”’ 

. benesignata Harv. Lakewood V, 3 (Ds). 

. cingulifera Wlk. Newfoundland IV, 25 (Ds); Elizabeth V, 29 (Bz). 

. calycanthata S. & A. Recorded from Elizabeth; but it is very doubt- 
ful whether the species really occurs in the State. I have seen only 
Georgia and Florida examples myself, and the records probably 
refer to “lineosa” or “‘lunifera.” 

P. horrida Hbn. Paterson V, 12 (Gr); 5-mile beach V, 27, VIII, 21 

(Haim); Staten Island VI-VIII, and probably throughout the State, 
locally common. F 


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EREBUS Latr. 


E. odora Linn. Staten Island VI, IX, 3 specimens, all females (Ds); 
Newark IX, 4, IX, 26 (div); a wind visitor, occasionally taken near 
the coast, generally in fall. : 


PSEUDANTHRACIA Grt. 


P. coracias Gn. No actual records, but surely to be found in the State; 
the Elizabeth record of last edition was an error. 


TRAMA Harv. 
T. detrahens Wlk. Laurel Springs VI, 3 (Dke). 


Family HYPENID/.. 


These are the “snout-moths,”’ so called because in many of them the 
palpi are projected straight forward into a beak, though sometimes they 
are curved sickle-like over the head. They are also known as Deltoids 
because many of them, when at rest, have the outline of the Greek letter 
A (delta). They are all obscurely colored moths of small or moderate 
size, living in woods, among undergrowth or in grassy places. The larve 
of some species lack one pair of abdominal legs; some live on or among 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 481 


dead leaves or decaying wood, some openly on grasses and other vege- 
tation, and a few have been found in the nests of ants. None of those 
found in New Jersey are economically important. 

In this family sexual modification has run wild; antenne, feet, palpi 
and wings being modified in the species. The antennze of the males have 
knots, spurs and tufts, often in addition to the more usual pectinations. 
The legs have a varied assortment of hair pencils and tufts, and some 
of these are also found on the palpi. In one of our species the fore wings 
of the male are deeply notched, while in the female they are entire. 

It is more than likely that all species recorded from the eastern 
United States will be found in New Jersey. The moths are difficult to 
secure in good specimens and are not favorites with collectors, hence 
are not so well represented in cabinets as are those of some other families. 


Sub-family HELMN&. 


EPIZEUXIS Hbn. 


E. lubricalis Geyer. Common throughout the State from June to Septem- 
ber. The larva on grasses (Bt) and in decayed wood (Dyar). Mr. 
Grossbeck records finding adults in swarm in a hollow tree VII, 24. 
Larve in early spring under hemlock chips on which they fed and 
developed. 

E. denticulalis Harv. Elizabeth VII (Bz); Roselle VII, 15 from the Kemp 
collection; Paterson VIII, 15 (Gr). 

E. rotundalis Wlk. Forest Hill VII (Wdt); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Lake 
hurst IX, 14 (div); 5-mile beach VIII, 27 (Haim). 

E. forbesii French. Resembles the preceding closely and is probably 
confused with it in collections. 

E. scobialis Grt. Near Newark and in eastern N. J. generally. 

E. americalis Gn. Throughout the State VII-IX. I have it from Lake 

. Hopatcong and Anglesea, and it is recorded from numerous inter- 
vening points. Larva on “Hedysarum,” sweet-clover, ete. (Bt), and 
has also been bred from larve found in ants’ nests. 

£. zemula Hbn. Locally common throughout the State VI-IX. The larva 
is said to feed on spruce and also on dead leaves. 


E. julialis Sm. Oak Ridge (Shoemaker). 


Sub-family HERMINIINZ. 


ZANCLOGNATHA Led. 
Z. lituralis Hbn. Lake Hopatcong VII, 5, New Brunswick VII, rare, at 
light (Coll); Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); 5-mile beach VIII, 14 (Haim). 
Z. theralis Wlk. 5-mile beach VII, 9 (Haim). 
Z. levigata Grt. Delaware Water Gap VII, 1 (Jn) 15 (Coll); Lake Ho- 
31 IN 


482 REPORT! OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


patcong VII, 20 (Gr); Staten Island VII (Ds), probably local in the 
northern sections. 


Z. pedipilalis Gn. Passaic Co. VI, 2 (Coll); Elizabeth and Newark V, 
VI (Bz). 

Z. cruralis Gn. Boonton VIII, IX, Orange Mts. VI (Wdt); Paterson V, 
12, VIII, 17 (Gr); Staten Island VIII (Ds); Newark VIII (Bwl); 
Elizabeth VII, VIII (div). 


Z. obscuripennis Grt. “New Jersey’ specimens are in collections with- 
out definite locality or date. 


Z. protumnosalis Wlk. Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz); New Brunswick, and 
probably throughout the State, rarely. 


Z. marcidilinea Grt. Greenwood Lake; Newark, at light VIII (Wdt); 
Merchantville VI, 29 (Kp). 


Z. ochreipennis Grt. Lake Hopatcong VII, 5 (Coll); So. Orange VIII 
(Bwl); Newark VIII, [IX (Wdt); Elizabeth VII, VIII, 19 (div), and 
probably throughout the State. 


HORMISA WIk. 


H. absorptalis Wlk. Paterson VI, 15, Montclair, New Brunswick at light 
VII, Anglesea IX, 4 (Coll); Newark VII (Wdt); Elizabeth VI, VII, 24 
(div); Westville (Lt); 5-mile beach VIII, 2, [X, 4 (Haim). 


H. litophora Grt. Staten Island VII (Ds); Elizabeth VII, 19, 24 (div); 
Forest Hill VII (Wdt); New Brunswick VII, 6 (Coll). 


H. orciferalis Wlk. Elizabeth VI, 5, 1 specimen (Bz); Anglesea at light 
VI, VIII, [IX (Coll), and also taken VIII, 2-13 at Holly Beach (Haim). 


PHILOMETRA Grt. 
P. metonalis Wlk. Staten Island VI (Ds); New Brunswick VII, 3 (Gr); 
Sussex Co. VIII, 15, Chester VIII, 17, Elizabeth VI, VIII, 6 (Coll). 


P. eumelusalis Wlk. Chester VIII, 17 (Dn); Jersey City IX (Sb); Hliza- 
beth VIII, 9 (Bz); New Brunswick VI, 16 (Coll); 5-mile beach VI, 19- 
31 (Haim), and probably throughout the State; the larva feeding on 
the roots of grasses. 


CHYTOLITA Grt. 
C. morbidalis Gn. Throughout the State V-—VIII, in deciduous woods, 
more or less commonly. 
C. petrealis Grt. Found with the preceding, but rarely. 


BLEPTINA Gn. 
B. caradrinalis Gn. Throughout the State, May to September, local and 
sometimes rather common; attracted to light. 


B. inferior Grt. Anglesea IX, 12, Burleigh (Sm); a southern species 
which has not been taken by collectors generally. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 483 


TETANOLITA Grt. 


. mynesalis Wlk. Anglesea, not uncommon at light VI, 10, VIII, 2, IX, 4. 


- floridana Sm. Paterson VII, 29 (Gr); Orange Mts. VIII, 16 (div); 
Elizabeth VIII (Bz); 5-mile beach VII, 26 (Haim). 


RENIA. Gn. 


. Salusalis Wlk. Staten Island VII (Ds); Elizabeth IX, 1 (Kp); Mon- 
mouth Co. VII, 8 (Coll); Westville VII, 2 (Lt), and probably local 
throughout the State. 


. discoloralis Gn. Orange Mts. VII, VIII (Wédt); Newark VIII (Bwl); 
Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); 5-mile beach VII (Haim). 


. sobrialis Wlk. Staten Island VII, and I have seen New Jersey speci- 
mens also. 


. larvalis Grt. Staten Island VII (Ds); Forest Hill VII (Wdt); Eliza- 
beth IX, 9 (Kp); common near New York (Bt). 


. Clitosalis Wlk. Forest Hill VII (Wdt); Elizabeth IX, 9 (Kp); 5-mile 
beach VIII, 6 (Haim); New Brunswick VII, 28; Jamesburg (Coll). 


. factiosalis Wlk. Elizabeth VII-IX, 2 (Bz); Staten Island VIII (Ds); 
Jamesburg VII (Coll); 5-mile beach VIII, 12 (Haim). 


. tilosalis Sm. Chester VIII, 28, Jamesburg (Coll). 


. flavipunctalis Geyer. Paterson to Anglesea VII & VIII and probably 
throughout the State; the most common of the species of the genus. 


. atrimacula Sm. Sussex Co. VIII, 13 (Kemp). 
. fraternalis Sm. Newark (Bz and Coll). 


HYPENULA Grt. 
» cacuminalis Wlk. Cumberland County, 1 specimen only. 


HETEROGRAMMA Gn. 


» pyramusalis Wlk. Chester VIII, 17, Newark V, 30 (Coll); Staten 
Island V, VII, VIIi (Ds); Jersey City IX (Sb); Elizabeth VII, VIII, 
4 (div); 5-mile beach VII, 29 (Haim); probably throughout the State. 


GABERASA WIk. 


- ambigualis Wlk. Staten Island V, VIII, IX (Ds); Newark IV, V (div); 
Elizabeth V, 12—-VIII, 22 (div); 5-mile beach VIII, 22 (Kp). 


DERCETIS Grt. 
. vitrea Grt. Woodside VI, 17 (Bwl). 


PALTHIS Hbn. 


. angulalis Hbn. Andover VI (Kr); Paterson V, 30, VIII, 13 (Gr); 
Staten Island V-IX (Ds); 5-mile beach VII, 26 (Haim). Occurs 
throughout the State. 


. asopialis Gn. Occurs with the preceding, but is not so abundant. 


484 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family HyPENINz. 


CAPIS Grt. 


C. curvata Grt. Occurs very rarely in the northern parts of the State. 


SALIA Hbn. 
S. interpuncta Grt. Hopatcong (Pm). 


BOMOLOCHA Hbn. 
B. manalis Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Sussex Co. VIII 14, Elizabeth VII, 
8 (Coll), VI, IX (Bz); Newark VI-IX (div); Staten Island VI (Ds). 


B. baltimoralis Gn. Paterson V, 11, VII, 6-20, VIII, 6 (Gr); Staten Island 
IV-VII (Ds); Newark VI-VIII (div); Elizabeth V, VII, 20, IX, 5 
(div); New Brunswick V, VI (Coll); occurs throughout the State 
without doubt; the larva reported on maple. 


B. bijugalis Wlk. Anglesea (Lt), and probably local throughout the 
State. 


B. scutellaris Grt. Hopatcong (Pm), Newark at light VIII (Wdt). 


B. abalinealis Wlk. Paterson VI, 9 (Gr); Elizabeth, Newark, VI (Bz); 
Staten Island V, VIII (Ds); larva on elm (Dyar). 


B. deceptalis Wlk. Sure to occur; found near New York City (Bt). 


B. madefactalis Gn. Chester (Dn); Paterson V, 10 (Gr); Hopatcong 
(Pm); Hemlock Falls V, 7 (Bz); rare near New York City (Bt). 


B. sordidula Grt. Newark VI (Bz); Forest Hill VII, rare (Wdt); Union 
Cor Vio .(Coll)r 


B. toreuta Grt. New Brunswick, at light, VII (Coll). 
B. edictalis Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm). 
B. citata Grt. Newark, at light X, 11 (div); New Brunswick VII (Coll). 


LOMANALTES Grt. 


L. eductalis Wlk. Bloomfield VIII, 14 (Kp); occasional throughout the 
State. ; 


PLATHYPENA Grt. 


P. scabra Fab. Common throughout the State from May to November, 
and Mr. Broadwell records a specimen under bark at Boonton, Dec. 
24. It is the commonest species of this entire family, and the larva 
feeds chiefly on clover. 


HYPENA Schranck. 


H. humuli Harr. Occurs throughout the State and recorded as common 
at Caldwell by Mr. Crane. The only dated specimen that I have 
came from Newark IV, 25. The larva feeds on hop and is a semi- 
looper. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. A85 


Family THYATIRIDA. 


Medium or rather large moths with soft gray and pink velvety colors, 
resembling the owlets in appearance, the anal angle of the fore-wings 
often produced into a tooth or lappet. The family is a small one, and 
we have only a very few species. 


EUTHYATIRA Smith. 


E. pudens Gn. A New Jersey specimen is in the Hulst collection. The 
larva in spun-up leaves of dogwood, “C. florida’ (Dyar). 


e 


PSEUDOTHYATIRA Grt. 


P. cymatophoroides Gn. Piedmont Plain and northward VI-VIII; the 
larva on birch (Dyar), maple and oak, looks like a Notodontian. 


var. expultrix Grt. Occurs with the type and is more common. 


THYATIRA Ochs. 


T. scripta Gosse. Bayonne (Bt); Hopatcong (Pm); the larva on black- 
berry and raspberry; nowhere common. 


T. rectangula Ottol. New Brunswick VI, 7 (Gr), and probably through- 
out the northern part of the State. 


Family NOTODONTIDZ. 


Moderately sized moths with somewhat retracted head, short palpi, 
rather short antennze and often short, useless tongue. The thorax is 
comparatively short, quadrate, while the abdomen is usually long, cylin- 
drical and obtusely terminated. The legs are moderate in length or 
short. The wings are long and not very broad, the inner margin often 
produced into a tooth, lobe or similar process. The larve are naked 
or have only sparse hair; but often have spines, spurs, humps and other 
prominences. Sometimes the anal legs are modified into slender pro- 
cesses resembling a long fork. Most of them are solitary and live ex- 
posed, feeding on the foliage of trees and shrubs; but some live in large 
colonies consisting of the members of oné batch of eggs. <A few live in 
webs or small tents. 

Several of the species are injurious; but practically all of these are 
within reach of arsenical sprays. 


APATELODES Pack. 


A. torrefacta S. & A. Generally distributed north of the Piedmont 
Plain; adults V—-VIII; larve on oak, wild cherry, blackberry, sassa- 
fras, hazel and many others, VIII & IX. 

A. angelica Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson (Gr); Ft. Lee (Wrms); 
Plainfield (Bz); adults V, VI, VII; larva on ash and lilac VIII, IX. 


486 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


MELALOPHA Hbn. 


M. albosigma Fitch. Hopatcong (Bt); Newark VI (Sb); throughout 
northern New Jersey VI-VIII; larva solitary on willow and poplar. 

M. brucei Hy. Edw. Passaic VI, 18 (Wrms). 

M. apicalis Wlk. Hopatcong *(Pm); 5-mile beach (Haim); common 
along the Hudson River Valley (Dyar), and local throughout the 
State; larva solitary on willow and poplar. 


M. inclusa Hbn. More or less abundant throughout the State; adults 
V-VII and VIII-X; larva gregarious on willow and poplar. 


DATANA WIk. 
D. angusii G. & R. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Soc); Staten Island VI, 


Fig. 198.—Yellow-necked caterpillar, Datana ministra: a, 
larva; b, moth; c, eggs; d, single egg, enlarged. 


VII (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll); Freehold (U S Ag); locally com- 
mon; larva on hickory, witch-hazel, huckleberry, ete. 

D. ministra Dru. Throughout the State VI & VII. The larva is the com- 
mon yellow-necked caterpillar of the apple, which sometimes defoli- 
ates nursery and even orchard trees. It feeds also on a great variety 
of other fruit, forest and shade trees. 

D. drexelii Hy. Edw. Paterson VII, VIII (Gr); Caldwell VII (Bz); 5- 
mile beach VIII (Haim), and at numerous intervening localities; 
larva on huckleberry, witch-hazel and linden. 

D. major G. & R. Paterson VI, 23 (Gr); Newark VI (Soc); Staten 
Island VI, VII (Ds); New Brunswick VI (Coll); larva on witch-hazel, 
sumac, “Andromeda.” 

D. palmii Beut. Del. Water Gap (Pm); Hopatcong, larva VII, 4, pupa 
10-15, adults VIII (Dow); larva on huckleberry. 

D. perspicua G. & R. Throughout the State VI-VIII; larva sometimes 

_ abundant on sumac VIII, IX. 

D. integerrima G. & R. Throughout the State VI-VIII; the black larve 

on hickory and walnut, often in great numbers. They are covered 


Zz 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 487 


with fine white hair and often group themselves in large numbers on 
the trunk when nearly full grown. All the species of this genus feed 
in company, and hence are conspicuous even if not really harmful. 


. contracta Wlk. Throughout the State VI, VII; the larva locally com- 


mon on oak, chestnut and, more rarely, hickory. 


HYPER/AESGCHRA Butl. (NOTODONTA Ochs.) 


. Stragula Grt. Piedmont Plain and northward; adults V, VI ané 


again, the second brood, VII, VIII; larva on willow and poplar. 


. georgica H. S. Hopatcong (Bt); Newark VIII: (Sb); double-brood- 


ed, larva on oaks (Dyar) and wild cherry (Sb). 


ODONTOSIA Hbn. 


. elegans Strck. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Coll). 


LOPHOPTERYX Steph. 


» americana Harv. (capucina L.) “New Jersey” (Blake, Packard) 


NOTODONTA Ochs. 


. basitriens WIlk. “New Jersey” (Packard ‘fide’ Palm). 


PHEOSIA Hbn. 


. dimidiata H. S. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VII, 28 (Gr); Newark 


(Soc); Ocean Co. (Sm); larva on poplar IX (Gr). 


LOPHODONTA Pack. 


. ferruginea Pack. Hopatcong (Bt); Newark (div); Staten Island 


(Ds). Two brooded; adults V—VI, VII-VIII; larva on paper birch. 


» angulosa S. & A. Hopatcong (Bt); Paterson (Gr); Newark (div); 


Elizabeth (Bz); Staten Island (Ds); adults VI-VIII; larva on red 
oak (Dyar) VIII-X. 


NADATA WIk. 


. gibbosa S. & A. Throughout the State. Double brooded; adults V-— 


VI, VII-VIII; larva on oak, maple, white birch and plum. 
var. doubledayi Pack. Occurs with the type, but more rarely. 


NERICE WIk. 


N. bidentata WIk. Throughout the State, locally not rare; larva on elm. 


488 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Ss. 


J. 


» anguina S. & A. Throughout 


SYMMERISTA Hbn. 


albifrons S. & A. Throughout 
the State; larva gregarious 
and sometimes very abun- 
dant on oak. Acres of scrub 
land are sometimes almost 
completely defoliated, but the 
insect is rarely abundant two 
seasons in succession. 


DASYLOPHIA Pack. 


the State VI-VIII, nowhere 


Fig. 199.—Symmerista albifrons and its 
common; larva on locust, larva. 


false indigo, clover, etc. 


. thyatiroides Wlk. Near New York (Bt); Jamesburg (Sm); very rare 


everywhere; larva on hickory. 


- HETEROCAMPA Doub. 


. astarte Doub. One larva beaten from oak, Lakewood VIII, 26 (Gr). 
. obliqua Pack. Hopatcong VI, VII (Bt); Newark VII, 20 (Sb); Eliza- 


beth VII (Bz); larva on oak, “Q. macrocarpa” (Dyar). 


var. trouvelotii Pack. Occurs with the type. 
H. 


umbrata Wlk. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Ang); near New York (Bt); 
Staten Island VI (Ds); adults V, VI, VIII, not common; larva on oak, 
“Q. tinctoria” (Dyar). 


. pulverea G. & R. 5-mile beach V, 27 (Haim). 
. manteo Doub. Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth 


VII (Bz); larva on apple, oak, basswood, persimmon, walnut, etc. 


. biundata Wlk. Throughout the State V and VIII, not common; larva 


on a great variety of forest, shade and orchard trees. 


. guttivitta Wlk. Newark, Elizabeth, Staten Island VI, VIII; not com- 


mon near New York (Bt); larva on maple, oak, chestnut, beech, ete. 


. bilineata Pack. Throughout the State V-—VIII, larva until X. Feeds 


chiefly on elm, not infrequently on city shade trees, but is also found 
on beech. 


MISOGADA WIk. 


. unicolor Pack. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Soc); Staten Island (Ds); 


adults V—-VIII; larva on maple and sycamore; not common. 


JANASSA WIk. 


lignicolor Wlk. Throughout the State, not rare, V-VII; larva on oak, 
beech and white birch. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 489 


SCHIZURA Doubl. 


S. ipomceze Doubl. Throughout the State VI-VIII, the larva until IX & X, 
sometimes not rare; feeds on maple, oak, birch, blackberry, huckle- 
berry, &c. 

The varieties “telifer’ Grt. and “cinereofrons’”’ Pack. occur with the 
type, but are less abundant. 

S. concinna S. & A. Throughout the State, sometimes common, V, VI & 
VIII. The larva in colonies on a great variety of plants, including 
most of our orchard and small fruits. 

S. semirufescens Wlk. (eximia Grt.) Morris Plains (Edw); Hasbrouck 
Hts. VIII, 3, Ft. Lee VI, 14 (Wrms); Staten Island VI (Ds); larva on 
on apple, willow, maple and other trees; not common. 

S. unicornis 8. & A. Throughout the State, often common V, VI. The 
larva on most orchard, many shade and forest trees and some shrubby 
plants. 

S. apicalis G. & R. Newark (Soc); very rare near New York (Bt). 

S. badia Pack. Hopatcong (Bt); Morris Plains (Edw); Newark (Ang); 
Staten Island VI (Ds). 

S. leptinoides Grt. Morris Plains (Neum); Patterson VI, New Bruns- 
wick VIII (Gr); Newark (Ang); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Woodbury VI, 
8 (Kp); larva on oak, hornbeam, beech, hickory, butternut, &c. 


: HYPARPAX Hbn. 

H. aurora 8. & A. Newark VI-IX (div); Paterson VIII, New Brunswick 
VIII (Gr); Guttenberg VI, Ft. Lee VII (Wrms); Staten Island VI 
(Ds); Woodbury VI (Kp); larva on oak and white birch, not common. 


CERURA Schranck. 

C. scitiscripta W1k., var. multiscripta Riley. Hopatcong (Pm.); Paterson 
(Gr); Newark V, VI (Wdt); larva VIII on willow and poplar. The 
larve in this and the next following genus, which is now used for 
some of the species of this type, all have the anal legs produced so 
as to form a long, slender fork. 

C. occidentalis Lint. Newark V, VI, Staten Island VII (Ds); two brooded, 
larva on willow and poplar VI, VII and VIII, IX. 


HARPYIA Ochs. 
H. borealis Bdv. Throughout the State, not rare. Adults V, VI and 
again VII, VIII; larva on wild cherry and allied plants. 


H. cinerea Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Plainfield V (Gr); Staten Island VI, 
VIII (Ds), and almost certainly throughout the State. Double 
brooded; the larva on willow and poplar. 


FENTONIA Butl. (MACRUROCAMPA Dyar.) 


F. marthesia Cram. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson IX, 11, larva (Gr); 
Newark VII (div); Staten Island VII (Ds); feeds on oak, beech, chest- 
nut, hickory. 


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GLUPHISIA Badv. 


G. septentrionalis Wlk. Mopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee V-—VIII (Bt); Wood- 
side VI, 4 (Bwl); larva on willow, poplar, yellow birch, sweet gum. 
G. severa Hy. Edw. (Eumelia) Ft. Lee (Bt, Dyar); larva on poplar. 


ELLIDA Grt. 
E. caniplaga Wlk. Montclair, electric light VI, 8 (Kf). 


Family LIPARID/A:. 


These are the “tussock moths’; sombre gray or brown species of 
moderate size, with broad wings, broadly pectinated antennze in the 
male, and long hairy fore-legs, which when at rest are stretched out 
forward. In the genera “Notolophus” and “Hemerocampa,” the latter of 
which is now used for our species previously referred to ‘‘Notolophus,” 
the females are wingless. The caterpillars are brightly colored and have 
truncated dorsal tufts or brushes of hair and long pencils at or near the 
extremities. 

HEMEROCAMPA Dyar. 


H. definita Pack. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); Millburn—eggs only (Gr); 
Ft. Lee (Bt); and undoubtedly occurs throughout the northern part 
of the State. The iarva is quite a general feeder. 


H. leucostigma S. & A. The ‘vaporer’ or ‘“White-marked Tussock 
Moth.” Occurs throughout the State in cities, towns and villages, 
and is the most common of the caterpillar pests of shade trees. It 
is rarely found in woodland or away from settlements, and it seems 
to be abundant and troublesome in proportion to the dominance of 
the sparrows, which do not eat the larve and prevent the existence 
of birds which might do so. The female is wingless, and when she 
emerges from the pupa crawls on her cocoon and lays a mass of 
whitish eggs, which are then covered with a snow white, frothy mass 
that becomes hard and brittle after a brief exposure to the air. 
There are two broods in the southern half of the State and only one 
in the north. In Newark there is a partial second brood only. In 
any case the eggs winter unhatched, and as they are conspicuous, 
gathering and destroying is a good way of checking the species on 
small trees. The young larve succumb readily to the arsenites; but 
the older caterpillars are quite resistant. 


OLENE Hbn. 

O. achatina S. & A. Near Newark in July; larve on the usual orchard 
trees and also on oak, hickory, chestnut and other forest trees. 

O. tephra Hbn. (parallela G. & R.) Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood 
Lake, Ft. Lee (Bt); Jersey City, Newark (div). Larva on apple, 
plum, oak, walnut, chestnut and other forest trees. 

O. plagiata Wlk. (clintonii G. & R.) Hopatcong (Pm); Greenwood 
Lake (Dyar); Morris Plains (Bt); Newark. Larva on persimmon, 
oak, hickory. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 491 


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Fig. 200. 


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Fig. 200.—Forest tent caterpillar, Malacosma disstria. 

Fig. 201.—Malacosoma disstria: b, female moth; c, single egg from above; d, eggs from 
side; c and d enlarged. 

Fig. 202.—Orchard tent-caterpillar: showing larva, base of tent, cocoon and egg mass. 

Fig. 203.—Malacosoma americana, female. : 

Fig. 204.—White marked Tussock moth, Hemerocampa leucostigma, male. 

Fig. 205.—Larva of white marked Tussock moth. 

Fig. 206.—White marked Tussock: moth; a, female on its egg mass; b, young cater- 
pillar suspended on thread. 

Fig. 207.—White marked Tussock moth pupe; d, male, c, female. 


492 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family LASIOCAMPID&. 


Stoutly built, rather shaggy moths of medium size, with pectinated 
antenne, small retracted head, slender palpi and short tongue. The 
wings are rather short and broad, very densely clothed, usually with 
pale or darker median lines. The larve are “lappet”’ or “tent” caterpil- 
lars, and some of the latter are of economic importance. 

The lappet-caterpillars are so called because they are much flattened 
_ and have along the sides fringed processes which, when at rest, are so 
closely applied to the surface upon which they lie that the insect be- 
comes practically invisible. None of these ever occur in harmful num- 
bers. The “tent-caterpillars” live in great colonies, and sometimes de- 
foliate entire trees or even large stretches of forest or orchard. In this 
family the terms ‘‘Phyllodesma”’ and “Clisiocampa’”’ used in the last 
edition are replaced by “‘Epicnaptera” and ‘‘Malacosoma,” respectively. 


ARTACE WIk. 


A. punctistriga Wlk. WBlizabeth V, VI, XI, 6 (Bz); X, 8 (Kp); Newark 
(Soc); Freehold (U S Ag); Delair X, 6 (Dke); rare. The larva 
feeds on oak. 


MOLYPE bn: 


T. velleda Stoll. Occurs throughout the State, rarely; adults in Sep- 
tember and October. Mr. Grossbeck reports eggs at Plainfield V, 
16, larve V, 18-IX, 16, therefore growing very slowly. Pupz are 
reported as early as VII, 15, 26 at Woodridge, by Wormsbacher. 
Larva feeds on apple, pear, cherry, maple, oak, elm, willow, lilac, etc. 

T. laricis Fitch. Woodridge IX, 10 (Wrms); near New York (Bt); New- 
ark, at light (Ang). The larva occurs rarely on pine, larch and 
hemlock, and will probably be found throughout at least North 
Jersey. 


MALACOSOMA Hbn. 


M. disstria Hbn. The “forest tent caterpillar,’ so called, although it 
really makes no tent. Occurs throughout the State, rarely in 
orchards, more commonly on forest trees; yet never abundant 
enough, in my experience to cause trouble. More common in North 
Jersey, and in New York State has been very destructive. The 
moths come in June and July, lay their eggs in a belt around small 
twigs, but do not cover them with a frothy varnish. 


M. americana Fabr. The common “tent caterpillar,” which occurs on 
orchard and some other trees in early spring. The eggs are laid 
in July in a belt around small twigs, covered with a frothy varnish, 
and so pass the winter. The larve hatch as the buds open or even 
before, and form a nest or web in a crotch or fork. This web in- 
creases in size as the colony develops and the larve feed at night 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 493 


on the surrounding foliage. Nests may be destroyed when young 
or the space around them may be sprayed with arsenites. Cutting 
out the egg masses in winter is practical in small orchards of young 
trees. 


EPICNAPTERA Ram. 


E. americana Harr. Occurs throughout the State, rarely, April to July. 
Plainfield VI, 18 (Gr); Brown’s Mills IV, 29 (Dke). The larva feeds 
on apple, cherry, maple, birch, poplar and other trees. 


Family DREPANIDZ. 


Moderate sized, slender, broad-winged species, the fore-wings usually 
falcate, giving them the common name ‘“hook-tips.’” The larve have 
the anal pro-legs rudimentary and the terminal segment prolonged into 
a tail-like process. ¢ 


EUDEILINEA Pack. 


E. herminiata Gn. Staten Island V & VIII (Ds); larva on dogwood 
(Dyar). 


ORETA WIk. 


O. rosea Wlk. Hopatcong (div); Paterson VIII, 23 (Gr); Eagle Rock 
VIII (Wdt); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth IX, 10 (Bz); Staten Island 
V, Vil, VIII (Ds); larva on “Viburnum Sp.,” never common. 


QO. irrorata Pack. New Brunswick VI, 4 (Gr). 


DREPANA Schrank. (PLATYPTERYX Lasp.) 


D. arcuata Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VI, 23, New Brunswick 
VIII, 20 (Gr); Orange Mts. V (Wdt); Newark VIII (div); Staten 
Island VIII, IX (Ds). Two-brooded, the first in May and June; the 
second, in August and September, is the form “genicula”’ Grt., which 
sometimes strongly resembles the Californian “siculifer’’ Pack. The 
larva feeds in a tent, solitary, on birch and alder. 


FALCARIA Haw. 


F. bilineata Pack. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); the 
larva on birch; not common. 


Super-family GEOMETROIDEA. 


These are small or medium sized moths, with slender bodies, small 
heads and very broad wings, which are also, as a rule, frail and thin. 
The hind wings quite usually have ornamentation similar to those on 


494 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


the fore-wings, and the lines are often continuous on both. At rest most 
of the species keep the wings extended and flat, as if set for the cabinet. 
The larve are known as “loopers, span-worms,” “‘i 


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inch-worms” or 
“measuring-worms,” because of their peculiar mode of progression. The 
abdominal legs are in whole or in part obsolete, and the caterpillar when 
in motion first extends the body full length, then humps itself in the 
middle and brings the anal segments up to the thoracic feet. When the 
body is again extended the insect has progressed nearly its own length. 
These caterpillars often so closely resemble the twigs among which they 
move that they are seen with difficulty only, and some have the habit of 
stretching out at full length so as to appear like a little spur or twig. 
Some species are injurious to cultivated plants; but all are within reach 
of the arsenites. 

The list in this super-family has been prepared by Mr. John A. Gross- 
beck, who has made a special study of it, based upon the previous work 
and collections of the late Dr. George D. Hulst, whose results were fol- 
lowed in the last list. Such changes as have been made necessary by 
recent studies are indicated in the usual way. 


Family GEOMETRID/. 


Sub-family HyprRIOMENIN 2. 


DYSPTERIS Hbn. 


D. abortivaria H. S. Paterson VII, 24, VIII, 3 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); 
Chester VIII, 23 (Dn); Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); Newark; Staten 
Island V (Ds); larva on grape. 


NYCTOBIA Hulst. 


N. limitaria Wlk. (fusifasciata Walk.) Paterson III, 29-V, 30 (Gr); 
Newark, Staten Island IV (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll); food plant 
“Amelanchier,”’ Juneberry. 

N. anguilineata Grt. Newfoundland IV, 28; Staten Island IV, 1, Lake- 
hurst V, 4 (Ds). 

N. viridata Pack. Orange Mts. (Kp). 


CLADORA Hulst. 
C. atroliturata Walk. Forest Hill, Hemlock Falls IV (Bz). 


RACHELA Hulst. 


R. bruceata Hulst. Plainfield XI, 22 (Coll); Staten Island XI, XII (Ds). 
This was listed in the previous catalog as ‘“Operophtera boreata,” 
an European species. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 495 


ALSOPHILA Hbn. 


A. pometaria Peck. Elizabeth 
Il, 22 (Bz); Staten Island 
XI and XII (Ds), and rarely 
throughout the State; the 
larva is the “fall canker 


x 
rm, Alsophila 


worm” and feeds on oak, pometaria: a, male moth; b, wing- 
hickory, apple, linden, elm less female; c, d, structural 


and other deciduous trees. details. 


EUDULE Hbn. 


E. mendica Walk. Throughout 
the State, V-—VIII, more or 
less local and sometinies 
common; food plant, vio- 


lets. {yy .. 
ae , GNSe A Gg 
E. meridiana Sloss. Elizabeth Bie! coger alee ene volin-e anthers, 
Wi, 4-24, VIII, 27 (Bz): enlarged, from side and above; c, d, 
Newark at light (Ang); An- body segments of larva _ en- 
glesea (Kp). larged; e, egg mass; f, larva; 


g, pupa; h, its tip, enlarged. 


LOBOPHORA Curt. (PHILOPSIA Hulst.) 
L. nivigerata Walk. Rare near New York (Bt); Elizabeth V, 15 (Bz). 


NANNIA Hulst. 


N. refusata Walk. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


HETEROPHLEPS H. S. 


. triguttaria H. S. Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Forest Hill VII (Wdt); 
Paterson VIII, 8, New Brunswick VI, 16, Milltown VI, 10 (Gr); com- 
mon in damp, wooded places. Larva on maple. 


ae 


EUPITHECIA Curt. (TEPHROCLYSTIA Hbn.) 


miserulata Grt. (nebulosa Hulst.) Newark VII, 12, 30, VIII, X, 27 
(Bwl); New Brunswick VII, 12, 24, IX, 16 (Gr); Staten Island VII, 
VIII, larva on cultivated geranium (Ds). 


coagulata Gn. Sussex Co. VIII, 15, 23 (Bwl). 

- geminata Pack. Basking Ridge VI, 18 (Bwl). 

. fumosa Hulst.. Elizabeth VIII, 31 (Bz). 
russeliata Swett. Newark IV, 6 (Bwl). 

. fasciata Taylor. “New Jersey” (Taylor fide Kf). 
indistincta Taylor. Newark (Weidt). 

. latipennis Hulst. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


m 


mmmmmmmm 


. borealis Hulst. Occurs within our faungl range. 


496 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. swettii Gross. Found in adjacent States. 
E. interruptofasciata Pack. Certain to be found in New Jersey. 


All of these last four will almost certainly be found in the northern part 
of the State as well as a few other species. “T. absynthiata” is Huropean 
and “implicata’” has not been recorded south of the Hudson’s Bay district. 


EUCYMATOGE Hbn. 


E. intestinata Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VIII, 8 (Dn); Newark, 
light VIII (Wdt), VI (Bz); Staten Island VIII (Ds). 


VENUSIA Curt. 


V. cambrica Curt. Should occur in New Jersey. ‘“V. duo-decimlineata” 
Pack. of the last edition is based on aneerror. 


EUCHCECA Hbn. 


E. inornata Hulst. Elizabeth VI, 4-VII, 4 (Bz); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 
E. comptaria Walk. Hemlock Falls IV, 22 (Bz); on beech and alder (Bt). 
E. lucata Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Elizabeth V, 20, VII, 10 (Bz). 


E. albifera Walk. (albogilvaria Morr.) Sussex Co. VIII, 14 (Bwl); 
Passaic VI, 20 (Gr); Elizabeth VII, 22 (Bz); food plant, elm. 


TRICHODEZIA Warr. 


T. albovittata Gn. (Euchoeca) Lake Hopatcong VII, 21 (Pm, Gr); New- 
ark VIII, 13 (Bwl); Milltown VII, 16 (Gr); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds), 
and throughout the hilly north. 


HYDRIA Hbn. (CALOCALPE Hbn.) 


C. undulata Linn. Paterson VII, 24 (Gr); Denville (Bwl); Chester VII, 
19 (Dn); Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); Hlizabeth VI-VII (Bz); Staten 
Island V, VI (Ds). Larva gregarious in webbed-up leaves of wild 
cherry. 


EUSTROMA Hbn. 


E. diversilineata Hbn. Recorded from all parts of New Jersey VI, 25-IX, 
15. The variety ‘“gracilineata’” Gn. occurs with the type but more 
rarely. Food, grape and “Ampelopsis.” 

E. testata Linn. Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); larva on birch, willow and 
bean. 

E. atrocolorata Grt. Delaware Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn). 

“BB. prunatum” does not belong to our fauna. 


RHEUMAPTERA Hbn. (PLEMYRIA Hbn.) 


R. hastata Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VII, 3; Orange Mts. VII, 4 
(Gr); Newark VII, 16 (Bwl); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); New Bruns- 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 497 


wick VII, 1 (Coll); larva on birch, wax myrtle, willow, huckleberry 
and rhododendron. 
“Zenophleps lignicolorata”’ does not occur in the east. 


PERCNOPTILOTA Hulst. 


P. fluviata Hbn. Common May to November throughout the State. Larva 
on elm, smartweed, “Senecia.” 


MESOLEUCA Hbn. 


M. ruficiliata Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Elizabeth VI (Bz); larva on birch. 
. aurata Pack. (czsiata Bork.) Hopatcong (Pm). 


= 


M. lacustrata Gn. Recorded from all points north of the Delaware Valley 
region IV—VIII; larva on blackberry, birch, white-thorn and sallow. 
M. truncata Hbn. Common near New York; larva on strawberry (Bt). 
M. hersiliata Gn. Near New York, not common (Bt); larva on currant. 
M. vasaliata Gn. Paterson IV, 3 (Gr); Newark IV (Bwl); Forest Hill 
III, common on hemlock (Wdt); Staten Island IV (Ds); larva on 
thimbleberry, “Rubus nutkanus,” and is also said to feed on wild rose. 


M. intermediata Gn. Throughout the northern half of the State III-VIII; 
larva on jewel weed, “Impatiens.” 


HYDRIOMENA Hbn. 
H. autumnalis Strom. (trifasciata Bork.) Newark VIII (Ang); Plain- 
field (Coll). 
H. latirupta Walk. Throughout the State, IV-IX; larva on “Polygonum.” 
H. multiferata Walk. Paterson VIII, 16 (Gr); Denville VI, 9, 20, Newark 


III, 9 (Bwl); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); Plainfield (Coll); larva on 
“Polygonum” and “Epilobium.” 


H. magnoliata Gn. (Coenocalpe) Sure to occur in the hilly north of 
New Jersey. Larva on fire-weed, “Epilobium angustifolium.” 
The records for ‘“H. unangulata’’ were based on erroneous determi- 
nations. 
CCENOCALPE Hbn. 


C. gibbicostata Walk. “New Jersey.” 


GYPSOCHROA Hbn. 


G. designata Bork. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VIII, 17 (Dn); Paterson 
VII, 13 (Gr); larva on “Crucifere,’ wild and cultivated (Bt). 


PETROPHORA Hbn. (XANTHORHOE Hbn.) 


P. ferrugata Hbn. Chester VIII, 18 (Dn); Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); 
Staten Island V, VII, VIII (Ds); larva on “Polygonum” and ‘Nepeta 
hederacea.” 


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498 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


P. fluctuata Linn. Boonton VIII (Wdt); Plainfield VI, 1 (Coll); Staten 
Island (Ds); larva on cabbage. 


P. munitata Hbn. Should occur in New Jersey. 


Sub-family MoNnocrENIIN#. 


HA=MATOPSIS Hbn. 


H. grataria Fabr. Common throughout the State, May to October, much 
more abundant after mid-summer. The variety “annettearia’ Haim. 
may occur in New Jersey. 


Sub-family STERRHIN#. 


ERASTRIA Hbn. (CALOTHYSANIS Hbn.) 


E. amaturaria Walk. Paterson VII, 27 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
VIII (Soc); Forest Hill (Wdt); Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); New 
Brunswick VIII 28 (Gr); Camden IX, 14 (Kp); larva on “Polygonum 
dumetorum.” 


DEPTALIA Hulst. 


D. insularia Gn. Throughout the State VI-X; common; larva on “Celas- 

trus scandens,” “Galium,” “Cassia” and oak. 
COSYMBIA Hbn. (LEUCOPHTHALMIA Hbn),. 

C. myrtaria Gn. Paterson VIII, 10 (Gr); Newark V, 28 (Bwl); Anglesea 
(Lt); larva on sweet fern and huckleberry. 

C. lumenaria Hbn. Throughout the State IV—VIII; larva on sweet fern, 
birch and “Vaccinium.” 

C. pannaria Gn. Clementon V, 10 (Kp). 

C. culicaria Gn. Brown’s Mills VI, 17 (Haim); Lakehurst (Watson). 


SYNELYS Hulst. 


enucleata Gn. (alabastraria Hbn.) Common throughout the State, 
VI, VII, VIII; larva on huckleberry, ‘‘Rhexia lutea” and “Galium.” 
The varieties “relevata’ Swett, and ‘“adornata’’ Prout, occur with the 
type. 

S. nigrocandida Hulst. Manahawkin VI, 14, Lakehurst VIII, 17 (Gr). 


we 


CINGLIS Gn. 
C. similaria Walk. (quadrilineata Pack.) Hopatcong (Pm); rare near 
New York (Bt). 


purata Gn. Basking Ridge VI, 8 (Bwl); Newark, Elizabeth VI, VII 
(Bz). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 499 


LEPTOMERIS Hbn. 
inductata Gn. Common throughout the State, VI, VII and VIII. 


EOIS Hbn. 


. peralbata Pack. Anglesea (Lt). 
. rufescens Hulst. Lacy VII, 14 (Dke). 


E. ossularia Hbn. Newark VIII, 23 (Bwl); Elizabeth VII-IX (Bz); New 


mmm im 


m 


Brunswick IX, 18, Jamesburg VIII, 10, Riverton V, 30 (Sm); Mt. 
Holly VII, 18 (Gr); Anglesea V, VII, IX (div). 


. granitata Pack. “New Jersey”; Plainfield VI, 1 (Coll). 
. obfusaria Walk. Caldwell (Cr). 

. nimbicolor Hulst. Brookville VII, Lakehurst VII (Ds). 
. pallida Hulst. Middlesex Co. (Sm). 


Sub-family GEOMETRIN&#. 


CHLOROCHLAMYS Hulst. 


. chloroleucaria Gn. Common throughout the State V-IX; larva on 


flowers of black and raspberry and “Helenium autumnale.” 


NEMORIA Hbn. 


. pistaceata Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, 13 (Bwl). 
. subcroceata Walk. Caldwell (Cr); Chester VII (Dn); Orange Mts. 


VI, 22 (Gr); Newark VI, VII (Soc); Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Eliz- 
abeth VII, IX, 5 (div); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Lahaway VI (Sm); 
Lakenurst V, 18 (Gr). 


. dyari Hulst. Lakehurst V, 18 (Gr). This may be the male of “sub- 


croceata.” 
EUCROSTIS Hbn. 


incertata Walk. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Lahaway VI (Coll). 


RACHEOSPILA Gn. 


. lixaria Gn. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); feeds on ‘‘Myrica.” 


SYNCHLORA Gn. 


. zrata Fabr. (glaucaria Gn.) Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Coll); 


Staten Island VI-VIII (Ds); Westville VII, 20 (Lt); New Brunswick 
VII, 19, IX, 12; Anglesea VII, 9, VIII, 2 (Gr); larva on black and 
raspberry. 


APLODES Gn. 


. mimosaria Gn. Paterson V, 14 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Newark V, IX 


(Soc); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 


500 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. 


A. 


rubrifrontaria Pack. Newark V—VII (Wdt); Elizabeth VII, 12 (Bz); 
Staten Island VII (Ds); Orange Mts. V, 24 (Gr). 


bistriaria Hbn. Passaic Co. V, 1 (Bwl); Lakehurst IV (Ds). 


ANAPLODES Gn. 


. iridaria Gn. (remotaria W1k.) Chester VII, 23 (Dn); Staten Island 


V-VII (Ds); Bayonne (Wrms); larva on sumac. 


. rubromarginaria Pack. Newark; larva on wax myrtle. 


Sub-family ENNOMIN&. 


EPELIS WHulst. 


. truncataria Walk. Clementon IV, 10, V, 9 (div); Lakehurst, V, 18, 


24 (div); larva on bearberry “Arctostaphylus uva-ursi.” 


EUFIDONIA Pack. 


. notataria Walk. “New Jersey’; food plants, tamarack, hemlock, 


white pine. The variety “fidoniata’ Walk. occurs with the type and 
will also be found in New Jersey. 


ORTHOFIDONIA Pack. 


. semiclarata Walk. New Jersy, probably. 
. vestaliata Gn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark (Sb); Staten Island VII, VIII 


(Ds); Ocean Co. VI, 10 (Coll); larva on apple, hornbeam and oak. 


HELIOMATA Grt. 


. cycladata Grt. Hasbrouck Heights VI, 10 (Wrms); Orange Mts. VI 


(Wadt); Plainfield VI (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds). 


. infulata Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 


PHYSOSTEGANIA Warr. 


. pustularia Gn. Springdale VII, 16 (Gr); Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell 


(Cr); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth VII (Bz); Staten Island V—VIII (Ds); 
Lahaway VIilI, 1 (Coll); larva on maple and cranberry. 


GUENERIA Pack. 


. basiaria Walk. Lake Hopatcong VII, 6, Paterson VI, 15 (Gr); Newark 


VI (Bwl); Elizabeth VI, VII, 20 (div); Milltown VI, 10 (Gr). 


DEILINEA Hbn. 


. variolaria Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Bloomfield VI (Bwl); Newark VI 


(Wadt); Elizabeth VII, 29 (Bz); larva on willow. 


. erythremaria Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. VI (Wdt); Eliza- 


beth VIII, 16 (Kp). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 501 


D. liberaria Walk. Newark VIII, IX, 17 (div); Staten Island IX (Ds). 
“D. exanthemata” is not American, and the record for “D. (Anthelia) 
nigroseriata” was based on an error. 


SCIAGRAPHIA Hulst. 


S. granitata Gn. Forest Hill V, VIII (Wdt); Camden IV, 25 (Kp); Plain- 
field VI, 1, Paterson V, 18 (Gr); Jamesburg VII, Lakehurst IX (Ds). 


S. heliothidata Gn. Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz); Staten Island V, VII,. VIII 
(Ds); larva on locust. 


S. continuata Walk. Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); Paterson V, 8, VI, 9, VII, 
9, IX, 1 (Gr); Anglesea VI, IX, 4; pupz beaten from juniper. 


S. mellistrigata Grt. Newark (Ang): Anglesea (Lt). 
“S. muscariata,” “nubiculata,” “neptata” and “subminiata” do not occur 
in New Jersey. 


PHILOBIA Dup. 


P. enotata Gn. Staten Island V, VI, VIII (Ds); Orange Mts. VI, 8 (Wat); 
Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Long Branch VII (Gr); Clementon V, 10 (Kp); 
larva on “Lactuca grandiflora.” 


MACARIA Curt. 
M. infimata Gn. Forest Hill (Kp); Newark (Soc). 


M. eremiata Gn. Clementon V, 10 (Lt); Middlesex Co., Lahaway VI, 10 
(Coll); DaCosta V, 19 (Dke). 


M. zequiferaria Walk. Hemlock Falls IV, 29 (Bz); Staten Island V (Ds). 
M. minorata Pack. Plainfield (Gilbert). 


M. przatomata Harv. Newark VII (Bwl); Forest Hill VIII (Wdt); Cam- 
den IV, 25 (Kp); larva on huckleberry. 


CYMATOPHORA Hbn. (DIASTICTIS Hbn.) 

C.-distribuaria Hbn. Lakehurst IX (Ds). 

C. ribearia Fitch. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Paterson VI, 18—VII, 
27 (Gr); Newark (Soc), and probably throughout the State. The 
larva is the currant and gooseberry span-worm, and sometimes locally 
injurious. It is easily controlled by arsenical sprays. 

C sulphurea Pack. Should occur in New Jersey. 

C. inceptaria Walk. Newark VI, IX (Wdt); Elizabeth VI, 12 (Bz); New 
Brunswick VI, 16, Milltown V, 30, VI, 12 (Gr); larva on oak. 

C. subcessaria Walk. Orange Mts. VI (Wdt), also a currant span- warm, 
but never found in harmful numbers. 

C. wavaria Linn. Staten Island VI (Ds); larva on currant and goose? 
berry. 

C. virginalis Hulst. Newark (Coll). 

The records for “C. flavicaria,” “subalbaria,’ “umbrifasciata” and ‘‘in- 
quinaria” have proved to be erroneous. 


502 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


HOMOCHLODES Hulst. 
H. fritillaria Gn. Bloomfield VI and VII (Wdt). 


APAECASIA Hulst. 
A. detersata Gn. Paterson VI, 10, 18 (Gr); Newark V, VI, VII (Soc); 
Orange Mts. V, VI (Bz); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 


A. defluata Walk. Paterson V, 10, VI, 15 (Cr); Newark V (Wdt); Hem- 
lock Falls IV, V (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); Woodbury IX, 5 (Kp); 
Lahaway VI; larva on grass. 


A. deductaria Walk. “New Jersey” (Coll). 


A. extremaria Walk. Union Co. V, 1 (Bwl); Brown’s Mills V, 13 (Dke); 
Clementon V, 7 (Haim). 


CATOPYRRHA Hbn. 


C. coloraria Fabr. Throughout the State IV—-VII; larva on black and 
raspberry, and “Trifolium.” The varieties ‘“dissimilaria” Hbn. and 
“spheromacaria”’ Harv. have also been taken. 


CARIPETA Walk. 


C. divisata Walk. Caldwell (Cr); Sparta VII (Ds); larva on hemlock. 
. angustiorata Walk. Clementon V, 30 (Harb); larva on white pine. 


.@) 


C. criminosa Swett. Will probably be found in the State. 


NEPYTIA Hulst. 


N. semiclusaria Walk. Paterson IX, 19, 26 (Gr); Newark IX (Bz); larva 
on fir, pine, spruce and tamarack. 


ALCIS Curt. 


A. multilineata Pack. New Jersey (Sachs); rare near New York (Bt). 
A. atrolinearia Hulst. Newark IV, at light (Wdt); Staten Island IV (Ds). 
A. guttata Hulst. New Jersey is within the faunal range of the species. 


PARAPHIA Gn. (AMILAPIS Gn.) 


P. subatomaria Wood. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VI, 22 (Gr), VIII, 16 
(Kp); Newark, light, VI (Wdt); Elizabeth VI, VIII (Bz); Staten 
Island VI, VIII (Ds). 

The varieties “unipuncta” Harv. and “deplanaria’”’ Gn. occur with the 
type; these are in the previous list as species. The larva occurs on 
beech, alder, basswood, pine, spruce, fir and other evergreens. 


STENOTRACHELYS Hulst. 


S. approximaria Hbn. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); larva on “Smilax” and 
“Quercus.” 


THE INSECTS( OF NEW JERSEY: 503 


LYTROSIS Hulst. 


L. unitaria H. S. Newark (Soc); Caldwell (Cr). 
“Tornos scolopacinarius” Gn. is a southern species and does not seem 
to occur with us. 


EXILIS Gn. 


E. pyrolaria Gn. May occur in New Jersey. 


SELIDOSEMA Hbn. 
S. humaria Gn. Paterson V, 12, VII, 20 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Forest Hill 
VII (Wdt); Newark VII, 20. 


S. umbrosaria Gn. Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Forest Hill, on hemlock 
IX (Wdt); Elizabeth VIII, 16 (Kp); Newark VII, 4; larva on horse- 
chestnut, elm, etc. 


CLEORA Curt. 


C. cribrataria Gn. Caldwell (Cr); larva on willow and poplar. 
C. indicataria Walk. “New Jersey” (Pack). 


Fig. 210.—Cleora pampinaria: a, adult; b, larva from above; c¢, 


2 


same from side; d, pupa, all enlarged; e, f., structural 
details still more enlarged. 


C. pampinaria Gn. Paterson V, 27, VII, 20, VIII, 13 (Gr); Chester VII 
(Dn); Caldwell (Cr); Newark V-VIII (Soc); Staten Island IV, V, VII, 
VIII (Ds); New Brunswick IX, Jamesburg VIII, 11 (Coll); larva on 
apple, pear, strawberry, cranberry, willow, poplar, ash, etc. 

C. larvaria Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. IX (Wdt); Caldwell (Cr); 
larva on willow, wild cherry, ete. : 


C. areataria Bwl. Hemlock Falls IV, 22 (Bwl); Newark IV, 25 (Bz). 


504 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


MELANOLOPHIA Hulst. 


M. canadaria Gn. Throughout the State, IIJ-VIII; larva on tamarack, 
spruce, pine, hemlock, “Myrica,” etc. 


AETHALOPTERA Hulst. 


Az. intertexta Walk. Paterson VII, 21 (Gr); Bloomfield V, VII (Wdt); 
Staten Island VII (Ds); Newark. 


GLENA Hulst. 
G. cognataria Hbn. Sandy Hook, VII (Ds). 


ECTROPIS Hbn. 


E. crepuscularia D. & S. Throughout the State IV to IX, common; 
larva on apple, pear, plum, elm, maple, clover, etc. 


EPIMECIS Hbn. 


E. virginaria Cram. (hortaria Fab.) Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII, 5 
(Dn); Elizabeth VIII, 4, (Kp); Staten Island V to VIII (Ds); Newark 
(Ang); larva on tulip tree. : 


LYCIA Hbn. 


L. ursaria Walk. Hopatcong, Plainfield (Pm); Newark III, IV fie Bz); 
larva on poplar, elm, wild cherry, etc. 


L. cognataria Gn. Throughout the State V to VIII; larva on a great 
variety of orchard, and small fruits and forest trees. 


NACOPHORA Hulst. 


N. quernaria S. & A. Orange Mts. V, 24 (Gr); Staten Island VI, VII 
(Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Newark IV, 4 (Ang); Elizabeth VI 
(Bz); larva on oak, and “Crategus australis.” 


N. cupidaria Grt. New York, rare (Bt). 
N. phigaliaria Gn. Should occur in New Jersey. 


PALEACRITA Riley. 


P. vernata Peck. The larva is the spring canker-worm, an injurious 
species locally throughout the State. Moths in April or May. Larve 


Fig. 211. Fig. 212. 


Fig. 211.—Spring canker wormn, Paleacritg vernata: a, male moth; b, wingless female; 
¢, d, e, details of structure, enlarged. 

Fig. 212.—Spring canker worn: a, larva; b, egg, very much enlarged; c, d, body seg- 
ments of larva. 


a 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 505 
most destructive in June. It rarely causes any notable loss with us, 


but has been troublesome near Mount Holly. Thorough spraying 
with the arsenites when the insects are first seen will prove effective. 


PHIGALIA Dup. (RHAPHIDODEMAS Hulst.) 


. titea Cram. Paterson IV, 15, V, 1 (Gr); Staten Island III, IV (Ds); 


larva on rose, birch, maple, elm, ete. 


. olivacearia Morr. Plainfield (Pears), Staten Island III, 27 (Ds). 


ERANNIS Hbn. 


. tiliaria Harr. The “lime tree moth’; occurs late in fall throughout 


the State, though hardly common; larva on basswood, elm, apple, 
pear, etc. 


CINGILIA Walk. 


. catenaria Dru. Throughout the State, IX; larva on “Vaccinium,” 


“Rubus,” “Rhus toxicodendron,” “Myrica,” “Genista,” “Quercus,” etc. 


ANAGOGA Hbn. 


. pulveraria Linn. Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island V (Ds); larva on 


willow, hazel, beech, maple, birch, etc. The variety “occiduaria” 
occurs with the species. 


SICYA Gn. 


macularia Harr. Likely to be found in New Jersey. 


THERINA Hbn. 


. pellucidaria G. & R. Lakehurst V, 18 (Coll), IV, V (Ds); larva on 


yellow pine. 


endropiaria G. & R. Hopatcong (Pm); Morris Plains (Dyar); Pater- 
son VI, 15 (Gr); Newark VI (Wdt); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); food 
plants, hornbeam, chestnut, red and white oak. 


. athasiaria Walk. Paterson IV, 21, V, 10 (Gr); Elizabeth IV (Bz); 


Lahaway V, 28; Cologne V, 24, common (Coll); larva on oak. 


. fiscellaria Gn. New Brunswick. 


fervidaria Hbn. Paterson VII, 21 (Gr); Staten Island IX, X (Ds); 
Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick IX, 20, Milltown IV, 28 (Gr); Atco 
IX, 27 (Kp); Jamesburg (Coll); larva on spruce. 


METROCAMPA Latr. 


perlata Gn. (margaritata Linn.) Hopatcong (Pm); Staten Island 
VI, VIII (Ds); Newark VIII, IX (Soc); Elizabeth IX (Bz); New 
Brunswick IX, X (Coll); larva on birch, elm, hornbeam, oak, poplar, 
willow, etc. 


506 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


EUGONOBAPTA Warr. 


E. nivosaria Gn. Lake Hopatcong VII, 6 (div); Orange Mts. VII, 4 (Lt); 
Newark VII (Wdt); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 


ENNOMOS Tr. 


E. magnarius Gn. (alniaria Linn.) Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VIII, 
30, IX, 28 (Gr); Newark IX, X (Wdt); Staten Island IX—XI (Ds); 
New Brunswick X; iocally common throughout the State; larva on 
birch, chestnut, elm, linden, maple, locust, ete. 


E. subsignarius Hbn. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VII (Wdt); Staten Island 
VII, VIII (Ds); New Brunswick, Jamesburg (Coll); larva on apple, 
basswood, elm, linden, poplar, etc. 


A most remarkable flight of these insects occurred at many points in 
New Jersey, New York and Canada in 1908, although the larve had not 
been noted as unusually abundant. 


XANTHOTYPE Warr. 


X. crocataria Fabr. Throughout the State, May to September, locally 
common; larva on strawberry, currant, gooseberry and “Polygonum.” 


PLAGODIS Hbn. 


P. serinaria H. S. Staten Island VI (Ds); Newark VI, 10, VIII (Bwl, 
Ang), Milltown (Gr); larva on willow. The variety “rosaria’” G. & 
R. will also be found in the State. 


P. altruaria Pears. (keutzingaria Pack.) New Jersey, probably; larva 
on apple. 


P. fervidaria H. S. Staten Island VIII; larva on maple and ash. 


P. alcoolaria Gn. Staten Island Y (Ds); the variety “kempii’’ Hulst, will 
also be found in the State. 


. phlogosaria Gn. Newark, VIII; larva on wild cherry. 

. schuylkillensis Grossb. Staten Island (Ds). 

. keutzingi Grt. Almost certainly occurs in the State. 
emargataria Gn. Elizabeth VII, 15 (Bz). 

. purpuraria Pears. Wili probably be found in the State. 


0:0 UU. U 


HYPERITIS Gn. 


H. amicaria H. S. Occurs throughout the State, V to VII, commonly; 
larva on alder, beech, birch, hornbeam, “Hypericum,” oak, etc. The 
form ‘“alienaria” H. S. occurs with the type. 


ANIA Steph. 


A. limbata Harv. Newark VI, VII, on oak, Forest Hill V, 7 (Wat); 
Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Elizabeth IV-V (Bz); New Brunswick 
(Coll); feeds on most orchard and ‘small fruits, also nut trees, maple, 
etc. : 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 507 


GONODONTIA Hbn. 


. hypochraria H. S. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VI, 7, Orange Mts. 
VI, 30 (Gr); Newark V, VI, VII (Wdt); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island 
V-VII (Ds); larva on persimmon, apple and sassafras. 

. warneri Harv. Paterson VI, 15 (Gr); Gt. Piece Meadow V, 30 (Ds). 
. duaria Gn. Newark V, VI (div); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VI (Bz); 
Staten Island V—VI (Ds); Anglesea VI, 10; larva on red oak. 

. obfirmaria Hbn. Paterson V, 14 (Gr); Staten Island V (Ds); Caldwell 
(Cr); Clementon V, 10 (Kp); V, 15, very active and difficult to cap- 
ture (Lt); Lahaway V, Cologne VI, Lakehurst V, 18, common (Coll); 
food plants “Vaccinium,” “Cassandra.” 


EUCHL/ENA Hbn. 


. serrata Dru. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island VI 
(Ds); Elizabeth VI (Bz); Newark, New Brunswick VI, 20 (Gr); 
Woodbury VI, 8 (Kp); larva on maple and apple. 

. obtusaria Hbn. “New Jersey”; food plant touch-me-not, “Impatiens,” 
chestnut. 

. effectaria Walk. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VII (Dn); larva on rose. 
. johnsonaria Fitch. Hopatcong (Pm); Chester VIII, 11, IX, 1 (Dn); 
Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, VIII (Soc); Elizabeth VIII, 19 (Kp); 
Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick VI, 4, IX, 1 (Gr); Jamesburg 
VIII, 10, Anglesea IV, 20 (Sm); larva on oak, cherry, etc. 

. amoenaria Gn. Boonton VIII (Wdt); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island 
VI, Farmingdale VIII, 12 (Ds). 

. astylusaria Walk. Paterson VI, 5 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. 
V (Wat). 

. vinulentaria G. & R. Lakehurst, V (Ds). 

. marginata Minot. Newfoundland V, Lakehurst V (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VI, 11 (Gr); Anglesea -(Lt). 

. pectinaria D. & S. New Jersey, probably; food plants, oak, poplar, 
wild cherry. 


EUTRAPELA Hbn. (SELENIA Hbn.) 

. kentaria Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Newark (Wdt); food plants, bass- 
wood, beech, birch, maple, oak, etc. 

. alciphearia Walk. Elizabeth V, 12 (Bz). Larva on maple. 


METANEMA Gn. 

. inatomaria Gn. Newark VIII; Staten Island V (Ds); food plant, 
poplar. 

. determinata Walk. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VIII. 

. quercivoraria Gn. (textrinaria G. & R.) Paterson V, 11 (Gr);. Eliz- 


abeth V (Bz); Staten Island V (Ds); food plants, oak, elm, il 
willow, “Uvularia perfoliata.” 


508 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PRIOCYCLA Gn. 

P. armataria H. S. Newfoundland VII, 5; Staten Island VI (Ds); New- 
ark VI, 15 (Bwl); Elizabeth VI, 27 (Bz); larva on currant, goose- 
berry, birch, maple and apple. 

P. decoloraria Hulst. Staten Island, summer 1908, collected by Pollard 
(Ds). 

STENASPILATES Pack. 

S. zalissaria Walk. Lakewood IV, 29 (Watson). 


AZELINA Gn. 
A. ancetaria Hbn. Throughout the State, V—VIII, common; food plant, 
maple. The variety “peplaria” Hbn. seems to be confined to the 
males, and most of the specimens of this sex are that form. 


SYSSAURA Hbn. 
S. infensata Gn. Paterson V, 3-VII, 11 (Gr); Chester (Dn); Newark 
VIII (Soc); Staten Island VII, IX (Ds); Bayside IX, 21, Anglesea, 
VI (Coll); the variety “biclaria’” Walk. — “bicessaria’ Walk. occurs 
with the type. Larva on juniper and white pine. 


CABERODES Gn. 
C. confusaria Hbn. Throughout the State, V-IX, in many varieties; 
larva on clover and dandelion. 
C. majoraria Gn. Hopatcong (Pm); Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, VII) 
(div); Staten Island VI, 17 (Ds). 


C. subochrearia Hulst. New Jersey (Kp). 


TETRACIS Gn. 
T. crocallata Gn. Paterson VI, 10, IX, 16 (Gr); Caldwell (Cr); Chester 
VII, 4 (Dn); Newark VI, VIII (Soc); Staten Island V-—VIII (Ds); 
larva on sumac, chestnut and spice bush. 


SABULODES Gn. 

S. lorata Grt. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VI, 12, 15 (Gr); Caldwell 
(Cr), Newark V, VI, VIII (Soc); Staten Island V, VI (Ds); larva on 
sweet fern, “Comptonia asplenifolia’” and hemlock. 

S. arcasaria Walk. (sulphurata Pack. — depontanata Grt.) Hopatcong 
(Pm); Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); Chester VII, 16, 
Newark VII, 22 (Dn); Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); Elizabeth VII, 20 
(Kp); Staten Island V, VII, VIII (Ds); food plant, “Rhus”. spp. 

S. furciferata Pack. Paterson IV, 14 (Gr). May be an early variety of 
the preceding. 

S. transversata Dru. Throughout the State VII, IX, X, common locally; 
larva on currant, maple, apple, “Polygonum,” etc. 


ABBOTTANA Hulst. 

A. clemataria S. & A. Caldwell (Cr); Newark V, VIII (Soc); Staten 
Island V-VII (Ds); New Brunswick IV, 26 (Gr), and probably 
throughout the State; larva on elm, oak, hickory, sassafras and 
clematis. x 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 509 


Family BREPHID. 


This peculiar little group of species contains only a single representa- 
tive-in our State, flying so early that it is not often taken by collectors. 
It has a resemblance to some of the frail forms of the owlet moths and 
yet more to some of the “Geometrid” series. The black-banded, reddish 
secondaries are quite characteristic as a superficial character, the venation 
serving to distinguish the family structurally. 


BREPHOS Ochs. 
B. infans Mcesch. Staten Island, III, IV (Ds). 


Family EPIPLEMID. 


CALLEDAPTERYX Grt. 


C. dryopterata Grt. Orange Mts. VI (Wdt); Newark VIII, 18 (Bwl); larva 
on “Viburnum nudum.” 


Super-Family TINEOIDEA. 


Under this name is grouped a series of families which are not closely 
related in appearance and structure, and have no one superficial character 
that makes them all readily recognizable. Included in it are all the 
families that in the last edition are placed in the “series Tineides,”’ and 
all that in more popular parlance are known as micro-lepidoptera. The 
essential characters are largely in the larval structures and in some 
peculiarities of venation, and, generally speaking, all caterpillars in which 
the false or pro-legs have a complete circle of spinules or crotches belong 
to this series. So in the adults, when the number of internal veins in the 
primaries exceeds one and in the secondaries exceeds two, the species be- 
longs here. Other details will be given under the appropriate family 
headings. 


Family LACOSOMIDAS. 


This family resembles the following “Psychide” in general structure, 
but has the wings closely scaled and fully developed in both sexes. The 
larve live similarly in bags or sacs, but these are always open at both 
ends. 

LACOSOMA Grt. 


L. chiridota Grt. Staten Island (Fulda), on oak near New York (Bu) 
Lakehurst, larva only on oak (div). It probably occurs throughout 
the State, but is decidedly rare. 


CICINNUS Blanch. 


Cc. melsheimeri Harr. Occurs throughout the State, May to July, always 
rare and usually beaten from oak trees. The larva feeds on oak and 
winterberry (Bt). 


510 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


, Family PSYCHID/A. 


These are the “bag worms,” so called because the larve make a case 
or sac, closed at one end, of leaves, chips or silk, in which they live and 
which they carry about with them. The male moths only are winged, the 
wings transparent or thinly scaled, black, the body very hairy, abdomen 
long and slender, antenne pectinated. The females are grub-like and 
lay their eggs in the sac which they constructed as larve. 


THYRIDOPTERYX Steph. 


Fig. 213.—Bag worm, Thyridopteryx ephemereformis: a, larva; b, 
male pupa; c, adult female; d, adult male; e, bag cut open 
to show the egg mass; f, bag catried by feeding 
caterpillar; g, young larve in their first case. 


T. ephemerzeformis Steph. The common “bag” or “drop-worm.” Occurs 
throughout the State on a large variety of fruit, shade and ornamental 
trees, deciduous and coniferous. It is especially injurious to “Arbor 
vite’’ hedges, which are often entirely killed by it. The bags con- 
taining eggs hang on the trees all winter, the larve hatch in May, 
and adults appear in late August and September. Among remedial 
measures, picking off and destroying bags in winter takes first rank. 
During the growing season the larve succumb readily to arsenites, but 
on ‘Arbor vite’ and conifers only arsenate of lead can be safely used. 


EURYCYTTARUS Hamps. (PYSCHE Ochs.) 


E. confederata G. & R. Paterson V, 25 (Gr); Ft. Lee V, 29 (div); Jersey 
City (Sb); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth VI, 15, VIII, 10 (Bz); DaCosta 
VI, 3 (Dke). It probably occurs throughout the State and is locally 
common, though not often found. The larve occur on the bark of oak, 
chestnut, dogwood, hemlock and pine early in the season, and Mr. 
Beutenmuller says it is two-brooded. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 511 


Family LIMACODIDA. 


These are moderate sized or small moths, termed ‘“‘Cochlidiidse”’ in the 
last edition, with plump or shaggy bodies, retracted head, weak tongue 
and often pectinated antenne. The wings are short and broad, often very 
thickly scaled, the colors usually brown, often with green markings. 

The larve are even more easily recognized than the adults by their 
slug-like character. The feet are in large part obsolete, while the belly 
is flattened, soft and fleshy, the larva using the entire under surface in 
walking. Another peculiarity is the poisonous character of the 
spinous clothing, the tips being very finely pointed, easily broken off and 
extremely irritating when imbedded in the flesh. This “nettling” is some- 
times very serious and may cause swellings, inflammation and even high 
fever. Local application of soda or zinc washes or dilute mixtures of 
phenol and soda usually afford relief. 

Dr. Dyar says, concerning these larve, that most of them are feeders 
on any smooth-leafed tree, and this may be assumed unless special food 
plants are mentioned. None of them are really injurious to cultivated 
plants, although a number of such are fed upon. 


SIBINE H. S. 


S. stimulea Clem. Throughout the 
State, June and July, locally com- 
mon. The larva is known as the 
“saddle-back” caterpillar and oc- 
curs in late summer on pear, 
cherry and apple, sometimes par- 
tially defoliating young trees. It 
also feeds on a great variety of 
other trees and plants and suc- 
cumbs readily to arsenical sprays. 


EUCLEA Hbn. 


E. delphinii Bdv. Occurs throughout 
the State, VI and VII. The larva 
in late summer on pear, cherry, ““’ 
oak, chestnut, blackberry, wax 
myrtle and a variety of other 
trees and shrubs. Five varieties 
based on eolor differences have 
been recognized, and all occur 
within our boundaries; they are 
“querceti” H. S., .“interjecta”’ 
Dyar, “viridiclava” Wlk., “elliotii” 
Pears. and “peenulata” Clem. 


Fig. 215.—Sibine stimulea: parent of 
the saddleback caterpillar. 


512 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. indetermina Bdv. Throughout the State, June and July, locally not 
rare. The larva on apple, cherry, rose, buttonball and a great 
variety of other trees and plants. 

E. chloris H. S. Common throughout the State VI & VII. Larva a 
general feeder, including apple, pear and cherry. : 


MONOLEUCA G. & R. 
M. semifascia Wlk. Morris Plains (Neum); Palisades (Jtl); rare near 
New Yerk (Bt); Lakehurst VII, 12 (Bz). Mr. Joutel reports the 
larva in New Jersey, but says nothing of its food habits. 


ADONETA Clem. 

A. spinuloides H. S. Throughout the State, not rarely, VII & VIII. 
Larva in late summer on plum, cherry, bayberry and many other 
trees and shrubs. 

A. leucosigma Pack. Occurs rarely with the preceding and is probably 
a variety; although that is disputed. 


SISYROSEA Grt. 

S. textula H. S. Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz); 
Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick (Gr); Wenonah (Dke), and 
probably throughout the State. Larva on plum, cherry, oak, maple, 
chestnut, bayberry and many other trees and plants. 


NATADA WIk. 

N. nasoni Grt. Plainfield (Doll); Palisades (Jtl); Lakehurst (Gr). The 
larva only is reported in August on oak. It also feeds on many 
other trees. 

PHOBETRON Hbn. 

P. pithecium S. & A. The “hag-moth.” G. d., but rare, in July. 

The remarkable caterpillar is quite a general feeder and occurs on 
most of the ordinary orchard trees in late summer. 


ISOCHAETES Dyar. 
|. beutenmulleri Hy. Edw. The larva has been taken by Joutel on 
Staten Island in September. 


PROLIMACODES Schaus. 


P. scapha Harr. Locally common throughout the State, VII, VII[. The 
larva until XI, feeding generally on trees and shrubs, including most 
of the usual orchard trees. 


LIMACODES Latr. (COCHLIDION Hbn.) 

L. biguttata Pack. Hopatcong VI, VII (Bt); Newark (Soc); Staten 
Island VII {Ds); Woodbury VI (Kp); Anglesea (Lt). The larva 
seems confined to aak. 

L. rectilinea G. & R. Morris Plains (Bt); North Jersey (Sm). 

L. y-inversa Pack. Piedmont Plain and northward; local and not com- 
mon. Larva on hickory and blue beech (Dyar). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW, JERSEY. 513 


LITHACODES Pack. 


L. fasciola H. S. Piedmont Plain and northward; recorded from many 
points in July and August; but not from any point to the south, 
although it probably occurs there as well. The larva is a very gen- 
eral feeder, including most of the orchard fruits, huckleberry, bay- 
berry, etc. 

The variety “laticlavia”’ Clem. occurs with the type, but is less com- 
mon. 
PACKARDIA G. & R. 


P. geminata Pack. Newark (Soc); Hemlock Falls VI, 10 (Bz); g. d., 
but rare in June. Larva on wild cherry, birch, oak and many other 
plants. The varieties ‘“albipuncta’”’ Pack., “ocellata’ Grt., and 
“goodellii’” Grt. occur with the type. 

P. elegans Pack. Hopatcong VII (Bt); Morris Plains (Dyar); Ft. Lee 
(Wrms); Newark (Soc). Larva on many orchard, shade and forest 
trees, and on “Vibdurnum“’ (Wrmnis). The variety ‘fusca’ Pack. 
occurs with the types. 


HETEROGENEA Knoch. 
H. shurtleffii Pack. Ft. Lee VII (Bt); larva on oak, chestnut and beech. 


TORTRICIDIA Pack. 


T. flexuosa Grt. Morris Plains, rare (Dyar); Ft. Lee (Bt), local in the 
Jersey City and Newark Dist. VI, VII; Elizabeth VII (Bz). Larva 
on a great variety of trees. The form “cesonia”’ Grt. occurs with 
the type. 

T. pallida H. S. Piedmont Plain and northward in June. Probably to 

the south as well; but I have no records. Larva on willow, oak, 
sycamore, bayberry, etc. The variety ‘“flavula’” H. S. occurs with the 
type. 

testacea Pack. G. d., in the Piedmont Plain and northward, locally 

not rare. Adults May to July, larva on oak, birch, wild cherry, etc. 


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Family MEGALOPYGIDAL. 


Rather large moths with plump, very hairy body, the abdomen squarely 
truncated, antenne lengthily pectinated in the male. The wings are 
short, broad and obtuse, also clothed with long hair, forming a surface 
which Prof. Comstock compares with flannel; and because of the wavy 
lines on the forewings, he calls the only species thus far found in our 
State the “crinkled flannel moth.’ The larve seem to have an extra 
pair of abdominal legs, and the cocoon is a curious case-like structure 
with a trap-door at one end. 

The species “opercularis’” S. & A., listed in the last edition, has not 
yet been found, and is therefore omitted. 


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514 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


MEGALOPYGE Hbn. 


M. crispata Pack. Local throughout the State, VI-VIII. Larva on most 
orchard and small fruits and on many other trees and shrubs, but 
never abundant enough to be harmful. : 


Family PYROMORPHID/AE. 


Small, black or smoky-winged moths, 
nearly always with a red collar. The 
species are slight, rather frail in ap- 
pearance, with two inner veins on 
primaries and three on secondaries. 
The antenne of the male are pec- 
tinated. 


ACOLOITHUS Clem. 


A. falsarius Clem. Morris Plains me 2 ee p 
als bens RAO) ——— arriustna americana. a 
rar): 1dz 7 = ¢ 
(Dyar); Woodbridge VI, 17, Iona janva; pupa: 2 leocuoneanaes 
7” OR = ns, 7 99 > 5 . 
V, 26, Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); moths, wings closed and open. 


Anglesea V_ (div). Adult on 
flowers of beach-plum and wild cherry in May and June; larva on 
grape and Virginia creeper. 


PYROMORPHA H. S. 


P. dimidiata H. S. Plainfield VII (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); New 
Brunswick (Coll); Woodbury VI, 17, Wenonah VI, Iona V, 24, DaCosta 
VI, Manumuskin VI (Dke); Lahaway VI (Sm); never common. The 
larva feeds on dead oak leaves. 


HARRISINA Pack. 


H. americana Harr. Locally 
common everywhere V-— 
VIII, and sometimes, as 
in the Egg Harbor dis- 
trict, injurious to certain 
varieties of grape. The 
yellow, black-dotted lar- 
ve feed in company 
throughout most of their 
life, and are easily de- 
stroyed by hand-picking 
or the use of arsenate of 
lead. 


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americana feeding in characteristic way. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. SIs 
Family THYRIDA. 


Small but stoutly built species with small, short, more or less angu- 
lated wings, which are black or brown in color, with white or yellow 
semi-transparent spots. The antenne are thread-like or a little thick- 
ened in the middle, and the moths fly about bare or sandy places early 
in the spring. Little is known of the early stages and none are injurious. 


THYRIS III. 
T. maculata Harr. Throughout the State and locally common, V—VIII. 
T. lugubris Bdy. Also g. d., IV-VII, and sometimes as abundant as the 
preceding; in fact, it is the more usual in collections. 


DYSODIA Clem. (PLATYTHYRIS G. & R.) 
D. oculatana Clem. Delaware Water Gap (Pm); Plainfield VII, 5 (Bz); 
always rare. 


Family COSSID/AE. 


These are large species somewhat resembling “hawk moths” in outline, 
but with a very small head, weak, short palpi, and an obsolete tongue. 
The antenne are also short and weak in proportion to the size of the in- 
sects, though in the male they may be pectinated for at least part of the 
distance. The legs are comparatively short and weak, and while the in- 
sects seem robust enough, they yet give the idea of helplessness and 
weakness, which is borne out by the feeble flight of the female. 

The larvee are borers, usually in heartwood, and sometimes do serious 
injury to forest or shade trees. 


ZEUZERA Latr. 


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Fig. 219.—The wood leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina: a, b, larva from above and side; 
c, male; d, female moth; e, gallery made by larva. 


516 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Z. pyrina Fab. An introduced species which has spread northward from 
Hoboken to Paterson, southward across Staten Island and along the 
coast to Eatcntown and westward to New Brunswick, causing more 
or less serious local damage to shade and orchard trees. It is strictly 
confined to cities and their immediate vicinity, where the sparrows 
dominate and exclude the native birds. The moths fly to electric 
lights VI and VII, often in large numbers, and the larve attack 
shade trees of almost any kind, but seem to prefer elm and 
maple. 


COSSUS Fab. 


C. reticulatus Lint. Taken rarely by the Newark collectors. 


C. centerensis Lint. Guttenberg VI, 30 (Wrms); rare near New York 
(Bt); the larva in the trunks of poplar. 


PRIONOXYSTUS Grt. 


P. robiniz Peck. The most common native species of the family, and 
occurs throughout the State, VI & VII. The larva bores in the trunks 
of locust, willow, poplar, chestnut and oak, but in my experience 
prefers the latter. In the pine barrens thousands of oak trees are 
“doated” as the results of attacks by this species and useless except 
for firewood. 


P. macmurtrei Guer. (querciperda Fitch.) Taken rarely by the Newark 
collectors in June. The larva in oak and chestnut. 


Family SESITDAS. 


Species of moderate or rather small size, with narrow forewings, one 
or both pairs more or less transparent, and color and habits of flight very 
generally resembling wasps. Black species with yellow or orange band- 
ings are common, and sometimes the legs are also long and yellow like 
those of wasps or hornets. The antenne are usually spindle-shaped and 
in the male often pectinated or lamellate, with a little tuft of hair on the 
tip. 

The larve are borers without exception, and live in the stems, trunks, 
roots or branches of living trees and plants, often causing serious injury. 

Mr. Beutenmuller’s general arrangement is still followed, and Mr. 
George Engelhardt, who has of late studied the early stages, has been 
good enough to give me further information as to the food habits of a 
number of species. 


MELITTIA Hbn. 


M. satyriniformis Hbn. Common VII-IX throughout the State wherever 
squashes or other cucurbits are grown; the larva being the well- 
known squash borer. Where it occurs in destructive numbers the 


THE, INSECTS OF NEW /JERSEY. 517 


Fig. 220.—Melittia satyriniformis: a, male moth; b, female with wings closed; c, eggs on 
squash stem; d, larva; e, pupa; f, cocoon; all one-third enlarged. 


larve may be cut out, or bisulphide of carbon may be injected into 
the stem, and the plants should be covered and rooted at the joints. 
In some cases Summer squashes can be planted as traps to protect 
the late varieties. 

ALCATHOE Hy. Edw. 


A. caudatum Harr. Orange Mts., rare VIII (div); New Brunswick VII, 
26 (Gr); the larva bores into the roots of clematis, and will occur 
wherever this plant grows. Mr. Engelhardt found it common at 
Bayonne a few years ago. 


PODOSESIA Meeschl. 


P. syringz Harr. Paterson V, VI (Gr); Newark V (Wdt); g. d. and 
locally not rare. The larva in lilac, ash, mountain ash and pear. In 
lilac it is not infrequently more or less destructive, and infested 
shoots when noticed should be cut out and burnt. 


MEMYTHRUS Newn. 


M. tricinctus Harr. (Sciapteron) Paterson VI, 5, Little Falls VI, 25, 
VII, 12 (Gr). The larva bores in willow and poplar, and Mr. Gross- 
beck has found it in the galls made by “Saperda concolor.” Mr. 
Engelhardt has seen the workings of the larva in New Jersey and 
thinks it may be found almost anywhere if properly sought for. 


M. polistiformis Harr. “New Jersey” (Bt); Lakehurst VIII, 17 (div) 
Bamber VIII, 11 (Dke); the larva in the roots of wild and cultivated 
grape. This species is injurious in Virginia, and Mr. Engelhardt has 
found its work quite plentiful in an old vinyard at Lakehurst. It 
has not been found harmful with us as yet. 


M. scepsiformis Hy. Edw. Holly Beach VIII, 2 (Haim). 
M. simulans Grt. Larve found in swamp oak at Newark by Engelhardt, 


and pupa shells sticking out of oak trees elsewhere in thte State by 
Beutenmuller. 


518 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


M. palmii Hy. Edw. Probably occurs at Lakehurst and elsewhere in 
South Jersey in red oak and scrub oak (Engelhardt). 


M. asilipennis Bdv. (Tarsa denudata Harr.) Morris Plains (Neum); 
Paterson V, 30, Haledon, pupa found in oak stump, Milltown V, 30, 
Maurer V, 16 (Gr); Newark V, 18 (Sb); Jamesburg V, 9 (Sm). Larva 
in red and white oak, mostly in stump cut the previous year. 


M. dollii Neum. (Sciapteron) Homestead, adults abundant end of May 
(Wrms); Newark (Ang); the larva bores in the trunks of young 
Carolina poplar, and the species probably occurs throughout the State. 


AEGERIA Fab. (TROCHILIUM Scop.) 


AZ. apiformis Linn. Newark, rare (Soc); the larva bores in the ‘roots 
and lower part of the trunks of Carolina poplar and willows. Mr. 
Engelhardt says it is local, but thinks it should be found elsewhere 
in New Jersey. 


A. tibialis Harr. Riverton IX, 9, Brown’s Mills IX, 15 (Dke). Bores in 
the trunks of willow and poplar. 


BEMBECIA Hbn. 


B. marginata Harr. Throughout the State, 
locally and seasonally common, VI, VIII, 
IX. The larva is the blackberry crown- 
borer which sometimes causes consider- 
able injury in the southern section. It 
can be cut out, if sought for when the 
shoot first begins to wilt. 


PARHARMONIA Neum. 


P. pini Kell. Ft. Lee, abundant in pitch balls 
on white pine and spruce; at Lakehurst on 
pitch pine (Engelhardt). 


SANNINOIDEA Beut. 


Fig. 221.— Bembecia mar- 
540 inata: a, male; b, 
S. exitiosa Say.*' Common; VI-IX wherever = uae at 


the peach grows in New Jersey. The 

larva is the well-known peach borer, which attacks the trees 
at or just beneath the surface of the ground and often kills 
young trees. These borers may be cut out in spring and fall, or the 
trees may be protected by wire-netting, newspaper, or a wash of ce- 
ment, lime or other mechanical covering that extends two inches be- 
low and eighteen inches above the surface. The larva has also been 
found feeding in willow (Bt, Ang). The variety “edwardsii’” Bt. oc- 
curs at Westville (Jn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 519 


ALBUNA Hy. Edw. 


A. pyramidalis Wlk. Sure to occur in North Jersey (Engelhardt). 
A. fraxini Hy. Edw. (Parharmonia) “New Jersey,” the larva in ash 
(Bt). 


SESIA Fab. 


S. bassiformis Wlk. Carlstadt, larva very abundant in iron weed (En- 
gelhardt); Staten Island VIII (Ds); Merchantville VIII, 27 (Kp); 
Riverton VIII, 17 (Dke). 

S. tipuliformis Linn. G. d., flies in VI, VII. The larva is the common 
currant borer, and I have found it or its work in all parts of the 
State. Where it occurs in harmful numbers, cutting out and destroy- 
ing the infested canes is the only remedy. 

S. bolteri Hy. Edw. Paterson, in the stems of willow, “Salix concolor” 
(Engelhardt). 

S. pictipes G. & R. Garret Mt., Paterson VI, 2, larva in chestnut (Gr); 
Staten Island VI, VII (Ds); Elizabeth VII (Bz); New Brunswick, 
Riverton, Hammonton (Coll); Wenonah V, 30 (Dke). The larva 
bores in the trunks and branches of plum, cherry, peach and chest- 
nut, but rately does marked injury. 

S. albicornis Hy. Edw. Morris Plains (Neum); Ft. Lee, Paterson (En- 
gelhardt); Newark V, VI (div); the larva in willow galls and some- 
times in Carolina poplar. 

S. acerni Clem. Throughout the State; V— 
VII. The larva bores in the trunks of 
maples and sometimes ruins the younger 
shade trees; it is much more common, 
in my experience, in the more southern 
sections. 

S. corni Hy. Edw. Hopatcong VII, 4 (Gr); 
Staten Island VI (Ds); Elizabeth VI, 
VII (Bz); the larva in maple. Mr. En- 
gelhardt finds it quite common locally, 
on city trees, and says that it affects the 
branches rather than the trunk. 

S. pyri Harr. Occurs throughout the State 
VI and VII. The larva infests apple, 
pear and mountain ash, and is some- 
times locally abundant, favoring apple 
as a food plant. It has never been 
really harmful in my experience. z 

S. scitula Harr. Paterson V, 25, Jamesburg ae. 
VII, 4 (Gr); Wenonah VII, 15 (Haim); Fig: 222—Sesia acerni: a, larve; b, 
DaCosta VI, 3 (Dke); breeds in and un- cocoons in cavities made by 
der the bark of oak, chestnut and hick- /@'V®; © moth; d, pupa- 
ory, and in the galls of ‘““Andricus corni- Se ee eee 

’ has emerged. 
gerus” on oak. 


520 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


S. rubrostigma Kell. Breeds in. galls of ““Andricus davisi’” on “Quercus 
nana,” often in company with “scitula,” Ft. Lee and Lakehurst (En- 
gelhardt). 


S. sigmoidea Beut. Has been bred out of willow, by Mr. Joutel, in Van 
Cortland Park, New York City, and will almost certainly be found in 
New Jersey. 


S. pyralidiformis Wlk. (Carmenta) Staten Island VIII (Ds); Collings- 
wood VIII, 16 (Kp); Lakehurst, common (Engelhardt); Lucaston VIII, 
27, IX, 9 (div); the larva in the roots of boneset and locally abundant. 


Family PYRALIDA. 


This consists of a large number of moderate-sized or small moths 
varying greatly in appearance, and having no one superficial character 
that makes them always recognizable. Structurally they agree in having 
the secondaries with three free inner veins the costal and sub-costal 
united for a short distance. The sub-families are as a rule more easily 
recognizable and have characters that make the bulk of the species 
placeable almost at sight. 

The “Pyraustine”’ have rather thinly scaled wings, the primaries 
pointed, secondaries never larger and sometimes very small. The colors 
are predominatingly yellowish and whitish with deeper yellow or almost 
transparent markings. Sometimes they are contrastingly white and 
black and a few are red, brown or of other shades. The body is as a 
rule slender, abdomen very long, head distinct, antenne slender, in the 
males sometimes knotted or thickened. The larve are nearly always 
green with pale stripes and spots or without any markings at all. The 
head, a shield on the dorsum of the first thoracic segment and some- 
times the tubercles are shining black or yellow. They live usually in 
webs or tents, and may be solitary, as is the rule, or social. 

The “Nymphuline” are similar but smaller, more brightly colored 
species with a tendency to narrower wings and angulated primaries. 
The larve tend to feed on water plants, and some of them are really 
semi-aquatic in habit. 

The “Scopariine” are broader winged, dull ashen gray or blackish 
species with broader secondaries and raised scales in the primaries, 
especially in the males. 

The “Pyraline’ vary more than the preceding in color and in wing 
form. But as a rule the primaries are trigonate with reddish or brown 
colors, the secondaries proportionate, tending to continue the markings 
of the primaries. Some, however, have the fore-wings broad and shoul- 
dered, almost like the Tortricide. In this family we have the hay worms 
and other web-worms attacking stored products. It contains proportion- 
ately more troublesome species than any of the other sub-families, 
although none are destructive to growing vegetation. 

The “Chrysaugine” contain gray and blackish species, the primaries 
more or less shouldered, the secondaries usually without markings and 
broader than primaries. There are no injurious species. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 521 


The “Schcenobiine contain species allied to and not readily separable 
from the next family by superficial characters. 

The “Crambine” have very long, straight palpi, narrow primaries 
which are sometimes drawn to a point, and broad secondaries without 
markings. The primaries are usually white or yellowish, streaked with 
silvery and often banded with. golden scales forming beautiful combina- 
tions. When at rest the wings are wrapped closely around the body, so 
that the moths look like little cylinders tapering from the tip of the 
palpi to the end of the squarely truncate wings. 

The larve live in silken tubes near and sometimes below the surface 
of the ground, often on grass-roots, and a few of them become destruc- 
tively injurious on cultivated crops. 

The “Galleriine’’ or tee-moths are curiously streaked creatures, with 
a notch at the end of the fore-wing in the typical species, the costa very 
decidedly arched. Theé larva of the true bee moth lives on wax in bee 
hives, mining a gallery lined with silk through the centre of the combs 
out of sight of the bees. There is not much chance for them, however, 
in modern hives carefully looked after. 

The “Epipaschiine” are broad-winged gray moths with black and some- 
times brown markings, and habits similar to the next series. 

The “Phycitine”’ are ashen gray slight species, with narrow primaries 
and broad immaculate secondaries. The vestiture has usually a silken 
or glistening appearance, and sometimes the contrasts in white and black 
are quite strong. The larve differ greatly in habit, some are borers in 
stalks or stems of plants, some live in seeds or flower heads, quite a 
number of them are leaf-crumplers and one species is predatory, feeding 
on scale insects. In almost all cases they live in silken tubes. A few 
are of economic importance. 


Sub-family PyRAUSTIN#. 


GLAPHYRIA Hbn. 


G. glaphyralis Gn. (Homophysa) Essex Co. VII (Kf); Waverly VI 
(Wadt); Westville VII, 2 (Lt); Wenonah VII, 17, 5-mile beach VII, 29 


(Haim). 

G. sesquistrialis Hbn. Westville VII (Lt); Lacy VII (Dke); Holly Beach 
VII (Haim). 

G. invisalis Gn. Wenonah VII, 15-28 (div); Holly Beach VII, VIII 
(Haim). 


G. psychicalis Hulst. Holly Beach VII, 29-VIII, 6 (Haim); Lucaston 
VIII, 6, Anglesea VIII, 4 (Dke). 


G. fulminalis Led. 5-mile beach VIII, 27 (Haim). 


SYMPHYSA Hamps. 


S. adelalis Kearf. 5-mile beach; the larve make large, whitish, dumb- 
bell shaped cases of the white lichen, on which they feed on the 
trunks of oak, holly and other trees. Adults VII, VIII. 


22 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


LIPOCOSMA Led. 


L. fuliginosalis Fern. Essex Co. VIII (Kf); 5-mile beach VI, VII (div). 


L. sicalis Wlk. Jamesburg VII, Westville VII (Lt); Wenonah V (Haim); 
Iona VI (Dke). 


HYMENIA Hbn. 


H. perspectalis Hbn. Newark X, 4, at light (Wdt). 
H. fascialis Cram. (recurvalis Fabr.) Newark. 


DESMIA Westw. 


D. funeralis Hbn. Morristown (U S Ag); Newark VIII, at light (Wdt); 
Jamesburg VII (Lt); Merchantville V, VIII (Dke); Montclair VI, An- 
glesea V—VII, common (div); larva on grape and the species is prob- 
ably g. d. 


var. subdividalis Grt. Woodside VIII (Wdt); Woodbury VI (Dke). 


_ “Samea ecclesialis’” Gn. is Floridian and its record in the last‘edition 
was erroneous. 


DIASTICTIS Hbn. 


D. argyralis Hbn. (Pyrausta) Throughout the State V—VIII; the varie- 
ty “ventralis” Grt. with the type. 


PILOCROCIS Led. 


P. ramentalis Led. Newark VI, 9, rare (Wat). 


“Conchylodes platinalis Gn. has not yet been taken, and as its distri- 
bution is southern is omitted. 


BLEPHAROMASTIX Led. 


B. stenialis Gn. (Hydrocampa) Orange Mts., Montclair, Newark VI, 
VII, at light, common (div); Jamesburg VII (Lt); Riverton V, 30 
(Coll); Wenonah VI, Lucaston VI, Lacy VII (Dke); Anglesea V, 28— 
VII, 16 (div). 

B. ranalis Gn. (Pyrausta) Bergen, Hudson and Hssex Co, g. d V—VII 
(div); Westville VII, 2 (Lt); Jamesburg VII, VIII (Coll); Lucaston 
V (Dke). 

B. limata G. & R. (Pantagrapha) Throughout the State, not rare. 
Larva on oak, between folded leaves (Kf). 


DIAPHANIA Hbn. (MARGARONIA Hpbn.) 


D. nitidalis Cram. Newark; ‘New Jersey;” larval habits as in “hya- 
linata.” 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 523 


D. hyalinata Linn. Newark (Wdt); Ocean Co., not rare; larva in stems 
of Cucurbs, but not injurious in New Jersey. 


D. quadristigmalis Gn. Jersey City Hts. VII, 20 (Sb); Montclair VI, at 
light (Kf); Newark VI, VII (Wdt). 


EVERGESTIS Hbn. 


E. straminalis Hbn. Throughout the State, common, V-—VII. 
“HH. rimosalis” Gn. has not been taken as yet and is omitted. 


CROCIDOPHORA Led. 
C. serratissimalis Zell. Essex Co., common VI, VIII (div); New Bruns- 
wick (Coll); Westville VI, 5-mile beach VI, VIII (Haim). 


C. tuberculalis Led. Orange Mts. VI, VII, common (div); Ft. Lee VII 
(Kf); 5-mile beach VI, 18 (Haim). 


NOMOPHILA Hbn. 


N. noctuella S. V. Common throughout the State, all season. 


PACHYZANCLA Meyr. 
P. bipunctalis Fabr. Montclair VIII, at light (Kf); rare. 


LOXOSTEGE Hbn. 

L. dasconalis Wlk. Essex Co VII (Kf); Newark (Sm); Brown’s Mills 
VI, 15, Manumuskin VI, 4 (Dke). 

L. chortalis Grt. Lahaway V, 20 (Sm); Brown’s Mills V, 30 (Dke). 

L. obliteralis Wlk. Essex Co. V—VIII (div); Elizabeth VIII (Kp); New 
Brunswick (Coll); 5-mile beach VII, Cape May VI (Haim). 

L. mancalis Led. New Brunswick (Coll). 

L. helvialis Wlk. Jersey City Hts. VII (Sb); Montclair VIII, common 
(Kf); Lincoln Park VII (Dke); Anglesea V-IX; common (div). 

L. similalis Gn. Throughout the State, common; the larva is the “garden 
web-worm,” locally a pest in other States, not injurious in New Jersey. 

L. commixtalis Wlk. (cereralis Zell.) Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lit); Camden 
VI (Kp); Westville V, 4 (Lt); Lahaway V, 20 (Sm); Manumuskin 
V, 12 (Dke). 

“LL. sticticalis” of the previous list is a misidentification, and “L. allec- 

talis” has not been actually taken; both are therefore omitted. 


THOLERIA Hbn. (MECYNA Gn.) 


T. reversalis Gn. Essex Co. IX, larva on Baptisia tinctoria (Kf); James- 
burg VII, 28 (Lt); 5-mile beach VI, VII (div). 


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5324 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PERISPASTA Zell. 


. ceeculalis Zell. Essex Co. VI, g. d. (Kf). 


PHLYCTAENIA Hbn. 


. ferrugalis Hbn. Throughout the State, V—XI, not rare. 

. acutella Wlk. 5-mile beach VI, VIII, rare (div). 

. terrealis Tr. Orange Mts., Essex Co. V, VI, at light (Kf). 

. extricalis Gn. Essex Co. VI, at light (Kf); New Brunswick V, James- 


burg VI, 16, Lahaway V, 20 (Coll); Laurel Springs V, 28 (Dke); Lu- 
caston IX (Haim). 


. helvalis Wlk. . (Pyrausta) Ft. Lee (Bt); Newark Dist. g. d. VI, VIII, 


X (div); Clementon V, 17 (Dke); larva on broad-leaf willow (Kf). 


. tertialis Gn. Denville (Bwl); Montclair VI, at light (Kf); Newark VI 


(Wdt); Elizabeth VIII (Kp); Wenonah V (Haim); Clementon V 
(DkKe); Anglesea V, VIII (div). 


CINDAPHIA Led. 


. bicoloralis Gn. Throughout the State V, VI, IX, not rare at light. 


PYRAUSTA Schranck. 


. pertextalis Led. Essex Co. VI (Kf); Newark (Sb); Jamesburg VII, 


5-mile beach VIII (Haim). 


. fissalis Grt. Essex Co. VII; larva on sassafras and golden rod (Kf). 
. eglealis Wlk. Essex Co. VII, larva on poke-berry (Kf); Woodland 


Cemetery VII, 4 (Sb); Newark VIII, rare (Wdt); Wenonah VII, 27 
(Dke). 


. thestealis Wlk. Ft. Lee on “Clethra alnifolia” (Bt); Essex Co. VI, 


VIII (Kf); Woodside V, VI, VIII, X (Wat). 


. theseusalis Wlk. Forest Hill (Wdt); New Brunswick VIII, larva 


webbing up tips of ferns (Coll); Glassboro VII, DaCosta VI, Brown’s 
Mills VII, Toms River VII (Dke); Holly Beach VIII, 3 (Haim). 


. langdonalis Grt. New Jersey, probably. 
. oxydalis Gn. Orange Mts. VII, 19 (Kf); Waverly VII (Wdt); Newark 


(Soc); Holly Beach VIII, 3(Haim). 


. elealis Wlk. Stone Harbor VIII, 15 (Dke); 5-mile beach VII, 1—VIII, 


5 (div). 


. orphisalis Wlk. (adipaloides G. & R.) Great Notch V, 6 (Dke); 


Orange Mts. IV, V, VII, common (Kf); Newark X (Wdt); larva on 
“Monarda fistulosa’” (Bt); Atco IX, 8 (Bwl); Anglesea VIII, 20 
(Haim) 


. submedialis Grt. Occurs near New York (Bt). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 325 


P. fumalis Gn. Great Notch VIII, 27 (Dke); Essex Co. VII, VIII (Kf); 
Newark VIII (Wdt); Anglesea VI, IX (Sm). 


P. illibalis Hbn. Essex Co. VI (Wdt); Anglesea VI, 10—VII, 21 (div). 


P. penitalis Grt. (nelumbialis Sm.) Jersey City Hts. V (Sb); Newark 
VIII (Wdt); Essex Co. V, VI (Kf); New Brunswick VII, Bordentown, 
Riverton, the larva in stems and flowers of the Egyptian lotus (Sm) 
and in stems of cat-tail flags, ete. (Kf); 5-mile beach VII (Haim). 


P. futilalis Led. Montclair VI (Kf); Orange Mts. VI, VIL (Wdt); Holly 
Beach (Haim); larva on dog-bane. 


P. unifascialis Pack. Fort Lee (Bt). 

P. phoenecialis Hbn. (opalizalis Gn.) Orange Mts. V, g. d. (div). 

P. acrionalis Wlk. Fairmount Cemetery V, 21 (Sb); Holly Beach VIII, 5 
(Haim). 

P. borealis Pack. Recorded as near New York City (Bt). 


P. insequalis Gn. Fairmount Cemetery IV (Sb); Orange Mts. V-IX 
(div); Irvington V, Vi (Wdt); Newark, Jamesburg V (Coll); Manu- 
muskin IV (Dke); larva on thistle. 


P. laticlavia G. & R. Westville VIII (Kp); Brown’s Mills VII (Dke); 
Anglesea VI, VIII, IX (div); Mt. Holly VIII, Cape May VI, 30 (Haim). 


var. cinerosa G. & R. Orange Mts. VII, VIII (div); Cape May Co. 
(Coll). 


P. chalybealis Fern. Essex Co. VIII, not rare, g. d.; pupa under bark of 
hickory, larva probably on nearby weeds; generally mistaken in 
collections as var. “cinerosa” of the preceding species (Kf). 


P. unimacula G. & R. Fort Lee district (Dow). 


P. signatalis Wlk. Elizabeth VIII, 25 (Kp); Mt.. Holly VIII (Haim); 
Atco (Lt); Hammonton VIII (DkKe); Anglesea III, VII-IX (div). 


P. octomaculata Linn. Throughout the State; not common. 
P. niveicilialis Grt. Orange Mts., g. d. VI, VIII (Wat). 
“P. fodinalis Led.” is omitted as Western. 


EUSTIXIA Hbn. 


E. pupula Hbn. Throughout the State and almost all season. 


Sub-family NyMPHULINA. 


NYMPHULA Schrank. (HYDROCAMPA.) 


N. maculalis Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII, at light (Kf); Lahaway V, 20 
(Sm); Lucaston V, VI, IX, Brown’s Mills VII, Tuckerton VIII (Dke), 
Anglesea (Haim). 

N. allionealis Wlk. Essex Co. VI, at light (Kf); Lucaston IX (Haim); 
Hammonton VIII, IX, Toms River IX, 22 (Dke). 

N. obscuralis Grt. Occurs near New York City (Bt). Larva on Vallis- 
neria spiralis (Hart). 


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N. badiusalis Wlk. (albalis Rob.) Essex Co. VIII, 24, at light (Kf); 
Newark VI, IX (Wdt); Gloucester Co. VI (Haim); Newbold VII, VIII 
(Dke). 

N. obliteralis Wlk. Riverion II, the larva living in cases on the leaves 
of lily and other water plants in greenhouses; rare outdoors in sum- 
mer. 

N. gyralis Hulst. Anglesea (Lt). 

N. icciusalis Wlk. Riverton VIII, DaCosta VII, Lucaston VI, Hammonton 
IX (Dke); Lahaway V, along ditches (Sm); Anglesea V, VII, VIII 
(div). 

N. ekthlipsis Grt. New Brunswick (Coll). 


ELOPHILA Hbn. (CATACLYSTA Hbn.) 


E. bifascialis Rob. Montclair, electric light VI, 9, 15 (Kf). 

E. claudialis Wlk. Lacy, Brown’s Mills VII, 21, 22 (Dke); Anglesea VII, 
9 (Haim). 

E. fulicalis Clem. Boonton VIII (Bwl); Ft. Lee (Dow); Essex Co., com- 
mon at light VI (Kf); New Brunswick VII, Anglesea (Coll). 


GESHNA Dyar. 


G. primordialis Dyar. Very abundant in the woods of North Jersey VI, 
VII; dozens fly up at every footstep (Kf); Ft. Lee (Dow); Wenonah 
VII (div); Brown’s Mills VI (Dke). 


DIATHRAUSTA Led. 


D. reconditalis Wlk. (pisusalis Wlk.) Caldwéll, Montclair, Newark, g. 
d. VI-VIII (Kf); Great Notch VIII, 26 (Dke). 


Sub-family Scopartin az. 


SCOPARIA Haw. 


S. centuriella S. V. Hopatcong (Bt); Montclair VI, at light, g. d. (Kf); 
New Brunswick (Coll). ‘ 

S. basalis Wlk. (libella Grt.) Orange Mts. VI, Woodside IX, on hem- 
lock (Wdt); Essex Co. VI-IX, g. d., common in woods and at light 
(Kf); Wenonah VII, 27 (Dke); Gloucester Co. VII, 15 (Haim). 


Sub-family PyraLIn&. 


AGLOSSA Latr. 


A. cuprealis Hbn. Jersey City Hts. VI, 28, Newark (Sb); Montclair VII, 
1 at light (Kf); Anglesea VII, 6-24 (div). 
A. cuprina Zell. Montclair VII, 1, at light (Kf); Denville VI, 14 (Bwl). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 527 


PYRALIS Linn. 


P. farinalis Linn. Throughout the State; the larva in stored products, 
chiefly grain. Usually occurs only in waste material and corners, 
so that cleanliness and care only are necessary to get rid of it. 


P. costiferalis Wlk. From New York and Penn., and will be found in 
New Jersey. Very close to ‘“cuprealis,’ and no doubt mixed with 
that species in collections (Kf). 


P. disciferalis Dyar. Occurs all around New Jersey and will be found 
within the State (Kf). 


HYPSOPYGIA Hbn. 


H. costalis Fabr. (Pyralis) Throughout the State, all season. The 
larva is the “clover-hay worm,” and sometimes injurious. 


HERCULIA WIk. 


H. intermedialis Wlk. Mentclair VI, 138 at light, g. d. (Kf); Plainfield 
(Mrs. Herring). , 

H. cohortalis Grt. Montclair VI, 13—-VII, 1, at light, g. d. (Kf). 

H. olinalis Gn. Throughout the State V—VII, often at light. 


H. himonialis Zell. Essex Co. VI, at light (Kf); Jamesburg VI, 16 (Coll). 
Almost without doubt the same as “olinalis” (Kf). 


All the species were under “‘Pyralis” in last edition, and ‘“‘sodalis” is 
omitted as unlikely to occur in the State. 


OMPHALOCERA Led. 


O. cariosa Led. Near New York on “Anoma triloba” (Bt). 


O. dentosa Grt. Very close to “cariosa,’ and will be found mixed with 
it in New Jersey collections (Kf). 


Sub-family CHRYSAUGIN&. 


TOSALE Wik. (FABATANA WIk.) 


T. oviplagalis Wik. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf); National Park VI (Dke); 
Gloucester Co. V, 29 (Haim); Ocean Co., not rare (Coll). 


ARTA Grt. 
A. statalis Grt. Montclair VII (Kf); Elizabeth VII (Wdt); Anglesea VII 
(div). 
CONDYLOLOMIA Grt. 


C. participalis Grt. Ft. Lee Dist. (Dow); Essex Co. VII, g. d., abundant 
in open woods (Kf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Haim). 


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GALASA WIk. 


. rubidana Wlk. Common everywhere at light (Kf); Newark, New 


Brunswick (Coll); Anglesea VII (div). 


Sub-family ScHa@NoBIINA. 


SCHOENOBIUS Dup. 


- sordidellus Zinck. Newark VI, VII, Elizabeth VII, at light (Wdt); 5- 


mile beach (Haim). 


. Unipunctellus Rob. Anglesea IX, 3 (Lt). 

. tripunctellus Rob. Montclair VII, 7, at light (Kf). 

. melinellus Clem. Denville (Bwl); Anglesea (Lt). 

. forficellus Thumb. Montclair VI, at light (Kf); Anglesea VI-VIII 


(div). 


. clemensellus Rob. Montclair VI, 5, VII, 2, at light (Kf); 5-mile beach 


VII, VIII (Haim); Cape May VI, 7 (DKe). 


Sub-family CRAMBIN&. 


PRIONAPTERYX Steph. 


. hebulifera Steph. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Kf); Lakehurst VII (div); Lu- 


caston VII, Iona VII, Weymouth VII, VIII, Brown’s Mills VI, Manu- 
muskin VI, bred from larve constructing tube of silk and sand, at- 
tached to stalks of sand myrtle and huckleberry and feeding on the 
leaves (Dke). 


. achatina Zell. Jamesburg VI, 20 (Sm); Wenonah VII (Haim); Da- 


Costa (Dke); Anglesea VII, 5-27 (div). 


RAPHIPTERA Hamps. 


. minimella Rob. Newark VIII, 19 (Wdt); Lucaston VIII, IX (div); 


Toms River IX, 22 (Dke). 


. argillaceella Pack. Will be found in northern part of State (Kf). 


CRAMBUS Fab. 


. Satrapellus Zinck. Wenonah VII, 15 (Haim); Lucaston VII-IX (div); 


Lacy VII, Brown’s Mills VII, VIII (Dke). 


. hastiferellus Wlk. Elizabeth IX (Kp); Brown’s Mills VI, 16, Stone 


Harbor VIII, 3 (Dke); 5-mile beach VII-IX (div). 


. preefectellus Zinck. Newark, Montclair V, VIII (Kf); Jamesburg Vv 


(Sm); DaCosta VI, Brown’s Mills VI, Stone Harbor VII (Dke); Clem- 
enton IX, Anglesea V (Lt). 


. leachellus Zinck. ‘Throughout the State V—-IX; common. 
. laqueatellus Clem. Throughout the State, V, VI and VIII; not rare. 
. bidens Zell. Lacy VII, 13 (Kf); Brown’s Mills VII, 21 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 529 


Hy 


Fig. 226. Fig. 225. 
Fig. 223.—Evergestis rimosalis, allied to E. straminalis: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult. 
Fig. 224.—Cranberry girdle-worn, Crambus hortuellus: a, egg; b, larva; c, a single seg- 
ment; 


d, pupa; e, tube made by larva; f, adult, all much enlarged. 
Fig. 225.—Corn-root web worm at work. 


Fig. 226.—Root web worm, Crambus vulvivagellus: a, larva; b, over- c, under-ground 
tube and cocoon; d, e, f, moths, wings spread and at rest; g, egg very greatly enarged. 


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530 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Cc. 


C. 


(e) fe) () @) 


pascuellus Linn. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); the larva feeds on grasses, 


and that is true of most of the species in this genus. 


daeckellus Haim. DaCosta VI, 3, Brown’s Mills V, 27-VI, 17, type 
locality (Dke); Clementon V, 9 (Lt). 


. girardellus Clem. Great Notch, Ft. Lee, Brown’s Mills, all VII (Dke), 


Essex Co. VI, VII, common at light (Kf); Newark VII (Wdt); Eliz- 
abeth VII (Kp); Jamesburg VII (Lt). 


- alboclavellus Zell. Throughout the State VI, VII, locally common; 


one of the cranberry bog species, although not a cranberry feeder. 


. agitatellus Clem. Throughout the State with the preceding, than 


which it is less common and of which it is a variety (Kf). 


. multilineellus Fern. Brown’s Mills VI, 16, VII, 21 (Dke). 


. elegans Clem. Essex Co. VI-IX, very common in open woods and at 


light (Kf); New Brunswick VII, IX (Coll); Delair VIII, Wenonah VIL 
(Dke); 5-mile beach VII, VIII (Haim). 


. albellus Clem. With the preceding, under the same conditions. 
. turbatellus Wlk. Waverly V, VI (Wdt). 


- perlellus Scop. Still only a probability in New Jersey. 
. hortuellus Hbn. Orange Mts. VI, 27 (Bwl); Newark at light VIII, IX 


(Wat); Laurel Springs VII, Stone Harbor VII (Dke); Anglesea VIL 
(Lt); throughout the cranberry region of New Jersey V-—VIII and 
sometimes common on the bogs. The larva is the “girdle worm,” 
and does some injury locally, but much less than in Massachusetts; 
with us it is cranberry feeder incidentally only, its chief food being 
the bog grasses. 


. decorellus Zinck. Montclair VI, VIII (Wdt); Wenonah VII, 20 


(Haim); Anglesea VIII (div). 


. ruricolellus Zell. Common everywhere V-IX; larva on grass and 


sorrel. 


. vulvivagellus Clem. Throughout the State VII, [X, usually common. 


The larva is one of the root web-worms and sometimes seriously in- 
jurious to corn planted on old sod-land in South Jersey. Remedial 
measures are late fall or early spring plowing of the sod and the 
free use of the salty mineral fertilizers. 


. teterellus Zinck. Throughout the State VI-IX, locally common. 
. mutabilis Clem. Common everywhere (Kf); Newark VII (Wadt); 


Elizabeth VIII (Kp); Brown’s Mills VII, Stone Harbor VIII (Dke); 
Anglesea VI-VIII (div); Cape May VI (Haim). 


. caliginosellus Clem. Throughout the State VI, VII, more or less com- 


mon; has the same larval habits as ‘‘vulvivagellus” and also injures 
corn. 


. zeellus Fern. Essex Co. VI, VII, not uncommon (Kf); Wenonah VII 


(Dke); also a root web-worm, though not an injurious one in our 
State. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 531 


. luteolellus Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII, common (Kf); Bloomfield VII 
(Wdt); New Brunswick (Sm); Brown’s Mills VII (Dke); Wenonah 
VII, 5-mile beach VI, VII (Haim). 


. trisectus Wlk. Throughout the State VI-IX, locally common. 


THAUMATOPSIS Morr. 

. edonis Grt. Newark at light VIII (Wdt); Clementon IX (Lt); Lucas- 
ton IX, Hammonton IX (Dke). 

. plexella Zell. Newbold VI, 22 (Dke). 


. Striatella Fern. (daeckella Kearf.) Lucaston X, 7-15, Brown’s Mills 
X, 6 (Dke). 
. fernaldella Kearf. Anglesea VI, IX (Dke). 


ARGYRIA Hbn. 
. nivalis Dru. Common throughout the State in low meadows; exces- 
sively so in late summer along the marshes at Anglesea. 


.» argentana Martyn. Shark River (Bt); Lucaston VIII, 10, Atlantic 
City VII, 7 (Dke); Anglesea IX (Sm). 
. auratella Clem. Throughout the State VII, VIII, not rare. 


DIATRAZA Guild. 


. idalis Fern. Newark, Anglesea IX, at light (Sm); Newbold VIII, 
National Park VII, 13 (Dke). 


CHILO Zinck. 

. plejadellus Zinck. National Park VI, 10 (Dke); Gloucester Co. V, 
29 (Haim); the larva bores in stems of rice and allied plants. 

. densellus Zell. Montclair, light V, 23 (Kf); 5-mile beach VI, 18, VIII, 
6 (Haim). 

. squamulellus Zell. Wenonah VII, 28 (Haim); Anglesea VI, VII (div). 
. forbesellus Fern. Anglesea VII, 10 (Lt). 


HAIMBACHIA Dyar. 


: placidellus Haim. Essex Co. VI, 10—-VIII, 1 (Kf); Wenonah VIII, 20 
(Haim). 

CHALCCELA Zell. 
. iphitalis Wlk. (aurifera Zell.) Single specimens occur in various. 
parts of the State, but I have no definite records. 
. principialis Wlk. Montclair, electric light V, 31 (Kf). 


DICYMOLOMIA Zell. 


. julianalis Wlk. Woodside VII, Orange Mts. VII, Newbold VII, VIIL 
(Dke); Anglesea VI, 22 (Kf). 


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Sub-family GALLERIIN A. 


GALLERIA Fab. 


G. melonella Linn. ‘The “‘bee-moth,” throughout the State; larva infests 
bee-hives, running galleries lined with silk through the comb, and 
sometimes causing serious injury. 


APHOMIA Hbn. 


A. sociella Linn. Recorded from “New Jersey.” 


PARALIPSA Butl. 
P. terrenella Zell. Montclair [X, 2, at light (Kf). 


ACHROIA Hbn. 
A. grisella Fabr. Recorded from ‘New Jersey.” 


Sub-family EPIpASCHIINA. 


EPIPASCHIA Clem. 


E. superatalis Clem. Montclair VI (Kf); larva on sumac. 
E. zelleri Grt. Manumuskin VI, 4 (Dke); Anglesea VI, 22 (Kf). 


ONEIDA Hulst. 
O. lunulalis Hulst. Will be found in the Highland region of N. J. (Kf). 


BENTA WLK. 
B. asperatella Clem. Montclair VI, VII (Kf); Newark; larva on locust. 


LANTHAPE Clem. 


L. platanella Clem. New Brunswick; the larva makes a web on the 
under surface of the leaves of sycamore. 


WANDA Hulst. 


W..baptisiella Fern. Ft. Lee Dist. (Dow); Union Co. VII, 1 (Kf); Manu- 
muskin VI, 25 (Dke); the larva on “Baptisia.”’ 


TETRALOPHA Zell. 
T. militella Zell. Newark VII, 5(Wdt). 


Sub-family PHycrrin®. 


ACROBASIS Zell. 


A. demotella Grt. Montclair VI, 13, at light (Kf); the larva bores into 
the ends of twigs of black walnut. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 533 


A. angusella Grt. Found near Brooklyn, N. Y., the larva boring into the 
leaf stems of hickory. 

A. caryz Grt. Ocean County, not rare; the larva bores into the twigs 
of hickory. 

A. rubrifasciella Pack. Near New York City (Bt); Holly Beach VII 
(Haim); the larva in a case between leaves of sweet fern and alder. 

A. betulella Hulst. Montclair, the larve in tubes between birch leaves 
(Kf). . 

A. comptoniella Hulst. Common near New York City; the larva in a 
case between terminal leaves of “Comptonia” and “Myrica.” 

A. hebescella Hulst. Ocean Co. VI, larva in a case on oak. 

The species in this series have not been well collected in New Jersey, 
and others will be found. In general, specimens must be bred to be 
secured in good condition. 


MINEOLA Hulst. 
M. amplexella Rag. Newark V (Wdt); Anglesea V, VI (Kf). 


M. juglandis LeBaron. Burlington and Ocean counties; larva not rare in 
June, on hickory. 


M. vaccinii Riley. On cranberry 
bogs in July. The larva is the 
“cranberry fruit-worm” and 
may be found on almost all 
bogs, its presence being indi- 
cated by the premature color- 
ing of the berries. No serious 
injuries are caused by the 
species in this State. 


M. indiginella Zell. Throughout Fig. 227.—Cranberry fruit-worm, Mineola 
the State. not rare. The larva vaccinu: a, berry, with egg, natural 
j oo 5 size; b, c, egg, enlarged; d, 
1s an apple-leat crumpler, larva; e, pupa; h, adult; all 
but also feeds on quince, plum, enlarged; g, cocoon nat- 
cherry, etc. Lies) rarely, ural size. 
troublesome now-a-days in well-kept orchards, the sprayings made 


for the codling moth serving to keep it in check. 


DIORYCTRIA Zell. 


D. abietella S. V. Anglesea VI, 20, and have also seen the larva on pines, 
Ocean county in early June. 


PINIPESTIS Grt. 

P. zimmermanni Grt. I have seen what I take to be injuries caused by 
the larva of this insect in Sussex and Warren Counties. It bores 
in pine, and in some sections of this country is seriously injurious. 

P. spec. indet. Bred from pine bark, Brown’s Mills VIII, 6-20; a species 
near “albovittella” (Dke). 


534 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY. STATE MUSEUM. 


TACOMA Hulst. 
T. nysseecolella Dyar. Anglesea V, VI (Kf). 


NEPHOPTERYX Hbn. 
N. ovalis Pack. Newark (Soc). 


TLASCALA Hulst. 


T. finitella Wlk. Elizabeth VI, 14 (Haim); New Brunswick, Jamesburg 
(Coll); Brown’s Mills V, 30 (Dke). 
T. reductella Wlk. Near New York City on the honey locust; imagoes 
V, VI (Bt). 
MEROPTERA Grt. 


M. pravella Grt. Montclair VI, 18, light (Kf); Anglesea, rare (Bt). 


SALEBRIA Zell. 
S. afflictella Hulst. Montclair VIII; larve in frass-lined tubes between 
leaves of sweet gum in July (Kf); Elizabeth VII, 10 (Haim). 
S. contatella Grt. Essex Co. VI (Kf); larva on locust (Bt). 


S. celtidella Hulst. Near New York City; larva on “Celtis occidentalis” 
(Bt). 
S. basilaris Zell. Canada to Texas; and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


LAODAMIA Rag. 


L. fusca Haw. Essex Co. VI, VIII, Montclair VI, VII, at light (Kf); New- 
ark, light V, VIII (Soc); Anglesea, common (Lt); larva on “vaccin- 


ribbed a 
ELASMOPALPUS Blanch. 


E. lignosellus Zell. Newark V (Wdt); Montclair IX, 15, and will be 
found throughout the State (Kf). 


var. incautellus Zell. Lucaston IX, X (div); Stone Harbor VIII (Dke). 
var. tartarellus Zell. Lucaston VIII, 5-mile beach VIII (Haim). 


EPISCHNIA Hbn. 
—. boisduvaliella Gn. Anglesea V, 30 (Coll). 


MELITARA WIk. 


M. prodenialis Wlk. Lahaway, Anglesea; the larva in the leaves of the 
prickly pear or common cactus, but very local. 


ZOPHODIA Hbn. 


Z. grossulariz Pack. Has been recorded from New Jersey without spe- 
cific locality; larva in gooseberries, causing premature coloring. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY, 535 


EUZOPHERA Zell. 


. semifuneralis Wlk. Throughout the State, locally common IV—VIII; 
larva bores under bark of plum and Mr. Daecke has bred it from 
cherry. 


. ochrifrontella Zell. Montclair IX (Kf); New Brunswick VIII, Angle- 
sea VIII (div). 


VITULA Rag. 
. edmandsii Pack. Anglesea, common at light (Sm). 


LAETILIA Rag. 


. coccidivora Comst. Throughout the State, the larva preying upon the 
tulip soft scale and cottony maple seale, forming an effective check 
to the former; all stages may be found all season and the insects 
may winter as either larva or pupa. 


CANARSIA Hulst. 


. ulmiarrosorella Clem. Montclair VI, VIII (Kf); New Brunswick VII, 
VIII; the larva common on elms, and probably throughout the State. 


HULSTIA Rag. (HONORA Grt.) 
. undulatella Clem. Newark V, 24 (Kf); Anglesea, VI, VII, common at 
light (div). 
. hammondi Riiey. Jamesburg, Anglesea V, 30, the larva on leaves of 
apple. 
HOMCEOSOMA Curt. 
. electellum Hulst. Anglesea VII, VIII, 24 (div). 
. stypticellum Grt. Anglesea VI, 18—-VII, 26 (div). 
. mucidellum Rag. Brown’s Mills IX, 6 (Dke); Anglesea VII, 24 (Sm). 


EPHESTIODES Rag. 
. infimella Rag. Montciair and Anglesea VI, VIII-IX (Kf). 


EPHESTIA Gn. 


. kuehniella Zell. The ‘Mediterranean flour moth’; from scattered 
localities throughout the State. Infests dried fruits and other prod- 
ucts, webbing them up with its silken tubes; not yet seriously trouble- 
some. 


. elutella Hbn. “Found in all parts of the world, living in old fences, 
decaying wood and rubbish” (Hulst). 


PLODIA Gn. 


. interpunctella Hbn. The “meal moth’; common throughout the 
State in houses; the larva lives on meal, flour, dried fruits, etc., and 
the adult is cften mistaken for one of the common clothes moths. 


536 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family ANERASTIN A. 


PEORIA Rag. 


P. approximella Wlk. (hzematica Zell.) Newark IV and VI (Wat); g. 
Gk, (UEG8)- 


Family PTIEROPHORID/. 


This family contains the species commonly known as “plume moths,” 
because the wings are split up into from two to five plumes or feathers, 
which make the species recognizable at a glance. The moths are all small 
in size, usually with disproportionately long legs and altogether frail in 
structure. The caterpillars are hairy and at first sight some of them 
resemble miniature Arctiids, but they spin up leaves or make tubes and 
differ in other essential characters of structure, 

The species are not usually common and are best or only obtainable by 
breeding. They are therefore not well represented in collections as a rule. 


TRICHOPTILUS Wism. 


T. lobidactylus Fitch. Essex Co. VII, in fields, not rare (Kf); larva on 
golden rod, “Solidago canadensis.” 
T. ochrodactylus Fish. Wenonah V, 30 (Dke); 5-mile beach VII, 4 
(Haim). 
OXYPTILUS Zell. 


O. periscelidactylus Fitch. The “Grape 
Plume” moth; common throughout 
the State, the larva webbing up the 
tips of the vines in early spring. 
They do no real injury in most cases 
because as a rule they spin up the 
tip beyond the blossom cluster. 

O. delawaricus Zell. Mass. to California. 
and sure to occur in New Jersey. 

O. tenuidactylus Fitch. Ft. Lee VII, 4 
(Dke); Essex Co. VI, 20—-VII, 7, not 
rare in open woods and at light 
(Kf); 5-mile beach VII, 4 (Haim). 


PLATYPTILIA Hbn. 


P. acanthodactyla Hbn. Essex Co. V-— 
VII and IX, common (Kf). 


Fig. 228.—The grape plume, Oxry- 
ptilus periscelidactylus: a, larva 
Vil, ceva Jer, food plant yar- in web; b, pupa; c, its “breast- 
row, “Achillea millefolium” (Bt). bone,” enlarged; d, moth; e, 
segment of larva, enlarged. 


P. marginidactyla Fitch. Essex Co., VI, 


THE INSECTS ‘OF NEW JERSEY. 537 


PTEROPHORUS Geoff. 


P. homodactylus Wlk. Jersey City Hts. VI, 7 (Sb); Essex Co. VI (Kf). 
. elliottii Fern. Newark VII, 2 (Wdt); larva on “Epilobium” (Dyar). 


P. subochraceus Wlsm. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. VI (Kf); Eliza- 
beth VI. 4 (Wdt); Anglesea VI, 20 (Sm). 


P. carduidactylus Riley. Essex Co. VIII (Kf); larva on thistle. 
. sulphureodactylus Pack. Essex Co. VIII, IX, at light (Kf). 


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vU 


P. paleaceus Zell. Very abundant in open woods and at light, Essex Co. 
and Anglesea V—VII; larva common on leaves of “Eupatorium” (Kf) ; 
Hemlock Falls, Newark VIII (Wdt); Ft. Lee VII, Riverton VIII, Iona 
V (Dke); 5-mile beach VI, 18—VIII, 2 (Haim). 


P. kellicottii Fish. Anglesea V, 28, VII, 29, IX, 5 (div); larva on golden 
rod. 


P. monodactylus Linn. Essex Co. VII, 7 (Kf); Hemlock Falls VIII, 27 
(Wdt); Anglesea VII, VIII (Haim) ; larva on “Convolvulus,” ‘“Cheno- 
podium” and “Atriplex.” 


P. eupatorii Fern. Essex Co. VII, 1-5 (Kf); larva.on “Epilobium”’ and 
“HEupatorium.” 


Family TORTRICID/A:. 


The Tortricids or “bell-moths’”’ are usally small or moderate sized 
species with broad, squarely-terminated primaries, the costa of which is 
usually strongly arched toward the base. The moths are variegated in 
color, but usually brown gray or golden rather than of brighter hues. 
The secondaries are usually of the body color and without markings. 

Some of the larve are leaf-rollers, but the majority are stem and 
root borers, living and feeding in concealment, more or less sheltered 
from éither contact or stomach poisons, and that makes them difficult 
to deal with. 

Some of them feed in seeds and growing fruits, the most notable 
example being found in the Codling Moth, which infests apple and pear, 
while other species infest grape and a variety of small fruits. 


Sub-family OLETHREUTIN#. 


RHYACIONIA Hbn. (RETINIA Gn.) 


All the species of this genus feed in the shoots or bark of pine, but 
seldom in sufficient numbers to be troublesome. The larve all winter 
in the shoots or in the exuding resin masses and are beyond reach of 
insecticides. Remedial measures therefore, when such are indicated, 
are mechanical and mean hand-picking, pruning or similar methods, the 
cuttings being burnt in all cases. 


338 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


R. frustrana Scudd. Jamesburg; larve bore into the terminal shoots of 
pitch pine, dwarfing the vertical and lateral shoots (Kf); Westville 
IV (Kp); Riverton IV, Ocean Co. V (Sm); Lacy VII (DKe). 


R. wenzeli Kearf. Gloucester Co.; larve winter in slender shoots of 
“Pinus virginianus,”’. the exudation of pitch forming a complete 
cylinder around the stem; imagoes in early May (Kf). 


R. comstockiana Fern. Montclair, Anglesea, larvee winter in masses of 
pitch on young branches of pine, moths VI (Kf); Forked River Mts. 
V, 27, Brown’s Mills V, 30 (Dke). 
The “R. turionana” Hbn. is a European species which, it seems now, 
does not occur in America at all. 


BACTRA Steph. 


B. furfurana Haw. 5-mile beach VII, 2 (Haim); has not been bred in 
America; in Europe the larva lives in stems of grasses, “Juncus” and 
“Hleocharis.” 


POLYCHROSIS Rag. (EUDEMIS Hbn.) 


P. viteana Clem. (botrana Schiff.) The “grape berry moth,’ which 
sometimes causes trouble locally throughout New Jersey. It occurs 
on my own grounds at New Brunswick, and I have seen it often in 
other sections. There are three broods; the first in May, destroying 
the entire clusters; the second late in July, boring into and webbing 
up the half-grown berries; the third in late August, destroying the 
nearly full-grown berries. Spraying with arsenate of lead to kill off 
the first brood is indicated. 


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. slingerlandana Kearf. Essex Co. and doubtless all over the State 
VII, VIII; larva in flower and seed heads of “Eupatorium perfoliatum.” 


P. vernoniana Kearf. Caldwell VIII, larva on flower and seed heads of 
“Vernonia noveboracensis,’ and probably abundant where its food 
plant occurs (Kf). 


P. liriodendrana Kearf. Fairly abundant wherever the tulip tree is 
found, July and September; larva in tents on under surface of leaves. 


P. magnoliana Kearf. Moorestown, Lacy, and will be found wherever 
the swamp magnolia occurs; larva under silken tents on underside of 
leaves VII (Kf). 


CYMOLOMIA Led. (EXARTEMA Clem.) 


The larvze of these species are all leaf crumplers or tyers occurring in 
May and June, the adults from mid June to mid July. There is only one 
brood and the species are g. d., wherever the food plant occurs. 


C. exoleta Zell.. Montclair (Kf); New Brunswick; larva on gooseberry. 


C. corylana Fern. Greenwood Lake VI (Kf); larva on hazel. 


THE -INSECTS'! OF NEW JERSEY. 539 


C. inornatana Clem. Hemlock Falls VIII, Woodside VII (Wdt); New 
Brunswick (Sm); larve crumpling wild cherry leaves V, adults VI 
(Kf). 

C. ornatana Kearf. Essex Co., in July (Kf). 

C. concinnana Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf); Newbold VII, 4 (Dke); 
Gloucester Co. VI, 21; 5-mile beach VI, 18 (Haim). 

Cc. versicolorana Clem. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. VII; larva crumpling 
leaves of chestnut oak V, and probably common throughout the State. 

C. fasciatana Clem. More or less common throughout the State IV-VII; 
larva on “Rumex.” 

C. zelleriana Fern. Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); Essex Co. VII, larve 
crumpling young leaves of birch V (Kf). 

C. permundana Clem. Jersey City Hts. VI (Sb); Orange Mts. VIII (Kp); 
Newark, light VII, Jamesburg (Sm); Glassboro VII (DKe). 

C. gaylussaciana Kearf. Essex Co. VI, larva V, crumpling leaves of 
huckleberry; abundant (Kf). 

C. myricana Kearf. Essex Co. VI; larva crumpling leaves of “‘Myrica” 
(Kf). 

C. nortana Kearf. Essex Co. VII, 1 (Kf). 

C. sericorana Wlsm. Cimenton VI, 28, Lacy VII, 8 (Kf). 


OLETHREUTES Hbn. 


The species of this genus come freely to light and are abundant during 
the day in open woods or roads bordered with shrubbery. Larve are 
leaf folders, twisters or feeders in flower or seed heads and in the stalks 
of perennial plants. They are under the generic terms “Penthina” and 
“Sericoris” in last edition. 

O. coruscana Clem. Essex Co. VI, Lacy VII (Kf); Newark, Jamesburg 
VI (Coll); Westville V, 23 (Kp); Brown’s Mills VI, VII (Dke); com- 
mon. 

O. constellatana Zell. Hemlock Falls VI (Wdt); So. Orange VI (Sb); 
Jamesburg VI, Riverton V (Coll); Wenonah V, Brown’s Mills VII 
(Dke). 

O. niveiguttana Grt. Anglesea V, VII, 29; larva on sassafras and witch- 
hazel (Dke). 

O. impudens Wlsm. Hssex Co. VIII (Kf); Clementon V (Coll); Wenonah 
V, 30 (Haim); Anglesea V, VIII (div). 

O. nimbatana Clem. Newark, New Brunswick (Coll); 5-mile beach VI, 
18 (Haim); the larva on rose. 

O. separatana Kearf. Essex Co. VI; larva on thorn (Kf). 

O. bipartitana Clem. Greenwood Lake VI, 10 (Kf); Woodside VI, 3 
(Wdt); Wenonah V, 30 (Dke). 

O. flavofasciana Westw. (instrutana Clem.) Throughout the State V- 
VII; abundant everywhere, larva on clover and horse chestnut (Kf). 

O. campestrana Zell. Newark VI (div); Hammonton VI (Sm); Iona VI 
(Dke); the larva on “Rubus.” 


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O. 
oO. 


O. 


fuscalbana Zell. Riverton V, 30 (Coll). 

agilana Clem. Essex Co., Anglesea V, VI; larva on “Impatiens” (Kf); 
Holly Beach V, 27, VIII, 2 (Haim.) 

albiciliana Fern. Merchantville VI, National Park V, Anglesea V, 28 
(DKe). 


. daeckeana Kearf. Brown’s Mills, Toms River, Lacy, Lakehurst, Iona 


VII; larve VI in stalks and leaf stems of pitcher plant, “Sarracenia” 
(Dke); Holly Beach VIII, 2 (Haim). 


. auricapitana Wlsm. Hssex Co., Anglesea VI, VII (Kf). 
. cyanana Murtf. Greenwood Lake, Caldwell, Montclair, Anglesea V, 


VI, rare, larva in shoots of rose (Kf); 5-mile beach VII, VIII, 6 
(Haim). 


- hebesana Wik. Common throughout the State VI, VIII, IX; larva in 


seed stalks of Mullein, on “Gerardia,’ ‘‘Verbena,”’ in seed pods of 
“Tigridia,” “Iris,’ and doubtless many other plants (Kf). 


. interruptolineana Fern. Essex Co. VII, VIII; larva binding leaves of 


huckleberry (Kf). 


. osmundana Fern. Essex Co. VII, 8, rare, larva on “Osmunda regalis” 


and in seeds of “‘Ambrosia trifida’” (Kf); Wenonah VI, 14 (DkKe). 


. hemidesma Zell. Essex Co., larva binding together leaves and mak- 


ing galleries in flower spikes of ‘‘Spirzea tomentosa” VII, IX (Kf). 


. chionosema Zell. Essex Co., twisting leaves of apple (Kf); New 


Brunswick. 


. albeolana Zell. Essex Co., larva crumpling leaves of birch V, VII 


(Kf). 


. nubilana Clem. Will be found in the Appalachian region of New 


Jersey (Kf). 
PHAZECASIOPHORA Grt. 


. confixana Wlk. Caldwell, Montclair V, VII (Kf); National Park VI, 


3, Lucaston V, 30 (Dke). 


PSEUDOGALLERIA Rag. 


- inimicella Zell. Elizabeth VI, 26, larva in stems of cat-briar, “Smilax” 


sp. 
EUCOSMA Hbn. (PAEDISCA Tr.) 


The species of this genus come freely to light and are easily disturbed 


during the day. There is probably only a single brood, those that emerge 
in fall hibernating as adults and becoming evident again in spring. The 
larvee are internal feeders, principally in shoots, stems and roots, occa- 
sionally in galls and sometimes in seed and flower heads. 


E; 


E. 


quinquemaculana Rob. Mt. Holly VIII, IX, Lucaston IX (Dke); Angle- 
sea V (Coll). : 
robinsoniana Grt. Montclair VII, 1 (Kf); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Sm); 
Brown’s Mills VII, 5 (Dke); 5-mile beach VI-VIII (div). 


mmmmm 


mmmmmmm 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 541 


. adamantana Gn. Lucaston, Iona, DaCosta IX, 6-19 (Dke). 


mandana Keart. Montclair, VII, light (Kf). 


. ridingsana Rob. Wenonah VII, 21 (Haim). 
. fulminana Wlsm. Anglesea (Coll). 
. sombreana Kearf. Newark VIII (Bwl); Montclair VIII, 4, at light 


GK): 


- albiguttana Zell. Hssex Co. VI-VIII, Lacy VII, 1 (Kf); Wenonah VII, 


15-28 (div). 


. cataclystiana Wlk. Throughout the State VI-IX, common every- 


where; larva feeds in rag-weed. 


. circulana Hbn. Essex Co. VIII, 15 (Kf); Brown’s Mills VII, 21 (Dke). 
. pergandeana Fern. Essex Co. VI, common in swampy meadows just 


before sunset (Kf); 5-mile beach VI, 28 (Haim). 


. boxcana Kearf. Caldwell V, 17 (Kf). 


tomonana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII, IX at light (Kf). 


. tandana Kearf. Montclair VI, 20 at light (Kf). 


abruptana Zell. Anglesea VI, 22, VIII, 10 (div). 


. perplexana Fern. Essex Co., Anglesea VI-VIII (Kf). 


. constrictana Zell. Essex Co. VI-VIII (Kf); Anglesea VII, VIII (div). 
. strenuana Wlk. Throughout the State, common V-VIII; larva in 


stems of “Ambrosia trifida,’ making slender, spindle-shaped galls 
(Kf). 


. minutana Kearf. Essex Co. V, Anglesea VI, probably throughout the 


State; larvee doubtless in stalks of aster or similar plants (Kf). 


. otiosana Clem. Anglesea VI-IX (div); common everywhere, larva in 


stems of ‘Bidens frondosa’—beggar ticks. 


. suffusana Zell. Montclair; an European species only recently ob- 


served in this country; larva in flower buds and young leaves of 
cultivated rose, and may become a serious pest. Best preventive in 
small gardens is to pinch off and crush the tips of all infested shoots 
(Kf); Newark VI (Bwl). 


. transmissiana Wlk. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf); Jamesburg VII, 4 


(Haim). 


. solicitana Wlk. Essex Co. V (Kf). 
. abbreviatana Wlsm. Common in woods of Northern New Jersey in 


very early spring (Kf). 


- gomonana Kearf. Essex and Passaic Co. IV, V (Kf). 
. zomonana Kearf. Essex Co. V, IX (Kf); Bridgeport V, 20, Anglesea 


VI (Haim). 


. juncticiliana Wlsm. Essex Co. VII, VIII; larva in stems of Solidago 


(Kf). 


. dorsisignatana Clem. Throughout the State IX; usually common; 


larva in roots of Solidago. 


. confluana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII, 24-IX, 5, not common (Kf). 


542 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


E. 


mmmmm 


diffusana Kearf. Essex Co. IX, 16, not common (Kf); Newark IX, 19 
(Wat). 


. engelana Kearf. Essex Co. V (Kf). 
. carolina Wlsm. Montclair VIII, 2, very rare (Kf). 


giganteana Riley. ‘“‘New Jersey,’ Coll. Hulst. 


. nisella Clerck. Staten Island, bred from larva in willow catkins (Ds). 
. illotana Wlsm. This species, described from Oregon, is rapidly work- 


ing east, has already been recorded from Penn. and Mass., and is cer- 
tain to occur in New Jersey (Kf). 


. scudderiana Clem. Throughout the State VI-VIII, not rare; the larva 


makes a stem gall on goldenrod. 


. desertana Zell. Essex Co. VI (Kt); Newark VI (Bwl); Anglesea V, 


VI (div); larva makes galls on stem of goldenrod (Kf). 


. obfuscana Riley. Ft. Lee district (Dow); larval habit probably like 


that of the preceding (Kf). 


. tripartitana Zell. Essex Co. V (Kf); Staten Island (Ds); the larva 


is an inquiline in Cecidomyid galls on ‘“‘Rudbeckia” (Ds). 


“A. argentialbana” Wlsm. has not yet been found in New Jersey; “EH. 


basipunctata’’ Wlsm. of the last edition was wrongly identified, and “E. 
similana’ Hbn. does not occur in North America at all, so Mr. Kearfott 
says. 


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CYDIA Hbn. (SEMASIA Steph.) 


. radiatana Wlsm. Essex Co. V (Kf); Wenonah V, 30 (Haim). 
. essexana Kearf. Caldwell and northern New Jersey V, VI; larva 


dwarf the main stalk of “Aster patens,’’ by boring into it from the 
top, living in this cell until early spring, when they drop to the 
ground to pupate (Kf). 


. ferruginana Fern. Orange Mts. V, VI, g. d. (Kf); Newark (Sb); Clem- 


enton V (Kp). 


. formosana Clem. Hemlock Falls V, Orange Mts. V, VI (Wdt); g. d. 


(Kf); Jersey City Hts. V, Newark VI (Sb); Lahaway V, 20 (Sm). 


. kiscana Kearf. Greenwood Lake VI (Kf); Gloucester Co. V (Haim). 
. raracana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII (Kf). 
. olivaceana Riley. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf); Wenonah VII, 28 (Haim); 


Glassboro VII, 9 (Dke); 5-mile beach VI, VII, [X (div). 


. striatana Clem. Orange Mts. V (Kp); Newark at light VIII (Wat) ; 


abundant and generaliy distributed (Kf). 


_imbridana Fern. Essex Co. VII, VIII, g. d. (Kf); 5-mile beach VIII, 


IX (div). 


. ochroterminana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII (Kf). 
. annetteana Kearf. Hammonton IX, 6 (Kf). 
. refusana Wlk. Hemlock Falls V, 13 (Wdt); Essex Co. IV, 21, rare 


(Kf); Manumuskin V, 5 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 543 


. Signatana Clem. Abundant in North Jersey VI; larva in tube of frass 
and silk protected by a web, on underside of red maple leaves VIII, 
IX (Kf). 


. timidella Clem. Essex Co., Anglesea V; larva in tube beneath web of 
silk on underside of oak leaves, VIII, IX (Kf). 


. perstructana Wlk. Essex Co. V, 10, rare (Kf). 


EPISIMUS Wlsm. 


. argutanus Clem. National Park VI, 3 (Dke); 5-mile beach VII, 23 
(Haim); larva twists leaflets of sumac into a spiral tube; also feeds 
on hazel, goldenrod and many other plants. g. d. 


EXENTERA Grt. 


. apriliana Grt. Clementon V, 7, 5-mile beach VI, 19 (Haim). 


PROTEOTERAS Riley. 


. zesculanum Riley. Montclair VII, 18, larva in stems of horse chestnut 
leaves (Kf). 


. moffatiana Fern. Montclair VI, 27; larva on maple, boring in leaf 
stems or feeding on leaves (Kf). 


. willingana Kearf. Canada and D. C., larva in leaf-stems of box-elder, 
forming a slight swelling or gall; not yet found in New Jersey (Kf). 


GYPSONOMA Meyr. 


. dealbana Froel. Essex Co. VI, 27—VII, 7 (Kf). 


. fasciolana Clem. (Steganoptycha) Newark VI, 10 (W), and will be 
found g. d. though not common (Kf). 


ENARMONIA Hbn. (EPINOTIA, STEGANOPTYCHA.) 


. crispana Clem. Essex Co. VIII, IX, not rare, g. d.. (Kf). 

. piceafoliana Kearf. Montclair; larve are miners in spruce needles, 
moths issue late May and early June, and are common about infested 

trees (Kf). = 

. ratzeburgiana Saxl. Larva in spruce needles; not yet reported from 

New Jersey, but will certainly be found in the northern district (Kf). 

. wWatchungana Kearf. Abundant in Nerth Jersey, end IV, early V, 

usually resting on tree trunks; Gloucester Co. IV, 30 (Haim). 


. septemberana Kearf. Essex Co. Park, not rare locally, end IX (Kf). 


544 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


. virginiana Clem. Certain to occur in North Jersey III and IV (Kf). 
. costomaculana Clem. Essex Co. V (Kf): 
. cressonana Clem. Essex Co., in April, flying with ‘“‘spoliana,”’ of 


which it may prove to be a variety (Kf). 


- resuptana Wlk. EHssex Co. V, 1 (Kf). 
- spoliana Clem. (Proteopteryx) Throughout the State IV, V; very 


abundant in second growth woods before the leaves have unfolded, 
sometimes flying in multitudes at every step and settling in the brush 
or on the bare twigs (Kf). 


. pyricolana Murtf. Essex Co. V—VII; larva in rosebuds (Kf). 
. Saliciana Clem. Essex Co., Anglesea VI, VII; larva locally abundant, 


crumpling leaves of willow in early spring (Kf). 


. salicicolana Clem. Closely related to the preceding and will be found 


with it (Kf). 


EUDEMIS Hbn. 


. deludana Clem. Essex Co. V, abundant on tree trunks (Kf); Bamber 


VIII, 3 (Dke). 


. bolliana Sling. Not uncommon, g. d.; larve in terminal twigs of 


Pecan and allied trees; moths usually found on tree trunks I[X—XI 
(Kf). 


. ilicifoliana Kearf. Essex Co. Park, VI, local; larve crumple young 


leaves of “Ilex.” 


. haimbachiana Kearf. Riverton (Dke). 


ANCYLIS Hbn. (PHOXOPTERIS Tr.) 


. nubeculana Clem. ‘Throughout the State V—VII, larva on apple. 
. subzequana Zell. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. VI, not common (Kf); 


Luecaston VI, 27 (Dke). 


. semiovana Zell. Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt); Essex Co. VI, 10 (Kf); 


Jamesburg VII, 4 (Haim); Wenonah VII, 15 (DKe). 


. spirzefoliana Clem. Anglesea V, 30 (Kf); larva on “Spirea” (Bt). 
. pulchellana Clem. Essex Co. V, 15—VI, 10, abundant in woods (Kf). 
. burgessiana Zell. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. V, VI (Kf); Newark 


VI (Wat); South River V, Clementon VI (Coll); National Park VI, 
Malaga VI (Dke); Wenonah V (Haim). 


. dubiana Clem. Essex Co. V, VI (Kf); Lacy V (Dke); Wenonah V 


(Haim). 


. laciniana Zell. Ft. Lee Dist. (Dow); flies with ‘“dubiana” and may 


be a variety or synonym of it (Kf). 


. amblygona Zell. National Park V, 6 (Dke); Wenonah V, 30, 5-mile 


beach VII, 23 (Haim). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 545 


A. comptana Froehl. Throughout the State, locally common, V and VII, 
more abundant southwardly. The larva is the strawberry leaf roller 


Fig. 229.—Strawberry leaf-roller, Ancylis comptana: enlarged. 


which is seasonally and locally destructive; attacks also blackberry 
and raspberry, but does no injury on these. Arsenate of lead, thor- 
oughly applied as soon as the adults are noticed about the plants, 
serves aS a remedy. 

A. angulifasciana Zell. 5-mile beach VI, 28 (Haim). 

kincaidiana Fern. Greenwood Lake VI, 10, Caldwell V, 17 (Kf). 

A. platanana Clem. New Brunswick V, Jamesburg YI, 10; larva makes 
tent between two veins on the underside of sycamore leaf. 


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ANCYLOPERA Steph. (PHOXOPTERIS, part.) 
A. mediofasciana Clem. Will be found in the Appalachian region V, VI 
(Kf). 
A. cornifoliana Riley. (Phoxopteris) New Brunswick, Lakehurst VII; 
rare. 
A. muricana Wlsm. Essex Co. V, VIII, larva on blackberry leaves (Kf); 
Merchantville V, 25 (Dke); 5-mile beach VI, 17 (Haim). 
A. divisana Wlk. Essex Co. V, VIII, larva on oak (Kf); Malaga VI, 1 
(Dke)..... 
. goodelliana Fern. Hemlock Falls V (Wdt); Essex Co. V (Kf). 
. diminutana Kearf. Essex Co. V, VII; larva folding leaves of willow 
(Kf). 
LASPEYRESIA Hbn. (ENARMONIA, part.) 
L. caryana Fitch. (Grapholitha) Ocean County, not common; the larva 
on hulls of hickory and walnut. 


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L. prunivora Walsh. Will be found wherever “Crategus” grows; larve 
in the ‘thorn apples” (Kf). 


L. shawiana Kearf. Essex Co. Park VII, 1-17 (Kf); Newark VI, 9 (Wdt). 


L. interstictana Clem. Throughout the State V, VI; larva on leguminous 
plants. 


L. angleseana Kearf. Lucaston VI, Brown’s Mills V, 30 (Dke); Anglesea 
V, VI, VIII, very abundant at times (div). 


L. fana Kearf. Essex Co. V, 15, larve in flower heads or terminal buds 
of tick trefoil, “Meibomia” (Kf); Anglesea V, 28, VIII, 5 (div). 


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. latiferreana Wlism. Newark 


. pomonella Linn. The “Codling 


eclipsana Zell. Brown’s Mills V, 12-21 (Dke). 


lautana Clem. Essex Co. Park IIE, 23-V, 20; not uncommon, but gen- 
erally overlooked, as it is one of the first species to appear in spring 
(Kf). 


. packardii Zell. Essex Co. V, 17 (Dke). 
. dana Kearf. Essex Co. V, 17-24 (Kf). 
. nigricana Steph. Essex Co. VIII, 20; there is also an earlier brood 


in May; in some parts of the country the larva is a serious pest on 
cultivated peas, living in the pods and eating the young peas (Kf); 
Malaga VI, 1 (Dke). 


. dandana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII, light (Kf). 
. tristrigana Clem. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. 
. walsinghami Kearf. Essex and Passaic Co. IV, V (Kf). 


HEMIMENE Hbn. 


. simulana Clem. (Dichrorahpha) Essex Co., g. d. VI, 10—VII, 4, very 


common in open woods at Anglesea V, VI (Kf); Wenonah V, 30 
(Haim). 


. nigromaculana Kearf. Essex Co. Park VI, 18 (Kf). 


ECDYTOLOPHA Zell. 


. insiticiana Zell. Essex Co., g. d. V, VI; larva makes gall-like swell- 


ings in twigs and young shoots of common locust, remains during 
winter, pupates in ground in spring; DaCosta VIII, 3 (Dke). 


GYMNANDROSANA Dyar. 


. punctidiscanum Dyar. Newark VI, 11 (Wdt); rare but g. d. (Kf) ; 


Forest Hill IX (Bwl). 


MELLISOPUS Riley. 


VIII, light. Larva in fallen 
acorns (Kf). 


CARPOCAPSA Tr. 


moth,” common throughout the 
State; in May north of Pied- 
mont Plain, May and August 
south of that point; the larva 
is the common apple worm 
and often seriously injurious. 
Spray with arsenites. after 
fruit is fully set, while it is 
yet upright and while the Fig. 230.—Codling moth, Congo tin sa yy ae. 
nella: a, injury to apple; b, place where 

lobes of calyx cup are yet egg is laid; c, larva; d, f, g, adults; 
open. h, head of larva; %, cocoon. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 547 


RHOPOBOTA Led. 
vacciniana Pack. Throughout South 
Jersey on cranberry bogs. The larva 
is the “vine worm” or “black-head,” 
which is always injurious and often 
ruinous; there are two broods, and the 
winter is passed in the egg stage. Re- 
flowing is the best method of control; 
arsenites are useful if applied early; 
late holding of water answers on a 
level, shallow bog. 


Fig. 231.— Rhopobota vaccini- 
ana enlarged. 


SPILONOTA Steph. (TMETOCERA Led.) 


ocellana Schiff. The ‘“bud-moth”; occurs throughout the State. The 
larva is known as the “bud worm” of apple and other fruit trees, 
destroying fruit and buds in early spring. 


var. lariciana Hein. Occasional with the type; differs in having the 


whitish median fascia almost obscured by the general brown color 
(Kf). 
PHTHINOLOPHUS Dyar. 
indentanus Dyar. Essex Co. VII (Kf); Stone Harbor VIII (Dke); 5- 
mile beach VI-VIII (div); larva webs leaves of huckleberry and bay- 
berry (Kf). 


Sub-family TortTrRIctn®. 


PERONEA Curt. (TERAS Tr. ACLERIS Hb.) 
maculidorsana Clem. (hastiana Linn., part.) Throughout the State, 
fall and spring. Moths hibernate and can be disturbed on mild days 
of winter and early spring; larva on willow and apple (Kf). 


. brewsteriana Rob. Essex Co. X, 10 to VI, 2 (Kf). 
. pulverosana Rob. Essex Co. X, 1 (Kf). 
. effractana Froel. (scabrana Curt.) Jersey City; Woodside VII 


(Wat). 
minuta Rob. Throughout the State and 
throughout most of the year. Larva 
on apple in general, and on huckleberry 
and allied plants. In the cranberry 
regions it attacks that plant by prefer- 
ence, and is the “fire-worm”’ or “yellow- 
head” of the cranberry grower. There 
are three broods, that issuing in fall 
being gray and forming the variety 
“cinderella” Riley. This hibernates 
and in spring lays eggs for the summer broods, which are orange. 
The remedial measures are reflowing, when the larve first appear, 
late holding of water to compel the hibernating moths to oviposit 
elsewhere, and the use of arsenites. 


Fig. 232. — Fire-worm, Peronea 
minuta: enlarged. 


oxycoccana Pack. Aiso a cranberry feeder and may be a large form 
of the preceding. 


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P. ferrugana Schiff. Throughout the State; larva on birch, moths issue 
IX to XI, hibernate and worn specimens occur IV and V (Kf). 


P. commandrana Fern. Essex Co. VI and XI (Kf). 
P. viburnana Clem. Abundant, Essex Co., late fall and early spring; 


larve VIII, [X, crumpling leaves of Viburnum (Kf); Gloucester Co. 
VI (Haim). 


P. americana Fern. Woodside VIII (Wdt); Wenonah VII (Haim); Mal- 
aga VII (DKe). 
P. trisignana Rob. Essex Co. IX, X, abundant, larva crumpling leaves 
of birch VIII (Kf). 
var. placidana Rob. With the type and equally common (Kf). 


P. defiectana Rob. Anglesea V, 30, larva on oak, adult VI, 15 (Kf). 
hee permutana” Dup. and “P. subnivana” Wlk. are not yet taken. 


EPAGOGE Hbn. 
E. sulphurana Linn. (Dichelia sulfureana Clem.) Throughout the State, 
all season; larva on grape, willow, strawberry and many other plants. 


E. demissana Wlsm. Larva folding lower leaves of “Solidago” sp., An- 
glesea VI, 21, adult VII (Kf); Cape May VI (Haim); Stone Harbor 
VIII (Dke). 


CENOPIS Hbn. 
C. reticulatana Clem. 'Throughout the State VI-IX, common; larva on 
rose, geranium, oak, persimmon, pear, maple, &c. 
. pettitana Rob. Brown’s Mills VI, 25, Lacy VII, 22 (Dke). 
. Saracana Kearf. Essex Co. VII, larva crumpling leaves of sassafras 
(Kf). 
C. karacana Kearf. Larve roll oak leaves, V, VI, adults VII, VIII, Essex 
Co., Lacy, also from Bayberry, Anglesea (Kf); Brown’s Mills VI (Kf). 
C. diluticostana Wlsm. Essex Co. VII, 8 (Kf); 5-mile beach VII, 26 
(Haim). 
C. testulana Zell. Essex Co. VII, IX, not common; larva sews together 
leaves of wild cherry (Kf). 
C. furcatana Wlk. (Capua) Orange VIII, 16 (Kp). 
“C. cana’ Rob. has not yet been found in the State. 


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CCELOSTATHMA Clem. (AMPHISA Curt.) 


C. discopunctana Clem. Ft. Lee Dist. (Dow); Essex Co. V-VIII (div); 
g. d., larva on “Solidago” (Kf); 5-mile beach VII, VII (div). 


SPARGANOTHIS Hbn. 


xanthoides Wlk. (CEnectra) Essex Co. VII, g. d. (Kf). 
inconditana Wlsm. Essex Co. (Kf). 


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irrorea Rob. Essex Co., g. d. VII (Kf); Holly Beach VIII (Haim). 
tristriana Kearf. Bamber VIII, 11 (Dke). 
“Gnectra unifasciana” has not yet been found in the State. 


ARCHIPS Hbn. (CACCECIA Hbn.) 


. rosaceana Harr. Throughout the State, common; larva on orchard 


and small fruits and roses; often troublesome in gardens, where it 
can be controlled by hand-picking or by using arsenites. 


. purpurana Clem. Throughout the State VII, VIII; larva on oak, huck- 


leberry, locust, geranium and many other plants. 


. rosana Linn. Throughout the State, not common, chiefly in gardens; 


larva on currant and other small fruits, orchard and shade trees. 


. cerasivorana Fitch. G. d., not rare; larva on cherry and white birch; 


Lacy VII, 14 (Dke). 


. parallela Rob. Burlington Co., on cranberry (Sm); 5-mile beach VI 


(Haim); also occurs on pitcher plant (F. M. Jones). 


. argyrospila Wlk. Throughout the State VI, VII; a general feeder. 

. semiferana Wlk. Burlington Co., larva on “Polygonum.” 

. negundana Dyar. 5-mile beach VI, 28—-VII, 2 (Haim). 

. fervidana Clem. Throughout the State, locally common VII, VIII; 


larva makes nests on oak and cherry, sometimes webbing up entire 
scrub trees or bushes, and containing thousands of larve. 


. dissitana Grt. Philadelphia (Haim), very rare, but will doubtless be 


found across the river (Kf). 


. fractivittana Clem. Essex Co. VI, 3 (Kf). 
. afflictana Wlk. (Loxotzenia) Essex Co. V, VI (Kf); Ocean Co. 


(Sm); larva on spruce. 


. virescana Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII, g. d., not rare (Kf); South River 


VI (Coll). 


. clemensiana Fern. Newark at light VI, [IX (Wdt); common every- 


where (Kf). 


. persicana Fitch. (Ptycholoma) Plainfield; g. d., larva on straw- 


berry and peach. 


. biustulana Steph. (melaleucana WIk.) Essex Co. Park VI, locally 


abundant (Kf); Wenonah V, 24 (Haim); Lucaston VI, 14 (Dke); 
larva on “Trillium.” 


. obsoletana Wlk. Brown’s Mills VII, 1 (DkKe). 


PLATYNOTA Clem. 


. flavedana Clem. Throughout the State IV-VI, VIII, IX; general 


feeder. 


. idzeusalis Walk. (sentana Clem.) Throughout the State, Ve Wile Vallis 


and also a general feeder. 


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PANDEMIS Hbn. 


P. limitata Rob. Not uncommon in northern part of State, VI; larva 
on oak, Solidago, birch, rose, hazel and other plants (Kf). 


P. lamprosana Rob. Essex Co. VI, 14, VIII, 28 (Kf). 


TORTRIX Linn. 


T. pallorana Rob. Hopatcong (Bt); Orange Mts. VI-VIII, larva on 
cherry, verbena and other plants (Kf); Laurel Springs VI (Dke). 

T. lata Rob. Essex Co. VIII (Kf). 

T. nervosana Kearf. HEssex Co. VI (Kf). 

T. houstonana Grt. Anglesea, the larva on cedar (Lt). 

T. quercifoliana Fitch. Hssex Co. VI (Kf); Newark, larva on oak; Da- 


Costa VII, Brown’s Mills VI, Lacy VII (Dke). 

T. platanana Kearf. Essex Co. VI, 17, larva on sycamore (Kf). 

T. albicomana Clem. Throughout the State V and VII, common; larva 
on oak, rose, huckleberry, etc.; the three varieties “curvalana” K., 
“dorsipurpurana” K., and “semipurpurana” K., occur in scarcely less 
abundance. 

T. peritana Clem. Abundant everywhere V-X (Kf). 

T. fumiferana Clem. Orange Mts., Newark; larva on spruce (Sm); 
Gloucester Co. V, 7 (Haim); Brown’s Mills VII, 21 (Dke). 

The record of “T. alleniana”’ Fern. is erroneous. 


EULIA Hbn. (LOPHODERUS Steph.) 


E. juglandana Fern. Ocean Co., not rare (Sm); VII, VIII, the larva 
erumpling leaves of hickory and Viburnum. 

E. qguadrifasciana Fern. Essex Co. VI, 25, VII, 1 (Kf). 

E. pinatubana Kearf. (politana Haw.) Essex Co. IV, V (Kf); Mon- 
mouth Co. VI (Sm); larve cement together the needles of white pine, 
forming a tube, and feeding on the outer ends (Kf). 

E. triferana Wlk. Common everywhere in early spring, larva on huckle- 
berry, dogbarne and many other plants. 

E. velutinana Wlk. Throughout the State IV—VI, VIII, IX; larva on 
sycamore, Solidago and many other plants (Kf). 

E. mariana Fern. Ramapo, N. Y., V, 1, and will be found in the Appa- 
lachian of N. J.; bred from “Vaccinium” (Kf). 

E. alisellana Rob. (Tortrix) Newark. 


AMORBIA Clem. 


A. humerosana Clem. Essex Co. VI (Kf); Newark VI (Wdt); New 
Brunswick, Jamesburg, larva on pine, maple, “Rhus,” huckleberry, 
etc. 


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Sub-family PHALONIIN#. 


PHALONIA Hbn. (CONCHYLIS Tr.) 


. biscana Kearf. Essex Co. VII-IX (Kf). 
. giscana Kearf. Essex Co. VII-IX (Kf). 


. atomosana Bsk. Essex Co. VIII, IX (Kf). 
. dorsimaculana Rob. Common throughout the State VI-IX. 


promptana Rob. Atlantic County. 


. louisiana Bsk. Will be found in the Appalachian region (Kf). 


angulatana Rob. Essex Co. VI, 27 to VII, 17 (Kf). 
rana Bsk. Essex County IX, 18 (Kf). 


. labeculana Rob. Essex County VI, VII (Kf). 
. argentilimitana Rob. Montclair VII, Caldwell V, 17 (Kf); Malaga IX, 


22 (Dke); Anglesea VII, VIII (div). 


. lepidiana Clem. 5-mile beach VIII, 27 (Kf). 
. interruptofasciata Rob. Essex Co. Park, locally abundant in early 


July on leaves of aster in dark places in woods (Kf). 


. rutilana Hbn. Hunterdon Co., the larva injurious to trailing juniper. 
. romonana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII, IX, at light (Kf). 
. maiana Kearf. Great Notch, Passaic Co. V (Kf). 


gunniana Bsk. Montclair V, 8 (Kf). 
sublepidana Kearf. Caldwell, Essex Co. VII (Kf). 


. hospes Wlsm. Essex Co. VII, 10—VIII, 20 (Kf). 
. straminoides Grt. Essex Co. V, 20, VIII, 22-30 (Kf). 
. elderana Kearf. Anglesea VI, larva crumpling leaves of swamp elder 


(Kf). 


. lavana Bsk. Anglesea VIII, 27 (Kf). 


P. cenotherana Riley. Essex Co. VII, 25 (Kf); Clementon IV, 30 (Haim) ; 


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larva on evening primrose. 


. bunteana Rob. Essex Co. VII, VIII, and probably throughout the 


State, very common (Kf); 5-mile beach VII, 10-30 (Haim). 


. viscana Kearf. Essex Co. V, 20 (Kf). 
. aurorana Kearf. Essex Co. at light VIII, IX (Kf). 
. hollandana Kearf. Caldwell VIII, 13 (Kf). 


voxcana Kearf. Montclair IX, 1 (Kf). 
toxcana Kearf. Essex Co. at light VIII, IX (Kf). 
marloffiana Bsk. Elizabeth (Kf). 


. temerana Bsk. Caldwell V, 17 (Kf). 
. Winniana Kearf. Essex Co. at light V, 20, VII, 18 (Kf). 
. ednana Kearf. Will be found in New Jersey above 1,000 ft. elevation, 


VI (Kf). 


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HYSTEROSIA Steph. 
- merrickana Kearf. Essex Co. VII, 18-20 (Kf). 
- riscana Kearf. Essex Co. VII, 2, at light (Kf). 
- baracana Bsk. Essex Co. VII, 20—-VIII, 24, abundant at light (Kf). 
. tiscana Kearf. Essex Co. VIII, at light (Kf). 


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PHARMACIS Hbn. 
P. bimaculana Rob. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Kf). 


Family YPONOMEUTIDZ. 


This is the first of a series of families to which the term micro-lepi- 
doptera may be applied with strict propriety, and small as the majority 
are, many of them are veritable gems of beauty, far exceeding in bril- 
liancy and richness their relatives of larger size. The wings are usually 
narrow, sometimes lanceolate, with very long fringes, which are espe- 
cially marked in the secondaries. The antenne are usually of moderate 
length and slender, but sometimes: very long, the head often set with 
closely placed upright scales, appearing like a little plush cap. There 
are some exceptions to this type, notably the little series of shaggy 
forms allied to ‘““Anophora’’; but as a whole the characterization applies. 
The distinctive features of the various families are not obvious to any 
save the special student, and no attempt will be made to define them. 

The larve are largely miners in leaves and vegetable tissue generally, 
though a few live in or on animal matter. Many of them make charac- 
teristic cases or mere tubes, in which they live, and among these the 
“clothes moths” have a well deserved if not particularly good reputation. 

There are few collections of these species and our fauna is only im- 
perfectly known. 


YPONOMEUTA Latr. 


Y. multipunctella Clem. 5-mile beach VII (div); larve will probably be 
found on apple or allied trees, gregarious, in webs; moths at light 
(Kf). 


TRACHOMA Walgn. 


T. falciferella Wlsm. Has been found along the highlands of the Hud- 
son and will occur in the Appalachian region of New Jersey (Kf). 


EIDO Cham. 
E. albapalpella Cham. Will be found in New Jersey (Kf). 


ATTEVA WIk. 


A. punctella Cram & Stoll. (aurea Fitch.) National Park VII, 15, VIII, 
2 (Dke); larve gregarious in webs on Ailanthus. 


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PLUTELLA Schranck. 


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Fig. 233.—Cabbage Plutella, P. maculipennis: a, 
larva; b, c, segments of same; d, pupa; e, 
same in its cocoon; f, adult; g, wings of 

a variety: all enlarged. 


. maculipennis Curt. (cruciferarum Zell.) Common and g. d.; larva 


on cabbage and other cruciferous plants; but thus far not seriously 
injurious in New Jersey. 


. porrectella Linn. Abundant on hills north of Great Notch V, 21, just 


before sunset; in Europe larva feeds on “‘Hesperis. matronalis” (Kf). 


ZELLERIA Staint. 


. celastrusella Kearf. G. d. in North Jersey, end V to mid VI wherever 


the climbing bitter-sweet occurs; larva webs up young leaves in 
spring (Kf). 

PORPE Hbn. (CHOREUTIS Hbn.) 
inflatella Clem. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. VI, 10—VII, 25, not com- 
mon (Kf); Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke). 


. Virginiella Clem. Probably a variety of the preceding (Kf). 
. gnaphaliella Kearf. Great Notch and in hills above Montclair V, 


10-VI, 21, locally common; larva webs leaves of “Gnaphalium.” 


. carduiella Kearf. 5-mile beach VI, VII (div); larvae very common in 


stalks of the large yellow-head thistle V & VI (Kf). 


. Onustana WIlk. Undoubtedly occurs in the Appalachian region (Kf). 


BRENTHIA Clem. 


pavonicella Clem. Locally common, Caldwell and near Moorestown 
in woods V and VII; larva VI on underside of leaves of hog peanut, 
“Amphicarpa” (Kf); Merchantville VI, 4 (Dke). 


SETIOSTOMA Zell. 


. xanthobasis Zell. Abundant in the scrub oak and pine-barren district 


near Lacy, VII; larva VIII, IX on oak leaves (Kf); Forked River Mts. 
VII, Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 
GLYPHIPTERYX Hbn. 
impigritella Clem. 5-mile beach VII, 3 (Haim). 
circumscriptella Cham. Essex Co. VII, 1-7 rare (Kf). 


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ARGYRESTHIA Hbn. 


. alternatella Kearf. Essex Co. V, 21 (Kf); larva on conifers. 
. freyella Wlsm. Essex Co. VI, 10 (Kf); larva on arbor-vite. 
- geedertella Linn. Essex Co. VI, 22, VII, 12; a very dark form (Kf); 


larve, in Europe, in catkins of birch and alder. 


- oreasella Clem. (andereggiella F. & B.) Larva in buds of apple 


and hazel VI, VII (Kf). 


. apicimaculella Cham. Essex Co. VI, 12-VII, 25 (Kf). 
. subreticulata Wlsm. Essex Co. VI, not rare at light (Kf). 
. undulatella Clem. Montclair V, 27-30, very abundant on trunks of 


elms; larve probably in flower buds of this tree (Kf). 


. austerella Zell. G. d., Montclair, Anglesea VI, VII, common on trunk 


of oak, chestnut, holly and other trees (Kf); larva probably on 
lichens. 


. thuiella Pack. Essex Co. VII (Kf); larva mine leaves of arbor-vite. 


ACROLEPIA Curt. 


. incertella Clem. Essex Co. VIII, 5, one specimen at light (Kf). 


TANAGMA Zell. 


. obscurofasciella Cham. Great Notch VII, 10 (Kf). 


Family GELECHIID/. 


METZNERIA Zell. 
lapella Linn. Montclair and northern New Jersey, not common; 
larva on seeds of burdock, in burs all winter; adults in July (Kf); 
Ft. Lee (Dow). : 
PALTODORA Meyer. 


. anteliella Bsk. Montclair, at light VIII, 28-IX, 12 (Kf). 
. tripunctella Kearf. Essex Co. VI, 30-VII, 9, at light (Kf). 
. similiella Cham. Essex Co. VI, 30—-VIII, 18 at light; larve in heads of 


sunflower (Kf). 


SITOTROGA Hein. 


Fig. 234.—Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella: 
a, larva; b, pupa; c, moth; d, wings of a va- 
riety; e, egg; f, larva feeding in, kernel 
of corn; all save f, greatly enlarged. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 555 


S. cerealella Oliv. Throughout the State. This is the “Angoumois grain 


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moth” which infests wheat in shock, in the mow and until it is 
binned or bulked. Also attacks corn in warm places and in sheltered 
cribs, causing serious injury and rendering much grain unmillable or 
useless except as chicken feed. Remedial measures are prompt 
threshing, bulking in deep bins and the use of bisulphide of carbon 
where grain is actually infested. 


GLAUCE Cham. 


- pectenalzella Cham. Essex Co. IX, 24, light (Kf). 


TELPHUSA Cham. 


. longifasciella Clem. Caldwell IV, 29, rare (Kf). 
- fuscopunctella Clem. Common; larva webbing the young leaves of 


sweet fern in May; adults in June (Kf). 


. quinquecristatella Cham. Hssex Co. Park IV, 21, rare (Kf). 
. latifasciella Cham. Sure to occur in New Jersey; larve web young 


leaves of huckleberry in May, issue in June (Kf). 


» quercinigracella Cham. Caldwell VIII; larva between two leaves of 


oak flatly stitched together in July (Kf). 


. palliderosacella Cham. Anglesea V, 30, abundant on tree trunks; 


larva on oak (Kf). 


. querciella Cham. (Gelechia) Common, larva on oak (Bt). 
. bifasciella Zell. Essex Co. Park, V, 20, Anglesea VI, 22, rare (Kf). 
. belangerella Cham. (oronella Wlsm.) Eagle Rock VII (Wdt); not 


rare; larve are lear rollers on alders. 


CHRYSOPORA Clem. 


. lingulacella Clem. Montclair at light VII, 17, rare; larva on “Cheno- 


podium” and “Atriplex.” 


LEUCE Cham. 
fuscocristatella Cham. Montclair, light, VIII (Kf). 


ARISTOTELIA Hbn. 


. roseosuffusella Clem. Not rare VI, VII, at light (Dietz); larva mines 


leaves of red clover, and lives also in fruit panicles of sumac. 


. pudibundella Zell. (intermediella Cham.) Common at electric light 


VI, VII; larva on apple (Kf). 


. rubidella Clem. Montclair, common at light VI-VIII (Kf). 
. fungivorella Clem. 5-mile beach VI, VII (div); larvee web leaves of 


bay-berry VI (Kf). 


. absconditella Wlk. Common at electric light VII, VIII; larve in 


stems of “Polygonum punctatum” (Kf). 


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gilvolinella Clem. Described from Easton, Pa., and will certainly oe: 
cur also on the east bank of the Delaware (Kf). 


angustipennella Clem. Hemlock Falls VII (Wat). 


EVIPPE Cham. 


- prunifoliella Cham. Mcntclair VIII, 10 at light, not common; larva 


on peach and cherry (Kf). 


RECURVARIA Haw. 


- apicitripunctella Clem. Very abundant, North Jersey in June; larva 


in hemlock leaves (Kf). 


- variella Cham. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, light, VI, VII, larva on 


cypress (Kf). 


. piceaeila Kearf. Larve mine the needles of black spruce, moths 


issue in June (Kf). 


. obliquestrigella Cham. Anglesea VI, larva in juniper (Kf). 
. juniperella Kearf. Essex Co. VI, larve mine leaflets of juniper (Kf). 
. thujaella Kearf. Larve mine in arbor-vite and are frequently so 


abundant that hedges look as if burned; moths in June (Kf). 


. cratzegella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, VII, larva in “Crategus.”’ 
. robiniella Fitch. Montclair V, VI, larve sew two leaves of locust 


flatly together IX and X (Kf). 


- quercivorella Cham. Abundant on tree trunks in North Jersey IV, 


V; larve on oak leaves (Kf). 


. dorsivitella Zell. Essex Co. Park V, 20, rare (Kf); Jamesburg II 


(Sm). 


TRYPANISMA Clem. 


. prudens Clem. Essex Co., larva on the upper side of oak leaves un- 


der a slight web (Kf). 


EPITHECTIS Meyr. 


. attributella Wlk. (Aristotelia) Very abundant on tree trunks V— 


VIII, flying off in swarms when approached, g. d. (Kf); Jamesburg 
VII, 4 (Haim). 


. sylvicolella Bsk. Will be found in New Jersey (Kf). 


gallzegenitella Clem. (Gelechia) Larve in “Cynipid” galls on oak 
(Kf), and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


“Gelechia bicostomaculella’” Cham. is western and does not occur in 


New Jersey. 


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PARALECHIA Busck. 


pinifoliella Cham. (Aristotelia) Common, g. d., larva mines needles 
on “Pinus rigida’” (Kf); at light VI. 


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. cristifasciella Cham. (Gelechia inscripta Wlsm.) Throughout the 


State IV, V, VII, locally common; on tree trunks; larva between spun 
together leaves of oak (Kf). 


PHTHORIMAZA Meyr. 


-. opercuilella Zell. Not yet reported from New Jersey, but sure to 


occur. Larve are frequently very destructive to stored potatoes by 
mining galleries through them. 


GNORIMOSCHEMA Bsk. 


. gallzesolidaginis Riley. (Gelechia) Throughout the State in local 


colonies [IX—XI, adults hibernating; larve make fusiform swellings in 
stems of goldenrod (Kf). 


. solidaginella Kearf. Long Beach, very common; habits similar to 


preceding, on “Solidago sempervirens” only (Sm). 


. busckiella Kearf. Caldwell X; larva make galls in lateral stems of 


“Aster patens” (Kf). 


. gallzesteriella Kell. Certain to be found in New Jersey, larve mak- 


ing galls in stems of asters (Kf). 


- pedmontella Cham. Essex Co. VI, at light, not common (Kf). 

: banksiella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, 21—VII, 1, at light, not common (Kf). 
. batanella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, 24—-VII, 4, rare (Kf). 

. detersella Clem. Described from Easton, Pa., and sure to occur in 


New Jersey (Kf). 


POLYHYMNO Cham. 


. luteostrigella Cham. Essex Co. VIII, larve spin together leaves of 


“Cassia chameechrista” (Kf); Anglesea VIII, 21 (Lt). 


APRO/AEREMA Durr. 


. palpilineella Cham. Montclair VII-IX, at light, abundant (Kf). 
. kearfottella Bsk. Essex Co. Park, VII, VIII, rare. Taken in open 


spots in woods where the most common plants are Leguminosa and 
huckleberry. 


. nigratomella Clem. (Anacampsis apicistrigella Cham.) Greenwood 


Lake, Essex Co., not rare on tree trunks (Kf); Bloomfield VII (Wat); 
among scrub oak and at electric light VI, VII. 


. concinusella Cham. Easton, Pa., and certain to occur in New Jersey 


(Kf). 


ANACAMPSIS Curt. 


. innocuella Zell. Essex Co.; larve in curled leaves of poplar, not 


rare (Kf). 


. rhoifructella Clem. (Tachyptilia) Essex Co. VI, VII, larva between 


spun together leaves of “Viburnum” (Kf). 


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nonstrigella Bsk. Essex Co. Park VII, VIII, rare (Kf). 
levipedella Clem. (Strobisia) Caldwell IX, Essex Co. Park (Kf). 


lupinella Bsk. Iona VI; larve found abundantly folding together the 
leaves of ‘Lupinus perennis,” V, 17 (Kf). 


- agrimoniella Clem. (Tachyptilia). Essex Co. VI, VII, IX (div); in 


old fields where “Agrimonia”’ is abundant the moths can sometimes 
be found in myriads (Kf). 


. tristrigella Wlsm. Sure to occur in New Jersey (Kf). 


GELECHIA Hbn. 


- cercerisella Cham. Ft. Lee Dist. (Dow); larve spin together leaves 


of red-bud (Kf). 


. coloradensis Bsk. Delair VIII, 7, one specimen (Dke). 
. trialbamaculella Cham. (epigzeella Cham.) Essex Co. VII, larve 


abundant in VI, spinning together young leaves of huckleberry. 


. continuella Zell. Anglesea VI, 22, rare (Kf). 
. lugubrella Fabr. Will be found in Northern New Jersey (Kf). 
. hibiscella Bsk. Anglesea V, 30, light, rare (Kf); larve on leaves or 


in seed capsules of rose mallow (Bsk). 


. discoocella Cham. Electric light VI, VII; larva on smart-weed (Kf). 
. ornatifimbriella Clem. Essex Co. VI, not rare at light (Kf). 

. Unctella Zell. Larve tie together leaves of locust VI, adults VII (Kf). 
. rileyella Cham. Essex Co. Park VII, 24, at light (Kf). 


bicostomaculella Cham. Wssex Co. Park VII, 4, rare (Kf). 


. nigrimaculella Bsk. HEssex Co. VII, VIII, on tree trunks (Kf). 
. dyariella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, on tree trunks (Kf). 
- maculimarginella Cham. Caldwell, Essex Co. Park VII, on tree 


trunks; larve between leaves of oak (Kf); Wenonah V (Haim); 
Brown’s Mills VI (DkKe). 


. gilvomaculella Clem. Essex Co. VIII, on tree trunks; larva on oak 


(Kf). 


. pseudoacaciella Cham. Larve web leaves of locust; moths V, VIII 


(Kf); Clementon IX (Haim). 


. serotinella Isl. Larva sews together the two edges of a wild cherry 


leaf, living within 2 tube of silk and frass, VII-IX (Kf). 


. vernella Murtf. Larve abundant in early spring crumpling young 


oak leaves; adults VI, Essex Co. (Kf). 


. mediofuscella Clem. (vagella Wlk.) Montclair, light V, g. d. (Kf); 


Hemlock Falls VIII (Wdt); Gloucester Co. IV, 30 (Haim). 


. walsinghami Dietz. Anglesea V, 30, larva on leaves of sumac (Kf). 
. pseudofondella Bsk. Essex Co. VII (Kf). 


. conclusella Wlk. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co. VI, VII, abundant on 


tree trunks (Kf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 559 


G. branella Bsk. Essex Co. VII, 12—VIII, 22 (Kf). 
“G. triocella” Cham. does not come within our faunal range. 


MENESTA Clem. 


M. tortriciformella Clem. Recorded from New Jersey, larva on hazel 
(Kf). 


M. albacilizeella Cham. Essex Co. Park VI, rare (Kf). 


STROBISIA Clem. 


S. iridipennella Clem. Caldwell VII, abundant, larva on hog peanut 
(Kf); Newbold VII (Dke); Wenonah VII (Haim). 


S. emblemella Clem. Caldwell, Montclair VI, VII (Kf). 
“Malacotricha bilobelia”’ Zell. has not yet occurred in the State. 


TRICHOTAPHE Clem. 


T. flavocostella Clem. Essex Co., common VI, at light, larva on leaves 
of aster (Kf); Elizabeth VII (Wdt). 


T. inserrata Wlsm. Anglesea, common at light; larva on “solidago” 
(Kf). 


T. serrativittella Zell. Montclair IX, light, not common (Kf); Wenonah 
VII, VIII (Haim). 
T. alacella Clem. Essex Co. V, common, larva on aster (Kf). 


T. juncidella Clem. Hssex Co. V, common, larva on aster (Kf); New 
Brunswick (Sm). 


T. setosella Clem. Very common, larva on aster and “Solidago” V, 
adults VI (Kf). 


T. levisella Fyles. Essex Co. Park, larva on “Aster macrophyllus” V, 
adults VI, very rare (Kf). 


GLYPHIDOCERA Wlsm. 
G. aberratella Bsk. Essex Co. VIII, 20-IX, 20 (Kf). 
G. spiratella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, 25-29 (Kf). 


ANORTHOSIA Clem. 
A. punctipennella Clem. Rare VII, at light and borders of woodland. 


DICHOMERIS Hbn. (YPSOLOPHUS Fabr.) 


D. punctidiscellus Clem. Greenwood Lake, Essex Co., VI, common in 
woods (Kf); Wenonah V, 30 (Haim). 


D. vacciniella Kearf. Essex Co. VII; larve folding or crumpling leaves 
of huckleberry VI (Kf). 


D. ligulellus Hbn. (pometellus Haw.) Throughout the State, V-IX, 
locally common, larva on apple, pear and plum. 


D. bipunctellus Wlsm. Rather rare, April, in scrub-oak. 


D. marginellus Fab. A recently introduced European species, larve on 
Junipers. 


560 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


D. ventrellus Fitch. Hemlock Falls VII (Wdt); Essex Co., rare, larva 
on oak (Kf). 

D. eupatoriellus Cham. Sure to occur in New Jersey; feeds on “Hupa-- 
torium” (Kf). 

D. georgiella Wlk. (roseocostellus Wlsm.) Not common, larva on pop- 
lar (Dietz). 

ANARSIA Zell. 

A. lineatella Zell. Throughout the State; larva has been recorded in 
woody excrescences of plum, peach and apple and in stems of straw- 
berry. I have seen it only boring into the tips of peach twigs; but 
not in destructive numbers. 


Family XYLORYCTID/A:. 


PTOCHORYCTIS Meyr. 


P. tsugensis Kearf. V, 7-23, near Rutherford, larve in cases on Japanese 
Hemlock. 


Family STENOMATIDAL. 


A family of moderate-sized moths, frequently having remarkable mi- 
metic characters in coloration and position affected when at rest. The 
larve so far as known are principally leaf folders. 


STENOMA Zell. 

S. schlzegeri Zell. Throughout the State V, VI, IX; larva on wax myrtle 
and oak. This and the other species of the genus when resting on a 
leaf so closely resemble gray and white bird droppings that it is im- 
possible to distinguish them until the moth is made to move. 

S. leucillana Zell. Passaic Co. (Bwl); Essex Co. VIII, at light, rare, 
larva probably on oak (Kf); Brown’s Mills V, 19 (Dke); 5-mile beach 
VII, VIII (Haim). 

S. humulis Zell. Essex Co., Anglesea, VIII, g. d. (Kf); larva on oak and 
chestnut VII. 

BRACHILOMA Clem. 

B. unipunctella Clem. Certain to be found in New Jersey (Kf). 

B. quercicella Bsk. Essex Co., mature larva in mid V, crumpling young 
oak leaves, moths VIII, larve of second brood IX, X (Kf). 

B. decorosella Bsk. Lacy and Lakehurst districts VII, VIII; larve very 
common, tying together flatly small bunches of oak leaves VI, VII. 


Family G2COPHORID. 


A family of small or moderate-sized species, the larve on leaves, in 
flowers, seeds, on decayed wood or other dead material and sometimes 
as leaf miners. 

MARTYRINGA Busck. 
M. latipennis Wlsm. Sure to be found in the Appalachian region (Kf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 561 


EUMEYRICKIA Busck. 


E. trimaculella Fitch. Certain to occur in the northern section; com- 
mon in spruce stumpage in Wyoming Co., Pa. (Kf). 


CRYPTOLECHIA Zell. 


C. tentoriferella Clem. (Machimia) Essex Co. IX, common on tree 
trunks; larva on many kinds of trees, makes a little tent on under- 
side of leaves (Kf); Elizabeth IX (Wdt); Merchantville X (Dke). 


PSILOCORSIS Clem. 
P’. quercicella Clem. (Cryptolechia) G. d., not rare, larva between 
spun-together leaves of oak, aspen, chestnut (Kf). 
P. reflexella Clem. (Cryptolechia) With the preceding and very like 


it; larva with same habits and often on same leaves, but easily dis- 
tinguishable (Kf); Manumuskin V, 21 (Dke). 


AGNOPTERYX Hbn. 


This is a division of ‘“Depressaria’” Haw.; the moths of both genera 
hibernate in brush-piles, out-houses, etc., and can be found in such places 
on warm days throughout the winter. Larve usually in crumpled leaves 
or stems of ‘“Umbellifere” and “Composite.” 


A. atrodorsella Clem. New Jersey (Bt); larva in beggar-tick. 


A. nebulosa Zell. Middle Atlantic States and sure to occur in New Jer- 
sey (Kf). 


A. curviliniella Beut. Recorded from near New York (Bt). 


A. pulvipennella Clem. Denville XI (Bwl); Elizabeth VIII (Kf); on 
“Solidago” and “Eupatorium” in leaf folded lengthwise (Kf). 


A. flavicomella Engel. Essex Co. Park VII, not rare at light (Kf). 


A. robiniella Pack. (Depressaria hillarella) New Jersey (Bt); Jersey 
City Hts. IV, 27 (Sb); feeds on locust in leaf folded lengthwise. 


A. lecontella Clem. Not common in New Jersey (Bt); Newark (Sb). 


DEPRESSARIA Haw. 
D. heracliana DeG. North of the Piedmont Plain (Sm); common, larva 
in stems of parsnips and other “Umbellifere” (Bt). 


D. betulella Bsk. Essex Co., larve in spun-together leaves of black 
birch; but not bred (Kf). 


D. grotella Rob. Larve in spun-together leaves of “Corylus americana” 
(Kf). 


D. cinereocostella Clem. Larva ties together leaves of water parsnip 
(Kf). 


INGA Busck. 


!. sparsiciliella Clem. (Cryptolechia contrariella.) New Jersey, not 
common (Bt); 5-mile beach VIII, 6 (Haim). 


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562 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SEMIOSCOPSIS Hbn. 
S. packardella Clem. (Epigraphia). Montclair V, 18 (Kf); New Jersey 
(Bt). 
S. megamicrella Dyar. Essex Co. III, 14 (Kf). 
. inornata Wlsm. Essex Co. III, 29, V, 15 (Kf). 
S. allenella Wlsm. Essex Co. VI, 4 (Kf). 


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EPICALLIMA Dyar. 


E. argenticinctella Clem. (CQEcophora) Common, g. d., comes freely to 
light VI, 25-VIII, 10 (Kf); Stone Harbor VIII, 3 (Dke); 5-mile beach 
VII, 12 (Haim). 


EUCLEMENSIA Grt. 


E. bassettella Clem. (Hamadryas) Jamesburg VII (Sm); larva in 
“Kermes” sp. on oak (Kf). 


FABIOLA Busck. 


F. shalleriella Cham. Greenwood Lake VI, 10; larva probably on lichens 
(Kf). 


CECOPHORA Latr. 


CE. newmanella Clem. (Dasycera) Greenwood Lake VI, 10 (Kf); New 
Jersey, rare (Bt); Gloucester Co. VI, 10 (Haim). 


ENDROSIS Hbn. 


E. lacteella Schiff. New Brunswick IX, 24 (Sm); in Europe the larva is 
on leaves of “Epilobium hirsutum” (Kf). 


BORKHAUSENIA Hbn. 
B. ascriptella Bsk. Essex Co. VI, at light (Kf). 


“@egoconia quadripuncta” Haw. is not found in New Jersey. 


Family BLASTOBASID/. 


These moths are usually small in size with a peculiar silken sheen 
to the prevailing gray shade of the forewings. The favorite time for 
flight is an hour before sundown, when sometimes hundreds can be 
taken. The larve live in seeds, nuts and buds, as well as Aphid and 
Kermid galls. 


PSEUDOPIGRITIA Dietz. 
P. dorsomaculella Dietz. Essex Co. VII (Kf). 


PIGRITIA Clem. 
P. confusella Dietz. Essex Co. VI-VIII (Kf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 563 


. laticapitella Clem. Essex Co. VI-VIII (Kf); Anglesea V, VIII (div). 
mediofasciella Dietz. Montclair VII, 1-10 (Kf). 

angustipennella Dietz. Essex Co. VI, 17—-VII, 7 at light (Kf). 

. obscurella Dietz. Essex Co. VI, 17 (Kf). 

. ochrocomella Clem. Essex Co. Park VIII, 4 (Kf). 


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PLCEOPHORA Dietz. 
P. fidella Dietz. Essex Co. VII, 7 (Kf). 


DRYOPE Cham. 


D. erratella Dietz. Anglesea VIII, 21, not common (Sm). 
D. ochreella Clem. (Pigrita) Generally distributed. 


VALENTINIA Wlism. 


V. glandulella Riley. (Blastobasis) Throughout the State VI-VIII. Al- 
most every acorn found on the ground in midwinter contains one or 
more of the larve of this species, often in company with a Tortricid 
and a Coleopterous larva. 


HOLCOCERA Clem. 
H. chalcofrontella Clem. (Blastobasis) Not rare at electric light VI, 
VI. 


H. modestella Clem. Essex Co., not uncommon and g. d. at light VII-IX 
(Kf); Lucaston V, 20—VI, 5. 


. gilbociliella Clem. Essex Co., at light, with the preceding (Kf). 
. purpurocomella Clem. Common at electric light V-IX (Dietz). 

. punctiferella Clem. Essex Co. VII, 25, VIII, 22 (Kf). 

. elyella Dietz. Essex Co. (Kf); type locality. 


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. spoliatella Dietz. Essex Co. (Kf); type locality. 


Family ELACHISTID/. 


COLEOPHORA Hbn. 


No systematic work has been done in this genus, hence it is impossible 
to present a comprehensive list. It is certain that all species recorded 
from the eastern States will also occur in New Jersey, as well as many 
more not yet discovered. Careful breeding through a series of years 
will lengthen our list to over one hundred. As many of the species in 
the adult stage are indistinguishable from each other, the only reliable 
way to identify them is by breeding. 

The larve are all case-makers, the cases distinctive for each species. 
In shape they range frem slender flattened cylinders to one made of 
clusters of flowers. Almost every plant supports one or more species, 
many are confined to grasses and others live in seed-heads. 


564 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


In general the life histories are similar; eggs are laid in summer, the 
larva makes a small case in which it hibernates in the next to the last 
stage. In the earliest days of spring it resumes feeding for a few weeks, 
moths issuing May to July. 


C. coenosipennella Clem. Described from Pennsylvania. 

. caryzfoliella Clem. Cylindrical dark brown cases on hickory leaves. 
. cerasivorella Pack. Described from Massachusetts on cherry. 

. concolorella Clem. New Jersey in June. 


(@) (eh feb 


. corruscipennella Clem. Newark (Dn); Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke); 
g. d., not rare, larva on wild strawberry (Kf). 


C. corylifoliella Clem. Larval cases flattened, with serrate edges, on 
upper side, on hazel. 

C. cratipennella Clem. Hemlock Falls VIII, 30 (Wdt); very common at 
electric light V, VI (Kf). 

C. cretaticostella Clem. Rare at electric light VI, VII (Dietz). 


Cc. fletcherella Fern. Makes the small dark brown flattened case found 
in winter on limbs and trunks of apple; in May attaches its case to 
the upper side of an apple leaf (Kf). 


C. infuscatella Clem. Described from Pennsylvania. 

Cc. laricella Hbn. Small dark brown cases on larch (Kf). 

C. limosipennella Dup. Larva in a flattened case with serrated upper 
edge, is sometimes injurious to the foliage of elms (Kf). 

C. leucochrysella Clem. New Jersey in July. ; 


C. malivorella Riley. Common throughout the State; larva on apple in 
a black, pistol-shaped case. 

C. pruniella Clem. Larva in a large black pistol-shaped case on wild 
cherry (Kf). ‘ 

C. ostryze Clem. Larva in reddish brown flattened case on ironweed 
(Kf). 

Cc. quercieila Clem. A scimiter-shaped case, blackish posteriorly, an- 
terior two-thirds white, on oak leaves (Kf). 


C. rosacella Clem. Larva on opening buds of sweet briar, “Rosa rubi- 
ginosa.” 


C. roszfoliella Clem. Larva on leaves of garden rose, ““Rosa centifolia.” 


C. tilizefoliella Clem. Somewhat rare species in a jet black pistol-shaped 
case on basswood (Kf). 


C. vagans Wlsm. Larva makes a grayish cylindrical case on grass (Kf); 
bred, N. Y. City VIII. 


C. viburnella Clem. Makes a flattened brown case with upper edge ser- 
rated on “Viburnum” (Kf). 


BATRACHEDRA Staint. 


B. salicipomonella Clem. Essex Co. V, 20-VI, 5 (Kf); larva in Cecid- 
omyid and Tenthredinid galls on willow leaves. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 565 


COSMOPTERYX Hbn. 


Species are small and slender but most elegantly ornamented; there is 


commonly a middle band of crimson or ocherous red, the rest of the 
wing having clusters and lines of brightest gold or silver. Larve are 
leaf miners. 


Cc. 
Cc. 


C. 
. clandestinella Busck. Will be found in southern New Jersey (Kf); 


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clemensella Steph. Essex Co. g. d. (Kf); Anglesea (Lt). 

gemmiferella Clem. Essex Co. VI, 15-VII, 15 (Kf); New Jersey, rare 
(Bt). 

fernaldella Wlsm. Montclair at light VII, 1-5 (Kf). 


larve mine the leaves of “Panicum clandestinum.” 


APHELOSETIA Steph. 


. brachelytrifoliella Clem. (Elachista) Larva mines the leaves of 


“Brachelytrum aristatum” early in July. 


. illectella Clem. Certain to be found in New Jersey. 

. maculosella Clem. Described from Pennsylvania. 

. madarella Clem. Sure to occur in New Jersey (Kf). 

. orichalcella Clem. Will be found in southern New Jersey. 
. preematurella Clem. New Jersey in early April. 


LYMNAECIA Staint. 


. phragmitella Steph. Abundant in marshes everywhere (Kf); larva 


in stems of cat-tails; Newark; Orange Mts., VII (Wdt); 5-mile beach 
VII (Haim). 
SCYTHRIS Hbn. 


. basilaris Zell. Essex Co. VIII, 15 (Kf); New Brunswick VI, 28 (Sm); 


Anglesea VII, 24 (Lt). 


. eboracensis Zell. Common at Greenwood Lake and Anglesea VI (Kf); 


Jamesburg VI (Sm); Merchantville V, 25, Iona VI, Brown’s Mills VII, 
22 (Dke). 


. impositellus Zell. Common, larva on asters (Bt); Wenonah V, 30 


(Haim); 5-mile beach V, VI (div). 


. fuscicomella Clem. N. Woodbury VI, 17 (Kf). 


ANTISPILA Hbn. 


. isabella Clem. Rare, larva mines leaves of Isabella grape IX. 
. cornifoliella Clem. .Essex Co. VI, 18, larva makes a blotch mine on 


“Cornus.” 


. nysszefoliella Clem. _Wenonah V, VI (div); common, larva mines 


leaves of ‘Nyssa multiflora’ IX (Dietz). 


. viticordifioliella Clem. Not rare; larva makes an orange colored 


blotch mine on the ieaves of wild grape, ‘‘Vitis cordifolia” in August 
(Dietz). 


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THEISOA Cham. 


T. constrictella Zell. Montclair VI, 10, not common; usually found about 
elms and larve will likely be found on their leaves. 


STILBOSIS Clem. 


S. tesquella Clem. North Jersey VII, 1 abundant; larva makes large 
white blotch mines in leaves of hog peanut (Kf). 


HELIOZELA H. S. 
H. zsella Cham. National Park V, 6 *(Dke). 


CYCLOPLASIS Clem. 


C. panicifoliella Clem. Larvze mine leaves of “Panicum clandestinum” 
VII, cutting out a circular piece for cococn; adult mid—VII (Kf). 


COPTODISCA Wism. 


C. lucifluella Clem. Larva mines leaves of hickory IX, X; cuts an oval 
case from skin of leaf, attaches to tree trunk and pupates; imago in 
July (Kf). 


C. ostryzfoliella Clem. Lives like the preceding but on ironwood (Kf). 
C. saliciella Clem. Mines leaves of willow, habits as in preceding (Kf). 


C. splendoriferella Clem. (Aspidisca) Common; larva mines leaves of 
“Cratzegus,”’ apple, plum and wild cherry (Kf); National Park V, 29 
(Dke). 


EPERMENIA Hbn. 


E. ramapoella Kearf. Abundant V, 27, about 1,000 feet elevation on 
Ramapo Mt.; in thick woods; will be found in similar places in New 
Jersey. 


E. cicutaella Kearf. Orange Mts., larva as leaf miners and later in 
flower and seed heads of water hemlock; adults VIII (Kf). 


STAGMATOPHORA H. S. 


S. sexnotella Cham. Essex Co. Park VI, 25—-VIII, 7 at light; larva in 
stem galls on “Trichostomum dichotoma” (Kf). 


MOMPHA Hbn. (LAVERNA Curt.) 

M. brevivittella Clem. Lucaston X, 18 (Dke), and probably g. d.; larva 
in seed capsules of evening primrose (Kf). 

M. circumscriptella Zell. Anglesea VIII, 30, rare (Sm); larve in seed 
capsules of evening primrose (Kf). 

M. definitella Zell. ‘New Jersey” VIII, 24 (Lt). 

M. eloisella Clem. Throughout the State; larva in stalks of evening 
primrose through winter; pupate late V, and issue as adults VI (Kf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 567 


M. luciferella Clem. Eastern Pennsylvania, New York and probably 
New Jersey. 


M. ruficristatella Cham. Anglesea VII, 30, rare (Sm). 


SCHRECKENSTEINIA Hbn. 


S. felicella Wlsm. Essex Co. X, 10 (Kf). 


S. erythriella Clem. Not rare V and VIII (Kf); larva on fruit racemes 
of sumac (Clem). 


WALSHIA Clem. 


W. amorphella Clem. Essex Co. VII, VIII; larva in a gall on the stem 
of “‘Amorpha fruticosa” (Kf). 


Family TINEIDA!. 


STIGMELLA Schranck. (NEPTICULA von Hdn.) 


Members of this genus are seldom seen except as bred, and they are 
among the most minute of all Lepidoptera, some measuring no more 
than 1% inch in expanse of wings. The larve are all leaf miners, usually 
deserting the mine to pupate in a tough little cocoon attached to a twig 
or upon the ground. Mines are found from mid-June until frost, and the 
distribution of the species is usually co-incident with that of its food 
plant. 

S. amelanchieriella Clem. Larva in a broad tract mine in leaves of June 
or Service-berry (Kf). 

S. anguinella Clem. Larva on oak leaves in narrow serpentine mine 
(Kf). 

S. bifasciella Clem. In August, at light (Clem). 

S. caryzefoliella Clem. Larva in a very narrow whitish mine on leaves 
of hickory (Kf). 

S. corylifoliella Clem. Larva makes a long, winding, narrow tract mine 
in a hazel leaf (Kf). 

S. cratzegifoliella Clem. Larva in a rather short tract mine in leaf of 
thorn (Kf). 

S. fuscotibiella Clem. At light VIII, larva on willow. 

S. juglandifoliella Clem. Larve in narrow whitish tract mine on black 
walnut (Kf). 

S. nysszfoliella Cham. Larva makes a linear mine on leaves of “Nyssa 
multiflora”; imago in April. 

S. platanella Clem. Larva makes large irregular blotch mine on under- 
side of sycamore leaf (Kf). 

S. ostryzefoliella Clem. Larva in moderately wide tract mine in leaf of 
ironwood (Kf). 

S. obrutella Zell. Essex Co. V, 20 (Kf). 


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S. platea Clem. Larva mine oak leaves in moderately broad winding 


tract (Gch). 

S. pomivorella Pack. Essex Co., common (Kf); larva mines leaves of 
apple. 

S. prunifoliella Clem. Larve make linear mines in leaves of wild cherry 
(Kf). 

S. roszefoliella Clem. Larvyze make serpentine mines in leaves of sweet 
brier (Kf). 

S. rubifoliella Clem. Larva makes blotch mine in leaf of blackberry 
(Kf). 


S. saginella Clem. Larva makes moderately broad serpentine tract in 
leaves of oak and chestnut -(Kf). 

S. villosella Clem. Larva makes very narrow linear mine in blackberry 
(Kf). 

S. virginiella Clem. Larva makes a long narrow tract mine in leaf of 
ironwood (Kf). 


OPOSTEGA Zell. 
O. albogaleriella Clem. Essex Co. V, 26 (Kf); 5-mile beach VII, 5 
(Haim). 
O. nonstrigella Cham. Essex Co VIII, 6 (Kf). 
O. quadristrigella Cham. Essex Co. VII, 10—VIII, 8 (Kf). 


BUCCULATRIX Zell. 


Small species that often occur in large numbers on tree trunks in May 
and June. Larve are leaf miners in early stages, later feeding externally. 
When mature they spin a slender silken cocoon with longitudinal ribs or 
ridges, which are characteristic for the genus. Hibernate as pupa. 


B. agnella Clem. Flies about mid May (Clem). 

B. coronatella Clem. Wssex Co., abundant, larva on black birch (Kf). 

B. canadensiella Cham. Essex Co. IX, larvae on leaves of birch (Kf). 

B. magnella Cham. Essex Co. Park, abundant at light V—VII (Kf). 

B. pomifoliella Clem. Occurs wherever apples are grown, larva feeding 

externally, IX, sometimes abundant, but usually rather rare (Kf). 

B. quinquenotella Cham. Not rare in June (Dietz). 

. thuiella Pack. The cocoonets have been found on spruce in Essex 
Co., but the moths have not been bred (Kf). 

B. trifasciella Clem. Larva on chestnut (Dietz). 


PHYLLONORYTER Hbn. 


All the species of this genus = “Lithocolletis” Hbn., are leaf miners, 
and as their habits throughout are very similar, individual dates and 
localities are mostly omitted. The earliest mines are found late in July 
and until frost there are two or more broods, frequently overlapping. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 569 


They hibernate as larve or pups, rarely as imagos. With few exceptions 
the species in the following list have been bred or observed in Hssex 
County, and examples will be found wherever the food plant occurs. 


P. 
P. 
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P. 


fitchella Clem. Common, larva on oak, mining underside of leaves. 
trinotella Braun. One specimen, the type, Essex Co. Park IV, 26. 
quercialbella Fitch. Larve in tentiform mines on under side of oak 
leaves, g. d. 
argentifimbriella Clem. G. d., larva in tentiform mines on underside 
of oak leaves. 


. lucidicostella Clem. Larva mines underside of maple, “Acer sacchar- 


” 


inum,” not common but g. d. 


. obscuriocostella Clem. The larva mines the underside of the leaf of 


ironwood, “Ostrya virginica.” 


. ostryzfoliella Clem. As in preceding, but the mine is much more 


wrinkled and usually near the margin of the leaf. 


. kearfottella Braun. Larve make narrow mines on underside of chest- 


nut leaves at Montclair, usually along a vein. 


- gemmea F. & B. Larva mines upperside of leaves of locust. 
. Morrisella Fitch. Larva makes whitish mines on underside of leaves 


of “‘“Amphicarpa.”’ 


. uhlerella Fitch. Larva mines under surface of leaves of false indigo. 


. robiniella Clem. Common, larva mines leaf of locust. 


auronitens F. & B. Larve make rounded, flattened mines on under- 
side of leaves of alder, “Alnus serrulatus.”’ 


scudderella F. & B. Mines on the underside of willow leaves. 


. salicivorella Braun. The type was bred from a mine on the under- 


side of willow leaf in Essex Co., issued VII, 19. 
malimalifoliella Braun. Larve make small, teniform, much wrinkled 
mines on underside of apple leaves at Montclair. 


. cratzegella Clem. Larva in mines on underside of leaves of black- 


thorn, apple and wild cherry; Gloucester Co. IV (Haim). 


. propinquinella Braun. A common underside miner on wild cherry. 
. populiella Cham. Larva in a very small tentiform mine on underside 


of aspen leaf. 


. eriferella Clem. Makes small mines on underside of oak leaves. 
. obsoleta F. & B. Described from flown specimen taken in Mass.; 


will be found in New Jersey; nothing known of life history. 
argentinotella Clem. Larva mines underside of elm leaves. 


. basistrigella Clem. Larva mines the underside of oak leaves. 
. lucetiella Clem. Larva mines the underside of leaves of basswood. 
. ostensackenella Fitch. Larva makes a yellow blotch mine on upper 


or lower surface of leaf of locust. 
tritzenianella Cham. Larve make rather large tent mines on upper- 
side of leaves of ironwood. 


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tilieacella Cham. Larve make nearly circular tentiform mines on 
upperside of leaves of basswood. 


fragilella F. & B. Larva in underside mines on leaves of ‘‘Lonicera.” 

salicifoliella Clem. Larve in underside mines on leaves of different 
species of poplar and willow. 

caryefoliella Clem. Larva mines upperside of hickory leaves, g. d. 
lentella Braun. Larve found in community mines on upperside of 
leaves of black birch and ironwood. ; 

saccharella Braun. Bred from irregular blotch mine on the upper- 
side of leaves of sugar and black maple. 

macrocarpella F. & B. Larve in upperside mines on oak and chest- 
nut. 

cincinnatiella Cham. Very abundant some years; larve make large 
community mines on upperside of oak leaves (Kf); Gloucester Co. V 
(Haim). 

hamadryadella Clem. Very common; larve make a large whitish 
blotch mine on upperside of oak leaf (Kf); Delair VIII (Dke). 


NICHOLS.ENG> 


Fig. 235.—Phyllonoryter hamadryadella and the work of its larva on an oak leaf; gq, moth; 


P; 


P. 


P. 


m, pupa; c, f, g, larve: all enlarged. The other figures are of structural details. 
conglomeratella Zell. Larve in leathery brown blotch mines on up- 
perside of oak leaves. 


ulmella Cham. lLarve form irregular blotch mines on upperside, of 
elm leaves. 
quercivorella Cham. Larva makes flat blotch mine on upperside of 
oak leaves. 


cervina Wlsm. Described from a single flown specimen taken in New 
York State (Kf). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 571 


platanoideiella Braun. Larva in blotch mine on upperside of oak 
leaves. 

betulivora Wlsm. Larva in small, nearly circular mine on upperside 
of birch leaf. 


bethunella Cham. Larva in oyate blotch mine on upper surface of 
oak leaf. 


. guttifinitella Clem. Larve mine upperside of leaves of poison ivy 


until frost kills them. 


. obstrictella Clem. Larva mines upperside of oak leaf; common. 
. corylisella Cham. Larve make blotch mine on upperside of hazel 


leaf. 


. ostryarella Cham. Larve form community mines on upperside of 


leaves of ironwood and hornbeam. 


‘aceriella Clem. Larva makes a broad tract mine on upper side of 


maple leaf; adults V and IX. 


hamamelis Bsk. Larva in a whitish blotch mine on upper surface of 
witch-hazel leaf. 


. tubiferella Clem. Larva makes a long sinuate band-like mine on up- 


perside of oak leaves, mine gradually increasing in width and fre- 
quently crossing, so that it cannot be mistaken for any other species. 


PORPHYROSELA Braun. 


. desmodiella Clem. (Lithocolletis) Larva mines underside. of leaves 


of “Desmodium,” “Lespedeza” and “Phaseolus.” 


CREMASTOBOMBYCIA Braun. 


solidaginis F. & B. Larve are abundant in late summer in wrinkled 
mines on under surface of leaves of goldenrod. 


. ambrosiella Cham. Larve make small mines on underside of leaves 


of Ambrosia and allied plants. 


. ignota F. & B. Rather large mines on underside of leaves of “Com- 


positee.” 


BEDELLIA Staint. 


. somnulentella Zell. Larva makes blotch mine on morning-glory IX, 


at times feeds externally; adult X, probably two-brooded. 


GRACILARIA Haw. 


The species are usually brilliant golden yellow, red and brown. Rest 


on leaf in characteristic pose, fore part of body much raised, the posterior 
end touching the leaf. Fly freely to light. Larve are all leaf miners in 
early stages, some leave mine when half grown and form cones by twist- 
ing and rolling end of a leaf. 


G. 
G. 


aceriella Cham. Larve make cones at ends of maple leaves. 
blandella Clem. Larve found in their cones on walnut leaves. 


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. coroniella Clem. Larva on birch. 

. violacella Clem. Larva makes cones of leaf ends of ‘“‘Desmodium.” 

. juglandiella Cham. Larvze make cones on hickory leaves. 

. negundella Murtf. Montclair [X, larve in cones on “Acer negundo.”’ 

. Stigmatella Fabr. Larva makes cones of willow leaves. 

. rhoifoliella Cham. Larva makes cones of leaves of sumac. 

. Salicifoliella Cham. Larve make large blotch mines on willow leaves. 


Q9ODADDAAA DA 


. sassafrasella Cham. Larva on sassafras, in leaf rolled downward 
(Bt). 

. alchimiella Scop. -Essex Co. V, VII; larve in cones on oak. 

. superbifrontella Clem. Essex Co. V, VII; larva on witch-hazel. 

. packardella Cham. Essex Co. V, 10 (Kf). 

. ribesella Cham. Essex Co.; several specimens found in mid-winter, 
under bark of hickory. 

. burgessiella Zell. Larva on swamp huckleberry; adults V, VI (Dietz). 

. belfrageiella Cham. Should occur in New Jersey (Sm). 

G. swederella Thunb. Larva rolls end of red maple leaves into cones. 


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DIALECTICA Wlsm. 
D. strigifinitella Clem. Essex Co. VI, 24 (Kf); National Park VI, 10, 
Hammonton IX, 6 (Dke); larva on oak. 
D. venustella Clem. Essex Co. VII, [X, at light (Kf). 


PARECTOPA Clem. 


P. lespedezzefoliella Clem. Larva mines leaves of bush clover. 


P. robiniella Clem. Larva makes a digitate blotch mine on the upper 
surface of the leaves of locust. 


P. pennsylvaniella Engel. Essex Co. VII, IX, abundant at light. 


ORNIX Tr. 


The larve turn over the edge of a leaf, forming a flap, three or four 
often present on one leaf; the cocoon is spun on the ground and the 
imago does not issue until the following spring. 


O. guttea Haw. Larve often very abundant on apple, sometimes nearly 
every leaf on the lower part of a tree being affected. 


. solitariella Dietz. Bred from apple leaf, Essex Co. 

. kalmiella Dietz. Larva on “Kalmia angustifolia,’ sheep laurel. 

. preciosella Dietz. Larva on swamp huckleberry. 

. cratzegifoliella Clem. Larva on leaves of black thorn. 

. conspicuella Dietz. Larva abundant on birch, Essex Co. IX, X. 

. prunivorella Cham. Larva on wild cherry, Essex Co. VIII—XI; not 
rare. 


(s) (@)-(e)- fe} fe) -(o) 


- quadripunctella Clem. Larve on choke cherry. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 573 


CORISCIUM Zell. 
paradoxum F. & B. Recorded from the “Atlantic States.” 


- cuculipenellum Hbn. Larva in conically rolled leaves of “Ligustrum.” 
- amphicarpzefoliella Clem. (Leucanthiza) Common; larva on _ hog- 


peanut, “Amphicarpa monoica.”’ 


MARMARA Clem. 


- Salictella Clem. The larve have the curious habit of mining the 


tender inner bark of young willow in long lines, Essex Co. Park. 


PROLEUCOPTERA Busck. 


. albella Cham. Essex Co. VI-VIII, not rare at light and in open woods. 
. smilaciella Bsk. Essex Co. VIII; larva makes blotch mines in leaves 


of cat-brier; pupa in hammock-like cocoon on underside of leaf. 


PHILENOME Cham. 


. clemensella Cham. Essex Co. not rare, VII, on tree trunks. 


LYONETIA Hbn. 
speculella Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII. 


PHYLLOCNISTIS Zell. 


- ampelopsiella Cham. Essex Co. V, 26; larva in long winding thread- 


like mines in Virginia creeper. 


. vitifoliella Cham. Montclair [X; larve VIII, make long winding lines 


on grape leaves. 


. vitigenella Clem. Larva makes tract mine in leaves of grape. 
. liriodendrella Clem. Essex Co. V, 30; larva makes long, winding 


linear mines in leaves of tulip poplar. 


. magnoliella Cham. Hssex Co., Moorestown, Lacy, Anglesea; larva 


makes linear mines on leaves of Swamp and ornamental magnolias. 


. erechtitisella Cham. Larva makes linear mine in leaves of fireweed, 


“Hrechtitis,” VIII, adult late VIII and IX, common. 


TISCHERIA Zell. 


. citripennella Clem. Common, larva in a trumpet-shaped mine on oak, 


imago VI and VII. 


. quercitella Clem. Essex Co., larva makes dentate mines on upper- 


side of oak leaves. 
solidaginifoliella Clem. Larva mines leaves of goldenrod. 


. malifoliella Clem. Throughout the State; larva makes a yellowish 


brown blotch mine in leaves of apple, several broods overlapping, 
so that mines and imagos may be found V-X. 


. zenea F. & B. Common; larva makes funnel-shaped blotch mine in 


leaves of blackberry; adult VII, VIII, IX. 


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I. 


COPTOTRICHE Wism. 


. zelleriella Clem. G. d., larve make tentiform mines upperside oak 


and chestnut leaves VII, VIII, adults tne following spring. 


AMADRYA Clem. 


. effrenatella Clem. Newark VII (Wdt); very common at light VI, VII 


(Kf); Gloucester Co., VI, 10 (Haim). 


. dyarella Dietz. Penna. to District of Columbia, at light and sure to 


occur in New Jersey. 


. atlantica Kearf. Essex Co. VII, 24, VIII, 14 (Kf). 


SETOMORPHA Zell. 


. insectella Fab. Almost cosmopolitan; recorded from all parts of 


North America, its larve on hair, wool and dried animal products. 


. anatomella Grt. (Scardia) Lahaway, bred from fungus growths on 


oak, rare (Sm). 


. approximatella Dietz. Essex Co. VI, VII, at light (Kf); Jamesburg 


VII, 4 (Haim). 


XYLESTHIA Clem. 


. pruniramiella Clem. Common, g. d., larva in woody excrescences on 


plum trees; Orange VII (Wdt); Anglesea V, VIII (div). 


. kearfottella Dietz. Hssex Co. VII, at light, abundant. 


MONOPIS Hbn. 


. rusticella Hbn. G. d., on tree trunks and at light, VI, VII. 
. biflavimaculella Clem. G. d., not rare, on tree trunks VII-IX. 
: marginistrigella Cham. Essex Co. VI, IX, less common than preced- 


ing. 


. crocicapitella Clem. (Blabophanes ferruginella) G. d., common on 


tree trunks and at light. Essex Co. VI-IX; Anglesea VII (Lt); Na- 
tional Park VI (Dke). 


. dorsistrigella Clem. (Blabophanes) On tree trunks and at light, 


common, g. d., VI, VII (Kf); Merchantville VIII, Brown’s Mills VI 
(Dke), 5-mile beach VI (Haim). 


TRICHOPHAGA Rag. 


. tapetiella Linn. G. d., but very rare in collections (Kf); Staten 


Island, bred from larvee in the excreted pellets of barn owls (Ds). 


INCURVARIA Haw. 


russatella Clem. Found VI, VII, on tree trunks in dark woods, and 
should occur in the Appalachian region of New Jersey (Kf). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 575 


CYANE Cham. 


C. visaliella Cham. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf). 


P: 


PARACLEMENSIA Busck. 


acerifoliella Fitch. (Incurvaria) Larva in blotch mine on maple, 
cut circular case from leaf when mature, pupate on ground, adults in 
spring (Kf); South River V, 26 (Coll). 


ISOCORYPHA Dietz. 


I. mediostriatella Clem. (Incurvaria) Essex Co. VIII, 14, rare (Kf); 


Lucaston VIII, 6 (Dke). 


TINEA Linn. 


These moths are frequently very abundant, but owing to their secretive 
habits are rarely found in numbers. The larve, so far as known, feed 
on dead or refuse material, rotten wood, fungi, dry animal products, etc., 
often in a case made of the fragments of the material on which they 


live. 

T. fuscipunctella Haw. Common, g. d., larva on dry refuse, in cases; 
Gloucester Co. V, 29 (Haim). 

T. apicimaculella Cham. Montclair V, at light (Kf). 

T. bimaculella Cham. Essex Co. VI, rare, at light. 

T. trimaculella Cham. Essex Co. VI, VII, rare, at light. 

T. carnarielia Clem. Essex Co., bred from a box of old insects (Kf); not 
rare in houses. 

T. defectella Zell. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Haim). 

T. pellionella Linn. One of the common “clothes moths” found in 
houses; the larve destructive to furs and woolen fabrics. The use 
of gasoline on infested carpets or other fabrics is advised where 
possible; naphthaline is a good repellent; while care, cleanliness and 
storage of woolen gcods in tight paper bags or boxes during summer 
are effective means of preventing injury. 

T. roburella Dietz. Described from an Essex Co. specimen. 

T. rileyi Dietz. Very common VI, on stumps in land recently deforested; 
bred by Riley from larve in fungi. 

T. arcelia Fabr. G. d., larve feed in decayed wood. 

T. auropuiveila Cham. Abundant at light and on tree trunks VI, VII, 
g. d. 

T. acapnopenella Clem. Essex Co., Anglesea VI-VIII, at light (Kf); 
Wenonah VIII, 20 (Haim). 

. granelia Linn. Common, larva in grain and corn (Dietz); also bred 


from Jarve in tulip and crocus bulbs (Kf). 
nigroatomella Dietz. The type was taken in Montclair (Kf). 


576 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE: MUSEUM. 


TINEOLA H. S. 


T. biselliella Hum. The most 
common of our “clothes 
moths’; in houses every- 
where, the larva on furs and 
woolens; remedies as above. 


vai sss 
AN SAO 


TENAGA Clem. 


_ “nly” FR Mia 6° 


T. pomiliella Clem. Eastern 
Pennsylvania VII, and prob- 
ably New Jersey. 


HYBROMA Clem. 


H. servulella Clem. Common in Fig. 236.—Common clothes moth, Tineola bisel- 
North Jersey VII, VIII in liella: larva; case with empty pupa shell, 
open woods (Kf); Forest and moth: all enlarged. 

Hill VII (Wat). 


EUDARCIA Clem. 


E. simulatricella Clem. Will be found in the Appalachian region of New 
Jersey, V, VI on tree trunks. 


MEA Busck. 
M. skinnerella Dietz. Essex Co. VII, 18, at light. 


DIACHORISIA Clem. 
D. velatella Clem. Essex Co. VI and VII. 


HOMOSETIA Clem. 
H. costisignella Clem. Not rare in eastern and northern sections (Kf); 
Forest Hill VII (Wdt). 
H. fasciella Cham. Montclair VI, VII. 


H. miscecristatella Cham. (Tinea aurosuffusella Cham.) Essex Co., at 
light, g. d. in June. 


H. tricingulatella Clem. Essex Co. VII. 


OENC Cham. 
O. hybromella Cham. issex Co. VII, at light. 


ADELA Latr. 
A. bella Cham. Locally abundant, Anglesea V, 26-30, flying in the sun- 
shine between 10 and 12 A. M, (div). 
A. purpura WIk. Little Falls IV, 24, on blossoms of pussy willows (Ds). 
A. ridingsella Clem. Palisades VI, 12 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 307 


PRODOXUS Riley. 


P. intermedius Riley. New Brunswick (Coll); Weymouth VI, 1-8 (Dke); 
the larve bore in stalks of Yucca in great numbers. 


PRONUBA Riley. 


P. yuccasella Riley. Occurs wherever Yucca is grown and seeds, the 
flowers depending upon this moth for pollination; larve develop in 
the seed capsules, pupate in cocoon on ground, adults emerge when 
flowers open. 


ACROLOPHUS Poey. 
A. plumifrontellus Clem. Throughout the State, locally not rare VI, VII. 


ANAPHORA Clem. 


These are large, robust species with very long curved palpi, the body 
covered with rough, coarse scales. They are sombre brown in color and 
altogether unlike in appearance to the forms with which they are asso- 
ciated. j 


A. popeanella Clem. Wssex Co. VI, VII, very abundant at light. 


A. tenuis Wlsm. Anglesea VI, 23 (Kf); this is probably the form listed 
as “propinqua” in last edition. 


PSEUDANAPHORA Wilsm. 


P. arcanella Clem. Throughout the State VII, usually common. 


P. mora Grt. Newark X, § (Bwl); Riverton XI, Wenonah X (Dke); not 
uncommon X, g. d.; the flight is at 4 o’clock P. M., and one female in 
a cage will attract hundreds of males. 


MICROPTERYGOIDEA. 


In this series we have a remnant of ancient conditions, the two pairs 
of wings being held together by a ‘“Jugum,” or fold at the base of the 
fore-wings, as in the “Trichoptera,”’ from which the “Lepidoptera” are de- 
rived. The two pairs of wings are similar in size and venation, and are 
fastened to a loose-jointed body. 

The “Hepialidz” are iarge or very large, known as “ghost-moths,”’ from 
their peculiar hovering, silent flight, and they are rare in collections. 
The larvze are borers, and some of them require several years to come 
to maturity. 

The “Micropterygide” are small or very small species. The typical 
senus ‘“Micropteryx,” whose larve live on wet moss, does not occur with 
us, its representative being “Epimartyria’ Wlsm. In “Eriocrania” Zell. 
the larvee in Europe are leaf-miners. So far no North American species 
have been bred, but the very large blotch mines and larve have been 
found in abundance in Essex County and Anglesea in May and June on 
various species of oak, chestnut and birch. The larva is full grown in 


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578 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


two weeks or less, drops to the ground and spins a tough little cocoon, 
in which it remains as a larva until the following April. The difficulty 
of keeping them alive for eleven months explains why so little is known 
of the life history. 


Family HEPIALIDA. 


STHENOPIS Pack. 


S. argenteomaculatus Harr. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee VI (Bt); Newark 


VI (Sb); larva in roots of alder, and requires three years to mature 
(Bt). 


S. auratus Grt. Very rare near Newark and New York; nothing is 
Known of its early stages. 


Besides the above, “S. quadriguttatus” Grt., “Hepialus mustelina” 
Pack. and “H. gracilis” Grt. are almost certain to occur in New Jersey. 


Family MICROPTERYGID/. 


é ERIOCRANIA Zell. 


E. auricyanea Wlsm. Almost certain to occur in New Jersey. 


E. griseocapitella Wlsm. Hssex Co. IV, 21, V, 4; very rare, occasional] 
on tree trunk or fiying in sunshine in open wood. 


EPIMARTYRIA Wlsm. 


E. auricrinella Wlsm. Essex Co. VI, 3-8; in some abundance in damp, 
open wood at 4 P. M., near bank of a brook, resting on stems and 
leaves of grasses or weeds from 6 to 18 inches above the ground; 
earlier than this and half an hour later not one was to be found. 


There is also an undetermined species with Mr. Daecke, taken at 
Brown’s Mills V, 13. 


Order HYMENOPTERA. 


In this order the aduits have four transparent wings with compara- 
tively few veins and cells, the anterior larger than the posterior, the two 
pairs hooked together in flight, naked or clothed with fine hair, never 
with scales. The mouth parts are mandibulate, the tongue often devel- 
oped into a longer or shorter lapping organ. The ovipositor is quite 
usually modified into a sting, an auger, a saw or a drill depending upon 
the habits of the insect. The metamorphosis is complete. 

This order contains the bees, wasps, ants, saw-flies, ichneumon flies, 
ete., etc., and is a mixture of beneficial and injurious species, with the 
former largely in the majority. Since the publication of the previous 
edition much has been added to our knowledge of this order, and some 
of the groups have been very thoroughly collected in New Jersey. 

The general arrangement of the list is by Mr. Henry L. Viereck, of the 
U. S. National Museum, who has practically reversed the arrangement 
proposed by the late Dr. Ashmead, placing the saw-flies at the head rather 
than the foot of the series, and in general modifying the order of the 
species within the families in accordance with later studies. Mr. Viereck 
has added not only many new records, but much information as to food 
habits of parasitic species, and in general he is to be credited with such 
notes as are not strictly economic or otherwise credited. 

In the ant families Dr. Wm. Morton Wheeler, of Harvard University, 
has been good enough to prepare the list, and the information as to these 
interesting species is unusually full. In the gall-flles Mr. Wm. Beuten- 
muller, of the American Museum of Natural History, has written the list, 
and this portion also is exceptionally complete. 

In the Chalcids Mr. J. C. Crawford, of the U. S. National Museum, has 
arranged the species to bring the series into accord with his studies. The 
problem of just what to include in this list among the parasites has been 
rather a difficult one. Many of the species are small or very small, and 
some forms are never obtained except by actually breeding them out of 
their host species. The conclusion finally reached was to include those 
species that had been bred out of forms occurring not rarely within the 
State, and in localities that rendered occurrence in New Jersey almost a 
certainty. A large number of species listed in this way in the last edition 
have been fully authenticated in the present. It is belived that the addi- 
tion of these species will stimulate search and study, and I fully expect 
that nearly all will be actually found within the next decade. 

A few names in the tast edition will not be found in this, either because 
the species has proved to be so distributed that its occurrence in New 
Jersey is not to be expected or because, as in some of Dr. Ashmead’s 
species, the names were never sanctioned by actual description. A few 
of the mss. names are included, however, to call attention to the occur- 
rence of a species and their status is noted. 

In the saw-flies Prof. Alex. D. MacGillivray has looked over the manu- 
script and has added information and suggestions. 


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Altogether the list now presents a very fair picture of our Hymenopter- 
ous fauna, although even yet far from complete. 


PHYTOPHAGA. 


The species of this series have little in common save that, with few 
exceptions, they feed directly or indirectly on vegetable matter; directly 
when, as with the saw-flies, the entire tissue is eaten; indirectly when, as 
in the gall-flies, a distortion of growth is caused, upon the secretions of 
which the larva is nourished. 


Super-family TENTHREDINOIDEA. 


These are the saw-flies, in which the ovipositor of the female is modi- 
fied into a pair of plates variably serrated at the edges, working between 
a pair of sheaths. They are usually rather compactly built but not very 
hard species, head, thorax and abdomen of nearly equal width, abdomen 
sessile or united to the thorax for its full width, without trace of stalk, the 
wings folded over the abdomen when at rest, the secondaries with a 
broad anal lobe, making them wider than the primaries. The flies are 
sometimes sluggish and may be picked off the plants on which they rest 
with the fingers. 

The larvee vary greatly in feeding habits, some forming galls, others 
living in stems, a few in fruits, many as leaf-miners, some as leaf skele- 
tonizers, while the majority eat openly upon their food plants. In a 
general way they resemble caterpillars in form; but have at least five 
pairs of abdominal pro-legs. Many have the habit of characteristically 
curling up the hind portion of the body while feeding, and quite a number 
are viscid and slug-like in appearance. They are usually kept in check 
with arsenical poisons or with white hellebore, dry or in decoction, to 
which they are peculiarly susceptible. Against some of the slimy forms 
dry hydrate of lime or even very fine road-dust is satisfactorily available. 


Family XYELIDA:. 


ODONTOPHYES Konow. 
O. avingrata Dyar. Ft. Lee, Plainfield; on hickory and butternut (Dyar). 


MACROXYELA Kirby. 


M. infuscata Nort. (zenea Nort.) Staten Island III (Ds); larva on 
leaves of elm. 
“M. ferruginea Say’ will probably not be found in New Jersey, but 
“bicolor MacG.” and ‘‘distincta MacG.” are likely to occur. 


XYELA Dalm. 


X. minor Nort. Riverton IV, 17, Clernenton V, 19 (Jn); larva on pine 
(Dyar). 


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Dr. MacGillivray says that ‘““Megaxyela major Cress.” is not likely to 
occur in New Jersey, and that the record in the last edition was a mis- 
identification. 


Family LYDIDZ. 


In this family collections are very incomplete, and it has been deemed 
best to omit all species not practically certain to occur in the State. 


LYDA Fab. 


L. apicalis West. Will probably be found in New Jersey. 
L. tessellata Klug. (lItycorsia) Penna., and certainly N. J. as well. 


CEPHALEIA Panz. 


C. frontalis West. (Liolyda) Massachusetts to Georgia. 
.C. fulviceps Rohw. Atlantic Co.,.type locality (Rohwer). 
C. simidea Cress. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


NEUROTOMA Konow. 


N. fasciata Nort. (Lyda cerasi Riley) Clifton VII, 3 (GG); Trenton VII, 
7 (Hk); Newark, Lakehurst VII, 17, Atlantic Co. (Coll); the common 
web-worm of the wild cherry (Dyar). 


N. inconspicua Nort. (Pamphilius) Larva on cherry in adjacent States. 


- PAMPHILIUS Latr. 


P. ocreatus Say. Larva on hazel, “Coryius’” in a web, solitary (Dyar); 
sure to be found in New Jersey. 


P. persicus MacG. Larva feeds on peach leaves, and is almost certain to 
be found in New Jersey orchards. 


BACTROCERUS Konow. 


B. perplexa Cress. Riverton (Vk). 
B. plagiata Klug. (Lyda) Riverton (Vk); Westville VII, 12 (Jn); Clem- 
enton VI, 25 (Hk); Anglesea VII, 25 (Sm). 


B. quebecensis Prov. Delaware Water Gap (Jn). 
B. rufofasciata Nort. New Brunswick (Bt). 
B. scripta Say. Riverton (Vk). 


Family TENTHREDINIDA. 


Sub-family LopHyrIn#. 


LOPHYRUS Latr. 


L. abbottii Leach. Springfield, Jamesburg; locally and seasonally com- 
mon on pine throughout the State (Sm). 


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. akhurstii Nort. Described from New Jersey and also a pine feeder. 

. lecontei Fitch. Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); feeds on pine. 

. abietis Harr. Larva on black spruce; sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. fabricii Leach. Larva on ‘Pinus rigida” (Dyar). 

. abdominalis Say. Lakehurst VIII, 20, Atlantic Co. VIII (Coll); on pine- 


Sub-family EMPHYTIN2. 


HEMITAXONUS Ashm. 


. dubitatus Nort. Ft. Lee (Dyar); Riverton (Vk); Westville V, 7, 


Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Jamesburg V, 31, Anglesea VII, 25 (Coll); larva 
on fern “Onoclea.” 


TAXONUS Hart. 


. amicus Nort. Anglesea VII, 25 (Sm). 
. innominatus MacG. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 
. higrisoma Nort. Long Island, and sure to be found in New Jersey. 


PCECILOSTOMA Dahlb. 


. ignota Nort. (Tetraneura) Larva g. d. on strawberry; occasionally 


sent in; but not really injurious anywhere in the State. 


. convexa MacG. New Brunswick (Coll). 
P. 


maculata Nort. (Pcecilostomidea) Throughout the State V-—VIII, 
larva sometimes destructive on strawberry. 


coryli Dyar. On hazel, Van Cortland Park, N. Y., and sure to occur in 
New Jersey. 


evicta MacG. Sandy Hook, no date (MacG.). 


“P. obscurata Cress.” of last edition was wrongly determined; the 


species is known only from the Rocky Mountains. 


mi 


EMPHYTUS Klug. 


. apertus Nort. Riverton (VK). 
. cinctipes Nort. The curled rose saw-fly (Dyar). Fort Lee VII, 4 (Dke). 
. inornatus Say. Great Notch (GG); New Brunswick IV, 19) kColly 


Trenton VIII, 15 (Hk); Riverton (Vk). 


. mellipes Nort. “United States” (Cress). 


PARATAXONUS MacG. 


. multicolor Nort. (Aphilodyctium) Greenwood Lake, larva on alder 


and birch (Dyar); Westville VI, 6, Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Lucaston 
VI, 14 (Dke); Atlantic Co. (Coll). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 583 


ERIOCAMPA Hart. 


. rotundata Nort. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


PSEUDOSIOBLA Ashm. 


. excavata Nort. Westville (Jn); Ocean Co. V (Sm); larva on button- 


bush “Cephalanthus,” often defoliating plants in early spring (Dyar). 


MONOSOMA MacG. 


. inferentia Nort. Bred in Long Island IV, 26, from larva on alder 
(Dyar); Clementon V, 2 (Hk). 


MACREMPHYTUS MacG. 
. tarsatus Say. (Harpiphorus) Larva on “Cornus” (Dyar) and sure to 
be found in New Jersey. 
. varianus Nort. Newark (Coll); larva on “Cornus” (Dyar). 
. versicolor Nort. Greenwood Lake, on “Cornus” (Dyar); Trenton VII, 
5 (Hk). 
STRONGYLOGASTROIDEA Ashm. 
apicalis Say. Jamesburg VI, VIII, 8 (Coll); Clementon V, 30 (Jn); 
larva on blackberry (Dyar). 
epicera Say. “New Jersey” (Coll). 
mellosus Nort. Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 
pallidicornis Nort. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke); Clementon (Vk). 
pallipes Say. (Hypotaxonus) Should occur in New Jersey. 


rufocinctus Nort. (Parasiobla) New Hampshire to Virginia (Cress) ; 
Long Island VII, 5 (Dke). 


terminalis Say. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke); Clementon (Vk). 


unicinctus Nort. (Taxonus) Orange Mts. VIII, 29 (Coll); Merchant- 
ville V, 26 (Dke). 


DIMORPHOPTERYX Ashm.. 


. pinguis Nort. Jamesburg VIII, 8 (Coll); larva on oak, maple, cherry, 
etc. (Dyar). 


Sub-family SELANDRIN &. 


SELANDRIA Leach. 


. flavipes Nort. Jamesburg V, 31, Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll); Riverton V, 


16, Westville VI, 6, Atco (Jn); Clementon V, VI (div); Ashland V, 13 
(Hk); Lucaston VI, 16, Laurel Springs V, 23 (DkKe). 


PARASELANDRIA Ashm. 


‘ decolorata Cress. Atco (Jn). 


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STRONGYLOGASTER Dahlb. 


. longulus Nort. Westville (Vk). 
. luctuosus Prov. New York City, larva on brake (Jl). 
. tacitus Say. Shark River VII, 19, Clementon (Jn); Ashland V, 13 


(Hk); Brown’s Mills V, 31 (Dke). 


» multicinctus Nort. Clementon V, 30, Atco V, 4 (Jn). 


Sub-family DoLeRIn&. 


DOLERUS Jur. 


. abdominalis Nort. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg V, 31, Lahaway V, 26 


(Coll); according to Dyar all larve of this genus are grass feeders. 


. apicalis Nort. Trenton IV, 29, V, 26 (Hk). 
. aprilis Nort. Throughout the State IV, V, not rare. 
. bicolor Beauv. New Brunswick IV, 21, Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll); West- 


ville IV, 19 (Jn); Merchantville IV, 23 (Dke); Pemberton V, 10 (GG). 


. collaris Say. Jamesburg VI, 4, common on that one day (Sm). 
. sericeus Say. Ft. Lee Dist. (Bt); Anglesea V, 30 (Sm). — 
. similis Nort. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll); Trenton V, 26 (Hk); 


Clementon V, 10 (Jn). 


- apricus Nort. Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 
. unicolor Beauy. (arvensis Say. 2). Paterson IV, 28, found in num- 


bers at dusk, asleep on tall weeds and small willows (Gr); Caldwell 
(Cr); New Brunswick, g. d. IV (Sm); Riverton (Vk). 


LODERUS Konow. 


. albifrons Nort. (Dolerus) Caldwell (Cr); Ridgewood V, 28 (Coll); 


Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 


Sub-family PHYLLOTOMIN&. 


ENDELOMYIA Ashm. 


. ethiops Fab. (rosz Harr). Common wherever roses are grown in 


New Jersey, and often defaces the foliage seriously. 


CALIROA Costa. 


. fasciata Nort. (Eriocampa) Larva on oak (Dyar). 
. juglandis Fitch. (Eriocampa) Greenwood Lake, on butternut (Dy- 


ar); larva sometimes locally common (Sm); adult unknown (MacG). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 585 


C. quercusalba Nort. (Peri- 
clistoptera) Mass. to 
Virginia; larva on white 
oak (Dyar). 

C. obsoleta Nort. Burlington 
Co. (Sm); larva on wild 
cherry (Dyar). 


C. quercuscoccinea IDES 
Mass. and New York, 
larva on black and scar- 
let oak (Dyar). 

C. limacina_ Retz. (cerasi 
Peck) The common 
cherry and pear slug 
which occurs throughout 
the State, often in harm- 


ful numbers. Easily con- 


trolled by the arsenites Fig. 237.—Pear slug, Caliroa limacina: a, adult; 


b 1 f i - 
Pei raad) dust heeds , ¢, larva from side and above, all en 
larged; d, leaf eaten by larva, 


also on ‘“Amelanchier”’ sehueeeell Ghee, 
and other plants. 


- 


Sub-family TENTHREDININ&. 


PACHYPROTASIS Hartig. 


P. rapze Linn. (omega Nort.) Of general distribution in the Unitec 
States. 


LAGIUM Konow. 


L. cinctulum Nort. So. Orange (Bt); Clementon VII, 9 (Hk); DaCosta 
VII, 19, Iona VII, 13, Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


L. atroviolaceum Nort. (Tenthredopsis) Jamesburg VI, 20, Lahaway 
VIII, 3 (Sm); Woodbury VIII, 22 (Jn); Clementon VI, VII (div); 
larva on elder (MacG). 


TENTHREDOPSIS Costa. 


T. semilutea Nort. New Jersey (Cress); Trenton V, 31 (Hk). 


NEOPUS MacG. 
N. 14-punctatus Nort. Merchantville VI, 4 (Dke); Clementon (Vk). 


TENTHREDO Linn. 


T. verticalis Say. (Tenthredopsis) Del. Water Gap VII, 11 (Jn), Glass- 
boro VII, 19 (Dke). ; 


586 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Ue 
. angulifera Nort. Delaware Water Gap (Jn). 

. grandis Nort. (Labidia) New York to Virginia (U S N M). 

. lobata Nort. Delaware Water Gap (Jn). 

. rufopecta Nort. Del. Water Gap VIII (div); Caldwell (Cr); New Jer- 


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nigricollis Kirby. Riverton (Vk). 


sey (Cress). 


. tincta MacG. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (MacG). 


MACROPHYA Dahlb. 


. epinota Say. Westville (Jn). 

. externa Say. Caldwell (Cr); Bronx Park on hickory (Dyar). 

. fascialis Nort. Riverton VII, 3 (Jn). 

. flavicoxze Nort. New Jersey (Cress); larva on elder (Dyar). 

. formosa Klug. Del. Water Gap VII, 9, 12 (div); New Brunswick 


(Coll), Ft. Lee VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 26, Lucaston V, 30, Iona VI, 
2 (Dke); Trenton VII, 8, Anglesea VI, 11 (Hk); Westville (Vk); 
Clementon VI (div). 


. intermedia Nort. Anglesea (Jn). 

. nigra Nort. Woodbury VI, 27 (Jn). 

. pulchella Klug. var. alba MacG. Trenton VI, 13 (Hk). 

. tibiator Nort. Boonton (GG); Trenton V, 24 (Hk); New Jersey 


(Cress); larva on elder (Dyar). 


. trisyllaba Nort. Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); 


Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); New Jersey (Cress); larva on elder (Dyar). 


. trosula Nort. Atlantic County (Sm). 

. bilineata MacG. Del. Water Gap (Jn); Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 
. minuta MacG. - Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 

. incerta Nort. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll). 

. crassicornis Prov. Trenton V, 2 (Hk). 


ALLANTUS Jur. 


. basilaris Say. New Jersey (Coll). 


Sub-family CIMBICIN A”. 


ABIA Leach. 


. americana Cress. Canada to Missouri, larva on honeysuckle. 
. inflata Nort. (Zarea) New Brunswick (Sm); Dr. MacGillivray thinks 


this is the species listed as “kennicotti’” in the last edition. 


TRICHIOSOMA Leach. 


. triangulum Kirby. G. d.; larva on willow, wild cherry, ete. (Dyar). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 587 


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Fig. 238.—Willow saw-fly, Cimbex americana: a, willow leaf showing egg blisters; b, twig 
with girdlings; c, egg, enlarged; d, newly hatched larva, enlarged; e, larve; ® 
f, cocoon; g, same cut open to show pupa; h, pupa; i, male 
adult; j, k, ovipositor and its tip, enlarged. 


CIMBEX Oliv. 


C. americana Leach. Throughout the State, the larva common enough 
on willow, less so on elm, poplar and linden. The adult is rarely seen 
and the species has several varieties—“laportei” Lep., ‘“nortoni” 

» MacG., “luctifera’” Kirby, and ‘10—maculata” Nort., most of whick 


probably occur in the State. 


588 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Sub-family HopLlocAMPIN~. 


HOPLOCAMPA Hartig. 


H. haicyon Nort. Iona IV, 20 (Dke); larva feeds on shad-bush. The 
“MacGillivrayella nigridorsum” Ashm. of previous list is a mss. name 
only and was undoubtedly based on a dark colored individual of this 
species. The specimen appears to be lost. : 


OPISTHONEURA Ashm. 


O. albidovaria Nort. (Hemichroa) Bellport, L. I, larva on black oak 
(Dyar); sure to occur in New Jersey. 


O. phytophagica Dyar. Larva on white oak in Van Cortland Park, N. Y. 
City (Dyar). 
HEMIE€HROA Curtis. 


H. americana Proy. Larva on alder, gregarious, near N. Y. (Dyar). 


H. fraternalis Nort. Pelham Bay Park, N. Y. City, larva on white oak 
(Dyar). 


Sub-family MonocreNINz#. 2 


MONOCTENUS Dahlb. 
M. fulvus Nort. Great Notch (Dke). 


Sub-family CLADIIN#. 


PRIOPHORUS Dahlb. 


P. zequalis Nort. Probably to be found in New Jersey. 


P. acericaulis MacG. South Orange V, VI; larva bores into the leaf 
stem of sugar maple and sometimes causes partial defoliation. Very 
local. 


P. solitaris Dyar. Occurs near New York City on alder and wild cherry 
(Dyar). 
CLADIUS Ill. 


C. pectinicornis Fourc. The larva is general on roses in spring (Dyar),. 
and also feeds on clematis. 


Sub-family NEMATIN A. 


GYMNONYCHUS Marlatt. 


G. appendiculatus Hart. Clementon (Vk); this is the gooseberry saw-fly, 
which is sometimes locally common and injurious throughout the 
State. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 589 


PACHYNEMATUS Konow. 


. corniger Nort. New Jersey (Cress); Riverton (Vk); Merchantville V, 
26 (Dke); Clementon IX, 5 (Hk). 


. affinis Marl. Greenwood Lake, larva on grass (Jl). 


. extensicornis Nort. The larva feeds on wheat “throughout the north- 
eastern United States” (Marlatt). 


. subalbatus Nort. Toms-River (Bt). 


. gregarius Marl. (Micronematus) Englewood, on smooth-leafed willow 
(Dyar). 


PRISTIPHORA Latr. 


. idiota Nort. Orange Mts. VIII, 29, Jamesburg VIII, 8 (Coll); Iona V, 
25 (Dke); the larva is said to be an important enemy of cranberry, 
and this is probably the species that is occasionally found in Atlantic 
Co: 


. sycophanta Walsh. Orange V, 24 (Coll); larva on willow, birch, 
“Vaccinium, ete. (Dyar). 


. banksi Marl. Del. Water Gap VII, 7, Clementon V, 16, Atco VI, 13 
(Jn); Iona IV, 13 (Hk). 


. tibialis Nort. Long Island, and almost surely New Jersey. 


EUURA Newn. 


. nigra Prov. Riverton (Vk); all the species are gall-makers on willow 
(Dyar). 


. Salicis-covum Walsh. Makes a stem gall; near N. Y. City (Bt). 


PONTANIA Costa. 


. pallicornis Nort. Ft. Lee, folding leaves of smooth-leaved willow 
(Dyar). 


. pisum Walsh. Makes a pea-like gall on willow leaves, and surely 
occurs in New Jersey. 


. hyalina Nort. New Jersey (U SN M); makes galls on willow leaves. 


. robusta Marl. Ft. Lee, folding leaves of poplar (Dyar); Clementon 
Vile 9s (im): 


» pomum Walsh. A common gall-maker on bush willow (Bt). 


. gracilis Marl. Makes galls on willow leaves in Van Cortland Park 
(Dyar). 


- populi Marl. Ft. Lee (Dyar); makes a slight gall, and is a leaf roller 
on “‘Populus grandidentata” (Dyar). 


. terminalis Marl. Makes a slight gall, and is a leaf-roller on smooth 
willow, Van Cortland Park, N. Y. (Dyar). 


CRCESUS Leach. 


. latitarsus Nort. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll); larva gregarious on birch 
(Dyar). 


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PTERONUS Jur. 


. ostryze Marl. Ft. Lee, larva on blue beech (Dyar). 

. pinguidorsum Dyar. Monmouth Co., salt meadows VII, 31 (Coll). 

. Salicisodoratus Dyar. Trenton VII, 25 (Hk). 

. carpini Marl. Ft. Lee, larva on hop-hornbeam (Dyar). 

- longicornis Marl. Flatbush, L. I., and sure to be found in New Jersey. 
. integer Say. New Jersey (Cress); larva on oak ‘“Q. tinctoria’”’ (Dyar). 
. trilineatus Nort. Newark VI, 25, Trenton VIII, 16 (Coll); larva on 


locust. 


ribesi Scop. The larva is the common “currant worm,” and is found 

wherever a currant or gooseberry bush grows, often defoliating plan- 
tations completely. Arsenical sprays or hellebore act promptly and 
effectively. 


. erythrogaster Nort. Riverton (Vk). 


corylus Cress. Chester (Coll); Staten Island VI (Ds); larva gre- 
garious edge feeders on “Alnus” (Dyar) and “Corylus.” 


. ventralis Say. New Jersey (Cress); larva on willow and poplar. 
. cornelli Marl. Staten Island V, VI (Ds). 


. mendicus Walsh. (Nematus 3--vittatus Nort.) Larva on Willow, New- 


ark V, New Brunswick V (Coll). 
hyalinus Marl. Larva on white birch, Riverside Drive, N. Y. (Dyar). 


. quercus Marl. Larva on white oak, Bellport, L. I. (Dyar). 


NEMATUS Jur. 


. chloreus Nort. Larva on “Quercus coccinea,’ Bellport, L. I. (Dyar). 


sub-family BLENNOCAMPIN &. 


HYPARGYRICUS MacG. 


. fumipennis Nort. (Phymatocera) New Jersey (Cress); Del. Water 


Gap, larva on flowers of ‘“Smilacina’”’ (Young). This is the ““Melanose- 
landria zabriskei’” Ashm. of the previous list—a mss. name only. 


MONOPHADNUS Hartig. 


. tiliz Nort. New Jersey (Cress); Riverton (Vk). 


ISODYCTIUM Ashm. 


caryicola Dyar. Fort Lee, on hickory (Dyar). 


. dilutum Cress. Lucaston V, 9 (Dke). 
. subgregarius Dyar. Long Island, on rock oak, “Q. prinus’ (Dyar), and 


certain to be found in New Jersey. 


. infrequens Dyar. Larva on white oak on Long Island (Dyar). 


0 Uno Ol wD 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. SI 


PERICLISTA Konow. 


- emarginata MacG. New York City on “Quercus coccinea” (Dyar). 


subtruncata Dyar. New York City on “Quercus coccinea” (Dyar). 


media Nort. New Jersey; larva a spring slug on white oak (Dyar). 


. albicollis Nort. Larva on black oak at Bellport, L. I. (Dyar). 
. purpuridorsum Dyar. L. I. to D. C.; larva on white oak (Dyar). 


TOMOSTETHUS Konow. 


. inhabilis Nort. (Blennocampa) Flatbush, N. Y., VI, 1, larva on pear 


(USNM). 


. bardus Say. (Monophadnus) Fort Lee, on ash (Dyar). 


MONOPHADNOIDES Ashm. 


. rubi Harr. The “raspberry saw-fly,’ common and locally sometimes 


very injurious in South Jersey. Arsenites at moderate strength 
serve as satisfactory remedies. 


. caryze Nort. The “hickory woolly worm’; quite common in 1897 at 


New Brunswick, Plainfield and other points. 


APHANISUS MacG. 


. nigritus MacG. Riverton (Vk). 


ERYTHASPIDES Ashm. 


. pygmzea Say. (Blennocampa) Generally distributed throughout the 


State; larva on grape; never harmful in my experience (Sm). 


Sub-family FENUSIN A. 


KALIOFENUSA MacG. 


. ulmi Lund. Larva mines the leaves of European elms, and certainly 


occurs in New Jersey. 


KALIOSYPHINGA Tischb. 


. dohrnii Tischb. (melanopoda Cam. — Fenusa curta Nort.) Brooklyn 


Parks; a leaf miner on alder and oak (Dyar). 


Sub-family- METALLIN A. 


METALLUS Forbes. 


. rubi Forbes. Larva mines in the leaves of “Rubus,” is injurious in 


Delaware, and almost certainly occurs in New Jersey. 


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Sub-family HyLoToMiIn &. 


HYLOTOMA Latr. 


- abdominalis Leach. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Lahaway V, 19 


(Coll); larva on willow (Dyar). 


. borealis Kirby. Delaware Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn). 

. dulcearia Say. Monmouth Co. salt marsh VII, 31 (Coll). 

. eximia Kirby. Clementon V, 16 (Jn). 

. humeralis Beauv. Newark, Lahaway V, 28 (Coll); Jamesburg VI, 16, 


larva on poison ivy (Dyar); Merchantville VII, 18, Atlantic City VII, 
14 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); Anglesea V, 30—-VI, 28 (div). 


. macleayi Leach. Del. Water Gap’ VII, 12 (Coll); Manahawkin VII, 5 


(Hk); larva on wild cherry (Dyar), and on Chinese honeysuckle (Vk). 


. rubiginosa Beauv. Wenonah VI, 14 (Dke); Lahaway V, 28, Atlantic 


Co. (Sm). 


. scapularis Klug. Boonton (GG); Del. Water Gap VII, 11 (Jn); Cald- 


well (Cr); Chester VII, 20, Paterson V, 1, Newark V, New Brunswick 
IV, 21, Jamesburg VII, 4, Anglesea V, 28 (Coll); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); 
larva on oak (Dyar). 


. miniata Klug. Staten Island (Ds); Riverton VIII, 17, Iona VI, 2, Cape 


May VIII, 9 (Dke); Malaga VII, 20 (GG); Anglesea VIII, 5 (Hk). 


. pectoralis Leach. Laurel Springs V, 23, Manumuskin VI, 25 (Dke); 


larva on birch (Dyar), and on “Salix nigra” (Sz). 


ATOMACERA Say. 


. ruficollis Nort. (Micrarge) Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Riverton 


(Vk). 


. cellularis Say. (Schizocerus) Larva on sweet potato and almost cer- 


tain to be found in the State. 


Sub-family SCHIZOCERINA. 


SCHIZOCERUS LePel. 


. bilineatus Rohw. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 
. privatus Nort. Riverton, Avalon, the larger sweet potato saw-fly (Vk). 
. zabriskei Ashm. Bound Brook IX, 7, New Brunswick VIII, 5, Mercer 


Con Vil 25y(Coll)r 


« prunivorus Marl. Larva on wild cherry, Long Island (Dyar). 
. ebenus Nort. The common sweet potato saw-fly; throughout the sweet 


potato districts; but not injurious. 


. johnsoni MacG. Riverton IX, 5 (Jn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 593 


Sub-family AcoRDULECERIN&. 


ACORDULECERA Say. 


A. dorsalis Say. Ft. Lee, larva on young leaves of oak (Dyar); James- 
burg VI, 16 (Coll); Riverton VIII, 14, Clementon V, 9 (Jn). These 
records probably represent more than one species (Vk). 


. biclinia Konow. Ocean County (Sm). 
. mixta MacG. Orange VI, 22 (Coll). 

- maura MacG. Merchantville (Dke). 

. Saginata Prov. Riverton (Dke). 


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Family XIPHYDRID. 


Moderate-sized species with a cylindrical ovipositor and quite a long 
neck between the head and thorax. Abdomen sessile as in the preceding 
family. 


XIPHYDRIA Latr. 


X. maculata Say. (abdominalis Say.) Ft. Lee (Zabriskie); New Bruns- 
wick VI, 15, Milltown V, 27, Lahaway V, 26 (Coll). 

X. erythrogaster Ashm. Avalon VI, 30 (Jn). 

. tibialis Say. New Brunswick IV, 19, Atlantic Co. (Coll). 


X. attenuata Nort. (Konowia:—Brachyxiphus rufiventris Cress). New 
Jersey (Cress., Bradley). 


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Family SIRICIDA. 


These are the boring types in which the ovipositor is prolonged into a 
stout auger, the head closely applied to the thorax, the body hard and 
thoroughly chitinized. Abdomen sessile. 


PAURURUS Konow. 


P. cyaneus Fab. Lahaway IV, 7 (Coll). 
P. nigricornis Fab. New Jersey (Cress). 


SIREX Linn. 


S. albicornis Fab. Almost sure to occur in New Jersey. 
. flavicornis Fab. Occurs with the preceding. 
S. cressoni Nort., var. tricolor Prov. New Jersey (Cress). 


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Fig. 239.—The Pigeon Tremex, T. columba: a, larva; b, its head 
enlarged; c, pupa of female; d, pupa of male; e, female adult. 


TREMEX Jur. 


T. columba Linn. The larva bores into the trunks of a variety of shade 
and orchard trees throughout the State, IX, sometimes causing con- 
siderable injury. It is popularly known as the “Pigeon Tremex,” and 
no practical method of dealing with it is known. It is. kept down by 
parasites, and as it usually attacks only weak or dying trees we 
can lessen the danger by keeping trees in good condition. 


“TT sericeus” Say, is now regarded as a variety. 


Family CEPHID/. 


These are loose-jointed, slender saw-flies of rather soft texture, with 
long, slender, peculiarly jointed antenne. The ovipositor is a little pro- 
duced and the larye live in stems of plants and the tender growth of 
trees and shrubs. 


JANUS Steph. 


J. integer Nort. (Cephus:—flaviventris Fitch.) Is the currant stem 
girdler, the larva tunnelling the pith of the currant. Its work is not 
rarely seen, but the insects are not common. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 595 


J. abbreviatus Say. (Cephus) Larva 
bores into stems of willow and sure- 
ly occurs in New Jersey. 


TRACHELUS Jur. 
T. tabidus Fab. (Calamenta johnsoni 
Ashm.) Riverton V, 29 (Jn). 


ADIRUS Konow. 


A. trimaculatus Say. Trenton VII, 7 
(Hk); Hammonton IX, Lahaway VI, 
29 (Coll); the larva bores in the 
stems of blackberry canes, entering 
at the bottom and eating out the 
center to the tip. 


CEPHUS Latr. 
C. pygmzeus) Linn. (Astatus) The 
“wheat stem-borer,’ an introduced 
insect which has done considerable 


Fig. 240.—Wheat stem-borer, Cephus 
pygmeus: a, larva in outline; b, 
injury in New York; but has not yet same, enlarged; c, larva in wheat 


been actually found in New Jersey. stalk; e, adult, enlarged; f, 


a parasite infesting larva, 


It may be expected at almost any ; ; : 
ylso enlarged. 


time in the northern counties. 


Family ORYSSIDAE. 


Species in which the antenne are situated just above the mandibles 
under a sharp edge; the thorax and abdomen are so closely united as to 
be almost immobile. 


ORYSSUS Latr. 


O. sayi Westw. Ashland, Long Branch (Jn). 
O. terminalis Newn. Long Branch VI, 11 (Jn). 


Super-family CYNIPOIDEA. 


The insects of this series are “gall-wasps” or “gall flies,’ largely par- 
asitic upon plants, though many of them are true insect parasites. Some 
also are guests or inquiiines, inhabiting galls originally caused by other 
species. Hence it is not unusual to breed from a large multicellular 
gall several species of minute Hymenoptera; the true gall-maker in 
small numbers, the guests and parasites sometimes in great quantity. 
The galls are abnormal plant growths produced by the irritation of the 
minute larve upon the plant tissue, and each species produces its own 
peculiar gall, so that classification is possible from these abnormal 


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growths as from the insects themselves. The grubs do not feed upon 
the actual gall tissue, but lie in cells, apparently subsisting upon ma- 
terial secreted from the inner walls. A gall may have only one larval 
cell and is then unicellular, or it may have a great many, and is then 
multicellular. 

The ovipositor in this series is 
partly coiled within the abdomen, 
which is usually much dilated and © 
enlarged posteriorly, closely joined 
to the thorax, but not sessile. The 
life cycle is often very curious and 
complicated, and parthenogenesis 
is of frequent occurrence. In some 
species there is reason for believ- eae 
ing that the males have been com- 
pletely eliminated, while in others 
there is an alternation of genera- Fig. 241. 
tions, one having both sexes nor- 
mally present, while in the other the females only occur. None of the 
species are really harmful, nor, in this country, are any of them useful, 
though in some European countries galls are commercially important. 

The completeness of the records in this family is due to the pains- 
taking work of Mr. William Beutenmuller, whose collections in the 
vicinity of New York City are models of thoroughness. Only those species 
are included that have been actually found in New Jersey, or whose dis- 
tribution in connection with the food plant makes it almost certain that 
careful collection will demonstrate its presence. 


An oak gall-fly. 


Family FIGITID. 


Contains those species that are parasitic in most instances. 


EUCCELIDIA Ashm. 


E. canadensis Ashm. (Figites) Long Island, and almost surely New Jer- 
sey. 


SOLENASPIS Ashm. 


S. armatus Say. New Jersey (Ashm). 


EUCCELA Westw. 


E. pedata Say. New Jersey district. 
. stigmata Say. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 
E. impatiens Say. (Psilodera) Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 597 


ALLOTRIA Westw. 


. avenze Fitch. New Jersey district. 
. tritici Fitch. New Brunswick V, 20 (Sm). 
. brassiczee Ashm. Parasitic on the common cabbage louse. 


COTHONASPIS Ashm. 


. erythropus Ashm. Jamesburg VI (Sm). 


Family CYNIPID/. 


Contains those species, the majority of which are true gall makers. 


Sub-family SyNERGIN&. 


PERICLISTUS Forst. 
. sylvestris O. S. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee, Lakehurst, Toms River, 
from gall of “Diastrophus nebulosus” (Bt); New Brunswick (Sm). 


. pirata O. S. Staten Island (Bt Ds), from gall of “Rhodites globu- 
loides” (Bt). 


CEROPTRES Hart. 


. petiolicola O. S. Ft. Lee (Bt); Staten Island (Ds); from gall of “An- 
dricus petiolicola” (Bt). 


. tuber Fitch. Ft. Lee (Bt); New Brunswick, Monmouth Junction IV, 
8, and quite generally throughout the State (Sm). 


. pisum Fitch. Greenwood Lake, Orange Mts., Ft. Lee, Carlstadt, Lake- 
hurst; from gall of “Acraspis pezomachoides” (Bt). 


. ficus Fitch. Ft. Lee, Carlstadt, Lakehurst (Bt); Staten Island (Ds); 
New Brunswick (Sm); from gall of “Biorhiza forticornis” (Bt). 


. inermis Walsh. Ft. Lee, from gall of “Cecidomyia pilule” (Bt). 


SYNERGUS Hart. 


. campanula O. S. Ft. Lee, from gall of “Holcaspis globulus (Bt). 

. leviventris O. S. Ft. Lee, from galls of “Amphibolips confluens” and 
“Holeaspis centricula” (Bt); New - Brunswick (Sm). 

. lana Fitch. Lakehurst (Ds). 

. lignicola O. S. Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee, Carlstadt, from galls of 
“Callirhytus cornigerus” and “C. punctatus” (Bt). 


. oneratus Harris. Ft. Lee, Lakehurst, from galls of “Holcaspis globu- 
lus” (Bt); New Brunswick (Sm). 


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N. 


N. 


N. 


Sub-family CyNnrIpin a. 


PHILONYX Fitch. 


B fulvicollis Fitch. New Jersey district (Ashm). 
. gillettei Bass. New Jersey district; galls on leaves of white oak (Bt). 
. nigricollis Fitch. New Jersey district (Ashm). 


. Macrocarpee Bass. New Jersey district (Ashm); makes galls on leaves 


of “Q. macrocarpa” and “undulata” (Bt). 


. prinoides Bt. Lakehurst, Toms River, galls on leaves of “Q. prinoides” 


(Bt). 


. hirta Bass. Ft. Lee, galls on leaves of “Q. prinus’’ VIII, IX (Bt). 
» pezomachoides O. S. Throughout the State; galls on leaves of white 


oak, “Quercus alba,’ VIII-X (Bt). 


. erinacei Walsh. Common and g. d. throughout the State; galls on 


leaves of white oak VIII-X (Bt). 


. nigra Gill. New Jersey, on white, burr and dwarf chestnut oak. 


ZOPHEROTERAS Ashm. 


. vaccinii AShm. Canada to Florida (Ashm); galls on leaves of post 


oak, “Quercus minor” (Bt). 


BIORHIZA Westw. 


. forticornis Walsh. (Xanthoteras) Common and g. d. throughout the 


State; galls on branches of young white oak, “‘Q. alba,’ VIII—-X (Bt). 


. mellea Ashm. Lakehurst, on post oak. 


NEUROTERUS Hart. 


. noxiosus Bass. Ft. Lee; galls on terminal twigs of swamp white oak, 


“Q. platanoides” (Bt); Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick (Sm). 


. verrucarum O.S. Lakehurst, Toms River; galls on leaves of post oak, 


[Qs minorca(Bt)). 


. floccosus Bass. (exiguissimus Bass.) Common and g. d. throughout 


the State: galls on underside of leaves of white and swamp white 
oak (Bt). 


. favosus Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee; galls on leaves of swamp 


oak, “Quercus palustris” (Bt). 

irregularis O. S. (Dolichostrophus) New Jersey (Ashm); galls on 
leaves of post oak (Bt). 

batatus Fitch. Common and g. d. throughout the State; galls on 
twigs of young white oak shoots (Bt). ‘ 
umbilicatus Bass. Ft. Lee, Staten Island; galls on underside of 
leaves of swamp wiite oak “Quercus platanoides” (Bt). 


N. pallidus Bass. “New Jersey”; galls on clusters at or near end of the 


aments of swamp white oak, V (Bt). 


N. exiguus Bass. Lakehurst, galls on flower clusters of post oak (Bt). 


N. 


N. 


N. 


N. 


N. 


D. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 599 


minutus Bass. “New Jersey’; galls on petiole of leaf of white oak, 
Veo (Bt): 

majalis Bass. “New Jersey”; galls on leaves of white and rock 
chestnut oak, “Q. alba” and “Q. prinus” V, VI (Bt). 

vesiculus Bass. (affinis Bass.) “New Jersey’; galls on buds of 
white oak and scrub chestnut oak IV, V (Bt). 


. gillettei Bass. Lakehurst, galls on petioles and midribs of leaves of 


post oak (Bt). 


. pallipes Bass. “New Jersey’; galls on very young leaves of white 


oak (Bt). 


. tectus Bass. “New Jersey”; galls on scrub chestnut oak (Bt). 
. distortus Bass. “New Jersey’; galls on branchlets of swamp white 


oak, “Q. platanoides’”’; V (Bt). 


Fig. 242.—Cynips q-spongifica, gall on oak; a, larva 
in its cell; b, point of exit. ¢ 


niger Gillette. (perminimus Bass.) Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on leaves of 
burr and swamp white oak (Bt). 


papiliosus Beut. Bronx Park, N. Y., on swamp white oak (Bt), and 
sure to occur in New Jersey. 


LOXAULUS Mayr. 


mammula Bass. New Jersey Dist. (Ashm); galls on branches of 
white oak, “Q. alba” (Bt). 


DRYOPHANTA Forst. 


. lanata Gill. Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on underside of leaves of red and 


scarlet oak, “Q. rubra” and “‘Q. coccinea” IX, X (Bt). 
carolina Ashm. Ft. Lee Dist., Lakehurst; galls on under side of 
leaves of white and scrub chestnut oak VIII, IX (Bt). 

gemmula, Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on buds and flowers of scrub 
chestnut oak “Q. prinoides’” V, VI (Bt). 


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D. 


D. 


. inanis O. S. Del. Water Gap 


. ilicifolia Bass. Staten Island 


. celebs O. SB. Staten Island, 


pedunculata Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on leaves of red and scar- 
let oak, “‘Q. rubra” and “Q. coccinea” (Bt). 

ignota Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on underside of leaves of 
swamp white oak, “Q. platanoides” (Bt). 


. longicornis Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on tender shoots of post 


oak “Q. minor” (Bt). 


. papula Bass. New Jersey Dist.; Toms River; galls on leaves of red, 


scarlet and black oak, “Q. rubra,’ “coccinea,” “velutina”’ (Bt). 


. polita Bass. Jamesburg (Ds); Lakehurst, Toms River; galls on 


leaves of post oak, “Q. minor” VIII, IX (Bt). 


HOLCASPIS Mayr. 


. fasciata Bass. Ft. Lee, Lakehurst, galls on twigs of red and scrub 


oak, “Q. rubra” and “nana,” IX (Bt); Staten Island, on black Jack 
oak, ‘“Q. marylandica” (Ds). 


. globulus Fitch. Common and g. d. throughout the State; galls on 


small twigs of white oak (Bt). 


. rugosa Bass. Lakehurst, Toms River; galls on twigs of scrub chest- 


nut oak ‘“‘Q. prinoides” (Bt). 


. centricola O. S. Lakehurst, Toms River; galls on leaves of post oak 


VIII, [X (Bt, Ds). 


. duricoria Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Greenwood Lake, Ft. Lee, Carl- 


stadt and probably g. d.; galls IX—VI on branches of white oak (Bt). 


CYNIPS Linn. 


. strobilana O. S. Del. Water Gap VII (Sm); Staten Island (Ds); Ft. 


Lee, galls on terminal twigs of swamp white oak IX (Bt). 


AMPHIBOLIPS Reinh. 


. 


. confluens Harris. Throughout the State V, VI; makes galls on leaves 


of red, black and scarlet oak (Bt). 


VII, 9 (Jn); Staten Island 
(Ds); Ft. Lee, galls on leaves 
of scarlet and red oak, “Q. 
coccinea” and “rubra” V, VI 
(Bt). 


(Ds); Vineland, Lakehurst, 
Toms River V, VI; galls on 
leaves and petioles of scrub 
oak (Bt). 


Farmingdale, Manasquan V, = 
VI, galls on leaves of scarlet Fig. 243. ampRiwalips inanis: gall showing 


the rayed structure. 
oak, “Q. coccinea” (Ds). 7 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 601 


. cookii Gill. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee, Lakehurst IX; galls on buds 


of red and black oak (Bt). 


. tinctoria Ashm. Manasquan ; gall in axils of leaves of scarlet oak 


(Ds). 


- globulus Beut. Lakehurst; galls on leaves of black Jack oak (Bt). 
. nubilipennis Harr. Ft. Lee VI; galls on leaves of red and black oak 


(Bt). 


. prunus Walsh. Throughout the State VIII, IX; galls on acorn cups of 


red and scrub oak, “Q. rubra” and “nana” (Bt). 


CALLIRHYTIS FoOrst. 


. clavula Bass. G. d. throughout the State; galls on terminal twigs of 


white oak (Bt). 


. cornigera O. S. Ft. Lee, Greenwood Lake, Carlstadt, g. d. (Bt); Staten 


Island (Ds); galls on branches of pin oak, “Q. palustris” (Bt). 


. operator O.S. Staten Island (Ds); galls on catkins and terminal twigs 


of scrub oak V, VI (Bt). 


. seminator Harr. Throughout the State; galls on twigs of white oak. 
. futilis O. S. Throughout the State, VI, VII; galls on leaves of white 


oak. 


. papillatus O. S. (Andricus) Ft. Lee VI, galls on leaves of rock chest- 


nut oak (Bt). 


. punctata Bass. Local throughout the State; galls on branches of black 


Jack and red oak (Bt). 


. tubicola O. S. Lakehurst; gall on post oak VIII, IX (Bt). 
. similis Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Lakehurst, Toms River, galls at 


ends of twigs of scrub oak (Bt). 


. palustris O. S. Throughout the State; galls, V, VI, on leaves of red, 


black and pin oak (Bt). 


. saccularis Bass. Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on leaves of scarlet oak (Bt). 
. pulchra Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on aments of red and black 


oak (Bt). 


. seminiosa Bass. Ft. Lee Dist., Staten Island; galls on branches of 


red oak (Bt). 


. radicis Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on trunk near root of white oak 


(Bt). 


. capsula Bass. Lakehurst (Ds); galls on leaves of swamp white oak, 


“Q. platanoides” V, VI (Bt). 


. nigre O. S.. Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on underside of leaves of black Jack 


oak, “Q. marylandica” (Bt). 


. tumifica O. S. Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on midrib of red and black oak V, 


Vil CBE): 
clarkei Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on sterile flowers of scrub oak, 
[Qo nana EV. Vv Bt): 


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C. tuberosa Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on shoots of scrub oak V, VI (Bt) 
. scitula Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on branches of black oak (Bt). 


i?) 


ANDRICUS Hart. e 

. piger Bass. Ft. Lee Dist.; galls on midribs of leaves of black oak (Bt). 

é atropus Ashm. Lakehurst VIII, [X; galls on buds of post oak (Bt). 

. coronus Beut. Ft. Lee Dist. V; galls on twigs of pin and red oak (Bt). 

. frondosus Bass. Lakehurst VIII, IX; galls on terminal twigs of scrub: 

oak (Bt). ' 

A. davisi Beut. Lakehurst IX, the type locality (Bt Ds); Tuckerton (Ds); 
Toms River, galls on branches of scrub oak (Bt). 

A. topiarius Ashm. Lakehurst VIII, IX; galls on buds of post oak (Bt). 

A. piperoides Bass. Ft. Lee Dist. IX, X; galls on midrib of leaves of 
red oak (Bt). 

A. pruinosus Bass. New Jersey Dist. V, VI; galls on leaves or sterile 
stamens of post oak (Bt). 

A. exiguus Bass New Jersey Dist. V, VI; galls on the aments of post 
oak (Bt). 

A. utriculus Bass. New Jersey Dist.; galls on leaves of white oak (Bt). 

A. ostensackenii Bass. Ft. Lee, Lakehurst V, VI; galls on leaves of scrub 
and scarlet oak (Bt). 

A. singularis Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee V, VI; galls on leaves of 
red oak “Q. rubra” (Bt). 

A. chinquapin Fitch. New Jersey Dist. (Ashm); galls on leaves of swamp 
white oak (Bt). 

A. fusiformis O. S. New Jersey Dist. (Ashm); galls on leaves of white 
oak (Bt). 

A. flocci Walsh. Throughout the State VIII-X; galls common on the 
underside of the leaves of white oak (Bt). 

A. petiolicola Bass. Throughout the State; galls on petiole, base of leaf 
or midrib of “Q. platanoides,” “prinus,”’ “alba” and “minor” (Bt). 

A. pattoni Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Lakehurst, galls on leaves of post 
oak (Bt Ds). 

SOLENOZOPHERIA Ashm. 


S. vaccinii Ashm. Ft. Lee, Carlstadt, Jamesburg, Lakehurst, Toms River 
VIII-V; galls on huckleberry sp. (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 


GONASPIS Ashm. 
G. potentille Bass. Common and g. d.; galls in leaf axils of ‘“Potentilla 
canadensis” (Bt). 
DIASTROPHUS Hart. 
D. niger Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee, rare, galls on stems of “Po- 


tentilla canadensis” (Bt). 
D. minimus Bass. Ft. Lee, rare, galls on stems of “P. canadensis” (Bt). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 603 


D. nebulosus O. S. Common 
throughout the State; 
galls VIII-VI, on stalks 
of blackberry, “Rubus 
villosus” (Bt). 

D. cuscutzformis Harr. Lo- 
cally common throughout 
the State, galls on stems 
of blackberry ‘Rubus 
villosus” (Bt). 


D. radicum Bass. Through- 
out the State, locally 
common; galls at roots 
of black, raspberry and 
dewberry (Bt); rarely 
occurs in cultivated 
fields, and never as an 
injurious form. 

D. bassettii Beut. Ft. Lee 
Dist., Lakehurst, galls on 
stem at root of dewberry, 
“R, canadensis” (Bt); 
Staten Island (Ds) ; 
Riverton IV (Dke). 


AULAX Hart. i 
HLL 
A. similis Bass. (Diastro- Fig. 244.—Blackberry knot gall, Diastrophus ne- 
phus) Alpine VI, not bulosus: a, gall showing exit holes of adult, 
common; galls on stems natural size; b, section through same 


showing the cells; c, larva, enlarged; 


and leaves of ground ivy, plies  enlaeed 


“Nepeta glechoma”’ (Bt). 
A. podagrz Bass. Staten Island; galls on wild lettuce VII-VI (Bt). 


A. tumidus Bass. (Aulacidea) Local throughout the State; gall on stalk 
of wild lettuce, “Lactuca canadensis” (Bt). 


A. mulgedicola Ashm. (Aulacidea) New Jersey Dist. (Ashm); gall in 
pith of wild lettuce “Mulgedium acuminatum” (Bt). 


RHODITES Hart. 


semipiceus Harr. Ft. Lee; galls on roots of “Rosa lucida,” “carolina” 
and “rubiginosa”’ (Bt). 


R. radicum O. S. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee, galls on roots of “R. caro- 
lina Bt): 
R. roszefolii Ckll. Ft. Lee Dist., galls on leaves of ‘Rosa lucida” (Bt). 


R. nebulosus Bass. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee Dist., galls on leaves of 
“Rosa lucida” and “rubiginosa” (Bt). 


R. globuloides Beut. Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee Dist., galls on stems of 
“Rosa carolina” (Bt). 


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604 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


R. dichlocerus Harr. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee Dist., gall on stem of “Rosa 
carolina” (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 


R. ignotus O. S. Ft. Lee Dist., galls on leaves and petiole of “Rosa 
blanda,” “carolina” and “nitida”’ (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 


R. rose Linn. Throughout the State, local; gall on “R. rubiginosa” (Bt). 
. vernus O. S. Staten Island (Ds); gall on stem of “R. lucida” (Bt). 


R. bicolor Harr. Throughout the State; gall on stem of “R. carolina” 
(Bt). 


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Family IBALIID/. 


IBALIA Latr. 


l. ensigera Nort. New Jersey district (Ashm). 
I. maculipennis Hald. Fort Lee district (Bt). 


HETEROPHAGA. 


The species of this series vary greatly in their habits and appearance, 
but none of them have the abdomen sessile or united for its full width to 
the thorax, and none of them feed openly upon vegetation by devouring 
plant tissue. There are collectors of plant products, like honey and 
pollen, and some feeders in stems and seeds, but the latter habit is rather 
exceptional. 


Super-family ICHNEUMONOIDEA. 


Contains moderate sized species on the whole, the wings with a well- 
arranged series of veins, antennze not elbowed, ovipositor attached before 
the end of the abdomen and sometimes very long. As a whole, parasitic 
on other insects. ; 

In this and the other series of parasitic forms the actual records are 
not always as full and satisfactory as they might be. Many species are 
never obtained unless actually bred from their hosts, and by no means 
all the host species in New Jersey have been bred. It has been deemed 
advisable, therefore, to include those species of wide distribution bred 
from host insects which are actually known to occur with us. The rule 
is that a native parasite has the same distribution as its host, and, while 
there are many exceptions to this, they will hardly be among such species 
as are included here. 


Family STEPHANIDA. 


STEPHANUS Jur. 


S. cinctipes Cress. Pennsylvania and New York, and sure to occur in 
New Jersey. — 


S. rufipes Say. (Megischus) Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 605 


Family BRACONIDAE. 


APHIDIUS Nees. 


. Phorodontis Ashm. Parasite on plum louse, “Phorodon mahaleb.” 

. higriceps Ashm. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

. obscuripes Ashm. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

. bicolor Ashm. Riverton V, 13 (Jn). 

. americanus Ashm. Parasite on the wheat louse, “Siphonophora 


avene.” 


. brunneiventris Ashm. Also parasitic on wheat louse. 
. pterocomee Ashm. Parasite on “Pterocoma salicicola.” 
. ribis AShm. A parasite on the currant louse. 


Fig. 245.—Lysiphlebus tritict, parasite of the spring grain-aphis: fe- 
male adult and antenna of male; greatly enlarged. 


. ribaphidis Ashm. (Lysiphlebus) A parasite on currant louse. 
. citraphis Ashm. Bred from rose louse, “Siphonophora rose.” 


myzi Ashm. Parasitic on “Myzus ribis,’ a currant louse. 


: persicaphidis Ashm. Bred from cherry louse, New Brunswick VI, 22. 
. Salicaphis Fitch. (Adialytus) Parasite on a willow plant louse. 

- populaphis Fitch. Parasitic on a poplar plant louse. 

. Papee Curt. (Lipolexis) Parasitic on cabbage louse. 


TRIOXYS Halid. 


. rhagii Ashm. Ridgewood, reared from “Rhagium lineatum’” XI, 16 


(U SNM). Mr. Viereck thinks this host record an error, and that 
there must have been some plant louse associated with the material 
from which this specimen was bred. 


606 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PRAON Halid. 
P. avenaphis Fitch. (Aphidius) Throughout South Jersey, parasitic on 
the common wheat louse (Sm). 
P. cerasaphis Fitch. Parasite of cherry plant louse. 


OPIUS Wesm. 
O. anthomyiz Ashm. (Biosteres) Parasitic on an “Anthomyid,”’ mining 
leaves of Dock. 
O. floridanus Ashm. (Desmiostoma) New Brunswick VII (Sm); a mss. 
name only. 
O. sanguineus Ashm. Reared from “Trypetids,’ living in galls on “So- 
lanum carolinense.” 
ZELE Halid. 
Z. uniformis Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm); 1 spec. 
without locality label is in Coll. 
Z. truncator Say. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


MACROCENTRUS Curt. 


Fig. 246.—Codling moth parasite, Macrocentrus delicatus: enlarged. 


M. delicatus Cress. Throughout the State; a parasite on the codling 
moth, “Caccecia fervidana”’ and other Tortricid larve, “Acronyeta 
oblinita,” etc. 


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. gelechiz Ashm. (Orgilomorpha) Bred from “Gelechia prunifoliella. 
. lithocolletidis Ashm. Bred from “Lithocolletis hamadrya”’ (Ashm). 
. lactucaphis Fitch. (Pygostolus) Parasite of lettuce plant louse. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 607 


. crambi Ashm. (Amicoplus) Philadelphia V, 1 (Jn); parasite on 


“Crambus zeellus,’ a corn root web-worm, which is common in New 
Jersey. 


. Solidaginis Ashm. Reared from “Caccecia fervidana,”’ and from a gall 


maker in Solidago; a mss. name. 


.» nuperus Cress. New York (Ashm), and probably New Jersey; a para- 


site on “Crambus zeellus.” 


EUMACROCENTRUS Ashm. 


. americanus Cress. Canada to Virginia (Cress). 


HELCON Nees. 


. ligator Say. Camden VI, 17 (Jn). 
. dentipes Brulle. Parasitic on the longicorn beetles, “Callidium 


” 


zreum,” “Rhopalophora longipes” and “‘Curius dentatus.” 


GYMNOSCELUS Forst. 


. pedalis Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


CARDIOCHILES Nees. 


. abdominalis Say. Long Island and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 

. tibiator Say. Riverton VIII, 14 (Jn). 

. apicalis Cress. Del. Water Gap VII, 15 (Jn); Atco VII, 4 (Sz). 

. populator Say. (Cenoccelius) Common and widely distributed (Ashm). 


ICHNEUTES Nees. 
fulvipes Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


CENTISTES Halid. 


. americanus Riley. Parasitic on lady-bird beetle, ““Megilla maculata.” 


BLACUS Nees. 


. orchesiz Ashm. Parasitic on the beetle ‘“Orchesia castanea.”’ 


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PYGOSTOLUS Halid. 


» americanus Ashm. A parasite of the Hessian fly. 


CALYPTUS Halid. 


. magdali Cress. (Leiphron) Parasitic on “Magdalis olyra.” 
» major Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


608 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


EUBADIZON Nees. 


E. americanus Cress. Described from New Jersey (Cress). 


E. phymatodis Ashm. (Leiophron) Bred at New Brunswick from 
larva of ““‘Phymatodes amcenus” (Sm). 


METEORUS Halid. 


M. communis Cress. Del. Water Gap VII, 1, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn). 

M. dimidiatus Cress. Parasitic on the common cut worm, ‘“‘Agrotis sub- 
gothica,” and widely distributed. 

M. vulgaris Cress. New Jersey (Cress. Coll); parasitic on “Omphalo- 
cera cariosa” and “‘Tetralopha platanella.” 

M. indigator Riley. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); Jamesburg (Coll); 
parasitic on ‘“‘Acrobasis juglandis” and. “‘Pionea rimosalis.” 


Fig. 247.—Meteorus hyphantriae, parasite on fall web- 
worm, and its cocoon: enlarged. 


M. hyphantrize Riley. Common parasite of the fall web-worm and 
white-marked tussock moth. 


Mi. orchesize Ashm. Reared from ‘“‘Orchesia castanea’”’ and “Myceto- 
chares binotata.”’ 


M. palliditarsis Cress. (Zemiotes) Cramer Hill V, 21 (Jn); type local- 
ity New Jersey. 


MICROTONUS Wesm. 


M. americanus Ashm. Jamesburg (Sm); a MSs. species. 


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PERILITUS Nees. 


P. americanus Riley. Parasitic on “Megilla maculata.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 609 


. gastrophysze Ashm. Parasitic on “Gastrophysa cyanea.” 
. hopkinsi Ashm. Reared from “Polygraphus rufipennis.” 


EUPHORUS Nees. 


. mellipes Cress. (Persistenus) New Jersey (Cress). 
. sculptus Cress. (Dinocamptus) New Jersey probably (Ashm). 


MYIOCEPHALUS Marsh. 


. laticeps Prov. (Loxocephalus bodps) Long Island and _ probably 


New Jersey. 


EARINUS Wesm. 


. limitaris Say. Staten Island IV (Ds); New York, common (Ashm). 


MICRODUS Nees. 


. agilis Cress. Jamesburg VII, 15, also bred from plum curculio and 


“Caceecia fervidana” (Coll). 


. annulipes Cress. Jamesburg, Woodbury VI, 27 (Jn). 
. earinoides Cress. Parasitic on bud-moth, “Coleophora cinderella” 


and “Eccopsis malana.” 


. imitatus Cress. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 
. simillimus Cress. New Jersey (Cress Coll); reared from ‘“Pedisca 


strenuana”’ and “Lixus scrobicollis.” 


. johnsoni Ashm. Jamesburg (Jn); a mss. name. 

. texanus Cress. Cramer Hill VI, 11, Westville VI, 27 (Jn). 

. solidaginis Ashm. (Mss) Riverton IX, 5, Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 

. laticinctus Cress. Parasite on bud moth, “Tmetocera ocellana.” 

. Sanctus Say. Jamesburg, from ‘“Botis feudalis” (Coll); also para- 


sitie on ‘‘Nisoniades juvenalis” and “Pholisora catullus.” 


ELASMOSOMA Ruthe. 


. pergandei Ashm. In nests of “Camponotus melleus.” 


AGATHIS Latr. 


. tibiator Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. rubripes Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. perforator Prov. (Microdus) New York, Pennsylvania and surely 


New Jersey as well. 


, exorata Cress. Parasitic on the common garden web-worm. 

. liberator Brullé. (Cremnops) Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 

. hagmatodes Brullé. (Cremnops) New Jersey (Cress Coll). 

. vulgaris Cress. (Cremnops) Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick (Sm). 
. semirubra Brullé. Clementon V, 30 (Jn); New Jersey (Cress). 


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. carinata Pack. A parasite of the “atalanta”’ butterfly. 


. mellipes Say. (Orgilus) Atco VI, 18 (Jn). 
. nephoptericis Pack. Parasitic on “Vitula edmandsii.” Fig. 248.—Micro- 


. brevicauda Prov. (Dioleogaster) New 


MICROGASTER Latr. 


gelechiz Riley. Woodbury VI, 27 (Jn); reared from 
“Gelechia gallesolidaginis,’ which is locally common 
in New Jersey. 


gaster species. 


. maculipennis Cress. Anglesea IX, 9 (Vk). 
. zonaria Say. (Hypomicrogaster) New York and probably New Jer- 


sey (Ashm). 


. rubricoxa Prov. (Hygroplitis) Long Island and probably New Jer- 


sey (Ashm). 


York (Ashm); Philadelphia VIII, 25 (Jn), 
and surely occurs in New Jersey. 


MICROPLITIS Forst. Vig. 249. — Caterpillar cov- 


. gortynz Riley. Reared from stem borers, ered: wit eee ee 


det Microgaster. 
“Achatodes” and “Hydreecia. ae 


ceratomiz Riley. Newark, New Brunswick (Coll); reared from 
Sphingid larve. 


bicolor Ashm. Avalon VI, 30 (Jn); a mss. name. 
mamestree Weed. Parasite on larva of ‘“Mamestra picta.” 
hyphantriz Ashm. One of the parasites of the fall web-worm. 


APANTELES Forst. 
Sub-genus PROTAPANTELES Ashm. 


Fig. 250.—Apanteles aleti@, parasite of the cotton moth, introduced 
to show the appearance of the insects. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 611 


. limenitidis Riley. Philadelphia (Ashm), and probably New Jersey; 


parasitic on “Limenitis archippus.” The variety ‘“flaviconche”’ Riley 
is also on the army worm. 


. lunatus Pack. Parasitic on larva of “Papilio.” 


scitulus Riley. Parasite on “Spilosoma virginica.” 


. acronycta Riley. New Jersey; bred from larva of ‘‘Acronycta” sp. 


(Sm). 


. smerinthi Riley. New Brunswick (Sm); parasitic on Smerinthid 


larve. 


. xylinus Say. New Erunswick, reared from “Smerinthus geminatus” 


(Sm); also on “Spilosoma virginica” and ‘‘Pionea rimosalis.” 


. argynnidis Riley. Parasitic on larva of ‘“‘Argynnis cybele.” 

. carduicola Pack. Parasite on the species of “Pyrameis.”’ 

. flavicornis Riley. Parasitic on ‘““Nisoniades juvenalis.” 

. gillettei Baker. Parasitic on “Caccecia argyrospila.”’ 

. glomeratus Linn. Common throughout the State and parasitic on a 


great variety of caterpillars, including those of the cabbage butter- 
flies. 


. theclz Riley. Parasitic on larva of ‘‘Thecla”’ sp. 


hyphantrize Riley. Parasitic on the fall web-worm. 

junoniz Riley. Parasite on the larva of “Junonia ccenia.” 
militaris Walsh. Parasite on the army worm. 

orgyiz Ashm. Reared from the larva of the Tussock moth. 
cassianus Riley. A parasite of “Terias nicippe.”’ 

crambi Weed. Reared from larva of ‘““Crambus exsiccatus.” 
cyanidiris Riley. Reared from ‘“Lyczna pseudargiolus.” 


. ephestize Baker. A parasite of the Mediterranean flour moth. 


palzeacritz Riley. Parasitic on the spring canker worm. 


. politus Riley. A parasite of “Scolecocampa liburna.”’ 
. sarrothripze Weed. Parasite on “Nycteola revayana.”’ 
. empretize Ashm. New Jersey, bred from larva of ‘“Empretia stimulea”’; 


a mss. name. 


. congregatus Say. Throughout the State; one of the commonest para- 


sites on Sphingid caterpillars. The variety “hemileuce”’ Riley was 
reared from Saturniids, and the variety “rufocoxalis’” Riley from the 
army worm. 


. atalantee Pack. Taken at Philadelphia and parasitic on “Pyrameis 


atalanta” and “‘Vanessa milberti.” 


. crassicornis Prov. (Urogaster) Riverton IX, 5 (Jn). 
. forbesii Vier. (Urogaster) Riverton V, 30 (Jn). 
. ensiger Say. (Urogaster carpatus Say.) Atco VI, 13 (Jn); a common 


parasite on many kinds of caterpillars from ‘Papilio’ to ‘Tinea.’ 


hartii Vier. (Urogaster) Philadelphia VIII, 28 (Jn); a parasite of 
“Pyrausta nelumbialis.” 


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A. 


cacoecia Riley. (Urogaster) Parasitic on ‘“Caccecia semiferana.” 


The species “Pseudapanteles consimilis’ Ashm., “terminalis” Ashm., 


“gallediploppi’ Ashm. have not been sanctioned by description. 


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SPHAZROPYX III. 
bicolor Cress. New Brunswick IX, 17 (Coll). 


PHANEROTOMA Wlsm. 


. tibialis Hald. New Brunswick V (Coll). Parasitic on “Grapholitha 


caryana.” 


MIRAX Halid. 


. aspidiscze Ashm. Parasitic on “Aspidisca splendoriferella.” 
. grapholithe Ashm. Parasitic on “Grapholitha prunivora.” 


lithocolletidis AShm. A parasite of ‘“Lithocolletis ornatella.”’ 


SIGALPHUS Latr. 


. tibiator Cress. Type locality in New Jersey. 

. curculionis Fitch, A parasite of the plum curculio. 

. rufiscapus Prov. Shark River VII, 12 (Jn). 

. virginiensis Ashm. Egg Harbor VI, bred from strawberry weevil. 


UROSIGALPHUS Ashm. 


. robustus AShm. Lakehurst VII 7 (Coll). 


CHELONUS Jur. 


. biannularis Ashm. Cape May VI, 22 (Jn); a mss. name. 

. basilaris Say. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 

. electus Cress. Atlantic City VII (Jn). 

. lunatus Hald. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

. basicinctus Prov. Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 

. sericeus Say. New Jersey, not common (Bt). 

. sobrinus Hald. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. lavernzee Ashm. Parasite on “Laverna eloisella.” 


parvus Say. A parasite on “Cecidomyia strobiloides.” 


. fissus Prov. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg V, 31, Lakehurst VII, 


7, Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


ASCOGASTER Wism. 


. pallidicornis Ashm. Newark VI, 16, Jamesburg (Sm); a mss. name. 
. provancheri D. T. (rubripes Prov.) New Brunswick V, 20, James- 


burg (Sm). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 613 


RHOGAS Nees. 


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. abdominalis Cress. New Jersey (Cress). 


aciculatus Cress. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


. burrus Cress. A parasite on larve of ‘““Acronycta” sp. 
. intermedius Cress. Westville IV, 19 (Jn); Ocean Co. V (Sm); reared 


from various species of ‘‘Acronycta.” 
lectus Cress. New Jersey (Cress). 


. terminalis Cress. Boonton (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Riverton VII, 3 (Jn); 


parasitic on the army worm and on “Nephelodes violans.”’ 


. parasiticus Nort. Ocean Co. (Sm); parasite on “Lophyrus abietis.” 
. rileyi Cress. Clementon V, 30 (Jn); parasitic on “Acronycta oblinita’”’ 


and ‘“‘Nephelodes violans.” 


. stigmator Say. Merchantville III, 13 (Jn). 


canadensis Cress. Reared from “Ichthyura inclusa.”’ 


. harrisinzee Ashm. Parasitic on “Harrisina americana.” 

. melleus Cress. Parasitic on “Ichthyura,”’ “Aplodes,”’ ‘‘Eucrostis,”’ ete. 
. nolophanz Ashm. Reared from “Nolophana malana.” 

. platypterygus Ashm. Parasitic on “Platypteryx arcuata.”’ 

. discoideus Cress. (Pelecystoma) New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm). 


HETEROGAMUS Wism. 


. fumipennis Cress. Parasitic on “Sphinx” and “Cressonia” larve. 


HECABOLUS Curt. 


. lycti Cress. Pennsylvania (Cress) and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. minimus Cress. Pennsylvania (Cress) and probably New Jersey 


(Ashm). 


. utilis Cress. New York (Cress) and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


CLINOCENTRUS Halid. 


. mellipes AShm. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 


CHREMYLUS Halid. 


. terminalis Ashm. Widely distributed and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


CALLIHORMIUS Ashm. 


. stigmatus Ashm. Camden VIII, 26 (Jn); a mss. name. 


DORYCTES Halid. 


. pallipes Prov. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. exhalans Say. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 


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. bicolor Ashm. Camden VI, 30 (Jn); a mss. name. 


ECPHYLUS Forst. 


. pallidus Ashm. Parasitic in larva feeding on red-bud (Ashm). 
. hypothenemi Ashm. Bred from ‘‘Hypothenemus’”’ sp. 


SACTOPUS Ashm. 


. schwarzii Ashm. Anglesea VII, 24 (Sz); a mss. name. 


CCENOPHANES Féorst. 


. anthaxiz Ashm. Reared from larva of “Anthaxia viridicornis.” 
. hylotrupides Ashm. Parasitic on “Hylotrupes ligneus.” 

. languriz Ashm. Parasitic on “Languria.” 

. pityophthori Ashm. A parasite of “Pityophthorus.” 


LYSITERMUS Forst. 


- scolyticida Ashm. A parasite of “‘Scolytus 4-spinosus.” 


SPATHIUS Nees. 


. honestor Say. Lahaway IV, 1 (Coll, Ashm). 
. simillimus Ashm. Widely distributed (Ashm); parasitic on ‘“‘Agrilus 


bilineatus.” 


. canadensis Ashm. Widely distributed through the U. S. (Ashm); 


parasitic on various bark beetles. 


. claripennis Ashm. Reared from “Polygraphus rufipennis.” 
. pallidus Ashm. Parasite on “Callidium variabilis.”’ 
. unifasciatus Ashm. Bred from “Scolytus 4—-spinosus.”’ 


RHYSSALUS Halid. 


. atriceps Ashm. Parasitic on ‘“‘Caccecia rosaceana.”’ 

. loxotzeniz Ashm. Parasitic on “Loxotenia clemensiana.” 
. selandriz Ashm. Reared from “Eriocampa cerasi.” 

. trilineatus Ashm. Parasitic on “Coleophora caryefoliella.”’ 


BRACON Fab. 


. apicatus Prov. Near Philadelphia V, 17 (Jn); and probably New Jer- 


sey (Ashm). 


. scrutator Say. Common in New York and Pennsylvania and probably 


in New Jersey (Ashm). 


. euurzee Ashm. Atlantic Co. V, parasitic on raspberry saw fly (Sm). 
. nNigropectus Prov. Ocean Co. V (Sm). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 618 


B. dorsator Say. Trenton V, 20 (Hk). 


B. catochze Ashm. Atlantic Co., a parasite in ““Adirus (Cephus) trimac- 
ulatus” (Coll). 


. mellitor Say. (xanthostigmus Cress.) New Brunswick VII, 21 (Sm); 
Westville VI, 6, Clementon V, 30, VI, 6 (Jn). 


. cookii AShm. Ocean Co. V (Sm). 

pygmezeus Prov. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 

. bucculatrix Ashm. Bred from “Bucculatrix”’ sp. 

pomifoliellzae Ashm. Parasitic on “Bucculatrix pomifoliella.”’ 
. rhyssemati Ashm. A parasite of ‘““Rhyssematus lineaticollis.” 


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. gastroidez Ashm. Bred from “Gastroidea cyanea.” 

. trifolii Ashm. Bred from a tortricid in flower heads of white clover. 

. rugator Say. (Glyptomorpha) Westville VI, 6, Clementon VIII, 11 
(Jn); Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke). 

. charus Riley. (Melanobracon) Parasite on the flat-head apple-borer. 


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. pectinator Say. (Melanobracon) Parasitic on ‘“Saperda_ vestita,” 
“Melanophila fulvoguttata’” and “Chrysobothris femorata.”’ 


. rugosiventris Ashm. Dover VII, 16 (Jn). 

. simplex Cress. Clementon VIII, 11, Avalon VI, 30 (Jn). 

. gelechiz Ashm. (Habrobracon) Parasite on “Gelechia cinerella.” 
. hebetor Say. Cramer Hill V, 21 (Jn). 

. pissodis Ashm. (Cceliodis) Parasite of the white pine weevil. 


DOoOwdowys 


MACRODYCTIUM Ashm. 


M. flaviventris Ashm. Ocean Grove V (Sm); a mss. name. 


IPHIAULAX Forst. 


]. agrili Ashm. Parasite on “Agrilus fulgens’” and “‘Neoclytus erythro- 
cephalus.” 
l. erythrogaster Brullé. Bred from ‘“‘Cyllene picta.” 


VIPIO Latr. 


V. schwarzi Ashm. New York to Georgia, and probably New Jersey 
(Ashm). 


Family ALYSID/. 


CCELINIUS Nees. 


C. meromyzz Forbes. Parasitic on “Meromyza americana.” 


DACNUSA Halid. 


D. smithii Ashm. Ocean Grove V (Sm); a mss. name. 


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TANYSTROPHA Forst. 


» americana Ashm, Ocean Grove V (Sm); a mss. name. 


MESOCRINA Forst. 


. microrhopalze Ashm. Bred from ‘‘Microrhopala xerene.”’ 
. pegomyize Brues. A parasite on the common cabbage maggot. 


APHZERETE Forst. 


. muscee AShm. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); a parasite of the “horn- 


fly’ and other Diptera. 


» auripes Prov. New Jersey, probably (Ashm). 

. pallipes Say. New Brunswick (Sm). 

» pegomyize Brues. A parasite of the common cabbage maggot. 

. oscinidis Ashm. Bred from “Oscinis” sp., mining leaves of “‘Plantago 


major.” 


ALYSIA Latr. 


. ridibunda Say. (Cratospila rubicunda) Westville VI-VIII (div); 


Woodbury V, 27 (Jn); and probably throughout the State (Vk). 


GRAMMOSPILA Forst. 


. triticaphis Fitch. New Jersey, bred from a wheat louse (Sm). 


Family CAPITONIIDA. 


CAPITONIUS Brullé. 


. ashmeadii D. T. (Cenoccelius rubriceps Ratz.) Camden VI, 22 (Jn); 


Rocky Hill VI (Coli); bred from ‘‘Sternidius alpha,” living in pith of 
“Rhus glabra.” 


Family ICHNEUMONID/. 


EUSTERINX Forst. 


. neglegere Davis. New Jersey (Davis); the type locality. 


ATELEUTE Forst. 


. elongata Davis. Atlantic City (Sm); the type locality. 


PLECTISCUS Grav. 


pleuralis Cress. A species of general distribution and sure to be 
found in New Jersey. 


THE INSHETS (OF NEW I JERSEY:. 617 


ADELOGNATHUS Holm. 
A. flavopictus Davis. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 


CREMASTUS Grav. 
C. cooki Davis. (Temelucha) Camden Co. (Vk); Atlantic Co. VII, bred 
from the strawberry leaf-roller (Sm). 


C. retiniz Cress. (Temelucha websteri Ashm.) Staten Island (Ds); 
Riverton IX, 5, Clementon, Sea Isle VII, 22 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 
(Sm); parasite on “‘Retinia rigidana.” 


PRISTOMERUS Holm. 


P. euryptychiz Ashm. Del. Water Gap VII, 6 (Jn); bred from “EKucosma 
scudderiana.” 
THERSILOCHUS Holm. 


Fig. 251.—Thersilochus conotracheli, parasite on plum 
curculio: male and female adults, larva a, 
cocoon b, and pupa c: all much enlarged. 


T. contracheli Riley. New Jersey (Sm); a parasite of the plum curculio. 
T. pallipes Prov. (Porizon) Long Island and probably New Jersey 
{Ashm). 
LEPTOPYGAS Forst. 
L. orbus Davis. New Jersey district (Ashm). 


PORIZON Grav. 


P. facilis Cress. (Temelucha fascialis) Widely distributed in the United 
States, and sure to occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 


P. macer Cress. (Temelucha) Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 


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ORTHOPELMA Tasch. 


. diastrophi Ashm. In galls of “Diastrophus radicum,’ Jamesburg 


(Sm). 


. minutum Ashm. Occurs in galls of “Rhodites erythrogaster.” 


MESOCHORUS Grav. 


. americanus Cress. G. d., throughout the United States (Cress). 

. luteipes Cress. New Brunswick (Sm); type locality in New Jersey. 

. melleus Cress. Pennsylvania (Cress), and probably New Jersey. 

. obliquus Cress. A parasite of ‘““Euchetes egle.” 

. scitulus Cress. New Brunswick, Ocean Co. V, ex larva of “Smerin- 


thus geminatus” (Sm); also in “Colias philodice”’ and the army worm. 


. pieridicola Pack. Parasite on the common cabbage butterfly. 
. vitreus Walsh. Bred from the army worm. 
. uniformis Cress. (Astiphromma) Philadelphia (Ashm), and proba- 


bly New Jersey. 
AGATHOBRANCHUS Ashm. 


. zequatus Say. Riverton VIII, 31, IX, 8 (Jn). 


CERATOGASTRA Ashm. 


. fasciata Cress. (Ceratosoma) Boonton VIII, 14 (GG); Staten Island 


VIII (Ds); Trenton IX, 2, Clementon VIII, 15 (Hk); Riverton VIII, 
17, Mt. Holly VIII, 19, Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 


BRANCHUS Fab. 


. inermis Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. pallescens Prov. (Cidaphurus) Merchantville VI, 4 (Dke). 
. cressonii Vier. Merchantville V, 26, Clementon IV, 5, DaCosta VI, 3 


(Dke); Manumuskin IV, 24 (Coll). 


EXETASTES Grav. 


. fascipennis Nort. Riverton X, 21 (Jn). 

. scutellaris Cress. Chester IX, 16 (Coll); Avon IX, 27 (Hk). 
. suaveolens Walsh. Trenton VIII, 19 (Hk). 

. propinquus Cress. Boonton IX, 11, Great Notch IX, 8 (GG). 


PANISCUS Grav. 


. geminatus Say. Boonton IX, 5 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island V 


(Ds); Jamesburg VI, 4, Lahaway VII, 3 (Coll); Westville IX, 12 (Jn); 
Delair X, 5, Riverton IX, 25, Merchantville V, 26, DaCosta VI, 3 (Dke). 


. albotarsus Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. albovariegatus Prov. Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 
. texanus Ashm. Westville VI, 7 (Jn). 


OPHELTES Holm. 


. glaucopterus Linn. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 619 


. LIMNERIUM Ashm. 


- annulipes Cress, Riverton V, 13 (Jn); parasitic on ‘“Mamestra picta,” 


“Gelechia pseudacaciella’”’ and ‘‘Acrobasis indiginella.” 


. distinctum Cress. New Jersey (Cress); the type locality. 
. flavirictum Cress. Lenola V, 30, Sea Isle VII, 22 (Jn). 


major Cress. Pennsylvania, Delaware and probably New Jersey. 
lophyri Riley. Parasitic on “Lophyrus abbottii.” 


. oxylus Cress. A parasite of the army worm. 


tibiator Cress. New Jersey (Cress), the type locality. 


. validum Cress. A species of general distribution in the United States. 
. vicinum Cress. Type locality is New Jersey. 

. acronyctze Ashm. Parasitic on “Acronycta oblinita.” 

. dimidiatum Cress. Parasitic on “Gelechia gallesolidaginis.”’ 

. mellipes Prov. A parasite of “Depressaria fulvipennella.”’ 

. nephelodis Ashm. Reared from “Nephelodes violans.”’ 

. fugitivum Say. (Amelectonus) A common and widely distributed 


species parasitic on a great variety of Lepidopterous larve. 


. annulipes Cress. Parasitic on ‘“Mamestra,” “Gelechia” and “Acro- 


basis.” 


. clisiocampze Weed. An important parasitic check to the American 


tent caterpillar “Malacosoma americana.” 


. argentifrons Cress. (Rhimphoctona) Bred from “Crambus zeellus.” 
. provancheri D. T. (Meloborus dubitata Cress.) Cramer Hill V, 21 


(Jn); bred from the fall army worm “Laphygma frugiperda.” 


. subrubidum Cress. (Meloborus) New Jersey (Ashm). 


obscurum Cress. (Meloborus notz Ashm.) Long Island to Texas 
(Ashm). 


. canarsiz Ashm. (Sinophorus) Parasite on “Canarsia hammondi.” 

. johnsoni Ashm. (Sinophorus) Atlantic City (Jn); a mss. name. 

. orgyize How. Bred from the white-marked tussock moth. 

. bilineatus Ashm. (Rythmonotus) Clementon V, 16 (Jn); a mass. 


hame. 


. rufipes Ashm. (Spudastica) Riverton V, 1 (Jn); a mss. name. 


limenitidis How. A parasite of “Limenitis archippus.” 


CAMPOPLEX Grav. 


. diversus Nort. Staten Island (Ds). 


genuinus Nort. Bred from “Lophyrus abietis.” 
villosus Nort. Clementon IX, 7 (Hk). 


HETEROPELMA Wesm. 


. flavicorne Brullé. Staten Island (Ds); Newark, from larva of “Sphinx 


luscitiosa,”’ Jamesburg IX, 4 (Sm). 


. datanz Riley. A parasite on “‘Datana integerrima,” etc. 


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. purgatus Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Ches- 


EXOCHILUM Wesm. e« 


. acronyctz Ashm. Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); reared from “Acro- 


nycta”’ sp. 


. fuscipenne Nort. New Jersey, Ocean Co. (Coll). 
. mundum Say. Boonton VII, 10 (GG); Newark, ex larva of “Zerene 


catenaria” (Sm); Staten Island (Ds); Riverton IX, 8 (Jn); Clemen-. 
ton VIII, 27 (Vk); DaCosta VII, 20, Iona VIII, 25 (Dke); also reared 
from “Papilio” and “Pyrameis.”’ 


. higrovarium Prov. Great Notch VIII, 21, Manumuskin VIII, 5 (Dke); 


Westville VI, 22 (Jn). 


. tenuipes Nort. A parasite of “Spilosoma virginica.” 


ANOMALON Grav. 


. anale Say. Newark, New Brunswick V (Sm); Atco VI, 18, Westville 


VII, 4 (Jn). 


. curtum Nort. Westville IV, 19 (Jn). 
. laterale Brullé. Of general distribution, and should occur in New 


Jersey. 


. metallicum Nort. Delaware Water Gap VII, 11 (Jn). 
. relictum Fab. United States generally (Cress), and should occur with. 


us. 


. semirufum Nort. Westville IV, 19 (Jn). 

. smithii Davis. New Brunswick (Sm); the type locality. 

. pseudargioli How. Parasitic on some of our common Lyceenids. 
. peediscze AsShm. (Agrypon) Parasitic on species of “Eucosma.” 


EIPHOSOMA Cress. 


. femorata Cress. Shark River VI, 9 (Jn). 


NOTOTRACHYS Marsh. 


. ejuncidus Say. New York (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 


ENICOSPILUS Steph. 


ter VIII, 15 (Coll); Staten Island (Ds); 
Lucaston IX, 29, DaCosta VII, 19, Brown’s 
Mills V, 30 (Dke); Lahaway VII, VIII, 
Anglesea V, 30 (Sm); a parasite on “Ma- 
mestra trifolii,’ “M. picta,’ “Leucania 
unipuncta” and “Ccelodasys unicornis.” 


EREMOTYLUS Forst. 


Fig. 252.—Enicospilus 
purgatus. 


arctize Ashm. Long Island, Pennsylvania 
and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


2H INSECTS: OF NEW JERSEY. 621 


- THYREODON Brullé. 


. morio Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Boonton VIII, 8 (GG); Great 
Notch VIII, 21, Weymouth VIII, 16, Manumuskin IX, 5 (Dke); New- 
ark, Jamesburg VIII, 11, Ocean Grove VI, 1 (Coll); Avalon VII, 19 
(CG). 


OPHION Fab. 


. bifoveolatum Brullé. New Brunswick (Coll). 

. bilineatus Say. Chester VII, 20, New Brunswick V, 15 (Coll); Staten 
Island (Ds); Riverton V, 1 (Jn); Lahaway IV, V (Sm); reared from 
“Hudamus tityrus” and “Feltia morrisoniana.”’ 

. glabratus Say. Of general distribution, parasitic on the fall web worm. 
- geminatus Say. Chester VII, VIII, Essex Co. (Coll). 

» macrurum Linn. Throughout the 
State, common; parasitic on the 
larger silk-worms (Sm). 


. tityri Pack. New Brunswick (Sm) ; 
parasite of “EKudamus tityrus.” 


EXOCHUS Grav. 
. dorsalis Cress. New Jersey 
(Cress); the type locality. 


. pallipes Cress. Reared from ‘Ar- 
chips rileyana,’ ‘“Caccecia fervi- 
ddna” and “C. cerasivorana.” 


METACCELUS Féorst. 


. levis Cress. New Brunswick VII, 
17 (Sm). 


Fig. 253.—Ophion macrurum. 


TRICHISTUS Forst. 


- curvator Fab. New Brunswick (Sm); reared from “Archips rileyana”’ 
and “Nothris verbascella.” 


- Pygmzeus Cress. Trenton IX, 7 (Hk). 


CHORINAEUS Holm. 


- carinatus Cress. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 


ALCOCERAS Forst. 
. trifasciatus Cress. United States generally (Cress), and sure to be 
found in New Jersey. 


SYRPHOCTONUS Forst. 


- agilis Cress. New Jersey (Davis). 


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PROMETHUS Forst. - 


. costalis Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


BASSUS Grav. 


. letatorius Fab. New Jersey, common (Ashm); Riverton V, 7 (Jn); 


Atlantic City VII, 21 (Dke). 


. scutellaris Cress. A parasite of the army worm. 


MESOLEIUS Holm. 


. submarginatus Cress. New York (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 
. mellipes Prov. New York (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 


BCETHUS Forst. 


. schizoceri Riley & How. <A parasite on the sweet potato saw-fly, 


“Schizocera ebenus” (Ashm). 


SPHECOPHAGA Westw. 


. burra Cress. (Cacotropa) New York (Zabriskie) and probably New 


Jersey. 


DIALGES Forst. 


. frontalis Davis. New Jersey probably (Davis); the variety ‘“‘rivalis” 


Davis has been taken at Philadelphia (Jn). 


TRYPHON Grav. 


. communis Cress. New Jersey (Davis); the var. “clypeatus” Prov. has 


also been taken in the State. 


. seminiger Cress. Lenola VI, 4, Clementon V, 22 (Jn). 


QUADRIGANA Davis. 


. americana Cress. New Jersey (Davis). 


COSMOCONUS Forst. é 


. canadensis Prov. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


SYNCECETES Forst. 


. sedulus Cress. New Jersey (Davis). 
. propinquus Cress. Clementon V, 10 (Jn). 
. festivus Cress. (Tryphon) Clementon V, 10 (Jn). 


SCORPIORUS Forst. 


. subcrassus Cress. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Davis). 
. analis Cress. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Davis). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 623 


POLYBLASTUS Hartig. 


. pedalis Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 
. tibialis Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


MONOBLASTUS Hartig. 


. varifrons Cress. Westville VI, 6 (Jn). 


ERROMENUS Holm. 


. crassus Cress. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 
. dimidiatus Cress. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 


EUCEROS Grav. 


. canadensis Cress. New York and probably New Jersey (Davis). 
. medialis Cress. New York, Philadelphia, and surely New Jersey (Sm). 
. flavescens Cress. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey (Ashm). 


SCOLOBATES Grav. 


- auriculatus Fab. (crassitarsus Grav.) New York and probably New 


Jersey (Ashm). 


ECZETESIS Forst. 


. paniscoides AShm. New York (Ashm); Pennsylvania (Jn), and surely 


New Jersey (Sm). 


SYMPHERTA Forst. 


unicolor Cress. Pennsylvania, Delaware (Davis) and probably New 
Jersey. 


CTENOPELMA Holm. 


. sanguinea Prov. New Jersey (Davis). 
. terminalis Ashm. Atco VI, 13 (Jn). 


RHORUS Forst. 


. bicolor Cress. New York, Pennsylvania (Davis) and surely New 


Jersey. 


EXYSTON Schiodte. 


. clavatus Cress.. New Jersey (Ashm). 
. variatus Prov. New Jersey (Ashm). 


ANECPHYSIS Forst. 


. curvineura Davis. New York (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 


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EXENTERUS Hartig. (CTENISCUS Hal.) 


E. flavicoxee Cress. Canada to Delaware (Cress). 
E. orbitalis Cress. Canada to Pennsylvania (Cress). 


ZEMIODES Forst. 
Z. flavifrons Cress. New Jersey (Davis), the type locality. 


SYMPHOBUS Forst. 
S. pleuralis Cress. New Jersey (Davis), the type locality. 


OXYTORUS Forst. 


O. antennatus Cress. Occurs in the New Jersey district. 


ALEXETER Forst. 


A. honestus Cress. New Jersey (Davis). 


A. canaliculatus Prov. Philadelphia (Jn) and sure to occur in New 
Jersey. 


HADRODACTYLUS Forst. 


H. inceptus Cress. Clementon VIII, 11 (Jn). See “Mesoleptus.” 
H. elongatus Cress. Delaware (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 


MESOLEPTUS Grav. 
M. inceptus Cress. Clementon VIII, 11 (Jn). See “Hadrodactylus.” 


CATOGLYPTUS Holm. 
C. furcatus Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 


NOTOPYGUS Holm. 
N. cultus Cress. New Jersey (Davis), the type locality. 


HOMASPIS Forst. 
H. albipes Davis. New York (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 


POLYCINETIS Forst. 


P. limata Cress. New York, Delaware (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 


SPANOTECNUS Forst. 


S. discolor Cress. Delaware (Davis) and probably New Jersey. 
S. concolor Cress. New Jersey (Davis). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 625 


XORIDES Grav. 


. vittifrons Cress. Reared from “Dicerea divaricata,”’ ““‘Tremex colum- 


ba,” ete. 


. caryee Harrgt. Reared from “‘Saperda discoidea” or “Dorcaschema ni- 


grum.” 


_XYLONOMUS Grav. 


. stigmapterus Say. New Jersey (US NM). 


CALLICLISIS Forst. 


. americanus Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 


ODONTOMERUS Grav. 


. bicolor Cress. Westville VI, 6 (Jn). 
. mellipes Say. New Jersey (Cress); Trenton V, 31, Wenonah V, 15 


(Hk). 


POLYSPHINCTA Grav. 


. limata Cress. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 
. nigrita Walsh. Staten Island III (Ds). 
. dictynz Riley. Bred from the spider ‘“Dictyna volupis.” 


GLYPTA Grav. 


. animosa Cress. Reared from “Pedisca scudderiana’”’ (Vk). 
. erratica Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress); parasitic on 


“Grapta comma” (Vk). 


. militaris Cress. Reared from “Proteoteras esculana.” 
. rufiscutellaris Cress. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); bred from “Pro- 


teoteras cesculana”’ (Vk). 


. simplicipes Cress. Middlesex Co. VI, VII (Sm); parasitic on a variety 


of Tortricid species. 


. vulgaris Cress. Type locality, New Jersey (Cress); Boonton VIII, 3 


(GG); breeds in “Botis insequalis” and “Margarodes 4-stigmalis.” 


. varipes Cress. Riverton IV, 17 (Jn). 

. monita Cress. Reared from ‘‘Gelechia juncidella.” 

. phoxopteridis Weed. Reared from “Phoxopteris comptana.” 

. scitula Cress. (Ctenochira) New Jersey (Cress). 

. leucozonata Ashm. Philadelphia (Jn) and sure to occur in New Jer- 


sey. Parasitic on “Grapholita interstictana.” 


PANTELES Forst. 


. mellithorax Ashm. Clementon VI, 30 (Jn); a mss. name. 


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626 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


PIMPLA Fab. 


P. marginata Prov. (annulipes Auct., not Brullé). Throughout the 
State; parasitic on a great variety of caterpillars from “Papilio ajax” 
to ‘““Carpocapsa pomonella.” 


c 


Fig. 254.—Pimpla conquisitor: a, larva; c, pupa; d, adult female; 
all enlarged: other letters refer to structural details. 


P. conquisitor Say. Throughout the State; one of the commonest para- 
sites in caterpillars. 


P. grapholithze Cress. Reared from “Grapholitha caryana.” 


P. indagatrix Walsh. G. d. in the United States (Cress); bred from 
“Tortrix incertana,’ ‘‘Acrobasis juglandis,’ “Coleophora cinderella.” 


P. inquisitoriella D. T. (inquisitor Say.) Throughout the State; a com- 
mon parasite on a great variety of lepidopterous larve. 


P. notanda Cress. Riverton V, 1 (Jn); New Jersey (Cress Coll); para- 
sitic on “Lepidoptera” generally, but not common. 


P. pedalis Cress. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island IX (Ds); New Brunswick 
(Sm). 


P. picticornis Cress. New Jersey is the type locality. 
P. rufovariegata Cress. (rufovariata) New Jersey (Cress). 


P. scriptifrons Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress) and is parasitic 
on the common spider “Epeira riparia.” 


P. tenuicornis Cress. Anglesea V, 28, parasitic on ‘‘Sesia caudata” (Sm). 


P. pterelas Say. New Jersey (Cress Coll); parasitic on “Pedisca scud- 
deriana”’ and “Gelechia galle@solidaginis.” 


THERONIA Holmg. 


T. ‘melanocephala Brullé. Palisades VIII, 11 (Dke); New Jersey (Ashm). 


T. fulvescens Cress. Little Falls V (Ds); Lahaway X, 13 (Coll); a para- 
site on “Pimpla conquisitor.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 627 


PERITHOUS Holmg. 


pleuralis Cress. Nyack, N. Y. (Zabriskie), and sure to occur in North 
Jersey. 


CALLIEPHIALTES Ashm. 


. xanthothorax Ashm. Parasitic on “‘Euura nodus.” 


EPHIALTES Grav. 


. albipes Cress. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 


comstocki Cress. Reared from ‘Retinia comstockiana.” 


. irritator Fab. Trenton IV, 24, Wenonah V, 16 (Hk); Clementon V, 10 


(Jn); Manumuskin X, 8-21 (Dke); reared from ‘‘Liopus variegatus.” 


. Mesocentrus Gray. (rex Kriech). A European parasite of “Coccyx 


resinana”’ introduced into New York State (Ashm), and which prob- 
ably occurs in New Jersey as well. 


. tuberculatus Foure. Probably introduced from Europe, where it is 


parasitic on a variety of wood-boring coleopterous larve, one of 
which, “Cryptorhynchus lapathi,’ also occurs in New Jersey. Also 
infests lepidopterous larve. 


MEGARHYSSA Ashm. (THALESSA Holm.) 


atrata Fab. Common throughout the State (Sm). 


. nitida Cress. Has been taken on the Palisades, near Fort Lee. 

. nortoni Cress. Rare at Caldwell (Cr). 

. greenei Vier. Type locality, Boonton (Vk). 

. magnifica Vier. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 

. lunator Fab. Throughout the State, hardly less common than “atrata.’’ 


Parasitic on “Tremex columba’”’ These species are the common, long- 
tailed “Ichneumons,” often found with their bristle-like ovipositors 
inserted into trees; hence generally suspected of being wood-borers. 


RHYSSA Grav. 


. persuasoria Linn. This, with its variety ‘“albomaculata”’ Cress., no 
p 


doubt occurs throughout the State. It has been reared from ‘‘Mono- 
hammus scutellator” and “confusor,’ and in Europe is parasitic on 
species of ‘“‘Sirex.” 


MENISCUS Schiddte. 


. johnsoni Davis. Jamesburg (Jn); type locality in New Jersey. 
. scutellaris Cress. (Bathycetes) Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); bred 


from “Gelechia pseudacaciella.”’ 


. mirabilis Cress. (Asphragis) New Jersey district. 


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Fig. 255.—Long-tailed ichneumon, Megarhyssa lunator: a, larva; b, head of same en- 
larged; c, pupa; d, tip of pupal ovipositor enlarged; e, female adult; f, tip of 
her abdomen from side; g, male adult; h, tip of abdomen enlarged. 


ile Sse 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 629 


LISSONOTA Grav. 


. acrobasidis Ashm. Reared from ‘Mineola indiginella.” 


PHYTODIETUS Grav. 


. distinctus Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada (Cress). 
. vulgaris Cress. Ocean. County V (Sm). 


ARENETRA Holmg. 


. nigrita Walsh. G. d. in the United States and Canada (Cress). 


LAMPRONOTA Halid. 


- agilis Cress. New York, Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey. 
. rubrica Cress. (Lissonota) New Jersey (Cress); Trenton IV, 24 


(Hk). 


. tegularis Cress. (Alloplasta) New Jersey district. 

. varia Cress. (Alloplasta) Sure to occur in New Jersey. 
. insita Cress. New Jersey (Cress). 

. pleuralis Cress. Parasitic on “Tortrix incertana.” 


parva Cress. (Bathycetes) New Jersey probably. 


. pulchella Cress. (Alloplasta) New Jersey (Cress), the type locality. 
. occidentalis Cress. Jamaica, L. I., VI (Coll), and should be found in 


New Jersey. 


. relativa Vier. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


GROTEA Cress. 


. anguina Cress. Woodbury VI, 27 (Jn); Ocean Grove VII (Ashm); type 


locality in New Jersey; reared from “Ceratina dupla,’ of which it is 
a parasite (Vk) 


LABENA Cress. 


. grallator Say. New Brunswick (Coll), Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (Hk); 


DaCosta VII, 20, Manumuskin (Dke). 


. apicalis Cress. New Brunswick (Sm); reared from ‘“Chrysobothris 


femorata.” 


AROTES Grav. 


. amoenus Cress. New Hope VII, 10 (Hk). 

. decorus Say. Boonton VIII, 12 (GG). 

. venustus Cress. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn). 
. vicinus Cress. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn). 


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COLEOCENTRUS Grav. 


. rufus Prov. Pennsylvania.and probably New Jersey. 


MESOSTENUS Grav. 


. arvalis Cress. Parasitic in nest of “Polistes.” 
. americana Cress. Maine to Virginia (Cress). 
. gracilis Cress. Sea Isle City VII, 22 (Jn); parasitic on ‘“Dakruma 


coccidivora” and “Ephestia kuehniella.”’ 


- Spinarius Brullé. Trenton VIII, 12, Clementon VIII, 30 (Hk). 
. thoracicus Cress. Atco VI, 4 (Jn). 
. delawarensis D. T. (albopictus Cress.) Trenton VII, 11, Pemberton 


VIII, 12 (Hk); Riverton VIII, 4, Westville VII, 21, Atco VI, 18 (Jn). 


. albomaculatus Cress. Westville VI, 6 (Jn); Ocean Grove VIII (Ashm). 


CRYPTUS Fab. 


. alacris Cress. Canada to Delaware (Cress). 
. contiguus Cress. Canada to Maryland (Cress). 
. punicus Cress. Glassboro IX, 19 (Jn). 


subclavatus Say. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 


. retentor Brullé. Staten Island IX (Ds); Philadelphia (Ashm). 

. limatus Cress. Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 

. mundus Proy. Parasitic on “Crambus vulvivagellus.” 

. nigripennis Ashm. ‘Type locality in New Jersey (Vk). 

. nuncius Say. (Spilocryptus) Newark V, 380, Jamesburg on “Botis 


feudalis”’ (Sm); also parasitic on the large “Saturniids,’ “cecropia, 
promothea,” etc. 


. extrematis Cress. (Spilocryptus) Jamesburg (Sm); Lucaston IX, 9 


(Hk). 


. latus D. T. (S. incertus Cress.) Long Island (Ashm) and probably 


New Jersey. 


. persimilis Cress. (Itamoplex) Avalon VI, 30, Sea Isle VII, 22 (Jn). 
. americanus Cress. (lItamoplex) Great Notch VII, 10 (Dke); New 


Brunswick (Sm); Clementon VIII, 11 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk). 


. lavogleri D. T. (Itamoplex nigricornis Prov.) Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 
. linearis Prov. (lIdiolispa leniatus Cress.) Clementon V, 16 (Jn). It is 


probable that Ashmead intended this by his record in last edition. 


. similis Cress. (Idiolispa:—Trychosis montivagus Prov.) New York to 


Delaware (Ashm). 


ACRORICNUS Ratz. 


. junceus Cress. (Osprynchotus) Reared from a nest of ‘“Odynerus 


tigris,” taken, I think, in this State by Mr. V. A. E. Daecke. 


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. thyridopterigis Riley. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 631 


PEZOMACHUS Grav. 


. dimidiatus Cress. New York (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 

. meabilis Cress. Staten Island (Ds). 

. obscurus Cress. Type locality in New Jersey (Cress). 

. uniformis D. T. (unicolor Cress.) Massachusetts to Delaware (Cress) 


and surely New Jersey. 


. tantillus Cress. Riverton V, 17 (Jn). 
. insolitus How. A parasite of the white-marked tussock moth. 
. minimus Walsh. Parasitic on the army worm. 


APTESIS Forst. 


. micropterus Say. A parasite of the currant worm. 


HEMITELES Grav. 


. tenellus Say. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. utilis Norton. Jamesburg, parasitic on ‘“Anisota senatoria’”’ (Sm); 


also on ‘‘Papilio cresphontes” and “‘Lophyrus abietis.” 


. laticinctus Ashm. Parasitic on the army worm. 
. lyceenze How. A parasite on “Lyczna pseudargiolus.” 


nemativorus Walsh. A parasite of the currant worm. 


(Syneches) Throughout 
the State, a parasite of 
the common bag-worm. 


H. columbiz Vier. Reared 
from ‘“Pimpla inquisitori- 
ella”; n. n. for ‘“ameri- 
cana” How., not Ashm. 

H. meteow How. (Bathy- terigis: a, male; b, female; c, cut through 
thrix) Reared from bag to show the cocoons of the para- 
“Meteorus communis.” site: all enlarged. 

H. pimple How. Another hyperparasite on “P. inquisitoriella.” 

H. orgyize Ashm. Reared from the common tussock moth. 

AENOPLEX Forst. 

AZ. betulzecola Ashm. (Acnoplix) Jamesburg (Sm); bred from “Acron- 
ycta betule.” 

ACROLYTA Forst. 

A. aletizse Ashm. (lIsodromas) Parasitic on “Apanteles aletiz.” 

A. empretiz Ashm. A parasite on the saddle-back caterpillar. 

A. mesochori Ashm. Reared from ‘‘Apanteles congregatus.” 

A. smerinthi Ashm: Bred from caterpillar of “Smerinthus geminatus” at 


New Brunswick (Sm); a mss. name. 


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PHYGADEUON Grav. 


- vulgaris Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. subfuscus Cress. With the preceding. 
- fulvescens Cress. (Plesiognathus flavescens. Cress.) New Jersey 


(Jn). 
APSILOPS Forst. 


. hirtifrons Ashm. Reared from ‘‘Hydrocampa obliteralis.” 


STILPNUS Grav. 


.» americanus Cress. Great Notch VIII, 10 (Dke); Staten Island IX (Ds). 
- compressus Cress. (Asyncrita) New York (Ashm) and _ probably 


New Jersey. 
SELEUCUS Holm. 


. rufiventris AShm. New York (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 


PHAZOGENES Wesm. 


. fungor Nort. Long island, Philadelphia (Ashm); parasite on “Lo- 


phyrus abietis.” 


. hebe Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 

. alter Cress. Parasitic on peach borer and currant stem borer. 

. gelechize Ashm. Reared from “Gelechia gallesolidaginis.” 

. hebrus Cress. (Herpestomus) New York (Ashm) and probably New 


Jersey. 
CENTETERUS Wesm. 


tuberculifrons Prov. Long Island (Ashm). and probably New Jersey. 


COLPOGNATHUS Wesm. 


. helvus Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 


NEOTYPUS Forst. 


. lapidator Fab. Trenton VIII, 3 (Hk). 


PLATYLABUS Wesm. 


. thoracicus Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada. 
. foxi Davis. Camden County (Davis), the type locality. 


ICHNEUMON Linn. 


. bimembris Prov. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. brevicinctor Say. Trenton V, 21, VIII, 22 (Hk). 
. blandi Cress. Trenton VIII, 12 (Hk). 


bronteus Cress. With the preceding. 
caliginosus Cress. A parasite of “Limnitis archippus.” 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 633 


. coeruleus Cress. Newark, New Brunswick, Lahaway VIII, X (Sm). 
. centrator Say. Boonton II, 27 (GG); Staten Island XI (Ds); New 


Brunswick, bred from ‘“‘Pyrrharctia isabella’ (Sm). 


. cincticornis Cress. Staten Island IV (Ds); Trenton VIII, 22 (Hk). 

. citrifrons Cress. New Jersey, without definite locality (Sm). 

- comes Cress. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); Westville VI, 6 (Jn). 

- comptus Say. Staten Island (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); Westville VI, 6 (Jn). 
- consignatus Cress. New Jersey probably. 

. creperus Cress. New Jersey district. 

. Cevinctor Say. Staten Island II (Ds). 

. duplicatus Say. Pemberton IX, 11 (Hk); New Jersey (Sm). 

. extrematatis Cress. Staten Island VI (Ds); Riverton IX, 11 (GG); 


Trenton V, 138, Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 


. feralis Cress. Should occur in New Jersey. 

. finitimus Cress. New Jersey district. 

. flavicornis Cress. Trenton VI, 13 (Hk); New Jersey (Sm). 

. flavizonatus Cress. Should be found in New Jersey. 

. funestus Cress. Trenton VIII, 19 (Hk). 

. fuscifrons Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 

. galenus Cress. Trenton VII, 1, VIII, 19, Riverton IV, 10, Glassboro V, 


ity) (Qelts))- 


- germanus Cress. Massachusetts to Virginia (Cress). 

- grandis Brullé. Clementon V, 10 (CG). 

. helvipes Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 

. insolens Cress. A generally distributed parasite of “Vanessa antiopa.” 
- instabilis Cress. (Amblyteles innotabilis Cress.) New Jersey (Cress 


Coll); a parasite of the common ‘Phyciodes tharos.” 


. jejunus Cress (also in Amblyteles) Trenton V, 24 (Hk). 
. jucundus Brullé. Long Island (Ashm); Germantown (Hk) and doubt- 


less in New Jersey; parasitic on ‘“‘“Hadena devastatrix.”’ 


. lztus Brullé. Staten Island VII (Ds); Newark, New Brunswick, Laha- 


way (Coll); Trenton VII, 7, VIII, 19 (Hk); Riverton VII, 12 (GG). 


. leucaniae Fitch. A parasite of the army worm in New York, and sure 


to be found in New Jersey as well. 


. leviculus Cress. Ranges from New York to Virginia (Cress). 
. lewisii Cress. Trenton VII, 25 (Hk). 


libens Cress. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


. lividulus Prov. Newark, bred from “Agrotis e-nigrum” (Sm). 
. longulus Cress. G.d. im the United States (Cress). 

. manis Cress. Massachusetts to N. Carolina (Cress). 

. merus Cress. Trenton VIII, 5 (Hk). 


634 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


I. malacus Say. New Brunswick IX, 2, Jamesburg IX (Sm); reared from 
“Spilosoma virginica” and “Sesia syringe.” 


. maurus Cress. Staten Island (Ds); Trenton VI, 27 (Hk). 
. milvus Cress. United States generally (Cress). 

. mimicus Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 

. mucronatus Prov. Canada to Virginia (Cress). 


. nanus Cress. New Brunswick VII, from “Acrobasis rubrifasciella” 
(Sm). 


. navus Say. Staten Island IV, V (Ds). 
. nuncius Cress. Staten Island IV (Ds). 
. otiosus Say. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


. paratus Say. Riverton VI, 13, Glenside VI, 10 (Hk); Philadelphia VI 
(Fox). 


. parvus Cress. United States generally (Cress). 


. pepticus Cress. Recorded from New Jersey by Cresson. 
. pomilius Prov. G. d. in the United States and Canada (Cress). 
. pulcher Brullé. With the preceding (Cress). 


. purpuripennis Cress. New Brunswick V, 4 from “Noctua c-nigrum”’ 
(Coll). 


I. acerbus Cress. New Jersey, probably. 

I. agnitus Cress. New Jersey district. 

I. annulatus Prov. Clementon V, 22 (Jn). 

I. annulipes Cress. Sea Isle City VI, 21 (Jn). 

l. apertus Cress. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 
]. ater Cress. Found in the New Jersey district. 
I. azotus Cress. Clementon VIII, 23 (Hk). 


1. pullatus Cress. Reared from “Spilosoma virginica” and “Nematus ven- 
tralis.” 


l. residuus Say. “United States” (Say). 
|. rubicundus Cress. G. d., a parasite of “Lophyrus abietis.” 


]. rufiventris Brullé. Trenton VII, 15, Malaga IX, 15 (Hk); New Jersey 
(Cress Coll); reared from ‘‘Pyrameis” and “Vanessa.” 


. scriptifrons Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. scitulus Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada (Cress). 
. sagus Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 


. seminiger Cress. Trenton IX, 7, Riverton IX, 19 (Hk); New Jersey 
(Cress Coll). 


l. signatipes Cress. Trenton VIII, 22, Clementon V, X, Anglesea VI, 11 
(Hk); bred from ‘“Spilosoma virginica.” 


]. soror Cress. Westville VII, 4 (Jn). 
1. suadus Cress. Trenton VIII, 19, Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 
1]. subcyaneus Cress. Caldwell (Cr); Trenton V, 16 (Hk). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 635 


. subdolus Cress. Staten Island (Ds); Long Island (Ashm). 
. sublatus Cress. (Amblyteles) Staten Island VIII (Ds); Trenton VIII, 


19 (Hk); Clementon V (Jn). 


. Succinctus Brullé (also as Ambiytelus). Throughout the State V-IX, 


common. 


. solitus Cress. Camden Co. III (Jn). 
. unifasciatorius Say. Caldwell, parasite on “Acronycta oblinita” (Cr); 


New Brunswick, Atlantic Co. (Coll); Trenton VII, 5, Avon IX, 27 
(Hk). 


. ultimus Cress. Cramer Hill V, 21 (Jn). 

. utilis Cress. G. d., parasitic on the Canker worm. 

. vittifrons Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 

. variegatus Cress. G.d. in the United States (Cress). 

. vitalis Cress. Long Island (Ashm), and sure to occur in New Jersey. 

. velox Cress. New Jersey (Cress). 

. versabilis Cress. Widely distributed; reared from “‘Grapta faunus” and 


“Chrysophanus hypophleas.”’ 


. vescus Prov. G. d. in the United States and Canada (Cress). 
. vinnulus Cress. Jamesburg (Sm); Trenton VIII, 23, Clementon VIII, 


23 (Hk). 


. viola Cress. Long Island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 

. volens Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada. 

. w-album Cress. Staten Island VI (Ds); Trenton V, 24, VIII, 19 (Hk). 
. wilsonii Cress. G. d. in the United States (Cress). 

. zebratus Cress. Of general distribution in the United States (Cress). 

. tharotis Pack. Reared from “Phyciodes tharos.” 

. orpheus Cress. (Chasmodes) Probably occurs in New Jersey. 

. saucius Cress. (Chasmodes) Trenton VII, 9 (Hk). 

. nubivagus Cress. (Amblyteles) Long Island (Zabriskie); parasitic on 


“Cucullia intermedia.” 


. tetricus Prov. (Probolus) New York (Ashm) and probably New Jer- 


sey. 


. brevipennis Cress. (Exephanes) Long Island (Ashm) and probably 


New Jersey. 


. confirmatus Cress. (Exephanes) Occurs with the preceding. 
. ultus Cress. (Amblyteles) G. d. in the United States and Canada 


(Cress). 


. suturalis Say. Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (Cress Coll). 

. subfuscus Cress. (Amblyteles) Staten Island X (Ds). 

. semicceruleus Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada. 

. rufizonatus Cress. (Amblyteles and Probolus) New Jersey (Cress). 
. ormenus Cress. G. d. in the United States and Canada. 


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T. 


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T. 


In this family the abdomen is long, 
flattened transversely and attached 


luctus Cress. Newark, bred from a Noctuid larva (Sm). 
indistinctus Prov. G. d. in the United States and Canada. 
improvisus Cress. New Jersey (Cress). 

fraternus Cress. Massachusetts to Virginia (Cress). 
excultus Cress. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


. detritus Brullé. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


anceps Cress. Connecticut to Delaware (Cress). 


. concinnus Say. (Plagiotrypes) New Jersey, probably. 
. trogiformis Cress. (Trogomorpha) New Jersey (Cress Coll). 
. cinctitarsis Prov. Trenton V, 24 (Hk). 


HOPLISMENUS Grav. 


. morulus Say. Staten Island (Ds); New Jersey III (Jn). Reared from 


“Grapta interrogationis” and “Vanessa antiopa.” 


TROGUS Grav. 


. nubilipennis Hald. Orange Mts., rare (Sm); parasitic on “Papilio 


asterias” and “Pyrrharctia isabella.” 


. obsidianator Brullé. Orange Mts., near Montclair(Sm). 


elegans Cress. Delaware Water Gap VII, 15 (Jn). 


. brullei Cress. (Automalus) Chester, Newark, New Brunswick from 


Sphingid larve (Sm); Westville VI, 7 (Jn). 
copei Cress. Will probably be found in New Jersey. 
canadensis Prov. Staten Island IX (Ds). 


vulpinus Grav. (Psilomastix ex- 
esorius) Throughout the State, 
common V-IX; parasitic on 
swallow-tail and other butter- 
flies. 


Family EKVANIID. 


by a narrow base to the top of the Fig. 257.—Trogus vulpinus on chrysalis of 
thorax. Papilio, from which it has emerged. 


Ei 


F. 


FCENUS Fab. 
tarsatorius Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 9 (Jn); visits flowers of golden- 
rod. 


montanus var. incertus Cress. Visits flowers of parsnip (Vk) and 
sure to occur in New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 637 


HYPTIS Illiger. 
H. reticulata Say. Caldwell (Cr). 


EVANIA Fab. 


E. appendigaster Linn. A cosmopolitan species, parasitic in egg cap- 
sules of roaches, which I have found at Newark and New Brunswick. 


E. levigata Oliv. A parasite on the oriental roach or black beetle, and 
also probably found in New Jersey. 


PRISTAULACUS Kieff. 


P. stigmaterus Cress. (Aulacus) New Jersey is the type locality. 


vU 


. subfirmus Vier. Riverton VII, 17 (Jn) the type locality. 
P. fasciatus Say. DaCosta VII, 19 (W). 


PAMMEGISCHIA Prov. 


P. lovei Ashm. Palisades V (Lv) the type locality. 


P. pallipes Cress. (Aulacus) New York (Ashm) and probably New Jer- 
sey. 


P. burquei Prov. Reared from ‘“Xiphidria abdominalis.” 


Super-family CHALCIDOIDEA. 


A large number of the parasitic ““Hymenoptera” are referable to this 
series, and they are usually rather stout, with broad head, elbowed an- 
tenne and frequently metallic colors. The wings have few or no veins, 
are often clothed with short hairs and are occasionally wanting in one 
sex or both. The ovipositor is more or less concealed, and usually issues 
from the underside of the abdomen before the tip. 

A small number of species are plant-feeders, and some of these, like 
the “joint-worms,” are occasionally injurious. More of them are hyper- 
parasites upon species that are themselves parasitic, and these act as 
checks to the increase of the primary parasites. 


Family MYMARIDA. 


ANAPHES Halid. 


A. gracilis How. Parasitic on the common oyster-shell scale. 
A. conotracheli Girault. Bred from eggs of the plum curculio. 


POLYNEMA Halid. 


P. howardi Ashm. Should be found in New Jersey. 
P. cecanthi Ashm. New Jersey (Ashm); a mss. name. 


638 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family TRICHOGRAMMIDA5. 


TRICHOGRAMMA Westw. 


T. odontota How. A parasite on “Odontota suturalis.” 


Fig. 258.—An insect egg parasite, Trichogramma 
pretiosa, very much enlarged. 


T. pretiosa Riley. An egg parasite which surely occurs in New Jersey. 
T. ceresarum Ashm. Reared from the buffalo tree-hopper. 


T. intermedium How. Parasitic on “Grapta,”’ ‘Vanessa,’ “Danais” and 
“Nisoniades.” 


T. minutum Riley. Parasitic on “Limenitis archippus.”’ 


Family KULOPHIDAS. 


CRATOTRECHUS Thoms. 


C. orgyiz Fitch. New Jersey; a parasite of the tussock moth. 


SYMPIESIS Forst. 
S. nigrifemora Ashm. Parasitic on leaf miners of balsam and oak and 
also of the trumpet leaf-miner of the apple. 
. uroplatze How. Breeds in “Odontota suturalis.”’ 
. tischeriz Ashm. Breeds in the trumpet leaf miner of apple. 
. nigripes Ashm. Has the same habits as the preceding. 


. quercicola Ashm. South Orange VI, 16; parasitic on petiole borer of 
maple leaf (Coll). 


ann nN 


CIRROSPILUS Westw. 


C. niger How. Reared from “Pyrameis atalanta.” 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 630 


ELACHISTUS Spin. 


. proteoteratis How. Reared from “Proteoteras esculana.” 
. caceecize How. Parasitic on “Cac. rosaceana”’ and “Hyph. cunea.” 
. spilosomatis How. Parasitic on ‘“Spilosoma virginica.” 


STENOMESIUS Westw. 


. harrisinee Ashm. Reared from “Harrisina americana.” 


MIOTROPIS Thoms. 


. clisiocampzee Ashm. New Brunswick, bred from “Clis. americana” 


(Sm). 
LEUCODESMIA How. 


. typica How. A parasite on “HKuleucanium tulipifera.” 


EUPLECTRUS Westw. 


. catocale How. A parasite on Catocala larve. 
. plathypenze How. Parasitic on ‘“Plathypena scabra.” 
. frontalis How. Riverton IV, 17 (Jn). 


ANOZUS Forst. 


. siphonophorze Ashm. Breeds in species of “Siphonophora.” 


BARYSCAPUS Forst. 


. centricole Ashm. Parasitic on “Holcaspis centricola.” 


TETRASTICHUS Halid. 


. racemariz Ashm. New Brunswick, parasitic on oak galls “Amphibo- 


lips cinerea” (Sm). 


. theclze Pack. A parasite on “Thecla calanus.”’ 

. banksi How. Breeds in ‘‘Holcopelta nitens.” 

. chlamytis Ashm. Parasitic on “Chlamys plicata.”’ 

. encyrti Ashm. A hyperparasite bred from the cottony maple scale, 


Newark VII, 12 (Coll). 


. microrhopala Ashm. Breeds in “Microrhopala xerene.” 
. modestus How. Parasite on “Grapta interrogations” and ‘“P. atalan- 


lil 


. productus Riley. A parasite of the Hessian fly. 

. rose Ashm. Bred from gall of “Rhodites ignota.” 

. saundersi Pack. Parasite of “Thecla calanus” and “edwardsi.” 
. scolyti Ashm. Breeds in the fruit bark beetle. 


SYNTOMOSPHYRUM Forst. 


. orgyize Ashm. Parasite on the tussock moth. 


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MELITTOBIA Westw. 


M. chalybii Ashm. Parasitic in nest of “Chalybion cceruleum.”’ 
M. megachilis Pack. Bred from “Megachile” and “Anthophora.” 


PERISSOPTERUS How. 

P. pulchellus How. Parasite on “Chionaspis pinifolie”’ and “‘Aspidiotus” 
sp. : 
APHELINUS Dalm. 

A. mali Hald. Parasitic on woolly apple, cabbage and other plant lice. 


A. mytilaspidis LeB. ‘Throughout the State on oyster shell scale and 
other scales. 


Cl ce 


oo 


Fig. 259.—Aphelinus fuscipennis: San José Scale parasite. 


A. fuscipennis How. Throughout the State, parasitic on the San José 
and other scales, sometimes very abundant. 


A. abnormis How. A parasite on the oyster shell scale. 
A. diaspidis How. Breeds in “Aulacaspis rose.” 


ABLERUS How. 


A. clisiocampze Ashm. Parasite on the Scurfy and other scales. 


PHYSCUS How. 


P. varicornis How. Parasitic on ‘“Aspidiotus” and “Chionaspis” sp. 


PROSPALTA How. 


P. aurantii How. Breeds in “Aspidiotus,’ “Mytilaspis” and other scale 
species. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 641 


COCCOPHAGUS Westw. 


. lecanii Fitch. Bred from Cottony Maple scale, Newark V, VII (Coll), 


and also parasitic on other soft scales throughout the State. 


. flavoscutellum Ashm. Bred from Cottony Maple scales VII, 28, and 


occurs also on other soft scales throughout the State. 


. fraternus How. A parasite on “Lecanium persice.”’ 


ERETMOCERUS Hald. 


. corni Hald. Parasitic on “Aleyrodes corni.” 


DEROSTENUS Westw. 


. antiopz Pack. Reared from “Vanessa antiopa.” 


HORISMENUS WIk. 


. fraternus Fitch. (Holocopelte) Bred from the tussock moth. 


EUDERUS Halid. 


. columbianus Ashm. (Trichoporus) Lives in Cecidomyiid galls and 


is widely distributed (Ashm). 


SECODES Forst. 


. phloeotribi Ashm. Parasitic in “Phloeotribus frontalis.”’ 


Family ELASMIDA. 


ELASMUS Wéestw. 


. nigripes How. Bred from “Lithocolletis gregariella.” 
. albicoxa How. Reared from “Liminitis archippus.” 
, tischeriz How. Reared from “Tischeria solidaginifoliella.” 


Family PTEROMALIDA. 


SPALANGIA Latr. 


. drosophilz Ashm. Parasite on the Pommace flies. 
. hzematobize Ashm. A parasite of the horn-fly. 


CRATOMUS Dalm. 


. megacephalus Dalm. New Brunswick VI, 1 (Coll). 


CYRTOGASTER WIk. 


. dineutis Ashm. Bred from ‘“Dineutes assimilis.” 


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PACHYNEURON WIk, 


altiscuta How. New Jersey district. 


. micans How. A parasite on the wheat louse. 
. aphidivorum Ashm. Parasitic on the cabbage plant louse. 


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. Nigrocyaneum Nort. Bred from “Lophyrus abietis.” 


ISOCRATUS Forst. 


I. vulgaris Wlk. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); reared from “Aphis 
rose,” “Agromyza lutea” and “Curculio pomorum.” 


HOMOPORUS Thoms. 


H. chalcidephagus Walsh. Parasitic on “Isosoma hordei.”’ 
H. subapterus Riley. (Micromelus) A parasite of the Hessian fly. 


MERISUS WIk. 


M. destructor Say. (Micromelus) Also lives in the Hessian fly. 
M. fulvipes Forbes. Also on the Hessian fly. 
M. isosomatis Riley. Reared from ‘“Isosoma tritici.” 


ARTHROLYTUS Thom. 


A. apatela Ashm. Bred from “Acronycia populi.”’ 
A. pimple Ashm. Parasitic on “Pimpla inquisitoriella.”’ 


DIBRACHYS Forst. 


Fig. 260.—Dibrachys boucheanus: female adult and antenna of 
male: both enlarged. 


D. boucheanus Ratz. Throughout the State. Bred out of the Americam 
tent caterpillar and in thousands as a secondary parasite out of 
Cecropia cocoons parasitized by “Pimpla” and “Spilochalcis.” Breeds. 
in many other primary parasites. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 643 


HYPOPTEROMALUS Ashm. 


. tabacum Fitch. New Jersey (Ashm); bred from “Apanteles congre- 


gatus.” 


NEOCATALACCUS Ashm. 


. tylodermez Ashm. ‘Trenton IX, 7 (Dn); parasitic on “Tyloderma fove- 


olatum.”’ 


CATOLACCUS Thoms. 


. anthomomi Ashm. Egg Harbor (Coll), bred from strawberry weevil. 
. celiodis Ashm. Reared from “Acanthoscelis acephalus.”’ 
. incertus Ashm. Parasitic in strawberry weevil and in species of 


“Apion.” 


PTEROMALUS Swed. 


. gelechize Webster. A parasite of the Angoumois grain moth. 
. fuscipes Prov. New York (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. puparum Linn. Throughout the State; the most common parasite of 


the cabbage butterfly, also on many other butterfly caterpillars. 


. vanessz Harris. Parasitic on “Vanessa antiopa’” throughout the 


State. 


- archippi How. Breeds in the common milkweed caterpillar. 
: brassiczee Pack. Another parasite of the cabbage butterfly. 
. calandree How. (Meraporus) A parasite of the grain weevil “Calandra 


Oryze.” 


. forbesi D. T. Parasite on the Hessian fly. 
. verditer Nort. Bred from “Lophyrus abietis.” 


DIGLOCHIS Forst. 


. omnivora Wlk. Bred from ‘‘Pyrameis atalanta” and other caterpillars. 


EUTELUS Walk. 


. onerati Fitch. New York and probably New Jersey. 


RAPHITELUS Walk. 


. maculatus Walk. New Brunswick IV, VIII, bred from the white pine 


weevil (Sm); also infests ‘““Hylesinus” and “Scolytus” sp. 


PSILOCERA Walk. 


. rufipes Ashm. (Metopon) Bred from “Chlamys plicata.” 


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HETEROXYS Westw. 


H. callidii AShm. Parasitic on “‘Callidium antennatum.” 


CCELOPISTHUS Thoms. 


C. smithii Ashm. Jamesburg (Sm); a mss. name. Bred from a larva 
feeding on “Amelanchier.” 


Family ENCYRTID. 


RHOPUS Forst. 


R. coccois Smith. Parasitic on ‘“‘Phenacoccus aceris.” 


CHILONEURUS Westw. 


C. albicornis How. New Jersey, bred from “Huleucanium.” 
C. diaspidinarum How. Parasitic on the oyster shell scale. 


APHYCUS Mayr. 


A. brunneus How. Vineland, parasitic on the rose scale (Treat). 
A. pulvinariz How. A parasite of the cottony maple scale. 


HOMALOTYLUS Mayr. 


H. obscurus How. Parasitic on several of our lady bird beetles; “H. 
terminalis” Say. is an error. 


BOTHRIOTHORAX Ratz. 


B. noveboracensis How. New York, and probably New Jersey. 
B. peculiaris How. Bred from puparia of Syrphid flies (Ashm). 


COPIDOSOMA Ratz. 


C. gelechizs How. Beach Haven IX, 6-24, from larve of “Gelechia galle- 
solidaginis” or an allied species (Coll). 


. truncatellum Dalm. Breeds in a great variety of caterpillars. 
. intermedium How. Recorded from New Jersey. 
. turni Pack. (Encyrtus) Parasitic on the “turnus” butterfly. 


Qa00ag0 0 


. vagum How. Bred from “Gelechia pseudacaciella.” 


PSILOPHRYS Mayr. 


P. pallipes Ashm. Parasitic on “Gelechia gallesolidaginis.” 


ENCYRTUS Dalm. 


E. bucculatricis How. A parasite on “Bucculatrix pomifoliella.” 


mmm m 


. cyaneiceps Ashm. New 


. cornigerzee Ashm. Reared 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 645 


. aphidiphagus Ashm. Bred from the cabbage louse. 

. artaceze How. Reared from “Artace punctistriga.” 

. clisiocampze Ashm. A parasite on “Clisiocampa disstria.” 
. websteri How. Reared from “Nectarophora granaria.” 


DINOCARSIS Forst. 


. thyridopterygis Ashm. A parasite of the bag or drop-worm. 


ARACHNOPHAGA Ashm. 


. picea Riley. In egg sacs of spider “Epeira” and “Argiope.”’ 


ANASTATUS Mots. 


. mirabilis Walsh. Widely distributed in the United States, from the 


Atlantie to the Pacific (Ashm). 


. pearsalli Ashm. Parasite in eggs of “Smerinthus astylus.” 


EUPELMUS Dalm. 


allynii French. Common 
in wheat fields, Clemen- 
ton V, 22 (Jn); parasitic 
on the joint worm and 
Hessian fly. 


Brunswick (Sm); Cramer 
Hill VII, 11 (Jn); bred 
from “Bruchus exiguus.” 


from ‘“‘Andricus  corni- 
gerus.” 


Fig. 261.—Eupelmid, parasite on eggs of katydid: 
. hirtus Ashm. Parasitic on a, eggs from which parasite has issued, natural 
“Thyanta custator.” size; b, pupa, and c, adult, enlarged. 


EUSANDALUM Ratz. 


. hubbardi Ashm. Reared from “‘Leptostylus biustus.” 


amphicerovora Ashm. Bred from “Amphicerus bicaudatus.” 


CHARITOPUS Forst. 


: magnificus Ashm. A parasite on “Amphicerus bicaudatus.” 


METAPELMA Westw. 


. spectabile Westw. United State, from Atlantic to Pacific (Ashm). 


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Family CLEONYMID. 


PLATYGERRHUS Thoms. 
P. scolyti Ashm. Bred from the fruit bark ‘beetle. 


PTINOBIUS Ashm. 


P. magnificus Ashm. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 


CHEIROPACHYS Westw. 


C. colon Linn. Also parasitic on the fruit bark beetle and species of 
similar boring habits. 


EPISTENIA Westw. 


E. osmiz Ashm. Parasitic on bees of the genus “Osmia”’ (Ashm). 


Family MISCOGASTERID/. 


HALTICOPTERA Spin. 


H. brodiei AShm. Reared from ‘“Biorhiza forticornis.” 


HEMADAS Crawford. 


H. nubilipennis Ashm. (Habritus) A parasite of ‘“Solenozopheria vac- 
einii’; New Brunswick (Sm). 


SEMIOTELLUS Westw. 


S. clisiocampze Fitch. Parasitic on “Clisiocampa sylvatica.” 


TRIDYMUS Ratz. 


T. metallicus Ashm. In willow galls (Ashm); said to be parasitic on 
“Cecidomyiids. 


EUNOTUS Walk. 


E. lividus Ashm. Bred from Cottony Maple scale, Newark VII, 12 (Coll). 


Family EUCHARID. 


METAGEA Kirby. 


M. schwarzii Ashm. (Pseudometagea) New Jersey district. 


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Family PERILAMPID. 


PERILAMPUS Latr. 


Fig. 262.—Perilampus hyalinus; adult and cocoon; enlarged. 


. hyalinus Say. (cyaneus Brullé.) Caldwell (Cr); Westville VII, 21 


(Jn); DaCosta VII, 5 (Dke); Atlantic Co. VIII, parasite on pine saw- 
fly (Coll). 


. triangularis Say. Atco VI, 13 (Jn). 
. platygaster Say. Riverton VIII, 11 (Jn). 
. fulvicornis Ashm. New Jersey (Vk). 


Family FURYTOMID. 


DECATOMA Spin. 


. varians Walsh. New Brunswick (Sm). 
. nubilistigma Walsh. Bred from “Rhabdophaga batatas.” 


querci-lanze Fitch. (hyalinipennis Walsh.) New Brunswick (Sm). 


var. dorsalis Fitch. (Eudecatoma) New Brunswick (Sm); bred from 
“Philonix erinacei’”’ and “Ceroptres ficus.” 


EUDECATOMA Ashm. 


batatoides Ashm. Reared from “Neuroterus batatus.” 


RILEYA Ashm. 


. cecidomyiz Ashm. On Cecidomyiid galls (Ashm). 
. eecanthi Ashm. (Macrorileya) Reared from eggs of tree cricket; 


type locality in New Jersey. 


EURYTOMA Illig. 


. bolteri Riley. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm). 
. bicolor Walsh. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 
. diastrophi Walsh. Newark V, New Brunswick (Sm); bred from galls 


of ‘“Diastrophus nebulosus.”’ 


. lanulee Fitch. New York and probably New Jersey. 


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E. studiosa Say. New Brunswick (Coll) in galls of ‘“Euura salicicola.”’ 
E. auriceps Walsh. New Brunswick (Sm). 

E. agrili Ashm. Reared from “Agrilus otiosus.” 
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. crassineura Ashm. A _ parasite of the fruit 
bark beetle. 


E. magdalidis Ashm. Parasitic on ‘“Magdalis 
armicollis.” 

E. phloeosini Ashm. MReared from “Phlcosinus 
dentatus.” 

E. phloeotribi Ashm. Reared from “Phiceotribus 
frontalis.”’ 


E. tylodermatis Ashm. Parasitic on “Tyloderma”’ 
and “Apion.” 


BRUCHOPHAGUS Ashm. 


B. funebris How. New Brunswick VII, Ocean 
Co. V (Sm); reared from “Dasyneura legu- 
minicola.” 


EVOXYSTOMA Ashm. Fig. 26g > Reena 
soma  ovipositing in 
stem of wheat: en- 
larged. 


E. vitis Saund. Work of larva in grape seeds 
noted at New Brunswick (Sm). 


ISOSOMA Walk. 


I. hordei Harr. Lives in stalk of grain; one of the joint-worms. 


. —_— 
Fig. 264.—Isosoma tritici; a, b, larva; f, female; g, fore wing; h, hind wing; 
other letters refer to details; all much enlarged. 


I]. tritici Riley. Also one of the joint worms. Both of these species occur 
in New Jersey, but have never been abundant enough to be injurious. 
They can be controlled by using up the straw completely during 
the winter. 


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. marie Riley. Common 


. braccata Sanb. Throughout 


. nortoni Cress. Newark, on 


. odontotze How. A parasite on “Odontota scutellaris.” 
S. delira Cress. Anglesea IX, 26 (Dke). $ 


. maculata Fab. New Jersey, probably. ve 
. microgaster Say. Cape May VI, 22 (Jn). 
. myrifex Sulz. (nigrifex Wlk). New Jersey probably. 


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AXIMA Walk. 


. zabriskei How. A parasite in the nest of “Ceratina dupla” (Ashm). 


Family CHALCIDID. 
SPILOCHALCIS Thom. 


. debilis Say. Parasitic on a variety of primary parasites on lepidop- 


terous larve known to occur in New Jersey. 


throughout the State, para- 
sitic on the bag-worm, the 
Cecropia, Polyphemus and 
other ‘‘Saturniid’ moths. 


the State VIII, IX not 
rare. 


Limacodes larva (Sm); 
Elizabeth VI, 1 (Coll); An- 
glesea VIII, 13 (Jn). 


Fig. 265.—Spilochalcis marie; enlarged. 


. torvina Cress. New Brunswick, Jamesburg VII (Sm); Cramer Hill V 


(Jn). 


. albifrons Walsh. Bred from ‘‘Pezomachus minimus.” 


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CHALCIS Fab. 


. flavipes Fab. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 
. ovata Say. New Brunswick VII, 17 (Coll); Clementon VIII, 6 (Jn); 


parasitic on a variety of lepidopterous larve, large and small. 


. tachinzee How. New Brunswick VII, 29 (Coll). 


PHASGONOPHORA Westw. 


. sulcata Westw. Merchantville VII, 14 (Jn); Clementon VI, 26 (Hk); 


Malaga VII, 20 (GG); Ocean Co. (Coll); bred from “Papilio” sp. 


LEUCOSPIS Fab. 
affinis Say. Caldwell (Cr); Trenton VII, 1 (Coll); Riverton IX, 14 
(Jn); Westville (Fox); Lakehurst VIII, 7 (Coll); Clementon VIII, IX 
(div); Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke); bred from nests of leaf-cutter bee. 


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Family TORYMID. 


ORMYRUS Westw. 


- vaccinicola Ashm. Bred from ‘‘Solenozopheria vaccinii,’” and almost 


certainly occurs in New Jersey. 


. ventricosus Ashm. New Brunswick (Sm); parasitic on “Andricus 


ventricosus.” 


» minutus AShm. New Brunswick (Sm); parasitic on ‘“Neuroterus 


laurifoliee.” 


. rose AsShm. Bred from “Rhodites ignota.’’ 
. cyaniceps Ashm. New Brunswick (Coll). 


MEGASTIGMUS Dalm. 


. canadensis Ashm. MReared from ‘‘Biorrhiza forticornis.” 


OLIGOSTHENUS Forst. 


. stigma Fab. Bred from “Rhodites rose” and “spinosissime.” 


DIOMORUS Walk. 


. zabriskei Cress. Parasitic in nests of “Ceratina dupla.” 


SYNTOMASPIS Forst. 


. advena Ashm. New Brunswick, in oak galls (Sm). 
. tubicola O.S. (Torymus) New Jersey, bred from galls of “Andricus 


flocci” and “A. tubicola.” 


. Vaccinarize Ashm. Common in various “Cynipid” galls (Ashm); a mss. 


name only. 


TORYMUS Dalm. 


. cceeruleus Ashm. New Brunswick, bred from blackberry galls (Sm), 


and also from “Cynips cinerea.” 


. sackeni Ashm. New Brunswick (Sm); out of ‘“Diastrophus nebulosus.” 
. aea Walk. Will probably be found in New Jersey. 

. chrysochlorus O. S. Reared from “Rhodites dichlocerus.” 

. harrisi Fitch. New York and probably New Jersey. 

. flavicoxa O. S. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); from galls of ‘“Rhodites 


radicum.” 


bedeguaris Linn. Reared from “Rhodites rose” and “radicum.” 


. brevissimicandus Ashm. Bred from “Diastrophus nebulosus.” 
. ebrius O. S. Reared from “Lasioptera vitis.” 
. solitarius O. S. Out of galls of “Rhodites radicum.” 


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Super-family PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 


In this series we have species in which the ovipositor is retractile into 
and comes from the end of the abdomen. All of them are parasites, and 
all stages of other insects may be infested. The tendency is to com- 
pleteness of venation, and the antennze are usually straight. Among 
them are the smallest of the parasites, and on the other hand some of 
them are of good size. The late Dr. W. H. Ashmead has added much 
to our knowledge of this super-family, and some of his results are in- 
cluded here. 


Family DIAPRIIDA‘. 


TRICHOPRIA Ashm. 


T. carolinensis AShm. Occurs in the New Jersey district. 


DIAPRIA Latr. 


D. agromyze Fitch. Reared from “Agromyza tritici.” 
D. meromyzz Fitch. Parasitic on the wheat-stem maggot. 


TROPIDOPRIA Ashm. 


T. conica Fab. Reared from the drone-fly, “Eristalis tenax.” 


LOXOTROPA Forst. 


L. pegomyize Brues. A parasite of the cabbage maggot. 


GALESUS Curtis. 
G. politus Say. Found in the New Jersey district. 


PARAMESIUS Westw. 


P. terminatus Say. New Jersey district. 


Family BELYTIDA. 


XENOTOMA Forst. 


X. xanthopus Ashm. Occurs in the New Jersey district. 


BELYTA Jur. 
B. frontalis Ashm. Should be found in New Jersey. 


LEPTORHAPTUS Férst. 


L. conicus Ashm. Occurs in the New Jersey district. 


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Family PROCTOTRYPID&. 


PROCTOTRYPES Latr. 


. causatus Say. Philadelphia (Jn) and sure to be found in New Jersey. 
- linelli Ashm. Long [sland (Ll) and certainly New Jersey. 

. abruptus Say. Occurs in the New Jersey district. 

. obsoletus Say. Parasitic on ‘“‘Stelidota strigosa.” 


Family HELORIDA. 


HELORUS Latr. 


- paradoxus Prov. New York (Ashm), and probably New Jersey; 


reared from cocoons of ‘“Chrysopa.”’ 


Family PLATYGASTERID. 


ISOCYBUS Forst. 
pallipes Say. Ocean Co., Lahaway V (Sm). 


PLATYGASTER Latr. 


. caryze Ashm. A parasite on a walnut Cecidomyia. 
. herricki Pack. Parasitic on the Hessian fly. 


POLYGNOTUS Forst. 


. diplosidis Ashm. New Brunswick, reared from the blackberry gall 


midge (Sm) and also bred from a “‘Cecid” on pine. 


: pinicola Ashm. Clementon V, 27 (Vk); reared from “Cecid. resinicola.” 
. hiemalis Forbes. Another parasite on the Hessian fly. 
» vernonia Ashm. Reared from ‘‘Vernonia noveboracensis.” 


TRICHACIS Forst. 


. rufipes AShm. Reared from “Balaninus nasicus” and “Blastobasis 


glandulella.” 
AMITUS Hald. 


. aleurodinis Hald. Pennsylvania to District of Columbia (Ashm); 


parasitic on the white fly, “Aleurodes corni.” 


ANOPEDIAS Forst. 


. error Fitch. A parasite of the wheat midge and sure to occur in 


New Jersey. 


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Family SCELIONIDA:. 


SCELIO Latr. 


. calopteni Ashm. Reared from ‘‘Melanoplus atlanis.”’ 
. edipodz Ashm. Parasitic on “Gdipoda”’ sp. 
. ovivora Riley. Reared from eggs of ‘“Ctdipoda carolina.” 


SPARSION Latr. 


. famelicum Say. Parasitic on the carolina locust. 


HADRONOTUS Forst. 


. anase Ashm. Reared from the common squash bug. 
. rugosus How. Parasitic on the squash—and other bugs. 


BARYCONUS Forst. 


. ecanthi Ashm. Parasitic on tree crickets ‘‘Gcanthus.”’ 


MACROTELIA Westw. 


. virginiensis AsShm. Reared from “Orchelimum glaberrimum.” 
. surfacei Brues. Chester; the type locality; bred from eggs of a 


locustid found between leaves of pine-cone willow gall (Marsh). 


CALOTELEIA Westw. 


. marlatti Ashm. Type iocality in New Jersey. 


PROSACANTHA Nees. 


. caraborum Riley. Reared from “Chlzenius impunctifrons.” 
. linellii AShm. Long island (Ashm) and probably New Jersey. 
. marylandica Ashm. Ocean County (Sm). 


ARADOPHAGUS Ashm. 


. fasciatus Ashm. Breeds on species of “Pityophthorus.” 


TRISSOLCUS Ashm. 


. brochymzenze Ashm. Parasitic on tree bug, “Brochymena arborea.”’ 

. euchisti Ashm. Reared from “Euchistus servus.” 

. murgantiz Ashm. Infests the harlequin cabbage bug. 

. podisi AShm. New Brunswick VII, 20, Ocean Co. V (Sm); in “‘Podisus 


spinosus.”’ 


. thyanthee Ashm. Reared from “Thyantha custator’” and “Podisus 


spinosus.” 
TELENOMUS Halid. 


. arzame Riley. Reared from ““Arzama densa.” 
. bifidus Riley. Parasite of “Hyphantria cunea,”’ the fall web-worm. 


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T. 
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: heliothidis Ashm. A parasite of 
. ichthyurze Ashm. Bred out of 
. orgyiz Fitch. Bred out of eggs of 


. podisi Ashm. Parasitic in ‘“Podi- 


. polyturator Dru. Through- 


clisiocampz Riley. Reared from the American tent caterpillar. 
coelodasidis Ashm. Parasitic on ‘“Coelodasys leptinoides.” 

graptze How. Breeds in species of “Grapta,” “Vanessa,” ‘“Chryso- 
phanus,” etc. 
the corn-worm. 


“Tehthyura inclusa.” 


the tussock or vaporer moth. 


sus spinosus” and ‘“P. modestus.” 


; i Fig. 266.—Tele us heliothidis; 
. spilosomatis Ashm. Reared from Sour dete Bai 


Spilosoma virginica.” 


PHANURUS Thom. 


. tabanivorus Ashm. Bred out of eggs of ‘‘Tabanus atratus.”’ 


Family CERAPHRONID/. 


CERAPHRON Jur. 


. destructor Say. A parasite of the Hessian fly. 
. fuscipes Ashm. New Jersey district. 
. tertius D. T. (basalis Ashm.) Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


LYGOCERUS Forst. 


. stigmatus Say. New Brunswick VI, 29, bred out of cherry aphis 


(Coll). 


. niger How. South Jersey, parasitic on wheat louse VI, VII (Sm). 


. triticum Taylor. Parasitic on wheat louse. 


Family PELE.CINIDAZ. 


PELECINUS Latr. 


AD eS 


out the State, not rare. 
A most remarkable spe- 
cies, the female of which 
has a body nearly two 
inches long, made up of 
a few long slender seg- 
ments. The male is rare, 
utterly unlike the female, 
and resembles a wasp 
pee nearly than a para- Fig. 267.—Pelecinus polyturator; male and female. 
site. 


THE INSECTS: OF ‘NEW JERSEY. 655. 


Family FORMICIDAL. 


This includes the ants, so well known to all that description is un- 
necessary. The structural character that distinguishes them is the 
possession of one or two nodes or scales at the base of the abdomen, 
forming segments. Ants are usually social, and form colonies, large or 
small, in which workers or wingless, undeveloped females predominate... 
The perfect, sexed individuals are winged, but the female strips off these 
appendages when she starts a colony. The larve are footless and help- 
less grubs, which must be fed with food properly prepared by the 
workers. Nests are found in all sorts of places, including houses, and 
in feeding habits they are almost omnivorous. None of our species are 
directly injurious to field crops, but many of them are indirectly harm- 
ful from their habit of protecting plant lice and storing their eggs during 
the winter. In spring the young lice are colonized on suitable food- 
plants which could not be otherwise reached, and the carriers thus be- 
come injurious, though they do not themselves feed on any cultivated 
plants. Although many ants eat other insects, yet none of them are 
specific enemies to any definitely injurious form, hence there is no bene- 
ficial habit to their credit. 

Some of the larger colonies are complicated assemblages, containing” 
not only the species that form it, but slaves, scavengers, messmates and 
other associates in*great variety. The study of their habits and rela- 
tions is a fascinating one, and many publications on the general subject 
are available. 

The present list has been prepared by Dr. William Morton Wheeler, 
our leading American authority on the subject, and the determinations 
can be relied upon. The notes are from the annotated list published in 
the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History in 1905. 

Where ants infest houses they should be attracted to sponges dipped 
in sugar water, laid near where they run; when a sponge becomes filled 
with the insects it should be thrown into boiling water and replaced by 
another. This sort of warfare kept up for a few days so demoralizes the 
ants that, owing to the inexplicable disappearance of so many of their 
comrades, they leave the house. Fresh bones or meat scrapings serve 
as well as sponges, and should be burned when covered. This sort of 
campaign serves only against those small forms that nest in houses. 
It is not available against those large forms that come in from outside 
nests on foraging expeditions. 

When ants infest lawns they can be cleaned out by pouring bisulphide 
of carbon into the main entrance or entrances. The heavy fumes follow 
the galleries and kill larve as well as adults. One application is usually 
sufficient; but in a very large nest a second may be required. Where a 
hill is extensive, with many openings, punch three or four holes with 
a cane at as many points, pour the bisulphide into these and close with 
the foot. 

Names in the previous list not found in this are omitted for lack of 
authentication, and as the insects occur throughout the year dates are: 
not usually given. 


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Sub-family PoNERINz. = 


There is only one segment in the peduncle between thorax and abdo- 
men, the space between the third and fourth segments is constricted, and 
the females are furnished with a sting. The species are mostly rare. 


STIGMATOMMA Roger. 


S. pallipes Hald. Chester IX, 6 (Coll); Staten Island, Jamesburg (Ds); 
Short Hills, Palisades, Lakehurst (Wheeler); Gloucester, Westville 
(Fox). Occurs rarely in rich dark woods under stones, leaf-mould or 
rotten logs. 

SYSPHINCTA Roger. 


S. pergandei Roger. Ft. Lee (Silvestri); Short Hills VIII, 8 (Wheeler) 
Staten Island (Ds). Found under large stones in damp meadows. 
Dr. Wheeler suggests that “melina’’ Roger, will also be found in the 
State. 
PROCERATIUM Roger. 


P. crassicorne Emery. Staten Island (Ds); Anglesea (A E 8). Live in 


rotten wood in damp, shady forests. “P. silaceum” Roger, which 
has been found in Pennsylvania and on Long Island, will undoubtedly 
be found in New Jersey as well. s 


PONERA Latr. 


P. coarctata pennsylvanica Emery. Recorded from all sections of the 
State. Occurs in small colonies under stones, mould or rotten wood 
in open woods. 


Sub-family MyrMECIN&. 


MYRMECINA Curtis. 


M. graminicola americana Emery. Riverton (Vk); Lakehurst, Short Hills 
VIII, Newfoundland (Wheeler). Usually nests in rotten wood or 
under stones in damp, shady woods. Rare and local. 


MONOMORIUM Mayr. 


M. pharaonis Linn. This is the small red ant usually 
found in houses throughout the State. It is an 
introduced species from Hurope, which has 
spread practically all over the world. 


M. minutum Mayr., var minimum (Buckley) Emery. 
Newfoundland, Lakehurst (Wheeler); Staten 
Island (Ds); Milltown V, 30, Lakehurst IX, 27 
(Coll); Westville, Riverton (Vk). Common in 

Monomorium pharaonis. the pine barrens, making nests in the sand; a 

Fig. 268. minute black species. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 657 


SOLENOPSIS Westw. 


S. molesta Say. Boonton (Vk); Short Hills VIII, Ft. Lee, Newfoundland 
(Wheeler); Chester IV, 1, New Brunswick VIII, 21 (Coll). A minute 
species, which varies greatly in habit, and which may yet prove to be 
a seriously injurious form. It is sometimes a thief ant in the nest of 
larger species, but in Illinois has developed a tendency to attack 
sprouting corn. 


kegs dh avy 
Se vy f 
, 


Fig. 269. 


Fig. 269.— Solenopsis xyloni; a, b, worker from 
above and side; c, its head; d, female; enlarged. 


Fig. 270.—Cremastogaster lineolata; a, b, large 
worker; c, its head; d, female; e, its wing; f, 
small worker; all much enlarged. 


CREMASTOGASTER Lund. 


C. lineolata Say. Common throughout the State and reported by all col- 
lectors. Nest in a great variety of places from under bark to under 
stones. Makes quite a practice of attending plant lice and scale 
insects. 

var. lutescens Hmery. Described from the State. 

var. cerasi Fitch. Anglesea, Clementon, Riverton (Vk); Medford 
(A E 8) 

var. pilosa Pergande. Lakehurst VII (div). This is a common form 
in the pine barrens. 


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PHEIDOLE Westw. 


P. pilifera Roger. Hunterdon Co. IV (Coll); Boonton (Vk); Palisades 
(Ds); Great Notch, Lakehurst (Wheeler). Nests in sandy or gravelly 
soil or under stones and is a true harvesting ant, although it also 
feeds on insect food. 

P. morrisi Forel. Vineland (Morris); Lakehurst (Wheeler). Common in 
the pine barrens, making its nest in the pure sand. 

P. vinelandica Forel. Vineland (Treat), Woodbury (Vk); Camden Co. 
(U SN M). Not uncommon in the pine barrens, where the sand con- 
tains an admixture of clay. 

P. davisi Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler); Lucaston (Dke). Lives in the 
pine barrens in pure white sand. 


STENAMMA Mayr. 
S. brevicorne Mayr. Riverton (Vk). Nests under stones and leaves in 
rich, shady woods. 
S. piceum Emery. Short Hills VIII (Wheeler). 


Sub-genus APH ATNOGASTER Mayr. 


S. (A.) treatzs Forel. Newfoundland, Overbrook (Ds); Vineland (Treat) 
Lakehurst (div). Nests in the sand in the shade of oaks and pines. 

S. (A.) lamellidens Mayr. Lakehurst (Wheeler). Nests much like the 
preceding. 

S. (A.) mariz Forel. Jamesburg (Wheeler). d 

S. (A.) fulvum Roger. Caldwell (Cr); Hunterdon Co. IV, 16, Prosper- 
town VI, 1 (Coll). In rotten wood in rather dense forests. 

S. (A.) fulvum aqui (Buckley.) Emery. Hunterdon Co., Prospertown, 
Lakehurst (Coll); Jamesburg (Ds); Halifax (Wheeler); Westville 
(A E 8); Anglesea, Clementon (Vk). Under stones in shady woods. 

S. (A.) fulvum aqui var. piceum Emery. Palisades, Halifax (Wheeler) ; 
Newfoundland (Ds); Milltown IV 10 (Coll). Common in shady woods. 
Dr. Wheeler suggests that S. tennesseense Mayr. will also occur in 
New Jersey, as it is known from Pennsylvania and Connecticut. 


MYRMICA Latr. 


M. punctiventris Roger. Fort Lee (Wheeler); Plainfield, Manasquan 
(Ds); Riverton IV, 14 (Vk); Medford (A E 8S); Camden. Under 
stones in moist, shady woods. 

M. punctiventris pinetorum Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler et als.). Nests 
in pure sand. 

M. rubra scabrinodis Nyl., var. sabuleti Meinert. Ft. Lee, Newfoundland 
(Wheeler); Arlington (Coll). Nests in sandy or sunny gravelly 
places. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 659 


M. rubra scabrinodis Nyl., var. schencki Emery. New Brunswick VII, 20, 
Milltown V, 30, Lahaway V, XII, Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Coll); Dr. 
Wheeler has also taken this at Lakehurst. 

M. rubra scabrinodis Nyl., var. fracticornis Emery. Lahaway XII (Brake- 
ley). Make nests in grass tussocks in Sphagnum swamps. 


LEPTOTHORAX Mayr. 


L. longispinosus Roger. Newfoundland, Ft. Lee (Wheeler). Nests in 
crevices df rocks, in stone fences and similar situations. 

L. curvispinosus Mayr. Paterson VI, 7, nesting in a golden-rod gall 
(Gr); Prospertown VI (Coll); Roselle Park (Brb); Ft. Lee (Wheel- 
er); Staten Island (Ds); Riverton, Clementon VI, 6 (Vk); Lakehurst 
(div), in oak galls (Wheeler). Nests in hollow twigs and empty 
galls in shady woods. 

L. schaumii Roger. Staten Island, running on trunk of dead oak in 
May (Ds); Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Coll); nests in bark. 

L. fortinodis Mayr. Lakehurst, nesting in the bark of pitch pine 
(Wheeler). 

L. texanus davisi Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler); Manumuskin (Dke). 
Nests in pure white sand and feeds on small insects. 


TETRAMORIUM Mayr. 


T. czespitum Linn. Ft. Lee (Wheeler); Arlington IV, 6, New Brunswick 
IV, 26 (Coll); Staten Island (Ds); Camden Co. (Dke). This is an 
importation from Europe and is known as the “lawn ant.” It is 
spreading slowly, but will probably extend throughout the State be- 
fore long. At New Brunswick it occurred in a greenhouse, damaging 
some of the potted plants. 

There are three species of “Strumigenys” Sm., which almost certainly 
occur in the State, although they have not been actually found. They 
are “S. pergandei” Emery, “S. pulchella” Emery and “S. clypeata” Roger. 


ATTA Fab. 


A. septentrionalis McCook. Milltown, Manasquan (Ds); Prospertown 
VI, 1 (Coll); Toms River (div); Lucaston (Dke); Lakehurst 
(Wheeler); Vineland (Treat). Practically confined to the pine re- 
gions and is the northern extremity of the range of this “cutting 
ant.” It is the only one of the fungus growing ants whose range 
extends into the State, and its life cycle is of extreme interest. 


Sub-family DoLtcHODERIN&. 


There is only a single segment in the peduncle between thorax and 
abdomen. Sting of the female rudimentary. 


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DOLICHODERUS Lund. 


D. mariz Forel. Milltown V, 30 (Coll); Lakehurst VIII (div); Clemen- 
ton V, 22 (Vk); Vineland (Treat); Manumuskin, Bamber, Brown’s 
Mills Jn: (Dke). Nests in large colonies in pure white sand around 
the roots of grass and turkey-beard. Attends plant-lice and mealy- 
bugs on surrounding plants. 

D. mariz davisi Wheeler. Sayreville (Ds); Jamesburg VII (div); Ocean 
Co. V (Coll). 

D. taschenbergi Mayr. var. gagates Wheeler. Jamesburg (Ds); Lake- 
hurst (div); Clementon VI, 2 (Vk); Iona, Brown’s Mills Jn. (Dke). 
Nests with “marie.” 

D. plagiatus Mayr. Jamesburg (Ds); Riverton (Vk); Iona (Dke). Simi- 
lar in habits to “marie,” but its colonies are very small. 

D. plagiatus var. inornatus Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler). 

D. plagiatus pustulatus Mayr. Lakehurst (Wheeler). 

D. plagiatus pustulatus var. beutenmulleri Wheeler. Lakehurst VII, 
VIII (div). 


TAPINOMA FoOrst. 
T. sessile Say. Throughout the State, common. Nests under stones, dead 
leaves, logs, etc. 


T. pruinosum Roger. Milltown (Coll); Halifax, Lakehurst (Wheeler) ; 
Atco (Vk). A much smaller species, probably more widely distributed 
than above records show. 


DORYMYRMEX Mayr. 


D. pyramicus Roger. Lakehurst (Wheeler) and probably throughout the 
pine barren region. Nests in white sand. 


Sub-family CAMPONOTIN&. 


Contains the most common of our species. There is only one segment 
in the peduncle between thorax and abdomen, there are no constrictions 
between the abdominal segments, and the females have no sting. 


BRACHYMYRMEX Mayr. 


B. heeri depilis Emery. Great Notch, Newfoundland, Short Hills VIII, 
Ft. Lee (Wheeler). Nests under stones in shady woods and attends 
root coccids. 


PRENOLEPIS Mayr. 
P. parvula Mayr. Arlington (Coll); Short Hills VIII, Halifax (Wheeler) 


Camden, Atco, Clementon (Vk); Lakehurst (div); Brown’s Mills Jn. 
(Dke). Under stones in gravelly and sunny places. 


P. arenivaga Wheeler. Lakehurst IX, 25 (Wheeler). 


r 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 661 


Sub-genus NYLANDERIA Emery. 


. (N.) imparis Say. Halifax, Newfoundland (Wheeler); Caldwell (Cr); 


Staten Island (Ds); Camden Co. (Fox); Chester III, IV, Jamesburg 
X, Prospertown VI (Coll). Nests in shady oak woods in soil con- 
taining more or less clay. A large, very abundant species, which 
feeds on nectar. 


. (N.) imparis var. testacea Emery. Staten Island (Ds); Medford, 


Clementon (Vk); Lakehurst (div); Lahaway (Coll); a pale form that 
occurs in the sandy districts. 


LASIUS Fab. 


. niger Linn. var. americanus Emery. Throughout the State, and per- 


haps our most abundant species. It harbors and cultivates root-lice 
and coccids, and nests as readily in cultivated fields as anywhere. 
It is one of the forms responsible for the distribution of the corn and 
strawberry root-lice. 


. niger var. neoniger Emery. Hewitt, Staten Island (Ds); Newfound- 


land (Wheeler); Milltown, Trenton, VII (Coll); Lakehurst VIII (div); 
Anglesea (Vk). A rare form of the preceding; also occurring in all 
regions of the State. 


. brevicornis Emery. Great Notch, Short Hills VIII, Halifax, Newfound- 


land, Ft. Lee (Wheeler); Chester VIII, Jamesburg IV (Coll); Lake- 
hurst IX (div). A strictly subterranean species; also cultivating root- 
lice. 


. flavus nearcticus Wheeler. Great Notch, Halifax, Newfoundland 


(Wheeler). 


. umbratus mixtus Nyl. var. aphidicola Walsh. Great Notch, New- 


foundland, Ft. Lee (Wheeler), Caldwell (Hmery); Chester X, James- 
burg V, (Coll); Woodbury (Vk). 


umbratus mixtus var. affinis Schenck. “New Jersey” (Mayr). 


. umbratus mixtus minutus Emery. Described from “New Jersey.” 
. umbratus speculiventris Emery. Great Notch, Ft. Lee (Wheeler); 


Caldwell (Emery) the type locality. Under stones or rotten logs in 
rich, shady woods. ; 


Sub-genus ACANTOMYOPS Mayr. 


. (A.) interjectus Mayr. Short Hills VIII, Newoundland (Wheeler); 


Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds);. Lakehurst (div); Lahaway VI 
(Coll). 
(A.) claviger Roger. Halifax, Newfoundland, Short Hills VIII, Ft. Lee, 
Lakehurst (Wheeler); Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds); Riverton 
(Vk); Merchantville (Dke). Nests in old logs and stumps in open 
woods. 


. (A.) claviger subglaber Emery. Milltown V (Coll); Lacy (Dke). 


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L. (A.) latipes Walsh. Newfoundland, Ft. Lee (Wheeler); Camden (Sm); 
Weymouth (Dke). Nests under large stones in grassy fields. 


It seems probable that “L. (A.) murphyi” Forel. also occurs in New 
Jersey, since it has been taken on Long Island and within the present 
limits of New York City. 


FORMICA Linn. 


F. sanguinea rubicunda Emery. Del. Water Gap (Vk); Milltown V 
(Coll); Woodbury (A ES). Under stones in grassy piaces along the 
edge of woods. It is a slave maker and kidnaps the young of “F. sub- 
sericea.” 


F. sanguinea rubicunda var. subintegra Emery. Grantwood VIII (div); 
Newfoundland, Lakehurst (Wheeler); Staten Island (Ds). 


F. sanguinea rubicunda var. integroides Wheeler. New Brunswick VIII, 
5 (Coll). 

F. rufa obscuriventris Mayr. Newfoundland (Ds); Eagle Rock, Orange 
Mts. (Dn). 


F. rufa integra Nyl. Staten Island, Jamesburg, Farmingdale (Ds); 
Lakehurst (Wheeler); Clementon, Sea Isle City (Vk); Brown’s Mills 
Jn (Dke). Makes large nests in or among stones, old logs or stumps; 
prefers sunny glades or clearings in the forests. 

F. difficilis Emery. Halifax, Lakehurst (Wheeler); Jamesburg V (div); 
Staten Island (Ds). 


F. exsectoides Forel. Newfoundland, Staten Island (Ds); Palisades, Al- 
pine (Bt); Halifax, Scotch Plains (Wheeler); Chester IV, Paterson 
V (Coll). The mound-building ant of the Alleghanies; occurs only in 
the hilly northern sections of the State. 

F. pallide-fulva Latr. Cape May (A ES). Probably the northern limit 
of its distribution (Wheeler). 

F. pallide-fulva schaufussi Mayr. Occurs throughout the State, com- 
monly. Makes small nests in a great variety of places. 

F. pallide-fulva schaufussi var. incerta Emery. Newfoundland (Wheel- 
er); Staten Island (Ds); Manumuskin (Dke). 

F. pallide-fulva nitidiventris Emery. Short Hills VIII (Wheeler); Staten 
Island (Ds); Milltown VI, Lakehurst VIII (Coll). 

F. pallide-fulva nitidiventris var. fuscata Emery. Newfoundland, Hali- 
fax (Wheeler); Staten Island (Ds). 

F. fusca var. subsericea Say. Occurs throughout the State, is a mound 
builder and sometimes forms very large colonies. Prefers sunny, 
grassy places, and is an attendant on plant-lice. 

Dr. Wheeler suggests that the variety “subanescens”’ Emery almost 
undoubtedly occurs in the hilly portions of the State. 

F. fusca subpolita Mayr., var. neogagates Emery. Paterson (Wheeler) ; 
Newfoundland, Staten Island (Ds). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 663 


POLYERGUS Latr. 


rufescens lucidus Mayr. Newfoundland (Wheeler); Camden Co. VI, 
Clementon (Fox); Lakehurst (Ds), Vineland (Treat). <A _ slave- 
maker, unable to exist without workers of ‘‘F. schaufussi,’ which it 
kidnaps in the early stages and upon which devolve all the labor of 
the nest, even to the raising of the young. 


CAMPONOTUS Mayr. 


. castaneus Latr. Great Notch (Wheeler); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee 


(Bt); Staten Island (Ds); Sea Isle City (Vk). Nests in the ground | 
under stones or logs, or in obscure mound nests. 


. castaneus americanus Mayr. Halifax, Short Hills VIII, Newfoundland 


(Wheeler); Paterson VI (Coll); Staten Island (Ds); Jamesburg, 
Lakehurst VIII (div); Iona, Brown’s Mills Jn., DaCosta, Manumuskin 
(Dke). 


. herculeanus pennsylvanicus DeG. Throughout the State. This is the 


common black carpenter ant that nests in old logs, stumps, tree 
trunks and even in fence posts. Sometimes invades houses in its 
forays and is extremely persistent and hard to get rid of. 


. herculeanus pennsylvanicus ferrugineus Fab. As widely distributed 


as the preceding, with much the same habits; but much less com- 
mon. 


- herculeanus ligniperdus Latr., var. novzboracensis Fitch. Newfound- 


land, Staten Island, Jamesburg (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll). 


. fallax Nyl. var. nearcticus Emery. Boonton (Vk); Staten Island (Ds); 


New Brunswick XI (Coll); Lakehurst VIII, IX (div). Appears to be 
definitely associated with pine trees, and at Lakehurst is common in 
the twigs and cones of ‘Pinus rigida.”’ 


. fallax Nyl. var. minutus Emery. Reported from all sections of the 


State. Dr. Wheeler records it at Lakehurst nesting in dead twigs of 
oak and attending aphids on the leaves. 


. fallax subbarbatus Emery. Westville (Sm); Riverton (Dke); Cum- 


berland Co. III (Coll). Occurs in hollow stems of dead elder bushes. 
( 


Super-family VESPOIDEA. 


Family THYNNIDA‘. 


METHOCA Latr. 


M. stygia Say. (bicolor Say.) Camden Co. VI, VII, Ocean Co. VIII, 


Cape May VI (Fox); Lucaston V, DaCosta VII (Dke); Clementon 
VIII (Vk). 


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Family MUTILLIDA. 


The females resemble ants in general shape, in being often wingless 
and in being found running about among the grass in sandy spots. They 
are densely clothed with hair, however, and are contrastingly colored with 
black, yellow and orange, the name ‘velvet ants’ being applied from 
their clothing. They differ from the ants in lacking the nodes at the 
base of the abdomen, and from our local species further, in having a very 
long and very hot sting. The males are winged and occur on flowers. 
In habit the species are diggers, and while some are known to store food 
for their larve, others seem to be parasitic or guests in the nests and 
cells of bees and other wasps. 


MUTILLA Linn. 
SPHAROPHTHALMA Blake. 


M. balteola Blake. Westville (Crn). 
. bexar Blake. Camden Co. VIII (Fox); Lucaston IX, 2 (Dke). 


M. canella Blake. Camden, Gloucester Co. VII (Fox); N. Woodbury VI, 
21 (Vk); Brown’s Mills VI, 21 (CG); Manumuskin VII, 5 (Dke). 


cypris Blake. (mutata Blake.) Throughout the State all season; not 
rare. 


M. lepeletieri Fox. (fenestrata Lep.) Throughout the State VII-IX. 
M. ferrugata Fab. Throughout the State VII-IX; not rare. 


M. harmonia Fox. Palisades VI, 12, Brown’s Mills VI, 25 (Dke); Glou- 
cester Co., type locality in New Jersey (Vk); Lakehurst VII, 4 (Coll). 

M. macra Cress. South of the Piedmont Plain VII-IX; not rare. 

M. sczevola Blake. Caldwell (Cr); Westville (Crn); Camden Co. V, 18 
(Fox). 


M. castor Blake. Westville VIII, Clementon VII, VIII (Vk); Pemberton 
VII, IX (Hk); Brown’s Mills VI, 21 (GG); Lahaway VII, Lakehurst 
VIII (Coll); DaCosta VII, Iona VI, Manumuskin VI, VIII, IX (Dke). 

M. vesta Cress. Milltown VII, Lakehurst VIII (Coll); Malaga IX, (Hk); 
DaCosta VIII, Brown’s Mills VI, Iona VI, Manumuskin VI, IX (Dke). 

M. rugulosa Fox. South Jersey, not rare (Fox); the type locality. 

M. cariniceps Fox. “New Jersey”; the type locality; DaCosta VII, 20 
(Dke); Farmingdale VII, 14 (Jn). 


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= 


PHOTOPSIS Blake. 


M. pennsylvanica Lap. Camden Co. IX, 29 (Fox). 


M. sczeva Blake. Riverton VI, 17 (Jn); reared from cocoons of “Try- 
poxylon albitarsis,’ by A. B. Champlain (Vk). 


PHOTOMORPHUS Vier. 
M. johnsoni Vier. Riverton VII, 7 (Jn); the type locality. 


<=> Ss 


oS 


best known member of which is a parasite of and 
effective check to the increase of certain white grubs 


. unicolor Say. (thoracica Blake.) Camden Co. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 665 


TIMULLA Ashm. 


. hexagona Say. Throughout the State V, VII-IX; not rare. 
. ornativentris Say. Riverton VIII (Jn); Westville (Crn); Camden Co. 


VI (Fox); Pemberton VII (Hk); ° Lakehurst VIII (Coll); Brown’s 
Mills VI (CG); Delair VIII, DaCosta VII, Lucaston IX (Dke). 


. dubitata Smith. Milltown VIII, Lakewood V, Lakehurst VII, VIII, 


Lahaway VIII, Anglesea VII, IX (Coll); Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 
May be the 9 of the preceding. 


. promethea Blake. Prospertown IX, Lahaway X (Coll). 


EPHUTA Say. 


. scrupea Say. Camdcn Co. (Fox); Clementon VIII, 27 (Vk). 
. dzeckii Rohw. Lucaston VIII, 25, Bamber IX, 1 (Dke). 

. vierecki Rohw. Lucaston VIII, 27 (Haim); type locality. 

. zella Rohw. Wenonah VII, 28 (Haim); type locality. 


NOMI4SPHAGUS Ashm. 


. sanborni Blake. Camden Co. VIII, IX (Fox); Lucaston IX (DkKe); 


Pemberton IX (GG). 


. simillima Smith. Throughout the State V—-IX; not common. 
. montivaga Cress. Great Notch IX, 4 (Dke). 


PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashm. 


. canadensis Blake. Camden Co. V, VII, [IX (Fox); Clementon V (Vk); 


Mt. Holly VIII, Iona VI (Dke); Brown’s Mills V, VI (div); Milltown 
V, Riverton IX, Lakewood V (Coll). 


DASYMUTILLA Ashm. 


. occidentalis Linn. Throughout the State VII-X. 
. ferruginea Fab. Clementon VIII, DaCosta VII, 


VIII, Iona VII, VIII, Manumuskin VI, IX, X 
(Dke); Brown’s Mills VI, 21 (GG). 


Family MYRMOSID/-. 
MYRMOSA Latr. 


VI, VIII, IX (Fox); N. Woodbury VI (Vk). 


Family TIPHIIDA. 


This contains a small group of digging wasps, the 


Fig. 271.—A velvet 
ant, Spherophthalma 
occidentalis. 


of the genus “Lachnosterna’”’ or May beetles. 


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TIPHIA Fab. 


T. inornata Say. Throughout the 
State VI-IX, parasitic on white 
grubs. 

T. waldenii Vier. Lakehurst VII, 7 
(Coll). 

T. relativa Vier. Chester (Coll); 
Lucaston V, IX, Stone Harbor 
VII (Dke). Fig. 272.—White-grub parasite, Tiphia inor- 

T. punctata Rob. Lucaston IV, 10 ene ee e ae ae ee 
(DKe). 


T. clypeata Rob. Lucaston IX, 24 (Dke). 


e 


PARATIPHIA Sichel. 


P. algonquina Vier. Clementon VI, VII (Hk), the type locality; Lake- 
hurst VII, Lahaway VIII (Coll). 


Family SCOLIDAL. 


Stout, very hairy wasps, black, banded or spotted with yellow, legs 
short and strong, abdomen with a very short pedicel. The species bur- 
row in the ground in search of white grubs, in which they lay their eggs 
and on which the larve develop. 


SCOLIA Fab. 

S. bicincta Fab. Gloucester Co. VIII, 23 (Fox); Westville (Crn); Weno- 
nah VII, 27 (Dke); Clementon IX, 8 (CG); Lahaway VI, 21, Prosper- 
town VI, 1 (Coll). 

S. dubia Say. Newark, Trenton VIII, 14, Hammonton VIII, 27 (Coll); 
Westville (Crn); Gloucester VIII, 23 (Fox); Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). 

S. nobilitata Fab. Jamesburg VII, 18, Ocean Co. (Coll); Camden Co. VI- 
29-VIII, 3 (Fox); DaCosta VII, 4-28, Bamber VIII, 11 (Dke). 


ELIS Fab. 


E. plumipes Dru. Throughout the State in sandy places, more common 
south of the Piedmont Plain V—VIII. 

E. quadrimaculata Fab. (quadrinotata Fab.) Monmouth Co. VII, 4 
(Fox); Laurel Springs VI, 4, Brown’s Mills V, VII, Manumuskin V, 
VI (Dke). 


Family MYZINIDAS. 


MYZINA Latr. 
M. interrupta Say: (hamata Say.) Riverton IX (Jn); Newbold VIII, 
Lucaston VIII, Manumuskin IX, Anglesea IX (Dke); Camden Co. 
(Ashm); Pemberton VI (Hk); Lakewood, Lahaway VIII (Coll). 


Res Sg 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 667 


- quinquecincta Fab. (namea Fab.) Westville (Crn). 

. obscura Fab. New Jersey, rare (Bt); Westville (Crn). 
. sex-cincta Fab. Throughout the State VII-IX, common. 
. marginata Say. Sure to be found in New Jersey. 


Family SAPYGID. 


These are guests in the nests of bees, such as ‘‘Xylocopa” and “Osmia.”’ 


SAPYGA Latr. 


S. centrata Say. Camden Co. V, 18 (Fox). 


S. americana Cress. Will be found in New Jersey. 
Family TRIGONALID-. 
TRIGONALYS Westw. 
T. sulcatus Davis. Anglesea (Sm). 
T. pulchella Cress. Should occur in New Jersey (Vk). 
An undetermined species is in Mr. Daecke’s collection from Linden- 
wold IX, 7. 
LYCOGASTER Shuck. 
L. pullatus Shuck. Orange Mts. VII, 4 (Jn). 
L. costalis Cress. Reared from ‘“Acronycta lobelie” (Vk). 
Family BETHYLID/. 
PARASIEROLA Carn. 
P. cellularis Say. (Goniozus) New Jersey probably (Ashm). 
GONIOZUS Forst. 
G. platynotzee Ashm. Reared from “Platynota sentana.” 
PERISEMUS Forst. 
P. prolongatus Prov. Reared from “Crambus caliginosellus.” 
ANOXUS Thoms. 
A. chittendeni Ashm. Reared from “Cis” sp., and sure to be in New 


Jersey. 
EPYRIS Westw. 


. bifoveolatus Ashm. (Mesitus) New Jersey probably. 
. rufipes Say. Should be found in New Jersey. 


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LAELIUS Ashm. 


L. trogodermatis Ashm. Reared from “Trogoderma tarsale.” 


CEPHALONOMIA Westw. 


C. hyalinipennis Ashm. Reared from “Amphibolips cinerea,” ‘“Holcaspis 
omnivora”’ and “‘Hypothenemus eruditus.”’ 


NEOSCLERODERMA Kieff. 


N. tarsalis Ashm. Reared from “Silvanus surinamensis.” 


PRISTOCERA Klug. 
P. armifera Say. Avalon VII, 27 (Hk). 


Family CHRYSIDID. 


These are the “cuckoo bees,” so called because they lay their eggs in 
the cells of other bees and wasps, their larve depriving the rightful owner 
of food if they do not actually eat it first. They are of a brilliant metallic 
blue or green, with a very firm chitinous outer surface, which is often 
deeply punctured or otherwise sculptured. The abdomen has only a few 
visible segments, the others being in the form of a retractile tube, at the 
end of which the small sting is formed. Some of the species are said to 
be true parasites of saw-flies. 


OMALUS Panz. 


O. iridescens Nort. Should be found in New Jersey. 
O. sinuosus Say. Trenton V, 20 (Hk). 
O. lzeviventris Cress. Manumuskin VI, 11 (Dke). 


NOTOZUS Forst. 


N. marginatus Patt. New Jersey probably. 
N. viridicyaneus Nort. “‘New Jersey” (USN M). 


HEDYCHRIDIUM Perrin. 
H. dimidiatum Say. Philadelphia (Jn) and surely in New Jersey. 


HEDYCHRUM Latr. 


H. obsoletum Say. Riverton VII, 5 (Jn); Cape May VIII, 9 (Dke). 


H. violaceum Brullé. Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, 15, Anglesea IX, 4 
(Fox); Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


CHRYSIS Linn. 


C. perpulchra Cress. Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox). 
C. verticalis Patt. Chester VII, 3 (Coll); Riverton VII, 31 (Jn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 669 


Cc. parvula Fab. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. La- 
haway X, 14 (Coll). 

C. doriz Grib. Lahaway VII, 18 (Sm). 

C. ccruleans Fab. New Brunswick, Lahaway VI, 
24, VII, 18 (Coll); DaCosta V, 17, VII, 20, Man- 
umuskin IX, 15 (Dke). 

C. nitidula Fab. Westville (Fox); Lucaston IX, 
19, Brown’s Mills VI, 23 (Dke); reared from Fig. 273.—Chrysis species. 
nests of “Odynerus” and ‘“Osmia” in Europe. 


C. nortoni Aaron. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey. 

C. smaragdula Fab. Lahaway VII, 12 (Sm); DaCosta VII, 20, Lucaston 
IX, 2, Brown’s Mills VII, 5, Iona VIII, 25, Manumuskin VI, 22, Belle- 
plain IX, 8 (Rke). 


Family KUMENIDAE. 


These are solitary wasps, with males and females only developed, and 
the wings are folded lengthwise when at rest. They are predatory and 
store their cells with insects of various kinds. They may be diggers, 
borers in pith or wood or may make mud nests of more or less symmetri- 
cal form. 

ZETHUS Fah. 


Z. spinipes Say. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. (Sm). 


EUMENES Latr. 

E. agilis Sauss. Philadelphia VIII (Fox) and sure to be found in New 
Jersey. 

E. fraternus Say. Throughout 
the State, V, VII-IX; this is 
the common “potter wasp” 
that makes vase-like mud 
cells attached to low plants. 

E. globulosus Sauss. New Jer- 
sey (Cress Coll). 

E. verticalis Say. Camden VIII, 


3 (Fox). 
MONOBIA Sauss. 
M. quadridens Linn. Through- Fig. 274.—Fraternal potter-wasp, Eumenes 
out the State VI-VIII, local- fraternus; a, wasp; b, its mud cell; 
ly not rare c, same opened to show contents. 


NORTONIA Sauss. 
symmorpha Sauss. Caldwell (Cr). 


Z 


ODYNERUS Latr. 
SYMMORPHUS Wesm. 
O. philadelphize Sauss. Caldwell (Cr). 
O. debilis Sauss. Lahaway VII, 12 (Sm). 


670 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


EUANCISTROCERUS D. T. 

O. albophaleratus Sauss. Westville (Crn); Camden Co. (Fox). 

O. birenimaculatus Sauss. Staten Island (Ds); Bloomfield, Woodbury 
VI, 17, Iona VI, 8, Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Sm). 

O. campestris Sauss. Staten Island (Ds); Essex Co., New Brunswick VI, 
Jamesburg VII, Swedesboro VII (Coll); Woodbury VI (Dke); Clem- 
enton VII, Lucaston IX (Hk). 

O. capra Sauss. Throughout the State IX, X, not rare. 

O. tigris Sauss. Throughout the State V—VII, IX, X, not rare. 

O. uncinatus Say. (unifasciatus Sauss.) Caldwell (Cr); Gloucester Co. 
VII, 15 (Fox); Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 

O. quadrisectus Say. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll). 

O. seeccularis Sauss. Gloucester ; 
Co: Viln 15) (ox) wiames- 
burg VII, 15, Lahaway VI, ‘ 
1, Lakehurst IX, 26 (Coll). 

O. fulvipes Sauss. Staten Island 
VII (Ds). 


ODYNERUS Latr. 

O. annulatus Say. New Jersey 4 
(Bt); Pemberton IX, 1 / 
(Hk). 

O. arvensis Sauss. Gloucester 
Co. VIII, 24 (Fox). 

O. boscii Lep. New Brunswick VII, 24, Swedesboro VII, 15, Lahaway 
(Sm); Manumuskin IX, 15 (Dke). 

O. megzra Lep. Caldwell (Cr); Camden VI, 28, VII, 12 (Fox); Clemen- 
ton VI, 29 (Hk); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll); Manumuskin VI, 4, VII, 
26 (Dke). 

O. catskilli Sauss. Staten Island VIII (Ds); Lahaway VI, 2 (Sm). 

QO. dorsalis Sauss. Gloucester Co. VII, 15 (Fox); Westville VI, 6, Black- 
wood IX, 9, colony near bank of big Timber Creek VIII, 19 (Vk); 
Toms River IX, 22 (Dke). 

O. foraminatus Sauss. Throughout the State V—VII, IX. 

O. hidalgo Sauss. Camden VII, 12, 27 (Fox). 

O. fundatus Cress. Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk). 

STENODYNERUS Sauss. 

O. anormis Say. Camden, Gloucester Co. VI, VII (Fox); Lucaston V, IX 
(div); Iona VII, 13 (Dke); Anglesea IX, 3 (Coll). 

O. pedestris Sauss. Caldwell (Cr); Westville VI, 6 (Vk); Camden VI, 
24, VII, 12, Cape May V, 14 (Fox). 

O. pennsylvanicus Sauss. Camden V-VII (Fox); Westville (Crn). 

O. perennis Sauss. Trenton VII, Pemberton VII (Hk); Camden, Glouces- 
ter Co. VI-VIII (Fox). 

O. conformis Sauss. Gloucester Co. VII, 22 (Fox). 


Fig. 275.—Odynerus flavipes and its nest built 
in a spool. 


vp he 4 


m4 » 
Aan if 


9. 


Tig. 27 


espa maculata, white faced wasp. 
.—Nest of Vespa maculata just started. 


Fig. 278.—Polistes pallipes. 


6.—/ 


27 


Fig. 


277 


gz. 


279.—Paper comb of Polistes. 


Fig. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 671 


O. vagus Sauss. Gloucester Co. VII, VIII (Fox); Westville VI, 16 (Vk). 
O. collega Sauss. Lucaston [IX (Dke); Lakehurst VIII, Barnegat Bay 
Dist. VI (Coll). 
LEPTOCHILUS Sauss. 


O. republicanus D. T. (ornatus Sauss.) Dunnfield VII, 12, stores larve 
of ‘“‘Odontota dorsalis” in pith cells (Sm); Camden VIII, 3 (Fox). 


Family VESPID/. 


These are the true social wasps—yellow jackets and hornets, which 
live in colonies containing males, females and workers, the latter, as 
with the bees, undevelopd females. All of them build paper cells or nests, 
some of them in the open like the large gray globular “hornets nest,” 
some of them in trunks of trees, beneath overhanging eaves and others 
in holes in the ground. The insects are pugnacious and resent interfer- 
ence, aS any one who has ever disturbed a yellow jacket nest has dis- 
covered to his cost. The food consists of honey, pollen and other in- 
sects, the larve being fed with masticated fragments of insects by the 
mother or workers. There is no storing of food, and the young are abso- 
lutely dependent upon the periodical feeding by the adults. Only the 
impregnated females hibernate, and each of these starts a colony of its 
Own in spring. The fore wings are folded longitudinally when at rest. 


POLISTES Latr. 
Species of this genus make paper combs that are not covered, in 
sheltered places. 
P. annularis Linn. Staten Island X (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 21 (Sm); 
Blackwood IX, 19 (Vk). 
P. fuscatus Fab. Seems to be rare in New Jersey, the variety “instabilis” 
Sauss. being the only form recorded (Bt). 
P. pallipes Lep. (metricus Say.) Throughout the State; is the com- 
monest of our species and varies greatly. 
P. perplexus Cress. With the preceding and locally as abundant. 
P. rubiginosus Lep. New Jersey, rare (Bt). 
P. variatus Cress. Newark, Camden Co., Lakehurst VIII, Lahaway IX, 
Anglesea IX, Cape May IX, not so common (Coll). 
P. canadensis Linn. Staten Island III, 15 (Ds). 


VESPA Linn. 
V. borealis Kirby. Caldwell (Cr); this record is open to doubt. 


V. crabro Linn. A European species introduced into and now spread 
throughout the State. It is the largest form that occurs with us. 


V. carolina Dru. (cuneata Fab.) Staten Island VI (Ds); New Bruns- 
wick VIII, Merchantville V, Ocean Co. VI (Coll); Riverton VI, X (Jn); 
Clementon IV (GG); Woodbury VI, National Park VI, VII, Lucaston 
IV, Iona VI, Manumuskin V, VI, X (Dke); Mr. Daecke says that the 
underground nest of this species always has a papered entrance. 


672 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


V. diabolica Sauss. Throughout the State, more or less common all 
season; makes an underground nest. 


V. germanica Fab. Throughout the State all season and perhaps the 
most common of the smaller yellow-jackets; nests in hollow logs, 
under boards, and more rarely underground. 


V. infernalis Sauss. New Jersey (Ashm). 


V. maculata Linn. Common everywhere throughout the State. It is the 
large white-faced wasp that makes the globular “hornets nests” that 
are found attached to bushes, trees and sometimes to sheltered places 
on barns, etc. 


V. occidentalis Cress. New Jersey (Fox). 

V. vidua Sauss. Riverton IX (CG); Westville (Cress); New Brunswick 
IX, Lahaway (Sm); Malaga IX (GG); Lucaston IX, DaCosta VII, 
Bamber VII, Iona V, VIII, Manumuskin V (Dke). 

V. vulgaris Linn. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds); Camden VI (Fox); 
Jamesburg VI, Lahaway, Lakehurst IX (Coll). ‘ 


V. consobrina Sauss. New Brunswick VI, 17 (Coll). 


Family CEROPALIDA. 


The “Pompilide” of the last edition. Includes rather slender, long- 
legged solitary wasps with the abdomen united to the thorax by a very 
short stalk. They are usually velvety black or blue, often with orange 
bands, wings usually black and kept in constant jerky motion when the 
insect is moving about. The species prey on spiders and other insects 
and may be diggers or makers of mud cells under stones, etc. Some are 
said to be guests in the nests of other diggers. 


PSEUDAGENIA Kohl. (AGENIA Dahlb.) 


P. architecta Say. Riverton IX, 29 (Jn); Merchantville V, Manumuskin 
X, 20 (Dke); Lahaway VII, 3 (Sm). 

P. bombycina Cress. Caldwell 
(Cr); Staten Island V, VI 
(Ds); Camden VII (Fox). 


P. calcarata Cress. Jamesburg 
V, 31 (Coll); Westville VIII, 
30 (Vk). 

P. caliptera Say. Camden Co. 
VA, 28'"(Hox): 

P. iridipennis Cress. Camden 


Co. VI, VIII, Gloucester Co. 
V (Fox) Fig. 280.—Pseudagenia bombycina and its cell, 


which is to be filled with spiders. 


P. mellipes Say. Philadelphia 
VII, 4 (Fox), and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 673 


. coerulescens Dahlb. Staten Island (Ds); Camden Co. VIII, IX (Fox). 
. subcorticalis Walsh. New Jersey VIII, 31 (Ashm). 
. varitarsata D. T. (varipes Cress.) Will yet be found in New Jersey. 


. pulchrina Cress. Riverton VI, 27 (Jn); Trenton VII, 5, Clementon 
WINE 300 Clik) 


UW! 30) 60 '=40 


CRYPTOCHEILUS Panz. (SALIUS Fab.) 
C. fascipennis Say. (alienatus Sm.) .Jamesburg (Sm); Riverton VII, 12 
(GG); Camden Co. VIII, [X, Gloucester Co. [IX (Fox); Westville (Vk). 


Cc. conicus Say. New Brunswick, Jamesburg V (Sm); Camden, Glou- 
cester Co. V, IX (Fox); Clementon VI (Vk); Iona IV, 20 (Dke). 


. fulvicornis Cress. Gloucester Co. VII-IX (Fox); Ocean Co. (Sm). 

. germanus Cress. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Stone Harbor VII, 29 (Dke). 
. nuperus Cress. Gloucester Co. IX, 2 (Fox). 

. pomilius Cress. Camden and Gloucester Cos. VI, IX (Fox)., 

. unifasciatus Say. Camden Co. VII, Gloucester Co. VII, VIII (Fox). 

. acceptus Cress. DaCosta VII, 19, Lucaston IX, 28 (Dke). 


(aie). Cah (eh (ey 


PEPSIS Fab. 


P. elegans Lep. Will yet be found in New Jersey. 


Tig. 281.—Tarantula hawk, Pepsis formosa of the Southwest. 


ANOPLIUS Lep. (POMPILUS Fab.) 


A. zthiops Cress. Staten Island IX (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); Riverton. VII, 
Westville IX (Jn); Manumuskin X, 20 (Dke). 


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674 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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. algidus Smith. Ocean Co. VII, 19 (Fox); Anglesea VIII, 15 (Jn). 
. americanus Beauv. Caldwell (Cr); Camden and Gloucester Cos. VI, 


VII, IX (Fox); South Jersey VII (Sm); Lucaston IX (Dke). 


. argenteus Cress. Camden Co. VI, 15 (Fox). 

. atrox Dahlb. Throughout the State VI-IX, common. 

. biguttatus Fab. Del. Water Gap to Manumuskin V-IX, not rare. 

. cinctipes Cress. Camden Co. VI, 28, Ocean Co. (Fox); Manumuskin 


VI, 23, Stone Harbor VII, 5 (Dke). 


. cylindricus Cress. Camden Co. VI, VII (Fox); Swedesboro VII (Sm); 


DaCosta VII (Dke). 


. divisus Cress. Camden Co. IX, 7 (Fox); Iona VI, 8 (Dke). 

. ferrugineus Say. Riverton VIII, 17 (Dke); Malaga IX, 15 (Hk). 

. maurus Cress. @ (funereus St. Farg. ¢) Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 

. fuscipennis Lep. G. d. south of Piedmont Plain VI, VII. 

- hyacintheus Cress. Gloucester Co. IX, 21 (Fox); Swedesboro VII, 15 


(Sm). 


. ingenuus Cress Camden IX, 7, Gloucester VII, 19 (Fox); Westville 


VI, 19 (Vk); Iona VI, 16 (Dke); Lahaway IX, 26 (Coll). 


. interruptus Cress. Camden Co. VII, Gloucester Co. VIII, IX (Fox); 


Clementon VIII (Vk); Swedesboro VII (Sm); Lucaston VIII (Dke). 


. marginatus Say. Chester VII, Jamesburg VIII (Coll); Staten Island 


IX (Ds); Camden VI (Fox); Clementon VIII (Vk); Lahaway VIII 
(Sm); Iona VI, Manumuskin VI (Dke). 


. maurus Cress. Riverton VI (Vk); Gloucester Co. VIII (Fox); Ocean 


Co. (Sm). 


. posterus Fox. Camden Co. VII (Fnx). 
. philadelphicus Lep. Throughout the State VII-X, locally common. 
. relativus Fox. Chester, Lahaway, Anglesea VIII (Coll); Avalon VII 


(CG). 


. subviolaceus Cress. Camden Co. VIII, IX, Atlantic Co. VI (Fox); 


Clementon V, 9 (Vk); Gloucester Co. VII, Ocean Co. (Coll). 


. tenebrosus Cress. Camden Co. VII, VIII (Fox); Gloucester Co. VII, 


Labaway IV (Coll); Clementon IV, Lucaston IX, Manumuskin IV, V, 
X (Dke). 


. tropicus Fab. Throughout the State VI-IX. 

. virginiensis Cress. Monmouth Co. VII, 4 (Fox). 

. marize Cress. Great Notch IV, 8 (GG); Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 

. pompilus Cress. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 

. luctuosus Cress. Lake Hopatcong (Fox); Barnegat Bay Dist. VII 


(Coll). 
APORUS Spinola. 


. fasciatus Smith. Camden Co. VIII, 24 (Fox); N. Woodbury VI, 22 


(Vk); Lucaston V, 30 (Dke); Atlantic Co. VI, 24 (Coll). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 675 


CEROPALES Latr. 
C. bipunctatus Say. Chester IX, 16 (Coll); Caldwell (Cr); Newark, 
Ocean Co. (Sm); Riverton IX, 10 (Vk); DaCosta VIII, 3 (Dke). 
C. fraterna Smith. Trenton V, 24, VIII, 21 (Hk). 
C. longipes Smith. Trenton VIII, 3 (Hk). 


Super-family SPHECOIDEA. 


This includes a large series of digger and other wasps, all of them 
solitary, most of which provision their nests or cells with other insects. 
Some are parasitic, and, as a whole, the series is decidedly useful. 


Family PEMPHREDONID/®. 


Usually slender, rather small wasps, shining black in color. They bur- 
row in the pith of dry branches, making very irregular and complicated 
channels. Quite generally they store their nests with plant lice. 


PSEN Latr. 
P. cressoni Pack. Camden Co. IX, 7 (Fox), IX, 22, on flowers of aster 
. (Vk); Woodbury VI, 17, Lucaston IX, 12 (DkKe). 
P. denticulatus Pack. Camden Co. [X, 7 (Fox). 
P. leucopus Say. New Brunswick V, 27 (Coll). 
P. niger Pack. New Jersey (US N M). 
P. nigrescens Rohw. Clementon VI, 30 (Hk). 
P. pauper Pack. Camden Co. VIII, 24 (Fox); Westville (Crn). 
P. perplexa Rohw. Camden Co. VIII, 6 (Fox). 
P. striatus Vier. Westville VIII, 30, the type locality: (Vk); Avalon VI, 
9 (Jn): 
P. longicornis Fox. Westville VIII, 30 (Jn). 
P. johnsoni Vier. Riverton VI, 10 (Jn), the type locality. 
P. maculipes Fox. North Woodbury VI, 13 (Vk). 


PEMPHREDON Latr. 


. concolor Say. Camden Co. VII, 27 (Fox). 

. bipartior Fox. New Brunswick VI, 20 (Coll); Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke). 
. angularis Fox. New Brunswick VI, 10 (Coll). 

. inoratus Say. (Cemonus) New Jersey (Cress Coll). 

. harbecki Rohw. (Cemonus) Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 


SU nO en nO eau), 


STIGMUS Jur. 


S. americanus Pack. Camden Co. VI, 28 (Fox). 


676 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SPILOMENA Shuck. 
S. pusilla Say. New Jersey probably. 


PASSALCECUS Shuck. 


P. annulatus Say. Camden Co. VII, 28 (Fox). 
P. mandibularis Cress. Northern New Jersey (Ashm). 
P. rivertonensis Vier. Riverton VI, 17 (Jn); the type locality. 


Family AMPULICID. 


Curious slender wasps, with very long prothorax, a conic head with the 
base in front, and a clypeus like a beak. They are very rare and are 
said to prey on cockroaches. 


RHINOPSIS Westw. 


R. canaliculata Say. Sure to be found in New Jersey. 


Family SPHECIDAS. 


This family is easily recognized by the long slender pedicel or stalk 
connecting the thorax with the main bulb of the abdomen. Among them 
are the common mud-daubers that plaster their clay or earthen cells 
against out-houses and under porches, sometimes inside of shutters or in 
similar sheltered places. These cells are filled with caterpillars, spiders, 
grasshoppers or the like, stored by the mother wasp as food for the 
larva. Some species are true diggers and make underground cells only. 
All of them may be considered as beneficial. 


SCELIPHRON Klug. 


S. cementarium Dru. Throughout the State and the most abundant of 
our mud-daubers. The variety ‘“architectus” Say. occurs with the 
type and as commonly, while ‘lunatum Fab. (canadensis Sm)” has 
been taken on Staten Island (Ds). ‘ 


CHALYBION Dahlb. 


C. czeruleum Linn. Throughout the State VI-IX, not rare. 


SPHEX Linn. (AMMOPHILA Kirby.) 
S. arvensis Dahlb. Staten Island (Ds); g. d. in New Jersey (Bt). 
. conditor Smith. Long Island, and sure to occur in New Jersey. 


S. gracilis Lep. Caldwell (Cr); Chester, Orange Mts., Jamesburg VII, 
11, Ocean Co., Swedesboro VII, 16 (Coll); Lucaston VI, 27, IX, 12, 
Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 


S. procera Dahlb. (gryphus Sm.) Throughout the State VI-X. 


17) 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 677 


S. intercepta Lep. Jamesburg VII, Gloucester VII (Coll); Westville 
(Crm): 

S. extrematata Cress., var. pictipennis Walsh. Staten Island (Ds); Ches- 
ter, New Brunswick VII, Jamesburg VII (Coll); Riverton (Jn). 

S. urnaria Klug. Caldwell (Cr); Camden Co. (Fox); Palisades VIII, 14, 
DaCosta V, 18, Iona VI, 16 (Dke). 

S. violaceipennis Lep.. Ocean Co. (Coll). 

S. vulgaris Cress. Chester, Middlesex Co. VII, Jamesburg VII, Lahaway 
xX (Coll): 

S. strenuus Cress. Ocean Co., Lakehurst VII, 4 (Coll). 


CHLORION Latr. 


C. cyaneum Dahlb (czruleum Dru). Throughout the State VI-IX. 
var. “serarium”’ Patton. With the type and really the more common. 

“C. nearcticus” Rob. is the same. 

C. abdominalis Cress. (Harpactopus) Ocean Co. (Sm); DaCosta VII, 4, 
28, Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 

C. bifoveolatum Tasch. (Sphex) Newark, New Brunswick VII, 14, 
Gloucester Co. VII, 15, Ocean Co., Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 

C. atratum Lep. (Priononyx = Sphex brunneipes Cress.) Throughout 
the State VII-IX, locally not rare. 

C. thomz Fab. Westville (Crn); Delair VIII, DaCosta VII, Lucaston IX 
(Dke). 

C. aztecum Sauss. (Isodontia macrocephalus Fox.) Clementon IX, X, 4 
(div); Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke); Manahawken IX, 6 (Hk). 


C. auripes H. T. Fern. (Iso- Y 
dontia tibialis St. Farg). 
Throughout the State VI— 
IX, not rare. 


C. harrisi H. T. Fern. (lso- 
dontia_ philadelphica) 
Caldwell (Cr); Westville 
(Crn); Lucaston IX, 12 
(Dke); Clementon IX, 4 
(CG); Ocean Co. (Coll). 

C. bridewelli H. T. Fern. 
Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). 

C.ichneumonea Linn. } me : 
(Sphex). Common : » 
throuhgout the State. Fig. 282.—Chlorion ichneumonea. 

C. pennsylvanicum Linn. (Sphex) Throughout the State, common. 


Family PHILANTHIDZ. 


Rather small or medium sized wasps with a broad, thick head, the 
adbomen constricted at base but not petiolated, males with brushes of 


678 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


long hair on each side of the clypeus. They burrow in the ground and 
store their cells with beetles or with small digger bees. 


CERCERIS Latr. 
€. bicornuta Guer. Camden Co. VII, 22 (Fox); Manumuskin VIII, 17 
(Dke); Anglesea VII-IX (div). 
C. clypeata Dahlb. Chester IX, 16 (Coll); Staten Island (Ds); Ham- 
monton VIII, 23 (Dke); Toms River (Bt); Anglesea VI, 22 (Sm). 
C. compacta Cress. Caldwell (Cr); Philadelphia VII, 23 (Fox). 


C. dentifrons Cress. Philadelphia IX (Fox) and sure to be in New Jer- 
sey. 


C. deserta Say. Common throughout the State. 


C. dufouri Guer. Camden Co. VII, Gloucester Co. VII, IX (Fox); Angle- 
sea VII (Coll). 


C. flavofasciata Sm. Lahaway VII, 12 (Coll). 


C. fumipennis Say. Westville (Crn); Delair VIII, Belleplain IX, 8 
(Dke); Farmingdale VII (Jn); Atlantic Co. VI (Fox); Lahaway VII, 
Lakehurst VIII (Coll). 


C. venator Cress. Westville VII-IX (div); DaCosta VII (Dke); Glouces- 
ter Co. VII (Fox); Anglesea VIII, 8 (Vk). 


C. robertsonii Fox. Lahaway VII, 12 (Sm). 
C. imitator Cress. Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). 
C. fulvipes Cress. Trenton IX, 2 (Hk). 


EUCERCERIS Cress. 


E. laticeps Cress. Gloucester Co. VII, 27, VIII, 23 (Fox). 
E. zonatus Say. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 


PHILANTHUS Fab. 


P. vertilabris Fab. (Pseudanthophilus) So. Jersey VI, 2 (Sm). 

P. bilunatus Cress. (Anthophilus) Riverton IX (Vk); Camden Co. VIII, 
IX (Fox); Merchantville VIII (Dke); Clementon IX (CG); Lahaway 
(Sm). 

P. dubius Cress. (Anthophilus) Clementon VI, (Hk); Swedesboro VIII 
(Sm). 

P. politus Say. Throughout the State VI-IX, not rare. 

P. gibbosus Fab. (punctatus Say). Throughout the State VII-X, com- 
mon. 

P. solivagus Say. Chester IX, 14 (Coll); Riverton IX, 19 (Hk); Glou- 
cester Co. VII, 24 (Fox). 

P. sanborni Cress. Staten Island (Ds); Riverton VIII (Vk); Swedes- 


boro VII, Ocean Co. (Coll); Pemberton IX (GG); Wenonah VI, 
Manumuskin VI (Dke). 


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Fig. 284. 


Fig. 283.—Sphecius speciosus, carrying off a Cicada to its burrow. 
Fig. 284.—Larva of S. speciosus feeding on the Cicada buried by its parent. 


Fig. 285.—Sphecius speciosus; a, larva; b, c, pupa; from below and side; e, 7, g, details 
of structure. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 679 


APHILANTHOPS Patt. 
A. frigidus Smith. Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


Family BEMBECID/.. 


Handsome, yellow-marked wasps of moderate size, the abdomen broad 
at base, not stalked. The labrum or upper lip is very long, triangular 
and pointed. The insects burrow in sandy places and feed their larve 
with flies. 

BEMBIDULA Burm. 
B. quadrifasciata Say. Throughout the sandy areas south of Piedmont 
Plain, more common in the pines VII-IX. 


B. ventralis Say. With the preceding and ranges further north; recorded 
from Clifton IX, 4 (GG). 


STICTICA Ill. (MONEDULA Latr.) 


S. carolina Fab. South of Piedmont Plain, g. d. VII-IX; the largest of the 
family, and not common. 


BEMBEX Fab. 


B. pruinosa Fox. Anglesea VIII, 25 (Kemp). 


B. syinolze Lep. Throughout the sandy areas south of Piedmont Plain; 
also at Sandy Hook (Bt); taken on a cow in the act of killing a 
“Tabanus nigrovitiatus” (Dke). 


B. cinerea Handl. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll); Cape May (Vk). 


MICROBEMBEX Patt. 


M. monodonta Say. Throughout the State in sandy places, not common. 


Family STIZID/A. 


SPHECIUS Dahlb. 


S. speciosus Dru. Throughout the State VII, IX, but local. The largest 
of all our digger wasps preying upon the Cicadas or harvest flies, 
which are gathered and stored in underground galleries as food for 
the larve. 


Family GORYTIDAS. 


GORYTES Latr. 


G. nebulosus Pack. Lahaway VII, 1 (Sm); New Jersey (Pack). 

G. phaleratus Say. (Hoplisus fulvipennis Sm.) Del. Water Gap VII, 8 
(Jn); Chester VII, 19, Jamesburg VIII, 4, Gloucester VII, 15 (Coll); 
Staten Island VII (Ds). 


686 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


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. simillimus Sm. New Jersey, latter part of June (Fox). 
. bipunctatus Say. (Euspongus) Great Notch IX, 8 (GG); Camden Co. 


VII, 9, IX, 7 (Fox); Clementon VIII, 27 (Vk). 


. denticulatus Pack. Riverton VI, 20 (Hk). 

. nigrifrons Smith. Orange Mts. VIII, 29 (Coll). 
. microcephalus Handl. Camden Co. VI, 28 (Fox). 
. propinquus Cress. Trenton VIII, 5, 21 (Hk). 


Family MEI,LINIDA. 


Abdomen petiolate, smooth and shining; the species prey upon flies, 


which some species capture by feigning death. 


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MELLINUS Fab. 


. bimaculatus Say. Riverton VIII, 11 (Vk); Westville (Fox); Lucaston 


IX, 17 (Dke); Lahaway X, 14 (Coll). 


Family ALYSONID/. 


BOTHYNOSTETHUS Kohl. 


. distinctus Fox. Camden Co. VII, VIII (Fox), the type locality; At- 


lantic Co. (Sm). 


ALYSON Jur. 


- melleus Say. Camden Co. VII, 6, VII, 10 (Fox). 
. Oppositus Say. Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, VIII (Fox); Westville 


(Crn). 


Family NYSSONID. 


NYSSON Latr. 


. lateralis Pack. Philadelphia VI (Fox), and sure to be found in New 


Jersey. 


. plagiatus Cress. Camden Co. VII, 19, 27 (Fox). 

. equalis Patt. Camden, Gloucester Co. VII (Fox); Westville VIII, 1 
=a (VAS) 

. opulentus Gerst. (Brachystegus) Camden Co. VI, 28 (Fox). 

. submellipes Vier. Riverton VIII, 7 (Jn); the type locality. 

. texanus Cress. Pemberton VII, 3 (Hk). 

. tramosericus Vier. Visits flowers of yarrow, “Achillea millefolium” 


(Vk). 


. deeckei Vier. Lucaston V, 30 (Dke); the type locality. 


THE INSECTS. OF NEW JERSEY. 681 


Family CRABRONIDA. 


Rather small diggers, with an unusually large quadrate head. They are 


not uniform in habit, but many live in pithy stems, burrow in dead wood 
or make use of an old cavity. They store their cells with flies, plant-lice, 
other insects or even spiders. 


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CRABRO Fab. 


. maculatus Fab. Staten Island VII (Ds); Riverton IV, 31 (Jn); Cam- 


den IX, 13 (Kp). 


. trapezoideus Pack. Camden Co. VII, 5 (Fox); Westville (Crn). 
. interruptulus D. T. (Solenius interruptus) Throughout the State VI, 


VII. 


. producticollis Pack. (Solenius) Throughout the State VI, VII. 
. montanus Cress. (Ectemnius) Philadelphia VIII (Fox), and sure to 


occur in New Jersey. 


- corrugatus Pack. (Ectemnius) Camden Co. VIII, 30 (Fox). 

- obscurus Smith. (Clytochrysus) Throughout the State VI-VIII. 
. septemptrionalis Pack. Camden Co. VII, 27 (Fox). 

. nigrifrons Cress. Throughout New Jersey (Vk). 


paucimaculatus Say. (Xestocrabro) Camden, Gloucester Co. . VI, 
VIII (Fox). 


. bisexmaculatus Vier. (Xestocrabro sexmaculatus Say.) Caldwell 


(Cr); Staten Island (Ds); Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, VIII (Fox); 
Clementon V, 12 (Vk). 


. trifasciatus Say. Chester VIII, 15 (Coll) ; Staten Island VIII (Ds); 


Camden Co. VII, VIII (Fox). 


: bimaculatus Say. Great Notch VIII, 21, Riverton VIII, 17 (Dke); one 


of the specimens taken with “Lucillia cesar” as its prey. 


. Stirpicola Pack. (Xylocrabro) Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, VIII 


(Fox); Atlantic Co. (Coll). 


- scaber Lep. Camden Co. VII (Fox); Manumuskin VI, 28 (Dke). 
. decem-maculatus Say. (Hypocrabro) Riverton IX, 31 (Jn); Camden 


Co. VII, 27 (Fox); Avalon VI, 9 (Kp). 


. chrysargyrus Lep. (Pseudocrabro) Jamesburg IX (Coll); Camden 


Co. VII (Fox). 


. bigeminus Patt. (Protothyreopus) Camden VIII, 12 (Fox); lLaha- 


way (Coll). 


. rufifemur Pack. Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 


argus Pack. (Thyreopus) Camden Co. VI, 28, VIII, 24 (Fox). 


: provancheri Fox. (Thyreopus) Will be found in New Jersey. 
. cribrellifer Pack. Long Island (Ashm), and probably in New Jersey. 
. vernalis Fox. (Synothyreopus) Clementon V, 10-28 (div); DaCosta 


V, 18, Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). 


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tumidus Pack. (Synothyreopus). Westville (Crn); Avon IX, 27 (Hk); 
Lahaway X, 14 (Coll); Lucaston VI, 27, Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). 


- viereckii Rohw. (Synothyreopus) DaCosta V, 17 (Dke). 

. cingulatus Pack. (Paranothyreus) Camden Co. VIII, IX (Fox). 

- rugicollis Vier. Riverton VII, 8 (Jn); the type locality. 

. hilaris Smith. DaCosta V, 18 (Dke). 

. nitidiventris Fox. (Cuphopterus) Trenton V, 24 (Hk); Camden Co. 


VII, 5 (Fox), the type locality; Collingswood VII, 17 (GG). 


. errans Fox. (Lindenius) Gloucester Co. VIII, 16 (Fox). 
. sulcus Fox. (Crossocerus) Long Island (Ashm) and probably New 


Jersey. 


. deckii Rohw. (Crossocerus) Lucaston V, 28 (Dke). 

. minimus Pack. (Crossocerus) Camden Co. V, 9, VIII, 9 (Fox). 

. scutellifer D. T. (scutellatus Say.) Camden Co. V, 18 (Fox). 

- maculiclypeus Fox. N. Woodbury VI, 13, Clementon V, 30, VI, 2 (Vk); 


Lucaston V, 30 (Dke). 


. flavitrochantericus Vier. Riverton VI, 6, the type locality (Vk). 
. impressifrons Smith. (Blepharipus) Riverton VIII, 8 (Jn) IX, 7 


(CG). 


. harringtonii Fox. Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk). 
. higrior Fox. (Blepharipus) “The unique type is from New Jersey” 


(Vk). 


. occidentalis Fox. (Alliognathus) Riverton V, 30 (Vk), VIII, 25 (Jn). 
. pedicellatus Pack. (Rhopalum) Riverton V, 30, Gloucester Co. IX, 7 


(Vk). 


. rufigaster Pack. (Rhopalum) Riverton VIII, 17 (Jn); New Jersey 


(Ashm). 
ANACRABRO Pack. 


. ocellatus Pack. Staten Island VI, 2 (Ds); Camden Co. VIII, 10 (Fox); 


Westville (Crn); Farmingdale VII, 14 (Coll); Manumuskin VI, 23 
(Dke). 


Family OXYBELIDA. 


NOTOGLOSSA Dahlb. 


. emarginata Say. Throughout the State V—VII, not rare. 


OXYBELUS Latr. 


. quadrinotatus Say. Jamesburg V (Coll); Camden, Gloucester Co. 


VIII (Fox). 


. subulatus Rob. (mucronatus Pack.) Throughout the State VI, VII. 
. cornutus Rob. Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, 28, VIII, 5 (Fox). 

. packardi Rob. Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox). 

. lztus Say. Camden Co. VII, 12, VIII, 9 (Fox). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 683 


Family LARRID/A. 


Head broad, closely applied to the thorax, abdomen not stalked, oval; 


middle tibia with one spur. Make burrows in sandy places and provision 
them chiefly with grasshoppers, crickets and the like. 


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ASTATA Latr. 


. bicolor Say. Gloucester Co. VIII, 16 (Fox); New Jersey (Cress Coll). 
. unicolor Say. Throughout the State in August, not rare. 

» pygidialis Fox. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. occidentalis Cress. Philadelphia VIII (Fox) and probably New Jersey. 


LARRA Latr. 


- analis Fab. (cressoni Fox, americana Cress.) Camden, Gloucester 


Cos. VII, VIII (Fox); Swedesboro VII, 15 (Coll); Clementon VIII, 13, 
27 (Vk). 


. pennsylvanica Beauv. Camden, Gloucester Co. VIII, [IX (Fox); West- 


ville (Crn). 
NOTOGONIA Costa. 


- argentata Beauv. G. d. south of Piedmont Plain V—VIII, not rare. 


ANCISTROMA Fox. 


. distincta Smith. Throughout the State VIII, IX, not rare. 


TACHYSPHEX Kohl. 


. tarsatus Say. Camden, Gloucester Cos. VII, VIII (Fox); Clementon 


V, 19 (Vk); Anglesea VI, 25 (Sm). 


. dubiosus D. T. (dubius Fox.) Camden Co. VIII, 24 (Fox), the type 


locality; N. Woodbury VI (div); DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke). 


- punctifrons Fox. Camden Co. IX, 12 (Fox). 
. minimus Fox. Camden Co. VII (Fox). 
. terminatus Smith. DaCosta VII, 28, Iona VI, 2, Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke); 


Anglesea IX, 4 (Sm). 


. quebecensis Prov. New Jersey VIII, 24, 31 (U S N M). 

. acutus Patt. IN. Woodbury VI, 13, 22, VIII, 1 (Vk). 

. tenuipunctus Fox. Clementon V, 14 (Vk); VI, 6 (W. S. Huntington). 
. obscurus Cress. Gloucester Co. VII, 15 (Coll). 


similis Rohw. Anglesea VIII, 4 (Coll); type locality. 


TACHYTES Panz. 


. aurulentus Fab. G. d. south of Piedmont Plain VII, VIII, not rare. 
. distinctus Smith. (crassus Patt.) Westville VIII, 1 (Vk). 


684 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 


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harpax Patt. Essex Co., Lahaway, Ocean Co. (Coll); Camden (Co, 
(Fox). 


: mandibularis Patt. G. d. south of Piedmont Plain VI-VIII. 
. calcaratus Fox. With the preceding VI-IX, not rare. 
- parvus Fox. Camden Co. VIII (Fox). 


mergus Fox. Camden Co. VII (Fox). 


- pepticus Say. Ocean Co., Lakewood (Coll); Iona VII, 13 (Dke). 
. breviventris Cress. Clementon VIII, 27 (Vk). 
. elongatus Cress. Glassboro (GG). 


LYRODA Say. 


. Subita Say. Chester VIII, 12, Arlington VIII, 30 (Coll); Camden, 
Gloucester Cos. VIII (Fox); Westville VIII, IX (div); Lucaston IX, 


3 (Dke). 


. triloba Say. Camden Co. (Fox) 


Family NITELIDA:. 


MISCOPHUS Jurine. 


» americanus Fox. Camden Co. VII, VIII, the type locality, Gloucester 


Co. VII, VIII (Fox); N. Woodbury VIII, 1 (Vk). 


PLENOCULUS Fox. 


. foxi Vier. N. Woodbury V, 22, VIII, 1, the type locality (Vk). 
. atlanticus Vier. N. Woodbury VI, 13; the type locality (Vk). 
. davisi Fox. N. Woodbury VI (Vk). 


Family TRYPOXYLIDA. 


Make cells in pithy plants, separating them by mud partitions, or 


make mud cells against walls, storing them with spiders. The wasps 
are slender, without yellow bands on abdomen. 


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TRYPOXYLON Latr. 


. albopilosum Fox. Throughout the State VI, VII, not common. 

. clavatum Say. With the preceding VII, VIII, more common. 

. carinatum Say. New Jersey (Ashm). 

. frigidum Smith. Greenwood Lake V, 30 (Coll); Trenton V, 26, VII, 10 


(Hk); Lucaston VI, 13 (Dke). 


- pennsylvanicum Sauss. Camden Co. VI, 28 (Fox). ; 
. politum Say. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick 


VII (Sm); Westville (Crn); Lahaway (Coll). 


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THE INSECTS. OF NEW JERSEY. 685 


rubrocinctum Pack. Camden VII, 10 (Vk); Westville, Gloucester Co. 
VII, VIII (Crn); Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 


. tridentatum Pack. Recorded from New Jersey (Ashm). 


excavatum Smith. Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick VII (Sm). 


. bidentatum Fox. New Jersey probably. 
. albitarse Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 7 (Jn); Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll); 


Clementon VII, 27 (Vk); Iona VII, 13, Manumuskin VIII, 17 (Dke). 


johnsoni Fox. Boonton VII (GG); Riverton VII, 15 (Jn), the type 
locality. 


projectum Fox. Riverton VIII, 13 (Jn); the type locality. 


Super-family APOIDEA. 


This series contains all the bees, social and solitary, long and short- 


tongued. The adults are more or less hairy, the hair is plumose, feath- 
ered, twisted or branched; sometimes dense, sometimes very sparse, 


Fig. 287.—Legs of bees, showing pollen gathering structures; a, the honey bee; 
b, Melipona; c, bumble bee. 


686 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE. MUSEUM. 


sometimes evenly distributed, sometimes massed at one point; but 
almost always compound hair indicates a meniber of this super-family. 
The tongue, besides varying from short to long, may be hinged or straight 
when at rest, but is always formed for lapping. The hind legs are often 
modified in the females and workers to serve as pollen carriers, and 
sometimes the underside of the breast or of the abdomen is modified to 
serve the same purpose. 

The larve are apparently legless grubs that live upon pollen or honey 
or a mixture of the two. Sometimes this is fed as needed as in the hive 
bee, more usually it is stored in a cell in quantity sufficient to bring the 
larva from the egg laid in the same cell to maturity. 

The bees, on the whole, are decidedly useful, serving as pollenizers to 
fruits and flowers, some of the former and many of the latter being 
completely dependent upon insect aid for their continued existence. 
Social bees are those in which workers are developed, and of these 
we have very few; solitary bees are those in which only males and 


females exist. 
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Family HALICTIDA:. 


These are solitary bees in so far as there are no developed workers, 
but they may occur in colonies, a large number of specimens building in 
the same territory. They are usually small in size, have short tongues, 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 687 


and their nesting habits are diverse. Some of them are brilliantly blue 
and green in color. 


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HALICTUS Latr. 


. ligatus Say. (¢ ornatipes Cress., armaticeps Cress., captiosus Sm.) 


Throughout the State, everywhere common YV-VIII. 


- confusus Smith. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); 


Camden X, 20 (USM). 


. parallelus Say. South Jersey (Fox). 
- provancheri D. T. (fasciatus Nyl., flavipes Fab.) Throughout the 


State IV, V, VII-X, not rare. 


EVYLANUS Rob. 


. pectoralis Smith. Middlesex Co. VII, Lakehurst VII (Coll); Camden 


We (Gl ts Wie 


. helumbonis Rob. Jamesburg VII, 18, Lahaway VI, 28 (Coll); Camden 


WAI EXS (Hox): 


. arcuatus Rob. Clementon IV, 27 (Dke). 

. truncatus Rob. Chester, Newark V (Coll). 

. quadrimaculatus Rob. Lahaway VII, 12 (Coll). 
. pectinatus Rob. Chester (Coll). 


LASIOGLOSSUM Curtis. 


. fuscipennis Smith. Staten Island VI (Ds); Philadelphia VIII, 29 


(Fox). 


. similis Smith. Burlington Co. V, Lahaway X, 14 (Coll). 
. coriaceus Smith. Staten Island IV (Ds); Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll). 


CHLORALICTUS Rob. 


. albipennis Rob. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 

. imitatus Smith. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Ashm). 

. pilosus Smith. Throughout the State V, VI, X (div).. 

. inconspicuus Smith. Newark V, Jamesburg VII (Coll); Staten Island 


VII (Ds); Iona VI, Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). 


. nymphalis Smith. Camden X, 2) (Fox); Prospertown, Ocean Co. VI 


(Sm). 


. nymphzarum Rob. (palustris Rob.) Throughout the State IV—VII. 
. zephyrus Smith. Newark V, New Brunswick IV, Atlantic Co. V 


(Coll); Riverton IV, 5 (Dke); So. Jersey (Fox). 


. lzevissimus Smith. Staten Island IX (Ds); New Brunswick V, James- 


burg VII (Coll). 


. vierecki Craw. Throughout the Delaware Valley region IV—VIII; also 


Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). Type from New Jersey. 


688 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


H. 


disparilis Cress. Sandy Hook VIII, Jamesburg (Coll). 


H. virginicus Ashm. Jamesburg (Coll). A mss. name. 
H. 
H. sparsus Rob. Hopatcong VII, Chester VII, IX, New Brunswick VII, 


marinus Craw. Ocean City VI, 19 (Vk). 


Burlington Co. V (Coll). 


. versatus Rob. Lake Hopatcong VII, 6 (Coll). 
. czeruleus Rob. Riverton IV, Westville IV (GG); National Park V 


(Dke). 


. illinoisensis Rob. Lahaway IV, 20 (Coll). 
. obscurus Rob. Lahaway IV, 20 (Coll). 
. smilacinze Rob. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


AUGOCHLORA Smith. 


. auratus Smith. Staten Island IV, V (Ds); Ocean Grove V, Camden 


Co. VIII (Fox); Jamesburg, Prospertown VI, Anglesea VII (Coll). 


. fervidus Smith. Shouid occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 
. humeralis Patton. iLahaway, common; has formed a great colony at 


this point, the soil in spots being literally honeycombed with bur- 
rows (Sm). 


. viridissimus Vier. (viridula Smith.) Newark VII, Orange Mts. VIII, 


Clementon V, Lakenurst VII (Coll); Brown’s Mills V, Lucaston X, 
Iona VIII, Manumuskin VIII (Dke). ; 


. cupreus Smith. Newark V, Jamesburg: VIII (Coll); Camden Co. VIII 


(Fox). 


. sumptuosus Sm. New Jersey (U S N M). 


OXYSTOGLOSSA Sm. 


. purus Say. Newark V, New Brunswick X, Riverton V, Lahaway VI, 


VII (Coll); Riverton V, Merchantville VII (Dke). 


. persimilis Vier. (similis Rob.) Orange Mts. (Coll). 


AGAPOSTEMON Smith. 


. radiatus Say. (pulchra Smith.) Throughout the State V—VII; com- 


mon. 


. splendens Lep. DaCcsta V, VII, Penbryn VII, Avalon VII (Dke); 


Anglesea V, VI (Coll). 


. texanus Cress. Fort Lee VIII, 30 (Dke). 
. zruginosus Smith. Camden, Gloucester Co. VIII (Fox). 
. virescens Fab. (nigricornis Fab.) Chester VIII, Newark IX, Mon- 


mouth Co. VIII (Coll); Caldwell (Cr). 


. lerouxi Lep. (parellelus Say.) Chester VII, New Brunswick VII 


(Coll); Clementon IV (Dke). 


. emarginata Say. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 
. pilosus Cress. Woodbury VI, Iona IV, Brown’s Mills V, Manumuskin 


V (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 689 


SPHECODES Latr. 


. arvensis Patt. Camden Co. V, Gloucester Co. VII (Fox); Riverton 


VIII, Jamesburg V, Lahaway IV, VI, South Jersey VII (Coll). 


. dichrous Smith. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island VII (Ds); Camden Co. 


V (Fox). 


. clematidis Rob. Riverton VI, 11, Clementon V, 12 (Coll); National 


Park VI, 10 (Dke). 


. prosphorus Lovell. Lucaston VIII, 19 (Dke). 
. confertus Say. (falcifer Patt.) Prospertown VII, 11 (Sm); New Jer- 


sey (US M). 


. stygica Rob. Laurel Springs VII, 21 (Dke). 
. mandibularis Cress. Camden Co. VI, 15 (Fox). 
. ranunculi Rob. Clementon V, 30 (Vk). 


Family ANDRENID/. 


These are species of moderate or rather large size, all of them solitary, 


most of them diggers, and the majority with short tongues. Some of 
them make burrows of considerable extent, and occasionally there are 
large colonies in an area particularly adapted to their needs. 


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ANDRENA Fab. 


carlini Ckll. (bicolor Fab.) Newark V, Trenton V, Jamesburg V, 
Lahaway V, VI (Coli); Great Notch V, Merchantville V, Manumuskin 
V (Dke). 


. erigeniz Rob. Newark, Jamesburg, Burlington, Atlantic Co. V (Coll). 
. hirticincta Prov. (americana D. T.) Chester ID. Plainfield IX 


(Coll); Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds). 


. flavoclypeata Smith. Chester IV, Newark V, Jamesburg V (Coll); 


Trenton IV, 29 (Hk); DaCosta V, 18, Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). 


. fragilis Smith. Lake Hopatcong VII, 6 (Coll); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 
. hilaris Smith. Trenton VII, Glassboro V (Hk); visits flowers of rasp- 


berry (Vk). 


. integra Smith. Manumuskin (Dke). 


nuda Rob. Jamesburg, Prospertown, Lahaway VI (Coll). 
perplexa Smith. Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 
placida Smith. Jamesburg V (Coll); Trenton IV, 29 (Dke). 


. pruni Rob. Burlington Co. V (Sm). 
. nubecula Smith. Trenton IX, 2 (Hk). 
. claytoniz Rob. Chester IV, Newark V, New Brunswick IV, James- 


burg V (Coll); Clementon V (div). 


. bisalicis Vier. (salicis Rob.) New Jersey (Sm). 
. vicina Smith. Throughout the State in May, local. 


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erythrogastra Ashm. Camden County (Fox). 
nasoni Rob. Newark, Jamesburg, Burlington Co., all V (Coll). 


cressoni Rob. Newark, Burlington Co., Lahaway; all V (Coll); Man- 
umuskin IV, 20 (Dke). 


hippotes Ckll. Newark V (Coll); Westville V, 8 (Vk). 
alienoides Vier. Clementon VI, 2 (Vk); Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke). 


fulvipennis Smith. Lucaston IX (div); Clementon IV, 7 (Vk); Manu- 
muskin IX, 15 (Dke). 


. forbesii Rob. Orange V (Davis); Trenton IV, 26 (Coll); Riverton V, 


Westville V, Clementon V, VI (Vk). 


. spireana Rob. Iona VI, 8 (Dke); V, 16 (Hk). 
. rugosa Rob. Newark V (Coll); Clementon V, 16 (Vk). 
. deeckii Vier. Clementon V, 6-17 (div); Brown’s Mills V, 18, (Dke). 


robertsonii D. T. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 


. arabis Rob. Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 


solidaginis Rob. Trenton IX, 2, Clementon X, 4 (Hk). 
andrenoides Cress. Clementon V, 3 (Hk). 


. thaspis Gren. Clementon V, 3 (Hk). 


rehni Vier. Clementon VII, 4 (Hk). 


. tridens Smith. Milltown IV, 22 (Coll). 


bradleyi Vier. Clementon V, 6 (Hk). 


. winkleyi Vier. Newark V (Coll). 
. canadensis D. T. Monmouth Co. X, 1 (Coll). 
. bridewellii Ckll. Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 


imitatrix Cress. Trenton IV, 26 (Coll). 


. asteris Rob. Chester IX, 16, Monmouth Co. X, 1 (Coll); Iona IX, 16 


(Hk). 


. cratzegi Rob. Trenton VII, 5, Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 


mandibularis Rob. Metuchen V, 15 (Coll). 
delawarearum Vier. Clementon V, 3, (Hk). 


. viburnella Gren. Burlington Co. V (Coll). 
. cockerelli Gren. Chester IV, 4, 20 (Coll). 


mariz var. concolor Rob. Newark V (Coll). 


. dunningi Ckll. Newark V (Coll). 

. miserabilis Cress. Clementon V, 5 (GG). 

. milwaukiensis Gren. Staten Island IV (Ds). 

. ovalis Ashm. New Jersey (Ashm); a mss. name. 

. tuberculata Ashm. New Jersey (Ashm); a mss. name. 


MELITTA Kirby. 


. americana Smith. Should occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 691 


Family DUFOUREBID/. 


HALICTOIDES Nyl. 


H. novzeangliz Rob. Visits flowers of pickerel weed, “Pontederia cor- 
data,” and certain to be found in New Jersey. 


Family MACROPID/. 


MACROPIS Panz. 
M. ciliata Patt. Linden VI, 16 (Coll); visits flowers of ‘“Lysimachia,” 
“Aralia,” “Kalmia” and “Solidago.” 


. patellata Patt. Camden Co. VI, 28—-VIII, 12 (Fox); visits flowers of 
“Cicuta maculata,” “Rhus glabra’ and “Sterionema ciliata.” 


= 


Family PANURGID/. 


PERDITA Smith. 


P. octomaculata Say. (Cockerellia) Camden Co. (Fox); Westville 
(Crn); Clementon IX, 4 (CG); on flowers of golden-rod and aster. 


P. bradleyi Vier. Clementon V, 24 (Bradley); the type locality. 


P. monardez Vier. Riverton VIII, 11 (Vk); the type locality; on flowers 
of ‘“Monarda punctata” (Vk). 


PANURGINUS Nyl. 


P. asteris Rob. Chester IX, 14, Riverton IX, 11 (Coll); Westville IX, 22 
(Vk). 
P. pauper Cress. Should occur in New Jersey. 


CALLIOPSIS Smith. 


Cc. tricolor Ckll. (Panurginus) Gloucester Co. VIII, 16 (Fox); Pemberton 
IX, 1 (GG); Winslow VIII, 24, Brown’s Mills IX, 5 (Dke). 


C. andreniformis Smith. Canada to Virginia (Ashm). 


PROTANDRENA CKIl. 


P. cockerelli Dunning. Camden Co. (Fox). 


Family NOMADIDE. 


These are rather small, not very hairy bees, somewhat resembling 
wasps in appearance. They are parasites or guests in the nests of other 
bees. 


692 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


FW aA AOR SIS eA 


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NOMADA Fab. 


. articulata Smith. Staten Island (Ds); Camden Co. V, 18 (Fox). 
. bisignata Say. Caldwell. (Cr); Orange Mts., Burlington Co. V, Laha- 


way IV, 20, Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll). 


. lepida Cress. Camden Co. IV, 20 (Fox). 
. modesta Cress. Westville (Fox); Merchantville V, 25, Belleplain IX, 


16 (Dke); Gloucester Co. VIII, 16, Sea Isle City VII, 22 (Jn). 


. pygmzea Cress. Camden Co. IV, 20 (Fox). 

. festiva Cress. Described from New Jersey; Jamesburg (Coll). 

. cressoni Rob. Great Notch V, 6 (Dke). 

. simplex Rob. Hainesport V, 7 (Dke). 

. denticulata Rob. Great Notch V, 6 (Dke); Jamesburg V, 16 (Coll). 
. illinoiensis Rob. Burlington Co. V (Coll). 

. sphzerogaster Ckll. Chester IV, 12, 20 (Coll). 


GNATHIAS Rob. 


. cuneatus Rob. Riverton V, 4, National Park V, 6, Wenonah VI, 14 


(Dke). 


. ovata Rob. Chester (Coll). 
. americanus Kirby. Manumuskin V, 21 (Dke). 


XANTHIDIUM Rob. 


. luteola Lep. Jamesburg IV, 8, 18 (Coll); New Jersey (Crn). 
. dentarize Rob. Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll). 
. incerta Cress. Burlington Co. V (Coll); Westville IV, 19 (Jn); New 


Jersey (Crn). 


HOLONOMADA Rob. 


. affabilis Cress. Malaga VI, 1 (Dke); Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll). 
. vincta Say. New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


TRIEPEOLUS Rob. 


. concavus Cress. (Epeolus) Newark, Ocean Co. (Sm); Gloucester Co.. 


VII, 15 (Fox). . 


. donatus Smith. (Epeolus) Westville (Cress, Fox). 
. lunatus Say. Newark, Ocean Co. (Coll); Westville (Crn); Merchant- 


ville VIII, 19 (Jn); So. Jersey (Fox). 


. mercatus Fab. Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). Mr. Viereck suggests that this. 


may be the same as ‘‘Nomada cressoni” Rob. 


. remigatus Fab. Westville (Crn); DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke). 
. pectoralis Rob. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk). 


Fig. 289.—A plate of bees, etc.: a, Melissodes bimaculata; b, Andrena vicina: c, Celioxys 
8-dentata; d, Halictus ligatus; e, Tetralonia atriventris; f, Osmia rustica; g, Andrena 
erigemi@; h, Melissodes nigripes; i, Megachila mendica; k, Xenoglossa pruinosa; 

l, Tachytes mandibularis; m, Megachila latimanus; more than twice 
natural size. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 693 


EPEOLUS Latr. 


. bifasciatus Cress. (Pyrrhomelecta fumipennis Say.) Westville, Glou- 


cester Co. VII, 15 (Fox). 


. pusillus Cress. Westville (Fox); Lucaston IX, 14 (Dke). 
. autumnalis Rob. Chester IX, 16 (Coll). 
. scutellaris Say. Lakehurst VII, 18, VIII, 23 (Coll). 


Family KUCERID/. 


Long tongued solitary bees of moderate size, resembling honey bees in 


general appearance and often with dense vestiture. 


M. 


= 


MELISSODES Latr. 


bimaculata Lep. Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick VII, Jamesburg 
(Sm); Westville VII (div); Riverton VIII, Merchantville VII (Vk); 
Collingswood VII (GG); Winslow VIII (Dke). 


- communis Cress. Gloucester Co. VII, 15 (Coll). 
. compta Cress. Westville (Crn); Philadelphia VII, 23 (Fox). 
. dentiventris Smith. Gloucester Co. VIII, 10 (Fox); DaCosta VII, 30, 


VIII, 3 (Dke). 


. desponsa Smith. Orange Mts. (Coll); Lucaston IX, 9 (Dke); Clem- 


enton X, 4 (Hk). 


. nigripes Smith. Newark V, New Brunswick V, Jamesburg V, VI, 


Lahaway VI, Prospertown VI (Sm); Riverton, Westville (Jn). 


. obliqua Say. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. olivacea Cress. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. pennsylvanica Lep. New Jersey (Bt). 

. perplexa Cress. Newark (Sm); Riverton VIII, 17, Manumuskin VIII, 


17, Belleplain IX, 9 (Dke). 


. rustica Say. Newark (Sm); Trenton IX, 26 (Hk); Westville (Crn); 


Mr. Viereck suggests that this may be the same as “simillima” Rob. 


. fimbriata Cress. Cape May VI, 14 (Fox). 

. atripes Cress. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. caliginosa Cress. GJoucester Co. IX, 5 (Fox). 
. atrifrons Sm. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. menuacha Cress. Camden Co. (Fox). 

. trinodis Rob. Chester IX, 10 (Coll). 


TETRALONIA Spin. 


. atriventris Smith. (Synhalonia) New Brunswick Jamesburg V, 7 


(Sm); Clementon V, 12 (Jn). 


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XENOGLOSSA Smith. 


. pruinosa Say. Throughout the State VII-IX; visits flowers of cucur- 


bits by preference and is one of the most effective agents in their 
pollination. The bees often spend the night in the closed flowers. 


Family EMPHORID/. 


MELITOMA Latr. (ENTECHNIA Patton.) 


. taurea Say. Ft. Lee rare (Bt); Camden Co. VI, 3 (Fox). 


EMPHOR Patton. 


. bombiformis Cress. Arlington VIII, 30, digging shallow burrows in 


soil (Gr); Gloucester Co. VIII, 16 (Fox); visits flowers of “Ipomea’”’ 
(Ckll), and of marshmallows (Gr). 


Family ANTHOPHORID. 


ANTHOPHORA Latr. 


- abrupta Say. Caldweil (Cr); Palisades VII, 3 (Dke). 
. bomboides Kirby. Pennsylvania (Ashm) and sure to occur in New 


Jersey. 


. floridana Smith. Orange Mts., Jamesburg V, 4, Lahaway VI, 2 (Coll); 


Clementon IV, V (div); Manumuskin IV, 11 (Dke). 


. terminalis Cress. Riverton IX, 9 (Hk). 


Family PROSOPID. 


PROSOPIS Fab. 


. affinis Smith. Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick VII, 24, Jamesburg VII, 


15 (Coll). 


. modesta Say. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); Camden Co. VI, 18 (Fox). 


This and the preceding are probably the same (Vk). 


. antennata Cress. Recorded from New Jersey only. 
. confluens Ckll. Camden Co. (CkI1l). 
- pygmeea Ckll. Jamesburg V, VI, Lakehurst VII (Coll); Camden Co. 


(Fox). 


. Sparsa Cress. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

. verticalis Cress. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

. zizizs Rob. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll); Ocean Grove (CkIl). 

. sayi Rob. Orange Mts. VIII, 29, New Brunswick V, Jamesburg V 


(Coll). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 695 


Family COLLETID/. 


Moderate sized, long-tongued, hairy bees, burrowing in sandy places. 


COLLETES Latr. 


. armatus Patt. New Jersey (Ashm); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk); visits flow- 


ers of “Composite” (Vk). 


. americanus Cress. Camden Co. VII, 3 (Fox); Clementon X, 4 (Hk); 


Manumuskin IX, 15 (Dke); Anglesea IX, 3 (Coll). 


. compactus Cress. Chester (Dn); Lahaway III-V (Sm); Clementon 


IX, 5 (Hk); Lucaston, DaCosta, Manumuskin, all V (DkKe). 


. inzequalis Say. (propinqua Cress.) Camden Co., Atco (Fox); Ches- 


ter IV, 20, Lahaway III, 26-IV, 20 (Coll); Clementon IV, V (div); 
Manumuskin IV, V (Dke). 


. inzequalis ferrugineus Swenk. Hainesport III, 26 (Dke); Riverton 


(Vk). 


. validus Cress. Staten Island IV (Ds); New Brunswick, Jamesburg IV 


(Coll); Camden Co. V, 18 (Fox); Riverton IV, 3 (Dke); Clementon 
We oh (EUR) 


. brevicornis Rob. North Woodbury (Vk). 
. nudus Rob. Anglesea VIII, 8, on white umbellifer (Vk). 
. rufithorax Swenk. Westville VI, Clementon V, VI, Manumuskin JV, 


Ocean City VI, Avalon VI, Anglesea V (Swenk); Prospertown VI 
(Coll). 


. thoracicus Smith. Clementon VI, 6 (Hk); Brown’s Mills V, 21, Cape 


May VI, 7, large numbers on blossoms of holly (Dke). 


Family STELIDIDA. 


STELIS Panz. 


. foederalis Smith. (Melanostelis nitida Cress.) New Jersey probably 


(Ashm). 


. lateralis Cress. (Protostelis) Camden Co. V, 18 (Fox). 
. australis Cress. Wenonah VII, 22 (Haim). 
. foxi Ashm. (Melanostelis) Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox); a mss. name 


and probably the same as “australis” Cress. 


Family MEGACHILIDAL. 


MEGACHILE Latr. 


These are leaf-cutter bees that make their nests in burrows, forming 


cells of semi-circular pieces of leaves. Thy are solitary, and the pollen 
carrying structures are on the under side of the abdomen. 


696 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


M. addenda Cress. (manumuskin Vier.) Clementon VI, 5, DaCosta VII. 
Iona VI, 16, Manumuskin VI, 24 (Dke); the type locality is in New 
Jersey. 


M. brevis Say. Caldwell (Cr); Staten Island (Ds); New Brunswick VII, 
Jamesburg V, Ocean Co. (Coll); Camden, Gloucester Co. VII, VIII 
(Fox); DaCosta VII (Dke). 


M. exilis Cress. (studiosa Cress.) New Jersey (Cress); Trenton VII, 
ial (C80). 


. vidua Smith. (frigida Sm.) Camden Co. VII, Gloucester VIII (Fox); 
Westville (Crn). 

.» generosa Cress. Iona VIII, 25 (Dke). 

. mendica Cress. Throughout the State VI-X, common. 

mucida Cress. New Brunswick (Sm). 

. optiva Cress. Gloucester Co. VIII, 10 (Fox). 

. perbrevis Cress. New Jersey (Cress); Philadelphia IX, 5 (Fox). 

. petulans Cress. Philadelphia VII, 25 (Fox). 


. pruina Smith. Lahaway VI, 9, Anglesea VIII, 4 (Coll); New Jersey 
(Ashm). 


. gemula Cress. Philadelphia VII, 10 (Fox). 


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SAYAPIS Titus. 
M. pugnata Say. Camden Co. IX, 7 (Fox); New Jersey (Cress Coll). 


CYPHOPYGA Rob. 


M. montivaga Cress. Should occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 


XANTHOSARUS Rob. 


M. latimanus Say. (femorata Sm.) Throughout the State VIII-X. . 
. melanophza Smith. Westville (Crn). 
M. infragilis Cress. New Brunswick VII, 21 (Coll). 


= 


GNATHODON Rob. 
M. georgica Cress. DaCosta VII, 16 (Dke). 


CCELIOXYS Latr. 
The species of this genus are parasitic in the cells of ““Megachile”’ and 
were referred to the family “Stelidid#” in the last edition. 
C. alternata Say. Should occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 


C. dubitata Smith. (rufitarsis Sm.) Riverton IX, 9 (Hk); Gloucester 
Co: IX, 21 (Fox). d 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 697 


modesta Smith. Philadelphia VIII, 17 (Fox); Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); 
not common. 


8—-dentata Say. Throughout the State VII, VIII. 
sayi Rob. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); New Jersey (Ash). 


OSMIA Panz. 


These are large-headed, chunky bees, usually blue or green in color, 


somewhat metallic. 


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atriventris Cress. Riverton V, 4, Iona VI, 2 (Dke); Lahaway V, 3 
(Coll). 

rustica Cress. (Nothosmia) Camden Co. (Fox). 

chalybea Smith. New Brunswick IV, V (Sm); Laurel Springs V, VI 
(Dke). 

simillima Smith. (cognata Cress.) Caldwell (Cr); Monmouth Co. V, 
28 (Fox). 


. vicina Cress. Philadelphia V, 28 (Fox). 

. lignaria Say. (Ceratosmia) Caldwell (Cr); Lahaway VI, 7, 28 (Coll). 
. distincta Cress. (Nothosmia) Camden Co., Philadelphia V, 12 (Fox). 
. albiventris Cress. Caldwell (Cr); New Jersey (Crn). 


ANDRONICUS Cress. 


. producta Cress. (Alcidamea) Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick VII, 


21, Jamesburg VII, 14, Lahaway VI, 1 (Coll); Westville (Fox). 


HERIADES Spin. 


. carinatum Cress. (Trypetes) Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox); New Jer- 


sey (Cress). 


. variolosum Cress. Should occur in New Jersey (Ashm). 


DIANTHIDIUM CkIl. 


. notatum Latr. (Anthidium) Riverton IX, 2, Pemberton IX, 8 (GG); 


Penbryn VIII, 2, Manumuskin VII, 5 (DKe). 


. simile Cress. Bamber VII, 13, Lacy VII, 14 (Dke). 


Family CERATINID/. 


CERATINA Laitr. 


. dupla Say. Throughout the State IV, V; a little, naked, blue-green 


species, makes cells in the pith of briars, etc., storing with thick 
honey. 


698 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Family XYLOCOPID. 


XYLOCOPA Latr. 


X. virginica Dru. The large carpenter bee; common throughout the 
State V, VI, making holes half an inch in diameter in boards or 
beams about porches, sheds, ete. Cells made of leaf cuttings. 


Family APID/. 


This contains the true bees, most of them social, with workers or un- 
developed females in the colonies, and most of them storing honey to a 
greater or less extent. 


PSITHRUS Lepel. (APATHUS Newn.) 


The species of this genus resemble the bumble bees, but are really para- 
sitic, in so far as they develop as unbidden guests in the nests of the 
Bombi. The females have no pollen-baskets; the males are not easily 
distinguished from bumble bees. 

P. ashtoni Cress. Caldwell (Cr). 

P. laboriosus Fab. (citrinus Sm.) Caldwell (Cr). 

P. variabilis Cress. Jamesburg VII, 18 (Coll). 

P. elatus Fab. Jamesburg, Monmouth Co. X, 1, Anglesea (Coll). 


BOMBUS Latr. 


These are the “bumble bees.” They are social, make their nests in 
cavities in the ground, the female winters and breeds workers only in 
early summer. They have a very long tongue, and are the almost ex- 
clusive agents in fertilizing red clover. 


B. pennsylvanicus DeG. (americanorum Fab.) Throughout the State all 
season. 

. affinis Cress. Greenwood Lake (Cr); Westville (Fox). 

. bimaculatus Cress. Philadelphia VII, 23 (Fox). 

. borealis Kirby. New Jersey (Ashm). 

. consimilis Cress. Throughout the State IV—IX. 

. fervidus Fab. Throughout the State V—IX. 

. ridingsi Cress. Throughout the State IV—VIII. 

. ternarius Say. Staten Island VIII (Ds). 

. vagans Smith. Throughout the State VII-IX. 

impatiens Harr. (virginicus Oliv.) Throughout the State all season. 

. perplexus Cress. Brown’s Mills VI, 27 (Dke). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 699 


BOMBIAS Rob. 
. separatus Cress. Caldwell (Cr); 
Staten Island (Ds); Westville (Fox). 


. auricomus Rob. Caldwell (Cr); West- 
ville (Fox). 

. scutellaris Cress. Lucaston IX, 17, 
Brown’s Mills IX, 9 (Dke); Anglesea 
VIII, 8 (Vk). 


APIS Linn. 


. mellifera Linn. (mellifica) The com- 
mon or domesticated honey bee, 
found throughout the State all sea- 
son. 


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Order SIPHONAPTERA. 


Contains the fleas which are considered as flies, modified to suit a 
parasitic mode of life. They are usually brown in color, transversely 
flattened, the edges of the segments set with stiff spines directed back- 
ward, and the hind legs enormously developed for leaping. They drop 
their eggs in the sleeping quarters of their host, and from these come 
slender, white, worm-like larve. These feed on refuse animal or vege- 
table debris and the pupz hide in crevices, or in houses between the 
boards of floors. 


Fig. 292.—The dog flea, Ctenocephalus canis: a, egg; b, larva in cocoon; c, pupa; 
d, adult; e, f, g, details of mouth and antennal structure; all enlarged. 


Sometimes a house becomes overrun with fleas, and in such cases the 
sleeping place of the dog or cat must first be thoroughly cleaned, so as 
to destroy the source of the trouble. All the adult fleas will get upon the 
dog or cat at the first opportunity, and these pets, therefore, can be used 
as traps, then washed with carbolic soap at short intervals until all the 
fleas have been captured and destroyed. A free use of gasoline in the 
crevices of the floor will kill all larvee and pupe that may be there, and 
will at once check breeding. 

No systematic collections have been made in New Jersey. I have taken 
fleas from moles, rabbits, muskrats, and have seen them in quantities in 
nests of field mice. They also occur on rats and on almost every other 
hairy animal in the State, but no effort has yet been made to determine 
the species. 

Those listed here occur practically everywhere. The names are from 
the list published by C. F. Baker in 1904, and it is remarkable that at that. 


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702 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


time the author had practically no material from the middle Atlantic 
States. 


Family PULICIDAS. 


PULEX Linn. 


P. irritans Linn. The human flea. Not a native of New Jersey, but is 
almost cosmopolitan, and specimens are occasionally found, brought 
from more southern States. 


CTENOCEPHALUS Kol. 


C. canis Curt. (Pulex serraticeps) The common cat and dog flea. 


CERATOPHYLLUS Curtis. 


Cc. wickhami Baker. (Pulex howardi) One of the squirrel fleas. 


CTENOPHTHALMUS Kol. 


C. pseudarytes Baker. A parasite on field mice. 


Order DIPTERA. 


This order contains the flies, always recognizable by having two wings 
only, the secondaries being reduced to little knobs or halteres. The 
head is separated from the thorax by a distinct, very narrow neck, and 
the antenne are either quite long or very short, often aristate. The 
mouth parts are formed for scraping or sucking, or both, and never for 
chewing, in the adult stage. The larve vary greatly, but are usually 
either very slender and elongate, or maggot-like in form. The metamor- 
phosis is complete, and the change from larva to adult is more radical 
than in any other order. 

Since the publication of the previous list our knowledge of the “Dip- 
tera” has increased vastly, and collectors are more numerous than ever 
before. Mr. Charles W. Johnson, now Curator of the Boston Society of 
Natural History, has again prepared the list as a whole, and has added 
perhaps the greatest number of species to it. But in the ‘‘Cecidomyiide” 
Mr. William Beutenmuller has done this work, and while the list in that 
family is still far from complete, it is a much better picture of our fauna 
than was the previous one. In the “Culicids” the list is probably almost 
complete. In no other family have collections been so thorough and 
systematic, and it is believed that few species will be added in future. 
Mr. John A. Grossbeck, one of the assistants in the mosquito investiga- 
tion, has written this part of the list. In the “Tabanide” Mr. V. A. E. 
Daecke has supplied the mss., and here again his persistent and careful 
work, supplemented by that of Mr. Henry S. Harbeck, has left little to 
be done. In addition to these gentlemen, Messrs. G. M. Greene and 
Chas. T. Greene, of Philadelphia, have added many records, and nearly 
all the contributors to the previous edition have helped along the work 
on this. 

Mr. Johnson estimated that the 1,200 species listed in the last edition 
were about two-thirds of the actual number to be found in the State. 
As before, all records not otherwise specifically credited belong to Mr. 
Johnson. 


Family TIPULIDA. 


These are the “Crane-flies,’ which resemble exaggerated mosquitoes 
in appearance, and derive the common name from their long, ungainly, 
slender legs. The head is often prolonged into a sort of blunt snout. 
at the end of which are the prominent palpi, which are sometimes as 
long as the antenne. 

The species are most common in low meadows or at the edges of 
woodland, and their flight is as uncertain and awkward as their appear- 
ance. It is difficult to preserve these insects, because the legs break off 
at the least provocation, even when they are alive. 


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704, REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM: 


Fig. 293.—A crane fly, Pachyrhina species. 


The larve of most of these flies are slender, cylindrical, worm-like, and 
very tough, whence they are known as “wire worms” in England, where 
they are often injurious on sod land and to root crops. This type lives 
in the soil, and may feed on either living or dead vegetation. A few 
feed on ieaves and somewhat resemble caterpillars, but in no case are 
they injurious in New Jersey, so far as I have had any knowledge of 
them. 


GERANOMYIA Haliday. 
G. rostrata Say. Lenola, Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Riverton V, 19, VII,- 3, 
IX, 11 (div), National Park VI, 3 (Dke). 
G. canadensis Westw. “New Jersey” (A ES), Cape May IX, 21 (Vk). 
. diversa O. S. “New Jersey” (A E'S). 
G. distincta Doane. Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


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RHIPIDIA Meig. 


R. maculata Meig. ‘New Jersey” (A E 8). 
R. domestica O. S. Palisades (O S); Clementon V, 16, bred from larve 
obtained in fermented sap of “Nyssa sylvatica,’ Riverton VI, 16. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 705 


. fidelis O. S. Chester VIII, 9 (Coll). 
. bryanti Johns. Dover VI, 25. 


TROCHOBOLA O. S. 


. argus Say. Palisades V (Ly). 


DICRANOMYIA Steph. 


7 fara Oils. Dover Vi,-23. 

. liberta O. S. Jamesburg (Sm); Clementon VI, 3. 
. stulta O. S. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 

- morioides O. S. “New Jersey” (A EH §8). 

. pubipennis O. S. “New Jersey” (Bt). 


simulans WIk. (defuncta O. S.) Caldwell VI, 8 (Cr). 
hzretica O. S. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg (Sm). 
badia Walk. Forest Hill X (Wdt). 


. immodesta O. S. Forest Hill IX (Wdt); Lucaston IX, 28, X, 15 (Dke). 
. gladiator O. S. Avon IX, 27 (Hk). 


LIMNOBIA Meig. 


. immatura O. S. Boonton VII, 18 (GG); Caldwell (Cr). 
. cinctipes Say. Caldwell (Cr). 
. triocellata O. S. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, Asbury Park VIII, 


16, Westville VI, 6 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 28 (DkKe). 


. fallax Johns. (solitaria Johns, not O. S.) Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap 


VII, 14. 


. tristigma O.S. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 
. sociabilis O. S. Caldwell (Cr). 
. indigena O. S. Merchantville VI, 4 (Dke). 


TOXORRHINA Loew. 


. magna O. S. Type “New Jersey” VII (A ES); Wildwood VIII, 12. 


RHAMPHIDIA Meig. 


. flavipes Macq. Riverton VII, 31, VIII, 25, Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); 


National Park V, 20 (DkKe). 


ELEPHANTOMYIA O. S. 


. westwoodi O. S. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 


ATARBA 0. S. 


. picticornis O. S. Riverton VI, 18. 


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DICRANOPTYCHA O..S. 


germana O. S. “New Jersey” (A E S). 
sobrina O. S. New Hope VII, 10 (Hk). 


TEUCHOLABIS O. S. 


. complexa O. S. Avalon; larva in considerable number under bark 


VI, 8; commenced pupating in 4 or 5 days; imagoes VII, 22-27. 


CLADURA oO. S. 


. flavoferruginea O. S. Forest Hill IX (Wat). 


ANTOCHA O. S. 


. saxicola O. S. (opalizans O. S.) Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 10. 


RHYPHOLOPHUS Kol. 


. innocens O. S. Westville IV, 9 (Jn); Riverton IV, 10 (Dke). 
. nubilus O. S. Newark IV (Wdt). 


ERIOPTERA Meig. 


. chlorophylla O. S. Common; Riverton VI, 19, VII, 3, Westville VII, 2. 
. straminea O. S. Riverton VI, 18. 
. venusta O. S. Riverton VI, 15, Merchantville V, 26 (Dke); Woodbury 


VI, 7. 


. septemtrionalis O. S. Riverton VII, 3. 

. armata O. S. “New Jersey” (A E S, Bt); Orange Mts. VI. 

. chrysocoma O. 8S. Riverton VI, 18, Westville VII, 2. 

. caloptera Say. Boonton IX, 18 (GG); Riverton VII, 3, Avalon VII, 22. 
. dulcis O. S. Del. Water Gap VII, 13, Riverton VI, 16 (Jn). 

- parva O. S. Del. Water Gap VII, 13 (Jn); Orange VI (O 8S). 

. vespertina O. S. “New Jersey” (A ES). 


MOLOPHILUS Curtis. 


. forcipula O. S. South Orange (O 8). 

. hirtipennis O. S. Orange (O S). 

. ursinus O. S. Ashland V, 13 (Hk); Clementon V, 14 (Jn). 

. pubipennis O. S. Chester VIII, 1 (Coll); Shark River VII, 12. 


GONIOMYIA O. S. 


. manca O. S. South Orange VI, 30, 1868 (O S). 

. blanda O. S. Long Branch VI, 12. 

. sulphurella O. S. Riverton V, 28, Asbury Park VIII, 16. 
. cognatella O. S. Clementon V, 12. 


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HELOBIA St. Farg. (SYMPLECTA Meig.) 


. hybrida Meig. (punctipennis Meig.) Riverton IX, 25, Shiloh IX, 1 


(Jn); Avon IX, 27, Pemberton V, 20 (Hk). 


TRIMICRA O. S. 


- anomala O. S. Anglesea V, 30, VII, 9 (Sm). 


GNOPHOMYIA O. S. 


. tristissima O. S. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Westville VI, 6 (Jn); New 


Hope VII, 10 (Hk). 
ULOMORPHA oO. S. 


. pilosella O. S. Shark River VII, 12. 


TRICHOCERA Meig. 


. regelationis Linn. Caldwell V, 5 (Cr); Camden II, 21, Westville IV, 9. 
. bimacula Walk. Riverton IX, 3. 
. brumalis Fitch. Riverton IX, 3. 


EPIPHRAGMA oO. S. 


. fascipennis Say. New Hope VIII, 10 (Hk); Newark VI, 16, Riverton 


V, 29, Clementon VI, 3, Woodbury VI, 7. 


LIMNOPHILA Macq. 


. fuscovaria O. S. Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville VI, 6, Clementon VIII, 9. 
. luteipennis O. S. Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk); Woodbury VI, 7, Westville 


VII, 2, Lenola V, 30. 


. tenuipes O. S. Riverton VII, 24. 

- Macrocera Say. Westville VI, 6, Merchantville V, 26, VI, 4 (Dke). 

- adusta O. S. “New Jersey” (A ES); Westville V, 18. 

- recondita ©. S. Long Branch VI, 12, Riverton VII, 24. 

. rufibasis O. S. Dover VI, 11 (Jn); Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Orange 


Mts. V (Wat). 


. imbecilla O. S. “New Jersey” (A E S). 

. toxoneura O. S. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 

. lenta O. S. Orange Mts. 

. contempta O. S. Westville VII, 21 (Jn); Lakehurst VIII, 23 (Coll). 
. quadrata O. S. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll). 

. irrorata Johns. Riverton VIII, 5. 


ERIOCERA Macq. 


. fuliginosa O. S. Orange Mts. VII, 4. 
- brachycera O.S. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); Orange Mts. 


VI (Wat). 


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E. wilsonii O. S. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 
E. longicornis Walk. Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); Trenton V, 30 (Hk). 


PENTHOPTERA Schiner. 


P. albitarsis O. S:. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 12, Shark River VII, 12, 
Clementon VIII, 7 (Jn); Trenton VII, 12 (Hk). 


AESHNASOMA Johnson. 
A. rivertonensis Johns. Riverton VII, 20, 1902. 


TRICYPHONA Zett. (AMALOPIS Haliday.) 


T. inconstans O. S. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Woodbury V, 14, Westville 
VI, 6, Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn); Riverton V, 19, Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk); Lucas- 
ton IX, 22 (Dke). 


T. vernalis O. S. Lucaston IV, 14, IX, 28 (Dke); Clementon V, 5 (Hk). 


PEDICIA Latr. 


P. albivitta Wlk. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 15 (Jn); Caldwell 
(Cr); Riverton IX, 10 (Vk). 


LIOGMA O. S. 
L. nodicornis O. S. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 


BITTACOMORPHA Westwood. 


B. clavipes Fab. Caldwell (Cr); Westville V, 19, Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Riv- 
erton IV, 24, X, 9 (div); Jamesburg V, VI, along ditches, Lahaway 
V, 28 (Sm). 


B. jonesi Johns. Clementon V, 5 (Hk). 


PTYCHOPTERA Meig. 


P. rufocincta O. S. Newark VI, 16, Riverton V, 30, Westville VII, 12 
(Jn); Clementon VI, 7 (Li); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk). 


BRACHYPTEMNA O. S. 
B. dispellens Walk. Shark River VII, 12, 1897. 


OROPEZA Needham. (DOLICHOPEZA Curt.) 


O. albipes Johns. Del. Water Gap VII, 21, Dover VI, 17, Riverton VIII, 3. 

O. subalbipes Johns. Long Branch VI, 12, Westville VI, 6, Clementon 
Wilemio: 

O. obscura Johns. Riverton VIII, 11. 

O. sayi Johns. (T. annulata Say not Linn.) Westville VI, 6. 


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XIPHURA Brullé. 


. frontalis O. S. Palisades V (Lv). 
. fumipennis O. S. (Ctenophora) Palisades VI, 6 (Lv). 


CTENOPHORA Meig. 


. nubecula O. S. Caldwell V, 29 (Cr). 


PACHYRHINA Macq. 


. ferruginea Fab. Common; Del. Water Gap VII, 11-15, New Bruns- 


wick, Riverton, Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn); Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 


. incurva Loew. Newark VI, 14, New Brunswick VII, 1, Westville VI, 6. 
. collaris Say. Westville IV, 9 (Jn); Lucaston IV, 10-14 (DkKe). 
. virescens Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 15, Dover VI, 23, Newark 


VI, 14, Riverton VI, 19, Westville VII, 21. 


. tenuis Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 10, Newark VI, 14, Westville VI, 6 


(Jn); Iona V, 24 (Dke). 


. eucera Loew. Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); Ft. Lee VI, 28 (Dke); Long 


Branch VI, 12, DaCosta VI, 4. 


. unifasciata Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 14 (Jn); Trenton 


Wilds (ELK) 


. sodalis Loew. Orange Mts. VI, 22, Westville VI, 6 (Jn). 
. macrocera Say. Newark VI, 14, Westville VI, 27. 

. xanthostigma Loew. Riverton VII, 3. 

» punctum Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 1, Riverton VII, 24. 
. polymera Loew. Riverton VI, 14. 


STYGEROPIS Loew. 


. fuscipennis Loew. “Salt meadow” Newark VI (Wat). 


LONGURIO Loew. 


. testaceus Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12, 15. 


TIPULA Linn. 


. abdominalis Say. Boonton IX, 17 (GG); Morris Plains (Jn); Caldwell 


(Cr). ; 


. caloptera Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Dover VI, 17 (Jn); Ocean . 


County (Sm); Iona V, 24 (Dke). 


. trivittata Say. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11,'15, Newark VI, 13 


(Jn); National Park VI, 13 (Dke). 


« bella Loew. Clementon V, 10, Westville VIII, 21, Riverton IX, 11 


(Jn); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk); Anglesea IX, 12 (DkKe). 


. longiventris Loew. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 12 (Jn); Clementon V, 


30 (Hk); Manumuskin V, 10 (Dke). 


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fuliginosa Say. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 13. 
hebes Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee VIII, 30 (Dke); Westville IX, 13. 


fasciata Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Palisades, Jamesburg VII, 4, 
Clementon V, 30, VIII, 11 (Jn); Passaic VI, 8 (Coll). 


. tricolor Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Jamesburg VII, 21, Clementon 


VIII, 11, Westvile VIII (Jn); Riverton IV, 21 (Hk). 


. costalis Say. Caldwell (Cr), Princeton VII, 21, Riverton IX, 9 (Jn); 


Lucaston IX, 12 (Dke). 


. cunctans Say. Riverton IX, 25, X, 9. 
. speciosa Loew. Dover VII, 17, Newark VI, 18. 
- submaculata Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 15 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); 


Laurel Springs VI, 10 (Dke). 


. valida Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Dover VI, 23 (Jn); New Bruns- 


wick VI, 9 (Sm). 


. dejecta Walk. Orange Mts. (Jn); Riverton IV, 22, Lucaston IV, 10 


(Dke); Clementon IV, 15, V, 5 (div). 


. tephrocephala Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); Ft. Lee 


VII, 4, Stone Harbor VII, 29 (DkKe). 


. cincta Loew. Riverton IV, 17 (Jn); National Park V, 6, Manumuskin 


iV, 2 CD ke): 


. strepens Loew. Newark VI, 31, Riverton V, 30. 
. flavicans Fab. Manumuskin X, 21 (Dke). 


latipennis Loew. New Brunswick VI, 9, Ocean County (Coll). 
perlongipes Johns. Orange Mts. V, Avalon VI, 30. 


. pallida Loew. Dover VI, 17. 
. angustipennis Loew. Culver’s Lake VI, 29 (Coll). 
. jejuna Johns. Riverton VII, 20. 


Family DIXIDA. 


Small, slender mosquito-like species, wings bare, antenne thick at base, 


other joints hair-like, joints indistinctly marked; larve aquatic. Our 
species are not of economic importance. 


DIXA Meigen. 


. notata Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 15. 


terna Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 


Family PSYCHODID/. 
PSYCHODA Latr. 


. alternata Say. Cape May VIII, 20 (Vk); Lucaston IX, 14 (Dke); bred 


from water. 


. marginalis Banks. Riverton V, 14; National Park V, 6-20 (Dke). 
. minuta Banks. Riverton IX, 14. Common on trunk of the button- 


wood. 


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P. cinerea Banks. Riverton VI, 8. 
P. superba Banks. Riverton VII, 29. 
P. albitarsis Banks. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 15. 


Family STENOXENID/. 


STENOXENUS Cog. 


S. johnsoni Coq. Type of the family and genus was collected at Dunn- 
field, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 1908; very rare, and habits in early 
stages unknown. 


Family CHIRONOMID. 


These flies are indifferently named “gnats,” “midges,” sand-flies” or 
“punkies,” the latter two names chiefly applied to the few minute forms 
with piercing mouth parts. They somewhat resemble mosauitoes in 
appearance, but have naked wings, and the thorax is produced so as to 
hide the small head from above. The antenne in the male are lengthily 
plumcse, and in the female are also furnished with lateral hair. The 
insects occur at all seasons, many of them in spring, and they dance in 
the early evening in great swarms only a few feet above ground, usually 
in a damp locality. The larve live in water on living or dead vegetation, 
or on sap of trees, under fallen leaves or decaying vegetable matter. 

As a rule, they are harmless, except for the annoyance caused by the 
biting tribes, but the larva of one species at least mines the leaves of 
water plants, and thus Lecomes injurious in a very limited and special 
way. 

CERATOPOGON Meigen. 


Fig. 294.—Ceratopogon stellifer; much enlarged. 


C. exilis Coq. Riverton X, 9. 
C. fusculus Cog. Riverton IV, 30. 


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C. specularis Coq. Riverton X, 9. 
C. transiens Walk. Riverton VIII, 21 (Jn); Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 
C. piceus Winn. Atlantic Highlands VI, 1 (Lv); Clementon V, 16 (Jn). 


CULICOIDES Latr. 


C. variipennis Coq. Westville VI, 6. 
C. cinctus Coq. Riverton X, 9. 


BEZZIA Kieffer. 


. albiventris Loew. Riverton VI, 16. 

. elegans Coa. Riverton V, 14. 

. expolita Coq. Riverton VI, 3 (Jn); Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 
johnsoni Coa. Riverton VI, 3. 

media Cog. Riverton VIII, 7. 

. pulverea Cog. Riverton VII, 3. 

. setulosa Loew. Riverton VII, 3. 


vnoOoWwnoOD 


. smithii Cog. (mundus Coq. not Loew.) Riverton VI, 16. 


JOHANNSENIELLA Will. 


. albaria Cog. Del. Water Gap, VII, 12, Westville VII, 12. 
. argentata Loew. Princeton VII, 21, Westville VII, 29. 

. bimaculata Loew. Riverton VI, 6, Westville VII, 21. 

. diversa Coq. Riverton VII, 7. 

. nebulosa Coq. Riverton VI, 19. 

. viridis Cog. Riverton VagaIG 


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PALPOMYIA Megerle. 


. flavipes Meig. Del. Water Gap VIII, 8, Woodbury V, 14. 

. longipennis Loew. Westville VI, 27. 

. lineatus Meig. Westville VI, 6. 

. rufus Loew. Newark VI, 13, Westville VII, 27, Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Clemen- 
ton V, 6 (Hk). 

P. tibialis Meig. Woodbury VI, 7. 


P. trivialis Loew. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Sm); Princeton VII, 21, Westville 
VI, 27, Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); Trenton VII, 5, Brown’s Mills VII, 10 
(Hk). 


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HETEROMYIA Say. 
H. fasciata Say. Westville VI, 15, VII, 2, Camden VI, 6, Buena Vista VI, 
9 (Li), Riverton VI, 16-20. 
H. festiva Loew. “New Jersey” (A ES). 
H. plebeja Loew. Westville VII, 21. 
H. basalis Walk. Riverton VII, 12. 


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‘THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 713 


PROCLADIUS Skuse. 


. scapularis Loew. Riverton VII, 24. 
. thoracicus Loew. Riverton VI, 19, Westville VII, 21. 


TANYPUS Meigen. 


. dyari Cog. Forest Hill (Wdt); New Brunswick IV, 30 (Sm); Lucaston 


V, 30 (Dke). 


. melanops Meig. Riverton V, 14, Westville VI, 6, Clementon VI, 3. 
. pilosellus Loew. Riverton VI, 30. 

. johnsoni Cog. Riverton IV, 30, VI, 18. 
. monilis Linn. (annulatus Say.) Great Piece Meadow V, 7 (Coll); 


Riverton V, 14, IX, 5. 


. bifasciatus Coq. Riverton IV, 30. 

: pallens Cog. Riverton. 

. baltimoreus Macq. Riverton V, 14, VI, 18. 
. turpis Zett. Boonton III, 8, 12 (GG). 


PSILOTANYPUS Kieffer. 


. occidentalis Coq. Riverton IX, 14. 


PROTENTHES Johannsen. 


. culiciformis Linne. Riverton (Jn); Lahaway VI, 10 (Coll). 


CHASMATONOTUS Loew. 


. bimaculatus O. S. Westville (Vk). 


THALASSOMYIA Schiner. 


. platypus Coq. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8. 


CHIRONOMUS Meigen. 


. brunneus Walk. Dover VII, 16. 
. cristatus Fab. New Brunswick (Sm); Common, Westville VI, 6, 


Clementon V, 10, Riverton III, 20, Shark River VII, 12 (Jn). 


. jucundus Walk. Riverton VIII, 21. 
. lineola Wied. Common, Westville VI, 6, VII, 4, VIII, 13. 


modestus Say. Westville VFI, 13, Riverton V, 14. 
pedestris Meig. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 12. 


. dispar Meig. Clementon VI, 3, VIII, 11. 

. brachialis Coq. Asbury Park VIII, 16, Westville VI, 21. 

. pedellus De Geer. Riverton IV, 30, V, 14, Clementon VI, 3. 
. fascipennis Zett. Clementon VI, 3. 

. tzeniapennis Cog. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8. 


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. albipennis Meig. Riverton VI, 7-20, Westville VI, 6. 
. tendens Fab. Clementon VI, 3, Riverton IV, 30: 

. Viridicollis V. d. W. Riverton IV, 30. 

. nitidulus Coq. Riverton V, 14. 

. tenellus Zett. Del. Water Gap VI, 12. 

. fascipes Coq. Riverton VIII, 11. 

. festivus Say. Westville. 

. ferrugineovittatus Zett. Clementon V, 11 (GG). 

. aberrans Johans. ‘“‘New Jersey.” 

. nigricans Johans. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Sm); Riverton. 
. riparius Meig. “New Jersey.” 

. prasinus Meig. Cape May IX, 24 (Sm). 


brunneipennis Johans. New Jersey. 


. dorsalis Meig. Orange VI, 22 (Coll); Delair VII, 14. 
- zonopterus Mitchell. Clementon. 


CAMPTOCLADIUS V. d. Wulp. 


. byssinus Schrank. Riverton IV, 30. 
. aterrimus Meig. ‘“‘New Jersey” (Johannsen). 


ORTHOCLADIUS V. d. Wulp. 


. nivoriundus Fitch. Riverton IV, 15, Shark River VII, 12. 
. par Cog. Riverton VII, 3. 
. politus Cog. Riverton VIII, 17. 


CRICOTOPUS V. d. Wulp. 


. sylvestris Fab. Dreer’s water garden, Riverton VI, 9, larve injure 


leaves of ‘Victoria regia” (Sm); Westville VI, 6 (Jn), Anglesea V, 
28 (Sm). 


- geminatus Say. Riverton VI, 16-18. 
. tremulus Linn. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8-12, Riverton V, 14. 


METRIOCNEMUS V. d. Wulp. 


. par Johans. “New Jersey.” 


EURYCNEMUS V. d. Wulp. 


. scitulus Coq. Riverton IV, 30, VI, 4, VIII, 3. 


Family CULICID/. 


These are the mosquitoes, for which New Jersey has a well-established 


reputation. Among the biting flies they are distinguished by their slender 
body, long slender legs and long slender beak or proboscis. The larve, 


THE INSECTS ‘OF NEW JERSEY. 


Anopheles and Malaria: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; d, the blast 
introduced into the blood by the mosquito; e to j, stages through which the 
Plasmodium passes in the red blood-corpuscle; k, the spores which enter new 
blood-corpuscles; /, m, the microgamete; u, 0, the macrogamete: ?, flagelle 
forming; g, union of a flagellum with macrogamete; 7, fusion of nuclei; s, the 
vermicule; ¢ to y, formation of the zygote in the mosquito stomach; the fully 
developed zygote, y, rupturing to >roduce blasts d. 


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known as wrigglers, live in water, and can develop in water only; but 
the conditions under which the different species live vary greatly. Not 
all the mosquitoes bite human beings and only a few of them follow him 
into his habitation, so that the majority of species are indifferent to the 
great bulk of mankind. But some species are either almost unbearable 
pests, rendering large areas almost uninhabitable, or are actual carriers 
of disease organisms. Destructive methods for the pestiferous species 
are now well understood, and the day of their cOntrol is almost at hand. 


ANOPHELES Meig. 


The members of this genus are intermediate hosts for the organism 
causing malaria in man, though of the species occurring in New Jersey 
only one—“quadrimaculatus’’—has been actually convicted of that offense. 
The adults may be known by their method of holding the body at a nearly 
right angle to the plane of the surface upon which they are at rest. The 
eges are laid singly on the surface of the water and the larve float on 
the surface, parallel with it. They inhabit pools of ground-water, the 
edges of overgrown swamps or ponds, the quiet eddies of sluggish 
streams and sometimes even lot-pools, pails, buckets or other receptacles 
containing stagnant water. They are not so abundant in sewage water. 
The adults winter in barns, cellars, hollow trees and similar sheltered 
places, only the females living over. 

A. punctipennis Say. Occurs throughout the State, but more commonly 
in the southern portions. Larve may be found from May to Novem- 
ber; but are usually rare until after midsummer; after mid-Septem- 
ber only stragglers remain. Breeds in almost any waters except on 
salt marshes. 

A. quadrimaculatus Say—maculipennis of American authors. This is the 
species that has been convicted of transmitting malaria. It occurs 
throughout the State, but is rather more common in the northern 
counties. The general habits are like those of the preceding, but 
the larve occur-also in more shaded areas, and occasionally in the 
brackish waters of the salt marshes. 

A. crucians Wied. Occurs chiefly along the coast line from Elizabeth to 
Cape May, more common southwardly, and the larve breed chiefly 
on the salt marsh or on swampy areas not far inland. The species 
does not become obvious until mid-summer and remains until late 
fall. The inland points at which single examples have been taken 
are Manumuskin X, 21 (Dke), Delair (Seal) and Lahaway X, 8 
(Brakeley). 

A. barberi Cog. Bordentown VIII, 14, 16, adults (Brakeley); Chester 
IX, 6-11 larve (Dn). This species breeds exclusively in the water in 
tree holes and never gets far away from its breeding grounds. 


PSOROPHORA Desv. 


P. ciliata Fabr. Local throughout the State and rarely common as an 
adult. This is our largest species and lays its eggs in depressed 


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areas likely to be rain-filled. The larve develop in these temporary 
pools and feed upon other mosquito wrigglers.. They are the giants 
of their kind, and if there is not sufficient food for all, they eat each 
other. Larve have been found from June to September 25, and 
adults from July 2 to September 30. 


AEDES Meig. 


The species now referred to this genus are those species of what we 
have been calling ‘‘Culex,” that do not lay their eggs in rafts or boat- 
shaped masses. They may be laid singly or in little masses in the mud 
of depressed areas, or on the surface of the water, sinking to the bottom 
and usually passing the winter in that stage, covered by water or un- 
protected in the mud. 

A. sayi D. & K. (Janthinosoma musica Say.) Locally common, chiefly 
in the northern sections of the State. The larve breed, as a rule, 
in heavily shaded woodland pools, and the adults do not leave the 
vicinity of their place of birth. They are ferocious biters, and some- 
times in the Great Piece Meadow region are locally almost unbear- 
able. Larvee have been found only from New Brunswick northward, 
June to September; adults have been taken also at.Spring Lake VI, 
30, and Lakehurst VIII, 16. 

A. jamaicensis Theob. Locally common, breeding in open lot pools, 
though isolated examples of the larve have been taken in woodland 
pools. We have only found it at Millburn, Newark, New Brunswick 
and Delair in July and August; but undoubtedly it is more generally 
distributed. The adult has never been found attacking man, and 
though a breeding place is not far from my house, I have never found 
examples on my porches. 

A. discolor Cog. Delair, VI, 18, VII, 24, VIII, 15. Larve have been 
taken only by Mr. Seal in the one place on the dates mentioned, and 
we have not found it in any stage elsewhere. It is truly a rare 
species. 

A. sollicitans Wlk. This is the common, banded-leg salt marsh mos- 
quito. It breeds exclusively on the salt marshes in fresh, brackish 
or salt water and flies inland long distances, forming the predom- 
inating pest within its range—which means more than half the 
State—during the entire summer. From Barnegat Bay south larve 
begin to hatch in March, and adults are on the wing in April or May, 
and thereafter as many as ten broods may develop before November, 
when the last stragglers mature. In the more northern marshes 
larve do not usually appear until June, “cantator” replacing it as the 
early spring form. The eggs are laid in depressions in the marsh 
mud and must dry out before they can hatch. It is in this stage that 
the winter is passed. 

A. tzniorhynchus Wied. Has the same habits as the preceding, but is 
not nearly so abundant and does not migrate so far. Occasionally 
it is quite numerous in the southern part of the State; but in some 
seasons it is not seen at all on the more northern marshes. 


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A. sylvicola Gross. Larve were taken at Paterson in May, at New 
Brunswick May and June. Adults were taken also at Westville and 
Mount Holly, specimens occurring near New Brunswick until VII, 28. 
This is rather a rare species, breeding only in pools in dense wood- 
land, whose shelter the adults never leave. There is only a single 
spring brood, the late captures representing straggling survivors. 
This species was at first identified with “squamiger,’ which later 
proved to be different in habits and early stages. 


A. niveitarsis Coq. Larve were found near Paterson, V, 9, 14, in a 
rocky, mountain pool, and the adults bred from them are the types 
of the species, no other examples of which have been since taken. 


A. cantator Coq. Also a salt marsh breeder, occurring along the entire 
coast line, but much more abundant in the more northern ranges. 
It replaces ‘“‘sollicitans’” north of Barnegat Bay as the early spring 
form, and from larve which hatch in March or April the first brooa 
comes early in May. After mid-summer it is much less numerous 
and generally replaced by “‘sollicitans.” It has the same egg-laying 
and migrating habits as the latter species, and like it breeds until 
the meadows are frozen—larve being quite generally found under 
the ice when the pools freeze in early winter. 

A. subcantans Felt. Occurs throughout the northern parts of the State 
in woodland pools. There is only a single spring brood, larve ap- 
pearing in March and maturing in early May; but the adults linger 
until mid-summer. Larve have been actually found at or near 
Elizabeth, Newark, Arlington, Cranford, Millburn, Morristown and 
in the Great Piece Meadows. This species was at first believed to 
be identical with the European “cantans,’ but has been proved 
distinct by careful study. 

A. abfitchii Felt. Has the same range as the preceding and much the 
same habits. It has been found a little further south, at New Bruns- 
wick, and the adults occurred as far north as Lake Hopatcong and 
Swartswood Lake. Mr. Grossbeck notes that, for breeding, both this 
and the previous species “select swampy woodland areas or hilly 
regions scattered over with large pools—small isolated pools being 
rarely inhabited by them.” The adults are hard biters, but do not 
leave the wcodland. This species was described by Mr. Grossbeck 
as “siphonalis” at about the same time that Dr. Felt described his 
species, but Dr. Felt’s description was first published. 

A. fitchii Felt. Very much like the preceding in appearance and proba- 
bly in habit; but rare in New Jersey. Mr. Brakeley has taken larve 
at Lahaway and Mr. Grossbeck in the Great Piece Meadows, both 
in April. 

A. sylvestris Theob. Occurs throughout the State and throughout the 
summer, sometimes in considerable numbers; but rarely attempts to 
bite and does not enter houses. Larve appear in woodland pools 
early in April, but later occur in more open places—anything from 
a lot or even a clean gutter-pool to an overgrown swamp area serving 
to develop them. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 719 


signifer Coq. Larve have been taken at Chester, IX, 5, XI, 17, Riv- 

erton [X, 8, Delair IX, 20, Lahaway IX. This species breeds normally 
in tree holes, though occasionally it resorts to barrels or old tubs; 
it has only been taken in late fall. 


atropalpus Cog. This species breeds only in rock-pools. It has been 

taken in Maine and in Maryland, but not yet in New Jersey. It is 
almost certain that it occurs along the shores of the Delaware River 
near the Water Gap- 


. canadensis Theob. Throughout the State. The commonest of our 


woodland pool mosquitoes, larve hatching from over-wintering eggs 
before the ice is permanently off the surface. There is one heavy 
regular spring brood, but larve may be found in greater or less 
abundance throughout the season. Bites readily enough in the 
woods, but does not follow into the open and never enters houses. 


dyari Cog. Culver’s Lake V, 29, bred from pupa. 


. triseriatus Say. Taken in many localities in the northern half of the 


State; but undoubtedly occurs everywhere in it. Breeds normally 
in tree holes; but also occasionally in pails or other wooden recep- 
tacles. Larve have been found as early as April 18 (Paterson), as 
late as November 17 (Chester), and at all periods throughout the 
summer. 


. serratus Theob. Breeds in low, swampy woodland, and sometimes in 


mountain pools. Adults have been taken at Great Piece Meadow 
IX, 17, New Brunswick VI, 23, X, 5, Cape May IX, 21. Larve have 
been found at Great Piece Meadow IX, 9, Orange Mts. VIII, 6, New 
Brunswiek VII, 29, VIII, 138, EX; 3; 30. 


. dupreei Coq. Occurs in the same pools with the preceding and at the 


same time. It is a small, rare species; the adult does not bite humans 
and the larva is a bottom feeder that gets its supply of oxygen from 
the water itself. 


. abserratus Felt. Larve have been taken in the Orange Mts. IV, 20, 


and at New Brunswick IV, 16 to V, 2. It is probably the earliest of 
the spring species to mature, the larve rarely extending into May, 
and not appearing again later in the season. Breeds in low, swampy 
woodlands and in mountain pools. 


. trivittatus Coq. Quite generally distributed throughout the State; 


hardly common, but more abundant in the northern half. Larve 
from V, 8 to VIII, 12; adults from VII, 2 to IX, 3. Breed in un- 
sheltered pools, associated with “sylvestris.” 


pretans Gross. Larve in the Great Piece Meadow IV, 19-V, 10; adults, 
Chester VII, 30, IX, 10, Great Piece Meadow IX, 13, Lake Hopatcong 
Vil, 21, Trenton VII, 18. Mr. Grossbeck writes: ‘‘Taken rarely except 
in the Great Piece Meadows, where, in some years, it occurs in count- 
less millions.” 
inconspicuous Gross. Larve taken on Garret Mt., Paterson, IX, 29, 
which produced adults X, 4,5. They were found in a rock pool, and 
have not been found since. 


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A. aurifer Coq. Larve from III, 23-V, 10 at Lahaway, Arlington V, 9, 
Great Piece Meadows V. Adults from early May to late August, the 
specimens matured in May living throughout the summer and biting 
fiercely whenever they get a chance. They have been found in 
troublesome numbers at Lake Hopatcong, Springdale, Culver’s Lake 
and Swartswood Lake. Breeds in woodland pools, the larger and 
more permanent being preferred. 


A. pallidohirta Gross. Larve taken from a woodland pool on the Orange 
Mts.; adults emerged V, 19, 22. Not found since, nor elsewhere. 


A. fuscus O. S. Occurs throughout the State rarely, and only in spring. 
It is a small species that does not attack man, and the larva occurs 
in pools, both woodland and open. 


CULEX Linn. 


As now restricted, this genus contains those species of mosquitoes that 
lay their eggs in boat-shaped rafts on the surface of the water. When at 
rest, the body is held parallel to the surface on which the mosquito is 
placed—a character shared with the species of “Aedes” in distinction from 
the species of “Anopheles.” 5 


C. pipiens Linn. The “house” or “rain- 
barrel” mosquito. Common through- 
out the State throughout the year. 
Hibernates as an adult in cellars, 
basements, barns and other build- 
ings, and begins breeding early in 
May. Breeds in pools and puddles of 
all kinds and wherever even a cup- 
ful of water remains for a week or 
ten days. Cisterns and manure pits 
offer equal attractions, and sewer 
basins in cities are favorite resorts. 
In general there is no water in which 
this species does not breed, if there 
are no natural enemies or adverse 
natural conditions. Larva and pupa of the house 

C. restuans Theob. Similar in habit and Bee 
appearance to the preceding, but less Hist ave: 
abundant, and the larva on the whole prefers cleaner water. Never 
theless, it does sometimes occur in dirty, or even foul water. 


C. salinarius Coq. Breeds only on the salt marshes from the last days 
of May to the end of November. The adult resembles the common 
“house mosauito” and has similar habits. 


C. territans Wlk. Occurs throughout the State, breeding continuously 
from April to October, sparingly at first, more abundantly later in the 
season. The larve are essentially clean water forms, and seem to 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 721 


prefer the more permanent bodies of water, but they are occasionally 
found in puddles and rarely in rain barrels. 


C. saxatilis Gross. Larve occurred in a rock-bottomed pool on the Gar- 
ret Mt., Paterson, Aug. 31, and adults emerged the same day and 
the one following; it has not been met with since. 


C. melanurus Coq. The larve breed and winter in cold spring pools in 
Sphagnum swamps, among the bottom material. They have also 
been found in early August with the egg boat and may breed all 
summer. Thus far found only at Lahaway. 


COQUILLETTIDIA Dyar. 


C. perturbans Wlk. Local throughout the State and sometimes very com- 
mon. Adults appear in May and continue into September. Hggs are 
laid in rafts in overgrown Swamps, and the larve work into the bot- 
tom mud, attach themselves to grass roots, and there remain until 
the following year. Larval growth is very slow, and the adult is very 
long lived and a fierce biter. It comes freely to porches, and is not 
backward in entering houses, making it locally a first-class pest. 


URANOTAZENIA Atrib. 


U. sapphirina O. S. Local, but probably found throughout the State. 
Larve have been found in the Great Piece Meadows VIII, 10, Irving- 
ton IX, 5, Trenton VIII, 5, Metedeconk Neck IX, 23, Lahaway VI, Cape 
May. Breeds in open swamp areas well overgrown with floating 
vegetation, the eggs laid in boat-shaped masses. The adult is a 
small insect marked with metallic blue scales and does not bite. 


WYEOMYIA Theob. 


W. smithii Coq. Breeds in the leaves of pitcher plants, “Sarracenia,” 
wherever these occur in the State. The adult is a small insect that 
does not bite and lays its eggs in the leaves, fastened to the sides 
when they have no water, or on the surface when they are full. 
Larve may be found at all times of the year, the winter being passed 
in that stage, sometimes active, in mild weather, sometimes frozen 
solid. The first adults mature late in May. 


Family CORETHRIDA. 


The members of this family have until recently been included with the 
mosquitoes; but in their light colors and generally weak appearance they 
come nearer to the “Chironomide.”’ The’ mouth parts are not extended, 
and are not furnished with lancets, so that they cannot bite. Except in 
the genus “Corethrella” the known larve of our species are not depend- 
ent upon atmospheric air. They live in the water, maintaining a hori- 
zontal position some distance below the surface, and are so transparent 
as to be almost invisible. They are predatory in habit. 


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722 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SAYOMYIA Coq. 


albipes Johann. Larve have been taken in the Great Piece Meadows, 
at Paterson IV, VII, IX, Arlington V, Newark VIII, Trenton, Delair 
VII, and the winter is apparently passed in that stage. Breeds in the 
more permanent woodland pools, but is also found in more open 
water. 


S. punctipennis Say. Chester VIII, 1, Delair IX, 17, Riverton V, 19. 


” 


CORETHRA Meig. 


C. cinctipes Cog. Lake Hopatcong VII, 22, Great Piece Meadow IV, 10, 
Paterson V, 6, New Brunswick V, 8, Lahaway III, 28-IV, 26—all 
larve. This is a common spring species breeding in large woodland 
pools, the July specimen being a straggler. The larva is predaceous, 
and when food is scarce becomes cannibalistic. 


C. lintneri Felt. Larve taken at Millburn in May were not recognized 
as distinct from the preceding until the adults emerged a few days 
later. 


CORETHRELLA Cog. 


C. brakeleyi Coq. This is a very rare species which breeds in cold spring 
pools and sphagnum swamps. Larve have been taken by Mr. 
Brakeley at Lahaway in almost every month of the year, and beside 
that it has been taken only at Delair, by Mr. Seal, and at Trenton 
by Mr. Grossbeck. ; 


Family MYCE TOPHILIDA. 


These are fungus-gnats, also resembling mosquitoes or midges, but the 
antenne are not verticillate or furnished with whorls of hair. In the 
male the abdomen ends in a forceps-like process, and in the female in a 
pointed ovipositor. There are other structural differences to characterize 
the family, but these are not easily seen except by the student. The 
larve are feeders in fungus and in decaying vegetation generally, and 
might be considered at werst harmless were it not that they attack culti- 
vated mushrooms. The larve are white, slender, have a black head, 
and often live in large colonies. Some of them have the curious habit of 
forming great rope-like masses when ready to enter the pupal stage, 
sometimes travelling considerable distances to find a suitable place. 

Where they occur in mushroom beds, fumigating frequently with to- 
bacco or pyrethrum to kill the adults inside, and keeping all windows 
closely screened to prevent the entrance of specimens from outside, is 
the only practical measure known to me. 


PLESIASTINA Winn. (SYMMERUS WIk.) 
P. annulata Meig. Riverton IV, 19. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 723 


ASYNDULUM Latr. 


» montanum Roeder. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 15. 


CEROPLATUS Bosc. 


. clausus Coq. New Brunswick (Sm). 


PLATYURA Meig. 


. diluta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 15. 

- mendosa Loew. Clementon V, 30. 

. tzeniata Winn. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII 12. 

. elegans Coq. Orange Mts., Shark River VII, 12. 

. inops Cog. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 12. 

. melasoma Loew. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 

. subterminalis Say. Riverton VIII, 11 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 2 (Dke); 


Trenton VIII, 23 (Hk). 


. fascipennis Say. DaCosta VIII, 9 (Dke). 


SCIOPHILA Meigen. 


. littoralis Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 18, Dover VI, 17, Merchantville 


VI, 28, Westville VIJ, 21, Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); New Brunswick VII, 
20 (Sm). 


NEOEMPHERIA O. S. 


. balioptera Loew. Princeton VII, 21, Westville VIII, 23. 
. nepticula Loew. Merchantville VI, 28. 
. didyma Loew. Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 12 (Dke). 


POLYLEPTA Winn. 


. tibialis Cog. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Westville VI, 6. 


ACNEMIA Winn. 


. flaveola Coq. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 


SYNTEMNA Winn. 


. polyzona Loew. Clementon VI, 3. 


BOLETINA Stezeger. 


. tricincta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Dover VII, 17, 


Clementon VI, 3. 


. groenlandica Steg. Forest Hill III, IV (Wdt); Merchantville III, 13 


(Vk). 


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LEPTOMORPHUS Curt. 


. parvulus Cog. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 
. walkeri Curtis. Trenton VIII, 23 (Hk). 


EPICYPTA Winn. 


» punctum Stann. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap. VII, 15. 
. pulicaria Coq. Riverton IV, 19. 


DOCOSIA Winn. 


. dichroa Loew. Malaga VI, 1, Iona V, 10 (Dke). 


NEOGLAPHYROPTERA O. S. 


. bivittata Say. Ft. Lee V (Lv); Princeton VII, 21, Jamesburg VII, 4, 


Atco VII, 12 (Jn). 


. opima Loew. Dover VI, 17, Merchantville VI, 28. 
. sublunata Loew. Mgrchantville VI, 28. 
. ventralis Say. (Leja) Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 15. 


TRICHONTA Winn. 


. perspicua V. d. W. Riverton IV, 16. 


EXECHIA Winn. 


. analis Coq. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8. 


MYCETOPHILA Meigen. 


. punctata Meig. Riverton III, 20-IV, 8 (Jn); Merchantville FX, 16 


(Dke). 


. sigmoides Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Riverton III, 6. 
. contigua Walk. Riverton III, 6, IX, 9. 
. obscura Walk. Trenton IV, 19 (Hk); Riverton III, 6, Clementon VI, 


16. 


. vitrea Coq. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 
. discoidea Say. New Brunswick VI, 11 (Coll). 


DYNATOSOMA Winn. 


- scalaris Loew. (Mycetophila) Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Riverton III, 6, 


Clementon V, 10. 


MACROCERA Meig. 


. clara Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, Clementon VIII, 9 (Jn). 
. formosa Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Merchantville V, 28, Clemen- 


ton VIII, 9. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 7a 


M. nebulosa Cod. Clementon VI, 3, VIII, 9. 
. hirsuta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 
M. inconcinna Loew. Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt). 


= 


EUGNORISTE Coquillett. 
E. occidentalis Cog. Trenton VIII, 3 (Hk). 


SCIARA Meigen. 


S. fulvicauda Felt. Types, Atlantic Co., from decayed blackberry roots 
(Sm). 

S. pauciseta Felt. New Brunswick, types from decaying potatoes IX 
(Sm). 

S. multiseta Felt. New Brunswick, types bred from mushrooms V, and 
this is the common species in mushroom cellars with us (Sm). 


S. polita Say. Clementon V, 30. 


S. inconstans Fitch. Newark, New Brunswick VIII, 7 (Coll); Riverton 
II, 26, Clementon VI, 38. 


S. abbreviata Walk. Anglesea VII, 12 (Sm). 


S. fuliginosa Fitch. Palisades (Lv); N. Woodbury VI, 17, Iona VI, 2 
(Dke). 
S. femorata Say. Fort Lee IV, V (Ly). 


HESPERODES Coquillett. 
H. johnsoni Cog. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 


Family CECIDOMYIIDA. 


Small, slender, mosquito-like flies with broad wings, long slender an- 
tennz with cylindrical or bead-like joints, the males often with whorls 
_ of long hair on the segments, whence they are known as verticillate. On 
the whole the insects are fragile in appearance, slow in flight, and they 
are popularly known as “gall-gnats” or “gall-midges,” because the larvee 
of many species produce abnormal growths or galls on a great variety of 
vegetation. These larve are small, elongate-oval legless grubs, bluntly 
pointed at both ends, often with a chitinous process, known as a breast- 
bone, on the under side, near the anterior end. 

Some of the species belonging here are among the most destructive of 
those in the order, and the injury caused by them is of the most diverse 
character. In some cases there is a true, gall-like swelling of the tissue; 
in others it is a characteristic crippling or folding of a leaf or of a grow- 
ing tip, or even a mere swelling of the tissue. Some species produce no 
visible swellings or distortions at all, and some feed in or on seeds, 
causing rather a shrivelling than a swelling. Much attention has re- 
cently been paid to these insects by Mr. William Beutenmuller, of the 
American Museum of Natural History, who has been good enough to pre- 


720 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


pare the systematic part of this list, and by Dr. E. P. Felt, State Ento- 
mologist of New York, and a great many new species have been described, 
some of which will undoubtedly be found in New Jersey. Mr. Beuten- 
muller has in general included only actual records, mostly of his own col- 
lecting, and the notes on food plants, etc., are his, unless otherwise 
eredited. In some cases galls have been described, of which the makers 
are yet unknown, and these are separately listed. Dr. Felt has kindly 
supplied additional notes from his breedings and studies, but I have not 
been able to incorporate all his systematic suggestions. 

As the species differ so widely in habit, so the methods of dealing with 
them are diverse. Insecticides are available in the smallest number of 
cases, and usually it is some change in cultural method that must be 
relied upon to prevent injury. 


LASIOPTERA Meigen. 


L. carbonifera Felt. Makes galls on leaves of goldenrod; common and 
eg. d. (Bt). The gall was first described by Osten Sacken, and the 
name is so credited in the last edition. 

L. cornicola Beut. Ft. Lee district. Galls on trunks and branches of 
dogwood, “Cornus stolonifera” IX-VI (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 

L. cylindrigallze Felt. Ft. Lee district IV, V (Bt); Staten Island, gall 
elongate on stems of goldenrod IV (Ft). 

L. farinosa O. S. Throughout the State, locally common, galls on leaves 
of blackberry, “Rubus villosus’” VIII-X (Bt). See in this connection 
“L. nodulosa” Beut. 

L. humulicaulis Felt. New Jersey district (Bt); gall on stem of hop (Ft). 

L. linderze Beut. Ft. Lee district and elsewhere, sometimes common; 
galls on branches of spice bush, “Lindera benzoin” X—-VI (Bt); Staten 
Island, from irregular sub-cortical gall. 

L. lycopi Felt. Plainfield; gall on bugleweed “Lycopus virginicus” IX-V 
(Bt). 

L. nodulosa Beut. Ft. Lee district; galls on branches of blackberry, 
“Rubus villosus’” X—-VI (Bt). This is the species referred to in the 
last edition as “farinosa.” I havé found it, locally, from New Bruns- 
wick southward; sometimes also on dewberry, but never causing 
actual injury in cultivated fields. 

L. sambuci Felt. Ft. Lee district; galls on stems of elder, “Sambucus 

canadensis” IX—VI (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 

solidaginis O. S. New Jersey district; larva probably inquilinous in 

galls on Solidago (Bt). 

L. tumifica Beut. Ft. Lee district; gall on stalk of golden-rod, “Solidago 
rugosa” IX-VI (Bt); Staten Island, from eccentric sub-globular stem 
gall (Ft). 

L. vernonize Beut. Ft. Lee district and elsewhere; galls on leaves of 
ironweed, “Vernonia noveboracensis” IX (Bt); Staten Island IX (Ds). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 727 


. viburnicola Beut. Ft. Lee district; galls on branches of arrowwood, 
“Viburnum dentatum” X-VI (Bt); Staten Island (Ft). 

. vitinea Felt. Staten Island VI, 15; obpyriform, slightly curved gall on 
leaf petiole of grape (Ft). 


. vitis O. S. Throughout the State, local on grape, V, VI (Sm); makes 
swellings on stems and leaf galls of wild grapes (Bt). 


‘CHORISTONEURA Riibs. 
- hibisci Felt. Staten Island IV; gall on stem of marshmallow, “Hibis- 
cus moschatus” (Ft). 


. eupatorii Felt. Staten Island V; oval gall on stem of “Eupatorium” 
(Ft). 


RHABDOPHAGA Westw. 


. batatas Walsh. Montclair, Ft. Lee district; galls on twigs of “Salix 
discolor” and allied species of willow (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 

» ramuscula Felt. Staten Island, from willow twigs showing little or no 
swelling (Ft). ; 

. brassicoides Walsh. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, Ft. Lee district 
VII-IX, galls on branches of willow (Bt). 

. rigidzee O. S. Montclair, Ft. Lee district, galls on low willows (Bt); 
Staten Island (Ds). 

: Salicifolia Felt. New Jersey district (Bt); bred from a pouch gall 
on “Spirea salicifolia” VI (Ft). 

. Strobiloides O. S. Del. Water Gap VI (Jn); Greenwood Lake, Mont- 
clair, Orange Mts., Englewood, Ft. Lee and g. d., galls on tip of 
branches of low wiliows VIII-V (Bt). 


DASYNEURA Rond. 


: gleditschiz O. S. Sometimes common locally on leaves of honey 
locust, “Gleditschia triacanthos” VI (Bt); New Brunswick (Sm). 

. grossulariz Fitch. New Jersey district; larva in gooseberries (Bt). 

. hirtipes O. S. Ft. Lee district, Carlstadt; gall on fragrant golden- 
rod, “Solidago graminifolia” VI, VII (Bt). 

. leguminicola Lint. The clover-seed midge; more or less common 
throughout the State; but scarcely injurious because not much clover- 
seed is raised, and the value of the crop for hay is not affected. If 
clover-seed is wanted it is necessary to cut an early crop of flowers 
for hay and make seed from the later flowers. ; 

- coryli Felt. Reared from corrugated leaves of “Corylus” at West 
Nyack; Ne Y. (CRt): 

. rhois Cog. New Jersey district; gall on roots of poison ivy (Bt). 

» pseudacacie Fitch. Ft. Lee district (Bt); New Brunswick, common 
on leaves of locust, “Robinia pseudacacia” (Sm). 


728 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Fig. 297.—The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor: on the left a healthy stalk of wheat 
and on the right one infested at h by the “fly,” showing galls; a, egg; b, larva; c, flax- 
seed; d, pupa; all very much enlarged; e, fly ovipositing on leaf, natural size; f, female; 
g, male fly, much enlarged; i, the parasite, Merisus destructor; also much enlarged. 


D: 


A. 


M. 


C. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 729 


serrulate O. S. Montclair, Ft. Lee district, Lakehurst, common 
locally, gall on bud of alder, “Alnus serrulatus” IX—VI (Bt); Staten 
Island (Ds). 

solidaginis Loew. Common throughout the State; gall on goldenrod 
(Bt); Clementon VIII (Jn). 


ARNOLDIA Kieffer. 


. fraxinifolia Felt. Newfoundland VII, 25, gall on young ash leaflets 


(Ft). 
vitis Felt. New Jersey district (Bt); from galls of “Lasioptera vitis” 
(Ft). 
ASPHONDYLIA Loew. 


. azaleze Felt. New Jersey district (Bt); galls on buds of azalea (Ft). 
- conspicua O. S. New Jersey district; gall on stem of cone-flower, 


“Rudbeckia triloba”’ VIII, IX (Bt). 


- globulus O. S. New Jersey district; gall on stem of sun-flower, “Heli- 


anthus gigantea” VIII, IX (Bt). 
patens Beut. New Jersey district; gall on aster VIII, IX (Bt). 


. solidaginis Beut. Montclair, Ft. Lee district, gall on leaf of golden- 


rod (Bt). 
RHOPALOMYIA Ribs. 


. fusiformis Felt. Ft. Lee district; galls on leaves and flowers of 


fragrant goldenrod, “Solidago graminifolia” VIII, IX (Bt). 


. Capitata Felt. Common at West Nyack, N. Y., just north of the New 


Jersey line (Ft). 


. inquisitor Felt. Common at West Nyack, N. Y. (Ft). 
- major Felt. Staten Island V, 31 (Ft). 


anthophila O. S. Staten Island (Ft). 


MAYETIOLA Kieffer. 


destructor Say. The “Hessian fly.’ Sometimes very destructive 
north of the red shale line. The method usually adopted to avoid 
injury is to plant as late as is safe. In the southern counties it may 
be delayed until after mid-September and injury is rare; in the 
northern counties planting soon after September ist is usual and 
this is dangerous. The flies usually emerge after the early Septem- 
ber rains and are in the fields for two weeks thereafter. Sometimes 
a scant early seeding is made as a trap, and this is plowed under 
about September 10 and the real crop put in. 


CONTARINIA Rond. 


pyrivora Riley. The “pear midge.’ Infests pear, preferring the Law- 

rence, causes an irregular lumpy growth, the larve eating out the 
core in June. This species has been gradually worked out and now 
maintains itself only in a few places near New Brunswick and 
Newark. 


C. tritici Kirby. Locally and seasonally abundant north of the red shale 


in wheat kernels. Not really injurious since 1889. 


730 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CECIDOMYIA Meigen. 


C. annulipes Walsh. New Jersey district, inquilinous in galls of ‘“Rhab- 
dophaga strobiloides” (Bt). 


C. anthophila O. S. New Jersey district; gall on golden-rod (Bt). 

C. atricornis Walsh. New Jersey district; inquilinous in gall of “Rhab- 
dophaga strobiloides” (Bt). 

C. bulla Wash. New Jersey district; gall on leaves of wild sunflowers 
“Helianthus decapetatus” and “divaricata’ VIII, IX (Bt). 

C. caryz O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on leaves of hickory (Bt). 

C. cerasifolia Felt. Newfoundland IX, 4; galls on leaves of choke cherry 
(Ft). 

C. clavula Beut. Orange Mts., Montclair, Ft. Lee district, common on 
the terminal twigs of dogwood, “Cornus florida’ VIII, IX (Bt); 
Staten Island (Ds). | 

C. helianthi Brodie. Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds). 


C. lysimachiz Beut. Carlstadt, Ft. Lee district and elsewhere; galls in 
buds of loosestrife, “Lysimachia” VI (Bt); Jamesburg and through- 
out south Jersey about and on cranberry bogs; this seems to be the 
species which I believed identical with that infesting cranberry 
(Sm). 

C. meibomize Beut. Staten Island (Ds); galls on tick-trefoil, ““Meibomia”’ 
sp., VIL, EX (Bt). 

C. meibomiifoliz Beut. Carlstadt; galls locally common VIII, on buds of 
“Meibomia canadensis” (Bt). ; 


C. myrica Beut. Carltsadt; galls locally common on “Myrica cerifera’”’ 
(Bt). 

C. nysszecola Beut. Ft. Lee district and elsewhere, sometimes very com- 
mon, galls on the edges of leaves of sour-gum, “Nyssa sylvatica” VI 
(Bt). 

C. orbitalis Walsh. New Jersey district; inquilinous in galls of “Rhab- 
dophaga batatas,” “strobiloides” and “brassicoides” (Bt). 


C. pilulae Walsh. Common throughout the State; galls on leaves of red, 
scarlet, black, scrub, black-jack and pin oak, “Quercus rubra,” “coc- 
cinea,”’ “velutina,”’ “nana,” “marylandica” and “palustris” VII-X 
(Bt). 

C.-pudibunda O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on léaves of hornbeam, “Car- 
pinus caroliniana”’ VI, VII (Bt). 


C. resinicola O. S. Lakehurst and the pine barrens generally VIII, IX 
(Bt). 

C. rudbeckiz Beut. New Jersey district; galls on flower heads of cone- 
flower, “Rudbeckia hirta” VIII (Bt). 


C. seminivora Beut. Plainfield (Mill); gall is a malformation of the seed 
capsule of apetalous or cleistogamous flowers of stemless or acau- 
lescent violets, “Viola cucullata,’ ‘“palmata,”’ “‘affinis,’ ‘“septen- 
trionalis” VI-X (Bt). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 731 


° Fig. 300. 


Fig. 298.—Pear midge, Contarinia pyrivora: a, female adult; c, pupa, both enlarged; 
all other references to structural details. 

Fig. 299.—A sound pear and one infested by the larve of the pear midge. 

Fig. 300.—A series of pears infested by the midge, showing distortions caused by larve. 


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C. thurstoni Brodie. New Jersey district; galls on sunflower, “Helian- 
thus divaricata,”’ VIII, IX (Bt). 

C. verbenz Beut. Ft. Lee district, locally common; galls on leaves of 
nettle-leaved Vervain, “Verbena urticifolia” VI, VII (Bt). 

Cc. ulmi Beut. Carlstadt, Ft. Lee district, sometimes common; galls on 
leaves of elm, “Ulmus americana,” VI, VII (Bt). 

C. oxycoccana Johns. (vaccinii Sm., not O. 8S.) Infests the terminal 
erowth of the cranberry, throughout South Jersey; locally known as 
the “‘tip-worm”’ and sometimes injurious (Sm). Dr. Felt says it isa 
“Dasyneura.” 


CECIDOMYIAT KNOWN BY THEIR GALLS AND LARVA ONLY. 

C.? angeliczee Beut. Middlesex Co. (Mill); gall on stalk of “Angelica 
villosa” IX, X (Bt). 

C.? boehmerize Beut. New Jersey district; gall on stalk of false nettle, 
“Boehmeria cylindrica’ IX (Bt). 

C. brachypteroides O. S. Lakehurst and in the pine barrens generally; 
galls on the leaves of scrub pine, “Pinus inops” (Bt). 

C. caryzecola O. S. Riverton IX (Jn); common everywhere, galls on 
leaves of hickory VIII-X (Bt). 

C.? collinsonize Beut. New Jersey district; galls on leaves of horse balm, 
“Collinsonia canadensis” VIII, IX (Bt). 

C. coryloides Walsh. New Jersey; galls on stems of wild grapes, “Vitis 
riparia” and “cordifolia” (Bt). 

Cc. citrinze O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on the tips of twigs of basswood, 
“Tilia americana,” VIII, IX (Bt). 

C. cynipsea O. S. New Jersey district; galls on leaves of hickory VIII-X 
(Bt). 

C. deserta Patt. New Jersey district; galls on hackberry, “Celtis occi- 
dentalis” (Bt). 

C.? eupatoriflorze Beut. Ft. Lee district; galls in flower heads of “Eupa- 
torium ageratoides” IX (Bt); Staten Island IX (Ds). 

C. erubescens O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on leaves of red oak, “Quercus 
rubras, Vo Vl (Bt). 

C. holotricha O. S. Throughout the State on leaves of hickory (Bt); 
Staten Island (Ds); Riverton IX (Jn). 

C. impatientis O. S. New Jersey; galls on “Impatiens pallida” VIII, IX 
(Bt). 

C. inopis O. S. Staten Island (Ds); Riverton VII, IX (Jn); throughout 
the pine barrens generally; galls on the leaves of scrub pine, “Pinus 
jnops.” 

C. liriodendri O. S. Common throughout the State; galls on the leaves 
of tulip tree “Liriodendron tulipifera.”’ 

Cc. majalis O. S. New Jersey; galls on leaves of pine oak, ‘Quercus 
palustris” (Bt). 


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C. niveipila O. S. Ft. Lee, galls on young leaves of red oak, ‘Quercus 
rubra,’ V, VI (Bt); Staten Island (Ds); Riverton (Jn). 


C. nuicola O.S. New Jersey; in the husks of hickory nuts (Bt). 

C. pellex O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on leaves of ash, “Fraxinus,”’ V, VI 
(Bt). 

C. ocellaris O. S. Throughout the State; galls on leaves of red maple, 
“Acer rubrum,” V, VI (Bt); Staten Island VI (Ds). 


C. persicoides O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on the under side of hickory 
leaves VIII, IX (Bt); Chimney Rock, Bound Brook, New Brunswick 
(Sm). 

C. poculum O.S. Common throughout the State; galls on leaves of white 
oak, “Quercus alba,’ VIII-X (Bt); the ‘“oak-spangle” of Fitch and a 
very characteristic structure. 


C. pomum Walsh & Riley. Throughout the State in early summer on 
various species of grape, wild and cultivated; a very fleshy and often 
reddish discolored gall on vines, leaf-stalks and even tendrils; some- 
times single, sometimes with a number of cells. Often attracts atten- 
tion, but is rarely injurious and disappears before mid-summer. 


C.? pustuloides Beut. Ft. Lee, Lakehurst; galls on red, scarlet, black, 
scrub and black-jack oak, “Quercus rubra,” ‘“‘coccinea,”’ ‘‘velutina,” 
“nana” and “marylandica,”’ IX (Bt). 

C.? racemicola O. S. Plainfield (Mill); galls among the racemes of 
golden rods, “Solidago canadensis,” “puberula” and “serotina’ IX 
(Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 

C. salicifolise O. S. New Jersey; gall on “Spireza salicifolia’” (Bt). 


C. sanguinolenta O. S. Ft. Lee district and elsewhere, common; galls on 
the leaves of hickory VI, VII (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 

C. serotinze O. S. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, Ft. Lee district; gall on 
twig of wild cherry, “Prunus serotina,’ V, VI (Bt); Staten Island 
(Ds). : 

C.? triadeni Beut. Middlesex Co. (Mill); gall on stalk of marsh St. 
John’s-wort, “Triadenum virginicum,” IX (Bt). 

C. tubicola O. S. Common almost everywhere in the State; galls on the 
leaves of hickory VIII, IX (Bt); Riverton IX (Jn); Jamesburg, Laha- 
way (Sm). 

C. tulipifera O. S. Short Hills; galls on the ribs of leaves of tulip tree, 
“Liriodendron tulipifera,”’ VIII, IX (Bt). 

C. umbellicola O. S. South Orange, from galls among the umbels of 
elder, “Sambucus racemosa” (O. §S.); Ft. Lee district, on common 
elder, “‘S. canadensis,’ VI (Bt); Staten Island (Ds). 


C. verrucicola O. S. Little Falls, Staten Island (Ds); Ft. Lee district; 
galls on leaves of basswood, “Tilia americana,’ VII-IX (Bt); New 
Brunswick and frequently elsewhere in the State (Sm). 


C.? vaccinii O. S. Dover, Morris Plains, Clementon (Jn); galls on the 
underside of leaves of huckleberry, “Vaccineum stramineum,”’ IX, X 
(Bt). 


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C. viticola O. S. Ft. Lee district; galls on leaves of wild grape (Bt); 
Staten Island (Ds); Vincentown (U §S Ag). 


. Family BIBIONIDA. 


Loose-jointed, ungainly flies of moderate size, with long, stout legs, 
body often clothed with long hair, antennze many jointed but short and 
stout, mouth parts a little produced. There is often considerable differ- 
ence between the sexes, and in some cases the females have a ridicu- 
lously small head. From the very early appearance of some species 
they are called “March flies,’ and sometimes they occur in orchards in 
numbers so great as to attract attention. 

The larve are cylindrical, footless grubs, and ‘feed on excremental or 
vegetable substances, especially on the roots of grass.’’ They have not 
been, thus far, injurious in New Jersey. 


PLECIA Wied. 


P. heteroptera Say. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg (Sm); Lucaston IX, 4, 
Manumuskin X, 21 (Dke). 


BIBIO Geoff. 


B. albipennis Say. Caldwell (Cr); 
Newark (Sm); Westville V, 19, 
Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Manu- 
muskin V, 21 (Dke). 

B. pallipes Say. Husted V, 21 
(Coll); Jamesburg VII, 4, Riv- 
erton V, 1. 

B. femorata Wied. Caldwell (Cr); 
Newark V (Sm); Riverton V, 
1 Gin) GeeNational searkesVee.G 
(Dke). 

B. xanthopus Wied. Caldwell (Cr), 
Riverton IV, 30. 

B. longipes Loew. Palisades (Lv); 
Delair, Riverton, Wenonah, Lu- 
caston, common X, XI (Dke). 

B. slossonz Ckll. (gracilis Walk. § 
not Unger.) Clementon X, 11 § 
(Hk). 


DILOPHUS Meig. Fig. 301.—Bibio albipennis: a, male; c, its 


F ‘ head; b, female; d, her head; all en- 
D. breviceps Loew. Toms River Y, larged. Other references to 


30 (Dke); Westville V, 19, structural details. 
Clementon V, 9, VI, 16. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 736 
D. dimidiatus Loew. Avalon VI, 8 (Jn); Anglesea V (div); Cape May 
IX, 21 (Dke). 
D. thoracicus Say. Forest Hill IX (Wdt); Blackwood VI, 8 (Jn). 


. SCATOPSE Geoffroy. 
S. notata Linn. Clementon V, 9 (Jn); Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 
pygmzea Loew. Riverton VII, 31, IX, 9. 
S. atrata Say. Riverton IV, 23. 


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EUPITENUS Macq. 
E. ater Macq. Riverton IV, 9 (CG). 


Family SIMULID. 


Rather undersized chunky flies, known as “black flies,” dark in 
color, the thorax well developed and somewhat produced forward so as 
to partially conceal the small head from above. Though the head is 
small in proportion to the insect, the mouth parts are exceedingly well 
developed and furnished with a formidable array of lancets for punctur- 
ing and blood-sucking. The wings are 
short and broad, the venation obscure 
except along the front margin. 

These flies are horrible pests local- 
ly, not so much in our State as in 
some others west and north, the “buf- 
falo gnat’” of the Mississippi Valiey 
region and ‘black fly” of the north 
woods being excellent examples. 

In New Jersey some species are 
pests in the Orange Mountains and 
northward, getting into the ears of 
horses, or even occasionally of man. 

The larve are aquatic and live in 
running water. 


SIMULIUM Latr. 


venustum Say. “Black fly’; Del. 
Water Gap VII, 11, Clementon V, 
30 (Jn); Orange Mts., Caldwell 
VII (Cr); Lucaston IX, 3 (DkKe). 
S. invenustum Walk. Passaic (U S 
Ag); Orange Mts. (Sm), Clemen- “ 
ton IV, 15 (Jn); Manumuskin IV, ise gi 
28, Iona IV, 20 (Dke). 
S. vittatum Zett. Orange Mts. (Sm). 
- meridionale Riley. Passaic (U S Ag); Riverton VII, 6, X, 20. 
S. bracteatum Coq. Clementon V, 30. 


” 


Buffalo-gnat. 


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Family RHYPHIDA.. 


These are known as “false crane flies,’ differing in the smaller size 
and broader, spotted wings. They often come into houses, and the 
larvee live in water, rotten wood or excrementitious matter. They are 
of no economic importance. 


RHYPHUS Latr. 


R. alternatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Morris Plains VI, 25, Riverton III, 20, 
Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Merchantville VI, 26 (Dke). 

R. punctatus Fab. Palisades (Lv); Monmouth County (Sm); Delair X, 
5 (Dke); Camden NII, 8 (Kp); Westville (Jn). 

R. fenestralis Scop. Camden VIII, 12 (Jn). 


Family STRATIOMYID/A. 


Known as “soldier flies” from their yellow bands and stripes. Usually 
they are somewhat depressed or even much flattened, especially the 
abdomen, over which the wings are laid flat and overlapping each other. 
The mouth parts are developed for lapping only, and the adults are 
always found among flowers. The antennz vary in shape, and may be 
short or of quite moderate length, but always the third joint is compound, 
and often has an arista. 

The larve vary greatly in habit, from predatory to feeders upon excre- 
ment, living or dead vegetable matter, on land or in water; some of them 
have been even found in salt or alkaline water. 

None are of economic importance. 


ALLOGNOSTA O. S. 


A. fuscitarsis Say. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, 15, Anglesea V, 27 (Jn); 
New Brunswick (Sm); Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 

A. obscuriventris Loew. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Westville VI, 15 
(Jn); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Clementon V, 30 (Hk); Anglesea V, 30 
(W). 

ACTINA Meigen. (BERIS Latr.) 


A. viridis Say. New Brunswick, Ocean Co. (Sm); Ashland V, 30, Clemen- 
ton V, 30 (Hk). 
HERMETIA Latr. 


H. illucens Linn. Trenton VII, 7 (Hk). 


PTECTICUS Loew. 

P. sackeni Will. (testaceus O. S., not Fab.) New Brunswick VIII, 21 
(Sm); Dunnfield VII, 15, Riverton VII, 16, Westville VII, 2 (Jn); 
Brown’s Mills VIII, 30, bred from fungus (Dke). 

P. trivittatus Say. (similis Will.) Dunnfield VII, 8, Riverton VI, 20, VII, 
3, Westville VIII, 8. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW. JERSEY. 737 


GEOSARGUS Bezzi. (SARGUS Fab.) 


. decorus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Palisades (Lv); Newark VI, 14, James- 


burg VII, 4 (Jn); Trenton V, 26 (Hk); Riverton VI, 15, Merchant- 
ville V, 26 (Dke). 


. elegans Loew. Caldwell (Cr). 

. viridis Say. Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Clementon V, 30. 

. czruleifrons Johns. Dunnfield VII, 12 (Jn); Riverton VI, 15 (Dke). 

. cuprarius Linn. Over fifty specimens of this European species were 


taken along Second River, near Newark VI, 12-14, 1892 (Jn); one 
specimen, Caldwell VI, 10, 1892 (Cr). 


PEDICELLA Bigot. (MACROSARGUS Bigot.) 


. clavis Will. Newark VI (Wat). 


MICROCHRYSA Loew. 


. polita Linn. Newark V, Merchantville VII, 19 (Jn): New Brunswick 


(Sm). 
STRATIOMYIA Geoff. 


- meigenii Wied. Westville VII, 5, VIII, 8, Anglesea VII, 19. 
- norma Wied. Del. Water Gap VII, 15 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr). 
- discalis Loew. Elizabeth V, 17 (Kp); Ashland VI, 21 (Hk); Westville 


VI, 15, Cramer Hill V, 23, Clementon V, 16 (Jn). 


ODONTOMYIA Meig. 


. cincta Oliv. Palisades VI, 7 (Lv); Avalon VI, 9, Anglesea V, 30, VII, 


25, Cape May VI, 14 (Jn). 


. hieroglyphica Oliv. Morris Plains VI, 25. 
. vertebrata Say. Westville VI, 14, Avalon VI, 30, Anglesea V, 30, VII, 


Loe Cin) Ashland evil a Ga CElk)e 


. virgo Wied. Westville VII, 12, Merchantville VI, 28 (Jn); Trenton VII, 


7, Clementon VI, 25 (Hk). 


- microstoma Loew. Atlantic City VII, 15, Anglesea VII, 25, Cape May 


VI, 22. 


. flavicornis Oliv. Caldwell (Cr); Southern New Jersey (Sm). 
. interrupta Oliv. Sandy Hook, Westville IV, 26, Clementon V, 10 (Jn); 


Ashland V, 13 (Hk). 


. pubescens Say. Sandy Hook. 


EUPARYPHUS Gerst. 


. tetraspilus Loew. Boonton VI, 14 (GG). 


ADOXOMYIA Kertéz. (CLITELLARIA Auct.) 


. subulata Loew. Riverton VII, 8. 


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NEMOTELUS Geoff. 


N. carbonarius Loew. Avalon VI, 8, Anglesea VII, 4, Cape May VI, 14. 
N. crassus Loew. Lenola V, 30. 


OXYCERA Meigen. 


O. maculata Oliv. Merchantville VI, 28, Clementon V, 30, Lenola (Jn); 
Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


PACHYGASTER Meigen. 
P. pulcher Loew. Avalon VII, 22. 


Family TABANIDAL. 


These are moderate or large species, popularly known as “horse-flies,” 
but locally and referring to special types, also as “gad-flies,” “‘deer-flies,” 
“ear-flies,” “golden-eyed flies,’ “strawberry flies,’ etc. They have short, 
broad heads, enormous, often gaily colored eyes, flattened abdomen, and 
short though many-jointed antenne. The mouth parts consist of a series 
of sharp, pointed lancets, four in the male, six in the female, inclosed in 
a soft, fleshy labella or lip. The males live on plant nectar, and do not 
“pite,’ but the females attack animals of all kinds and are often a 
serious annoyance to stock. They frequent woods or the edges of wood- 
land, low meadows or marshy places, and, as Mr. Daecke interestingly 
shows, the species are often present in very limited areas. They are 
often troublesome in wood roads, because, with three or four of these 
flies buzzing about, horses may be driven almost frantic; and so sharp 
and rigid are the mouth structures that blood appears almost as soon as 
the insects strike. The species along shore are usually light in color, 
the eyes green, whence the term “green-heads” that is applied to them. 
The larger species of “Tabanus” do not often attack man, but the species 
of ‘“Chrysops” are frequently troublesome in the woods. 

In some localities the flies are a serious pest to stock, and in such 
places much good can be done by collecting the flies. There are also a 
few animals that are especially liable to attack, and from such the flies 
can be collected with a small net in such quantities as to materially 
reduce the supply. As each female fiy may lay from 200 to 500 eggs, the 
effect upon the future generations will be decidedly marked. The attack 
may be even concentrated on a few gentle animals by treating the others 
with fish oil soap, to which a little crude carbolic acid has been added. 

The larve are elonzated, somewhat flattened creatures, living in the 
mud along water courses and in swamps, and they feed upon the organic 
material found in such places. Clearing and draining will gradually re-_ 
duce breeding places as the lands are brought under cultivation. 

The present list has been prepared by Mr. V. A. E. Daecke, who has 
made a special study of the species of this family, and in general, when 
not otherwise credited, the records are his, as are also the changes made 
in nomenclature from the previous edition. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 739 


PANGONIA Latr. 
P. pigra O. S. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn). 
P. rasa Loew. New Hope (Hk). 


GONIOPS Aldrich. 
G. chrysocoma O. 8. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11 (Jn). 


’ CHRYSOPS Meigen. 
C. excitans Wlk. Lakehurst VI, 15 (Ds); Toms River V, 30, Bamber V, 
VI, 3 (Dke). 

Cc. celer O. S. Common everywhere, mid-May to early July. 

C. carbonarius Wlk. (fugax O. S.) Newark VI, 13, Buena Vista VI, 11, 
Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Clementon V, 30 (CG); Lacy V, 27, DaCosta VI, 15, 
common (Dke). 

. mitis O. S. Jamesburg VII, 14 (Hk); Brown’s Mills VI, 25 (Dke). 

. cuclux Whitney. Orange Mts. V (Wdt); Trenton VII, 1 (Coll). 

niger Macq. Common everywhere, V, 12—VII, 4 (Dke). 

brimleyi Hine. Throughout the pine barrens V, 20—VII, 4 (Dke). 

» amazon Daecke. Brown’s Mills, end VI, early VII, rare (Dke). 

. higrobimbo Whitney. Throughout the pine barrens end VI-IX (DkKe). 


. plangens Wied. Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); Newark meadows VI (Wat); 
Staten Island VI, 3 (Ds); Atco VI, 4, Avalon VI, Cape May VI, 14 
(Jn); Anglesea V, 28 (DkKe). 

C. fallax O. S. Dunnfield VII, 11, Morris Plains VI, 25, Jamesburg VII, 
Atco VI, 15, Buena Vista VI, 11 (Jn); Chester VIII, Millburn VII 
(Coll); Wenonah VI, 22; locally common (Dke). 

C. moechus O. S. From all sections of the State VI, 28—VIII, 8. 


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Fig. 303.—Chrysops univittatus; enlarged. 


C. univittatus Macq. Throughout the State VI, 14-VIII, 23; locally a pest 
along the edges of woods (Dke). 


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Cc. 


Cc. 


C. 


C. 


C. 


C. 


bistellatus Daecke. Birmingham VII, 8 (Hk); Brown’s Mills Dist., © 
end VI to mid VII (Dke). 


indus O. S. Trenton VII, 5, Ashland Vi, 22, Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk); 


Clementon V, 10-30 (div); Almonesson V, 20 (W); Brown’s Mills 
V, 27 (Dke). 


. vittatus Wied. From all sections of the State VI, 28-IX, 1. 
. Striatus O. S. Delair VIII, 7, rare (Dke). 
C. 


sequax Will. Ashland VII, Clementon IX, 7 (Hk); Wenonah VII, 
Lucaston IX, 8 (Dke). 


lugens Wied. Trenton VII, 15 (Hk). 

var. morosus O. S. Trenton VII (div); Newbold VII, 14 (¢) 21 (9), 
Bamber VII, 9, Toms River VII, 12 (Dke); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk); 
Lake Hopatcong VIII, 6, Lakehurst VIII, 23 (Coll). 

parvulus Daecke. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Lakehurst (Ds); Bamber 
VII, 9, Toms River VII, 12 (Dke). 

hinei Daecke. Lakehurst IX, 3-16 (Ds); Atlantic Co. VIII, 7 (Coll); 
Weymouth VIII, 16, Iona VIII, 25 (Dke). 

obsoletus Wied. Ft. Lee VI, 23, National Park VIII, 13, Wenonah VI, 
22 (Dke); Trenton VII, 11 (Hk); Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville VII, 
26, Avalon VII, 22 (Jn); Clementon VII, 23 (C@G). 


. delicatulus O. S. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll), Brown’s Mills VI, 25, Toms 


River VII, 12, DaCosta VI, 29, Bamber VII, 9 (Dke). 


. callidus O. S. Common everywhere, early V to end of VII. 
. dimmocki Hine. Iona VI, 2, Anglesea V, 28, Cape May VI, 7 (Dke). 
. montanus O. S. Morris Plains VI, 24, Merchantville VI, 28 (Jn); 


Trenton VII, 5, 11 (Hk); Clementon VI, 25—VIII, 8 (div). 


. sackeni Hine. Paterson VI, 7, Trenton VI, 28 (Coll); Ft. Lee VII, 4, 


Brown’s Mills VI, 17, DaCosta VI, 3 (DKe). 


. frigidus O. S. Dover VI, 23 (Jn). 
. pudicus O. S. Trenton VII, 11 (Hk); Brown’s Mills VI, 27-VII, 1, 


DaCosta VI, 24 (Dke); Atco VI, 18, Anglesea (Jn). 


. cursim Whitney. Jamesburg VII, 4, Clementon VI, 24 (Dke); Lake- 


hurst VI, 16 (Ds); Brown’s Mills VII, 1, DaCosta VII, 4 (Dke). 


. fulvostigma Hine. Lakehurst VII, 27, one specimen (Ds). 
. brunneus Hine. Newark meadows VII (Wdt); Cape May VIII, 9 


(Dke). 


. flavidus Wied. Linden VII, 16 (Coll), Trenton VII, 5 (Hk): and 


from all sections south of the Piedmont Plain VI, 29—VIII, 28. 


HAEMATOPOTA Meig. 


- punctulata Macq. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn). 


TABANUS Linn. (THERIOPLECTUS Zell.) 


. cinctus Fab. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Lakewood (div); Lakehurst 


VII, 4 (Coll); Brown’s Mills VII, 1 (Dke). 


4AHdd 


THE INSECTS OF | NEW JERSEY. 7AI 


. lasiophthalmus Macq. Common throughout south Jersey, less abund- 


ant on the Piedmont Plain and northwardly V, 28—VII, 15 (Dke). 


. trispilus Wied. Throughout the State VI, 28—VII, 15. 
- epistates O. S. Morris Plains VI, 24 (Jn); Glassboro VI, 18 (CG); 


Sea Isle City V (Luccareni); Cape May VI, 7 (Dke); includes the 
records under “affinis’” Kirby, of last edition. 


. hinei Johns. (politus Johns.) Type locality Merchantville VI, 28 


(Jn); Jamesburg VII, 4 (div); Malaga VII, 20, Brown’s Mills VI, 17, 
25 (Dke); Clementon VI, 24 (Hk). 


. recedens Wlk. (catenatus O. S.) Caldwell VI, 15 (Cr); New Bruns- 


wick IX, 24 (Coll); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Merchantville VI, 19 
(Kp); Lakewood (Lansing); Brown’s Mills VI, 5-21 (Dke); Atlantic 
Co: VI, 24 (Sm). 


. exul O. S. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Newark VII, 11, New Bruns- 


wick VII, 22, Lahaway VII; 17 (Coll); Merchantville VII, 19 (CG). 


. sulcifrons Macq. Dunnfield VII (Jn); Boonton VI, 19 (GG); Manu- 


muskin VIII, 26 (Dke). 


. astutus O. S. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk). 

- abdominalis Fab. Caldwell (Cr); Elizabeth VII, 30 (Kp). 

. molestus Say. Orange Mts. (Sm). 

. trimaculatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., New Brunswick VII, 


Lahaway VII, 1 (Coll); Woodbury VI, 4 (Kp). 


. melanocerus Wied. Lakewood (Lansing); Brown’s Mills VI, 27, VII, 


10 (div); Wenonah Vil, 15, Bamber VII, 13, Malaga VII, 27 (Dke). 


. coffeatus O. S. Common south of the Piedmont Plain V, 15—VIII, 8. 
. orion O. S. Caldwell (Cr); Palisades (Love); College Farm (Coll); 


Atco (Kp). 


. hivosus O.S. Type in Coll. A E S is from New Jersey; Riverton VII, 4. 
. vivax O. S. Dunnfield VII, 11, 15 (Jn). 

. longus O. S. Weymouth VIII, 8 (DkKe). 

. gracilis Wied. DaCosta VII, 20, Weymouth VIII, 8 (Dke). 

. pumilus Macq. From all the faunal regions except the maritime VI, 


19-VII, 13, locally common. 


. sparus Whitney. Common south of the Piedmont Plain V, 25—VII, 26. 
. lineola Fab. Throughout the State VI, 6-IX, 6, more or less common 


locally; less abundant in the north. 


. nigrovittatus Macq. The common green-head of the seashore; abun- 


dant from Sandy Hook to Cape May, VI, 20-IX, 2. Extends inland 
sparingly, and is recorded from New Brunswick VIII, 9 (Coll); Glass- 
boro VIII, 2 (CG). 


. costalis Wied. Throughout the State VII, 4-IX,1. 
. conterminus Wlk. Stone Harbor VII, 5 (Dke); 5-mile beach VII, 20 


(Hk). 


. zonalis Kirby. Greenwood Lake V, 30 (Watson); Prof. Osburn says 


this is the southernmost record for this species. 


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T. fulvulus Wied. Clementon VII, 11 (Hk); Lakewood (Lansing); 
Malaga VII, 20 (Dke). 

T. sagax O. S. Boonton VI, 20 (GG); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Lakewood 
(Lansing); Brown’s Mills VI, 24, VII, 10 (div); Bamber VIII, 11, 
Lacy VII, 23 (Dke). 

T. nigrescens Pal. Beauv. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); 
Lahaway VII, 22 (Coll); Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (Hk). 

T. superjumentarius Whitney. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Jamesburg VII, 4 
(div). 

T. stygius Say. Boonton VI, 20 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick 
VII, 20 (Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Riverton VII, 14 (Jn); Cam- 
den, Merchantville VII, 19 (CG); Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 

T. atratus Forst. Throughout the State, more or less common VI & VII. 
Our largest “horse fly,” blue black in color, with a pruinose coating 
when fresh. ; 


Fig. 304.—Tabanus atratus, black horse fly: a, larva; 
b, pupa; c, adult. 


T. americanus Forst. Glassboro VII, 1, VIII, 1 (GG); Lakewood (Lan- 
sing); Pt. Pleasant, Atlantic City VIII (Stone); Brown’s Mills VIII, 
4, DaCosta VII, 20 (Dke). 

T. giganteus DeG. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee VIII, 14 (Dke); Palisades (Lv). 

T. mexicanus Linn. DaCosta VIII (Bland). 

T. reinwardtii Wied. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); New Bruns- 
wick (Sm). 

T. typhus Whitney. DaCosta VI, 4 (Dke). 


T. bicolor Wied. Orange Mts. VII, 4, Clementon V, 30, Buena Vista VI, 
11 (Jn); Collingswood VII, 17 (CG); .2-mile beach VII, 12 (Dke). 


Family LEPTID/. 


Termed “snipe flies’ by Prof. Comstock because of the general form of 
body in many species. The thorax is rather globular, the abdomen 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 743 


pointed, the head moderately large, antennz short, mouth parts pro- 
longed into a beak projecting downward and backward, legs rather long 
and slender. Some of the species are densely hairy, with contrasting 
golden yellow and black or brown markings. They are predatory in 
habit, but rather sluggish in motion. The larve are also predatory, and 
live under widely-varying conditions. 


XYLOPHAGUS Meigen. 


X. persequus Walk. Caldwell (Cr); Clementon IV, 22 (Dke). 


X. lugens Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Palisades IV, under chestnut bark (Lv); 
Riverton IV, 17 (Jn); Woodbury IV, 29 (Kp). 


X. abdominalis Loew. Riverton; the larve and pupz were found be- 
neath the bark of a dead pine III, 20; imagoes emerged IV, 5 and 8 
(Jn); Grenloch V, 6 (W). 


XYLOMYIA Rond. 
X. pallipes Say. New Brunswick VI, 10, Lahaway VII, 6 (Sm); National 
Park VI, 3, Westville VI, 30 (Dke). 
X. tenthredinoides V. d. W. Ft. Lee VI, 23 (Dke); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk). 


DIALYSIS Walker. 
D. rufithorax Say. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); ‘Westville VI, 6, Merchantville 
VI, 28. 
D. elongata Say. Dunnfield VII, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4. 


LEPTIS Fab. 
L. punctipennis Say. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 16, Westville VI, 6, 
Clementon V, 30. 
L. plumbea Say. New Brunswick (Sm). 


L. mystacea Macq. Palisades V, 24 (Liv); Dover VI, 18, Woodbury IV, 30, 
Clementon V, 30 (Jn); New Brunswick (Sm). 


L. hirta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 
L. ochracea Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8-15. 
L. scapularis Loew. “New Jersey” (Bt). 


CHRYSOPILA Macq. 

C. ornata Say. Dover VI, 18, Newark VI, 16 (Jn); Palisades V, 30 (Lv); 
Trenton VII, 9 (Coll). 

C. thoracica Fab. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 13 (Jn); Orange Mts., Angle- 
sea VII, 25 (Sm). 

C. fasciata Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, 14, Newark VI, 15, Westville VII, 2 
(Jn); Trenton VII, 7( Hk). 

C. quadrata Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15, Ft. Lee; Atco VII, 12, Riverton 
VI, 15, Anglesea VI, 11. 


744 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


C. propinqua Walk. Mullica Hill, Clementon V, 30, Anglesea VII, 25. 
C. basilaris Say. Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke); Riverton VII, 3, Westville VIII, 18. 


C. rotundipennis Say. Buena Vista VI (Li); Riverton VI, 19, VII, 3 (Jn); 
Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


SYMPHOROMYIA Fraun. 
S. cinerea Johns. Long Branch VI, 9-12. 


Family CYRTIDA. 


Called ‘“‘small-headed flies’ because of the unusually small head com- 
pared with the large hump-backed thorax and inflated abdomen. They 
are the “Acroceride” of previous list, are rare, the larve are parasitic 
upon spiders or their egg sacs, and they are of no economic importance. 


ONCODES Latr. 
O. costatus Loew. “New Jersey,” no data. 
O. pallidipennis Loew. Trenton VI, 3 (Hk); Anglesea VI, 20 (Sm). 
O. incultus O. S. Boonton VI, 16 (GG); Collingswood VI, 11 (Jn). 


OPSEBIUS Costa. 


O. pterodontinus O. S. Lakehurst VIII, 18 (Coll); parasitic on ‘‘Agalena 
nevia.” 


ACROCERA Meigen. 


A. fasciata Wied. Philadelphia, bred from “Lycosa stonei,’ a spider 
which also occurs in New Jersey. 


Family BOMBYLIID. 


These are the “bee-flies,’ which derive their common name from the 
fact that they are more o1 less covered with dense, diverging whitish or 
yellow hair, giving them a close resemblance to certain bees. Many 
occur, hovering over bare places in early spring, others are found on 
flowers, often poised in mid-air between or over them. One series 
resembles the bumble-bees and has a long pointed proboscis; the other is 
more slender, the abdomen tending to become flattened, with a short 
proboscis and much less contrasting colors. 

The larve are parasitic or partly predatory. Some are true parasites 
in lepidopterous larve; others feed on the egg-pods of grasshoppers. 
while yet others feed in nests of bees, destroying first the bee egg or 
larva and then feeding upon the food stored for it. 

They are never harmful to growing vegetation, hence may be classed 
as, on the whole, beneficial. 


Fig. 307. 


Fig. 306. 


Fig. 305.—Anthrax hippomelas: a, larva; b, fly pupa projecting from cut-worm pupa; 
¢, pupa; d, adult: all enlarged. 

Fig. 306.—Bee-fly, Syst@chus orcas, parasitic on grasshopper egg-pods, pupa and adult. 

Fig. 307.—Larva of Syst@chus oreas enlarged and details of structure. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 745 


SPOGOSTYLUM Macq. 


S. analis Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 10, Sandy Hook, Anglesea IX, 4 
(Jn); Malaga IX, 5 (Hk); Lakewood VIII (Lansing); Atco IX, 1 
(Kp); Clementon VIII, 9, Sea Isle VII, 22 (Jn). 

S. albofasciatum Macq. Westville VIII, 21, Atco VII, 9, Buena Vista VI, 
11 (Jn); Clementon VI, VIII (div); Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); Iona 
VI, 2 (Dke). 

S. pauper Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 10, Westville VIII, 14-23 (Jn); 
Clementon VI, VIII (div); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); Atco IX, 1 (Kp); 
Anglesea IX, 8 (Dke). 

S. limatula Say. Riverton IX, 5. 

S. argyropyga Wied. Dunnfield VII, 11, 15, Riverton VII, 4 (Jn); Tren- 
ton VII, 9 (Hk). 

S. cdipus Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Westville V, 18, VI, 27, VIII, 23 
(Jn); Chester (Dkn); Caldwell (Cr); Lahaway VII, 1 (Coll). 

S. simson Fab. Boonton VIII, 22, IX, 5 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Sandy 
Hook (Bt); Trenton IX, 2, Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); Westville VIII, 23, 
Clementon VIII, 7, Atco VII, 8 (Jn). 

S. cephus Fab. Alpine VII, 12 (Engelhardt). 


EXOPROSOPA Macq. 


E. fascipennis Say. Palisades VII, 26 (Liv); Caldwell (Cr); Westville 
VIII, 14-23 (Jn); Lakewood VIII (Lansing); Pemberton IX, 1, Lucas. 
ton IX, 9 (Hk). 

E. emarginata Macq. Lakewood VIII (Lansing); Manumuskin VI, 28, 
VII, 5 (Dke). 

E. fasciata Macq. Boonton VIII, 19 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Riverton IX, 
9, Malaga IX, 15 (Hk); Westville VIII, 23, IX, 10 (Jn); Lakewood 
(Lansing); Manumiuskin VIII, 26 (Dke). 


ANTHRAX Scop. 


A. lateralis Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville 
VIII, 28, Clementon V, 30, VIII, 9, Anglesea VIII, 15 (Jn); Trenton 
Wall 9) GE) 

var. gracilis Macq. Westville VI, 15 (Jn). 
var. arenicola Johns. Riverton IV, 30, Clementon V, 16 (Jn). 

A. alternata Say. Caldwell (Cr); Sandy Hook (Sm); Westville VI, 15. 
VIII, 23 (Jn); Clementon IX, 5, Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (Hk); Manu- 
muskin VI, 24—-VII, 5 (Dke). 

A. hypomelas Macq. Chester (Dkn); Orange Mts. VII, 4, Shiloh IX, 1, 
Westville IX, 10: Riverton IX, 2 (GG). 

A. fulvohirta Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Riverton VII, 2, IX, 22 (div); West- 
ville VIII, 28, Clementon VII, 26 (Jn); Malaga VIII, IX (div); DaCosta 
VII, 20 (Dke). 


746 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


A. 
A. 


tegminipennis Say. Sandy Hook VIII (Bt). 


ceyx Loew. Clementon VIII, 6-IX, 7 (div); Lakewood (Lansing); 
Atco VIII, [X, 8 (GG); Manumuskin VIII, 26-IX, 3 (Dke). 


. sinuosa Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton VI, VII, 


DaCosta VII, 30, Buena Vista VI, 11 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8, Brown’s 
Mills VII, 10 (Hk). 


. lepidota O. S. Iona VI, 16 (Dke). 
. faunus Fab. Clementon X, 1 (Hk). 


BOMBYLIUS Linn. 


. major Linn. Palisades IV, 8 (Lv); Newark V, Westville IV, 9, Clem- 


enton IV, 15 (Jn). 


- pygmaeus Fab, Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Jamesburg V, 4 (Sm); 


South Amboy V, 5 (Kp); Glassboro V, 19 (Hk); Manumuskin IV, 28 
(DKe). 


. pulchellus Loew. South Amboy V, 5 (Kp); Jamesburg V, Westville V, 


6 (Jn); Glassboro V, 19 (Hk); Hainesport V, 7 (Dke). 


. subvarius Johns. (lancifer Johns., not O. S.) Morris Plains VI, 25. 
. fulvibasis Macq. (atriceps Loew.) Clementon V, 10, 30 (Jn); Manu- 


muskin V, 12 (Dke). 


. varius Fab. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Westville VI, 15, VII, 2, Riverton 


VI, 17, VII, 3 (Jn); Buena Vista VI, 8 (Li); Clementon VI, 17 (GG). 


. incanus Johns. (philadelphicus Macq.) Clementon V, 30, VI, 25, Atco 


VI, 18, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Albion VI, 1 (C); Brown’s Mills Je. 
VI, 22, Iona VI, 2 (DkKe). 


. fraudulentus Johns. Dover VI, 25, Morris Plains VI, 24, Orange Mts. 


VII, 4, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Iona VI, 2 (Dke). 


. mexicanus Wied. Clementon V, 30, Riverton VI, 9-16 (Jn); Iona VI, 8, 


Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 


SYSTCECHUS Loew. 


. vulgaris Loew. Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); DaCosta VII, 19, Clementon 


VIII, 7-9 (Jn); Lakewood, Burlington Co. (Sm); Iona VIII, 25, Wey- 
mouth VIII, 16, Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (Dke). 


ONCODOCERA Maca. 


. leucoprocta Wied. Clementon V, 30, VI, 25, Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Toms 


River (Edwards); Bamber VII, 13, Manumuskin VII, 5, Iona VII, 13 
(Dke). 


PHTHIRIA Meig. 


. sulphurea Loew. Lakewood, Atco VI, 13, 18, Riverton IX, 11 (Jn); 


Lucaston VIII, 11, Hammonton IX, 6 (Dke). 


. coquilletti Johns. Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton VII, 4-6. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 47 


LEPIDOPHORA Westwood. 


L. zgeriiformis Westw. Caldwell (Cr); DaCosta VII, 28, Brown’s Mills 
IX, 15 (Dke). 


SPARNOPOLIUS Loew. 


S. fulvus Wied. Chester (Dkn); Riverton IX, 11, Westville VIII, 28 (Jn); 
Clementon IX, 5 (Hk); Atco IX, 11 (Nell); Belleplain IX, 8, Lucaston 
IX, 12 (Dke). : 


ECLIMUS Loew. 
E. niger Macq. Brown’s Mills VI, 15, VI, 23 (Dke). 


METACOSMUS Coa. 
M. mancipennis Coq. Pemberton VII, 11 (CG). 


SYSTROPUS Wied. 


S. macer Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Lakewood (Lansing); Clementon VIII, 
9 (Jn); Atco IX, 1 (Kp); Lucaston VII, 27 (GG); Anglesea IX, 8 
(Dke). 


GERON Meig. 


G. senilis Fab. Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VII, 12, Clementon VI, 25, VIII, 7 
(Jn); Hammonton IX, 6 (Dke). 

G. subauratus Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, Westville VI, 27 (Jn); DaCosta 
VII, 19, Brown’s Mills VI, 24—VII, 21 (Dke). 

G. calva Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11-12. 

G. capax Cog. Riverton IV, 30 (Jn); Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). 


TOXOPHORA Meigen. 


T. amphitea Walk. Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll); Buena Vista VI, 11, Atco VI, 
18, DaCosta VII, 30 (Jn); Hammonton VIII, 21 Bamber VII, 13, VIII, 
11, Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


Family THEREVIDA. 


Called “stiletto flies’ by Comstock, because of their slender, pointed 
abdomen. They resemble the robber flies, but have longer legs and are 
more slightly built. They are also predatory, but the lips are broad and 
fleshy, and they are not nearly so active as the “Asilide.”’ 

The larve are long and slender, the segments constricted so that they 
seem doubled in number, and they live in mold, fungi, rotten wood and 
vegetable decay generally, feeding sometimes upon the material among 
which they are found, sometimes upon such other insects as come in their 
way. 

They can scarcely be said to be beneficial, for the prey of the adult 
does not usually consist of insects that are harmful to the farmer. 


748 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


TABUDA Walker. 


T. fulvipes Walk. Riverton IV, 17, 30, Westville IV, 16, Clementon IV, 15, 
V, 5 (Jn); Lahaway IV, 20 (Sm); Manumuskin IV, 24-V, 5 (Dke). 


PSILOCEPHALA Zett. 


P. hzemorrhoidalis Macq. Newark VI, 16, Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville, 
VIII, 13, Shiloh IX, 1, Avalon VI, 9, Cape May VI, 14 (Jn); Pemberton 
WAITS 4335 IDs al (stl). 

P. morata Coq. Avalon VI, 8, Cape May VI, 14. 

P. aldrichii Coq. Jamespurg VII, 4, Riverton VI, 15, Weymouth VIII, 16 
(Dke); Westville VII, 12, Stone Harbor VIII, 3. 

P. rufiventris Loew. Clementon V, 30, Pleasantville VI, 13 (Lt); West- 
ville VII, 2, Atlantic City VIII, Avalon VI, 9, Anglesea VII, 16. 

P. scutellaris Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4. 

P. pictipennis Wied. Jamesburg VII, 4 (div); Riverton VII, 3, Atco VI, 
18, VII, 9 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8, Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 


THEREVA Latr. 


T. senex Wlk. Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); Boonton VIII, 23 (GG); Caldwell 
(Cr); Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk). 


T. albifrons Say. Riverton V, 14, Clementon V, 6. 
T. sp. Toms River V, 30 (Dke). 


Family SCENOPINID. 


The “window-flies’: small, slight, blue flies, somewhat flattened, and 
with yellow or red legs. The larve are slender and worm-like often found 
under carpets, where they 
feed on “moths” and other 
‘carpet pests. 


SCENOPINUS Latr. 


S. fenestralis Linn. Caldwell 
(Cr); New Brunswick 
(Sm); Riverton, Atco 
VII, 21 (Jn); Glassboro 
Vile S5a\(CG) DaCosta 
VII, 20 (Dke); Ashland 


Wise Mant ETED F Tl dow fly, S f i 
F ig. 308.—The window , Scenopinus fenestralis > 
S. glabrifrons Meig. New S38 eke “ 


Jersey (Jn). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 749 


Family MYDAIDZE. 


The “Midas flies,’ resemble the “Asilide”’ in form and are, like them, 
predatory. They are much larger, however, with contrasting black and 
orange colors, the antenne being long and clubbed at tip. They are 
practically unimportant. 


MYDAS Fab. 


M. clavatus Drury. Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Riverton VII, 3, Da- 
Costa VII, 30, Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn); Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (Hk); 
Manumuskin VI, 22 (Dke). 

M. chrysostoma O. 8. (@ fulvifrons Illiger) Stone Harbor VII, 3 (Dke); 
Avalon VII, 29, Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn). 


Family ASILIDA. 


Head prominent, very hairy, with short, several-jointed antenne and 
a short, stout proboscis formed for piercing. The body is robust, hairy, 
the abdomen long, slender, cylindrical, tapering very gradually to the 
tip. The-wings are long and narrow, the legs moderately long and very 
powerful, densely clothed with spines, while the tips of the tarsi are 
supplied with unusually long, stout claws. The insects are called “rob- 
ber-flies” from their habit of pouncing upon, piercing and sucking the 
juices of other insects in mid-air while holding them in-the grasp of their 
powerful legs. Some of the species are brightly colored, but most of 
them are of a sober gray with blackish mottlings. These robber-flies, 
though predatory, can scarcely be considered of much real value to the 
farmer, because they take anything that comes along, useful or other- 
wise, and are just as ready to destroy bees as some harmful species. 

The larve are also carnivorous so far as known, and live in the ground 
or in decaying wood. 


LEPTOGASTER Meigen. 


L. badius Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton VII, 30. 


L. flavipes Loew. Dunuafield VII, 15, Newark VI, 16 (Jn); Trenton VII, 
CH): 


L. testaceus Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Westville (Jn). 
L. incisularis Loew. Delair VIII, 7 (Dke), Riverton VII, 30, Atco. 


L. annulatus Say. (histrio Wied.) Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Trenton 
Wiley 7 = (Hk): 


L. pictipes Loew. Dunnfield VII, 12, Clementon V, 30, Atco VI, 18 (Jn); 
Belleplain IX, 8 (Dke). 


L. eudicranus Loew. Pemberton VII, 11 (Hk). 
L. favillaceus Loew. Newark IV, 14. 


750 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Le 


L. 


varipes Loew. Pemberton VII, 11 (Hk); Clementon VIII, 30 (Hk); 
DaCosta VII, 4, Bamiber VII, 18 (Dke). 


carolinensis Schimer (virgatus Coq.) Trenton VII, 7 (Hk). 


LAPHYSTIA Loew. 


. sexfasciata Say. Avalon VII, 29, VIII 2 (Jn); Stone Harbor VII, 5, 


Cape May VII, 15 (Dke). 


CERATURGUS Wied. 


. aurulentus Fab. Chester (Coll); Trenton VII, 7 (Hk); Westville 


VIII, 21 (Jn). 


. cruciatus Say. Dunnfield VII, 8 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); Dover VII, 16 


(Coll); Great Notch VII, 10 (Dke); Trenton VII, 11. 


DIOCTRIA Meigen. 


. albius Walk. Dunnfield VII, 14, Newark. 


CYRTOPOGON Loew. 


. chrysopogon Loew. Clementon V, 16. 
. marginalis Loew. Clementon V, 10 (CG); Manumuskin V, 10 (Dke). 


LASIOPOGON Loew. (DAULOPOGON Loew.) 


. Opaculus Loew. New Jersey (A ES); Riverton V, 3, Clementon V, 6 


(CG). 


. terricola Johns. Riverton V, 29, Clementon V, 9, Wenonah V, 14 (Jn); 


Hainesport V, 7 (Dke). 


. tetragrammus Loew. Clementon V, 9, Albion V, 16 (Dke). 


HOLCCCEPHALA Jenn. 


. abdominalis Say. Dunnfield VII, 9, Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Trenton 


VII, 11 (Hk); Cumberland Co. IX, 1 (Sm). 


. calva Loew. Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk); Cumber- 


land Co. IX, 1 (Sm). 
HOLOPOGON Loew. 


. guttula Wied. Dunnfield VII, 9, Newark VI, 14, Jamesburg VII, 4 


(Jn); Clementon V, 30, VI, 25 (div); Brown’s Mills VII, 10 (CG); 
Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). 


STICHOPOGON Loew. 


. argenteus Say. High Point VIII, 5 (Hk); Sandy Hook VIII, Anglesea 


VII, 22, Avalon VII, 29, VIII, 2 (Jny. 


. trifasciatus Say. Caldwell (Cr); Sandy Hook, Jamesburg VII, 4, West- 


ville VII, 12, Cumberland Co. IX (Jn); Lahaway IX, 26 (Sm); Pem- 
berton IX, 1, Clementon VIII, 15, 5-mile beach VIII, 5 (Hk). 


DEROMYIA Philippi. 


. discolor Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Merchantville VII, 19 (Kp); Glassboro 


VIII (CG). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 751 


. umbrina Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 14. 
- winthemi Wied. Morristown VII, 18, Lakewood, Atco VII, 12 (Jn); 


Atlantic Highlands VII, 11 (Lv); Glassboro VIII, 1 (CG); Lucaston 
IX, 9, Malaga IX, 15 (Hk). 


TARACTICUS Loew. 


- octopunctatus Say. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); 


Clementon VI, 25 (CG); Buena Vista VII, 10 (Li). 


NICOCLES Jzenn. 


. pictus Loew. Clementon IV, 15. 
. politus Say. Riverton IX, 11, Anglesea IX, 4 (Jn); Clementon IX, 5, 


X, 4 (Hk); Manumuskin IX, X (Dke). 


CEROTAINIA Schiner. 


- Macrocera Say. Newark VII, 14, Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Trenton VII, 


8 (Hk); Newbold VII, 14 (Dke). 


ATOMOSIA Macq. 


. puella Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); Merchantville VI, 


29, VII, 19 (Jn). 


. sayii Johns. New Brunswick VIII, 21 (Sm); Laurel Springs VII, 12. 
. glabrata Say. Springfield VIII, 23 (Jn); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 


POGONOSQMA Rondani. 


. melanoptera Wied. Atlantic Co. XI, 24 (Sm); Malaga VIII, 4 (CG). 


DASYLECHIA Will. (HYPERECHIA Schiner.) 


. atrox Will. New Brunswick VIII, 28( Sm). 


LAMPRIA Macq. 


. bicolor Wied. Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr). 


DASYLLIS Loew. 


. flavicollis Say. Dunnfield VII, 12, Morris Plains VI, 17, 25, Newark 


VI, 4, Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Brown’s Mills VI, 22 (Dke). 


. posticata Say. Dunnfield VII, 11, Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville V, 17, 


Ateo VI, 4 (Jn); Laurel Springs V, 23, bred from decaying pine stump, 
Manumuskin VI, 24 (Dke). 


. thoracica Fab. Dunnfield VII, 11, Morris Plains VI, 25, Newark VI, 14, 


Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Westville VI, 6 (CG); Pros- 
pertown VI, 7 (Sm). 


. grossa Fab. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg VII, 


4 (Coll); Lakewood (Lansing); Glassboro (CG); Brown’s Mills VII, 
10 (Hk). 


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D. 


. zstuans Linn. (bastardi Macq.) Dunnfield 


. albibarbis Macq. (cinerascens Bell.) James- 


. rufibarbis Macq. (zstuans Auct.) Chester 


melanopogon Wied. (affinis Macq.) Riverton X, 20 (Jn); Malaga 1X, 
15 (CG); Hammonton IX, 6, Brown’s Mills IX, 16, Manumuskin X, 21 
(Dke). 


. analis Macq. (lata Macq.) Atco VI, 18 (Jn). 


LAPHRIA Meig. 


. canis Will. Ft. Lee VI (Lv); Dover VI, 18, Newark VI, 12, Merchant- 


ville VI, 25, Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Trenton VII, 11 (Hk); Delair VIII, 
14 (Dke). 


. sericea Will. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8-15. 
. zeratus Wlk. New Jersey (Jn). 


OMMATIUS Illiger. 


. marginellus Fab. (tibialis Say.) Dunnfield VII, 15, Morris Plains VI, 


24, Westville VII, 5, Shiloh IX, 1, Avalon VII, 23 (Jn); Trenton VII, 
11 (Hk); DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke). 


PROCTACANTHUS Macq. 


. philadelphicus Macq. Caldwell (Cr); Lahaway IX, 26 (Sm); Riverton 


VII, 31, VIII, 21, Westville VIII, 28, IX, 13 (Jn); Clementon VIII, 15, 
Malaga IX, 15 (Hk); Manumskin VI, 22 (Dke). 


. brevipennis Wied. Clementon VI, 6, VII, 4 (div); Lahaway VIII, 3 


(Sm); Atco VII, 12, Anglesea VI, 25, VII, 12 (Jn); Manumuskin VI, 
22 (Dke). 


. rufus Will. Dunnfield VII, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 26, 


Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn); Clementon VII, 9 (Hk); DaCosta VII, 28 
(Dke); Avalon VII, 5 (CG). 


ERAX Macq. 


VII, 14, Orange Mt. VII, 4, Jamesburg VII, 4, 
Riverton V, 29 (Jn); Trenton VII, 11 (Hk); 
DaCosta VII, 28 (Dke). 


burg VII, 4, Westville VIII, 16, Anglesea VII, 
9, VIII, 24 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); 
Atco VI, 21 (CG); DaCosta VII, 16, Iona VI, 2 
(Dke). 


(Dn); Malaga IX, 15; Shiloh IX, 1. (Jn); ne 
Glassboro, Avalon VIII, 29 (CG); DaCosta VII, Fig. 309—Erax estuans 
28 (Dke). and its pupa. 


MALLOPHORA Macq. 


. clausicella Macq. Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); Atco VII, 9, DaCosta VII, 


30 (Jn); Clementon VII, 26 (CG); Avon IX, 14, Lucaston IX, 2 (Dke). 


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PROMACHUS Loew. 


P. bastardi Macq. New Jersey (A E 8). 


ASILUS Linné. 


Fig. 310. Fig. 311. 


Fig. 310.— Silky robber fly, Asilus sericeus. 
Fig. 311.—Asilid larva. 
Fig. 312.—Missouri bee-killer: Asilus missouriensis. 


A. sericeus Say. Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke); Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VII, 
4, Merchantville VI, 26, Atco VI, 19 (Jn); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk). 


A. cacopilogus Hine. Atlantic City VII, 15 (Jn); Anglesea (Hk). 

A. fuscatus Hine. Newark VI, 13, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Riverton VI, 
VII (div). 

A. lecythus Walk. Dover VI, 18, Morris Plains VI, 25, Newark VI, 14. 


A. orphne Walk. (distinctus Will.) Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Dover VI. 
17 (jn); Boonton Vi, 8 (GG). 


A. flavofemoratus Hine. (flavipes Will.) Dover VI. 18, Newark VI, 14, 
Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton V, 30 (Jn); Trenton V, 25 (Hk). 


A. auricomus Hine. Iona (Dke); Malaga IX, 15 (CG). 


A. notatus Wied. Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Newark VI, 14, Clementon V, 
30, Anglesea VI, 14 (Jn); Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke). 


A. novze-scotize Macq. Del. Water Gap VII, 14, Orange Mts., Riverton 
Vil, 31, Anglesea IX, 3 (Jn); Manumuskin IX, 15 (Dke). 


A. paropus Walk. Merchantville VI, 28. 

A. sadyates Walk Atco VIII, 9. 

A. snowii Hine. (annulatus Will.) New Jersey (Hine); Trenton V, 25 
(Hk). 

A. erythrocnemius Hine. New Jersey (Hine). 

A. maneei Hine. Malaga VIII, 4 (CG). 


The subgeneric terms for the species of this genus have been omitted, 
for convenience. 


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Family DOLICHOPODIDA:. 


Small, usually shining green, sometimes black or yellow flies, with 
short antennz, plump body and comparatively long legs, which are often 
contrasting yellow or brown. The tarsi or feet are unusually long, whence 
they are called ‘“‘long-footed flies,” and in the male the anterior pair are 
often flattened or otherwise modified. In the same sex the abdomen is 
frequently furnished with curiously complex claspers, which are bent 
down beneath the body. In the female there is usually a pointed, flat 
. Ovipositor. They are predatory in habit, feeding chiefly upon smaller 
flies. The larve are long, slender, cylindrical and feed on decaying 
vegetation. 


PSILOPODINUS Bigot. (PSILOPUS Meigen.) 
P. inermis Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Buena Vista VI, 11, Atlantic City 
VIII, 11, Avalon VI, 30. 


P. caudatus Wied. Great Notch IX, 8 (GG); Merchantville VI, 28, Cape 
May VI, 14. 


P. scobinator Loew. Westville V, 5, Atco VII, 9, Clementon VIII, 6. 
P. scaber Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Shark River VII, 12. 


P. patibulatus Say. Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville 
VII, 26, Anglesea VII, 19. 


P. sipho Say. Caldwell (Cr); Merchantville VI, 28, Mullica Hill V, 30 
(Jn); Glassboro VII, 20 (CG). 


AGONOSOMA Guérin. (GRAMPTOPSILOPUS Aldrich.) 
A. unifasciatum Say. (bicolor Loew.) Common, Dunnfield VII, 11, 
Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton VII, 3, Clementon VIII, 8, Atco VII, 9. 
. tener Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 
. scintillans Loew. Princeton VII, 21, Avalon VI, 30, VII, 29. 
. psittacinum Loew. Avalon VI, 30 (Jn); Anglesea VII, 4 (Ly). 
. variegatus Loew. Avalon VI, 30, Cape May VI, 22. 
. pallens Wied. New Jersey (Bt). 


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MESORHAGA Schiner. (APTORTHUS Aldrich.) 


M. albiciliata Aldr. Types at Westville VII, 5, 20, 1891. 
M. townsendii Aldr. Atlantic City VIII, 11. i 


DIAPHORUS Meig. 
D. mundus Loew. Avalon VII, 22, 29. 
P. sodalis Loew. Westville VI, 6. 


D. leucostomus Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Riverton IX, 11 (Jn); Angle- 
sea V, 28. 


D. opacus Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Buena Vista VI, 11. 


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THE, INSECTS OF (NEW (JERSEY. 755 


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ASYNDETUS Loew. 


- ammophilus Loew. Riverton VII, 30, Westville VIII, 19 (Jn); Egg 


Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


- syntormoides Wheeler. Type taken at Avalon VIII, 22, 94 (Jn); Vine- 


land VII, 29 (Coll). 
.CHRYSOTUS Meigen. 


. barbatus Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk). 
. obliquus Loew. Jamesburg, Ocean Co. V, Vineland VII, 2, Anglesea 


V,-28 (Coll). 
CAMPICNEMUS Halid. 


. hirtipes Loew. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 


ARGYRA Macq. 


. calcitrans Loew. Westville VI, 6, Clemneton V, 30, VI, 3. 

» minuta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 

. aldrichi Johns. Long Branch VI, 11. 

- albicans Loew. Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Riverton VI, 15 (Dke). 


LEUCOSTOLA Loew. 


. cingulata Loew. Dunfield VII, 15, Shark River VII, 12, Woodbury 


Awl 70 
PORPHYROPS Meig. 


. fumipennis Loew. Woodbury V, 14. 
- melampus Loew. Westville V, 19, Lenola V, 30. 
. higricoxa Loew. Lenola V, 30. 


NEMATOPROTUS Loew. 


. venustus Melander. Westville VI, 6. 


SYMPYCNUS Loew. 


. lineatus Loew. Princeton VII, 21, Avalon VI, 30. 
. sp.nov. Riverton V, 20. 


NOTHOSYMPYCNUS Wheeler. 


. fortunatus Wheeler. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 13. 
.h. sp. Riverton X, 9. 


NEURIGONA Rond. 


. carbonifer Loew. (floridula Wheeler.) Type taken at Dover VI, 23, 


°92, Dunnfield VII, 15, Riverton VI, 20. 


. lateralis Say. (Saucropus superbiens Loew.) Riverton VII, 3, IX, 11 


(Jn); Lucaston V, 30 (CG). 


- rubella Loew. (Saucropus) “New Jersey” (Bt); Orange Mts. 


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MEDETERUS Fischer. 


- princeps Wheeler. Types collected at Farmingdale VII, 14, ’97. 
. higripes Loew. “New Jersey” (A E 8S). 
. aberrans Wheeler. Avalon VII, 22 (Wheeler). 


HYDROPHORUS Fallen. 


. pirata Loew. New Jersey (Bt). 

-. glaber Walk. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 
. viridiflos Walk. Atlantic City V, 6. 

. zestuum Loew. Avalon VIII, 8 (Hk). 


LIANCALUS Loew. 


. genualis Loew. “New Jersey” (Bt). 


DOLICHOPUS Latr. 


. johnsoni Aldr. Type taken at Jamesburg VII, 4, 1891. 

. gratus Loew. Palisades (O S); Dunnfield VII, 8. 

. calcaratus Aldr. Type at Dover VI, 18, ’92, Dunnfield VII, 8. 

. setifer Loew. Passaic VI, 8 (Coll); Riverton IX, 9, Westville V, 19, 


Clementon V, 16. 


. acuminatus Loew. Westville V, 19, Clementon V, 30. 
. albicoxa Aldr. Clementon V, 30, Anglesea V, 28 (Jn); Burlington and 


Ocean Cos. V (Sm). 


. palzestricus Loew. Dover VI, 18. 
. scapularis Loew. Iona IX, 12 (CG). 


tonsus Loew. Clementon V, 30. 


. variabilis Loew. Dunnfield VII, 14, Westville VIII, 14. 

. cuprinus Wied. Dover VI, 16, Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 28. 
. virga Coq. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 

. longipennis Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11, Merchantville VI, 28. 

. ramifer Loew. Monmouth Co. VII, 31, Avalon VII, 22. 

. pugil Loew. (henshawi Wheeler.) Cape May VI, 23 (Vk). 

. cornutus Loew. Newark VI, 16, Riverton IX, 11, Westville V, 19, VII, 


5, Avalon VII, 22, Anglesea V, 25. 


. lobatus Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 
. scoparius Loew. Dover VI, 23. 

. quadrilamellatus Loew. Palisades VI (O S). 

. funditor Loew. Merchantville VI, 28. 

. incisuralis Loew. Merchantville VI, 28. 


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. albiciliatus Loew. Dover VI, 23. 

. bifractus Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Ocean Co. (Sm); Westville VIII, 18. 
. eudactylus Loew. Riverton VII, 3, Woodbury VI, 7. 

. vittatus Loew. Princeton VII, 21. 

. batillifer Loew. New Jersey (Bt). 

. reflectus Ald. Lenola_ V, 30, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn). 

. comatus Loew. Trenton VI, 1 (Coll); Jamesburg, Anglesea V, 28. 

. myosota O. S. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk). 


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GYMNOPTERNUS Loew. 


. flavus Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, Dover VII, 16, Westville VII, 21. 
. spectabilis Loew. Westville V, 19, Clementon V, 30. 

. scotias Loew. Shark River VII, 12. 

. ventralis Loew. Shark River VII, 12. 

. debilis Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 28. 
- barbatulus Loew. Westville VI, 18. 

exilis Loew. Merchantville VI, 28, Avalon VI, 30. 

. lunifer Loew. Ocean Co. V (Sm). 

. albiceps Loew. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 

. subdilatatus Loew. Delaware Water Gap VII, 8. 

. humilis Loew. Boonton VI, 2 (CG); Ocean Co. (Sm). 


DHAADHAHAHADA 


HERCOSTOMUS Loew. 


H. vetitus Melander. Clementon JV, 30. 


TACHYTRECHUS Stannius. 


T. vorax Loew. Westville VIII, 18 (Jn); Clementon V, 10 (CG). 
T. protervus Melander. Clementon V, 10. 
T. binodatus Loew. Durham Pond, Morris Co. VIII, 18 (GG). 
T. junctus Cog. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 
PELASTONEURUS Loew. 
P. vagans Loew. Princeton VII, 21, Clementon V, 30. 
P. lugubris Loew. Cape May VI, 22. 
P. lamellatus Loew. Jersey City IX, 18, Brigantine VIII, 3. 
P. lztus Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk). 


Family EMPID/A.. 


The “dance-flies,’ so called because of their habit of congregating in 
swarms under trees or near shrubs and about brooks, dancing up and 
down. The mouth parts are often prolonged into a beak, and they are 


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predatory in habit. The larve are predatory, and live under leaves and 
other decaying vegetable matter, where their prey occurs. 


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PLATYPALPUS Macq. 


. zequalis Loew. Dunnfield VII, 14, Merchantville VI, 28, Clementon VI, 


16 (Jn); Trenton V, 20 (Hk). 


- mesogramma Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15, Merchantville VI, 28. West- 


ville VII, 21. 


. trivialis Loew. Trenton V, 13 (Hk). 
» pachycnema Loew. Westville VI, 6, Clementon V, 9, 16. 
. lateralis Loew. Trenton VII, 25. 


TACHYDROMIA Meig. 


. fenestrata Say. Boonton IX, 5, Clementon V, 2 (GG). 
. pusilla Loew. Riverton V, 1, Clementon V, 9. 


brachialis Melander. Boonton IX, 9 (CG). 


HEMERODROMIA Meig. 


. empiformis Say. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Trenton V, 20 (Hk). 
. defecta Loew. Avalon VI, 9. 

. capta Coq. Boonton IX, 5-9 (CG). 

. scapularis Loew. Clementon V, 16, 30. 


LITANOMYIA Melander. 


. elongata Melander. Avalon VI, 9. 


CHIROMANTIS Rond. 


. vocatoria Fall. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 


SYNECHES Walk. 


. thoracicus Say. Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke); Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchant- 
_ ville VI, 28, Atco VII, 12. 


. simplex Walk. Westville VII, 2, Atco VI, 18, Avalon VII, 22 (Jn); 


Clementon VI, VIII {div); 5-mile beach (Hk). 


. rufus Loew. Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke); Atco VII, 9, Avalon VI, 30 (Jn); 


Buena Vista VII, 19 (Li). 


. hyalinus Coq. Westville VII, 21, Avalon VII, 22 (Jn); Malaga VIII, 4 


(GG); Bamber VII, 13 (Dke). 


. pusillus Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Trenton VII, 7, Riverton VI, 


27 (Hk). 
SYNDYAS Loew. 


. polita Loew. Riverton VII, 18 (CG); Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk); Buena 


Vista VI, 11, Brown’s Mills VI, 25 (Dke). 


. dorsalis Loew. Lucaston IX, 3 (Dke). 


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HYBOS Meig. (EUHYBUS Cog.) 


. triplex Walk. Chester IX, 9 (Coll); Westville V, 30, Clementon V, 


22, Mullica Hill, Atlantic City V, 15, Anglesea V, 28 (Jn); Ashland 
VII, 15 (Hk). 


. subjectus Walk. Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton IX, 9, Clementon V, 30, 


Atco VII, 12, Avalon: VII, 22. 


. sSlossonze Coq. Del. Water Gap VII, 14, Riverton VIII, 11, Atco VI, 12. 
. reversus Walk. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4. 


OEDALEA Meig. 


. ohiensis Melander. (stigmatella?) Newark VI, 13. 


LEPTOPEZA Macq. 


. flavipes Meig. Dover VI, 18. 
. compta Coq. Riverton VI, 20 (Jn); National Park V, 6, Newbold VI, 


30 (Dke). 
PACHYMERIA Stephens. 


. pudica Loew. Great Notch V, 4 (Dke). 


EMPIS Linn. 


. spectabilis Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Riverton V, 1, Wenonah V, 14, 


Clementon IV, 15. 


. longipes Loew. “New Jersey” (OS). 

. loripedis Coq. Palisades V, 24 (Lv); Clementon V, 9 (Jn). 
. tridentata Coq. Woodbury VI, 7. 

. humilis Cog. Great Notch V, 4 (Dke). 


HILARA Meigen. 


. testacea Loew. Clementon V, 9. 

. lutea Loew. Clementon V, 10,-30. 

. leucoptera Loew. Avalon VI, 9. 

. macroptera Loew. Riverton VI, 20 (Hk). 

. mutabilis Loew. Clementon V, 10, Avalon VI, 9. 

. femorata Loew. Pemberton V, 10 (Hk); Avalon VI, 8. 
. tristis Loew. Dover VII, 17. 

. umbrosa Loew. Clementon VI, 2. 

. gracilis Loew. Dunnfield VII, 12 (Jn); Brown’s Mills VI, 22 (Dke). 
. seriata Loew. Clementon V, 26. 

. trivittata Loew. Ashland V, 13 (Hk). 


GLOMA Meigen. 


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RHAMPHOMYIA Meigen. 
longicauda Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 


. tersa Coq. . Prospertown VI, 1 (Sm). 

. priapulus Loew. Clementon V, 9. 

. gracilis Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 

. glabra Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, 16 (Jn); Trenton VII, 7 


(Hk). 


- compta Cog. Clementon VI, 16. 
. basalis Loew. Clementon V, 9. 
. nana Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 10, Clementon V, 10 (Jn); Riverton 


IV, 26 (CG). 


. pulla Loew. Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Atco VI, 3 (Li); Wenonah V, 30, 


Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 


. angustipennis Loew. Trenton V, 20 (Hk); Clementon V, 9, 30 (Jn); 


Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). 


. vittata Loew. Clementon V, 30. 
. luteiventris Loew. Morris Plains VI, 24, Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); 


Brown’s Mills V, 21 (Dke). 


- minutus Walk. Dover VI, 17. 

. limbata Loew. Clementon V, 9, 10. 

. candicans Loew. Morris Plains VI, 24, Clementon V, 30, Avalon VI, 9. 
- manca Coq. Riverton VI, 19, VII, 8, Clementon V, 9 (Jn); Brown’s 


Mills V, 138 (Dke); Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 


. pulchra Loew. Westville VI, 6 (Jn); tahaway VII, 12 (Sm). 

. pusio Loew. Riverton V, 1 (Jn); Brown’s Mills V, 12 (Dke). 

. polita Loew. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Riverton V, 29. 

. vara Loew. Newark V (Sm). 

. leucoptera Loew. Riverton IV, 11, 30 (Jn); Lucaston IV, 10 (Dke). 
. scolopacea Say. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 

. clauda Coq. Clementon V, 10. 


diversa Coq. Clementon V, 9, 10. 


. macilenta Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Lahaway VII, 5 (Sm). 
. irregularis Loew. Riverton IV, 20 (Jn); Iona IV, 21 (Dke). 


mutabilis Loew. New Brunswick VI, 7 (Sm); Clementon V, 10, We- 
nonah V, 14. 


. sordida Loew. Clementon V, 10. 

. umbrosa Loew. Boonton VI, 6 (CG). 

. brevis Loew. Iona IV, 20 (Dke). 

. amplipedis Coq. Brown’s Mills V, 12 (Dke). 
: aperta Loew. Iona !V, 21 (Dke). 

. otiosa Coq. Fort Lee VII, 4 (Dke). 

. exigua Loew. Iona VY, 16 (Hk). 

. rustica Loew. Riverton VI, 13 (Hk). 


THE INSECTS “OP NEWS JERSEY. 761 


Family LONCHOPTERIDA. 


The “spear-winged” flies, characterized by the pointed wings that in- 
duced the common name. They occur near water courses, and little is 
known of them or their habits. Only two species have been collected in 
New Jersey. 


LONCHOPTERA Meig.. 
L. lutea Panz. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); Westville VII, 4, Anglesea 
Wall, Ie) (Ghanye 
L. riparia Meig. Ocean Co. V (Sm); Manumuskin X, 20 (Dke). 


Family PHORID/. 


Small, hunch-back flies, with large, broad wings, often observed run- 
ning about on fallen leaves, windows, ete. The larve are cylindrical, 
thinner in front than behind, and live in dead snails, insects, decaying 
fungi, vegetables, ete., and possibly in living insects. 


HYPOCERA Lioy. 


H. johnsoni Brues. Riverton VIII, 31. 


H. clavata Loew. National Park V, 6 (Dke); Clementon X, 3 (CG); Pem- 
berton V, 10 (Hk). . 


APHIOCHETA Brues (PHORA). 
A. rufipes Meig. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Riverton V, 23 (Jn); Stelton 
VI, 21 (Coll). 
A. fasciata Fall. Delaware Water Gap VII, 8. 
A. picta Schiner. (interrupta Zett). Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 12. 


A. nigriceps Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Shark River VII, 12 (Jn); 
Ocean Co. V (Sm). 

A. albidihalteris Felt. Types bred from mushrooms, New Brunswick 
(Sm). 

A. fungicola Coq. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Cleménton V, 9. 

A. agarici Lint. Fort Lee (Lv). 


A. scalaris Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); New Brunswick VIII, 7 
(Coll); Lucaston IX, 28 (Dke). 


. epeirzee Brues. Dunnfield VII, 18, Avalon VI, 9. 
. flava Fallen. “New Jersey.” 

. atlantica Brues. Atco. 

» minuta Aldr. Boonton I, 15 (GG). 

. microcephala Loew. Trenton IV, 19 (Hk). 


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TRINEURA Meig. 
T. aterrima Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Riverton V, 14, Clementon V, 9 


CONICERA Meig. 
Cc. atra Meig. Dunnfield VII, 8, Newark VI, 14. 


GYMNOPHORA Macq. 


G. arcuata Meig. New Jersey. 


Family PLATY PEZID. 


Termed “flat-footed” flies because in the males the posterior tarsi are 
broad and much flattened. They are smaller than, but resemble a house- 
fly, and occur in swarms near water courses, though locally. The larvee 
live in mushrooms, and are not of economic importance. 


AGATHOMYIA Verrall. 


A. notata Loew. (Callomyia tenera Loew.) Riverton VII, 23, Westville 
VII, 2, 21 (Jn); “New Jersey” IV (A E 8S). 


PLATYPEZA Meigen. 
P. velutina Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11, Riverton VII, 30. 
P. anthrax Loew. National Park VI, 3 (Dke). 
P. taeniata Snow. Clementon IX, 9, X 3 (CG). 


lamily PIPUNCULID/E. 


The “big-eyed” flies of Comstock, so called because of their relatively 
enormous head, which is made up almost entirely of eyes. The species 
are rare, and little is known of the larve, save that they are parasitic on 
bugs. 


CHALARUS WIk. 
C. spurius Fall. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); Bamber VII, 13 (Dke). 


‘ 


NEPHROCERUS Zett. 
N. deeckei Johns. Forest Hill (Wadt). 


PIPUNCULUS Latr. 


P. albofasciatus Hough. Westville VII, 2. 
. similis Hough. Westville VIII, 13. 


P. atlanticus Hough. Newark VI, 14, Riverton VI, 18, Clementon V, 17 
(Jn); Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 763 


P. subvirescens Loew. Riverton VI, VII (Jn); Delair VIII, 14 (Dke). 

P. nigripes Loew. Newark IX (Wdt); Clementon X, 4 (Hk); Buena Vista 
Wil, LO) (In). 

P. nitidiventris Loew. Trenton V, 20 (Hk); Riverton IX, 14 (Jn). 


P. subopacus Loew. Newark VII (Wdt); Riverton VI, 1, VII, 19 (Jn), 
Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 


: pallipes Johns. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Wildwood VIII, 27. 
. fuscus Loew. Trenton VII, 7, Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk). 

. cingulata Loew. Forest Hill (Wdt). 

. houghi Kertéz. Trenton V, 24 (Hk); Brown’s Mills, V, 13. 


7 UU Uo 


Family SYRPHIDAS, 


These are “flower-flies,”’ usually brightly colored and banded with yel- 
low on a black, bronze or blue ground. They have very short, aristate 
or stylate three-jointed feelers, barrel-shaped bodies, and somwhat flat- 
tened abdomen, varying from slender to broadly oval. Sometimes they 
are almost bare and resemble wasps in appearance and habits; at others 
they are hairy and resemble bees, even in the droning or buzzing noise 
that they make. The mouth parts are formed for scraping and lapping 
only, and they feed upon honey or pollen. 

In larval habits they vary greatly. Some are predatory and feed upon 
plant lice; these are usually wrinkled, pointed anteriorly, and live among 
their prey upon leaves of plants. Others feed in 
plant tissue, being more or less maggot or grub- 
like; and yet others are scavengers, the larve 
feeding in the foulest excrementitious matter; = 
these are usually furnished with a long breathing Big grail raerailed? 
tube from the anal end, and are known as rat- larva. 
tailed larve. Some few species seem to feed 
upon pollen, and at least one form occurs between the leaf and stalk 
of corn, feeding upon the juices. Yet on the whole the species are 
beneficial. 


MICRODON Meig. 


M. globosus Fab. Riverton IX, 14, Westville VII, 2, IX, 10, Anglesea IX, 
4 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); DaCosta VII, 1-16 (Dke); Cape May 
VII, 31 (VE). 

M. megalogaster Snow. Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk). 


M. tristis Loew. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 14, Clem- 
enton V, 9 (Jn); Brown’s Mills VI, 22 (DKe). 


M. aurifex Wied. Forked River Mts. VII, 9 (Fenninger). 
M. rufipes Macq. Lakehurst VII, 7. 


MIXOGASTER Macq. 
M. breviventris Kahl. Lucaston VIII, 27, IX, 14 (Dke). 


764 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


CALLICERA Meig. 
C. johnsoni Hunt. Glassboro IV, 29 (CG); Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). 


CHRYSOTOXUM Meigen. 


C. laterale Loew. Westville IX, 10 (Jn); Clementon V, 30, X, 4 (Hk). 


C. pubescens Loew. Caldwell VI, 15 (Cr); Westfield (Bueno); New 
Brunswick (Sm); Woodbury IV, 2 (Jn); Clementon IX, 7 (Hk); Atco 
xe LO CCG) 

C. derivatum Walk. Riverton IX, 8, 14. 


CHRYSOGASTER Meig. 


C. nigripes Loew. Orange (Loew); Morris Plains VI, 25, Riverton V, 10, 
Westville VI, 15 (Jn); New Brunswick (Sm); Bridgeport V, 20 (Dke); 
Trenton V, 21, Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 

C. nitida Wiea. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Trenton VII, 3, Clementon IX, 5 
(Hk); Jamesburg VII, 15, Westville V, 19, Anglesea VII, 19, Bridge- 
port V, 20 (DkKe). 

C. pictipennis Loew. Riverton IV, 26 (CG); Clementon V, 9, Lenola V, 
30. 


C. pulchella Will. New Brunswick V, 24 (Sm); Jamesburg VII (Jn); 
Ashland VII, 16 (Hk). 


PSILOTA Meig. 


P. buccata Macq. Clementon V, 3 (Hk); Manumuskin IV, 28, Iona IV, 
30 (Dke). 


PIPIZA Fall. 


P. modesta Loew. Delair X, 19 (Dke); Atco VII, 9, Clementon V, 30. 


P. radicum Walsh & Riley. (pos- 
tica Will.) -Newark VI, 14, 
Riverton VIII, 14, Clementon 
V, 30 (Jn); Wenonah VI, 23 
(Hk). 

P. pulchella Will. Trenton V,. 
26 (Hk); Lucaston V, 28 * 
(Dke); Sandy Hook VIII, 11, 
Avalon VI, 9, Wildwood VIII, 
12, Cape May VI, 38. 


Fig. 314.—Pipiza radicum; a root-louse Syrphid: 
P. calcarata Loew. Dunnfield a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult: all enlarged. 


VII, 12, Riverton VII, 4. 


PARAGUS Latr. 


P. angustifrons Loew. Jamesburg VII, 15, Westville VI, 15, Atco VII, 12, 
Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn); Ashland VII, 16 (Hk). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 765 


. bicolor Fab. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Clementon 
x 45 (EE). / 


. tibialis Fall. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Orange Mt. VIII, 29 (Coll); Dover 
VI, 23, Jamesburg VII, 4, Clementon VIII, 6, Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Trenton 
ERS 12 (ik). 


CHILOSIA Meig. 
. similis Coq. Riverton IX, 20; Lacaston IX, 8, Clementon IX, 8 (Jn); 
Iona IX, 12 (CG). 


. pallipes Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11, 15, Caldwell VI, 15 (Jn); Paterson 
V, 3 (Osburn); Delair VIII, 18 (Decke). 


. capillata Loew. Clementon V, 9. 


. tristis Loew. Riverton IX, 11 (CG); Clementon IX, 5, X, 4 (HK); 
Hammonton IX, 6, Bamber IX, 9, Manumuskin IX, 15, X, 8 (DKe). 


. comosa Loew. Garrett Rock, Paterson V, 3 (Osburn); Clementon IV, 
21 (Dke). 
MYIOLEPTA Newman. 
. varipes Loew. Clementon VI, 2 (Dke). 


, BACCHA Fab. 


. tarchetius Walk. Riverton IX, 9 (CG); Westville, 
Vill, 28 (Jn); Clementon XII (Hk); Weymouth Hien oer cays 
VIII, 16 (Dke). phus larva eat- 


. clavata Fab. Riverton IX, 11, Avalon VI, 9. ing a plant-louse. 
. lugens Loew. Manumuskin X, 8 (Dke). 


. fascipennis Wied. (aurinota Harris.) Trenton IX, 8, Riverton IX, 9 
(Hk); Ocean Co., Cumberland Co. IX, 1 (Sm). 


. cognata Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 


OCYPTAMUS Macq. 


. fuscipennis Say. Trenton VII, 11 (Hk); Westville VII, 4, VIII, 14, 
Clementon Vill, 9 (Jn); Lakewood (Lansing). 


PYROPHAENA Schr. 


. rosarum Fab. Delaware Water Gap VII, 15. 


PLATYCHIRUS St. Farg. & Serv. 

- qUadratus Say. Palisades VII, 10 (Liv); Jamesburg VII, 4, 15, West- 
ville V, 19, VII, 28 (Jn); Trenton VII, 5, Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 

- hyperboreus Steger. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Elizabeth 
V, 6 (Kp); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 

. peltatus Meig. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 

. chazetopodus Will. Ht. Lee (Osburn). 


766 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


MELANOSTOMA Schiner. ; 
M. obscurum Say. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Riverton IV, 26 
(CG); Westville VI, 15, IX, 10 (Jn). 


M. mellinum Linn. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Osburn); New Brunswick 
(Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville V, 19 (Jn); Trenton V, 21, Clemen- 
ton V, 30 (Hk). 


DIDEA Macq. 


D. fasciata Macq. (fuscipes Loew.) Jamesburg, Westville VIII, 21, 
Clementon V, 16, Ocean Co. V, 18 (Jn); Delair X, 19, Iona IV, 30 
(Dke). 


SYRPHUS Fab. 


S. arcuatus Fall. New Brunswick V, 3 (Sm); Camden IX, 14, Westville 
IV, 16 (Kp); Clementon X, 1 (Hk). 

S. perplexus Osburn. New Jersey (Osburn). 

S. ribesii Linn. Newark VI, 14, Westville VIII, 14, Cumberland Co. IX, 1. 


Fig. 317. 


Fig. 316.—Syrphus torvus: much enlarged. 
Fig. 317.—Larva a and b, pupa c, of Syrphus torvus: much enlarged. 


S. torvus O. S. Caldwell (Cr); Camden V, 26 (CG); Westville IX, 13 
(Jn); Prospertown, common in Monmouth and Burlington Cos., feed- 
ing on the wheat-louse; the species of this genus are usually feeders 
upon plant-lice (Sm). 

S. grossulariz Meig. (lesueurii Macq.) Dunnfield VII, 14, Atco VI, 13 
(Jn); New Brunswick VII, 9, Prospertown VI, 6 (Sm); Anglesea V, 
31 (Brn). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 767 


. amalopis O. S. Paterson V, 3 (Osburn). 
. diversipes Macq. Paterson V, 3 (Osburn). 
- americanus Wied. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, New Brunswick VI, 1 (Sm); 


Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Westville VI, 26, IX, 13, Merchantville VI, 28 
(Jn). 


. umbellatarum O. S. Riverton VII, 30 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 11 (CG). 
. abbreviatus Zett. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Clementon V, 11 (CG). 
. pyrostri Linn. Garret Rock, Paterson V, 18; the first eastern record 


for this Huropean species (Osburn). 


. xanthostomus Will. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Westfield (Bno); Lakehurst 


(Ds). 
ALLOGRAPTA oO. S. 


. obliqua Say. Caldwell (Cr); Highlands VII, 11, Riverton IX, 5, West- 


ville VI, 27, Atlantic City VII, 15 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8, Clementon 
Xen) GE)! 


XANTHOGRAMMA Schiner. 


. emarginata Say. Riverton IX, 20 (CG); Westville (Jn); Clementon 


IX, 5 (Hk); Lakehurst (Ds). 


. flavipes Loew. Morris Plains VI, 25, Newark VI, 16 (Jn); Palisades. 


(Ds); Trenton VII, 5 (Hk). 


. equalis Loew. Clementon V, 9, 10 (div); Malaga V, 1 (Hk). 
. habilis Snow. Clementon IX, 11 (CG); heretofore regarded as western. 


MESOGRAMMA Loew. 


. polita Say. Caldwell (Cr); Sandy Hook VIII, 17, Riverton IX, 5, 


Gloucester VIII, 14 (Jn); Trenton IX, 2, Clementon VII, 5 (Hk); this. 
species is sometimes a corn pollen feeder in the larval stage, and 
occurred in large numbers in the summer of 1899 between the leaves 
and stalk of corn in Atlantic County. 


. marginata Say. Common throughout the State VI to X. 
. geminata Say. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Riverton IX, 5, Westville VI, 27,. 


Clementon VIII, 9 (Jn); Ashland V, 13, Clementon IX, 5 (Hk). 


. boscii Macq. Avalon VII, 22. 


SPHAZROPHORIA St. Farg. & Serv. 


. cylindrica Say. Common throughout the State V to IX. 


PELECOCERA Meig. 


. pergandei Will. Riverton IX, 20 (CG); Lucaston IX, 28 (Dke). 


SPHEGINA Meig. 


. keeniana Will. Clementon V, 16, VI, 7. 


768 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


S. lobata Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15, Riverton VI, 19 (Jn); Clementon 
V, 30 (CG). 
S. rufiventris Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Lakehurst (Ds). 


NEOASCIA Will. 


N. globosa Walk. Princeton VII, 21, Westville V, 19, Buena Vista VI, 11. 
N. distincta Will. Ashland V, 13 (Hk); Malaga IV, 3 (CG). 


RHINGIA Scopoli. 


R. nasica Say. Dover VI, 18, Newark VI, 16, Westville VIII, 28, Cumber- 
land Co. IX, 1 (Jn); Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 


VOLUCELLA Geoff. 


V. evecta Walk. Dunnfield VII, 12, Orange Mts. VI, 13, Clementon V, 30. 
var. sanguinea Will. Clementon VI, 25 (Hk). 


V. vesiculosa Fab. Dunnfield VII, 8, Riverton V, 29 (Jn); DaCosta VI, 4, 
Manumuskin VI, 238 (Dke). 

V. fasciata Macq. Bred from Cactus (“Opuntia”), obtained at Clementon; 
flies continued to emerge from V, 31 to VI, 16 (Kp); Anglesea VII, 
10, Lahaway VII, 17 (Sm); Avalon VI, 8 (Jn); this insect is found 
wherever the prickly pear occurs, and there is no outward indica- 
tion of its presence, save that it is always associated with the larva 
of the Phycitid, ““Melitara prodenialis.” 


SERICOMYIA Meig. 


S. chrysotoxoides Macq. Ft. Lee (Edwards); Newark VI, 16, Clementon 
V, 9 (Jn); Blackwood X, 10 (Vk); Manumuskin IX, 15 (Dke). 


ERISTALIS Latr. 


—. tenax Linn. This is the common “drone” or “chrysanthemum fly,” 
which occurs throughout the State until late fall, and is said to 
pollenize chrysanthemums. It resembles a honey bee so closely that 
most persons decline to handle it, therefore it is also called “drone- 
fly.’ Its larva lives in the foulest excrement, and is a typical rat- 
tailed maggot. 

E. zneus Fab. Boonton IX, 7 (GG); Orange, New Brunswick (Sm); 
Jamesburg, Clementon V, 10, Cape May VI, 14 (Jn); Ashland VII, 16, 
5-mile beach VII, 20 (Hk). 

E. dimidiatus Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Westville VII, 5, 
Clementon V, 10 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk). 

E. saxorum Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Jamesburg VII, 
4, Clementon V, 10 (div); Westville VII, 26, Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn). 

E. meigenii Wied. Snake Hill IV, 26 (Lv); Westville VII, 5 (Jn); Tren- 
ton VII, 11 (Hk). ‘ 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 769 


. bastardi Macq. Snake Hill IV, 26 Lv); Newark (Sm); Trenton VII, 7, 
Ashland VIII, 16 (Hk); Shark River VII, 12, Westville VII, 9, Angle- 
sea VII, 19 (Jn). 

. flavipes Walk. Boonton VII, 30 (GG); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Sandy Hook 
VII, 6 (Bt); Westville IX, 13, Clementon V, 16, Anglesea VII, 19: 

var. melanostomus Loew. Trenton IX, 3 (Hk). 

. transversus Wied. Orange Mts. VII, 4, Westville VII, 5, IX, 10 (Jn); 
Clementon V, VI, IX, X (div). 


TROPIDIA Meig. 
. quadrata Say. Caldwell (Cr); Westville VII, 2, VIII, 23, Clementon 
V, 10 (Jn); Trenton VII, 11, 5-mile beach VI, 11 (Hk). 
". calearata Will. Westville V, 19, Woodbury VI, 7. 
. albistylum Macq. Gloucester Co. VII, 15 (Sm); Clementon (Hk). 


HELOPHILUS Meig. 

. latifrons Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Westville IX, 13 (Jn); Burlington 
Co. (Sm); Clementon V, 11, 16 (CG). 

H. similis Macq. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Newark V (Sm); Sandy Hook, 
Jamesburg V, 19, Westville IX, 9 (Jn); Clementon X, 1 (Hk). 

. lztus Loew. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Merchantville V, 19, 31 (CG); West- 
ville V, 19, VIII, 16 (Jn). 

. chrysostomus Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Jamesburg 
VII, 4 (Hk); Riverton V, 19, Westville VII, 2 (Jn); Prospertown VI, 
(Sit). 

. distinctus Will. Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville V, 19. 

. conostomus Will. Kt. Lee (Osburn); Cramer Hill V, 30 (CG); West- 
ville VII, 2. 

. divisus Loew. Westville V, 14. 

. integer Loew. Newark VI, 16, Westville VI, 15, VII, 21 (Jn); New 
Brunswick VI, 5 (Sm). 

. hamatus Loew. Newark V (Sm); Elizabeth V, 15 (Kp). 

. flavifacies Bigot. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 


MALLOTA Meigen. 
. posticata Fab. Morris Plains VI, 25, 
Clementon V, 16 (Jn); Caldwell 
(Cr); New Brunswick VII, 1 (Sm). 
. cimbiciformis Fall. Hewitt, Lakehurst 
(Ds); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); River- 
ton VII, 3, Clementon V, 9. 


TRIODONTA Macq. 


. curvipes Wied. Elizabeth V, 17, 21 
(Kp); Anglesea IX, 20, Cape May Fig. 318.—Mallota posticata and its 
Vi, 14) (dm). larva: enlarged. 


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770 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


TEUCHOCNEMIS O. S. 
T. bacuntius Walk. Palisades (Lv); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Clementon V, 7 
(CG). 
T. lituratus Loew. Great Notch V (Dke); Malaga V, 1 (Hk). 


PTERALLASTES Loew. 
P. thoracicus Loew. Ft. Lee VIII, 30 (Dke); Gloucester Co. (Sm). 


SYRITTA St. Farg. & Serv. 
S. pipiens Linn. Common throughout the State, V to IX. 


XYLOTA Meigen. 
X. pigra Fab. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Iona IX, 12 (CG); Shark River VII, 1, 
Clementon V, 10, Anglesea VI, 19. 
X. tuberans Will. Brown’s Mills VI, 5 (Dke). 
X. bicolor Loew. Hewitt (Ds); Englewood (OS); Clementon V, 30 (CG). 


X. ejuncida Say. Morris Plains VI, 23, Orange Mts. VII, 4, Clementon V, 
16 (Jn); Palisades VI, 28 (Lv); Riverton V, 19, 5-mile beach VI, 11, 
WITT 35) (CHI): 


X. angustiventris Loew. Morris Plains VI, 25, Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); 
Trenton VII, 5, Anglesea VI, 11 (Hk). 


X. metallifera Bigot. lementon IV, 25 (DKe). 

X. anthreas Walk. Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 28. 

X. analis Will. Palisades VI, 7 (Lv); Clementon VI, 3 (Jn); Anglesea 
V, 28 (Dke). : 

X. chalybea Wied. Hewitt (Ds); Ft. Lee (Osburn); Caldwell (Cr); 
Clementon V, 14 (CG); DaCosta VI, 3 (Dke). 


X. fraudulosa Loew. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Clementon IX, 5, Anglesea VI, 
ial 


CHRYSOCHLAMYS Rond. 
C. dives O. S. Westville VI, 15. 


BRACHYPALPUS Macq. 


B. frontosus Loew. Newark V (Sm); Sandy Hook, Riverton V, 1 (Jn); 
Atco IV, 2 (Kp); Clementon V, 5 (Hk); Manumuskin V, 5 (Dke). 

B. rileyi Will. Riverton IV, 14 (CG); Westville IV, 9, Clementon IV, 15. 

B. sorosis Will. Clementon V, 14, 16; Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). 


CRIORHINA Hoffm. 
C. umbratilis Will. So. Amboy V, 10 (Jn); Merchantville V (Kp); Glass- 
boro V, 19 (CG); Clementon V, 9-30 (div); Manumuskin V, 10 (Dke). 


C. analis Macq. Hewitt (Ds); Newark VI, 16 (Jn); Clementon V, 16, 30 
(div); Malaga VI, 1 (GG). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 771 


. intersistens Walk. “New Jersey” (Walk); Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 
. verbosa Harris. Bergen Co. IV, 28 (Kp); Glassboro III, 28 (CG). 
. decora Macq. Hewitt (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); Newark VI, 14, Clemen- 


ton V, 16 (Jn); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Manumuskin V, 10 (Dke). 


MILESIA Latr. 


. Virginiensis Drury. - (ornata Fab.) Dunnfield VII, 11, 15, Clementon 


VIII, 9, Cumberland Co. IX, 1 (Jn); New Brunswick VIII, 7 (Sm); 
Clementon IX, 5, Malaga (Hk). 


SPILOMYIA Meig. 


. longicornis Loew. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Riverton IX, 5, Westville IX, 


13 (Jn); Clementon IX, 5 (Hk); Anglesea IX, 3 (Sm). 


. fusca Loew. Dunnfield VII, 14 (Jn); Hewitt (Ds); Palisades VIII, 14 


(Dke). 


. hamifera Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee (Osburn); New Brunswick 


VI, 5 (Sm); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Clementon V, 30 (CG). 


SPHECOMYIA Latr. 


. vittata Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Riverton V, 1, Clementon V, 9, 16 (Jn); 


Malaga V, 1 (CG). 


TEMNOSTOMA St. Farg. 


. bombylans Fab. Ft. Lee (Osburn); Long Branch VI, 9 (Jn); River- 


ton 1V, 4, Clementon VI, 2 (CG); Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Merchantville 
V, 26 (DKe). 


. alternans Loew. Hewitt (Ds); Orange Mts. (Wat). 
. trifasciata Robt. Anglesea VI, 11 (Hk). 
. pictula Will. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk). 


CERIA Fab. 


. abbreviata Loew. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Merchantville V, 26 (DkKe); 


Clementon V, 16, 30 (div). 


Family CONOPID. 


Medium-sized flies, with a large head, comparatively small, chunky 


body and a long abdomen, which is often constricted at base and en- 
larged bulb-like at tip, as in certain wasps. They are called “thick-head” 
flies, and have rather slender antenne, though long for this series. The 
larve are parasites upon bees and grasshoppers. 


Cc. 


CONOPS Linn. 


brachyrhynchus Macq. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Merchantville VI, 29, 
Atco VII, 12 (Jn); Clementon VIII, 15 (Hk). 


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2 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


bulbirostris Loew. Delair VIII, 5 (Dke); Westville V, 31 (CG); Atco 
Vit, 22. (in): 

sylvosus Will. Caldwell (Cr); Clementon VI, 15 (Hk); Atco VII, 12 
(Jn). 


. Xanthopareus Will. Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville VIII, 16, Clementon 


V, 30 (Jn); Ocean Co. (Sm). 


. excisus Wied. Riverton VII, 3, DaCosta VII, 30. 


PHYSOCEPHALA Schiner. 


. tibialis Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, Riverton VI, 20, VII, 30, 


Westville VII, 5 (Jn); Orange Mts. (Sm); Clementon 
VII, 15, Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk). 


. Sagittaria Say. Ft. Lee (Bt); Orange Mts., Riverton IX, 


11, Clementon VIII, 6, Anglesea VII, 15 (Jn). 


. furcillata Will. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 14.” Conops tibialis. 
. marginata Say. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 


Fig. 3109. 


ZODION Latr. 


. fulvifrons Say. Morris Plains VI, 25, Westville IX, 10, Clementon V, 


10 (Jn); Prospertown VI, 7 (Sm). 


. nanellum Loew. Buena Vista VI, 11, Atco VII, 12 (Jn); Hammonton 


VIII, 26 (Dke). 


. obliquefasciatum Macq. Riverton VII, 29, VIII 11. 
- pygmzeum Will. Avon IX, 27 (Hk); Iona IX, 12, Clementon VII, 29, 


Pemberton VII, 11 (CG). 


STYLOGASTER Macq. 


. neglecta Will. Dunnfield VII, 11, Riverton VII, 30 (Jn); Wenonah VII, 


22 (Dke); Clementon VII, 29 (Hk). 


. biannulata Say. New Jersey (Bt). 


DALMANNIA Desv. 


. nigriceps Loew. Clementon V, 15-VI, 6 (div); Buena Vista VI, 11 (Jn). 


ONCOMYIA Loew. 


. abbreviata Loew. Delair VIII, 5 (Dke); Woodbury VI, 7, Merchantville 


VI, 28, Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Clementon VI, 25. 


MYOPA Fab. 


. vesiculosa Say. Newark V (Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4, Buena Vista VI, 


11 (Jn); Camden V, 18, Lenola IV, 29 (Kp); Riverton IV, 23 (CG). 


. Vicaria Walk. Riverton IV, 17 (VK). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 773 


Family CGESTRID. 


These are the “bot-flies,” usually of good size, sometimes very large, 
and peculiar by having the mouth parts almost entirely aborted. Some 
are hairy, yellow, with rather a pointed abdomen; others are very plump, 
blue black, with a white bloom, and very formidable in appearance. The 
larve live in the nasal passages, in the stomach or beneath the skin of 
the animals infested by them, and often cause serious functional disturb- 
ance. They also lessen the value of the skins. The ordinary bots attack- 
ing horses and cattle lay their eggs on the hair of the animals, where 
they are likely to be licked off, and so brought into the mucus-lined 
passages; hence it is a good plan, where bots are numerous, to keep 
horses cleaned and brushed and to prevent their licking themselves. 
Bots beneath the skin should be treated with mercurial ointment, and 
after a day or two squeezed out through a sufficient incision. Where they 
infest the stomach, or get into the nasal passages, a veterinarian must be 
consulted. 


GASTROPHILUS Leach. 


G. equi Fab. The horse bot-fly, which spends the larval stage in the in- 
testines, and is passed naturally when full grown; it pupates under 
ground and the eggs are laid on the hair. 


G. nasalis Linn. Caldwell (Cr). 


HYPODERMA Clark. 


The ox bot, Hypoderma lineata: a, eggs attached to hair; 
b, fly; c, larva. 
Fig. 320. 


H. lineata Villers. The “Ox Warble’’; occurs rarely throughout the State. 
H. bovis De Geer. Atlantic City, Belvidere (U S Ag). 
These species live under the skin and form tumors and ulcers. 


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CESTRUS Linn. 


O. ovis Linn. The sheep-bot. 
This species lives in the 
nasal and other head pass- 
ages of sheep and causes a 
disease known as staggers, 
often resulting in death. 


MAGE! 


CUTEREBRA Clark. 


C. buccata Fab. Ocean Co. VI 
(Sm); Dunnfield VII, 12. A 
species living under the 


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skin of rabbits. Fig. 321.—The sheep-bot, Gstrus ovis: 1, 2, 
C. horripilum Clark. Riverton flies, wings closed and open; 3, pupa; 
VIL 6 4, 5, full grown larve; 6, 
alae 


young larva. 


Family TACHINID/L. 


The Tachina flies are almost all parasitic and of the very highest use- 
fulness, since they form the chief control of many caterpillars. They 
resemble house-flies, flesh-flies, and blue-bottles in appearance, but are 
much more bristly; sometimes formidable-looking from the array of 
sharp points projecting in every direction. 
The bristle on the third antennal joint is 
always bare, and this is the best char- 
acter for the recognition of the family. 

These flies often lay their eggs on the 
outside of the caterpillar, usually just back 
of the head, where the larve cannot easily 
get at them. They are white in color and 
quite large enough to be easily seen. 

Cut-worms are a common prey of these 


flies; sometimes of hundreds of such larve Fig. 422.—Tachinid parasite on 
gathered not two per cent. will be free of cut-worms showing larva, 
these white eggs. In an army worm year pupa and adult, as well as 


the eggs on the anterior 


sometimes scarcely one per cent. of the last semuients, of ia cateeiieel 


brood is free. Anywhere from one to 100 
grubs may infest a single caterpillar, depending upon the size of the 
host. 
GYMNOCLYTIA B. & B. (CISTOGASTER.) 
G. immaculata Macq. Westville VI, 26 (Jn); Glassboro VII, 8 (CG); 
Clementon V, 30, IX, 5 (Hk). 


G. occidua Walk. Dover VI, 17, Chester VII, 25, Westville, Atco VII, 12 
(Jn); Middlesex Co. VII, 7, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Sm). 


GYMNOSOMA Meig. 
G. fuliginosa Desv. Caldwell (Cr); Woodbury VI, 7, Clementon VIII, 8, 
Buena Vista VI, 11, Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn). 


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PHORANTHA Rond. 


. occidentis Walk. Trenton V, 5 (Hk); Westville V, 19, Woodbury VI, 


7, Atco VII, 9, Buena Vista VI, 11, Clementon V, 10. 


. higrens V. d. W. Riverton X, 12, 20. 


ALOPHORA Desv. 


. zneoventris Will. Clementon V, 16. 

. fumosa Coq. Dunnfield VII, 12, Clementon V, 16. 

. subopaca Cog. Type at Woodbury VI, 7, Riverton IX, 11. 
. pulverea Coq. Riverton X, 20. 

. diversa Coq. Riverton: X, 12. 


POLISTOMYIA Towns. 


. trifasciata Loew. (plumipes Fab.) Caldwell (Cr); Glassboro VII, 10, 


VIII, 2 (CG); DaCosta VII, 17 (Lt); Clementon IX, 7 (Hk). 


TRICHOPODA Latr. 


. pennipes Fab. Cramer Hill VIII, 24, Merchantville VI, 28, Shark 


River VII, 12, Anglesea VII, 19, DaCosta VII, 30; a parasite of the 
squash bug, ‘‘Anasa tristis” (Jn); Clementon IX, 5 (Hk). 


GALACTOMYIA Towns. 


. radiata Loew. Del. Water Cap VII, 10, Orange Mts. VII, 4, Westville 


WAls, tay 


MYIOPHASIA B. and B. 


. znea Wied. New Brunswick (Coll); Riverton IX, 20 (CG); Atlantic 


City VII, 15, Cape May VI, 22 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk); a parasite 
of “Balaninus nasicus,” ‘“Conotrachelus juglandis” and ‘“Sphenophor- 
us parvulus,” all of which are injurious weevils. 


. setigera Town. Avalon VII, 22, Cape May IX, 25. 


CRYPTOMEIGENIA Br. and Berg. 


. theutis Walk. Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick V (Sm); Riverton III, 


20 (Jn); 5-mile beach VI, 11 (Hk); a parasite of ‘“Lachnosterna in- 
versa.” 


PHASIOCLISTA Town. 


. metallica Town. Boonton VIII, 8 (GG); Anglesea IX, 1 (Jn). 


CERATOMYIELLA Town. 


. conica Town. Westville VII, 2. 


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EULASIONA Town. 


. comstockii Town. Clementon VI, 6 (Hk). 


ADBMONTIA Br. and Berg. 


. demylus Walk. Atlantic Co. VIII; parasite of the pine saw-fly, “Lo- 


phyrus abbotii.” 


. degeerioides Coq. New Brunswick (Sm); Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 

. pergandei Coq. “New Jersey” (A ES); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk). 

. polita Cog. Lucaston VI, 27 (Dke). 

. hylotomze Cog. Chester IX, 16 (Coll); Newark X (Jn); Trenton VIII, 


8 (Hk). 


. nasoni Coq. Clementon IX, 11 (CG). 


CLAUSICELLA Rondani. 


. johnsoni Coq. Riverton IX, 14. 


ACTIA Desv. 


. pilipennis Fallen. Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 


CELATORIA Coquillett. 


. spinosa Coq. Dunnficld, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 


HYPOSTENA Meig. 


. dunningii Cog. New Brunswick VI, 18 (Sm); Woodbury V, 14, VI, 7. 
. tortricis Coq. Avalon VII, 22. 
. variabilis Coq. Dunniield VII, 8, 15 (Jn); Trenton VII, 3, Clementon 


V, 30 (Hk); a parasite of ‘““Pyrausta penitalis.” 


. gilvipes Coq. Shiloh 1X, 1. 
. floridensis Town. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Riverton IX, 11 (Jn). 
. flaveola Coq. Asbury Park VIII, 16. 


MACQUARTIA Desv. 


. pristis Walk. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15 (Jn); New Brunswick VII, 18 


(Sm); Trenton VII, 8 (Hk). 


POLIDEA Macq. 


. areos Walk. Chester IX, 1 (Coll). 


HYPOCHZETA Br. and Berg. 


. longicornis Schiner. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 


M. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 77h 


METHYPOSTENA Towns. 
barbata Coq. Trenton VII, 17 (Hk). 


LESKIA Desv. 


. thecata Coq. Riverton VII, 3 (Jn); Clementon VI, 25 (Hk). 
. analis Say. Riverton IX, 22 (Hk); Collingswood (CG); Westville 


VIII, 14, Clementon SPELT: 6, Anglesea V, 28 (Jn). 


LESKIOMIMA Br. and Berg. 


. tenera Wied. Dunnfieid VII, 9, Riverton VII, 31, Woodbury V, 15 


(Jn); Clementon IX, — (Hk). 


EUPHYTO Town. 


. subopaca Cog. Type taken at Clementon V, 30 (Jn), VIII, 30 (Hk). 


LEUCOSTOMA Meig. 


. senilis Town. Westville VIII, 18, Woodbury VI, 7. 


SCIASMA Coq. 


. nebulosa Coq. Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton V, 14. 


HYALOMYODES Town. 


. triangulifera Loew. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Riverton IX, 14, 


Clementon VI, 25 (Hk); Pemberton V, 10 (CG). 


CESTROPHASIA Br. and Berg. 


. ochracea Bigot. Orange Mts. (Jn); Lahaway VII, 5 (Sm). 
. clausa B & B. Clementon VI, 7 (Li). 
. Signifera V. d. Wulp. Clementon VI, 7 (Li); Atco VI, 3 (Jn). 


XANTHOMELANODES Town. 


. arcuata Say. Clementcn VIII, 30, IX, 8, Iona IX, 12 (CG). 
. atripennis Say. Hammonton VII, 6 (Dke); Lakehurst VII, 18 (Coll); 


Clementon [X, 5 (Hk}; Lucaston IX, 8, Iona IX, 12 (CG). 


HEMYDA Desv. 


. aurata Desv. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); Woodbury VI, 7, Clementon VII, 


29 (CG). 
EPIGRYMYIA Town. 


- polita Town. Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Clementon V, 30, VI, 25 (Hk). 
. floridensis Town. Westville VII, 4 (Jn); Riverton IX, 22, Clementon 


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778 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


SIPHONA Meig. 


® 
S. geniculata DeGeer. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Shark River VII, 12, 
Lenola V, 30, Ocean Co. V, Avalon VI, 30. 


PARAPLAGIA Br. and Berg. 


P. spinulosa Bigot. Chester IX, 3 (Coll); Pemberton IX, 1 (Hk); At- 
lantic Co. VIL, 24 (Sm); Atco VI, 6 (Jn). 


CYRTOPHLCEBA Rond. 
C. horrida Coq. Westville IV, 19 (Jn); Clementon V, 3 (Hk). 


PLAGIA Meig. 
P. americana V. d. W. Trenton VIII, 11, Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); River- 
ton VII; 31 (In): 
SIPHOPLAGIA Town. 
S. rigidirostris V. d. W. Riverton IX, 22 (Hk); Westville VIII, 13. 


DISTICHONA V. d. W. 


D. varia V. d. W. Atco VII, 12. 
D. auriceps Coq. Trenton IX, 1, Clementon X, 4 (Hk); Belleplain IX, 
8 (Dke). 
PACHYOPHTHALMUS Br. and Berg. 
P. signatus Meig. Jamesburg VII, 4; a parasite of “Pelopoeus cemen- 
tarius.” 


P. floridensis Town. Woodbury VI, 7, Clementon V, 16, Atco VI, 18, 
Cape May VI, 6; also a parasite of “Pelopoeus cementarius.” 


SENOTAINIA Macq. 


S. rubriventris Macq. Riverton IX, 5, Atco VII, 12, Atlantic City VII, 15, 
Buena Vista VI, 11 (Jn); Clementon V, 30, Lucaston IX, 9, Ashland 
WANE, al: (Gallis)). 

S. trilineata V. d. W. Trenton VII, 3 (HK); Farmingdale VII, 14, Atco 
VI, 6, Avalon VII, 29 (Jn); Clementon V-—-VIII (div); a parasite of 
“Sphecius speciosus.” 


SIPHOSTURMIA Cog. 
S. rostrata Coq. Iona V, 26 (Dke). 


TRIACHORA Towns. 


T. unifasciata Desv. (Belvosia) Chester 
(Dkn); Trenton VII, 3 (Dke); West- 
ville VIII; 23, Clementon VI, X, a para- 
site of the army worm “Leucania uni- 
puncta.” 


Fig. 323.—Triachora wnifasciata. 


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LATREILLIMYIA Towns. 


. bifasciata Fab. (Belvosia) Palisades VII, 13 
(Ly); Westville VII, 26, Clementon VIII, IX, 5&4 
(Jn); Lakewood (Lansing); bred from ‘“Eacles 
imperialis” and also infests “‘Citheronia regalis” 
and “Dryocampa rubicunda.” 


APHRIA Desv. Fig. 324.—Latreillimyia 


. ocypterata Town. Jamesburg VII, 4, Clementon SEIT 


V, 30 (Hk); Westville VII, 21, Atco VII, 12, DaCosta VII, 30, Buena 
Vista VI, 11 (Jn). 


OCYPTERA Latr. 
. carolinze Desv. Caldwell (Cr); Westville VI, 26, Atco VI, 18, Atlantic 


City VII, 15, Cape May VI, 14 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8, Clementon VI, 
24, X, 4 (Hk); parasite of the army worm, “Leucania unipuncta.” 


- argentea Town. Orange Mts. VII, 4, Westville VII, 2. 


. dosiades Walk. Dover VI, 25, Westville VI, 26, Atco VII, 12, Atlantic 
City VII, 15, Anglesea VII, 19. 


LINNAEMYIA Desv. 


. comta Fall. New Brunswick VIII, 11 (Coll); Trenton VII, 11, Pem- 
berton IX, 1, Ashland V, 13 (Hk); Farmingdale VII, 14, Westville VI. 
Pate AUIS PA Gh al) ye 

PANZERIA Desv. 


. radicum Fab. Riverton V, 3 (GG); Clementon V (div); a parasite of 
“Hyphantria cunea.”’ 


. penitalis Cog. Riverton X, 9 (Jn); Clementon VIII, 30 (CG); a para- 
site of ““Pyrausta penitalis.” 


MACROMEIGENIA Br. and Berg. 


. chrysoprocta Wied. Orange Mt. VIII, 29 (Coll); Trenton VII, 7 (Hk); 
Pemberton IX, 8 (CG); Lakewood (Lansing). 


GYMNOCHAETA Desv. 


. alcedo Loew. Newark VI, 16, Jamesburg VII, 4, Woodbury VI, 7, 
Riverton IV, 17; IX, 22 (CG); Clementon V, 30, VI, 25 (Hk). 


EXORISTOIDES Cog. 
. slossonze Coq. Westville V, 30, Clementon VI, 25, VII, 21. 


EUSISYROPA Town. 


. blanda O. S. Dunnfield VII, 14, Farmingdale VII, 14 (Jn); New Hope 
VII, 10 (HK); a parasite on “Euclea cippus,” “Nisoniades brizo” and 
“Pyrameis cardui”’ (Coq). 


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E. boarmize Cog. Atlantic Co. VII; bred from the oak tortrix, ‘“Caccecia 


m 


U 


fervidana”’ (Sm). 
EXORISTA Meig. 


. helvina Cog. Dunnfield VII, 14, New Brunswick, Jamesburg, Anglesea 


wally ILL 


confinis Fall. Dunnfield VII, 12, Orange Mts. VII, 4, Farmingdale VII, 
14, Riverton III, 3, Woodbury V, 14 (Jn); Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk); a 
parasite of ““Lyczna pseudargiolus” and “Thecla calanus.” 


. futilis O. S. Westville V, 19 (Jn); Ashland V, 13 (Hk); a parasite of 


“Hadena apamiformis” and “Pyrameis atalanta.” 


. griseomicans V. d. W. New Brunswick VIII, 14 (Sm); Anglesea V, 11 


(Hk); a parasite of “Orgyia leucostigma.” 


. eudryz Town. Clementon VII, 26; a parasite of “Acronycta hama- 


melis,”’ “Agrotis ypsilon,” ‘““Eudryas unio,” ‘““Hyperchiria io” and “Pyra- 
meis atalanta.” 


. Spinipennis Coq. Anglesea IX, 1. 


. dorsalis Coq. Riverton VIII, 25. 
. pyste Walk. Trenton V, 15 (Coll). 


EUPHOROCERA Town. 


. claripennis Macq. Throughout the State III-VIII; a parasite of “Ani- 


sota senatoria,”’ “Clisiocampa disstria,’ “Empretia stimulea,’ “Orgyia 
leucostigma,’ ‘Vanessa antiopa’ and other Lepidoptera; also of 
“Epilachna borealis.” 


. cinerea V. d. W. Clementon IV, 21 (Dke). 


PHOROCERA Desv. 


. rufilabris V. d. W. Newark VI, Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Trenton VIII, 


11, Clementon VI, 24 (Hk). 


. comstocki Will. Dover VI, 18. 


. doryphorze Riley. Parasite on potato beetle. 


. leucanize Coq. Riverton IV, 24 


. ancilla Walk. Dunnfield, Del. 


.frenchii Will. New Brunswick 


(Hk); Lucaston IV, 14 (Dke); a 
parasite of “Leucania unipuncta.”’ 


FRONTINA Meig. 


Water Gap VII, 15. 


(Sm); Lucaston IX, 9, Pemberton 
IX, 1 (Hk); bred from “Telea 
polyphemus” IV, 10 (Sm); bred 
III, 17 from “‘Attacus cecropia”’ by 
G. Valentine, of Hammonton; also parasite on “Anisota senatoria,” 
“Clisiocampa americana,” “Orgyia leucostigma,” ‘Papilio turnus,” ete. 


Fig. 325.—Phorocera doryphore. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. “81 


. rubentis Coq. Clementon VIII, 6. 
. aletiz Riley. Anglesea VI, 11 (Hk); a parasite of “Halisidota tessel- 


lata,’ “Dasylophia anguina”’ and ‘“Orgyia leucostigma.” 


STURMIA Desv. 


. albifrons Walk. Burlington Co. VII (Sm); Riverton IX, 5, 22; a para- 


site of “Ecpantheria scribonia” and “Leucarctia acrea.” 


. inquinata V. d. W. Newark; bred from “Eacles imperialis’ (Sm); also 


a parasite of “Protoparce celeus,”’ “P. carolina,” “Deilephila lineata,” 
ete. 


. normula V. d. W. Trenton IX, 7, Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 
. nigrita Town. New Brunswick V, 27 (Sm); Riverton V, 19 (Hk). 
. australis Cog. New Hope VII, 10 (Hk). 


MASICERA Maca. 


. tenthredinidarum Town. Jamesburg VII, 4, Woodbury VI, 7. 
. celer Coq. Dunnfield VII, 8, 14, Westville VI, 27. 
. eufitchize Town. New Brunswick (Sm); Clementon V, 5-30 (Hk); a 


, 


parasite of “Eufitchia ribearia,” and “Hyphantria cunea.” 


ACEMYIA Desv. 


. dentata Coq. Chester IX, 3 (Coll); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk). 


PSEUDOCHZETA Coa. 


. argentifrons Coq. Merchantville VI, 28. 


PROSPHERYSA V. d. W. 


. emulans V.d. W. Anglesea. 


EUTHERA Loew. 


. tentatrix Loew. Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 


TACHINOMYIA Town. 


. robusta Town. (Tachina) Clementon V, VI (Jn); Prospertown VI, 1 


(Sm); a parasite of “Agrotis ypsilon.” 


TACHINA Meigen. 


. mella Walk. Newark V (Sm); Riverton IV, 16, Westville IV, 19, VII, 


21 (Jn); Clementon X, 4 (Hk); Lakewood (Lansing); a parasite of 
“Orgyia leucostigma,” ‘““Pyrrharctia isabella,” “Leucarctia acrea,” etc. 


BLEPHARIPEZA Maca. 


. leucophrys Wied. Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); Trenton VU, 8 (Hk). 


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WINTHEMIA Desv. 


W. quadripustulata Fab. Throughout the 
State V—X; parasitic on ‘“Attacus ce- 


cropia,” “Telea polyphemus,” “Orgyia 
leucostigma,’ ‘“Leucania unipuncta,”’ 
“Halisidota tessellata,”’ “Protoparce 


celeus,”’ ete. 


PARADIDYMA B. and B. 


U 


. Singularis Town. Riverton VII, 3, IX, 25, 
Atco VII, 9 (Jn); Buena Vista VII, 10 
(Li). 


Fig. 326. — Winthemia quadri- 
pustulata. 


METACHAETA Cog. 


M. helymus Walk. Shark River VII, 12, Riverton IV, 17, Westville VII; * 
21, Clementon V, 16, Buena Vista VI, 11, Anglesea VII, 19. 


PHORICHAETA Rond. 
P. sequax Will. Atco VI, 4. 


CHAETOPLAGIA Coa. 
C. atripennis Coq. Type taken Westville VII, 2,°92; Riverton VI, 18. 


METOPIA Meigen. 


M. leucocephala Rossi. Trenton VII, 3, Clementon V, 30 (Hk); Riverton 
WANE 18> (Giayy, 


ARABA Desv. 
A. tergata Cog. Riverton VI, 16, Shiloh, Cumberland Co. IX, 1. 


OPSIDIA Cog. 


O. gonioides Coq. Type taken Atlantic City VII, 15, 94; Shark River VII, 
12 (Jn); Anglesea VII, 20, VIII, 5 (Hk). 


HILARELLA Rond. 


H. decens Town. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 

H. fulvicornis Cog. Del. Water Gap VII, 13, Atlantic City VIII, 28, Ava- 
lon VI, 29 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8, Clementon V, 30, Anglesea VI, 11 
(Hk). 

H. polita Town. Westville V, 19, Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Clementon V, 
21 (Hix): Atco VI, 21 (CG). 

H. siphonina Zett. Clementon (Jn); Lucaston IX, 8 (CG). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 783 


BRACHYCOMA Rond. 


. intermedia Town. Westville VII, 21, Anglesea VII, 16. 
. Sarcophagina Town. Shiloh IX, 1. 
. sheldoni Coq. Trenton V, 23 (Hk). 


GONIA Meig. 


. senilis Will. Split Rock Lake V, 28 (GG); Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Buena 


Wista) Vil) 6) (Li) Clementon’ Vi, 12; Atco Vil, 12: 


. capitata DeGeer. Caldwell (Cr); Westville IV, 9, Clementon IV, VI, 


Buena Vista VI, 11; a parasite of cut-worms, ‘“Hadena devastatrix,”’ 
“Peridroma saucia,”’ etc. 


SPALLANZANIA Desv. 


. hesperidarum Will. Westville VI, 27, VII, 2, Atco IX, 11, Anglesea VI, 


25 (Jn); Clementon VI, 25 (Hk); a parasite of “Eudamus tityrus.” 


GAZDIOPSIS Br. and Berg. 


. ocellaris Coq. Newark VII (Sm); Trenton VII, 7 (Hk). 


CHAZTOGAEDIA Br. and Berg. 


. analis V. d. Wulp. Trenton VII, 11 (Hk). 


MICROPHTHALMA Maca. 


. disjuncta Wied. Boonton VIII, 28 (GG); Dunnfield VII, 15, Riverton 


IX, 11, Atco VII, 12, IX, 8; a parasite of “Lachnosterna arcuata.” 


TRICHOPHORA Macq. 


. ruficauda V. d. W. Caldwell (Cr); Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk); Westville 


VII, 24, VIII, 14 (Jn). 


CUPHOCERA Macq. 


. fucata V. d. W. New Brunswick, Ocean Co. (Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4, 


Westville VI, 14, Atco IX, 11 (Jn); Clementon V, 30, VIII, 9 (Hk). 


PELETERIA Desv. 


. robusta Wied. Boonton VII, 10 (GG); Glassboro VIII, IX, 6 (CG); 


Clementon VI, 25, X, 4 (Hk). 


ARCHYTAS Jaen. 


. hystrix Fab. Caldwell (Cr); Shark River VII, 12, Westville VII, 10, 


Clementon VIII, 6 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk); Atco IX, 8 (CG); Ches- 
ter (Dn). 


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A. aterrima Desy. Throughout the State VI-X; a parasite of ““Acronycta 
occidentalis,” “Lagoa crispata,” etc. 


A. analis Fab. Clementon X, 4 (Hk). 


ECHINOMYIA Dumeril. 


E. decisa Walk. “New Jersey” (Coq). 

E. florum Walk. Clementon V, 10, X, 4 (div); Atco VI, 4, Buena Vista 
Wa ae 

E. dakotensis Town. lLucaston VIII, 27 (CG); Atco IX, 11, Buena Vista 
VI, 11 (Jn); Clementon IX, 5, X, 4 (Hk); Anglesea (W). 


EPALPUS Rond. 


E. signiferus Walk. Split Rock Lake IV, 28 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); New 
Brunswick (Sm); Riverton IV, 17, Westville IV, 26 (Jn); Atco IV, 2 
(Kp). 

BOMBYLIOMYIA B. and B. 


B. abrupta Wied. Dunnfield VII, 4, Morris Plains (Jn); Caldwell (Cr); 
Ft. Lee (Bt); Camden IX, 2 (Kp); Trenton (U S Ag). 


Family DEXIIDA.. 


The “nimble flies’ of Comstock differ from the Tachinids which they 
otherwise resemble, in the longer legs and in having the bristle of the 
antennze plumose to the tip. They are much less abundant, but are also 
parasitic in habit. 


MYOCERA Desv. 


M. simplex Big. (eremides W1k.) Chester IX, 16 (Coll); Westville VI, 
21, Woodbury VII, 7, Atco VI, 18, Buena Vista VI, 11. 


PARAPROSENA B. and B. 
P. apicalis Desv. Del. Water Gap VII, 14, Dover VI, 7. 


MELANOPHORA Meig. 
M. roralis Linn. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Clementon VIII, 6 (Jn); Avalon 
VI, VII (div). 
DEXIA Meig. (ZELIA Desv.) 


D. vertebrata Say. Delaware Water Gap VII, 8. 


PHASIOPS Cog. 
P. flava Coq. Caldwell (Cr). 


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tn 


PTILODEXIA B. and B. 


P. tibialis Desv. Del. Water Gap VII, 14, Orange Mts. VII, 4, Riverton V, 
29, Clementon V, 16 (Jn). 


EUANTHA V. d. Wulp. 
E. liturata Oliv. DaCosta VII, 30. 


CHAZTONA V. d. Wulp. 
C. macroptera V. d. Wulp. Trenton VII, 7 (Hk). 


THELAIRODES V. d. Wulp. 


T. basalis Giglio-Tos. Dover VI, 23, Orange Mis. 
T. cinereicollis V. d. Wulp. Riverton V, 30. 


THELAIRA Desv. 


T. leucozona Panz. Avalon VII, 22. 


THERESIA Desv. 
T. tandrec Desv. Chester (Sm); Malaga VIII, 4 (CG). 


4 


Family SARCOPHAGID&. * 


These are the “flesh flies,’ so called because they lay their eggs on 
exposed meats or other animal matter, these eggs being either ready to 
hatch or actually hatched when laid. The antennal bristle is here 
plumose at the base and bare at 
tip, and as scavengers the insects 
are useful, some larve occurring 
in excrement and decay of all 
sorts. i 


SARCOPHAGA Meig. 


S. carnaria Linn. Anglesea VII, 
19, Cape May VI, 14. This is 
the common flesh-fiy. 

S. egra Walk. Westville V, 19, 
Anglesea VII, 19. 

S. georgiana Wied. Common 
throughout the State. 

S. sarracenie Riley. New Bruns- 
wick VIII, 7 (Coll). 

S. incerta Walk. Lakehurst IX, 
26 (Coll). 


Fig. 327.—A flesh-fly, very much enlarged. 


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786 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


HELICOBIA Cog. 


H. helicis Town. Chester IX, 3, New Brunswick VI, 4 (Coll); Avalon 
Wil, 22. 


Family MUSCIDA:. 


This family contains the common house-fly, the stable fly, the horn-fly, 
the blow-fly and similar well-known insects. All of these have the an- 
tennal bristle hairy or plumose to the tip, but have no spines on the 
abdomen except at the end, about the anal segments. 

The larve of these flies are true maggots, and with few exceptions they 
live in decaying material of all kinds, excrement, putrid meat, garbage, 
etc. Eggs are laid in masses and hatch in a few hours, the larval life 
being often scarcely a week. 

As scavengers these insects are useful, but they become a nuisance in 
the house and in the stable. While the majority of the flies gain their 
living by scraping and lapping liquid or pasty foods, a few of them are 
blood-suckers, the mouth being developed for piercing and sucking. 


POLLENIA Desv. 


P. rudis Fab. Common throughout the State V—VIII; this is a larger fly 
than the common house-fly, but is also found on windows, especially 
in late summer. 


CHRYSOMYIA Desv. 


C. macellaria Fab. .Common throughout the State VI-VIII; the larva of 
this fly, known as the screw-worm, has done great harm in the south- 
west, but is not injurious in New Jersey. 


CYNOMYIA Desv. 


C. cadaverina Desv. Boonton X, 9 (GG); Westville IX, 9, Clementon V, 
9 (Jn); Lakehurst TX, 26 (Coll). 


CALLIPHORA Desv. 


C. erythrocephala Meig. Comnron throughout the State IV—X. 


C. vomitoria Linn. This is the common “blow-fly” which occurs every- 
where in the State, all season. 


C. viridescens Desy. Westville IV, 9. 


LUCILIA Desv. 


L. cesar Linn. Common throughout the State IV to XI. 


L. sylvarum Meig. Jamesburg, Westville V, 19, Atlantic City, Anglesea 
Walia) 


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L. sericata Meig. Atlantic Highlands VII, 11 (Lv); Riverton IX, 9, 
Clementon V, 9 (Jn). 


PROTOPHORMIA Town. 


P. terrze-novze Desv. Dover VI, 17, Westville VI, 15 (Jn); Paterson V, 
28 (Coll). 


PHORMIA Desv. 


P. regina Meig. Boonton IV, 12 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick 
(Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4, Westville V, 15, Avalon VIII, 22 (Jn). 


PSEUDOPYRELLIA Girschner. 


P. cornicina Fab. Riverton IX, 9, Westville. 


PROTOCALLIPHORA Hough. 
P. splendida Macq. Ashland VII, 16 (Hk). 


MORELLIA Desv. 


M. micans Macq. Newark VI, 16, Westville VII, 21, Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn); 
New Brunswick (Sm). 


MUSCA Linn. 


Fig. 328.—The “house fly,” Musca domestica: larva with details at right; puparium at 
left; adult in center: all enlarged. 


M. domestica Linn. House or “typhoid fly’; common throughout the 
State, all year around in sheltered places. It breeds preferably in 
horse manure, but is not averse to other excrementitious matter. 


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GRAPHOMYIA Desv. 
G. maculata Scop. Jamesburg VII, 4, Clementon V, 12, VIII, 8, X,1 (Jn); 
Riverton VII, 12 (CG). 
STOMOXYS Geoff. 
S. calcitrans Linn. The “stable-fly,’ common throughout the State; a 


great pest to cattle (Sm). 


LYPEROSIA Rond. (HAZMATOBIA Desv.) 


Fig. 329.—The horn fly, Lyperosia irritans: a, egg; b, fly; c, d, 
head and mouth parts: much enlarged. 


L. irritans Linn. (serrata Desv.) “The horn-fly’; common throughout 
the State, but not so abundant as in previous years. Cattle may be 
protected from its attacks by sponging lightly with fish oil, to which 
a little crude carbolic acid has been added. 


MUSCINA Desv. 
M. stabulans Fall. New Brunswick VI, VII (Sm); Riverton IX, 20 (CG); 
Shark River VII, 9, Westville VII, 5. 
M. assimilis Fall. New Brunswick, Monmouth County VII (Sm); West- 
ville IV, 9 (Jn). 
MYOSPILA Rond. 
M. meditabunda Fab. Westville VII, 21, Clementon V, 10. 


Family ANTHOMYID/. 


The flies of this family so closely resemble those of the preceding that, 
to the ordinary observer, they seem to be alike. Some of the species 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 789 


come into houses at times and are not usually noticed as being different 
from the common species. 

In the larval stages the 
habits differ. Many, perhaps 
the most, are scavengers, as 
are the muscids; a few are 
parasitic, as are the Tachi- 
nids; quite a number feed in 
living vegetation, either in 
roots, as the onion and cab- 
bage maggot, or mine in 
leaves, as in beets. ° 

The root maggots are diffi- 
cult to deal with, and not all 
methods are equally useful in 
all localities. Tobacco, helle- 
bore, kainit, lime with car- 
bolic acid or turpentine have 
all been used as repellants or 
destroyers with more or less Fig. 330.—Head and scraping hooks of a root mag- 
success. got, very much enlarged. 

Bisulphide of carbon injected into the soil has proved useful in some 
cases, and so has a tarred card surrounding a plant and resting on the 
surface. The farmer must usually learn by experience the particular 
method most useful in his locality. 


HYDROTAZA Desv. 


H. dentipes Fab. Pemberton V, 10 (Hk). 


H. armipes Fall. New Brunswick (Sm); Riverton V, 14, Avalon VII, 22 
(Jn); Pemberton V, 10 (CG). 


H. impexa Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII. 
H. metatarsata Stein. Clementon V, 3 (Hk). 


OPHYRA Desv. 


O. leucostoma Wied. Boonton VII, 19 (GG); New Brunswick VI, 1 (Sm); 
Westville VII, 21 DaCosta VII, 19, Shiloh IX, 1. 


HOMALOMYIA Bouché. 


H. canicularis Linn. New Brunswick VII, Burlington Co. (Sm); Delair 
III, 1, bred from nest of “Vespa germanica”’ (Dke). 


H. scalaris Fab. Del. Water Gap VII (Jn); New Brunswick (Sm). 
H. incisurata Zell. Shark River VII, 12. 
H. fasciculata Loew. Delaware Water Gap VII. 


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manicata Meig. (acra Walk.) Caldwell (Cr); Lucaston IX, 2 (Dke). 
. fuscula Fall. Forest Hill VIII (Wadt). 


HYETODESIA Rond. 


. houghii Stein. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Woodbury VI, 7. 


. leucorum Fall. (pylone Walk.) Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Clementon V, 
16 (Jn); Merchantville V, 26, VI, 4 (Dke). 


. errans Meig. Delaware Water Gap VII, 14. 
. serva Meig. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12, 14. 


. rufitibia Stein. Cape May IX, 21 (Dke). 


. pallidula Cog. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 
. pruinosa Macq. Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Manumuskin X, 8 (Dke). 


. umbratica Meig. Forest Hill VI (Wdt). 


. proxima V. d. Wulp. Newark V (Wat). 
. varipes Coq. Iona IX, 12 (CG). 


LASIOPS Meig. 


. cunctans Meig. Newark V (Wdt). 


MYDAEA Desv. 


. obscuripennis Stein. Clementon IV, 25 (Hk). 


SPILOGASTER Macq. 


pagana Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 14, Newark VI, 16, Merchantville VI, 
21, Westville VII, 21. 


. fusca Stein. Atco VI, 6. 
. abiens Stein. Delaware Water Gap VII, 11. 
. lysinoé Walk. (amoeba Stein.) Riverton V, 29. 


humeralis Zett. Westville VI, 6 (Jn); Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 


. urbana Meig. Del. Water Gap VII, 4 (Jn); Orange Mts. VII, 1 (Wdt). 


demigrans Zett. Atco VI, 6. 
obscurinervis Stein. New Brunswick VI, 1 (Sm); Brown’s Mills V, 21 
(Dke). 


. socialis Stein. Orange Mts. V (Wdt); Trenton VII, 4 (Hk). 

. crepuscularis Stein. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Westville VIII, 14. 
. diruta Stein. Princeton VII, 21, Shiloh IX, 1. 

. uniseta Stein. Malaga IX, 15 (Hk). 


LIMNOPHORA Desv. 


. zquifrons Stein. New Brunswick (Sm). 


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. narona Walk. (cyrtoneurina Stein.) Toms River IX, 22 (Dke); Sea 
Isle City VII, 22 (Jn); Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll). 


. arcuata Stein. Riverton IX, 29, Manumuskin X, 8 (Dke). 
. discreta Stein. Lucaston IX, 28 (Dke). 


ANTHOMYIA Meigen. 

. pluvialis Linn. Great Notch V, 5 (Dke); New Brunswick VIII, 5 
(Coll); Trenton VIII, 11 (Hk). 

. albicincta Fall. Jamesburg, Farmingdale VII, 14, Atco IX, 9. 

. radicum Linn. This is the radish maggot, and often decidedly trouble- 
some. 

. pratincola Panz. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Atco VII, 9 (Li); Iona V, 24 
(Dke); Lahaway VIII, 1 (Sm). 

. latitarsis Zett. Del. Water Gap VIII, 15 (Jn); Manumuskin X, 20 
(DKe). 


HYDROPHORIA Desv. 


. ambigua Fall. Fort Lee VII, 4 (Dke). 
. divisa Meig. DaCosta VII, 30 (DkKe). 


HYLEMYIA Desv. 


. lipsia Walk. . Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Dover VI, 18 (Jn); Ft. Lee VII, 
4 (Dke); Woodbury V, 14, Clementon V, 30, Iona VI, 8, Avalon VII, 29 
(Jn). 


HAMMOMYIA Rond. 
. Unilineata Zett. Trenton IV, 16 (Coll). 


EUSTALOMYIA Kow. 


. vittipes Zett. Del. Water Gap VII, 8 (Jn); National Park V, 20 (Dke): 
Iona IX, 12 (CG). 


EREMOMYIA Stein. 
. cylindrica Stein. Riverton X, 12 (Jn). 


PHORBIA Desv. (CHORTOPHILA Rond.) 

. fusciceps Zett. (cilicrura Rond.) Palisades IV, 4, Highlands VII, 11 
(Lv); Jamesburg VII, 4, Riverton IX, 25, Westville VII, 2 (Jn); Bur- 
lington Co. V, Cumberland Co. (Sm). A general feeder in roots of 
cabbage, raddish, onions, seed corn, etc., etc. 


. cinerella Fall. Newark V, New Brunswick (Sm). 
. levis Stein. Riverton VII, 24. 


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P. brassicze Bouché. The 
common cabbage mag- 
got; occurs throughout 
the State, some seasons 
very abundantly. 


P. cepetorum Mead. The 
imported onion maggot, 
often injurious through- 
out the State. 

P. ceparum Meig. (antiqua 
Schiner.) The common 
onion maggot; often a 
pest in South Jersey. 

P. anane Walk. Newark VI, 
16. 


PEGOMYIA Macq. Fig. 331.—The cabbage maggot, Phorbia brassice: a, 
larva; b, pupa; c, adult: all enlarged. 


P. vicina Lintner. Richfield 
VI, 7 (Coll); Farmingdale VII, 14, Westville VII, 21; this is one of 
species mining the leaves of beets in the larval stage. 


P. latitarsis Stein. Delaware Water Gap VII, 15. 
P. unicolor Stein. Delaware Water Gap VII, 15. 


CHIROSIA Rond. 


C. capito Coq. Lucaston IX, 28, Hammonton IX, 6, Toms River IX, 22, 
Manumuskin X, 21 (Dke). 


HOPLOGASTER Rond. 


H. nigritarsis Stein. Woodbury V, 14, Clementon V, 30, VIII, 11, Avalon 
VII, 29. 


TETRACHAETA Stein. 
T. unica Stein. Avalon VIII, 8 (CG). 


TETRAMERINX Berg. 
T unica Stein. Atlantic City VII, 21 (Dke); Ocean City V, 7 (Jn). 


PHYLLOGASTER Stein. 
P. cordyluroides Stein. Avalon VII, 19 (Hk). 


CARICEA Desv. 


C. antica Walk. Ocean County V (Sm); Westville VII, 5, Anglesea VII, 
19, Sea Isle City VII, 22. 


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CCENOSIA Meigen. 


. tibialis Stein. Anglesea IV, 26 (Sm). 
. nivea Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 15, Atco VII, 12, Avalon VII, 29, 


Anglesea VII, 19 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 23 (Dke). 


. calopyga Loew. Merchantville VI, 28 (Jn); Delair X, 19 (Dke). 
. ausoba Walk. (aurifrons Stein.) Passaic VI, 8, Westville V, 24, 


Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn); Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 


. lata Walk. (canescens Stein.) Riverton VI, VII (CG); Lucaston V, 


28, IX, 12 (Dke); Clementon V, 10, Atlantic City VII, 15, Anglesea 
Wally we) (nays 


. nudiseta Stein. Ft. Lee VII, 4, Iona Vi, 8 (Dke); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 
. triseta Stein. Orange Mts. V (Wdt); Jamesburg VII, 4. 

. sexnotata Meig. Pemberton V, 10 (Hk). 

. fuscopunctata Macq. New Brunswick VII (Sm). 

. flavicoxa Stein. Clementon V, 10 (CG). 

. antennalis Stein. Lucaston VIII, 27 (Dke). 


hypopygialis Stein. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Delair VIII, 18 (Dke). 


. verna Fab. Lucaston V, 28 (Dke). 


DEXIAPSIS Pok. (LISPOCEPHALA Stein.) 


. lacteipennis Zett. Delaware Water Gap VII, 15. 


SCHCENOMYZA Haliday. 


. dorsalis Loew. Ocean Co. V, Anglesea V, 28 (Sm); Manumuskin IX, 


15 (Dke). 


. chrysostoma Loew. Shark River VII, 12; Riverton IV, 30. 


LISPA Laitr. 


. uliginosa Fall. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); Da- 


Costa VII, 20 (Dke). 


. albitarsis Stein. Trenton VIII, 11, Clementon X, 18 (Hk). 
. hispida Walk. Iona VI, 8, Lucaston.IX, 28 (Dke). 
.» consanguinea Loew. Brown’s Mills X, 6 (Dke); Trenton, Clementon 


XG LS 5 CEs)! 


. tentaculata DeGeer. Riverton XI, 28 (Jn); Trenton, Clementon X, 18 


(Hk). 


. polita Coq. Clementon X, 18, Trenton (Hk). 
. sociabilis Loew. Trenton VIII, 5 (Hk). 
. palposa Walk. Trenton VIII, 21, Avalon VIII, 8 (Hk). 


FUCELLIA Desv. 


. fucorum Fall. New Brunswick III, 27, Anglesea IV, 11 (Coll); River- 


ton V, 1, Hainesport III, 26 (Dke); Clementon IV, 15 (Jn). 


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Family SCATOPHAGIDA. 


Resembles the Borboride and differentiated from it by characters 
obvious to the specialist only. The larval habits are various, a number 
occurring in stems of “Rumex,” but they are not at any time economically 
important. 

CORDYLURA Fall. 
. confusa Loew. Newark VI (Wdt); Seaside Park V, 16 (Vk). 
. adusta Loew. Ft. Lee VII, 4 (Dke). 
. carbonaria Walk. Ashland V,13 (Hk). 
. latifrons Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Westville V, Riverton VI, 19. 
. setosa Loew. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 
. pleuritica Loew. Newark VI, 6, Clementon V, 12. 
. preeusta Loew. Westville VI, 12, Clementon V, 30. 


. gracilipes Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Woodbury V, 14, Clementon 
V, 9 (Jn); Boonton VI, 2 (GG); Ashland V, 13 (Hk). 


. gilvipes Loew. Manumuskin IV, 2, National Park V, 6 (Dke). 


(2) (eg) (ey te) (er @) Ce) fe) 


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PARALLELOMMA Becker. 


P. varipes Walk. (bimaculata Loew.) Westville VII, 2, Clementon V, 30, 
Buena Vista VI, 7. 


PSELAPHEPHILA Becker. 
P. similis Cog. Glassboro V, 19 (Hk). 


HYDROMYZA Fallen. 
H. confluens Loew. Boonton VIII (GG). 


SCATOPHAGA Meig. 
S. stercoraria Linn. Newark VI, 17, Avalon VI, 30, Anglesea V, 28 (Jn); 
Camden IV, 18 (Kp). 
S. furcata Say. New Brunswick IV, 20, Jamesburg IV, 8, V, 14 (Sm); 
Camden IV, 18 (Kp). 
S. pallida Wlk. Delaware Water Gap VII, 14. 
S. cerea Cog. Orange Mts. V (Wat). 


Family HETERONEURIDAS. 


Small flies, with a large hemispherical head, the front broad and 
bristly to the base of the antennae, which are short. Abdomen elongate, 
narrow, somewhat compressed, wings broad and long, legs long. The 
larve are slender, cylindrical, and live in decaying wood, under bark of 
trees, etc. 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. =0 


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HETERONEURA Fallen. 


. latifrons Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8 (Jn); Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 

. albimana Meig. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 

. pictipes Zett. Riverton V, 14, Westville VI, 6. 

. melanostoma Loew. New Brunswick V, 28 (Sm); bred from decaying 


wood, Atco (Dke). 


CLUSIA Haliday. 


. lateralis Walk. (spectabilis Loew). Palisades, Jamesburg VII, 4 


Anglesea V, 28 (Dke). 


. flava Meig. Ft. Lee IV (Lv); Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm). 


Family HELOMYZID/A‘. 


The species of this family have the abdomen long, broad and more or 


less flattened, the male genitalia being somewhat prominent. The wings 
are’ comparatively large and the costa is bristly. The larve live in dung 
of bats, rabbits, truffles, decaying wood, etc., and are not in any way 
harmful. 


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HELOMYZA Fallen. 


. longipennis Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 
. plumata Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Boonton VI, 16 (GG). 
. quinquepunctata Say. Boonton VI, 16 (GG); Lucaston IX, 7 (Dke). 


ALLOPHYLA Loew. 


. levis Loew. Delaware Water Gap VII, 12. 


ANOROSTOMA Loew. 


. marginata Loew. Clementon V, 30 (Hk); DaCosta VI, 3, Lucaston V 


30, Brown’s Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 


TEPHROCHLAMYS Loew. 


. rufiventris Meig. Orange Mts. VII (Wdt). 


LERIA Desv. 


. pectinata Loew. Merchantville VII, 15 (Dke); Sea Isle City VII, 22. 

. pubescens Loew. Forest Hill IV (Wdt); Clementon V. 

. tristis Loew. Newark VI. 

. defessa O. S. Forest Hill IV (Wdt). 

. helvola Loew. (Scoliocentra) Dunnfield VII, 14, Newark VI, 13 (Jn); 


Boonton VI, 16 (GG). 


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Family BORBORIDA. 


Medium to small black, brown or yellowish flies, having a short. quick 
flight. They are almost invariably found about decomposing organic 
matter, and often hover in clouds about dung or sewage, where their 
larve live. 


LIMOSINA Macq. 


L. limosa Meig. Culver’s Lake V, 29, New Brunswick VII, Ocean Co. V 
(Coll). 


BORBORUS Meigen. 


B. equinus Fall. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Coll); Newark VI, 16, Westville 
V, 19 (Jn); Riverton {V, 8 (Dke). 


B. geniculatus Meig. Boonton III, 3 (CG); Merchantville XI, 16 (Dke). 


SPHAZROCERA Latr. 


S. subsultans Fab. Culver’s Lake V, 30, Newark (Coll); Woodbury V, 
14 (Jn). 


Family SCIOMYZIDAS. 


Head rounded, short, as broad or broader than the thorax. face retreat- 
ing, abdomen long and narrow. Legs and wings long, the latter exceed- 
ing the abdomen. The flies occur along the banks of streams in which 
the larve live, and the wings are often ornamented. None are harmful 
in any way. 


SCIOMYZA Fallen. 


S. nana Fallen. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Riverton IX, 1, Camden VIII, 24 
(Jn); Cape May IX, 21 (Dke). 

S. obtusa Fallen. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Westville V, 19. 

S. pubera Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (HK); Riverton IX, 29. 

S. apicata Loew. Trenton V, 24 (Hk). 

S. humilis Loew. Trenton VIII, 19 (Hk). 


DRYOMYZA Fallen. 
D. simplex Loew. Dunnfield VII, 14, Dover VI, 18. 


NEUROCTENA Rond. 
N. anilis Fall. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 


TETANOCERA Latr. 


T. arcuata Loew. Chester VIII, 7 (Coll); Dover VI, 18, Merchantville VI, 
28. 


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T. flavescens Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 15, Morris Plains VI, 25. 
Westville VII, 12 (Jn); Merchantville VI, 26 (Dke). 


T. combinata Loew. Elizabeth VII, 24 (Kp); Westville V, 19, Lenola V, 


30, Woodbury VI, 7 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 18 (Hk); Anglesea V, 28 
(Dke). 


T. lineata Say. Newark, salt meadow IX (Wat), X, 30 (Sm). 
T. sparsa Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 


T. pallida Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, Atco VII, 9 (Jn); Chester VIII, 7 
(Coll); Camden VI, 6 (Kp). 


T. umbrarum Loew. (pictipes Loew.) Dunnfield VII, 15, Westville V, 
19, Lenola V, 30 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); Cape May IX, 21 
(Dke). 


T. saratogensis Fitch. Chester IX, 1, Paterson VI, 7 (Coll); Pemberton 
VII, 8 (Hk); Atco VII, 9, Mullica Hill V, 30, Anglesea VII, 25. 


T. clara Loew. New Hope VII, 10 (Hk); Dunnfield VII, 8, Merchant- 
ville VI, 28, Atco VI, 17, Clementon VIII, 9. 


T. plebeja Loew. Boonton VI, 19 (GG); Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Sm); 
Dunnfield VII, 8, Westville VIII, 28, Woodbury VI, 7. 


T. plumesa Loew. Jamesburg VIII, 10 (Sm); Trenton IX, 7, Ashland VI, 
22 (Hk); Lenola V, 30, Atlantic City VIII (Jn). 


T. canadensis Macq. Ashland VI, 22 (Hk). 


SEPEDON Latr. 


S. armipes Loew. Westville V, 19, Lenola V, 30 (Jn); Pemberton VII, 8 
(Hk). 

S. pusillus Loew. Westville V, 19, VII, 21 (Jn); Ashland VII, 16, Pem- 
berton IX, 7 (Hk). 


S. fuscipennis Loew. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); Westville IV, 19, V, 19, VIII, 
23 (Jn); DaCosta VII, 17 (Dke); Clementon V, 1 (CG). 


Family SAPROMYZID/E. 


Small species, the head as broad or broader than the thorax, antenne 
short and porrect, legs never elongate. The ovipositor is not horny but 
ends tube-like. The larve are slender and live in decaying vegetation. 


LONCHAEA Fallen. 


L. rufitarsis Macq. Palisades VI (Lv); larve and pupe at Riverton in 
decayed wood IV, 3, imagoes IV, 16, Atco VII, 7 (Jn); Lahaway VII, 
5 (Sm). 


L. polita Say. Clementon X, 10 (C@G). 


PALLOPTERA Fallen. 
P. superba Loew. Forest Hill VII, Orange Mts. VIII (Wdt}. 


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CAMPTOPROSOPELLA Hendel. 


. vulgaris Fitch. (Pachycerina verticalis) Chester IX, 2 (Coll); Tren- 


ton IX, 7, Clementon V, 30 (Hk); Jamesburg VII, 4, Merchantville 
VI, 28, Anglesea VII, 19. 


LAUXANIA Latr. 


. obscura Loew. Culver’s Lake V, 29 (Sm); Dover VI, 17, Jamesburg 


VII, 4, Mullica Hill, Clementon V, 30. 


. gracilipes Loew. Palisades VII, 26 (liv); Del. Water Gap VII, 11, 


Lenola VIII, 7, Clementon VIII, 11 (Jn). 


. cylindricornis Fab. Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Clem- 


enton V, 30. 


. latipennis Cog. Buena Vista VI, 7 (Li); Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Sm). 
. opaca Loew. Buena Vista VI, 8 (Li); Avalon VI, 9. 
. muscaria Loew. Merchantville VI, 28, Avalon VI, 8. 


SAPROMYZA Fallen. 


. decora Loew. Pemberton VIII, 8 (Hk); South Camden VI, 6 (Li). 
. compedita Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 


(Sm). 


. philadelphica Macq. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 15 (Sm); 


Cramer Hill VI, 10 (CG); Anglesea V, 28 (W). 


. fraterna Loew. Chester VII, 5 (Coll); Merchantville VI, 28. 
. umbrosa Loew. Lahaway VI, 21 (Sm); Atco VI, 17, Merchantville VI, 


28, Anglesea VII, 10. 


. macula Loew. New Brunswick VII, 1 (Sm); Atco VII, 7, Westville V, 


19, Cape May VIII, 20. 


. bispina Loew. Trenton VI, 3, Jamesburg VII, Anglesea VII (Coll). 
. Quadrilineata Loew. Trenton V, 20, Glassboro V, 19 (Hk); James- 


burg VII, 4, Merchantville VI, 28, Clementon V, 30. 


. lupulina Fab. Boonton VI, 6, (GG); Middlesex County VII, 7 (Sm); 


Trenton V, 21, Lucaston IX, 9, Ashland V, 13 (Hk); Jamesburg VII, 
4, Clementon V, 30 (Jn). 


. longipennis Meig. Clementon V, 10. 
. innuba Giglio-Tos. Riverton VI, 20. 


houghii Cog. Atco VII, 12, Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


. connexa Say. Merchantville V, 26, National Park VI, 10 (Dke). 
. magna Cog. Anglesea V, 28 (Dke). 
. rotundicornis Loew. Malaga VI, 1 (Dke). 


Family ORTALIDA: 


Small or medium-sized flies, often with metallic colors, the wings 


banded with brown or black. Head of good size, front broad, legs stout 
and only moderately long. The larval stages are not well known. 


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PYRGOTA Wied. 
P. undata Wied. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts., Woodbury V, 22 (CG); 
Atco VI, 19 (Nell); Clementon ‘VI, 5 (Dke). 
P. valida Harris. Caldwell V, 16 (Cr); Westville V, 18, VII, 12 (div). 


AMPHICNEPHES Loew. 


A. pulla Wied. (pertusus Lw.) Newark VI, 16, Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco 
; VI, 4, Buena Vista VI, 11, DaCosta VII, 30 (Jn); Wenonah VI, 14 
(Dke); Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


RIVELLIA Desv. 

R. conjuncta Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VII, 12 (Jn); Buena Vista 
VI, 14 (Li); Malaga VII, 20, Anglesea V, 28 (W). 

R. viridulans Desy. Throughout the State V—VIII, common. 

R. quadrifasciata Macq. New Brunswick VII, 30 (Sm); Jamesburg VII, 
15, Westville VI, 26, Clementon V, 30, VIII, 8 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 
(W). 

R. flavimana Loew. Westville V, 19 (Jn); Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 

R. variabilis Loew. Avalon VII, 29 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28, VII, 19 (div). 

R. pallida Loew. Boonton VII, 10 (GG); Newark VI, 13 (Jn); Ocean Co. 
V (Sm); Anglesea VI, 11 (Hk). 

R. brevifasciata Johns. Atco VI, 18 (Jn); Lacy VII, 14 (Dke). 

R. boscii Desv. Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 


TRITOXA Loew. 


T. flexa Wied. Westville 
VIII, 23, Woodbury VI, 
i, Atco’ Vi, 18 (Jn); 
Malaga IX, 15 (CG); 
Lucaston IX, 9 (Hk). 

T. incurva Loew. Cald- 
well (Cr). 


CAMPTONEURA Macq. 


C. picta Fab. Throughout 
the State VI-X, com- 
mon. 


Fig. 332.—The onion fly. Tritoxa flexa and its 
larva: enlarged. 


IDANA Loew. 


I. marginata Say. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 


TEPHRONOTA Loew. 


T. narytia Walk. (humilis Loew.) Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VII, 9. Buena 
Vista VI, 11 (Jn): Belleplain IX, 8, Brown’s Mills VII, 5 (Dke). 


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TETANOPS Loew. 


luridipennis Loew. Camden VII, 24 24 (DaCosta VII, 30, Clementon 
VII, 8, VIII, 9 (Jn); Glassboro VII, 5 (CG). 


CALLOPISTROMYIA Hendel: (CALLOPISTRIA Loew.) 


. annulipes Macq. Boonton VII, 18 (GG); Merchantville VIII, 1 (Dke). 


PSEUDOTEPHRITIS Johns. (STICTOCEPHALA Loew.) 


. vau Say. Boonton VIII, 12 (GG); Westville VII, 21 (Jn); National 


Park V, 20 (Dke); Prospertown IX, 25 (Sm). 


. corticalis Loew. New Brunswick V, 18 (Sm); Riverton IV, 22. 


CHRYSOMYZA Fallen. 


. demandata Fab. Bloomfield IX (Wdt); New Brunswick X, 18 (Sm); 


Riverton IX, 9, X, 20 (Jn). 


EUXESTA Loew. 


. notata Wied. Riverton V, 29, VIII, 21, Westville VI, 27 (Jn); Glass- 


boro V, 19 (CG); Cumberland Co., bred from onions (Sm). 


. scoriacea Loew. Lacy V, 27 (Dke); Sea Isle City VII, 22, Two-Mile 


Beach VII, 22 (Jn). 


CHAETOPSIS Loew. 


. znea Wied. New Brunswick (Sm); Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Pemberton V, 


10 (CG); Lenola V, 30, Anglesea VII, 16, Cape May VI, 14. 


. apicalis Johns. Avalon VI, 9, Sea Isle VII, 22, Anglesea VII, 16. 


SEOPTERA Loew. 


. vibrans Linn. Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick VI, 4, Egg Harbor VII, 


10 (Coll); Newbold VI, 30 (Dke). 


. colon Loew. New Jersey. 


STENOMYIA Loew. 


. tenuis Loew. Atco VI, 4, 18, Buena Vista VI, 11, DaCosta VII, 30, 


Clementon VIII, 6. 


EUMETOPIA Macq. 


. rufipes Macq. Trenton VII, 7, Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); Camden VIII, 24, 


Westville VII, 4, 21. 


SEPSISOMA Johns. 


. flavescens Johns. Trenton VII, 3 (Hk); Westville VIII, 19 (Jn); 


Wenonah VI, 14 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF) NEW JERSEY: Sor 


Family TRY PETIDA. 


The “peacock flies,’ so called because of their habit of elevating the 
wings and strutting about, peacock like. These wings are often prettily 
marked and spotted with black or brown. In the female the abdomen 
is often prolonged into a horny ovipositor. The flies are gracefully built, 
fly slowly and are noticeable by keeping their wings in constant motion. 
Most of the members of the series feed in plant tissue of some kind, 
either in leaves, in stems or in fruits, and a number of them are gall- 
makers. The only species of economic importance in this State is the 
“Apple maggot,’ which injures some of the early summer varieties. The 
only remedial measure is the prompt removal and disposal! of all fruit 
from trees known to be infested. 


STRAUSSIA Desv. 


S. longipennis Wied. Boonton VII, 24 (GG); Caldwell (Cr); Ft. Lee 
(Bt), Orange Mts., Elizabeth V, 21, Camden V; 26 (Kp). 


ACIDIA Desv. 
A. fratria Loew. Trenton V, 31 (Hk); Riverton V, 20 (CG). 


SPILOGRAPHA Loew. 
Z. flavonotata Macq. Glassboro VII 6 (CG). 


TRYPETA Loew. 
T. palposa Loew. Avalon VI, 8, on thistle (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 (W). 


PLAGIOTOMA Loew. 
P. obliqua Say. New Jersey (Bt); Clementon VIII, 6 (Jn). 


CEDASPIS Loew. 


O. atra Loew. Lucaston IX, 9, Ashland VI, 23 (Hk); Riverton VI, 18, 
Avalon VI, 8, Cape May VI, 14 (Jn); Belleplain IX, 16 ‘Dke); Angle- 
sea V, VI (div). 


O. polita Loew. Generally distributed; forms a gall on Solidago (Bt). 


RHAGOLETIS Loew. 


R. cingulata Loew. Atl. Highlands VII, 11 (Lv); Long Branch VII (OS). 
R. tabellaria Fitch. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Jn); Buena 
Vista VII, 10 (Li). 
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Fig. 333.—Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella: a, adult; b, 
larva; c, spiracle of larva; d, puparium; e, apple, 
showing injury by larva: all enlarged. 


R. pomonella Walsh. Montclair; the apple maggot, locally injurious but 


seems confined to a very few varieties (Sm); Weymouth VIII, 8, 
DaCosta VIII, 16, bred from huckleberries (Dke). 


EUTRETA Loew. 
E. sparsa Loew. Caldwell (Cr); Jamesburg VII (Dke); Trenton VI, 27, 
VIII, 26 (Hk). 
EUROSTA Loew. 
E. comma Wied. Chester (Dn); Trenton IX, 7, Clementon IX, 5 (Hk); 
Glassboro IX, 19 (CG). 
E. solidaginis Fitch. Ft. Lee (Bt); Trenton V, 21 (Hk); Clementon V, 
10. 
E. conspurcata Doane. “New Jersey” (Doane). 


NEASPILOTA O. S. 


N. alba Loew. Lenola VIII, 7, Clementon VIII, 6; on ironweed. 

N. albidipennis Loew. Ashland VII, 16 (Hk); Lenola VIII, 7, Westville 
VIII, 14, Clementon VIII, 6; on ironweed. 

N. vernonize Loew. Westville VIII, 16, Clementon VIII, 6, Lenola VIII, 
7; on ironweed. 

N. achilleze Johns. Avalon VI, 30; on yarrow “Achillea millefolium.” 


ICTERICA Loew. 


circinata Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Westville VIII, 23, IX, 18. 
seriata Loew. Forest Hill VIII (Wdt); Trenton VII, Clementon VIII, 
23 (Hk). 


TEPHRITIS Latr. 


T. geminata Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4, Atco VII; 12 (Jn); Riverton VII, 
8, Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll); Pemberton VII, 11 (CG). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 803 


. picturata Snow. Avalon VII, 8 (Hk). 

. albiceps Loew. Caldwell (Cr); “New Jersey” (Bt). 

. clathrata Loew. Riverton VII, 19. 

. platyptera Loew. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke); Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 
T. fucata Fab. Wildwood VIII, 12, Cape May VIII, 1 (Vk). 


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-EUARESTA Loew. 
E. bella Fitch. Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm); James- 
burg VII, 4, Atco VII, 9, Clementon VI, 8 (Jn). 
E. festiva Loew. Trenton IX, 7 (Hk); Westville VIII, 13, 28. 
E. zequalis Loew. Trenton IX, 7 (Hk); Lucaston X, 15 (Dke); West- 
ville VIII, 28 on “Ambrosia artemisiefolia,’ Anglesea IX, 1. 
E. subpura Johns. Wildwood VIII (Jn); Anglesea VIII (Sm:. 


URELLIA Desv. 


U. abstersa Loew. Riverton VII, 18 (div); Avalon VII, 22 (Jn); Angle- 
sea IX, 5 (Dke). 

U. mevarna Walk. (solaris Loew.) Penbryn VIII, 2 (Dke); Egg Har- 
bor VII, 10 (Coll); Cape May VI, 22. 


Family MICROPEZIDAL. 


Flies slender or very slender, with large wings and long legs, antennse 
variable, face retreating in profile. The larval habits are not definitely 
known. 


CALOBATA Meigen. 


C. antennipes Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, Princeton VII, 21, Jamesburg VII, 
4 (Jn); Collingswood VII, 17 (CG). 

C. lasciva Fab. Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); Atlantic City VII (Jn); Angle- 
sea (W). 


C. univitta Walk. Princeton VII, 21 (Jn); Cramer Hill V, 30 (CG). 
Cc. alesia Walk. New Jersey V (A ES). 


Family SEPSIDA. 


“The flies belonging to this family are usually small. black and 
elongated, with the abdomen narrowed at the base, thickened and curved 
downward toward the extremity; with transparent, iridescent wing, 
usually hyaline, but often with a spot or spots toward the end, and are 
usually observed about decaying vegetables, excrement, cheese, ham, 
etc., often in swarms. The flies, for the greater part, run about actively, 
and are quick in flight. The best known are the species of ‘Piophila,’ 
the larve of which are known as ‘cheese-mites.’ These larve live in 


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cheese, in ham or bacon, or, in general, in any fatty material, and often 
do much damage, being especially troublesome in pork-packing establish- 
ments. From the peculiar power of leaping possessed by the maggots 
they are often called ‘skippers’; the act is performed by the larva seiz- 
ing with its extended mouth hooklets the edge of the posterior truneature 
of the body and then suddenly releasing it while pulling hard.’’—Willis- 
ton. 


PROCHYLIZA Walk. 


P. xanthostoma Walk. Riverton IV, 9, X, 9 (Jn); Cape May IX, 21 
(Dke). 


SEPSIS Fallen. 


S. violacea Meig. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 15. Ocean Co. 
V (Sm); Trenton VII, 6 (Hk). 


NEMOPODA Desv. 


N. cylindrica Fab. Dover VI, 
17. Morris’ Plains Vila 25, 
Riverton IX, 17, Trenton V, 
20 (Hk). 

N. minuta Wied. Chester IX, 
2 (Coll); Newark VI, 14, 
Riverton VII, 3. 


PIOPHILA Fallen. 


P. casei Linn. This is the 


cheese mite or skipper, and 
occurs everywhere. Piophila caset, parent of ‘‘skippers’”’ in cheese, 
ELE: 


Fig. 334. 


P. nigriceps Meig. Pemberton 
Ws 10) (OEE 


Family) PSILIDAS: 


Slender flies of moderate size, with large wings, long legs and at least 
moderately long antenns. The larve, so far as known, live in roots or 
galls. 


LOXOCERA Meigen. 
L. cylindrica Say. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Camden VI, 10, Woodbury 
VI, 7, Clementon V, 30, Mullica Hill (Jn); Trenton VII, 13 (Hk). 
L. pectoralis Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 11. 
L. pleuritica Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 12. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 805 


CHYLIZA Fallen. 
C. notata Loew. Caldwell (Cr). 
C. apicalis Loew. Riverton VII, 2 (Jn); Merchantville VI, 4 (Dke). 


PSILA Meigen. 
P. bivittata Loew. Clementon, Lenola V, 30. 
P. collaris Loew. Newark VI, 13, Ateo VI, 4 (Jn); Clementon VI, 7 
(Li); Brown’s Mills VI, 9 (DkKe). 
P. lateralis Loew. Trenton V, 20 (Hk); Riverton VI, 20. 


Family DIOPSIDA‘. 


Our only species belonging to this family is easily recognized by the 
two lateral horns or processes from the side of the head upon which 
the eyes are situated. lt occurs on skunk cabbage. 


SPHYRACEPHALA Say. 


S. brevicornis Say. Newark V (Wdt); Riverton IV, 14 (Jn); Clementon 
V, 5 (Hk); Wenonah V, 30 (Dke). 


Family KEPHYDRIDAE. 


“The flies of this family are never large, often small or even minute. 
The greater number of the species are inhabitants of wet places, about 
marshy ground, meadows, etc. They are always thinly nilose or bare 
species, and never with bright colors. The exceedingly large head and 
mouth of some species are very characteristic, but in others this char- 
acter is not so apparent, and there is sometimes difficulty in separating 
the genera from those of the ‘Drosophilide.’ The larve of many forms 
are very peculiar, resembling the rat-tailed larve of the ‘Syrphide’ in 
many cases.’’—Williston. 

In New Jersey the species are not notably abundant; but they occur 
in countless millions in the great salt lake in Utah, and in other alkaline 
lakes and ponds of the northwestern desert region. 


DICHAETA Meigen. 
. brevicauda Loew. Clementon V, 5 (CG); Ocean County V (Sm). 
D. caudata Fall. Riverton IV, 8 (Dke); Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 


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NOTIPHILA Fallen. 
N. carinata Loew. Cape May VI, 22. 
N. scalaris Loew. Shark River VII, 12 (Jn); Clementon V, 30 (Hk); 
Bridgeport V, 20 (Dke). 
N. vittata Loew. Woodbury VI, 7. 
N. bella Loew. Westville VI, 15. 


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PARALIMNA Loew. 


appendiculata Loew. Riverton IX, 11, Westville V, 19, Cumberland 
Co. IX, 1 (Jn); Ashland V, 13 (Hk). 


decipiens Loew. Trenton VIII, 19 (Hk). 


PSILOPA Fallen. 


. atrimana Loew. Riverton X, 9. 
. scoriacea Loew. Delaware Water Gap VII, 13 (Jn); Trenton VIII, 23 


(Hk). 


. aciculata Loew. Avalon VIII, 8 (Hk). 
. fulvipennis Hine. Cape May VII, 1 (Vk). 
. flavida Coq. Avon IX, 27 (Hk). 


GASTROPS Will. 


. hebulosus Coq. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Clementon V, 5 (CG). 


ILYTHEA Haliday. 


- spilota Curtis. Riverton IX, 17. 


DISCOCERINA Macq. 


. lacteipennis Loew. Cape May VI, 14. 

» magna Coq. Riverton VIII, 17. 

. parva Loew. Ashland V, 18 (Hk). 

. simplex Loew. Trenton VIII, 23, Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 


HYDRELLIA Desv. 


. scapularis Loew. Trenton VII, 21 (Hk); Riverton IX, 19 (Jn); Man- 


ahawkin IX, 5. 


. valida Loew. Cape May VI, 4 (Vk). 
. hypoleuca Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Avon IX, 27. 
. cruralis Cog. Riverton IX, 19 (Hk). 


PELINA Haliday. 


. brevis Walk. Ashland VI, 22 (Hk). 


HYADINA Halid. 


. rufipes Meig. Trenton VIII, 23 (Hk). 


OCHTHERA Latr. 


» mantis DeGeer. Camden VII, 1 (Kp); Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Angle- 


sea VIII, 5 (Hk); Cape May IX, 21 (Dke). 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 807 


BRACHYDEUTERA Loew. 
B. argentata Walk. Riverton VIII, 3 (Jn); Cape May VIII, 20 (Vk). 


PARYDRA Stenhammer. 
P. bituberculata Loew. Dunnfield VII, 15 (Jn); Riverton IV, 26 (CG). 
P. pinguis Walk. Shark River VII, 12. 


P. quadrituberculata Loew. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk); Cape May VI, 4 
(Vk). 


P. imitans Loew. Near Anglesea Junction VI, 25 (Vk). 
P. breviceps Loew. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 


EPHYDRA Fallen. 
E. subopaca Loew. Long Branch VI, 12, Ocean City V, 7, Wildwood VII, 
12 (Jn); Cape May (Dke). 
E. nana Walk. Cramer Hill VIII, 24, Riverton X, 9. 


SCATELLA Desv. 
S. stagnalis Meig. Newark XII, 7 (wat); Trenton VIII, 23 (Hk); Iona 
IX, 12 (CG); Avalon VII, 22. 
flavillacea Loew. Cape May VI, 14. 
. oscitans Walk. Clementon V, 14 (CG). 
. callosicosta Cress. Seaside Park V, 16 (Vk). 
S. lugens Loew. Riverton X, 9. 


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CENIA Desv. 


S. spinosa Loew. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk); Ocean Co. V (Sm); Anglesea 
VII, 19, Cape May VI, 22. 


C. fumosa Sten. Cape May IX, 17, at light (Vk). 


CANACE Haliday. 
C. snodgrassii Coq. Atlantic City V, 6. 


LIPOCHAETA Cog. 
L. slossonze Coq. Anglesea VII, 19, Cape May VI, 6. 


Family OSCINIDA‘. 


The “frit flies.’ They are small, bare species, with hemispherical 
head, flat front, short antenne, short wings and ovate or elliptical abdo- 
men. The legs are short and moderately stout. They are often colored 
or banded, and are common in grass and meadow lands. The larve live 
in the stems of grasses of all kinds, and may bécome locally injurious. 


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MEROMYZA Meigen. 


M. americana Fitch. In- 


(ay (el (2) (@) 


. versicolor Loew. New 


fests wheat and other 
grasses; common 
throughout the State 
V-VIII, but thus far 
not injurious. 


CHLOROPS Meigen. 


Brunswick, Anglesea 
V, 28 (Sm); James- 
burg VII, 4, Atco VII, 


9 (Jn); Clementon V— Fig. 335.—Meromyza americana, the stem maggot fly. 
VIII (div). 


. nigripes Coq. Trenton VIII, 21, Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 

. crocota Loew. Newark V (Wdt); Clementon VIII, 6. 

. rufescens Coq. Trenton VIII, 21, Riverton VII, 18 (Hk). 

. sulphurea Loew. Trenton V, 20, Ashland VII, 15, Clementon V, 30 


(Hk); Ateo,,VI,:4, VIL 9. 


. confluens Loew. Trenton VIII, 19 (Hk). 
. grata Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Princeton VII, 21. 
. assimilis Macq. Newark, Ocean Co. V (Sm); Trenton V, 20, Ashland 


V, 13 (Hk); Riverton X, 9, Princeton VII, 21, Clementon V, 9, Angle- 
sea VII. 


. subnigra Cog. Manahawkin IX, 5 (Hk). 
. procera Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 11, Asbury Park VIII, 16, Clemen- 


ton VIII, 8. 


. eucera Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4. 
. unicolor Loew. Trenton V, 20 (Hk); Princeton VII, 21, Riverton V, 


14, Westville VII, 12, DaCosta VII, 30. 


. variceps Loew. Ocean Co. V (Sm). 
. obscuricornis Loew. Atco VI, 4, 18. 
. melanccera Loew. Riverton V, 14 (Jn); Ashland V, 18, Clementon V, 


30 (Hk). 


. proxima Say. Trenton V, 20, Iona V, 16 (Hk); Lucaston V, 28, 


Brown’s Mills V, 21 (DKe). 


. pulverea Cog. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke). 


HIPPELATES Loew. 


. plebejus Loew. DaCosta VI, 4 (Dke); Clementon V, 12, VIII, 8, Ava- 


lon VI, 9 (Jn); Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 


. nobilis Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Avalon VI, 9, 30. 
. flavipes Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Riverton IX, 11 (Jn); Laurel 


Springs VI, 13, Brown’s Mills VII, 1 (Dke). 


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THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 809 


. pusio Loew. Riverton V, 14, X, 9 (Jn); Trenton VIII, 23, Ashland V, 
13 (Hk). 

. plumbellus Wied. Riverton V, 14. 

. bicolor Coq. New Brunswick VII (Sm). 

. stramineus Loew. Riverton IX, 11 (Jn); Lakehurst VII, 7 (Coll). 


. microcentrus Coq. Mt. Holly III, 17, Brown’s Mills VI, 9 (Dke); Ash- 
land VI, 22 (Hk); Anglesea V, 28 (div). 


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ale Gels) fake 


ELACHIPTERA Macq. 


E. eunota Loew. Trenton VII, 5 (Hk); Avalon VI, 30. 


E. nigriceps Loew. Shark River VII, 12, Riverton VII, 3, Clementon V, 
30; bred from Lotus infested by “Pyrausta nelumbialis” VII, 13. 


E. costata Loew. New Brunswick VII, 20, Ocean Co. V (Sm); Princeton 
VII, 21 (Jn); Merchantville XI, 16 (DKe). 


E. formosa Loew. Riverton IX, 8. 
E. longula Loew. Clementon VI, 3. 


MOSILLUS Latr. 
M. zeneus Fall. Avon IX, 27 (Hk). 


SIPHONELLA Maeg. 
S. cinerea Loew. Riverton X, 9, Cramer Hill VIII, 24 (Jn); Ashland 
VII, 15 (HK); Brown’s Mills IX, 16 (Dke). 
S. pumilionis Bjerk. Riverton VII, 3. 


S. inquilina Coq. Manamuskin X, 8 (Dke); Clementon X, 2, Iona IX, 12 
(CG); Manahawkin IX, 15 (Hk). 


OSCINIS Latr. 


O. carbonaria Loew. Ocean Co. V (Sm); Avon IX, 27 (Hk). 

* ©. trigramma Loew. Shark River VII, 12 (Jn); Lucaston IX, 15 (Dke); 
Anglesea V, 28 (Sm). 

O. coxendix Fitch. Riverton X, 9 (Jn); Lucaston IV, 4 (Dke); Avon IX, 
27 (Hk). 

O. soror Macq. Riverton IV, 8 (Dke); Ocean Co. V (Sm). 


Family DROSOPHILID. 


The species in this family are small, plump, without pile, the bristles of 
the head and legs conspicuous. Abdomen usually short and broad, geni- 
talia not prominent, colors tending to yellow. They are often abundant 
about decomposing or fermenting fruit, about cider-mills, wine-presses, 
etc., whence they are called “pomace flies.” The larve live in this 
pomace and on the surface of the scum of the fermenting fruit juice. 


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PHORTICA Schiner. 


. vittata Coq. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Avalon VI, 8 (Jn); Anglesea V, 


28 (Dke). 


. leucostoma Loew. Dunnfield VII, 8, 12, Dover VII, 16 (Jn); Delair 


VIII, 18 (Dke). 


: humeralis Loew. Riverton VII, 30, Westville VII, 26. 


STEGANA Meig. 


. coleoptrata Scop. Delaware Water Gap VII, 13. 


CURTONOTUM Macq. 


. helvum Loew. New Brunswick VII, 7 (Sm); Princeton VII, 21, West- 


ville VII, 26, VIII, 23, Atco VII, 9 (Jn); Riverton IX, 26 (CG); Stone 
Harbor VIII, 3 (Dke). 


DROSOPHILA Fallen. 


» amoena Loew. Westville VII, 21, Glassboro VIII, 28 (GG); Merchant- 


ville XI, 16 (Dke). 


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d, e, pupa. 
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. ampelophila Loew. Common “fruit” or “vinegar fly’; everywhere in 


the State after midsummer. 


. funebris Fab. Riverton VI, 1. 
. quadrimaculata Waik. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Merchantville VI, 28 


(Jn); New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm). 


. graminum Fall. Trenton V, 24, Clementon VII, 4 (Hk); Anglesea V, 


28 (W). 


. adusta Loew. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm). 

. confusa Steger. Delaware Water Gap VII, 13. 

. colorata Walk. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 
. punctulata Loew. Glassboro X, 17 (CG). 

. maculosa Coq. Riverton IX, 28. 


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. inversa Walk. Avalon VI, 8. 

. ordinaria Coq. Riverton VIII, 4. 

- multipuncta Loew. Cape May IX, 23 (Vk). 

. varia Walk. Riverton VI, 15, Newbold VII, 4 (Dke); Lucaston IX, 9 
(Hk). 

. tripunctata Loew. Newbold VII, 4, Merchantville XI, 16 (Dke). 

. quinaria Loew. Merchantville XI, 16 (Dke). 

. phalerata Meig. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk). 

. valida Wlk. Manahawkin VII, 5 (Hk). 


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OO oso 


Family GEOMYZIDAR. 


Small or even minute flies with comparatively large wings. The an- 
tenne are short, arista variable, front broad and bristly below the apex. 
The larve, so far as known, live in the stems of plants. 


DIASTATA Meig. 


D. pulchra Loew. “New Jersey” (A E 8). 
D. nebulosa Fall. Cleznenton V, 16. 


ISCHNOMYIA Loew. 


1. albicosta Walk. (vittula Loew.) Dunnfield VII, 12, Princeton VII, 21, 
Westville VII, 2. . 


ANTHOMYZA Fallen. 


A. variegata Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn); New Brunswick VI, 1, 
Ocean Co. V (Sm). 


A. terminalis Loew. Trenton V, 24 (Hk). 


SCYPHELLA Desv. 


S. flava Linn. New Brunswick (Sm). 


Family AGROMYZID/. 


Consists of small or minute flies difficult to separate from the allied 
groups. The front is broad, the antenna short, arista absent, or, when 
present, bare or only tubescent. The wings are broad, venation re- 
sembling that of the ailied families. The larve vary greatly in habits; 
some are leaf miners, some feed upon plant lice, others occur in galls in 

which their function is not yet well understood. 


NAPOMYZA Haliday. 


N. chrysanthemi Kowarz. Newbold VII, 4 (Dke). Larva is a leaf-miner 
in Chrysanthemum. 


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Cc. 


CERATOMYZA Schiner. 
dorsalis Loew. Riverton V, 14, VII, 3, X, 10. 


AGROMYZA Fallen. 


A. coronata Loew. Ashland V, 13 (Hk); Avalon VII, 22 (Jn). 
A. melampyga Loew. Jamesburg VII, 4. 


A. 


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Fig. 337.—Agromyza simplex, from above at left and from side at right. 


simplex Loew. Chester IX, 5 (Coll); Newark VI, 13, Riverton VII, 
24, Atco VI, 4 (Jn); Ashland V, 13 (Hk); larva mines in asparagus. 


» angulata Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Newark VI, 13: 


zneiventris Fall. Trenton VIII, 11, Pemberton VII, 8 (Hk); West- 
ville VII, 21; larva burrows in roots of clover. 


dimidiata Walk. Ocean Co. V (Sm); a leaf-miner of cabbage. 
magnicornis Loew. Riverton VII, 17; a leaf-miner of Iris. 

parvicornis Loew. Trenton V, 20 (Hk); Riverton VI, 20. 

jucunda V. d. W. Riverton IX, 17; larva mines in verbena, aster, etc. 


. viridula Coq. National Park V, 6 (Dke). 


PHYLLOMYZA Fall. 


. securicornis Fall. Trenton VIII, 21 (Hk). 


DESMOMETOPA Loew. 


. m-nigrum Zett. New Brunswick VIII, 26 (Sm). 


halteralis Cog. Clementon V, 12, Anglesea VII, 19. 
latipes Meig. Chester IX, 3 (Sm); Clementon X, 18 (Hk). 


RHICNOESSA Loew. 


. albula Loew. Wildwood VIII, 27, Avalon VII, 19 (Hk); Stone Harbor 


VIII, 8-12 (DkKe). 


EUSIPHONA Coquillett. 
mira Coq. Del. Water Gap VII, 10, Bamber IX, 1 (Dke). 


RHE MINSEC TS OF NEW JERSEY. 813 


RHYNCHOMILICHIA Hendel. (LOBIOPTERA Wahlb.) 


. indecora Loew. teo VI, 6, Woodbury VI, 7, Buena Vista VI, 11, Ava- 
lon VI, 9. 
MILICHIELLA G-Tos. 
. lacteipennis Loew. Brown’s Mills VI, 22 (Dke); Avalon VI, 9. 
. bisignata Cog. Riverton VII, 4. 
. arcuata Loew. Riverton VIII, 25, Anglesea IX, 2 (Jn); Lucaston VIII, 
10 (Dke). 
TRAGINOPS Cog. 


3 


. irrorata Cog. “New Jersey. 


LEUCOPIS Meig. 


. simplex Loew. Riverton VI, 19, Clementon VIII, 6, Avalon VI, 9, VII, 
22. 


. higricornis Egger. Del. Water Gap, bred VII, 20, from willow galls 
collected VII, 11 (Jn). 


CCHTHIPHILA Fallen. 


. polystigma Meig. Newark V (Sm); Trenton V, 20, Ashland VII, 15 
(Hk); Westville VII, 21 (Jn); Egg Harbor VII, 10 (Coll). 


. elegans Panzer. Clementon V, 30. 


Sub-order PUPIPARA. 


The term really explains its own meaning, though perhaps the name 


“louse-flies” may appeal more strongly to the imagination. 


The insects are flattened, adapted to live among wool or feathers, and 


infest chiefly birds of prey. Among animals the sheep only is infested by 
a “tick,” which is really a degraded, wingless member of this family. 
They are termed pupipara because the larva remains in the body of the 
mother until it is mature and ready to enter the pupal stage. 


Family HIPPOBOSCIDAE. 


ORNITHOMYIA Latr. 


UN) LR 
Fig. 338. Fig. 339. 


Fig. 338.—A bird fly, Olfersia species: enlarged. 
Fig. 339.—Bee louse: Braula species: much enlarged. 


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O. anchineuria Speiser. (pallida Say.) On the reedbird IX, 2, and red- 
winged blackbird VIII, 19, shot by Mr. Chas. Liebeck along the Dela- 
ware River. 


OLFERSIA Wied. 


©. americana Leach. On the red-tailed hawk XI, 9, Haddonfield; it also 
frequents the great horned owl and screech owl. 

O. ardeze Macq. On American bittern IX, 15, 21, X, 10, and night heron 
X, 15, shot by Mr. Chas. Liebeck along the Delaware River; little 
blue heron, Bristol Island, Delaware River (Fowler). 


PSEUDOLFERSIA Cog. 


P. maculata Coq. Cape May VIII, from a fish hawk 
(Sk); Lahaway IV, 1, several specimens from fish 
hawk, by J. Turner Brakeley. 


MELOPHAGUS Latr. Fie. 3 ee 


M. ovinus Linn. The “sheep louse-fly’; infests sheep. tick: Melophagus 
everywhere ovinus: enlarged. 


Alphabetical Index to Localities. 


Albion, Camden County; Pine Barrens: three and one-half miles west of 
Atco. Serub and pine land, with pine and cedar swamps to the 
south. 

Allaire, Monmouth County; Pine Barrens: just west of the marshy shore 
meadows, north of Lakewood, southeast of Freehold. 

Alloway, Salem County; Delaware Valley: good, well-cultivated country, 
with scrub pine and other woodland surroundings. 

Almonesson, Camden County; southeast of Woodbury, on Almonesson 
Creek. Low, somewhat marshy and scrubby land, with a consider- 
able pond. 

Alpine, Bergen County: Highlands: on the Hudson, about four miles 
south of the State line. Rocky, wooded country. 

Ancora, Camden County; Pine Barrens: about three miles north of 
Winslow. Scrub end swamp, with cranberry bogs on the Pump 
branch. 

Andover, Sussex County, about five miles south of Newton; Appalachian, 

- just beyond the Highlands: hilly, wooded country, with extremes of 
a little over 700 feet. Small ponds filled by little brooks near by. 

Anglesea: see Five-Mile Beach. 

Arlington, Piedmont Plains: or Arlington Meadows, Delaware Valley, 
Hissex County. A short distance east of Newark, at the edge of the 
Hackensack meadows, where most of the collecting was actually 
done. 

Asbury Park, Monmouth County; Delaware Valley and Maritime: means 
generally the ocean front and washed up material; but there is good 
collecting ground in the coniferous woodland west of the town. 

Ashland, Camden County; Delaware Valley. Three miles east of Had- 
donfield on the Camden and Atlantic R. R. 

Atco, Camden County; Pine Barrens. Scrub land; mostly conifers, light 
sandy soil, cedar and cranberry swamps. 

Atlantic City, Atlantic County; Coastal and Maritime. On an island 
made up of sand dunes, with reedy grasses rising from the ocean 
front to a central lack-bone and dropping off at the west to a broad 
marsh which becomes flooded at unusually high water. Much of the 
collecting was done along the shore in times past, of material washed 
up by the sea, and little has been done of late years. 

Atlantic County. Means usually the pine barrens. 

Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. A high ridge 
at the land end of Sandy Hook, overlooking the ocean and Raritan 
Bay. Rolling scrub land with little high wood and much bush, merg- 
ing into swampy meadows back of the ridge and along shore. 

Atsion, Burlington County; Pine Barrens. Surrounded by cranberry and 
cedar swamps, on Atsion Creek. 


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Avalon, Cape May County. On the ocean front, south of Sea Isle City, 
and much like it in character. , 
Avon, Monmouth County, Delaware Valley. Between Belmar and Brad- 

ley Beach. Very like Asbury Park. 


Bamber, Ocean County; Pine Barrens. Mr. Daecke has taken many in- 
teresting species here. 

Bargaintown, Atlantic County; Pine Barrens. On the pond at the head 
of Patecong Creek, which empties into Great Egg Harbor near Somers 
Point. Scrub and swamp land. 

Barnegat, Ocean County. Situated on a strip of the Delaware Valley 
region between the Maritime and the pine barrens. 

Barnegat Bay Dist. Includes all that region on both sides of Barnegat 
Bay from Bay Head to Barnegat Bay Junction. It is largely in the 
Coastal Strip but small areas of Delaware Valley formation are on 
the sand bars to the east of the Bay, and the mainland to the west 
of the marsh is also of this formation. Where cited it usually means 
Barnegat, Manahawkin or the sand bar between Barnegat City 
and the Junction. 

Barnegat City, Ocean County. On the sand bar just south of Barnegat 
Inlet; a small ridge of Delaware Valley formation with salt marsh 
and sand on either side. 

Basking Ridge, Somerset County: Piedmont Plain. Good farming coun- 
try, little deciduous forest. 

_Bayside, Cape May County: Coastal Strip. On the Delaware Bay side of 
the Cape May peninsula, southwest of Cape May Court House. Pine 
and oak scrub land; beaches sand, gravel or mud. 

Beach Haven, Ocean County. On Long Beach, fronting the ocean. A 
narrow, sandy island backed by tide marsh to Little Egg Harbor. 
Beesley’s Point, Cape May County: Coastal region. On the south shore 
of Great Egg Harbor opposite Somers Point. A low sand spit with 

tide marsh on either side. 

Belleplain, Cape May County; Pine Barrens. Mostly typical scrub land 
with an admixture of cedar and cranberry swamps. 

Belleville, Essex County; Piedmont Plain. At the junction of the Passaic 
and Second River, just north of Newark, on rising land. 

Bellport, Long Island. A few species, chiefly saw-fiies, are cited from 
this and other localities on Long Island by Dr. Dyar, where the food 
plant occurs in similar situations in New Jersey. 

Belmar, Monmouth County: Coastal and Delaware Valley regions. On 
the coast, with the usual scrub back of the ocean at this region. 
Belvidere, Warren County; Appalachian. Hilly land with deciduous 

forests. 

Bergen, Hudson County; Delaware Valley. A section of Jersey City 
lying to the northwest, and at present almost entirely in city lots. 

Bergen Hill, Middlesex County, about one mile from South Amboy in the 
brick and clay beds. The chances are that Bergen Point, in Hudson 
County, was intended by Hagen in his citations of this locality. 


THE INSECTS. OF NEW.JERSEY. 817 


Bergen Point, Hudson County; Delaware Valley. On the southern point 
of the Bayonne Peninsula, just opposite Staten Island. 

Berkeley Heights, Union County; on the edge of the Piedmont Plain bor- 
dering the Watchung range. Rolling and somewhat hiily with decid- 
uous woodland and small streams. 

Berlin and West Berlin, Camden County; Pine Barrens. About two and 
one-half miles northwest of Atco, at the edge of the pine and scrub 
land. 

Beverly, Burlington County; Delaware Valley. Well cultivated diversi- 
fied, somewhat rolling, light soils, with patches of deciduous wood- 
land. 

Big Timber Creek, Camden County. Originates in the Pine Barrens near 
Sicklerville, flows through Delaware Valley formation, emptying in 
the Delaware River south of Gloucester. 

Blackwood, Camden County; Delaware Valley close to Pine Barrens. On 
big Timber Creek, in swamp and pine land. 

Bloomfield, Essex County; Highlands. In the rolling country at base of 
first ridge of Orange Mountains; well cultivated and most of the 
collecting done along the roads on the wooded slopes or in a few 
neglected fields. : 

Boonton, Morris County: Highlands at edge of Piedmont Plain. On the 
Rockaway River, in a hilly country varying from 400 to 900 feet 
elevation. : 

Bordentown, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. On the Delaware 
where there are swampy meadows along shore, rising rather abrupt- 
ly; the country well settled and cultivated, with little, mostly decid- 
uous, woodland. 

Bound Brook, Somerset County: Piedmont Plain. On the Raritan River, 
at the base of rising ground, over rolling fields, through which the 
brook and one or two other little streams find their way into the 
river. Not much woodland. 

Branchville, Sussex County: Appalachian. Rough, hilly country, with 
deciduous woodland near rapid streams, locally forming ponds. 

Brigantine Beach, Atlantic County: Coastal and Maritime. A few miles 
north of Atlantic City and similar in character. Has a stretch of 
marshy meadow to the west and the usual sand dunes with reedy 
grasses toward the sea. Practically all the citations from this point 
are by the late Dr. John Hamilton. 

Brigantine Mainland, Atlantic County; Delaware Valley. Means the nar- 
row strip of highland at the edge of the salt marsh just west of 
Brigantine Beach. 

Bridgeport, Gloucester County; Delaware Valley. Situated on Raccoon 
Creek about two miles from the Delaware River. 

Bridgeton, Cumberland County; Delaware Valley on the edge of the Pine 
Barrens. On Cohansey Creek, where there is marsh and swamp, 
bordered by a level, well cultivated country about which is consid- 
erable scrub and woodland. A good collecting ground. 

Bristol’ Island, Delaware Valley. A small island in the Delaware River, 
between Bristol and Burlington. 


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818 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM: 


Bronx Park, New York City. A few species are cited from this locality, 
mainly by Dr. Dyar, where the food plants occur in similar situations 
in New Jersey. 

Brookhaven, Long Island. See Bellport. 

Brookville, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. Near Hast Plains, and much 
the same sort of territory. i 

Brown's Mills or Brown’s Mills Junction, Burlington County; Pine Bar- 
rens. Typical scrub land, rising from the junction to the Mill, where 
there is a stream between gravelly hills of the Delaware Valley type. 

Budd’s Lake, Morris County; Highlands. About one by one and one-half 
miles at extremes, four miles northeast of Hackettstown. 

Buena Vista, Cumberland County: Delaware Valley. Pine harrens, with 
scrub oak ridges and sphagnum swamps. Mr. Liebeck has been the 
chief collector here so far as records go. About five and one-half 
miles north of Vineland. 

Burlington, Burlington Ccunty: Delaware Valley. Varies from swampy 
meadows along the river and creek, to alluvial levels, well cultivated 
and with only scattered patches of deciduous woodland. 

Burlington County. Rather indefinite, but usually means the pine bar- 
rens. ; 


Caldwell, Essex County: Piedmont Plain.» West of Montclair beyond the 
second ridge of the Orange Mountains, in a broken, hilly country, 
with considerable woodland of deciduous trees. 

_ Camden, Camden Couaty: Delaware Valley. Most of the species so cited 
came from the marshes or lowlands along the Delaware River and 
Cooper’s Creek. 

Camden County. Covers a great range of territory from the river valley 
to the pine barrens. Most of the species so cited are probably 
nearer to Atco than to Camden. ‘ 

Cape May, Cape May County: Coastal region’ with Maritime on the south 
and Delaware Valley on the west. Seashore, marsh, mud flats and 
sand dunes, with a backing of scrub, sweet bay, beach plum and the 
like. i : 

Cape May County. Low lying territory with pine region in the north, 
an arm of which extends southward into the peninsula. A strip of 
Delaware Valley formation extends on both sides of the pines and 
runs down to the end of the cape bordered on each side by a broad 
strip of coastal region and finally the Maritime. 

Cape May Court House, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. Pine and scrub 
land with dense thorny underbrush and some swamp land. 

Carlstadt, Bergen County: Piedmont Plain at edge of Delaware Valley. 
At the edge of the Hackensack meadows, about two miles southeast. 
of Passaic. 

Cedar Grove, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. On east branch of Wading 
River, close to both the east and west plains; cedar swamp and pine 
land. 

Cedar Lake, Warren County; Appalachian. About one mile from Blairs- 
town at an elevation of about 350 feet. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 819 


Central Park, New York City: see Bronx Park. 

Chester, Morris County: Highlands. A hilly country with deciduous 
woodland and rapid brooks: Schooley’s Mountain a few miles west.: 

Chews Landing, Camden County; Delaware Valley. About four and one- 
half miles east of Woodbury. 

Chimney Rock, Somerset County: Highlands. An abrupt cliff, about 400 
feet, overlooking Middle Brook, three miles east of Somerville. 

Clayton, Gloucester County: Pine Barrens. About three miles south of 
Glassboro; in the pine and scrub oak country. 

Clementon, Camden County; Pine Barrens, twelve miles southwest of 
Camden. 

Clifton, Passaic County; Piedmont Plain; between Paterson and Passaic. 
Meadow with little clumps of woodland, most of the collecting done 
along Weasel Brook. Now almost all built over. 

Cold Spring, Cape May County; Pine Barrens. A few miles north of 
Cape May City. 

Collingswood, Camden County: Delaware Valley. About four miles 
southeast from Camden. Well cultivated, with scattered, deciduous 
woodland. 

Cologne, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. A few miles southeast of Egg 
Harbor. Scrub land, with cedar swamps. 

Communipaw, Hudson County; Delaware Valley. Southern end of Jersey 
City. 

Corson’s Inlet, Cape May County; Coastal strip. At the north point of 
the narrow island on which Sea Isle City is located and much the 
same country. . 

Cramer Hill, Camden County, near Camden City; Delaware Valley: De- 
ciduous woodland to the river bank meadows. 

Cranberry Bogs. Species so cited were, with rare exceptions, taken by: 
me, late in May, when the bogs were reflowed, forcing the insects 
out of their retreats, the wind driving them into one corner, where 
they were collected in great numbers. 

Canford, Union County; Piedmont Plain. Well settled region with cul- 
tivated fields and deciduous woodland. 

Culver’s Pond, Sussex County; Appalachian. Northwest of Branchville, 
at base of Kittatinny Mountains, elevation 850 feet. : 

Cumberland County; means generally the pine barren region. 


DaCosta, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Light sandy soil, with scrub 
oak land and coniferous woods, much ravaged by fire. 

Delair, Camden County; Delaware Valley. Much swamp land backed by 
open deciduous woodland. 

Delaware Water Gap, Warren County; Appalachian. This means the 
shore of the Delaware, opposite the Pennsylvania town of that name, 
extending along the base of the mountains on the New Jersey side 
and along the carriage and railroad in both directions. The country 
is rocky and broken, with plenty of water in ordinary seasons and 
numerous flowers, Ceanothus, Spires, etc. Several collectors have 
cited the place, but more species have been taken by Mr. C. W. 
Johnson than anyone else. 


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Dennisville, Cape May County: Delaware Valley. An old town on the 
narrow ridge between the pines and the salt marshes on the banks 
of the Dennis River. 

Denville, Morris County; Highlands. Hilly, rocky country, covered 
almost entirely by deciduous woodland. 

Dover, Morris County: Highlands. Hilly with wooded slopes, and val- 
leys with more or less rapid brooks. Good collecting country. 

Dunellen, Union County: Piedmont Plain. At base of the Orange Moun- 
tains, west of Plainfield; good rolling country, rising to the north, 
with swamp, brooks and woodland in the vicinity. 

Dunker Pond, Passaic County; Highlands. About six miles southeast of 
Franklin; elevation a little over 1,000 feet. 

“Dunnfield, Warren County; Appalachian. Generally cited with the Dela- 
ware Water Gap. The collecting here was all done along the line of 
Dunnfield Creek and on the sides of Mt. Tammany, in the open glades 
and along the rocky banks and bed of the creek. Mr. Johnson has 
given most of the citations here. 

Dunnfield Creek, — Dunnfield. 


Eagle Rock: Highlands. A prominent point on the first ridge of the 
Orange Mountains, west of Montclair, Essex County; well wooded. 

East Plains, Ocean County; Pine Barrens. A few miles west of Barne- 
gat: scrub land. 

Echo Lake, Passaic County — Macopin Lake: q. v. 

Edgewater Park, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Well cultivated 
land in truck and orchards. 

Egg Harbor, — Hgg Harbor City. 

Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Gravelly and a little 
rolling to the north, sandy and more level to the south; much fruit 
and vineyards; but also much pine and scrub Jand, with the usual 
admixture of swamp vegetation. 

Eldora, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. Ten miles northwest from 
Cape May C. H.; at the edge of the pines, tending toward the Bay 
Shore marshes. 

Elizabeth, Union County: Piedmont Plain at edge of Delaware Valley. 
Marshy meadowland toward the shore and along it; cultivated 
ridges to the north and west; with some low, mostly deciduous 
woodland. 

Englewood, Bergen County: Highlands. On the west slope of the Pali- 
sades. Small creeks in the vicinity, forming ponds. 

English Creek, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. A small creek entering 
the Great Egg Harbor River north of Mays Landing. 

Englishtown, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Four miles north- 
west of Freehold; rather hilly or rolling, with deciducus and some 
coniferous woodland. 


Fairmount Cemetery, in the City of Newark. ; 

Farmingdale, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. About seven miles 
southeast of Freehold: flat, scrubby country, with two small streams 
along which are cranberry bogs. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. Sor 


Five-Mile Beach, Cape May County. Includes Anglesea at the north, 
Wildwood and Holly Beach at the south. On the shore strip, an 
island varying from one-quarter to three-quarters of a mile in width, 
with a backbone of Delaware Valley formation and a fringe of 
holly, beach plum and marine flora. There is every range from oak 
to pine and from salt marsh to cedar, and Sphagnum swamp. The 
flora is varied and the insect fauna correspondingly rich. Improve- 
ments, filling and draining, are rapidly destroying the characteristic 
fauna. Has been one of the most prolific collecting grounds in the 
State. 

Flatbush, Long Island; several times cited for species whose occurrence 
in New Jersey is practically certain. 

Florence, Burlington County; Delaware Valley. Fertile rolling country 
along the Delaware River. 

Formosa Bog, Cape May County; Pine Barrens. Three miles south of 
Tuckahoe, on a branch of the Cedar Swamp Creek. 

Forest Hill, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. On the Second River, just 
north of Newark. Hemlocks with a sprinkling of oak, chestnut and 
beech. 4 

Fort Lee, Bergen County: Highlands. Means usually the base or wooded 
slopes of the Palisades at that point. The country is rough and 
stony, the forests are deciduous. : 

Fort Lee District; Highlands. Means usually the Palisades from Gut- 
tenberg northward to Coytesville. 

Franklin Furnace, Sussex County. On the border between the Highlands 
and the Appalachian region. Rough, stony country with deciduous 
woodland and clear streams. . 

Freehold, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. A rich, well cultivated 
country; some deciduous and coniferous woodland to the west. 

Frenchtown, Hunterdon County: Piedmont Plain. On the Delaware River, 
the land rising to elevations of 400 feet within a mile or two east. 


Garrett Mt., Passaic County; Highlands. The-northeastern end of the 
First Watchung Mountain, covered with deciduous and some hem- 
lock forest. 

G. D. Generally distributed: means that the species has been found in 
so many places and so often that the conclusion is fair that it 
occurs wherever the food conditions are favorable. Cited by a 
Philadelphia man it means the lines between Camden and Atlantic 
City or those between Camden and Cape May. Cited by a Newark 
man it is equivalent to “Newark district.” To a New York collector 
it means the range between Greenville and Fort Lee. Cited by me 
it means the State at large. 

Gibbs Hill Pond, Salem County: Pine Barrens. Four and one-half miles 
southwest of Alloway, in scrub land. Elevation twenty-two feet. 
Glassboro, Gloucester County: Pine Barrens. In the pine district, with 

scrub oak fields and small swamps, interspersed. 

Glen Ridge, Essex County; Highlands. Between Montclair and Bloom- 
field, and like them in character. 


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Gloucester, Camden County: see introductory remarks. 

Good Intent, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. Just west of Black- 
wood, on the south branch of Timber Creek, which widens into 
ponds to the south. 

Grantwood, Bergen County: Highlands. On the Palisades and similar 
to Fort Lee. 

Great Cedar Swamp, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. Low scrub land 
around the swamp. 

Great Egg Harbor, Atlantic County: Coastal Strip! Most of the collec- 
tions at the edge of the marsh land. 

Great Piece Meadow, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. Low grassy terri- 
tory along the Passaic River, interspersed with wooded sections. 
Greenville, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. On the narrow neck of 
highland just south of Jersey City, between Newark and New York 

Bays. AJmost all laid out in building lots at present. 

Greenwich, Cumberland County: Delaware Valley. On Cohansey Creek: 
mostly low land, which becomes marshy along the creeks and brooks. 

Greenwood Lake, Passaic County: Highlands. A long narrow sheet of 
water between two parallel ridges, extending into New York State. 
The ground is rough and broken, the sides of the hills well wooded in 
most places. 

Grenloch, Camden County, at edge of Pine Barrens. Two miles south of 
Blackwood. 

Guttenberg, Hudson County: Highlands. On the Palisades, about three 
miles north of Hoboken. Most of the collecting was done along the 
banks of the Hudson or on the wooded slopes. 


Hackensack, Bergen Cunty: Piedmont Plain. On the Hackensack River 
about fifteen miles from its mouth. Low, level country with some 
marshy woodland and with open fields largely under cultivation. 

Hackensack Meadows, Hudson and Bergen Counties. A great stretch of 
marsh land between the Palisades and the rising ground separating 
the Hackensack from the Passaic River. Gay in fall with acres of 
mallow. 

Hackettstown, Warren County: Highlands. On the Musconetcong River 
at an elevation of about 500 feet, rising within a mile or two to 1,000 
feet-or more; slopes with deciduous woodland. 

Haddonfield, Camden County: Delaware Valley. A rich, well cultivated 
district, with little, mostly deciduous, woodland, usually well ele- 
vated. 

Hainesport, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. About three miles 
west of Mount Holly and in similar territory. 

Haledon, Passaic County: Highlands. At the base of the Second Wat- 
chung Mountains. Hilly, rocky country covered with a deciduous 
woodland. In the valleys is a low shrubby growth with scattered 
trees and a little swampy territory. 

Hamilton, Somerset County: Piedmont Plain. On the P. & R. R. R., 
about two miles west of Millstone. Level or rolling, well cultivated 
country. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY, 823 


Hammonton, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Large area in fruits, large 
and small, scrub land surrounding the cultivated area Woodland 
both deciduous and coniferous of considerable extent, and swamps 
giving rise to small streams. Some territory in cranberries. 

Harris, Burlington County: Pine Barrens. A flag station on C. R. R. of 
N. J., a few miles south of Chatsworth: pine scrub only. 

Harris Hill Pond, Cumberland County: Pine Barrens. Six miles north- 
west of Bridgeton in pine and scrub land. Elevation fifty feet. 

Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County: Piedmont Plain. At the edge of the 
Hackensack Meadow. Low gravelly country with a few deciduous 
trees and much shrubbery. 

Helmetta, Middlesex County: Pine Barrens. About two miles north of 
Jamesburg. The forests are not strictly pine woods, for there is con- 
siderable deciduous woodland with swampy territory covered by a 
low growth. 

Hemlock Falls, Essex County: Highlands. Lies west of South Orange, 
beyond the crest of the first ridge. The country is rough; well 
wooded, a small stream forming rapids in a rather deep gully: some 
swampy ground in the hollows. A favorite collecting ground for the 
Newark entomologists. 

Hewitt, Passaic County: Highlands. About two miles east of the southern 
end of Greenwood Lake, and of the same rocky country which char- 
acterizes the borders of that lake. 

High Bridge, Hunterdon County: Highlands. On the south branch of 
Passaic River, rising to elevations above 400 feet; slopes wooded. 

Highlands, see Atlantic Highlands. 

High Point, Ocean County: Coastal Strip and Maritime, with an island of 
Delaware Valley formation. Situated on the sand bar between Bar- 
negat City and Harvey Cedars. 

Hightstown, Mercer County: Delaware Valley. Light soil, well cultivated, 
with scattered deciduous and some coniferous woodland: looks toward 
the pines. 

Hoboken, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. Collecting grounds are west 
of the city in marsh or swamp, and at the base of the high ground 
on which part of the city is built: this locality and Jersey City Heights 
merge into each other. 

Holly Beach: see 5-mile beach. 

Homestead, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. At the edge of the low 
meadow west of West Hoboken. 

Hopatcong, Morris County: Highlands: also cited as Lake Hopatcong. 
Between Sparta and Green Pond Mountains, elevation over 900 feet. 
A rough, stony, more or less wooded country, in which several ento- 
mologists have collected. 

Hudson County. Rather indefinite, but means mostly the base of the 
high ground back of Jersey City and Hoboken and about Snake Hill. 
This term is used mostly by Mr. Linell, and may extend north to 
Weehawken. 


824 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Hunterdon County: Piedmont Plain and Highlands. A rolling or hilly, 
sometimes rocky country, fairly well watered, with deciduous wood- 
land and occasional groves of coniferous trees: rarely cited. 

Husted, Cumberland County: Delaware Valley. Five miles north of 
Bridgeton at the edge of the Pine Barrens. Good farming country and 
quite generally under cultivation to the east. 


Indian Creek, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. About four miles north of 
Egg Harbor City, in pine and scrub land. r 

lona, Cumberland County: Pine Barrens. Seven miles south of Glassboro 
and in the same general region. 

Irvington, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. On the rising ground south- 
west of Newark, country mostly under cultivation. : 


Jamesburg, Monmouth County: Pine Barrens at the edge of the Delaware 
Valley formation. The collecting ground is on the line of the rail- 
road to Old Bridge, around a series of cranberry bogs covering about 
100 acres. There are groves of conifers as well as deciduous trees 
and much swamp land above and below the bogs. Ditches of con- 
siderable size regulate the water supply for the bogs. This is a meet- 
ing ground for the entomologists of New York, Newark and Phila- 
delphia, so most of the contributors to the list include species from 
Jamesburg. 

Jersey City Heights, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. Refers to the 
west slope of the ridge back of Jersey City and Hoboken, extending 
down to the meadows. 


Kirkwood, Camden County: Delaware Valley. Four miles southeast of 
Haddonfield, on Cooper’s Creek, with a considerable pond close by. 
At the edge of the scrub land. 


Lacy, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. On the line of the Tuckerton Rail- 
road about two miles southwest of Bamber. 

Lahaway, Ocean County: Delaware Valley Island in the Pine Barrens. At 
the head of Lahaway Creek. The collecting ground is a basin, some 
thirty acres of which is in cranberries, ground rising on three sides. 
Surface soil sandy, mixed with clay. Pines on all sides, many 
deciduous trees. Huckleberry swamp partly edging bogs, in which 
are many magnolias. Flora very rich. Have taken a very large num- 
ber of species of all orders, and many more have been taken by my 
good friend J. Turner Brakeley. 

Lakehurst, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. Hight miles southwest of Lake- 
wood, somewhat rolling, without great elevations. Much swamp land, 
some of it in cranberry bogs. Scrub oaks and pines predominate and 
the soil is mostly sandy. Has become a favorite collecting ground of 
late years, the remarkably rich flora being associated with an equally 
rich entomological fauna. Formerly known as Manchester. 

Lakewood, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. In the pine district, but with 
more old open forest and less scrub land than usual. The ordinary 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 825 


South Jersey sand is here, and a small lake gives variety to the land- 
scape. 

Landisville, Cumberland County: Pine Barens. Five miles northeast of 
Vineland. 

Laurel Springs, Camden County: Delaware Valley. About five miles south 
of Haddonfield: low wood and shrub land. 

Lawnside, Camden County: Delaware Valley. A suburban settlement 
similar to Collingswood, six miles out of Camden. 

Lenola, Burlington County, about one and one-half miles west of Moores- 
town, in similar country. 

Linden, Union County: Piedmont Plain. Between Elizabeth and Rah- 
way, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rolling country with low, de- 
ciduous woodland, stretching to salt marshes along the Arthur Kill. 

Lindenwold, Camden County: Delaware Valley at edge of Pine Barrens. 
About five miles southeast of Haddonfield: similar to Berlin. © 

Linwood, Atlantic County. About four miles south of Pleasantville and 
situated on a narrow strip of the Delaware Valley region between 
the Pine Barrens and the Coastal Strip. 

Little Falls, Passaic County: Piedmont Plain. About one and one-half, 
miles southeast of Paterson, on the Passaic River. 

Little Silver, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Near the shore, a 
level sandy country with little, low, mostly deciduous woodland. 
Long Branch, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. A narrow gravelly 
and sandy beach, backed by an abrupt highland, behind which is a 

good, well cultivated country: a little deciduous woodland. 

Long Island. Some species are so cited, where the territory in which 
they were collected resembles that on the Jersey coast. ; 

Longport, Atlantic County: Coastal Strip. On Absecon Island, south of 
and similar to Atlantic City. 

Lucaston, Camden County: Pine Barrens. Seven miles southeast from 
Haddonfield, on the W. J. and Seashore R. R.: similar to Berlin. 
Lyons Farms, Union County: Piedmont Plain. Between Newark and 
Elizabeth: a well-farmed country with swamp and some deciduous 

woodland. 


Macopin Lake, Passaic County: Highlands. Ten miles north of Boonton, 
at western base of Kanouse Mt., 893 feet above sea level. 

Madison, Morris County: Piedmont Plain. Hilly, well wooded locally, 
much under cultivation. Trees mainly deciduous. 

Malaga, Gloucester County: Pine Barrens. On Scotland Run: has an 
admixture of deciduous trees among the oak and pine scrub. 

Manahawkin, Ocean County: Delaware Valley at edge of Coastal Strip. 
Belongs to the maritime district, with swamp and screb land back 
from the highland bordering the salt marsh. 

Manasquan, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. On the coast at the 
junction of pine barren and maritime district. - 

Manchester—now known as Lakehurst, q. v. : 

Manumuskin, Cumberland County: Pine Barrens. Typical scrub-land; 
but varied in character with very rich flora and insect fauna. 


826 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Maplewood, Essex County; Highlands. About four miles west of New- 
ark, on the south branch of the Rockaway River, elevation about 200 
feet and rising in wooded slopes to the north. 

Marlton, Burlington County: Delaware Valley; six miles east of Haddon- 
field. Among gravel and marl beds, with scrubby deciduous and 
coniferous woodland. ; 

Masonville, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Four and one-half 
miles west of Mt. Holly. Level to the lowlands of Mason’s Creek, 
on which is a pond of considerable size: low deciduous and conifer- 
ous wocdland. 

Mauricetown, Cumberland County: Delaware Valley. On the Maurice 
River at edge of Coastal Strip; low, scrubby and swampy area. 
Mays Landing, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Scrub, sand and swamps; 

an excellent collecting ground. 

Medford, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Well cultivated, level, 
fertile land. 

Merchantville, Camden County: Delaware Valley. Four miles west of 
Camden. Deciduous woodland, somewhat rolling, with well culti- 
vated farms and much fruit close by. 

Middlesex County. Indefinite and rarely cited: it means usually the 
country a little to the south of New Brunswick. 

Milford, Hunterdon County: Delaware Valley: four miles northwest of 
Frenchtown, on the Delaware River. Hills with slopes of deciduous 
woods to the north and east. 

Millburn, Essex County: Highlands. At the terminal moraine: rocky,. 
hilly country, well wooded and with some swampy territory. 

Millstone, Somerset County: Piedmont Plain. On the Millstone River, 
rising to a gently rolling plain, well cultivated and with scattered 
deciduous wocdland. 

Milltown, Middlesex County: Piedmont Plain. About two miles south of 
New Brunswick, at the edge of the Pine Barrens, but with consid- 
erable deciduous and scrubby. woodland. 

Millville, Cumberland County: Pine Barrens. Scrub oak and pine with 
low meadows along the Maurice River. 

Monmouth County. Rarely cited, and may mean anything from seashore 
to pine barrens. 

Monmouth Junction, Middlesex County: Delaware Valley close to Pied- 
mont Plain. Swampy woods and low meadow: trees mostly decidu- 
ous but also many conifers. 

Montclair, Highlands. Rocky, hilly country covered by deciduous wood- 
land. - 

Moorestown, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. On a fertile ridge, 
with low plains north and south, well cultivated country, with scat- 
tered patches of mostiy deciduous woodland. 

Morgan, Middlesex County: Delaware Valley. On the Raritan Bay one 
mile south of South Amboy. Rolling country, wooded or with a low 
scrubby growth, -backed by salt marsh. 

Morris County: Highlands and Piedmont Plain. Rarely cited: hilly or 
mountains, often rough, well watered country, with deciduous and 
some -coniferous forest. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 827 


Morris Plains, Morris County: Piedmont Plain bordering the Highlands. 
About two miles north of Morristown. A plateau of about 425 feet 
rising to the north, east and west to hills of 600 feet or over. Slopes 
with deciduous woods. 

Morristown, Morris County: Piedmont Plain. Low hills with wooded 
slopes and running streams; well cultivated, with considerable de- 
ciduous woodland. 

Mountain View, Passaic County: Piedmont Plain. Five miles west of 
Paterson: rolling country, wooded and with swamps covered with 
brush and trees. 

Mount Holly, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. On Rancocas Creek: 
ranging from low meadows to a considerable hill—the highest land 
in this part of the State. Generally cultivated, with some deciduous 
and coniferous woodland. 

Mt. Pleasant, Cape May County: Pine Barrens: five miles south of Tucka- 
hoe; elevation thirty feet; serub land. 

Mullica Hill, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. Well cultivated, 
though light, rolling land with low, mostly deciduous woodland; some 
swamp along the course of Raccoon Creek. 


National Park; — Red Bank, Gloucester County. 

Navesink Highlands, — Atlantic Highlands. 

Netherwood, Union County: Piedmont Plain. About one mile northeast 
of Plainfield and similar in character. 

Newark, Essex County: Piedmont Plain bordering Delaware Valley. An 
unsatisfactory locality, including as it does the range from marsh 
forms at the south and east, to hill types at the north and west. This 
term means nothing uniform or definite except the geographical dis- 
trict. 

Newark District. When this term is used it means that the species occurs 
in all the various kinds of localities about Newark. 

Newbold, — Westville. 

New Brunswick, Middlesex County: Piedmont Plain. At the edge of the 
red shale, which dips below the sand and clay a little to the south. 
Most of the species cited were collected by me in the immediate 
vicinity of the city. A very little collecting has been done on the 
banks of the Raritan. - 

Newfoundland, Morris County: Highlands. In the hills between Green 
Pond and Macopin Lake, elevation about 750 feet; nine miles south- 
east of Franklin Furnace. 

“New Jersey.”’ Some species are so cited because the specimens are so 
marked in the collections. They are relics of the period when State 
labels were considered all-sufficient, and usually they are rare forms. 
Occasionally, also, the actual locality becomes a little uncertain, 
though it is positive that the insect has been taken in the State. 

New Lisbon, Burlington County: Pine Barrens. Just at the edge of the 
Delaware Valley; level, fairly cultivated country, with little water 
and low scrubby growth. 

Newton, Sussex County: Appalachian. Mountainous country with decidu- 
ous woodland on the slopes. - 


828 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Newtonville, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Wild scrub land, about eight 
miles south of Winslow, with two cedar swamp streams that empty 
into Egg Harbor River. 

Normanock, Sussex County: Appalachian. At Culver’s Gap, in the Kitta- 
tinny Mts., three miles northwest of Branchville. 

North Jersey. A general term applying to all that area north of the Dela- 
ware Valley region. 

Nutley, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. On the Erie R. R., between New- 
ark and Paterson, west side of Passaic River. 

Nyack, New York. Just north of the New Jersey line, on the Hudson. 
The fauna is the same for several miles north and south of this point, 
and specimens taken here are almost sure to occur in New Jersey 
Highlands. 


Oak Ridge, Passaic County: Highlands. Two and one-half miles west of 
Newfoundland and similar in character. 

Ocean Beach, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. On the shore, one 
mile north of Spring Lake:-the usual maritime conditions on the 
beach, pine land to the west. 

Ocean City, Atlantic County. On the seacoast, with the usual salt 
marshes toward Egg Harbor Bay. 

Ocean County. Rather an indefinite locality, but means 5 auswatly either 
Lakewood or Lahaway; both of them in the pines, so that the general 
character of the territory is the same. 

Ocean Grove, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Adjoining and similar - 
to Asbury Park, save that it has more woodland. 

Ocean View, Cape May County: Delaware Valley. On the mainland, three 
miles northwest of Sea Isle City, just above the marsh land and at 
the beginning of the pine barrens. 

Orange, Essex County: Highlands. A somewhat indefinite locality, as 
generally used, but means usually the rising ground at the base of 
the first ridge of the Orange Mts., where there is vegetation in great 
variety and much cultivated land, but also a few wooded patches and 
slopes. The forest trees are deciduous. 

Orange Mits.,— Watchung Mts.: Highlands. A somewhat indefinite term, 
but means generally the first range of hills back of South Orange and 
extending toward Montclair. The country is hilly, broken, quite well 
wooded and with many small brooks and streams. All the Newark 
collectors range in this territory. 

Overbrook, Essex County: Highlands. Near Caldwell and much the same 
sort of territory. 


Palisades: Highlands. Refers usually to the vicinity of Fort Lee, north 
and south. 

Palmyra, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Less than one mile south 
of Riverton and like it in character. 

Pamrapo, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. On the New York Bay slope 
of the narrow peninsula, three miles south of Jersey City. 


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Passaic, Passaic County: Piedmont Plain. At the edge of the meadows, 
with marsh and swamp land; rising ground to the north. 

Passaic Valley. An indefinite and unsatisfactory term: in the northern 
portion of the Piedmont Plain, extending on both sides of the 
Watchung Mountains, and greatly constricted at the Passaic Falls, 
Paterson, where it divides the first from the second Watchung Moun- 
tain range. 

Patcong Creek, Atlantic County. About five miles long, runs south and 
west from a little pond into Great Egg Harbor just west of Somers 
Point, through pine and swamp land. 

Paterson, Passaic County: Piedmont Plain. At the falls of the Passaic 
River. a broken, rocky country, with some deciduous woodland and 
rocky river shores with occasional sand banks. 

Peermont, Cape May County; a Delaware Valley strip with coastal region 
each side. South of Sea Isle City and much like it. 

Pelham Manor—see Bronx Park. 

Pemberton, Burlington County: Delaware Valley near the edge of the 
Pine Barrens. Level, largely cultivated, with little woodland. 

Penbryn, Camden County; Delaware Valley. On the Reading Railroad 
about nine miles south of Camden. 

Penns Grove, Salem County: Delaware Valley. On the Delaware River, 
opposite Wilmington. Marshy along the river, cultivated, level land 
to the east. 

Perth Amboy, Middlesex County: Delaware Valley. At the head of 
Raritan Bay. Sand and clay, rising somewhat to the north; swampy 
flats along the river, scrub land with little larger timber, conifers 
and deciduous, to the south and west. 

Petersburg, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. Three miles southeast of 
Tuckahoe near Cedar Swamp Creek: scrub land. 

Philadelphia. Some species collected near this city are cited where their 
general distribution is such that their occurrence in the Delaware 
River Valley is almost certain. 

Philadelphia Neck. The low marshy meadows near the Delaware, south 
of the city. -The species collected here will almost certainly occur 
in similar situations on the New Jersey side. 

Pitman Grove, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley near edge of Pine 
Barrens. Level, well wooded with little water. 

Plainfield, Union County; Piedmont Plain. On the rolling plain at base 
of Orange Mts., rising to the north and becoming stony and wooded 
at the hills, between which are small streams. hs 

Pleasant Mills, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Wight miles north of 
Egg Harbor City, on the Mullica River, among a network of creeks 
and ponds. 

Pleasantville, Atlantic County: Delaware Valley with Pine Barrens to 
the west. On the mainland, five miles northwest of Atlantic City, 
at the edge of the broad marsh separating it from the shore. 

Point Breeze, given by Say as the type locality for “Bellamira scalaris.” 
The nearest approach to this locality is “Sea Breeze,” Salem County, 
on Delaware Bay, four and a half miles south of Greenwich. 


830 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Point Pleasant, Ocean County: Coastal Strip. At the mouth of the Man- 
asquan River, with the usual salt marsh, sand dunes and other mari- 
time characters. 

Port Norris, Cumberland County; Delaware Valley on the edge of Coastal 
Strip, near the mouth of the Maurice River; between the pine bar- 
rens and the coast marshes. 

Port Republic, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. Six miles east of Hgg 
Harbor City, on Naccte Creek, which widens here into considerable 
ponds. Scrub and swamp land. 

Pottersville, Somerset County: -Piedmont Plain close to the Highlands. 
Hilly country with deciduous woodland. , 

Preakness Mountain, Passaic County: Highlands. That part of tle Second 
Watchung range extending from just west of Paterson to beyond 
Totowa. Rocky territory with deciduous and some evergreen trees. 

Princeton, Mercer County: Piedmont Plain. Land well cultivated, with 
considerable low, deciduous woodland in the vicinity. 

Prospertown, Monmouth County: Pine Barrens. Five and a half miles 
northeast of New Egypt, just across the Ocean County line. 


Quick Pond, Sussex County: Appalachian: among the mountains, five and 
a half miles west of Branchville, at an elevation of 950 feet. 

Quinton, Salem County: Delaware Valley: three miles west of Alloway 
on the Alloway River. Good, cultivated, level land with little, de- 
ciduous wood. 


Raccoon Creek, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. Empties into the 
Delaware about eighteen miles below Camden. Swedesboro and 
Mullica Hill are on it. 

Rahway, Union County: Piedmont Plain. Level or rolling country with 
much low brush and trees. 

Ramapo, N. Y. Just over the border line and less than two miles from 
Suffern. The fauna of these places is identical with that just across 
the line in New Jersey. 

Ramapo Mts., Passaic County: Highlands. About three miles east of 
Ringwood, extending into New York, elevation about 1,100 feet. 
Slopes well wooded. 

Ramsey, Bergen County: Highlands. About nine miles north of Pater- 
son, on the line of the Hrie Railroad. Hilly, somewhat rolling country, 
with considerable marsh land. 

Rancocas, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. About five miles south 
of Beverly; marshy meadows along Rancocas Creek, rising abruptly 
to wooded upland: a well cultivated country. 

Red Bank, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. On the banks of the 
Delaware River about six miles south of Camden. Mr. Daecke cites 
this same locality as National Park. 

Red Bank, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. On the bank of the 
Shrewsbury River in a level fertile country, well farmed. 

Ridgewood, Bergen County: Piedmont Plain close to Highlands: three 
miles northeast of Paterson. A hilly and rolling country with much 
woodland and rapid brooks in the rocky valleys and gullies. 


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River Edge, Bergen County: Piedmont Plain, at the edge of the Hacken- 
sack River, about three miles north of Hackensack. Hilly on each 
side, rising to 300 feet on the west; deciduous woodland. 

Riverside, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. On Rancocas Creek, at 
its junction with the Delaware. Low ground along the creek, with 
the usual low meadows, scrub and woodland to the west and south. 

Riverside Drive, New York City. Along the edge of the Hudson: sloping 
country similar to the Palisades in New Jersey. .- : 

Riverton, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Nine miles southeast 
from Camden, on the Delaware. Diversified by swamp, low and high 
ground, with patches of hard wood interspersed with-groves of pine. 

Rocky Hill, Somerset County: Piedmont Plain. Rough, hilly land with 
deciduous woods. 

Roselle or Roselle Park, Union County: Piedmont Plain. A few miles 
northwest of Elizabeth, in a rolling, partly wooded country, with 
deciduous trees and running brooks. 

Rutherford, Passaic County; Piedmont Plain. On the Passaic River, just 
south of Passaic, at the foot of the ridge between the river and the 
Hackensack meadows. 


Salem, Salem County: Delaware Valley. On Salem Creek, near the Dela- 
ware River. There is much mud and marsh along the creek, rising 
only slightly into an alluvial plain, on which is a little deciduous wood- 
land. 

Sandy Hook, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley island surrounded by 
coastal strip. A narrow tongue of sand separating the ocean from 
direct sweep into Raritan Bay. Was an excellent collecting ground 
some years ago, but now shut off by the U. S. Government, which has 
fortified it. 

Schooley’s Mountain: Highlands. At the western border of Morris 
County; a chain about twelve miles in length of peaks of from 1,000 
to 1,200 feet: with much deciduous woodland and plenty of water. 

Schwartswood Lake — Swartswood Lake: q. v. 

Sea Cliff, Long Island: see Bellport. 

Sea Girt, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley; about a mile south of 
Spring Lake. The usual level meadow back of the strictly shore 
formation. 

Sea Isle City, Cape May County: Delaware Valley and coastal regions. 
On the coast, a sandy beach with the usual dunes supported by a 
central ridge referable to the Delaware Valley region, and backed by ° 
the usual salt marsh and mud flats of considerable extent. 

Seashore: a general term that may mean any point between Sandy Hook 
and Cape May and may mean them all: in most instances, perhaps, 
Atlantic City and southward is intended. 

Seaville, Cape May County: Delaware Valley. On the main land three 
and one-half miles north of Sea Isle City, at the junction of the pine 
barrens with the lowland merging into the salt marsh. 


832 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Seven Mile Beach, Cape May County: Delaware Valley, Coastal Strip and 
Maritime. A long, narrow island fronting the ocean, between those 
on which Sea Isle City and Holly Beach are situated. 

Shark River, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Forms a large lake, 
which opens into the ocean by a narrow inlet at Belmar, rising on 
each side to meadow and woodland. 

Shiloh, Cumberland County: Delaware Valley. Four miles northwest of 

» Bridgeton; level, light soil, with partly deciduous, though scrubby 
woodland. 

Short Hills, Essex County: Highlands. Seven miles west of Newark, 
among low hills, with deciduous woodland and small stony brooks. 
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Two miles south of 
Red Bank; low meadows and flat, deciduous and coniferous wood- 

land. 

Somers Point, Atlantic County, on Egg Harbor Bay: Delaware Valley on 
the edge of the Coastal strip. The usual maritime character, backed 
by scrub and pine land. 

Singac, Passaic County: Piedmont Plain. About five miles southwest of 
Paterson: rather level, rolling country with much low growth and 
small wooded sections. 

Smithville, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. Two miles east of Mt. 
Holly, on Rancocas Creek. Good cultivated land above the marshy 
meadows. 

Snake Hill, Hudson County: Delaware Valley. A rather large wooded hill 
rising abruptly from the midst of the Hackensack meadows west of 
Hoboken. The base of this hill is a refuge for great numbers of 
swamp inhabitants that hibernate there, and many collectors from 
New York, Jersey City and Newark have filled their boxes and bottles 
in early spring from the material gathered beneath the stones and 
among the rubbish. 

South Amboy, Middlesex County: Pine Barrens at edge of Delaware Val- 
ley. Marsh and scrub-land sandy, but with gravelly hills wooded with 
evergreen and deciduous, low, scrub-like trees and bushes. Offers 
quite diverse collecting grounds. 

So. Camden: like Camden. 

Southern New Jersey: same as South Jersey. 

South Jersey. Means usually the pine barrens and maritime region, em- 
bracing roughly the territory south of the West Jersey and Seashore 
Railroad. 

.South River, Middlesex County: Pine Barrens. Means the territory be- 
tween Milltown and South River along the line of the trolley, and 
usually the swampy woodland. 

Sparta, Sussex County: Highlands. On the Wallkill River, elevation about 
650 feet, rising on all sides; four miles northeast from the head of 
Lake Hopatcong. 

Speedwell, Burlington County: Pine Barrens. About fifteen miles south- 
east of Whitings and similar in character. 

Split Rock Lake, Morris County: Highlands. Five miles northwest of 
Boonton. < 


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Spotswood, Middlesex County: Pine Barrens. A little northeast of James- 
burg and much like it in general character, except that there is not 
so much woodland. 

Springdale, Sussex County: Appalachian. About two and one-half miles 
n. w. of Andover. Hilly, with considerable marsh land in the s. w. 
portion. 

Springfield, Union County: Highlands. One mile south of Millburn: 
slightly hilly, well cultivated, well watered country. 

Spring Lake, Monmouth County: Delaware Valley. Belongs to the mari- 
time district; diversified with swamp, lake, marsh and scrub land; 
some pine and deciduous trees. 

Stafford’s Forge, Ocean County: Pine Barrens. Three miles north of 
West Creek; large cranberry bogs at edge of pine barrens, close to 
coastal strip. 

Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. Belongs geographically to 
New Jersey, forming the northern and western shores of Raritan 
Bay. The country is varied, mostly Delaware Valley formation, and 
the locality as cited’ gives no clue as to the character of the surround- 
ings where the species was taken. A patch of pine barrens is at the 
southern end of the island. 

Stelton, Middlesex County: Piedmont Plain. Level country, largely under 
cultivation, with low woodland and shrubby growth. 

Stone Harbor, Cape May County: Coastal Strip. Seashore to marsh, with 
a low ridge of scrub. 

Suffern, New York. Just across the State line on the Erie R. R. A hilly, 
stony country, with wooded slopes and rapid streams in the valleys. 
Some of the New York entomologists have collected here, their ex- 
cursions not infrequently extending across the State boundary, where 
the fauna is exactly similar. 

- Summit, Union County: Highlands at edge of Piedmont Plain. Well up in 
the Orange Mountains, with deciduous woodland and plenty of small 
streams in the valleys and gullies. 

Swartswood Lake, Sussex County: Appalachian. Four miles westerly 
from Newton. Elevation 480, rising from all sides in slopes covered 
with wood land and cut with rocky streams. 

Swedesboro, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. Well cultivated truck 
and fruit land, level or slightly rolling, with a little swamp to the 
northwest and a little deciduous woodland. 

Swinefield Bridge, Morris County: Piedmont Plain. On the Passaic River 
at the edge of the Hatfield Swamp, about ten miles northwest from 
Newark. 


Taunton, Burlington County: Pine Barrens, near the Delaware Valley 
region. Four miles southwest of Marlton. 

Tenafly, Bergen County: Highlands. On the west slope of the Palisades 
about two miles north of Englewood. 

Three States Point: Appalachian. At the end of a narrow spit of land 
extending into the Delaware just south of Port Jervis: practically 
the junction of N. Y., N. J. and Penna. 


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834 REPORT OF; NEW JERSEY STATE MUSE UMay 


Timber Creek, empties into the Delaware about five miles south of Cam- 
den and forms part of the division between Camden and Gloucester 
Counties; mostly with low, marshy banks. 

Toms River, Ocean County: Delaware River at edge of Pine Barrens. A 
short distance west from Barnegat Bay. Sand and scrub land with 
occasional taller wood land, marshy along the river course, locally 
swampy, some land in cranberries, increasing toward Island Heights. 
Ideal country for dragon flies and the mosquitoes that they feed upon. 

Trenton, Mercer County:: Delaware Valiey. On the Delaware. Ranges 
from the muddy river bank to river marshes, which are of con- 
siderable extent, and to higher, level, cultivated upland. 

Tuckahoe, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. On the Tuckahoe River at 
the point where the pine and scrub land begins to merge into salt 
marsh. 

Tuckerton, Ocean County: Delaware Valley, between the Pine Barrens 
and the Coastal Strip. At the head of Tuckerton Creek, across which 
is Burlington County. A mixture of bog, swamp, pine barrens and 
salt marshes within a short distance. : 


Vailsburg, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. Between Newark and Irving- 
ton and like them in character. 

Van Cortland Park, New York City. 

Verona, Essex County: Piedmont Plain, close to Highlands. About one 
and one-half miles northwest of Montclair, on the first ridge of the 
Orange Mts., about 500 feet; quite some deciduous woodland. 

Vincentown, Burlington County: Delaware Valley. About five miles south- 
east of Mt. Holly, at the head of the south branch of Rancocas Creek, 
with quite a large pond: good, level cultivated land. 

Vineland, Cumberland County: Pine Barrens. A level, fairly well cul- 
tivated district, with surrounding rather tall scrub-land and pine 
groves. Hardly in but near to the pine barren type. 


Waretown, Ocean County: Delaware Valley at the edge of Coastal Strip. 
About ten miles south of Toms River. 

Watchung Mts.: see Orange Mts. 

Waverly, Essex County, Piedmont Plain. A small place just south of 
Newark and bordering on a coastal strip of the Delaware Valley 
region. : 

Weehawken, Hudson County: Highlands. On the Hudson, at the base of 
the Palisades above Hoboken. Once an, excellent and much fre- 
quented locality. a 

Wenonah, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley. Three miles south of 
Woodbury, and much like it in character. ss 

West Bergen, Hudson County: Delaware Valley: Means the Newark Bay 
side of Bergen Point, q. v. 

West Berlin, see Berlin. 

West Creek, Ocean County: Delaware Valley between the Pine Barrens 
and the Coastal Strip. Three miles n. e. of Tuckerton and like it in 
character. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 835 


West Creek Pond: Delaware Valley. About three miles northeast of 
Tuckerton and very similar in character of surroundings. 

Westfield, Union County: Piedmont Plain. On the line of the Central 
R. R., about two miles west of Cranford. 

West Hoboken, Hudson County: Highlands on the border of Delaware 
Valley. 

Westville, Gloucester County: Delaware Valley: between Gloucester and 
Woodbury. Diversified by swamp, low and high land, with patches of 

s hard wood interspersed with groves of pine. Now known as Newbold. 

Westwood, Bergen County: Piedmont Plain. About se*¥en miles north of 
Hackensack, and more hilly. 

Weymouth, Atlantic County: Pine Barrens. In a swampy district about 
seven miles south of DaCosta. g 

White Horse, Burlington County: Pine Barrens. About 3 miles west of 
Chatsworth: large natural meadow with pineland on all sides. 

Whitings, Ocean County. Pine Barrens. Scrub-oak, sphagnum and cedar 
swamps. 

Wildwood: see Five-Mile Beach. 

Williamstown, Gloucester County: Pine Barrens. Pine and scrub land, 
with swamp and bogs along the creeks to the east and south. 

Woodbine, Cape May County: Pine Barrens. Five miles southeast of 
Tuckahoe: scrub land, sandy barrens and swamps: withal a rich col- 
lecting ground. 

Woodbridge, Middlesex County: Delaware Valley at the edge of the Pied- 
mont Plain. About three miles north of Perth Amboy, almost at the 
edge of the clay and sand formations. 

Woodbury, Camden County: Delaware Valley. Good, well cultivated land, 
with a little swamp and scattered patches of deciduous woodland. 
Woodland Cemetery, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. A field of under- 
brush of willow, cherry, oak, beech and hickory: no trees. Within 

Newark city limits. 

Woodside, Essex County: Piedmont Plain. On the south side of Second 
River at its junction with the Passaic: is practically the northeast 
section of Newark City. 

Woodstown, Salem County: Delaware Valley. A light but good soil, the 
district well cultivated and only occasional patches of mixed de- 
ciduous and coniferous woodland. 


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Explanations of Abbreviations and 
Acknowledgments. 


Aaron, Eugene M. Lepidopterist and student in the butterflies: cited 


from published records. 


A. E. S. American Entomological Society: Philadelphia. This means 


that New Jersey specimens are in the society collection, usually with 
a State label only. The society now possesses, among others, the 
collections of the late Dr. George H. Horn and of the late Messrs. 
Wilt and Martindale. The collection of Mr. E. T. Cresson is also 
stored in its rooms, and there is much material from older sources, in- 
cluding quite a number of types. I have looked carefully over the 
collections in “Hymenoptera,” and Dr. Calvert cites those in “Odo- 
nata.” 


Ang. Angleman, John B., Newark. Collects ‘“Macro-lepidoptera,’ and 


has furnished some of the records credited to the Newark Society. 
Mr. Angleman’s collections have been largely made within a few 
miles of Newark. 


Angell, George W. J., New York City. Collector of “Coleoptera” chiefly, 


but occasionally cited in other orders. 


Ashm. or Ash. Ashmead, Dr. William H., late of Washington, D. C. Dr. 


Ashmead was Assistant Curator of insects in the United States Na- 
tional Museum, and, until the time of his death, the leading authority 
in the “Hymenoptera.” In the old catalogue that order was compiled 
by him from data furnished by collectors and contributors generally, 
from material in his own collection and from the collections in the 
U. S. Nat. Mus. He also made many determinations in “Hemiptera” 
for me. 


Banks, Nathan, Falls Church, Virginia; Assistant in the Division of Ento- 


mology, U. S. Dept. of Agric. Is a specialist in the “Neuropterous”’ 
orders, and has determined not only my material, but that of other 
collectors who sent him their New Jersey specimens. I have used 
Mr. Banks’ Catalog of Neuroptera as a guide in this list, but have 
given the divisions ordinal rather than family rank. 


Beyer, G., New York City. Coleopterist; has sent me records chiefly 


Bf. 


from the northern section of the State. 

Bischoff, E. A., Newark. An enthusiastic collector of “Coleoptera,” 
and his records are numerous. His collecting grounds are chiefly 
the environs of Newark, but this embraces the marshy districts lying 
east and south, and the hilly country lying west and north along the 
first ridge of the Orange Mountains. The locality “Orange Mts.,”’ in 
Mr. Bischoff’s records, usually means the ridge west of South Orange, 
the vicinity of Hemlock Falls and in the direction of Eagle Rock. 


(837) 


838 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Bird, Henry, Rye, New York. A lepidopterist who makes a special study 
of boring larve and has added much to our knowledge of “Hydreecia” 
and allies, in which his records are cited. 

Bland, James H., Philadelphia. One of our oldest coleopterists, and, in 
olden days, a great collector in southern New Jersey. 

Bno. Bueno, J. R. de la Torre, New York City. Hemipterist, and 
specializes in the “Heteroptera.” An earnest student of the younger 
generation, who has supplied the arrangement in his specialty and 
many of the records as well. 

Brn. Boerner, Chas. R., Philadelphia. A coleopterist who has taken 
many good species in New Jersey. South Jersey is his stamping 
ground, and his material has been named by Mr. Wenzel, Mr. Liebeck, 
Prof. Fall and other authorities.* 

Brakeley, J. Turner, Bordentown. An enthusiastic amateur and owner 
of the Lahaway Cranberry plantations, whence I have received a very 
large number of specimens from him. He is the originator of the 
plaster east method of studying underground insects, and has added 
much to our knowledge of mosquito habits. 

Brb. Barber, H. G., Roselle, N. J. Secretary of the New York Ent. Soc., 
and an Hemipterist who has furnished many records in that order. 
He has also looked over the manuscript of the “Heteroptera” and 
has made many useful suggestions. 

Br. Brehme, H. H., Newark. Assistant in the mosquito work in the 
State, and has taken many of the species cited as from “Coll.” Also 
collects and breeds ‘Lepidoptera,’ mainly butterflies, sphinges and 
larger bombyces. To Mr. Brehme I owe a very useful list of food 
plants and dates of the occurrence of the early stages as well as the 
number of broods noted. 

Bruner, Lawrence, Lincoln, Nebraska; Professor at the State University: 
specialist in the “Orthroptera.”’ Prof. Bruner has determined much 
of the material collected by me, and revised the manuscript of the 
previous list in the “Orthoptera.” 

Bsk. Busck, August, Washington, D. C. An assistant in the Hntomo- 
logical division of the U. S. Dept. of Agric., a student of the “Micro- 
lepidoptera”’ and a specialist in the “Tineid” families. His records 
are largely cited by Mr. Kearfott. 

Bt. Beutenmuller, William, New York City. . Associate Curator for “Lepi- 
doptera”’ in the American Museum of Natural History. Mr. Beuten- 
muller has supplied records in several orders, and in “Coleoptera” 
and “Lepidoptera” has supplied many data concerning early stages, 
food habits, ete. In the “Cynipide’”’ and “Cecidomyiids#” he is au- 
thority for the present list. He has published several lists of species 
found near New York, and these have been freely used. His chief 
collecting ground in New Jersey has been the district near Fort Lee, 
along the foot of the Palisades, on their wooded slopes and often on 
their summit. Greenwood Lake and Lake Hopatcong have also been 
visited by him on entomological excursions. 


* His collection is now at New Brunswick. 


THE INSECTS (OF NEW JERSE Y: 839 


Buckman, Fred, Newark. Coleopterist and member of the Newark So- 
ciety. 

Bwl. Broadwell, Wm. H., Newark; Lepidopterist. Of late years has paid 
especial attention to the “Geometride,” in which family most of his 
records appear. 

Bz. Buchholz, Otto, Elizabeth. A lepidopterist and good collector whose 
material has been taken chiefly in Elizabeth and its environs. 


C. Calvert, Dr. Philip P., Philadelphia. Professor in the University of 
Pennsylvania and specialist in the order “Odonata.” Dr. Calvert has 
not only prepared the list in that order, but has furnished a large per- 
centage of the records. ‘Furthermore, he has determined most of the 
material taken in New Jersey by others, so that in this order the list 
is unusually complete and accurate. : 

Carney, John P. R., Camden. A collector in diurnal “Lepidoptera” who 
has sent me a list of his captures in Camden and Burlington Counties 
between 1867 and 1899. 

Castle, Dr. D. M., Philadelphia. Coleopterist; has furnished a number of 
good records, many of them of species not found in recent years. 

C G., Greene, Charles T., Philadelphia. A general collector, especially 
interested in “Diptera,” who has taken many good things in North as 
well as South Jersey. 

Ch. Chittenden, F. H., Assistant in the Division of Entomology, U. S. 
Dept. Agric. A coleopterist, specially interested in life habits and 
development. Mr. Chittenden has collected at Orange and has a few 
records from other localities, but his most important contributions to 
‘the list are the notes on food habits chiefly in the “Phytophaga” and 
in those series containing species that attack stored products. 

CklIl. Cockerell, F. D. A., Boulder, Colorado. Professor Cockerell has 
contributed notes on some of the bees sent him from New Jersey, and 
also on certain groups of scale insects. 

Clem. Clemens, Brackenridge. A writer on “Micro-lepidoptera,” cited 
from published records only. 

Coll. This indicates that the record was taken from the Department col- 
lections at New Brunswick and the specimens may have been sent in 
by correspondents, bred or taken by Messrs. Dickerson, Grossbeck, 
Brehme or myself. 

Cr. Crane, Marcus S., late of Caldwell. Mr. Crane was a general collector 
who had accumulated a large lot of material of all orders. He him- 
self worked up some of his material in the better-known orders, but 
much of it was also submitted to specialists. Mr. Crane’s records are 
of unusual value from the fact that in some orders no one else has 
collected in that general district. 

Cress. Cresson, Ezra T., Philadelphia. Well known as an authority in 
“Hymenoptera.” His collection, including many types, in the rooms 
of the American Entomological Society, contains many New Jersey 
specimens, usually with a State label only. These are credited to 
“Cress Coll.” Mr. Cresson has published a catalogue of the “Hymen- 
optera,” giving, among other things, the geographical distribution, 
and to this list reference is had when only “Cress” follows a record. 


840 REPORT: OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Crn. Cresson, George B., Philadelphia. Son On Hal: ee Cresson, and also 
interested in “Hymenoptera.” All the records credited to him were 
made for the first edition, and his collecting was largely done in Cam- 
den and Gloucester Counties. 

Cc. V. R., see Riley. 


Davis, G. C., Pasadena, California. Mr. Davis is cited as authority for the 
New Jersey habitat of certain parasitic “Hymenoptera,’ and these 
records come from his published papers. 

Dietz, Ottomar, late of New York City, a coleopterist whose collection 
contained some interesting species from North Jersey. 

Dietz, Dr. William G., Hazelton, Penna. “Lepidoptera” and especially the 
“Tineoidea.’’ Dr. Dietz prepared the list in this super-family in the 
previous edition, and is authority for many of the species listed. He 
has been good enough to determine much material sent him by New 
Jersey collectors, and also not a few “Tortricids” and “Pyralids.” In 
the “Coleoptera” Dr. Dietz’s papers in the “Rhynchophora” have been 
followed in the groups treated by him. 

Div., Divers. This means that the record cited: has been handed in by 
more than one, and usually more than two collectors. 

Dke. Daecke, V. A. E., Harrisburg, Pa. An excellent general collector 
whose expeditions into South Jersey have produced a large number 
of most useful records in almost all orders. The determinations are 
almost invariably by specialists and reliable. In the “Tabanide”’ Mr. 
Daecke himself is authority and has furnished the data for this list. 

Dkn. or Dn. Dickerson, Edgar L., Newark. Assistant in the N. J. Exper. 
Sta. Specializes in “Coleoptera,’ but collects generally. Many of 
the Chester records from the “Coll” are due to him. 

Doll, Jacob, Brooklyn, N. Y. A collector and breeder of “Lepidoptera” 
who has few equals in the skill with which he prepares his specimens. 

Dow, Robert P., Brooklyn. Collects generally, but chiefly in “Coleoptera.” 
Has also specialized somewhat in “Thysanura”’ and is authority for 
the list in that order. 

Ds. Davis, Wm. T., Staten Island. One of the few really good general 
collectors. He has made it an object to thoroughly explore the fauna 
of Staten Island, and his material, so far as he has not felt competent 
to work it up himself, has been identified by specialists; so the 
records may be considered entirely reliable. He has also collected at 
Lakewood, in Ocean County, Newfoundland, in Morris County, and, 
to a less extent, at Spring Lake, Passaic County, and other localities. 

Dyar, Dr. Harrison G., Washington, D. C., in charge of the “Lepidoptera” 
in the U. S. National Museum. Dr. Dyar has made a specialty of 
classification based upon larval structures. He has supplied many 
notes of food plants of ‘Lepidoptera,’ and has also added much to 
the list of saw flies among the “Hymenoptera.” In a few instances 
the facts with which his name are associated were obtained from 
his published papers, but as a rule they are original notes made for 
the previous edition of this work. 


DHE INSECTS Or NEW (JERSEY. S41 


Edw. Edwards, Henry, late of New York City. Was a Lepidopterist of 
recognized authority, and published a list of the descriptions of early 
stages, from which some of the references to food plants are taken. 

Engelhardt, George P., of the Children’s Museum, Brooklyn. He is inter- 
ested chiefly in “Lepidoptera,” but gives some attention to other 
orders. His records are principally in the “Sesiide,”’ to which family 
he has devoted much study. 


Fenninger, Carl W., Philadelphia. A general collector who has taken 
some good things in South Jersey with Mr. Daecke, who gives his 
records. 

Fernald, Dr. C. H., Amherst, Mass., Professor of Entomology at the Agri- 
cultural College. Is a special student in the “Tortricoidea” and 
“Pyralidoidea.” He has kindly looked over and determined much of 
my material in the super-families mentioned, and has also deter- 
mined many species for other collectors. 

Fitch, Asa. For some years State Entomologist of New York; all records 
eredited to him are from his published writings. 

Fox, Dr. Harry, Ursinus College. Collected ‘“Orthoptera’” one year for 
Mr. Rehn, and cited as “H. Fox” in that order only. 

Fox, William J., Philadelphia. Assistant Librarian in the Academy of 
Natural Sciences and special student in the aculeate “Hymenoptera.” 
Mr. Fox has collected largely in Camden and Gloucester Counties, and 
his records add largely to the list. He has also determined much of 
the material collected by others, including myself, and this has made 
possible the incorporation of many records that would otherwise have 
been unavailable. 

Franck, George, Brooklyn. Manager of the American Entomological Co., 
Lepidopterist; chiefly interested in the butterflies and larger moths. 

Fulda, Dr. Carl, Brooklyn. Has collected in Staten Island, and his records 
are given by Mr. Davis. 


GG. Greene, George M., Philadelphia. Collects generally and has added 
many useful records, especially in “Coleoptera,” “Diptera” and “‘Hy- 
menoptera.” 

Gr. Grossbeck, John A., New Brunswick. Assistant in the mosquito work 
in New Jersey.* Specialist in the lepidopterous super-family “Geome- 
troidea,” and authority for the arrangement of the list in that group. 
Has also written the list in the “Culicide” and “Cicadide,’ and has 
collected some of the material cited from the “Coll.” 


H. Hornig, H., Philadelphia. An amateur whose records in the ‘“Odo- 
nata” are cited by Dr. Calvert. 

Hagen, H. A. Late of Cambridge, Mass., and during his lifetime the 
leading authority in the “neuropterous” orders. Cited here from his 
published writings only. 

Haim. Haimbach, Frank, Philadelphia. Collects in all orders, but 
especially in the “Lepidoptera” and particularly in the “Micros.” 
Recently he has given much attention to the “Pyralide.’ His col- 
lections on shore points are especially valuable. 


* Now of the Am. Mus. N. H., in N. Y. City. 


842 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Hardenberg, C. B., Philadelphia. An amateur whose records in “Orthop- 
tera” are cited by Mr. Rehn. 

Hayw. Hayward, Roland. Entomologist to the Alabama Experiment Sta- 
tion. Cited from published records. 

Hebard, Morgan, Philadelphia. An amateur whose records in “Orthoptera” 
are cited by Mr. Rehn. 

Heidemann, Otto, Washington, D. C., collector and student in the ““Hemip- 
tera-Heteroptera” and especially “Capside.”’ Mr. Heidemann has 
named much of my material and has revised the list in the family 
“Capside,’ adding considerably to the number of species and bring- 
ing the arrangement into accord with the present knowledge of the 
family. 

Henshaw or Hw., Samuel. Curator of the Agassiz Museum at Cambridge, 
Mass. Is a Coleopterist and especially interested in the literature of 
the order. His check-list forms the basis for the arrangement used 
in this work, and names of quite a number of species recorded from 
New Jersey were sent me by Mr. Henshaw. 

Herring, Mrs. F. M., Plainfield. Collector of “Lepidoptera” and chiefly of 
butterflies. 

Hess, J., late of Newark. A Coleopterist who furnished many records for 
the first edition. 

Hk. Harbeck, H. S., Philadelphia. A general collector, but especially in- 
terested in the “Hymenoptera” and “Diptera,” in which he has sup- 
plied many records. His collections at Trenton are especially im- 
portant because so little work has been done there. 

Hn. Hamilton, Dr. John, late of Pittsburg, Pa. Dr. Hamilton spent a 
short period in September for several years at Brigantine Beach, and 
his New Jersey collections were all made at that place and time. Dr. 
Hamiiton was a thorough collector and a good student, his publica- 
tions on “Coleoptera” and his faunal lists marking him as both re- 
liable and accurate. 

Hnt. See Huntington. 

Hopkins (sometimes Hpks.), A. D. Assistant in the Division of Ento- 
mology, U. S. Dept. Agric. Makes a specialty of the “Scolytids,’ and 
has sent me many notes on food habits, ete. Much of my collection 
has been looked over by Dr. Hopkins, who has also made some sug- 
gestions as to the synonymy or general relation of species to each 
other. 

Horn, Dr. George H., late of Philadelphia. Dr. Horn was the leading 
American Coleopterist at the time of his death, and determined a 
great many species for me in the more obscure families. His col- 
lections were always open to me, and practically all of my larger 
material has been directly compared with his specimens. Dr. Horn 
also named much of the material taken in New Jersey by the Phila- 
delphia collectors, and in his material were a number of rare forms 
from our State. The collection is now in the possession of the Ameri- 
can Entomological Society. 

Horv. Horvath, Dr. G. Cited from published records. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW \JERSEY. 843 


Hulst, Dr. George D., late of Brooklyn, N. Y. Was a “Lepidopterist” and 
specialized in the “Geometride”’ and certain families of “Pyrali- 
doidea.” Dr. Hulst was my predecessor as Entomologist to the Ex- 
periment Station, and his collection is now in New Brunswick as the 
property of Rutgers College. Dr. Hulst determined a large portion of 
the “Geometrids” and some of the “Pyralids” for the last editjon, and 
his papers in the groups revised by him are here followed. 

Huntington, William S., Philadelphia. A collector of “Coleoptera” and 
“Lepidoptera,” whose records were sent me by Mr. Johnson. 

Hw. — Henshaw, which see. 


Jl. or Jtl. Joutel, Louis H., New York City. Collects generally, but more 
particularly in “Coleoptera.” Has sent me many useful records and 
notes on food habits, largely from the Fort Lee district and from Lake- 
hurst. 

Jn. Johnson, Charles W., Curator of the Boston Society of Natural His- 
tory, Boston, Mass. Is a specialist in “Diptera,” but collects also in 
other orders. He has furnished useful records in nearly all, and the 
list of “Diptera” has been almost entirely prepared by him. This list 
and its editor is much indebted to him, therefore, for material aid. 
Mr. Johnson has collected at several points in New Jersey, but mainly 
of late years at Delaware Water Gap, on the east side of the river, 
at Riverton, Burlington Co., and at other points readily accessible to 
Philadelphia. , 

Jones, F. M:, Wilmington, Delaware. A. Lepidopterist who has done some 
special work in New Jersey. 

Jul. Jtilich, William, late of New York City. Was a Coleopterist of many 
years’ standing, especially interested in “Rhynchophora.”’ In that 
series his notes were furnished for the first edition, and they have 
lost none of their value since. His collection is now with Mr. C. H. 
Roberts. 


Kf. Kearfott, W. D., Montelair. Specialist in the “Microlepidoptera,” 
who has written the list in several of these families. To his energetic 
and tireless labors the large additions to the list of species in these 
families is almost entirely due. 

Keller, Géorge J., Newark. Is interested in the “Macrolepidoptera,” and 
his records are mastly of local collections. 

Klages, E. A., Pittsburg, Pa. A Coleopterist who sent me a list of some 
interesting captures made in New Jersey. 

Kp. Kemp, Stanley T., late of Elizabeth, formerly of Camden. Collects 
“Lepidoptera,” but has also collected “Coleoptera” and supplied some 
good records. The determinations in the moths have been largely 
made by myself, and in the Micros many species have been submitted 
to Dr. C. H. Fernald and Dr. Wm. G. Dietz. 

Kr. Kircher, George, Jersey City Heights. Lepidopterist. Most of his 
material has been collected near his home, and nearly all of it has 
been looked over or determined by me. 


844 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Lansing, Harmon, New Brunswick. An amateur, general collector who 
has taken some very good species at Lakewood. 

Lg. Leng, Chas. W., Staten Island. Mr. Leng is a Coleopterist and a 
recognized authority in several families. He has added many species 
to the list from Staten Island and a few from Newfoundland, Lake- 
hurst and other parts of the State. His collecting trips have been 
largely in company with Mr. Wm. T. Davis. 

Li. Liebeck, Charles,. Philadelphia. An excellent Coleopterist whose 
records in the list of beetles may be relied upon; he has also named 
material for several other collectors. As he has free access to the 
Horn collection for comparison and study, and is himself an in- 
defatigable collector, his records are especially valuable. His col- 
lecting has been chiefly in Camden, Gloucester and Atlantic Counties. 

LI. lLinell, Martin L., late of the Department of Insects, U. S. National 
Museum. An excellent Coleopterist, who collected carefully through- 
out Hudson County, largely in the marshes, but also along the Pali- 
sades and a little in the Orange Mountains. His determinations were 
carefully made and may generally be relied upon. 

Loeffler, Jacob, late of Newark. Coleopterist, from whom many records 
were obtained for the first edition. 

Long, Bayard. Botanist, student in the University of Pennsylvania; col- 
lected ‘‘Orthoptera” for Mr. Rehn. 

Lt. Laurent, Philip, Philadelphia. Collects generally, yet chiefly “Coleop- 
tera” and “Lepidoptera,” specializing in the latter. Mr. Laurent’s 
records have been largely in the micros, where his material has 
been named by good authority. His collections have been mostly in 
Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic and Cape May Counties. 

Lv. Love, Dr. E. G., New York City. Collects generally, but chiefly 
“Coleoptera,” and in that order his records ‘are especially useful, 
because of the dates. He has collected at a number of points in the 
State, but mostly along the Palisades, north and south from Fort Lee. 
His material has been generally determined by specialists, hence the 
records are to be relied upon. 


N. Nell, Philip, Philadelphia. Collects generally, and his records are 
cited by several contributors. 

Neum. Neumoegen, Berthold, late of New York City. Was a Lepidop- 
terist who had accumulated during his lifetime one of the largest 
collections in the United States. This collection is now in the 
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 


O. S. Osten-Sacken, Baron R. von. One of the eminent early writers on 
American Diptera. Published records of his captures are cited by 
Mr. Johnson. 

Osborn, Prof. Herbert, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio. “Hemiptera” 
and especially “Homoptera.” Has furnished the information for the 
list in ‘“Mallophaga’” and has done much to bring the list in “Homop- 
tera” to its present state of completeness. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 845 


Osburn, Raymond C., New York City. Professor in Columbia University. 
Dipterist, especially interested in “Syrphide,”’ in which his records 
add important information. 


Pears. Pearsall, R. F., Brooklyn. Lepidopterist, specializing in “Geome- 
tride,” in which family most of his records will be found. 

Peck, George W., late of Roselle. General collector, but his records 
largely confined to “Lepidoptera” and “Hemiptera.” 

Pergande, Theo. W., Washington, D. C. Assistant in the division of Ento- 

. mology, U. S. Dept. Agric. Specializes in “Thysanoptera” and ‘“Aphi- 
dide,”’ and has furnished much of the information in the lists of these 
series. 

Pm. Palm, Charles, New York City. A collector of “Coleoptera” and 
“Lepidoptera” who has spent much time in the region about Lake 
Hopatcong, with which locality his name is most generally associated 
in this list. 

Pr. Pauimier, Dr. Fred C., late of Madison, New Jersey. Collected 
“Coleoptera” and “Hemiptera,” his records in this latter order being 
of especial value. 


Rehn, James A. G., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Special 
student in “Orthoptera.” Has collected largely in South Jersey, has 
named much of the material recently collected in the State and has 
prepared the mss. for the present list in his specialty. 

Reinick, William R., Philadelphia, at one time much interested in ‘‘Coleop- 
tera.” Many of Mr. Reineck’s records came to me from Mr. Johnson, 
but he has also sent me a very good list of “Staphylinide” from 
specimens determined for him by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 

R. Rhoads, Samuel N., Philadelphia. A Zoologist with a special interest 
for insects, particularly dragon flies. In 1899 he made a bicycle 
journey through South Jersey during the latter part of the season 
and captured a considerable lot of “Odonata,” which Dr. Calvert 


determined. 
Riederer, L. A collector of Dragon flies, whose records are cited by Dr. 
Calvert. 


Riley, Dr. C. V., also C. V. R., late of Washington, D. C. All records are 
from published data and mostly relate to early stages or food-plants. 

Rk. Reinick, Wm. R.-q. v. : 

Rob. Roberts, Chris. H., New York City. A Coleopterist who specializes 
in aquatic forms, and who has collected at various points in New 
Jersey. He has been good enough to work over, critically, the list 
of water beetles and has added greatly to the accuracy of the records 
in these families. 


Say, Thomas. One of the fathers of American Entomology. All records 
credited to him are from his published writings. 

Sb. Seib, Simon, late of Jersey City. Lepidopterist who has bred many 
species, making notes of dates and food plants. I have looked over 
his collection of moths and determined most of the smaller species. 
Mr. Seib’s chief collecting grounds have been the environs of Jersey 
City Heights, Newark and the Oranges. 


846 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


Schlecksor, A., Irvington. A Coleopterist, member of the Newark So- 
ciety, who has furnished a few records. 

Sf. Schaeffer, C., Brooklyn. Assistant Curator of Insects in the Mus. of 
the BklIn. Inst. of Arts and Sciences and a good Coleopterist. Mr. 
Schaeffer has collected in New Jersey, chiefly about Snake Hill and 
along the Palisades, using the sweep net perhaps more than any other 
collecting apparatus. He has added many species to the list that are 
not elsewhere reported, and has given me much assistance in deter- 
mining species and in arranging the synonymy in some families. 

Shoemaker, Ernest, Brooklyn. Member of the Brooklyn Ent. Soc., who 
has sent in a few useful records. 

Sk. Skinner, Dr. Henry, Philadelphia, Editor of Entomological News and 
Curator of the American Entomological Society. Is a Lepidopterist 
and confines his studies mainly to the ‘‘Papilionides” or butterflies. 
His recent catalogue of this super-family. has been followed, and Dr. 
Skinner has added many dates and localities. South Jersey generally, 
but especially Cape May, is his collecting ground. 

Sleight, Chas. E., Ramsey, Bergen Co. An amateur, collects in all orders; 
will yet furnish some excellent records from his section. 

Slosson, Annie Trumbull, New York City. An enthusiastic student of 
humanity and insects, presenting the results of her studies as inter- 
estingly in the one case as in the other. Has collected only a little 
in New Jersey. 

Sm. Smith, John B. My own collections have been made throughout the 
State and in all orders. Jamesburg, Anglesea and Lahaway have 
been more systematically explored than any other points, but many 
of the species recorded from Lahaway are really the results of the 
unselfish labors of Mr. J. Turner Brakeley. It may be added that in 
every order except the “Coleoptera” and ‘Lepidoptera’ all the 
material collected by me has been submitted to specialists for deter- 
mination. Most of the more recent captures are recorded as from the 
“Coll,” and some of those specifically credited to me in the previous 
editions now appear under the more general head. 

Sp. Schaupp, Frank G., late of Brooklyn, New York. A Coleopterist and 
specialist in the families “‘Cicindelide”’ and “Carabide,’ in which 
he published faunal lists. His main collecting grounds were along 
the base of the heights back of Hoboken and extending northwardly. 
Fort Lee, Clifton, Greenville and the banks of the Passaic were also 
explored, and his records in the families named are reliable. 

Ss. Few-Seiss, C. Philadelphia. Specializes chiefly in “Hemiptera,” in 
which he has added many records of importance. South Jersey and 
points easily accessible from Philadelphia have been chiefly collected 
over by Mr. Seiss. 

Stone, Witmer, Philadelphia. Has collected a few species of ‘Odonata’ 
and ‘“Orthoptera” recorded by Dr. Calvert and Mr. Rehn. 

Stortz, George, Newark. A Coleopterist whose collections have been made 
chiefly in the Newark district. 

Sz. Schwarz, E. A., Washington, D. C. Assistant to the Entomologist in 
the U. S. Dept. Agric. and in charge of the “Coleoptera” in the U. S. 


THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 847 


Nat. Mus. Mr. Schwarz is the best Coleopterist at present living in 
the United States. He has been good enough to look over the previous 
list and to note errors and probable errors. In this way it has been 
cleared of most of such species aS were erroneously identified. Mr. 
Schwarz has determined many New Jersey specimens for others as 
well as myself, and, notably, all the “Staphylinids” credited to Mr. 
Reinick. He has done little collecting in New Jersey, yet is sole 
authority for the occurrence of several good species in our State. 


Thompson, J., Staten Jsland, N. Y. Collects ‘“‘Coleoptera”’; his records 
cited by Mr. Davis or Mr. Leng. 


U. Ulke, Henry, late of Washington, D. C. With Mr. BE. A. Schwarz he 
compiled a list of ‘‘Coleoptera”’ in the District of Columbia, with notes 
on the food and other habits of the species, and these notes when 
used are credited to “U.” 

Uhler, Dr. Philip R., Baitimore, Md. Our leading authority in ‘“Hemiptera- 
Heteroptera.” The records cited are chiefly from his check list. Dr. 
Uhler has also determined much of the material cited by other con- 
tributors to this list. His credit is therefore greater than appears 
from the actual number of citations made. 

he Wes Whe Sis INS YES 

U. S. Ag. United States Department of Agriculture, Division of Ento- 
mology. In this division an index is made of all the species com- 
plained of or sent in for information, and the locality from which the 
species was sent or complaint was made is connected with the species. 
Dr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist to the Department, was good enough 
to have this index looked over for records of species sent in from 
New Jersey, and quite a number of useful notes were obtained in this 
way. 

U SNM. United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. This col- 
lection is now altogether the largest in the country, though exceeded 
by individual collections in almost every order. It contains much 
material from New Jersey from my old collection, which was sold to 
the Museum in 1887, from the Linell collection of “Coleoptera,” and 
from the Fox collection of “Hymenoptera.” There is also some 
material from other sources, and I have looked over all the orders 
other than “Coleoptera,” “Lepidoptera” and ‘Diptera’ for notes as 
to localities or other data. 


Van D. Van Duzee, E. P., Buffalo, N. Y. Specialist in the “Hemiptera,” 
and chiefly in the “Homoptera.” Has determined much material for 
me and for other collectors, and has himself collected at several points 
in the State. Without his assistance the lists in the ‘“Homopterous” 
families would be far less complete. 

Vk. Viereck, Henry L., Division of Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agric., and 
previously of Philadelphia. Specializes in the “Aculeate Hymenop- 
tera,’ and has collected extensively in New Jersey. Mr. Viereck has 
done for the present edition in “Hymenoptera” what Dr. Ashmead did 
in the last. 


848 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 


W. Wenzel, Henry W., Philadelphia. One of the best collectors of 
“Coleoptera” in the country, and possesses the best individual col- 
lection in Philadelphia. His collections in New Jersey have been 
chiefly made along the line of the Atlantic City R. R., in Camden and 
Gloucester Counties, within easy reach of Philadelphia, and at Angle- 
sea, Cape May County. This latter point has been a favorite, as 
the number of species taken there will testify. He has also collected 
at Lake Hopatcong and in the Orange Mts. To Mr. Wenzel the list 
of “Coleoptera”? owes much of its completeness, and in the families 
“Scydmenide” and “Pselaphide” he has practically prepared the 
entire list. Incidentally he also collects in other orders, the material 
gathered being generally turned over to his friends, according to their 
specialties. 

Watson, Frank E., New York City. A Lepidopterist who gives much atten- 
tion to the life histories of diurnals. 

W EB. Britton, Dr. W. E., New Haven, Conn., Entomologist to the Ex- 
periment Station. Dr. Britton has been good enough to help me out in 
the “Aleyrodide” and “Coccide,” the list in the firstmamed being as 
prepared by him. 

Weigand, Fred, Philadelphia. An amateur whose captures are recorded 
by other collectors of that city. 

Wdt. Weidt, A. J.. Newark. A Lepidopterist and more recently interested 
in “Diptera.” Most of his collecting has been done in the environs 
of Newark and in the Orange Mountains, and much of his material 
in the ‘‘Lepidoptera” has been seen by me. 

Wheeler, Dr. William Morton, Harvard Univ., Professor of Entomology. 
Specializes in ants and has written the list in that series. Dr. 
Wheeler has made many of his studies in New Jersey, and this makes 
the records in the ‘Formicoidea” exceptionally complete and satis- 
factory. 

Wrms. Wormsbacher, Henry, Jersey City. A Lepidopterist who has col- 
lected at various points in the Hackensack Valley. His records are 
seattered throughout the order. 


Zabriskie, Rev. J. L. Has collected generally, largely at Flatbush, Long 
Island, and at Nyack and other points just north of the New Jersey 
line. Some of his specimens are in the U. S. Nat. Mus., and these 
are credited to him in this list. 


A very few names have been omitted, where only cited once or 
twice, but I think no contributor of any important record has been over- 
looked: none has been intentionally left out, and sincere thanks are given 
to all for their contributions. It is only by the contributions of many, 135 
in this case, that even an approximately complete survey of the insect 
fauna of any State can be obtained. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


The illustrations in this edition are nearly all identical with 
those used in the edition of 1900, and there acknowledged in 
detail. A very few have been omitted and substituted by better 
figures obtained from the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, Division of Entomology. A very few have been drawn for 
this, work by Mr. John A. Grossbeck, and these in general bear 


his initials. 


54 IN (849) 


SUMMARY. 


Three editions of the list have been published. That of 1890 was a 
crude affair, hurriedly prepared from scanty data, yet decidedly useful. 
That of 1900 was carefully prepared, with the co-operation of all the col- 
lectors who had New Jersey material. It could fairly claim rank as a 
contribution to science, and the practical features made it of use to 
Agriculturists as well. It was the most ambitious undertaking of its 
kind, and its usefulness was far greater than anticipated. The edition 
has been long since exhausted and the continuing demand for copies is 
warrant for a new edition. The following table shows what progress has 
been made in our knowledge of the insects of the State: 


Edition 1890. Edition 1900. Edition 1910. 
Order. 

\Fam. Gen. Species.|Fam. Gen. Species. |Fam. Gen. Species. 

Thysanura, ve eeee| 00, 00, 00.; 00, 00, 00.| 2, 18, 41. 
Ephemerida, ....) 00, 00, CON ae 12, Oe 133 29. 
Plecoptera, ......| 00, 00, OOF ee bile rosy ha ltl. 14, 25. 
Mallophaga, .....| 00, 00, 00. 2, 16 Zao 14, 100 
TSORPEPAS. seins in,05 00; 00, 00.; 1, ily a Ballee il i il 
Corrodentia, ....) 00, 00, O0n 25 ili 26 il alee 39 
Platyptera, ......! 00, 00, OOP TPOL) 3, a ile a 9 
Neuroptera, ..... 9, Gl, PL74s ob; 16, 45. 6, Opp 41 
Mecoptera, ......' 00, 00, 00. il 4, 10. ats 4, lal, 
Trichoptera, .....' 00,. 00, OO) 6, 25 SW I Re 56 
OMEN, aon donde! TWX 00, 00.; 3, 38, SKU Bis 43, 109 
Thysanoptera, .... 00, 00, (XOS | ale 6, 12, ie 6, 12. 
Parasite tae | 00, 00, 00. il on the al oF ile 
Homoptera, ..... } 20,0 LOD) 242.) 245.027,  -899san) | Soe 
Hemiptera, ..... | 26, abv(a% 3138.| 24, 200, 340.| 23, 205, 504. 
Dermoptera, .....| 00, 00, OXOoe ate 4, iy il, 5, He 
Orthoptera, ..... fT tier BB) APTA 6. By, AA Gs Se ee 
Coleoptera, ....:..| 71, 815, 2,227.) 71,975, 2,845.) 77, 1O7Se a oemeee 
Lepidoptera, ....| 28, 484, 1,140.) 53, 615, 1,570.| 48, Wil5, 92,1208 
Hymenoptera; ...| 30; 302, 1,074.|| 84; ) G21." e785) Sik) SA IEo ROE 
Siphonoptera, ... 00, 00, OO: nut als Be llama 4, 4, 
Diptera. sacs | ti Gul). 811.) 53, 443, 1193.) boa. S425 lepers 
Mota se eco 238, 2,307, 6,098./329, 3,181, 8,537. | 331, 3,486, 10,385. 


* Includes all from the Ephemerida to the Odonata. 


(850) 


Index to Families and Genera. 


Family names are printed in CAPITALS; synonyms are in 


italics. 


duplicated in different orders. 


A. 
Abbottana, 
Abia, 
Ablerus, 
Abrostola, 
Acalles, 
Acallodes, 
Acalyptus, 
Acanthaclisis, 
JONFSea rate Nie eae ne oe 
ACANTHIID&, 
Acanthocephala, .... 
Acanthocerus, 
Acanthocinus, 
Acanthoderes, ...... 
Acanthosceelis, ... 
Acanthosoma, 
Acantomyops, 
Acemyia, 
Acidia, 
Acilius, 
Achatodes, 
Acholerops, 
Acholla, 
Achoreutes, 
Achroia, 
Acinopterus, 
Acleris, 
Acmeeodera, 
Acmzops, 
Acnemia, 
Acnoplix, 
Acocephalus, 
Acoloithus, 
Acontia, 


. 508 
586 | 
640° 
470 | 


391 
393 


. 389 


62 
166 


. 166 


146 


sr AO 
... do4| 
333 | 
Fag oor 
Sears gel oer| 
=,-,9 001 


781 


801 
299 


saa 


... 462 
. 232 


156 
30 


532 


105 
547 
293 
330 
723 
631 


. 108 


514 


Acoptus, Be | INANE Coado code 
Acordulecera, SOG) |G OMet ass ee eee 
Acrapteryx, . 259| Adoxomyia, ........ 
NCRIDIED Ts nia.5 ds Gus.s eid Arloxtisn Gade tee oes 
INGiSlccy LARS Beas 271 | HANGER, 5 heedacneae 
Actobasis, {2 4..4..- GRP HIE Weva (ols aaa anni Cea 
INCTOCELAS. 4h. en ee (AAMAS OCTIO,. 6 on eee 
iAcrolepia, . su55e.h ee VL ABIES Loo Solguednce 
INSROODINIHSY Qokon oe Mee ARIE Oo one scone. 
Perolkineal, ows bone Gaul | Alon, sedbeecad. 
PNCMONMOWETEN, “Seco bor 3 AQ AaNOplexty h'. seesae : 
Acronycta, AAS EADS CHa seek cence 
INCTORICIUS Marware 630 | /eshnasoma, *....-.. 
Actenodes, 293 | AWSCHNIDA, ........ 
JRCUIE oS cwtak, Hee ele eat 776 | Athaloptera, ....... 
ING Lastest eee eee 432 | Agabetes, .......... 
INTIMA cus Sacanel det eis (oO eAeADTISN oo Seer tes a. 
PRETIMOUIA,. few oars este AOU Neallitaer asses ene 
AGIA $8 Boe veba Sule 233| Agalliastes, ........ 
ANG mnolibion, Eoencoaue 178 Agapostemon, 

Actopins, (cadens: 241} AGARISTIDA, ........ 
Acupalpus, ......... 216] Agathidium, ....... 
NCUA. atic edolacts atc Dl Agrit hist ..c8 oe ens 
Acylophorus, ....... 239| Agathobranchus, ... 
TANCGIET FF eae aa yaaa 253| Agathomyia, ....... 
Oat) ket ata eae pei ev SGOWArenias hss gan 
Adelocephala, ...... AO LA TOSSaa nT. oe ere ee 
INGELOCEL ayy eye setes 284} Aglyptus, .......... 
Adelognathus, ..... 617| Agnomonia, ........ 
Adelphacoris, <2... 163) Agnopteryx, ....... 
Adelphaerotiss cane 452) Agonoderus, ....... 
NAO NENTS ehh od” 244) Agonosoma, ....... 
AGAGUYUNS Saari olejace 605) Agraphus, 22.002... 
ANGUIIELTS ao ee cy eee Sin |WNoiaralhte, o& Jaas bea 
ENGIt a ety hoa eee ADL ACPINGS, oo os tae 


Where two pages are referred to, the generic name is 


776 
512 
737 
342 
236 
(ay 
518 
271 
668 
425 
631 

78 
708 

76 
504 
221 
221 
102 
160 


. 688 


442 
230 
609 
618 
762 
672 
526 
231 
478 
561 
214 
704 
379 
408 
294 


852 

INGRIONIDZ, | Sania os {3 
emotes; “Accs sect 287 
Agromyza, . 812 
AGROMYZIDA, ...... 811 
AGTOtS, 2.f10) eh teks 453 
INGEY PMS, 2-5 5-ceo 284 
INGE GapoGocodene 284 
Ui aete ye ee n 519 
Adleathee,! §) beck 517 
Alcidamea, ......... 697 
ENICTS RRO CTE eee 502 
mlleocerass 2h. seem 621 
IM ebras tia. oe. see 107 
Aleochara, 238 
lepidiaritins eee 162 
PAT EGIE? FA Sos Fite aloes 471 
PMEMELEE: Sty seer seisk 624 
IMNSGHOUISS, isa eookdee 119 
ALEYRODIDA, ....... 119 
JN UEOeK ESS) Seaba can 405 
JEU pe No Bcos ese Oe 586 
Adtindria, 55225 hes 276 
Alliognathus, ....... 682 
Aslochrysay 2/54 .c8e 61 
losnostay ce. ere 736 
MNilograpta, a0. ae 767 
ANlGpenla, “ee naa 40 
Allophyla, oa2. sere 795 
LO pniylaxs = seu 68 
PAN OPLOSTOM Me ea ee ae 629 
PUG BOGA Tic) ie ne ae dee 366 
PM Losshiiticie eer ae 321 
PM Oui ates kak s 6 cine 597 
INOS Gassoteo: 368 
NOP MOTTA acer crocs 775 
Alphitobius, ........ 360 
Alphitophagus, 362 
Adsophila, 0.5 <2uh 495 
UNI ITS les mints oo oe ee 147 
NIA DIC SS Se mene Oe 442, 
JENIN TERE eRe ES A 616 
NE GUD AL, he ca 28 ae cto 615 
PNIVSON Laie tcte ke mons 2.08 680 
ALYSONIDA, ........ 680 
ENDEMONNEIS 9 6 do\beces 3: 574 
Amalopis, . . 708 
PATNA cee ane ne 205 
JNM  tacackoae’ 465 
Amaurochrous, ..... 132 


Amaurorhinus, .... 
Amblycorypha, 
Amblyctis, 
Amblyderus, 
Amblyscirtes, 
Amblyteles, ........ 
Amelectonus, 
Amucoplus, ... 
Amilapis, 
Amitus, 
Ammalo, 
Ammodonus, ....... 
Ammophila, . 
Amnestus, 
Amolita, 
Amorbia, 
Ampeloglypter, ..... 
Ampelophagus, ... 
Amphagrion, -ca.u-2: 
Amphibolips, ....... 
Amphicerus, 
Amphicnephes, ..... 
Amphicoma, ....... 
Amphicrossus, 
Amphientomum, 
Amphion, 
Amphionycha, 
Amphisa, 
Amphiscepa, 
AMP UEC AS) 5). eee 
Anacampsis, 
Anacrabro, ene see 
Anedus, 
Anagoga, 
Anametis, . 
Anaphes, 
Anaphora, 
Ane pPlOdeS, “Aic.t..n5 3 
JANNATSIAey 2 ee ee 
Anasa, 
Anaspis, 
Anastatus, 
Anatis, 
Anax, 
Anaxipha, 
Anchodemus, 
/NTICISEEONIA Sa eee 
Ancylis, 
Ancylopera, . 


Ce er 


CRC in Satd Oe 


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COB CIRC S Cait bai 


ee rece 


Pe ee) 


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Ce ONE eC apc 


50) 8) Bike iste he 


. 399 
. 186: 


365 
372 
423 
635 
619 


. 607 


502 
652 
441 
360 


. 676 


133 
471 
550 
395 


. 426 


75 


600 | 


308 
fig 
316 
273 


. 52) 
495 | 
, 887 | 


548 
96 


676 | 
507 | 
682 
361, 


505 


. 378 


637 
577 


500 | 


560 
146 
369 


645 | 


254 

78 
193 
385 
683 
544 


. 545 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND! GENERA. 


Ancyloxypha, . 421 
Ancyronyx, 279 
Andrenas seer 689 
ANDRENIDA, . . 689 
Andticus, aaa 602 
Androchitus .2eeeeos 
Andronicus) jee eeoo 
Anecphysis, 623 
Ameurus; \-ieaoeeee 140 
Ania, ....28ce + pee 506 
Anisodactylus, ..... 216 
Anisolabia, secs! 
ANS OP Sian oer 170 
AmiSostictal eater 252 
Anisota, &:. epee 433 
Anisotomay! 32220 230 
ANISOXyal ee eee 366 
Anobium, {seen 306 
Aniomala eee 320. 
Anomalagrion, ..... 76 
Anomalon, 620 
ATOMS, cee 471 
Anomecd, {See eseeeer 340 
Anomoglossus, ..... 213 
Anopedias, ......... 652 
Anopheles, ...... 716 
JATIOD IIT See 673 
Anorostoma, rei © 3) 
Anorthodes, ........ 448 
Anorthosia, 559 
Anoura; <5. 0eeeeeee 36 
Anoxus) : ose 667 
Anozus; ) eee 639 
Anthaxias {eee 292 
Antherophagus, .... 264 
ANTHICIDA, ........ 310 
Amthicus, seme oo 371 
Anthidium, ........ 697 
Anthochartssseeeheee 418 
Anthocomus, ....... 301 © 
ANTHOCORIDA, ..... 158 
AmthOCOLisa eerie 158 
Anthomyia, ...-.... 791 
ANTHOMYIDE, ..... 788 
Anthomyza, ........ S11 
Anthonomopsis, 388 
Anthonomus, ....... 386 
Anthophilus, ....... 678 
oareeeee 694 


Anthophora, 


INDEX TO FAMILIES ‘AND! 


ANTHOPHORIDA, . 694 
PRTUE IGEN acres fe lad As 745 
Anthrenus, ......... 266 
ANTHRIBIDE, ...... 405 
Amthribulitts; Sa055.% 406 
Amehribts,), Jnr: 406 
Antiblemma, ....... 479 
Anticarsia, . 479 
Amitispila,. ie... Patek 565 
ANLOCM AN? 5 Ka.'s.8 thats 706 
C-ASTUREIG Et sage Gina G 36 
NMI AATS$ Aus «:s, aistefeh Fes! 455 
Apecasia, . £7502 
pane as Cate vaycve sis = <8 462 
Amanteles, .f25/.28% 610 
PganteEsis,, 5. 6 2icsies'. 440 
patelodess "s\.c se 485 
Apateticus, ......... 137 
AES ai Os? 698 
Apatira; cacti ese 2 442 
IND STCS aS eee 212 
Aphenogaster, ..... 658 
EDITED AUG) Ramee daa F 616 
ANIME EbEEI poner a aoc 108 
Aphanisus, .i<s.. i. . 591 
Aplielintss 6 .ssises 640 
Aphelonema, #5496 
Aphelosetia, .:....- 565 
/2\ 125510110 100) Doge 110 
PIAS, ..... 2a): 605 
APIIGUUS) 452105 8282) 606 
Aphilanthops, ...... 679 
Aphilodyctium, ..... 582 
Aphiocheta, . 761 
PNG ITS cede ASE 117 
PPMGCHIS) 2.4 .ree 2 315 
IASON, Sg s te sia ee 532 
PAMMOMUS,, «.% att see 321 
pH OLIStaw es ens aeere 258 
AMEASEIS) fs ate- 379 
INNES pe ane oe 779 
Aphrophora, ....... 98 
PEMDIIVCUS C4 tts satel oie 644 
/:N/2) IDs = 9 ed Bc 698 
PNP IOMTEG US; 0. ;-1-\da 28 155 
NOOMRENE oe 3 Vey 2% 380 
LUIS trogen B85 699 
POGES ol jei.o5 2 eae 499 
Apocellus, <.cn<ner 248 


NDORUS Sa sans cheats 
Apristus, 
Aprozrema, ........ 
Apsilops, 
Apterygida, 
Aptesis, 
Aptorthus, 
Aptorthus, 
Araba, 
Arachnophaga, 
ARADIDA, 
Aradophagus, 
Aradus, 
AmecCOCefts, ...2.s1- 
Aramigus, 
Archasia, 

Archimerus, 
Archips, 

Archytas, 
AVG Sea, a es 
NRCTIND A las. chee 
INGCtOCOnISas faces oe 
Ardistomis, 
Arenetra, 
Areus, 

Argeus, 
Argia, 


ee 4,0 egrets wie 


ee 


ee ee 


rs 


Pare eee i od 


ATC yTInIS; (sh sacar eee 


Argyra, 
Argyresthia, 
Argyria, 
Argyrophyes, 
Achopalusy .. seems 
Arilus, 
INGistotelias) soe eee 
VAL IS MOMAWON aonlecso ¢ 
Arnoldia, 
Arotes, 
Arphanus, 
Arphia, 
Arrhenoplita, 
Arsilonche, 
Arta, 
Artace, 
Arthmius, 
At thnOlips, masse 
Arthrolytus, 

Arthromacra, 
Asaphes, 


eraleterensye 0s ¢« wiaite 


GENERA. 
ASCALAPHIDA, ..... 
sclera "sweeties 
Ascogaster, 
Ascydmus, 
Asemum, 
ASILIDAs, 
PNGUIIS nn eit at 
Asphondylia, ....... 
Asphragis, 
Aspidiotus, 
Aspidisca, 
Astata, 
ANSTO IS eee Aaa 2 ot 
Asterolecanium, 
Astiphromma, ...... 
NSYIIGEEUSs. sa neat ote 
Asyndulum,......... 
Ateenius, 
Atarba, 
Ateleute, 
Atethmia, 
Atheta, 
Athous, 
Nth y Satis: Pence et 
Atimia, 
Atlanticus, 
Atomacera, 
Atomaria, 
Atomoscelis, 
Atomosia, 
Atranus, 
Atropos, 
Atropos, 
Atta, 
Attagenus, 
Attalus, 
AYTELABIDA,, 
Attelabus, 
Atteva, 
Atymna, 
Augochlora, 
Aulacaspis, 
Aulacidea, 
Aulacizes, 
Aulacus, 
Aulax, 
Auletes, 
Auleutes, 
Aulobaris, 


see ew wee 


ec 


e's 6, 8) whe len Dee 


Pr rc 


PEC A eC x at ECOL 


Ss4 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 
Awiloniums sGwees Dod. | Bely tan van connie wee 651 
Aulonothroscus, .... 290} BELyTIDa, ......... 651 
EMutographia.s ae 469) |)Bietmbecia,, 1, .ceeeren 518 
Automalus, ........ 636 | BEMBECIDA, ........ 679 
UNS Shae ete Pena eaee HAL! 649| Bembex, ..... 0.052: 679 
Axinopalpus, ....... 211) Bembidium, ......... 202 
INST OM Mc cete oases ae 2o5)| Bembidulas 2. see: 679 
UNZENINA SN eee ne ee 508)| Penaeus; ccc Rees 168 
IBENta Pe ccemmnees ae 582 

B Berea... + «7. RRR 70 

; BORIS Cais tava eeee 736 

1B OE rer a ceca ard oe 340| Berosus, ........... 226 
Ibacanius meee ee 200 | BORON, Vas cava oe ek 60 
iBaccha. «Senate (Go| Betarmon, ...chee 287 
Bactta,.....° Beene 538) BETHYLIDA, 667 
Bactrid iim) eek PN Mol NBC ZZC eles Riel, LSA 712 
Bactrocenus, see HB1i Basie Pic che Cake 734 
BaGHSEETS racivae cas) eee 207)| BIBIONIDAY, 2. . ....8s sn loe 
REOCErA, | facies st ee 250 | Biblioplectus, ...... 233 
BeetIS. etey sciatic EM BS Bidessus) oo svc A 219 
BRISA, fase feet o6:| Biorhiza, §....... sir o08 
BAS OUST we rccrcaee eae 300| Btosteres; .& 80h van 606 
AMEN, aa cielcaree sei 447 | Bittacomorpha, ..... 708 
IRalehiMEsS boodon. as SOOMBIteACtISs weerisetaaaen 66 
alelttinalyy + sserelee ote HOSS f IBIS as nooo eonene 607 
aSEi shea Seely BASE MRL Se Paiste ls Selene eS 358 
Bianasae, 11h. te eae 136| Blapstinus, . 360 
SAHOO cin tah scat iets 153 | BLASTOBASIDA, ..... 562 
Barilepton,  . atasde 9d | BlAStOUGSts: «a5. 5 <0 563 
[SJR Ae ea eae Boa 394| Blasturus, ......... 37 
A@RODSIS; + 4.401540 SO AME eittay ee sie sageecase gee 174 
IREKSYCOINGK Ganatos- 653'| Blattella, ...2ox Malet 174 
Barypithes; -/2..c<30¢ DOO WEBER TTA 6 -b.onteee 173 
Baryscapus, GSO Blechmus wae seek 201 
Basiceschiias see eeieme ol TS LeCittsey lr ers eee ee 247 
Bacsarevs),..56, 000 340} Blennocampa, ...... 591 
IBASSUS) nets Gee 622) Blepharida, .......:; 349 
BON VECLES a ani 627, 629| Blepharipeza, ....... 781 
Batrachedra, . 564] Blepharipus, ....... 682 
atrisodes,. o..4+.6e 234| Blepharomastix, .... 522 
Babyless HK eae o28| Bleptina, .42..0seyes 482 
iBedelliay ss. cccme Bl) Bhethrsa,. Assis vee tee 200 
Bellamiurasny ese Bali (BMSSUSH Ramee 142 
Belial.) ech. eee ANH BXoeilonbIcy | Gaara ne 9 ¢ 622 
Belonochilus, . 141'| Bolboceras, ......-: 315 
Belonuchus, .. 240| Bolbocerosoma, .... 315 
Belostoma, ... 168) "Boletinay yo ssc 723 
BELOSTOMATIDA, .... 167] Boletobius, ......... 247 
BeEVOSIGS Faas SRO 778! Boletophagus, 362 


| Bombus, 


GENERA. 


Boletotherus, 
Bolitochata, sneer 
Bombias, 


BoMBYLIIDA, 
Bombyliomyia, ..... 
Botmbylius;.. ..qTewe 
Bomolochay)-. eee 
BORBORIDA, ......... 
Borborus, 
Boreus, 
Botiomyiay sere 
Borkhausenia, ...... 
Botos,on-ce00 eee 
BostRYCHIDA, ...... 
Bostrychus, 
Bothrideres, 
Bothriocera, sss 
Bothriothorax, 


aS wig we oe Biers: 


| Bothynostethus, 


Boyeria, 
Brachiloma, : 
Brachinus, 
Brachyacantha, 222% 
Brachybamus, ...... 
Brachycentrus, 
Brachycis, 
Brachycoma, 
Brachydeutera, ..... 
Brachylobus, .... 
Brachymyrmex, .... 
Brachynemurus, .... 
Brachypalpus, 
Brachyptemna, 
Brachyrhynchus, ... 
Brachypterus, 
Brachys, 
Brachystegus, 
Brachystylus, 
Brachytarsus, 
Bracoiiy: 7 s.cnvennee 
BRACONIDA, 
Bradycellus 
Branchus, 
Brenthia, 
BREN DHID Ai; 9. nee cee 
BREPHIDA, 
Brephos, 
Brochyniena,s area 


Pr ee ec) 


| | eh sirertoitalarene 


ed 


eu le eevee te tel ete 


ee? 


Cr 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 85s 

Brontes, /2stieieeu: 263.| @alliday ..'. axlidenk Pal Gap nial yieven ve! VN 41 
Brotolomia, ........ 464} Callidium, ......... 325| Capnochroa, ....... 363 
BRUCHIDA, ......... 356] Calliephialtes, ...... Gar WGapsid@,.......csaixrs 159 
Eeaekomorpha,,s.202 796) Calligrapha, «idee fms4s | Capsus,, .. <i dalkckuey 164 
Bruchophagus, ..... 648) Callihormius, ...... OLS | CARABID A. . 7 dalo eee 198 
Beucnus, 1.0 eulws5T | Calliopsis, . .aralan GOIN @arabusis. ....-hma 199 
JBVo bine eno Lab 200) Walliphora,s. «ctu M@atadnina, (“.abuiet 448 
RV aURAS,: 32h Ses IEMs 235 | Callipterus) vein: ING) (Carcinops,. ieasien 3: 270 
Bnyophila,, «ses 447) (Callirhytis, tos euek 601| Cardiastethus, ...... 158 
Biryopers, .s.22\sc5 247 | Calloides, ... 1. saehts 328 | Cardiochiles, 607 
Becculatrix,...sik.u 068 | Callomyia, ..:...... 762 | Cardiophorus, ...... 284 
IBIMEIG ET Mop pnoe Do nae 170 | Callopisiria, ... 2. 800) Carebaray:......<eee 365 
BUPRESTIDZ, ....... 290) 'Callopistromyiajoii2.4%800)|(Caricea,.\. 2... dace 792 
Buprestis,. ...... ..2../.)- gol Gallosamia,,.. . kee AS2 | (Carineta, , <2 ss..4h 90 
Pythinuss 26. ..eie: 235 |\Calobata,, vii) !o.ialass 803| Carneades, ......... 455 
ByTHoscorip#, ..... 102|Calocalpe, ......... 496) alripetas: :..:: eae 502 
Bythoscopus, .s:keo3 0002) 'Calocampa, —.. .. sade: 461| Carphoborus, ...... 404 
BYRRM IDA oy sos b2(0 | Galochromus,. sd! 297 |\Carpocapsa,: ..wisssu 546 
[SjWAR A anDISH MEN SOU aaa eee ATEN AlOCOLIS Sia. patOHER 163| Carpophilus, ....... 271 
Bays LSeymc A ceebae eee Aoa)) Ceikeyolanels Goodosusuc 109) Cartodere;) ... . bran 275 
Walopterons. eee: 296) @arynots,. <aedees2 91 

C. Colopteryx, (a) Cash Ona aie awed 209 

Calosoma, gees? 1 iG@assiday i... oka: 355 

Sabevodes, Jvakeenrw. S08 Caloteleia,. ... vakwiie Godi(@atabena, .. =o. 8sen 447 
Caccobaphes, ....... 165| Calothysania, ...... 498 | Cataclysta, ......... 526 
RIGOOUIS oon 0csue wctte 549| Calothysanis, ...... SOS Wathantueeisenecees 262 
Gacoplia, ascehaases BoaiGalpennsasanoere aie 469 (Catocala: i). outs 475 
WacoMopay (ives. 622) (Calyammia,. .. eeeesee 466| Catogenus, ......... 262 
Coe a or Hali@alyptus, ..<neaedsn 607 | Catoglyptus, ....... 624 
Reoi e .. cc Biblia 297| Campicnemus, ..... 755 | Catolaccus, ........ 643 
CoS Ae ae ee 807 | Campodea, 34)/Catopomorphus, .... 230 
KSeentellasnw..i4 Wbece 297 | Camponotus, 663; |;Catopsilia,, ...aieeiee 418 
(Gcenis (eee 38 | Campoplex, 619 | Catopyrrha, 502 
Genocaray sales 307 | Campsoceracoris, ... 163} Catonia, ........... 95 
@zenocorse, $542.0" 361| Camptobrochis, ..... 164) Catorama, ......... 307 
ROSANA, os, Spa ttaes ATA \Camptocladius; ic.) MIA WCEbTIOn. yn. ccn. of 290 
(CES TUIGS eines ah who 135 | Camptoneura, 799 | CEBRIONIDA, ....... 290 
Cafius, sw. 241 (\Camptonotits;, .. s6bst 190} Cecidomyia, . 730 
CALAMOCERATIDH, .. 69|Camptoprosopella, .. 798) Cecipomyrpa, ..... 725 
(Calleiaiehtel, (eee aee none 398| Campylenchia, ..... So Cedinsi es sek an dee 236 
CATANDRIDAS,. ..d12000c39F | Canace) )..5.:5 i:s05 0 she SOW Clamalens.. 2.4918 435 
Galathis: |ieccwiew's POUNCanarsia,-..,...c¢genne 535) |Celatoria, 4.0 jane 776 
Calephelis, ATA Canita, as. . «Slane B00 |(Celetesy 52... curkulee 296 
WBNTOA, .. cco csliaels pee | Canthon,. Gh.2thaoeie sl2iGeliptera,. ...,2iaee 479 
Calledapteryx, ..... 509| Canthophorus, ..... PSB MBGlinA, cy nak. ct ON 219 
Wallibretis; 4. .2:02c8 38; Canthydrus, ........ 218] Celithemis, ......... 81 
Walllicetan .a0caeee MGA apisn 2). cis.) atayoek 484} Cenocelius, ..... 607, 616 
Wallielisis,.« 2... wk 625| CAPrtoNIDs, ....6.0)616 Cenopiss.stdinonn set oe 548 
Wallicorincay. :....cc.ilu LEO KCapitoniusy: sieve 616' Centeterus, ........ 632 


856 


Centistes, 
Centrinus, 
Centrodera, 
Centruchoides, 
Ceophyllus, 
Cephaleia, 
CEPHALOID&, 
Cephalonomia, 


Cephaloon, ... 


oe sewn 


eee eee 


cee eee 


wee ene 


eeeee 


Cephaloscymnus, ... 
Cephennium, ....... 


CEPHID#, 


SP NUSs o specisis nes SRE 


Ceracis, 
CERAMBYCID&, 


ee eee 


Weraphron, ... «car 
CERAPHRONIDA, 


Cerascopus, 


Cerastipsocus; citizen: 


Ceratina, 
CERATINIDA, . 


CERATOCAMPIDA, ... 


Ceratogastra, 
Ceratoma, 


Cetatomian).-c-seces 


Ceratomyiella, 


Ceratomyza, . 


enews 


Ceratophyllus, ...... 


Ceratopogon, 
Ceratoscopus, 


Ceratosoma, . 


Ceraturgus, 
Cerceris, 
Cercopeus, 
CERCOPIDAS, 
Cercus, 
Cercyon, 
Ceresa, 


eee ee 


eee eee 


see eee 


eee eee 


eee eee 


see e ae 


Gena 5 AAR ee 


Cerma, 
Ceropales, 
CEROPALIDA, . 
Cerophytum, 
Ceroplatus, 
Ceroptres, 
Cerotainia, 
Ceruchus, 
Cerura, 
Cerylon, 


see eee 


see eee 


| Chermes, 


Ceuthophilus, 

Ceutorhynchus, 
Cheetocnema,)-.eee 
Chetogeedia, 
Cheetona, 
Cheetoplagiay. eee 
Chetopsis, 
Cheetopterygopsis, .. 
Chaitophorus, 
Chalarus, 
CHALCIDIDA:, 
Chalcis, 
Chalcodermus, 
Chalccela, 
Chalcolepidius, ..... 


see ene 


bi 0 18s jae 


6) 0 celal eye peta 


see eee 


eik0-<) slo Adlhef aha), 


se eee 


eee ee teens 


('Chaleophora, “225.20 
| Chalepus, 


Chalybion, 
Chamyris, 
Charadra, 
Chariessa, 
Chanrlesternus, Musee 
Charistena, 
Charitopus, 
Chauliodes, 
Chauliognathus, 
Chasmatonotus, .... 
Chasmodes, 
Cheiropachys, 
Chelonus, 
Chelymorpha, 
Chermaphis, 


Cheviolatiay eeeeeeee 
Chilo, 
Chilocorus, 
Chiloneurus, 
Chilosiaa eee eee 
(C@hilosticmane eer 
(Chimarnrha, ccs 
Chion, 
Chionaspis, 
Chiromantis -.. cee 
CHIRONOMIDA, ..... 
Chironomus, 
Chigosia, see eeeneere 
Chirethnips, sess 
Chitalia, 
Chleenius, 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 


531 
284 
291 
320 
676 
473 
443 
303 
146 
300 
645 

56 


. 299 


713 
635 


. 646 


612 
306 


114| 


114 
231 


GENERA. 
Chlenogramma, .... 429 
Chlamydatus, ...... 160 
Chiamiys; =.)-e4eeee 340 
Chicealtis,, ieee 180 
Chloralictus;; gene 687 
Chlorideasy .4. -eeee 467 
Chlorion 72) 677 
Chlorochlamys, ..... 499 
| Chlorochroa, 134 
Chloroperla, ....0-. 40 
Chlorops,....2:beeee 808 
| Chlorotettix,, eee 106 
Cheeridium, 313 
Choleva),. : oc... sere 229 
Chorasus) 22 406 
Choreutis, + ineeeae 553 
Chorineus, ......... 621 
Choristoneura, ..... 727 
Chorthippus; ».. eee 180 
Chortophaga, 2 -eee 181 
Chortophila, ......- 791 
Chramesus) meee 403 
Chremylis; ease 613 
Chromagrion, ...... 75 
CuRySIDIDz | eee 668 
Chrysis; cise -eeee 668 
Chrysobothris, ..tce 293 
Chrysochlamys, .... 770 
Chrysochus;. << . s:e0ueeee 
Chrysodina, ........ 344 
Chrysogaster, = S288 764 
CHRYSOMELIDH, .... 337 
Chrysomphalus, .... 129 
Chrysomyias) eee 786 
(@hrysomiyza, eres 800 
|'‘Chrysopa,. «i... « fae 
Chrysophanus, ..... 416 
CHRYSOPID#, 61 
Chrysopilay eee 743 
Chrysopora,.. . -.t.semdae 
Chrysops, 2 2eGee 739 
Chrysotoxum, ...... 764 
Chrysotus.).. peeeeee 755 
hy lizas,. «bc oeeeeee 805 
Chytolitay s2ece eee 482 
Chy tonya se escseeee 447 
Gicadas sans. acon 4) tel 
CicAnInay Seen 88 
@rcadulanee eee 106 


INDEX TO FAMILIES : 


Wicindela,.<. cies. 196 
CICINDELIDZA, ....... 196 
(Gieimn1sss 3.6... 6h 509 
(ICONES Sys shs.cvio AE 260 
(CHIC Oe SPR EPS 246 
(Cotte) a or 587 
(Claes; a aeons Bor 159 
Gindaphia;*.. 2222. 524 
\Cryaresil Tele tenes teiteuae tke 505 
RENT Sey bi 8h cAI 498 
(Crnilbbrala aerietan pare one 33 
MNRy i aie. ith iis 292 
(roma Pe aoa aiatéres 310 
(Gimeatettisc, j.sad thie 182 
Cirrhophanus, ...... 468 
Wieroerda,,....... deen 465 
Cierospilas,.<.3..: «sie 638 
Rte a lofchcaye sts acer 310 
W@reteleies stones, heuiccsrs 363 
CISTELID A, 362 
GBSGWEMEI AS occ. soe ca 435 
WistOpaster, 8. oi 774 
@itheronia, ..¢..0... 433 
(CIESTDI: een care 95 
Gladitiss oc... ce Dee 588 
Cladobis,”. 2.0 116 
i) 200 ce re 8 494 
Cladiutavs «..svaeieres 706 
lambs... eee 231 
_ Clastoptera, 99 
@lausicella, so: 776 
Clemensia, 435 
(Cliotah 5 Seam be ein 38 
CLEONYMIDA, ...... 646 
Gleonans:.... seen: 503 
(GiERIM AL 5 5. «be tselo0e 
KOC TLSH Ie ty oc..s SAE 302 
@lisenest) =2i5...5S 144 
Ciktiaticbysteny (ER Ae a5 oc 261 
Clinocentrus, ...... ~613 
Clinocephalus, ..... 180 
CrMNOCORTDA, . .. dees alla? 
Citrellaria.... .2v)iees 737 
Chivanar Lh ReeR eee 201 
Glothilla, ..ienieee: 52 
(CIUSEE a ae eewen re 795 
Clytanthus, 4 vecwsds 329 
Clytochrysus, ...... 681 
Cnemidotus, ....... 217 


AND! GEINERA. 857 

Cnemodus, ......... 144] Conocephalus, ..... 189 

Cnesinuspeeeete eer 404) Condylolomia, ...... 527 

Cocca eit 120 ConNoPIDA;. 6... ise 771 

Coccidula..5-se eee PS OTOP Sy, ps ofeach eee 771 

Coccinella, ..../00" PA @onorhinus, ssse sen 154 

CoccINELLIDH, ...... 252} Conosoma, 246 

Coccophagus, .:as.= 641] Conotelus, ......... 272 

COCCUSA LE eee 125| Conotrachelus, ..... 389 

|Cochlidion, ........ Pile ontaniniamee shea 729 
| Cockerellia, ........ 691 ‘Copelatus, |. Jw bee es 221 
| Coelambus, BLO (Gapiditays .< <4. Rae 368 
M@oslintiashe eee 615| Copidosoma, ....... 644 
Ceeliodes;:.as say Klose 393 | Copipanolis, ....... 451 

Oats kos «SAN OLS OPES. isin eee 313 

Coclioxy.Siaecie eter 696i Coptocyclayn eee 356 

| Coelogaster, . 393 | Coptodera, 211 
@celopisthuss ... cre 644| Coptodisca, ........ 566 

Ceelostathma, ...... 548) Coptotomus, ....... 221 

Cazlostethus;, 2ase2- 306] Coptotriche, ....... 574 

Ceenocalpe, ..... ... 497| Copturodes, ........ 392 

Coenophanes, ....... 614) Coquillettidia, 721 

Cwenosiay 2. 5.eteeee 793 | Cordulegaster, ..... fiat 

Colaspis;). ase eer 344 | Cordylura, 794 

Colasttiswies yee ZG COREED Ai 7. Eee 145 

Colenissecdseces. ee A2n0iConethnany cae 22 

Coleocentrus, ...... Ga0itCorethnella sear 722 

| Coleophora, ... 963) CoRETHRIDA, a tod 
Coleothrips, ........ 83} Corimelena, ....... 138 

Caliastida,-winen eee ANON Cainisagivs. . setlaenss 168 

iCollariaw. Aneto LG2ZiCariseiums 2. aac 573 
Colllembola,y ater oas SENCOKISCUS: iene 149 

| Colletes, e695 (Contxip a; amaigahk 168 
CoLmEeripal <2cdyeonGss | Corizuss: 2. «tere 147 

Collopss: wis ae SOM NConphyrane e502 eee 370 

| Colobopterus, ...... 63/| Corrodentia, ....... 51 
Colony na a.c ees 280) @orthy lus; \,.... 280ee 400 

olophay a. 40ca Ae (Corticariay, ..) ean! 275 

Colpocephalum, ATAMCOGydalliss ssa eee 56 

Colpognathus, ...... 632 CoryLopHip4i, 251 

CoLypipz, ......... 260) Corylophodes, 252 

Colydinm ye reese 261 Corymbites, 289 

Colymbetes, ....... 222 NCOLYMOCOLISH eran 145 

Conchylis, 0.0... 0.4% 551, Corythuca, 148 

Conchylodes, ...:.... 522|Coscinoptera, /....!. 340 

Coeniceray, .. aceeaeee (Mo) |) Corimarkl; ss eseauecses 465 

CoNIOPTERYGIDA, ... 62 | Cosmoconus, 622 

Coniopteryx, 62|Cosmopepla, ....... 136 

Connophron, ....... 231 | Cosmopteryx, 565 

Conocephaloides, }:::187'Cossmpa, .......0... 515 


858 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 
CaGssonus,  j25cnanee09!| Cryptorama,, . oie 307 
Cossus,:......ceeeahek 516|Cryptorhopalum, ... 267 
Cosymiitass 4... eee 498 | Cryptorhynchus, .... 391 
Cmralpara sees... wee 320| Cryptothrix, ....... 69 
Wothonaspis,. 4:00 d< O00) | Gry pttireus,, see: 404 
WOR eLIIS . ccciss- pS 260 iy pttasy |x... Mat! Lita 630 
GrabKOnss,.racaeeee 681 | Cientscus, ....5.02% 624 
CRABRONID, ....... 681 | Ctenocephalus, ..... 702 
(Crambidiay sees 434| Ctenoschira, ....... 625 
Crambodess 3.0.2 447|Ctenopelma, ....... 623 
Mrambiuss cA...) 0bthey 528 | Ctenophora, ........ 709 
Craponius:, - eee ee 392) Ctenophthalmus, 702 
Gratacanthius,« acter ai4) Ctenucha,) <... ake 434 
Graromus., seo au ae 641 | Cucuyipz, 261 
Cratopatis ...eceeee ANG) WHC sis hs Sos RES 263 
Gratospilas eae: ONG Crculliay 4. ier 461 
Cratotrechus) meee, 683i Gilley... « sacha 720 
 Coicren a4 eens Abit cere S04 onicina, .jscadsaes 714 
Cremastobombycia, . 571] Culicoides, ......... 712 
Cremastochilus;\ 0! 822] Cupes, ........20. 0.809 
Cremastogaster, Gof | CUPESIDA,, .s2un.k6: 309 
Cremastus;iWna gas 617 | Muphecera,.. .. / set 783 
OF CMNOPS hn.’ «Ke et 609| Cuphopterus, ....... 682 
Greniphilus,...... .24): 227| CURCULIONIDA, ..... 380 
Creophilus);, ...eeeee Ait) MCHRNBISS goaeeoc oder: 327 
repidodera,, si snes 352|Curtonotum, ....... 810 
@ressonias, seen 430} Cuterebra, .......... re 
wCrICOLOpus.. -emeeeee A rage. os maga 575 
@riocephalts, ....6. B24 Cybister) ese... 60th 223 
(GrIOCETIS,! Wj. Cee 309! Cybocephalus, ...... 274 
C@riorhinay. 2... eho (0 ey chramus,. .occlis 274 
Crocidophora, Do | MO VCHTUS) |. clears atthe s 199 
Crocigrapha, 460| Cyclocephala, ...... 320 
RCRCeS US: 5). 3, oe9 | Cycloneda,. 5... soc: 254 
Crophius, 143 Cycloplasis, ........ 566 
(Crosimus. . poe 264/ Cycloptilus, ........ 191 
CTOSSOCEYUS, .. sate GE? lena eae oa ee 44] 
iSryphiula,.:.... cave 145 WOvdias), ... Se ealedeeber 542 
Gryptarcha. we eee OMA Cyemass che ae daetines 133 
Crypiobium, ... ... 243 Cylapus, 5.0.2 aeaie 161 
Cryptocephalus, .... 341|Cylindrocopturus, .. 392 
Cryptocheilus, ..... bie (Meylistixay. ..: Lee eeey 269 
Cryptohypnus, ...... 28a) yllemei| ic eee 328 
CGryptolechiakeeeenee SolNCyllodessy ee sree 273 
Cryptoleon, ....:55. 63 | Cymatodera, ....... 302 
Cryptomeigenia, .... 775' Cymatophora, ...... 501 
CrYPTOPHAGIDA, .... 263|Cymbiodyta, ....... B27 
Cryptophagus, ..... 264) Cymindis, < jst 212 
Cryptopleurum, 228'Cymodema, ........ 142 


GENERA. 

i Cymolomia; a pee 538 
Cymins,.n.. eee 141 
CYNIPIDA, .. 2. eune 597 
@ynips,.’ ..<) «decane 600 
Gynomyiay, oye 786 
Cyphomimus, ...... 380 
Cy phony, ...02 sae 281 
Cyphopyea;, | jase 696 
CRY TIDE, .. 2. see: 
Cyrtinus,...i0c see 332 
Cystogaster eee 641 
@yrtolobius,, soeeeeee 92 
Cyrtomemus, .....: 133 
Cyrtophloeba; Weare 778 
Cyrtophorus, ....... 329 
Cyrtopogon;. 3) ae 750 
Cyrtusay: .cc..a heer 230 
(Cytiluss4) pene 27 

D. 
IDaene)......) sae 259 
Dacnochilus,; =seeeee 244 
Dacntisas coc. eee 615 
Dalmannia, 2..eeeee 772 

0} (Dalmosellay — esas 233 
Danais,\hsie.e cee 408 
DASCYLLIDA, 280 
Dasylechia,; {2s 751 
Dasylliss) .7--eeeeeee 751 
Dasylophia, -=eeeere 488 
Dasymutilla, - tance 665 
Dasyneura, ~. oaeeee 727 
Datanas 5. eee 486 
Daulopogon, ....... 750 
DebIS,. 6. tae 412 
Decarthrons. chee 234 
Decatomays .. eee 647 
Dectes,, iin. a ate 334 
Derdamiay “Sees 425 
Deilephila, .. ..i:0%3 425 
Deilinea:,.. 6.32 500 
Delphastis, --oeeeer 255 
Deltocephalus, ..... 103 
Deltometopus, ...... 282 
Demasy =. ivnscceeeee 442 
Déndrocoris, J. 136 
Dendroctonus, ...... 404. 
Dendroides, 42:52 373 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND! 


Dendroleon, 

Dendrophilus, 
Dendrotettix, . 
Depressaria, 
Deptalia, 
Deratopeus, 
Dercetis, 

Dermestes, 


oe 


DERMESTIDA, ....... 


DERODONTIDA, 
Derodontus, 
Deromyia, 
Deronectes, 
Derostenus, 
Derrima, 
Desmia, 
Desmiostoma, . 
Desmocerus, 
Desmometopa, 
Desmopachria, 
Desmoris, 
IDEA 0 hs: aren 
Dexia, 
Dexiapsis, 
DEXIIDA, 
Diabrotica, 
Diachorisia, 
Diachus, 


IDROSHICLUS..; ...0. 2 <0hter): 


Dibolia, 
Dibrachys, 

Dicraneura, 
Diacrisia, 
Dialectica, 
Dialges, 
Dialysis, 
DaiallivtSs) Guns. 
Dianthidium, . 
Diaphania, .... 
Diapheromera, 

Diaphnidia, 
Diaphorus, 
_ Dianous, 
Diaperis, 
Diapria, 


IDGAPRIED AS... )naeeeee 


DiSspis;. 06/5. 
Diastata, 


Diastictis, 


roe 63 | Diastrophus, ....... 602 
apenyli 269 | Diathrausta, ....... 526 
Bet 183 | Diathreea,..... + .duteaak 
SDE 561) Diczelus,........ .aisividaet 
oho’ 498 | Dicerca, ........08 292 
ete 244 | Dicheta, ........... 805 
on 483 | Dichelonycha, ...... 316 
ters 266 | Dichomeris, ........ 599 
265 | Dichromorpha, ..... 180 

277 | Dichroocytus, ..... 164 

Pelsze 277 | Dicranomyia, ...... 105 
veees 750 | Dicranopselaphus, .. 280 
TRE 219 | Dicranoptycha, ..... 706 
eee 641|Dictyophara, ....... 94 
eee 467 | Dicymolomia, ...... 531 
view swoue Dicyphusweoe sae 161 
seks 605) | Dideayn«+<. ...2Qn7-Wn6e 
AERIS: 330)| Didymops; unig ats 
Bade 812| Diedrocephala, ..... 100 
Boe: 218) Diglochis, ....?site2 648 
ae 384! Dilophonota, ....... 428 
vee 469 | Dilophus, .......... 734 
see 784 | Dimorphopteryx, ... 583 
vena 193: Diheutes, ... .sPoou eee 
aeisels 784 | Dinocamptus, ...... 609 
faye) 348 | Dinocarsis, ........ 645 
5 the 576 | Dinoderus, ......... 309 
veeee 342 | Dinopsis, .......... 239 
SOUP Wiechiss. biz atetee 242 

eee 354 | Dioctria, ....ss0i..0 150 
5 igh 642 | Dicedes, ......-.---. 360 
sees 107 | Dioleogaster, 610 
PO 439 | Diommatus, ........ 160 
eee 572 |Diomorus, ......... 650 
os 622 Diopsipa, .......... 805 
eee 143 |Dieryctria; ....0:.-. 8000 
sete 314 |\Diplochilay oi. 21206 
setae 697 | Diplodus, .......... 155 
tence 522 | Diplotaxis, ......... 318 
eee 177 | Dipterygia, ......... 450 
eee 161| Discocerina, ....... 806 
ees 754 | Discoderus, ........ 214 
sees 242 Disonycha, ......... 350 
eee 361 | Dissosteira, ........ 182 
eee G5 Disteniaye.<<.iselieevea” 
651) Distichona, . 2/54 1078 

eee 127 | Ditemnus, ...<.....-300 
eee S11) Ditoma,:.<....<. a+ 420260 
SOL O22 DAL ainda cne eee 710 


| Drepana, 


GENERA. 


DIPSON wp acaoe 
Docophorus, 
Docosia, 
Dolba, 
Dolerus, 
Dolichoderus, . 
Dolichopeza, 


DoLICHOPODIDA, . 


Dolichopus, 
Dolopius, 
Donacia, 

Dorcaschema, . 
Dorcatoma, 
Dorcus, 
Dorocordulia, . 
Doryctes, 


)|Dorymyrmex, . 


Doryodes, 
Doryopteryx, . 
Dorytomus, 
Drzeculacephala, 
Drapetes, 

Drasteria, 

Drasterius, 


ever 


TORE PANID 2 5 arsine 


Drepanosiphum, 


IDinomabeallis, Se ses hec 


Dromius, 
Dromogomphus, 
Drosophila, 
DrosoPHILIDAS, 
Drymus, 

Dryobota, 
Dryocampa, 


IDYAMOCOENES, So a5 u00 6 


Dryomyza, 
Dryope, 
Dryophanta, 
Dryophthorus, 
Dryops, 


DUFOUREIDA, ....... 


Dynastes, 
Dynatosoma, 
Dyschirius, 
Dyscinetus, 
Dysmerus, 
Dysodia, 
Dysphaga, 


seer eee e eee 


860 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 
Dyspteris,. . 2... aii AGA | EGlimiS 6 Socasiteeleeks 278 
Pyvisema, .. si vader 2d) Mienus) Ges haar 372 
DiyiiSGUS: His ooaeeeee 22a Ploplila, 92 2sia Bec 526 
BAMIDLEEhHSS vs ,erc ces 144 

E Eemelimiissis) a eieieeeeele 372 

: Bresas Mel scott see 153 

Wacles i. 5.00 memarne Ap irene gaoaeudaor 365 
eyo toh Cote mere as ye 609) Himphors 2% 2-bla dent 694 
BipGintass tis s :,.eteeeek 326| EMPHORIDH, ....... 694 
Eccritotarsus, 165| Emphytus, ......... 582 
Ecdytolopha, 546|EMPIDa, ........... 757 
Echinomyia, 5..:)..: TOL VEmipis;. Adutiemiekeae: 759 
Wehtrichodiay ssncee 155) Bmpoasea, s.'ses scene 107 
BUMS i acs sees > ona 747| Enallagma, ........ 75 
Bepantheria, «ilid vis 439 Enarmonia, 0.20.6. 543 
Bepiylus; 5... .c22*% 614| Emarmonia, ........ 545 
Ectemnius, ......... 681| Enchenopa, ........ 93 
Betopiocerus, . 23% 161 | Encoptolophus, 181 
Betopnidtnhieek ete’ 280| Encyclops, ........: 330 
Bepropiss youeeskwatet 504 | ENcyrrip&, 644 
Beyrus,, «sifehanwalec ped HBC YTttisy . .. ctgisaine 644 
EZEteSIS ncn unnnle te 623) Bmdalisiroc ca. eeiek 385 
Bidar Sha gas o see 552) Endecatomus, ...... 308 
Eeipl@somiasy =. taetice 620. Bindelomiviase aesseer 584 
Mlachiptera,., .... = for 809| ENpoMYCHIDH, ..... 258 
Elaehistiajy ea. st vhs 565| Endomychus, ...... 259 
ELACHISTIDA, ...... 563) Badrosisy: ..0) iaeerals 562 
Eachisttiss. eer Oe) EianGaribisy Ascooeeuce 275 
Bilaphidion), sc. .eeee 326| Enicospilus, ........ 620 
IBIEN nine somboea ne: 200| Ennearthron, ...... 310 
ELASMIDH, ......... 641| Ennomos, ........... 506 
Elasmocerus, ....:.. 302| Entechnia, ......... 694 
Elasmopalpus, ..... 534) Entomobrya, ....... 35 
Elasmosoma, ....... 609 Entomophthalmus, . 282 
Elasmostethus, TSS) Bytity latte tc .3 pose a 
Elastmucha.. asset BSP HOIS Atlante coe 499 
Easmitrsy 5 ae sazercteren 641 Eosphoropteryx, 469 
Bigterad go) o05.5 5. ae 205 BPACOCE, °24..5 out 548 
BiATERIDA. | lseacda Zee) pal pus;, -o< 2s sbee 784 
Elephantomyia, WO Bpelis us. oc eee 500 
CPNGUSIS: mez Mn igs tap 249| Epeolus, .... se 02s 693 
Bilidiptera,’ ing get QoIE Peolusy 3... andes 692 
Ti PSOClisws Gris: ke des 53 | Epermenia, ,..aancer 566 
Bile tila to adnate bb Dm baluss: 5... cedeeene 360 
Pllemay, ic 45 . 5scaigl 430| Ephemera, .......-. 37 
Plfeschus, 225 2%:san% 388| Ephemerella, ...... 38 
Bilidass ok pss.aetet 490 |EPpHEMERIDA, .....: 37 
Bilipess sh antits bogthe 191 | Fipestiajet 6. Fe oar 535 
Elly chntajoos picgectg 29 Gi Bp hestodesy. .ccc,daok 535 


GENERA. 
Ephialtes;... <. 0eiee 627 
Ephistemus, ........ 264 
Ephuta;. .... eee 665 
Bphydra,..... .<esReee 807 
EPHYDRIDH, ........ 805 
Epicerus,) s...80ager 378 
Epteschna,........enenae 
| Epicalitna.:. .... ae 562 
Epicatita,...... eisveae 374 
Epicnaptera, ..2 252. 493 
Epicordulia;. .<:.:uuaeete 
Epicypta;:...:..0.dieee 724 
Epidiaspis, 128 
Epiertts,. 200...20eme 269 
Bpiglea, (4:10 6eM 466 
\E-pigtyimiyia, . a... 777 
Ppilachnie) een 254 
Epimartyria, ¢.liwer 578 
ESpiMLecisy) anne 504 
Epinotia,. .\isGeeaee 543 
Epipaschia, .. . aoe 532 
Epiphragma, seen 707 
EPIPLEMIDA, ....... 509 
Epipocus,  ..... 200 259 
| Epischnia, \....0.ceee 534 
| Espiscopus, ..... nee 160 
Episimus,; -...1.2ee 543, 
Epistenia,. 0. 2.088 646 
Hpithectisn. 7 eeeee 556 
| Epitragus; - eee 358 
| Bipitrix, «. S..<. cee 352 
Bpizewxis, |). saan 481 
Epurzea,. i2..00 ee 272 
E,pyfis;j ic. «00 ae 667 
rans. eee eee 505, 
| Erastria, .....:. A27age 
Brak: 2heth sae 752 
Erchomus,. . 2030 246 
Erebus, 1... ote 480 
Eremocoris, ........ 146 
Eremomyia, ....... 791 
Eremotylus, .......: 620 
Eretmocerus, ....... 641 
Btocamipa; 2 tet. .cetae 583 
IE OIRE), Son Bo oe 707 
Heiececcus,..... saan 123 
EPiocraniays Wy<...0ee 578 
Efioptera;! sc 2 ae 706 
Enistalis, Jie. stent 768 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND! GEINERA. 


452 
500 
378 
106 
725 
506 
473 


759 


776 
244 
125 
392 
550 
241 
638 
607 
669 
669 
800 
561 
232 
646 
306 
467 
et, 
645 


. 321 


PPeMmettix, ‘kckwolye 179, Eueretagrotis, ...... 
Idi aolorthH | Gee enka He 305 |"Hufidonia,.. ..c.redsow 
Briocampa, ........ 584) Eugnamptus, ...... 
[ESOC Uae Senne as 297 | Eugnathodus, ...... 
EROTYLIDA, ........ 259 | Bugnoriste, ...+.7-. 
BErOMIenus, «20h09.. 623} Kugonobapta, ...... 
ERYCINIDA, ...223.. 443i uherrichia,... 2s 
EyCUS: Was hls ys 384| Euhybus, ........5- 
Erythaspides, ...... ool) Balasiona;, «¥.0s2 et 
Erythemis, .. 82) Eulathrobium, ..... 
Erythrodiplax, ..... 81| Eulecanium, ....... 
- Estigmene, ......... 439] Eulechriops, ....... 
Euestethus, ... 243i Kilias y< oo. SN 
Euancistrocerus, GRO Balissusy) f.icakaee 
Piiatitha, .. « acben 785| EULOPHIDA, ........ 
Petes Eas. 5.) gE Wises 803, Kumacrocentrus, ... 
Etibadizon, ..64223 OOS MEunteness eqs ere 
Bbaphe,.... arises 436| EUMENIDH, ........ 
Hucalyptera,, «20.340: 471) "Humetopiay s/t 4h 
Bweercenis, .J421s0s: 678 | Eumeyrickia, ...... 
MCERID AI, oJ siady sii 693) (PMNIGEUS,. <4 sssantee 
ESTOS, ; « «occ leis GAS WE OtUS ss. danse) tie 
Euchetias, 4A41|Bipactus, .... aie. 
Bichtalctay as. aee 469| Eupanychis, ........ 
EUCHARIDA, . 646| Kuparyphus, ....... 
Reremicctias »......, meee 507) Eupelmus, .«.....2.. 
Pauchoecga;,. 2... uth. 496 Euphoria, 
IBIGINEEUIS,, |<... ce 280| Euphorocera, ...--. 
helena ye uveis. as (ee SLE iphords, Wia54-e8 
Euclemensia,........ 562| Euphyto, .......... 
“Dod. ee 474| Eupithecia, ........ 
EUCNEMIDA, ....... 281 | Eupitenus, 
Eeoelan «, = hee O96) Huplectus; sceee 
mccelidia,= .s/tscse 596 | Ea plectrtSay epee 
FAT CONMUS 9c. see eta Aol etplexia; ie cws.ncee 
Hmeasma, .2sgshi6s: 540 Kupogonius, ....... 
Eieraday) .iittatiso es 305 | Eupristocerus, ..... 
ISGECCStIS, .atiiaveew: 499) \"Pupsalis;, ........ 0st 
HMucymatoge,! sis. A9G |'Hapteryx, Azan: 
dams, sows 424| Buptoieta, ......... 
OATES, cag ghee OO METOpS,  vewe s 
Eudecatoma, OAT Barosta,. ..<ersoeeht 
Eudeilinea, ......... 493) Eurycnemus, ....... 
PMG eNNS, ©... 70etsts 544; Eurycyttarus, ...... 
Budemis, ......0is: 538 | Kurygaster, 
Baderces, . «zttsh 329 | Eurypogon, 
SRMIGeruS: <. aatsmete: GuAN Disbagtorokl syasccoct 
HG OCIS, .. «Hanes 383 | EURYTOMIDA, ...... 
12A5 fs | (oa ae ee 495 | Eurymycter, ....... 


180 
609 


(id 
495 


Eusandalum, 
Euschistus, 

Eusiphona, 

Eusisyropa, 

Eusphyrus, 

| Euspongus, 

Eustalomyia, 
Eusterinx, . 
Eustictus, 
Eustilbus, . 
Eustixia, 
Eustroma, . 
Eustrophus, 
Eutelia, 
Eutelus, 
Eutettix, 
Euthera, 
Euthisanotia, 
Euthoctha, 

Euthyatira, 
Eutochia, .. 
Eutolype, 
Eutrapela, 
Eutreta, 
Eutylistus, 
Eutyphlus, 
Euura, 

Euxesta, 
Euxoa, 

Euzophera, 
Evania, 
EVANIIDA, 
Evarthrus, . 
Evergestis, . 
Evippe, 


4 


oe 


| Evyleus, 
Exartema, 
Exechia, 
| Exema, 
Exentera, 
| Exenterus, 
Exephanes, 
Exetastes, 
Exilis, 
Exochilum, 
Exochomus, 
Exochus, 
Exoprosopa, 


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afb: veel o Fa 


a) ee a 8 ce, ole! a) are 


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KivoxystOma, > ....%- 


Slelate \eneinve 


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862 
Heoristas. « «diet eaues (80 |(Gargaphia, .ijosnesst 
Eyxoristoides, ....... ioN\Gastroidea, 2. niee 
HEV TAs > oc. 0 ERAS 472 Gastrolobium, ...... 
A RVSEON,. 1s. - Sees 623 |Gastrophilus, ....... 
Gastrops cer aeriee 
. iGaurotes)) ..AJeanieene 
j Gelastocoris, ....... 
Habatand, %.. .ssadanel KG@elechia, . ic) aae 
Blalitolae 2 wise sete ners 562 | GELEcHima {asene: 
feeitana,...... candies 462 | Geocoris, .........- 
Palagria, .... +: 237 | Geodromicus, ....... 
Balcaria, -s..-1- tories: 493 GEOMETRID&, 
Beltias, cs. aeteetes 454 GEOMYZID&, ke ae 
Feniseca, -alO ll Geopinus, J. >. ...e6es 
IDGaCOMNIEL, a anodooc on 489 Geotomus!. sec see 
TRONUSO, @.« Gace yet 591 Geosareussine eee 
Feralia, aausveisaeee paeeteeene 450 Geotrupes, a. aaa ps 
Gas a secrerecetteteases 342 Geranomyia, nee 
ORES, onan what stele 596 (Geron, hf... aged 
PIGUEID AY. a,isks elton 596 Gerripa, ahs 
BIOTIMNIay |. costes 128 GErGiSiy cee 
Futehias J .)- 5. her tee 15 l(@eshina. c..cese eee 
IGEMUS,, ease eke eee 636 Gibbiunn e. eee 
OLGMONIS: 4-1 ase rile laean o3%,. 2 \deetwees 
GIO RCHIE axqaadonoc 171 Glaphyniay eee ee 
ForFiculipa, ....... 171 Glace saci 
loninicasa. sce 662 | Glenae ve. ester 
FORMICIDA, . ..<ose5 G55) \(Glenurus:, acess 
orang) crac So <q 282 @Glomiat® iva o eee 
Brontina, ./.. acostns 780 |Glossonotus, ....... 
Eeucellta, c)0-ee ae (go Gluniisa, oes west 
ULGORIDA, ..2tls% 94 | Glyphidocera, ....... 
Mg Wits, « «cs - sees es 162 Glyphipteryx, ...... 
Clyphonyxs) | see 
G. slo 
Cilyptinaee eee 
Galberasa,. a0 alseie 483 | Glyptobaris, ........ 
(Geediopsis, -.astieiaes (es "Elyptoma>: .... eee 
Galactomyia, -eeeee 775 Glyptomorpha, ..... 
Galasa, Rcapepaneieisyebaeayatte 528 Glyptoscelis, Par pe fe Tae 9s 
Galerita, i.) siete ZOO We nathias, sae te eee 
Galerucella, ...s..:. 347 | Gnathocerus, ....... 
Galesus) cys: 6 hanes 651|Gnathodon, ........ 
Calotlas vas. cagenine 472, Gnathodus, ......... 
Galgulide, ». 65.45% 167) Gnathotrichus, . 
Galgulus. ..certeeier 167 | Gnophomyia, ....... 
Galleria. 4. seers 532 | Gnorimoschema, 
Ganonema, sascnssee CONEnorimus) Veeeeeeee 
Garcantsy |) snseerice IGUKGOES, Cie anes 


INDEX TO FAMILIES ANDi GENERA. 


149 ;}Gompheeschna, ..... 78 
346|Gomphus, ......... (74 
243 |\Gondspis,....:. cee 602 
003)|\ GOnIay. <.cces ee 783 
806 | Goniognathus, ..... 104 
330 |Goniocotes, ........ 46 
167 | Goniomyia, ......... 706 
558 | Gonodontis, ........ 507 
004|Gonoides, .......... 46 
142 | Goniataulius, ....... 68 
249 |'Goniops; ...xskeaneuer 739 
494|Goniozus, .......... 667 - 
Sill ||\Gorytes: .... ae 679 
214/ GoryTIpa, ......... 679 
133'|(Gossyparia, .... amen 122 
737 | Gracilaria, 571 
315|Grammodes, ....... 479 
704|Grammospila, ...... 616 
747 |Gramptopsilopus, ... T54 
150 | Graphisurus, ....... 334 
151|Graphoderes, ...... 223 
526 | Graphomyia, ....... 788 
305!Graphops, ......... 343 
466 )Grapta,. ..<<\csoeme 410 
SaliGrotea,. «+. -uaeeaeee 629 
950] GRYLEIDA, 62. eee 190 
50+ | Gryllotalpa, 191 
62 | Gryllus, . 192 
759+] Grypeta,. ...c... can eeee 238 
9) |\Gueneria,. . Seeks 500 
490 | Gymnandrosana, 546 
559 |Gymnetron, ........ 389 
553 |Gymnocheta, ...... 779 
287 | Gymnoclytia, ....... 774 
. 625|Gymnonychus, ..... 588 
354}Gymnophora, ...... 762 
391!Gymnopternus, ..... 757 
249 | Gymnoscelus, ...... 607 
615|Gymnosoma, ....... 774 
342 | Gynandropus, 214 
692 |'Gypona,. ss... eee 101 
360 | Gypsochroa, ....... 497 
696 |Gypsonoma, ....... 543 
106 | GyRINIDA, ......... 223 
AQT |(Gyrinusy -a.o0 see 223 
707 | Gyrohypnus, ....... 241 
55% | Gyrophena, ...//.0% 237 
322 | GYROPIDH, ........- 48 
332 | Gyropus, ........... 48 


INDEX TO. FAMILIES AND 


H. 
ERG UATUES.. «: 5 ciate Renee 646 
Habrobracon, ...... 615 
in| GIES. Ge eRereene rs. ot 449 | 
Hadrobregmus, 306 | 
Hadrodactylus, 624 | 
Hadrodrema, ....... 164} 
ladGOMOtIS.. m awe a>. 653 
Hadrophlebia, ...... 38 
Meematobia, 22... <.% 788 | 
Hematopinus, ...... 86] 
Eiematopota, . ... .!.:. 740 
Hiematopsis, ..:..:. 498 
IBlexaorntel, Shen eaode 338 | 
PLAS EMIUS, «= 32.528 is 76 
FEI AGSUS ku cte.cc: eon audiore 68 
UAT CTD AS A Sige \5 ol 686 
Halictoides, 691 
RMI CEUSS «ch aco ochshete 687 
FVATMPIAID AS, ~ aidulses 217 
ReDHIpITS 1. e).,S.srs «oe 217 
Elalisidota, >... .02. .441 
iailomenus, s4asec- 366 
leit Catan scucysaror teres 302 
Halticoptera, ....... 646 
ARUIGICUISS: 12,. soley 161 | 
Hammomyia, ...... 791 
PARES) ss eied ads 193 
faplandrus, /co+ er 358 
Haploa, . 438 
EOLONGLUS:, . .meteehoe 272 
RlaGIMOMIa, <2... oa s 254 
ReEMOStES,. o....eel 147 
Harpactopus, ...... 677 
Harpalus,...d.0h.00 214 
Harpiphorus, ...... 583. 
Harrisimemna, ..... 446 | 
ster tal Simaiy ehtaise ent 514 
MeMAG PSUs os ssc « start 489 
Hebrus, 150, 152 
Ellecabolus;,, 2.2... 613 
Heltecelutss) (... ./3 selenite 103 
Hedychridium, 668 
Hedychrum, Beet As oa 668 
Heidemannia, ...... 160 
Flleleon® oz. .< «asia: 607 
Etelicobid, .... inssisieerd 786 
Helicopsyche, ...... 69 
Helicoptera, .. scan 95 


| Heliozela, 


| Helomyza, 
| HELOMYZzID&, 
Helophilus, 


, Hemerobius, 


Tnleliomata,, Axsoeewe 
Heliothis, 
Heliothrips, 


Heliria, 
Helluomorpha, 
Helobia, 


| elochata,, \n4sscnen 
Helocharles, 


Helocombus, 
Helocordulia, 
Helodes, 


Helophorus, 
Helops, 
HELORIDA, 
Helorus, 

Helotropha, 
Hemadas, 
JnISeMenAES, oo coco noc 
Hemaris, 
HEMEROBIIDA, ...... 


PROmUn CerCrCh omc 


Elemenocampa, misrre 


! . 
Hemerodromia, .... 


Hemichroa, 
Hemicrepidius, ..... 
Hemileuca, 
HEMILEUCIDA, ...... 
Hemimene, 
Hemirhipus, 
Hemistenus, 
Hemitaxonus, 
Hemiteles, 

elle may capa eeteiarers 
ETEPTALIDA 3. yescljer 
nleptageniayy ea eaee 
Ee reseS), J. esse 
Hercostomus, 
Herculia, 
Heriades, 
Elenmetianaoni.cee ee 
Herpestomus, 
TRESPERTD AS, cfu). eelejee 
Hesperobium, 
Hesperodes, 
Hesperotettix, 


Par Bo Osc Oe 


eee eee 


500 
467 
84 


566 


91 


. 212 


707 
101 
226 


. 227 


79 
280 
795 
795 
769 
224 
362 
652 
652 


. 451 


646 
371 
425 

60 

61 
490 
758 
588 
289 
434 
434 
546 
284 
243 


| Hololepta, 


GEINERA. 


Heterina, 
TRICTRIISH . y/.uhune mere 
Heterachthes, 
Heterocampa, 
HETEROCERID, 
Heterocerus, 
Heterogamus, 
Heterogenea, 


Heterogramma, .... 4 


Pleteromiyia,e-siasec: 
Eleteroneura, ... 4%: 
HETERONEURIDA, 
Heteropelma, ....... 
Heterophaga, ...... 
Heteroplectron, 
Heterophleps, 
Heterothops, 
lieteroxys; v. «s.r 
InIaKeda, Sooo manace 
Hexagenia, 
Iblexarthictiml, serene 
Heza, 
Hilara, 
Hilarella, 
Hillia, 
Himatium, 
Himella, 
Hippelates, 
Hippiscus, 
HIPPOBOSCIDA,. ...... 
Hippodamia, 
Hippopsis, 
Hister, 
MS TERTD 4). se oseeicis 
loleaspiss) 35 4-eHaer 
Holcocephala, 
Holcocera, 
Holcopelte, ........ 
Holcostethus, 


eee eecee 


shat ejeimpa 


Holonomada, 
Hiolopogon, Prazcaen 
Holostrophus, ...... 
Flora littmann 
Homalomyia, 
Homalotylus, 
lomaspis:meiy.eitae 
Homochlodes, ...... 
Homcemus, 


see 


1 


864 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 
Homeeosoma, ...... 530| Hydrophoria, ...... 791 
iElomogizea,. ... 20420 466, Hydrophorus, 756 
Homohadena, ...... 451| Hydroporus, ....... 219 
Homolota, 2.0.00... 237 | Hydropsyche, ...... 71 
Homophoberia, 478| HypRopsYCHIDA, . 70 
Homophysa, ....... Oz) Melydrotscas wees meee 789 
Homoporus, ....... 642)| Hydrous,. <..2.. eth 225 
Homoptera, 479)| Ely drovatus,.  .aatios 218 
Homopyralis, ...... 474 | Hyetodesia, ........ 790) 
Elomosteia,, sehen 576| Hygroplitis, . 610 
VEMOWOTG, nc se 039 | Hygrotrechus, ...... 151 
Hoplandrias eee. 238) Ebylastesy, «oes aoe 404 
EPG p lia, 663.45 ee We 316) Htylemiyia, .... acc 791 
Hoplismenus, ...... 636| Hylesinus, ......... 404 
ELODUSUS) Ele 679) Ely lobidis,. ..: .28fOUe 383 
Hoplocampa, ....... 588] Hylotoma, ......... 592 
Hoplogaster, 192)) Thy lotrupes, oo. acace 325 
IRWOKEOEISK! Ce bot coccec 165: Ebylurgops, -<...840e: 404 
Hlonismenus, .... 5% 641| Hymenarcys, ....... 135 
FOnMSEONotis: meee 280 Ebymenia, |... mumseek 522 
Flonmaphis; sans eee 114| Hymenorus, ........ 363 
ORmMISase Maso oe 482 | Hypargyricus, ..... 590 
ElormiSciuss jeer dee 405| Fyparpax, .....0l:+ 489 
ermMOnis, - ..<. Aso. Sore) Sly pena), «ees 484 
ISH, fee wieee ences 530| HYPENIDA, ........ 480 
eleva dasa) «1 <atlirAcion 806 | Hypenula, ..bsu2k 483 
iyahiGdes,. 2 icc asd 161; Hypereschra, ...... 487 
Hyalomyodes, ..... UC RELY peraspis,, detour 256 
Elyalopteris,- .tivsc. MGIEby perchitian aes 432 
yoda, wld ee 474) Hyperechia, ........ 751 
ly DOSs« «rcyscaceeeeeee 159)| Hlyperetes, 24. ..2.0: 52 
Eby broma, . «2. <teeng051 | Ely peritis; ; ... cuveede 506 
ely daticus: sasceeeeee 222| Hyperplatys, ....... 334 
Eydnocera,.. sees so05) Melby plianttian meee 439 
blyidicenalys. sees 225| Hypnoidus, ........ 285 
Elyidrelliass iene eee S06)| Eiypocalay | qe. eee 478 
ley cintat, fais vc ees 496| Hypocera, ......... 761 
Elydriomena, ....... 497) Hypocheeta, .....20.% 776 
Ely. drobitis, eal iae eect ELypoccslusy gees. 282 
Hydrocampa, 922, 525| Hypocrabro, ....--: 681 
Hydrocanthus, ..... 218) Hypoderma, ....... 773 
Hydrocharis, ....... 226| Hypolampsis, .....: 349 
Ekyidirochtts.je mae 225 | Hypophleeus, ....... 362 
ely. disoecias: +. eee 462| Hypomicrogaster, .. 610 
Hydrometra, 152| Hypoprepia, ....... 435 
hy dironmiyzavee eee 794| Hypopteromalus, ... 643 
HyYpDRopHILIDH, ..... 224) Hypostena, ......:. 776 
Hydrophilus, ....... 225| Hypotaronus, ...... 583 
Hydrophilus, ....... 2261 Hypothenemus, 401 


| Inga, 


| Iphiaulax, 
| Ipimorpha, 


i Ischnura, 


| Isia, 


GENERA. 


Hyppa, 
Hypsopygia, 
Hyposoropha, 
Hyptis, 
Hypulus, 


Piet Net Oe Yee 


wee we wee wee 
eee ee eee as 


a 


Ibalia, 
IBALIIDE, 
Ichnea, 
Ichneumon, 
ICHNEUMONIDA, . 
Ichneutes, 
Icterica, 
Idana, 

Idiocerus, 
Idiolispa, 
Idiostethus, 
Illice, 
Ilnacora, 
Ilybiosoma, 
Ilybius, 
Ilythea, 
Incurvaria, ase 


ed 
ed 
es 


0, 0, 0 6 (e's 0! olen 
ew mee ew ee 
cases es clea ae 
© © 68 6 0 © wale 
ee 
see ee 
ee 
eee ee eee 


ese eesec ance 


Ingura, 
Todia, 


TDS, : sacle sin5.s ae 
Ischalia, 
Ischnaspis, 
Ischnodemus, 
Ischnomyia, 

Ischnoptera, 

Ischnorhynchus, 


Iischy fs, ...ce<aeeee 
Isochetes, 
Isocorypha, 
Isocratus, 
Isocybus, 
Isodontia, 
Isodromas, 
Isodyctium, 
Tsogenus, 


eee eee ee 


ee es 


a 


a 


55 IN 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 865 

HSOSONAS ... 6.5, S58: ATAn Wanctniays access 209 ; Leptobyrsa, ........ 148 
Isopteryx, ....... AQ) Wanthapes sk. weeeee 582 | Leptocella, .......,. 70 
Ic@cgiiia, ..: 6s. 648 | Raodamia,..2. 0 axa, 534 | Leprocerip#, ....... 70 
TSemittay, b. ..w shes! a: 363 | WWaparras 2 secs che 430 | Leptocerus, ........ 70 
Isaneriay) sy... 8 AQ aphiiatwe- ence 752 | Leptochilus, ........ 671 
Ieeplastus,, ... is. 230 |Laphygma, ......... 451| Leptogaster, ....... 749 
Feetonid, . 2.6.0. 35 | aphystia, |( 2. assem 750 | Leptoglossus, ...... 146 
Itamople.x, . 630 | Bapptis)’ .5 2a oth eptolimgs,.: <thac'sc 242 
Mifayeertis,. . i. 5... Bell Meares) ° s)> eee 140| Leptomeris, ........ 499 
| Laricobius, Sioa eee 04 | Peptamonp hiss nates 724 

Wear rays to's. cpaemeeee 683 | Leptopeza, Sore TOD 

oh Pines t “Iss < genet 683 |Leptophlebia, .:..... 37 

Jalysus, . 148) LastocaMpipa, 492 | Leptopygas, ........ 617 
Weamncissde a... «gibi s 2 488 | Pasiodertia; Sears: 306 Leptorhaptus, ...... 651 
eile oe 22. ds... ev 004 | asioglossium, 24 ie 687 | Leptostyla, .... 22h. 149 
PASSID. 6. oak 103 | Lasiopogon, ........ 750/| Leptostylus, 333 
SSS aris seeker 0G RiEasiops: a eee 190 | Leptoterna, 2. .0s.<% 163 
Johannseniella, ..... (a easioptera, sneer 126) Reptothorax, ...2.0.: 659 
Paiientias oe... fo... AN aalsiis.” os, . Seats 661 Leptotrachelus, 209 
| Waspeymesta,), waeetee 045 | Leptoypha, ........ 149 

2 | Latreillimyia, ...... TO Beptirag \o. 0 ay teas 331 

' @athrobiella,, 2225%.8 244 | Lepturges, .......4. 304 

Kealiofenusa, ....0.5% Hol leachtoblonnid meet ee 244 | Wepyronia, ......... 98 
Kaliosyphinga, ..... aot “Wathrobiniy existe BAS NIBeti as” oe 8 eee 795 
Eeerimes: oa. So ce 122 Lathrobium, ....... QA Wieslcial mee... ees HOT 
E@olllaken sya seeres sae eS 100 Gathropus;, 1.0. ¢eak 263 | Leskiomima, ....... 777 
MONG WiC! Meco eate dee Wathrotaxis,. 45. a at Westessn.. .. at eee 74 
TADRIDIIDA:, «EA Eas BA Westeyal xvas Saas 249 

L ILAuBMIGhIDISS Shen oouru ce Zito MMenhocentish » a aeee 168 

: Danxania, — Sheena! #98 | Wencamiay . .<.0 psa 458 
Mabeniae) 258 bs 355" 629 Laverna, ........2.. 566 ewe: 9. o.oo 555 
|S) 2 oy ee 171 'Lebia, ARNG ot 210 | Leucodesmia, 639 
Wabidomera, 3.2. .: 344 | Bechniops eee 392 | Leucophthalmia, 498 
Waccobius,) «22.62. 226 | Leiphron, ........%. 607 | Leucophthalmia, . 498 
accophilus, Sih50%. MlSivemas Anew eree atei|| ILO, SA ano ab oe. 813 
Lachnocrepis, 213 | Lepidocyrtus, ...... a0) Wetconhinian veer 81 
Lachnosterna, 318 | Repidophora, °.0...i%40 |Beticospis. etna aaas 649 
Wachithiisns .).. dea: 115 | Lepidosaphis, ...... 129 | Weucostola, ..:2:20. 195 
Iacosoma, . . 28222): 509 Lepidostoma, ...... 69) Leticostomia, sistent: 777 
WACosomMIDA, ......0° 909! Wepimotus, =... .- Ree. pa. | eUctral nae ch eae: 41 
Lzemophlceus, 12631) Pepipolys.) .). assem Aeon callittsis ee ee 756 
Weemosaccus, ... =. - BOO [GEDISMIA,. isis uae ae) eibell ilar =. -eeee 80 
Weetiliane 2. . Aes 535 | Leptacinodes, ...... 242 | LIBELLULIDA, ...... 78 
Wastes oo. is 1de03 56o. | BPvI A! ..,... sateen (AZ) aburntas |... seers 97 
IPAGREID AGE, 5212 364) Mepting, B..4..2 05.8 447 | Libythea, .......... 413 
Lamenia, 1/97 | Reprininat, sii 228' LipyTHEIDA, ....... 413 
Wann piia’ nN awn Kol Wentintis, . -. sear 228 Lagyrocoris;  s.t2h 143 
Wampronota, ..)..:. 629 |Leptinotarsa, ....... pad  Wisyrs: 2.25 gees 320 
PAMPYRIDA, .... bueso96 Meptis, - 20... 6. kee) Bimacodés) 7 as,aeety 512 


S66 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 
IFINPACODIDA) | yheace Oe eitholonicase eee 461 
Giimvennitiche eves 412 | Lirnosipa, ........ 4384 
Wimmebiises dane oe Zeb Wiviare a... + hear ees 108 
INN EPHIL ID Ame yey me OSiinttS, epee cneee 383 
Lamnephilus, -.).)...0: G8i oberus, 25/505. sat¥ 264 
Limmnerium, ..:....- 619 | Lobioptera, ........ 813 
ILainntaKClaybIC, Geo nocesd 208, |Wobophora, “2.8200: A495 
Limnobaris, S05 | Lobopoda, (yi. -\..0 see 363 
Simmobiavee seats Wo Locusta, |) eet 185 
EAmmophilay so }220e (07. |\eodertis: (2.2 aa 584 
Pininophoray ..cers. (OO) oma miyda. iar 60 
Lammnoportis, Gi4s./h7. 151 |Lomanaltes, ...<.'... 484 
Limnotrechus, ..... 151|Lomatopleura, ..... 162 
ILaMOawhbS, ooo wuces 288 | Lomechusa, ........ 238 
JUNO, pe aobaoocs (9G Weonchzeawss eee 797 
Esmothinips, . eee 84|Lonchoptera, ...... 76] 
Pannloedes,»:. eure Ve 250 | LoncHopTERIDE, .... 761 
LEUNG ot ok Oe 346 | Longistigma, ....... 116 
Win dens, WINS ae: 682 | Ioneitansus:s aoe 354 | 
Wimmeemiyiady seen UT9)| Pongurio, 2205 fe8 709 
leirroleatinicse alee 24% BOpheros, .2).\y2beot. 297 
Tioderma, .......:. 134 | Lophoderus, ........ 550 
Mtodiess tas, forcast 230) _ophodontal seuss. 487 
Wioginase koe eee 708 Lophopteryx, ...... 487 
ILVOUN GIN Shoe orb ok o6l | Lophytus, ..s2i0't:: 581 
[GLO PUSH a. cs Soe ce Daa Opideay i. ..55ceetes 161 
PIOMEREID AS «eee ee. ATaWopusiy sep aanteeee 160 
HOMO DISS » Vol orci Re USGI Woxand cts erement 206 
ADIPARID At, 4)..1 ac ete 400)! Lometulus, P< stu. 2000 
Ae tENASy aaa qe seers 45 | Loxocephalus, ...... 609 
Ibipochzeta: Sade ee- SOT oxocekan erent 804 
lipOcosiiay were 522 | Loxostege, 523 
IR OUCLRISS Ae closets 605 | Woxotropa, ».. cide. a Onl 
eipliras aches eee BO) LUCANTD AS mie eae enelln 
RIS Dain ra Ache entrees (AB MAGE RIES (3 gone Geo: ail 
LEAS INNIS) 1 see eee CEM ULibveveloeh, Geo aisa on 297 
hispocephala,: .aseee toe | Larethian Wis. eee 786 
EUSSOMOLGS a. eee G29 Wadiuisss. sae eee 286 
Bissorhoptrus, 4.5.90) | Luperaltica, fa. ii aeaot 
Astotrophtis: sass: 239) |e iperinas eek eee 449 
Listronotus,?. 4.2382 |'Laperodes} a. . 2.0) 3/3849 
Witanomiyial is pee OS le ticewcey soetreueniae 153 
ILMB Ket, | A nee skg abc DES) |hleaviccenay at eee 416 
lithacodeswe eee 5illS)| LevcznipAtes Jensen 414 
Hithacddiak (is seek! A2:) Wayeia! eh ase 7 aa 504 
Lithocelletis, 568 | Lycoperdina, 258 
Withochanis js eee. 245 )\ y.cOStomils, «eee 296 
Withochrusw aaeoden. Qh eyctoconiss ees 158 
Pitholathrayesseeeee DAA IG yCEIse mar esterase 309 


’| Lyroda, 


GENERA. 


| Lycogaster, 
(ley Glas weet eee 


| LyGarpas, 


| Lygus, 
Lygus, 
| LYMEXYLIDA, . 
' Lymexylon, 
| Lymnecia, 
Lyonetia, 

| Lyperosia, 


Lysiphlebus, 
Lysitermus, 
Lytrosis, 


oe 


| Macaria, 
Machiliss eae 
Macquartia, 
Macratria, 


se eee 


| Macrobasis, 
| Macrocentrus, 


Macrodyctium, 
Malcrorita, sae 
Macronema, 
Macronoctua, . 
Macronychus, 

Macrophya, ... 


Macropis, 
Macrops, 
Macrorileya, .. 
Macrosargus, . 
Macrotelia, 
Macrotelus, 
| Macroxyela, 
| Macrurocampa, 
Madarellus, 
Magdalis, 


© ei fele © 


Lycomorpha, -2j.28 


Lygocertis; [27a 
| Lygrantheecia, ...... 


© abel 


«wis ee 


se eee 


@) Webs 


eee ee 


©, © je ypitel 


|Macremphytus, ..... 


| NMacroceta sae eee 
| Macrocoleus, ....... 
Macrodactylus, ..... 


ape) ere 


Macromeigenia, .... 


Pers a 


eee ee 


MIACROPIDA, 2 seme 


a) sede: is) 


eee ee 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND: GEINERA. 


Masa Peis fous slate 451 
WEAR AGETID AN.) tos.a siya: 301 
Malacocoris, ....... 160 
Malacomyza, 62 
Malacosoma, -.../.. 492 
Mallophotra,  .oc..2 152 
TPO fam fsa 35 orto bis 769 
IME POTS) 2 a5 cieeate 371 | 
Mialthimrss oases 300 
Malthodes, ......... 300 
IWaMEStK a A< scart wists 456 
IVEAINTID A) foc sacle e 175 
Manisha, .25..%. 0 60 
MANTISPIDZ, ....... 60 
IMembntay . ics. oe 393 
Maracanda, ........ 63 
Morasmalus, ..... .:.< 471 
Waraatonias | ...Gele% 522 
Margaronia, ....... 522 
MVikapeiriatae (is, aks fo! 573 
Mantyninga, . .2ksoe. 560 
Mata, <7. ot 430 
MiSICe Ayes, vce? 781 
Mastogenius, ....... 294 
INMEMTT SHES ae 0 Seu? cee: 221 
Miawettolar . < ../tcet 729 
INEGI” eo * Bale Mbt eri 576 
Mecopeltus, . 393 
Miecoptera, ......:.. 65 
_ Mecostethus, . . 181 
IMME Cytiavg.: «...-..0acees 523 
NU CNW 8 o3, soctlee es 523 
Mecynotarsus, ..... 372 
Medeterus, ......... 756 
Megachile, sense O95 
MEGACHILIDE, ...... 695 
Megacelum, ....... 163 
Megalocoleus, . 160 
Megalodacne, ...... 259 
Megalopyge, ....... 514, 
MEGALOPYGID2, ..... 513 
Megamelanus, ...... 97) 
Megamelus, Se 
Megapenthes, ...... 286 | 
Miegarhyssa, ..::..- 627 | 
Mieearthrss, |... s)sst. 249 | 
Megastigmus, ...... 650 | 
Megastilicus, sx) DARI 
MMPI 5. oss. cyc aa 253 | 


604 | Merisus, 
486 Merium, 
290 | Mermira, 


133) Merocorine, 


_Merope, 


| Mesoleius, 


Meromyza, . 
Meronera, 


'Meroptera, .. 


Mesamia, 
Mesites, 
Mesitus, 


| Mesochorus, 


MieSoctinay sweeten 


Mesogramma, 


|Mesoleptus, . 
Miesoleucas Ss a5ce 
'Mesolomia, . 


| Mesopsocus, 
Mesorhaga, . 


Mesovelia, .. 
Metabletus, . 
Metacheta, . 


Metagea, 
Metallus, 
Metanema, . 


'Metapelma, . 


| Metathorasa, 


_Meteorus, 
| Methoca, 
Methypostena, 


Mie ous CHU, nike oe 
Melalophiasinscsmeeeen 
Melanactes, ........ 
Melanethus, ....... 
Melandrya;) ic... 365 | 
MELANDRYIDA, ..... 364 
Melanobracon, ..... 615 
| Melanocoryphus, ... 140 
Melanolophia, 504 
Melanolestes, ...... 154 
Melanomma, ATA 
Melanophila, 292 
Melanophora, ...: 2. 784 
Melanophthalma, 275 
Melanoplus, ..... 183 
Melanorhopala, 149 
Melanosielis, ....... 695 
Melanostoma, 766 
Melanotus, ......... 287 
Melanoxanthus, .... 116 
Miclasiss svat. 281 
IWrelasoniay (yy ete 346 
Die bai, 8 teanites an apa 233 
Meligethes, ........ 213 
Miglin Gris... 5 scheint 161 
INMDELIPOtHS, «sasqeetnotns 475 
MielisSa@deS sax. croeeren 693 
Me icc aeen act rais sere 409 
Mieliteinalytys ye.2--o eee 5384 
NMieIiita eo Nate 690 
Melitiiaa i crcatee 516 
Melitoma, . 694 
Melittobia, 640 
MELLINIDA, 680 
Meh aes oaoucs o 680 
Miellisopus, 25 snance 546 
Meloborus, ......... 619 
Mielosse atvchin cae 374 
IMS OID ARS anere/ctn eve 373 
Melophagus, ....... 814 
| MEMBRACIDA, ...... 90 
Memythrus, ........ 517 
Mienecles:s , 3, Saiee 136 
IMléniestas\. 4.0.2 sate 559 
INfeniScus.. 4.4 ona 627 
MietOpONy, ica. saan AT 
Meracantha.? 12.8608 362 
Meraporus, ........ 643 
Mets 14S4) pss. are ecco 


ee ee eee 


MigsOStentisss enna 
| Mesothenus, 


Metachroma, ....... 
| Metaceelus, . 
| Metacosmus, 


Metriocnemus, 


Metopia, 
Metopon, 
Metoponia, . 
Metrobates, . 
Metrocampa, 
Metzneria, 
Mezira, 
Mezium, 
Miarus, 
Micracis, 
Micrarge, 


eeee 


358 | Microbembex, 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND! GENERA. 


868 
Microcentrum, ..... 187 | Monocrepidius, . 285 | Myopa; s...<2ko. ae 772 
Microcentrus, ...... 94| Monoctenus, ....... 588 | Myopsocnemia, ..... 52 
Microchrysa, | .s.stee on |Monohammus, ..... 332 | Myopsocus, ........ 53 
NrGroccelia., Aare ss 447| Monoleuca, ........ o12) Myospila, .. .< Saae 788 
Muiucroclytis, i.e nek 329; Monomorium, ...... 656! Myrmecina, ........ 656 
Miesodon,. .2.< seh 763 | Monophadnoides, ... 591|MyrRMELEONID@, .... 62 
Microdus, .......... 609) Monophadnus, ....- 590)| Miyrmiica,....7. sce 658 
Macrosaster, sem eene Gil) Mion oO piste nee eee 514| Myrmosa,..... sens 665 
Viierolathra, :.a:ne 244) Monosoma, ........ 583 MyrMosip&, 665 
Micromelus, ........ 642|Monotoma, ........ 277 | Mystacides, 70 
Micromus, ......... 61} Monotomipé, bli | Niyzing.. tue 666 
Micropeplus, ZAG) Niches, «.. .seeluees 348 Myzinipé, 666 
MICROPEZIDH, ...... 803 | Mononychus,::./....°3892)| Myzus, ....... eee 118 
Microphthalma, .... 783, MorpeLLip#, ....... 368 | 
NMiicroplitis, . ..<< dees GO} Miogdelllass. = hese 369 | 
Microprerycip#, ... 578; Mordellistena, ...... 369) it 
Microrhopala, ..... Bo4oMVioreliiia. vn ete 787) NABIDA:, |... 2.0 149 
*Microrrhagus, ...... 282} Mormidea, ate alsoi|\Nacerdes; |. 367 
Microscapha, ....... 366) Morrisonia, ........ 457 | Nacophota, ...ajeee 504 
Microtonus, ..::.367, 608) Mosillus, oc: 00... 809 | Nadata, . i. ..eseeeen 487 
Microvelia,, . «xis 150)|(Meangantia, 22.582 136) NaoczIpza, ... 152 
MGIC in ote os! cack UNG WTC eves sae Ree 787 | INeOSetS eer eee 152 
Malichiellaye en aenee SUS NRSC A. nutniese oe 786 | INaminiae) ace 495 
Milivasto ea. sare ne Opes Cinas ghee teen 788 Nannothemis, ...... 81 
Maneola,. 4 ..atawts SSW Mietilla, Je. waee. at 664)| Nanops,. .... ue seue 388 
MENS) |... snetieds 137 | MuTmiwa, ........ 664| Napomyza, ......... 811 
Miogryllus, ... s2thos HOPI Meyers, yicsharae An cabchoneee 204) Natvesiisy%.<<memee 154 
MEGtropis,. :..eeheu: GSD) Miyceteta, 05,150. 258)| Naso, ..~ ce. ae 96 
IN GARE os shot he RS Ol Mivicetinasye) merece 258! Natada,.< 0: 5c 512 
Mim ID AR. owe de j eenls 159| Mycetochara, ...... 363 | NAUCORIDA, 167 
MTHS: See axe 2c RRR 163| MycetopHacip&, ... 264| Nausibus, .......... 262 . 
MIscoGASTERID#, ... 646| Mycetophagus, ..... 264 | Neaspilota, ........ 802 
Miscopliits, etree 684) Mycetophila, ....... 124 Nebria,. .... coe 200 
Misogadan 2en- nine 488 | MycrroPHILIp#, .... 722) Necrobia, .......... 304 
Mixogaster, Rosi Niycetoporus,, 2 -tade 247! Necrophorus, ...... 229 
Miolanita saniapreeer 70 | Mycotretus, 260 | Nectarophora, ...... 148 
Molophilus, GG) | Miveterus; 2... hte stte 367 Nehalennia, 75 
IMiolonchtis: ..aeonee Seal (MMe ome gaca cao. 790'| Nejdes;. ... .oeeuuen 148 
Wray ue cs sine sistent 447| MypaIpa, .....2.5. 749 | Nematoproctus, .... 755 
Michiana, -. ose peers BOG MEAS) « i var cus, «RS 749 | Nematus, .../0.0504 590 
Monachus, 342 | Myiocephalus, ..... 609 | Nemobius, ......... 191 
Monachus, . 022.408 164! Myiolepta, ......... 765 | Nemognatha, ....... 374 
Monalocoris, 165 | Myiophasia, ........ 775|Nemopoda, ........ 804 
Mionarthrim, ... 26 ACU Mivillceia, - a). cin anne 238 | Wemioria,. .. . 2: alae 499 
Monecphora, ... 98) MymMaripa, 687 Niemosoma, sosee 276 
Monedula, i. ).. 2 GMO} iy nidiss.) nist, a aie 96| Nemotelus, ........ 738 
Miomellia, 9. ...s/52 ss AIG) Nivocera,. \..... ii Ram t84|Nemouta, . seen 4] 
IMMOnobiaky aocmceaele 669 | Myodites, SAO INIGORINCEY Se aito cs. 768 
Monoblastusyunrkere 623 Myodocha, IAS IWNGObOnUS) anna ee 164 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 869 
Nola ge Scr soct oR #30) Ocypterannes cde: nee 779 
INO Oop carexion, See EO MROCVIDIIS. © 55 send ee 240 
AOL TAs, ,«) sie ee ye 430: Odonteus, .stii)e4 4. 315 
INomada:' =. si nel ier 692 Odontobracon, 614 
NoMADIDA, .......1 691 Odontomerus, ...... 625 
Nomizphagus, ..... 665 Odontomyia, 737 
INiomitts): 5... eee ee 202 Odontonyx, 280 
Nomophila, «sears 523 Odontophyes, ...... 580 
Nomotettix, ........ 178 | Wdontosia.,. guns: 487 
INJOMENSHO, G5 booos oc 461] Odynerus, ...... 669, 670 
INorionial, 35 oko see COO NGED OMS. nase 135 
NOSODENDRIDA, ..... 278 | Cicanthus, 192 
Nosodendron, 1/298 1Gicetina, ee Rteon 70 
Nothosympycnus, .. 755 | Gcetina, 69 
Nothts,  <......eGhes ob) |}CHCIaGuS): |, \1aseee 159 
INotiophilusy ssaseeees200@ecleus:, 4.2 4..4-2ee 96 
INotiphilan, «<<. ee et 805 |'Gicophora, .. ..2e213: 562 
Notrodontay 6. eee 487 CHcoPHORIDA, ...... 560 
NovTropoNTIp&, w48o@edalea:, i5..eteee 759 
Notoglossa, s2dgsiny 682 CA'dancala, luv 14S 
Wotogonta, <4 .Madssc683) Gidaspis o.3405 4. ee 801 
Notonecta, ... 169 CEpEMERIDA, 367 
NovroNECTIDA, iGo Gi dionyehis,, ..-\aee 350 
INGtOpyetisaLaaLy om: 624,}@eme,.:.....020a tue 326 
INGtotachy sane 620. Oeics. . Akai 576 
INGHOSSES; Goes roe bt dla Oestodes, i222. «eee 289 
ING OZUS:¢ oct ee GCS MGRStRIDA . 7,5. oe 773 
INTICODiIS) 02. seeeee 241 | G@istrophasia, 28) 2.3 777 
NYCTEOLIDH, ....... ADO) |GESETUIS, oc .cknre.stene 174 
INyctobates; Suaecene 358 @edoconta, sie 470 
INGHEHODIER Shon opouce AOE NOME 4 iiacie 5c eS 490 
Nylanderia, » 661) Olethreutes, ...255609539 
NYMPHALIDA, 3.24.2 /408) (Oliersia. -...: .aees 814 
Nymphula,. 4)... evacon@liaris, 5 alae “95 
INV SIUISS etc ee TA MOMD TUS, .sacuwee eee 251 
INGSSON, 'AcAaaee nee BEN) Olicta. ... ktGenens 448 
NvSSoNIDa, . 2.02507 680)|Oligolochus,. ©..1.288 395 

Oligomerus,, ....2:eea0e 

5 Oligosthenus, ...... 650 

; Olisthopus, --Akee. 209 

Opera, oo -. eee ese SoD LOloparum, Sree 249 
@Obnium oe seco Don Orin MAS ees. dete 668 
@cellatatia- seer oa] Omethes,.’ ;...0. zest: 299 
OCHTERIDA, 166, Ommatius, Bes Ore 
@chtera, 2... .aeeeeee 806; Ommatostola, .. . 461 
Oehtertis, .eissad 4: 166} Omophron, ........ 198 
Ochthiphila see Sil) @mositay, sais ON (3) 
@ctotemniis, qe 310| Omphalocera, «..... 527 
Cresaonennmbley splembe oc 765! Oncerometopus, .... 162 


Neocatalaccus, ..... 643] 
Neoclytus, 2.2.4... .329 
Neoccelidia, Yin hO6| 
Neoempheria, aTeB. | 
Neoglaphyroptera, .. 724 | 
Neoharmonia, ...... 254| 
Neomeast x, 2. Mestr sh 388 | 
Neomysia, ......... 254! 
Neonympha, ....... 412 | 
iNeopenria, .cattaety: AQ 
Meopus: 6. ..bicesss 585 | 
Neoscleroderma, : 668 
INGO LOLEIN | ccioye.ty- fcc 178 | 
Neotiglossa, ..:.).... 135 | 
INGGRYPHS, ce: ser.e 632 | 
INGER eee 157 | 
Nephanes, Seca Ol 
Nephelodes, ........ 458) 
Nephoptenyx, 42.12. 534 | 
Nephrocerus, ...... 762 | 
INSIPID, . os AS 157 
WWepiicula, .. 220s 567 
EDV ids... <: 22 htt 502 | 
1! SVS oh Roane Po Ae 487 | 
NERTHRIDA, ....... 167 | 
Neurigona, yetitoe,| 
Neurocolpus, 163 | 
Neurocordulia, . 79) 
INeuoctena, = 2 i.255 796 | 
_ Neuroctenus, ....... 140 
INetmconmias) . -.\.c2snerl| 08) 
Neuroptynx, «04722: 63 
Neuroterus, p98 
Neurotoma, £ A) aieill 
Nezara, . 136 
ECHOES: |. ..2 5. sete dll 
INKGeNERUS,. .. ./fee ss 395 
INHEOGIESS uy aaccceeeets 751 
INTE MBS eiee op 436 
INGEIITIS). 52.0.0 «eee 44 
INSASIS), fy oa cee 235 
INtsoniades, ....%25% A938 | 
INTHEEIDAR Ss.) sede 684 
iNiticitilas. 3... Seanee 272 | 
NGMULID A. eee 
INGiZSehiase | Siete AT 
IN@CEUAI c. «2.0. me 453 
NOC UID AS. s. -/55 ase 443 
INedonota, rae. 344 


870 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 

Oncerotrachelus, ... 153{ Orthaltica, 7 /902)|(Pachymeriaw seme 759 
@Onerderes)) 3.20.06 Boo KOmthezias se eae nes 122 Pachynematus, ..... 589 
@Oncoenemis; <a2rel AD OFEHOCIS, | oxen poms 310) Pachyneuron, ...... 642 
Oncodes, ithe 744| Orthocladius, ...... 714| Pachyonychus, ..... 349: 
Oncodocerasyeeen ee 746 | Orthodes, .......... 460 Pachyophthalmus, .. 778 
Oncognathus, ...... 164| Orthofidonia, ...... 500| Pachyphanes, ...... 384 
Oncometopia, ...... 100|Orthopelma, ....... 618 Pachyprotasis, ..... 585 
Oncomyia, 22sV.ai6 772| Orthoperus, ........ 252] Pachypsylla, ......: 109 
Oncopeltus;, .#2ceee 140 | Orthopleura, ....... 304| Pachyrhina, ........ 709 
Oncephortis,. set AG OTthOpS,,- csinmash slots 164| Pachyscelis, ........ 296 
ORCOTIUS,.. ice echoes 160 @prthosiagn.< owcike nee 465 | Pachyzancla, 523 
Orneida ys. o.0eeyeniene 5382 | Orthosoma, ........ 823 | Packardia, ........- sis 
Onthophagus, ...... 314) Orthostethus, ...... 287 | Pesctes, ....... eee 470 
Onthophilus, ....... 269 | Orthotylus, ........ 161) Pederillus, ......... 243 
@nyechylis,.cc. ssksk 380|ORYSSIDA, ..0...05 6 595| Pederus, ...i.cntaee 243 
Wodesy.2aaiaeis oetie% 213 Oryssus, 9595) Pedisca,, /.veenceuee 540 
Opatrinus, ....2--.' 360|\Oscinina, ....6.0).2 807 | Pagasa, -.i::.. sean 149 
Ophelkés,. 604s ti 82 61S) Oseinis:... ia4 ase 809| Palamius, .......... 246 
Ophiderma,) .......25:: 93) (@smitay.. . «ean 697 | Paleacrita, 504 
Ophiogomphus, 76| Osmoderma, ....... 322'| Pallodes,|) ... se eaueee 273 
Ophion, ............ 621 Osprynchotus, ...... 630| Palloptera, ......... 797 
Ophyra, ........... 789 | Otidocephalus, ..... 385] Palpomyia, .......0)9012 
DPS picts. alesis ee HNC @pioceris, eke! 97 Palthis, 483 
Opisthoneura, ...... 588) OrtorHyNcHIDa, ... 878| Paltodora, ......... 554 
Opostega, ......... 568:| Otiorhynchus, ...:... 879\| Pamera, ... css sen 143 
@prestis,, .... 5.04: BSA! ORACIS Wise a voce itl oe 368 Pammegischia, ..... 637 
Opsebius, .......... 744 | OxyBELIDA, -. 682| Pamphila, .2@gieeen 421 
Opsicetus, 154 | Oxy belts) ee.aceek ... 682) Pamphilius, 581 
Opsidia, ........... (82) Oxyceta; . wie 738) Panagzeus,. < .geehoee 202 
Orchelimum, 189} Oxycnemus, ....... 273| Panapoda, :uuaee 478 
W@rcheselliay ver. seis 39 | Oxylemus, ......... 261| Panchlora, 175 
Oeehesiagy ia messi te 366 | Oxyomiis,.‘.... 2.4. 314 | ‘Panchrysia, .2enneee 469 
Orchestes,, (<-->, sie" 388) Oxypoda, .......... 238 | Pandeletejus, ...... 379 
Orectoderus,...... ¢2:4165)| Oxyporiis;, «fesse 247, Pandemis, |. sae 550 
(0) 5C1e a RRL A93:| Oxy pilus). 4n2  . oak 5a6 | Pangeeus,. ...-. eee 133 
Orgilomorpha, ..... 607 | Oxystoglossa, ...... 688)| Pangonia, 2: anaes 739 
OPENNESS. cc ae 610) Oxytelus;, ..... 60.608 248| Pangrapta, ... 474 
@rmenis;, : 4: Asoc OG Omytonus,) hea oe ne 624| Paniscus, .....0. oeeem 618 
Omnay Pus, |... seheee 650| Ozognathus, ....... 305) Panorpa,: 1.ic ee 65 
@muthobius, ..2.12% #0)(@zophota,. "des a2%e 144) Panscopus;, .\.a.-0eee 379 
Ornithomyia, ....... 813 Pantalas: =e oe 79 
Orava )sic': REE 572 p iRanteles. (5), eee 625 
Orocharis, +..i...e 193 ; Panthea, -..< «ae 442 
@ropezayyiys wer toe HOSiMeHchnetisan. eeienee 379| PANTHEIDA, ....... 442 
@rphiluss eens 267| Pachnobia, ......... 453} PANURGIDA, ...,.... 691 
Orptialellay 40504: 180| Pachybrachys, ..... 341| Panurginus, ........ 691 
OveSTUNNE SH Depa so. 141) PachydiplaX,’....... S23 (Banzenias ices 779 
Onrsodachna eee Bo8) | Hachy aster arene (38)\Baonias 1. ae eeeeee 430 
ORTAD IDA AN aks H9SiMPachylobiuws) eee 883 |.Papaipema) ../.piatee 462 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND: 


Papilio, 
PAPILIONIDA, ....... 
Papirius, 
Parabolocratus, 
Paracalocoris, ...... 
Paraclemensia, 
Raradidyma,. 2.2 /2.- 
Paragus, 
ermalechtal,. cet 
[Pewacilhbantutels @ ano ocone 
Paralipsa, 
Parallelia, 
Parallelomma, 
RaatieStls,, vst sein 
Paramesus, 
Parandra, 
Paranomus, : 
Paranothyreus, ..... 
Paraphia, 
Paraplagia, 
iParaprosena, 2.5... 
Paraselandria, 
Parasierola, 
Paya SOI, 0k i 
Parastichtis, 
AGAtaAxONUS, syste 
Paratenetus, 
Paratenodera, 
Paratettix, pene? 9 
Daratipliia, .6522.<2% 
IRaraxenetts, ocecias: 
iPanectopa,. ©. 
Parharmonia, 
Parlatoria, 
» PARNIDA, 
Paromalus, 
Paroxya, 
Parydra, 
Pasimachus, 
Passaleecus, 
Passalus, 
Patrobus, 
Paururus, 
Pediacus, 
Pedicella, 
Pedicia, 
PEDICULIDA, 
Pediculus, 
Pediopsis, 


782 | 


764 
556 
806 
532 
478 
794 


651 | 


103 
323 


_ 289 | 
682 | 


502 
778 
784 
583 


. 667 


583 


9 Pegomyia, 


3 Pelecocera, 


| Pelastoneurus, 
IPEGECINID A ehy telecon 
“Pelecinus, 


| Pelocoris, 
Relecotomay secre 
Pelenomus, 
Peleteria, 
Pelina, 
Pelidnota, 
-Peliopelta, 
Pelogonus, ....-...- 
Pemphigus, 
Pemphredon, 
PEMPHREDONID#, 
Pentagonica, 
Pentagramma, 
Pentaria, 
Pentatoma, 
PENTATOMIDZ, 
Penthe, 
Penthelispa, 
Penthima, 
Penthoptera, 
Peoria, 
Pepsis, 
Percnoptilota, 
Perdita, 
| Peribalus, 
Periclista, 
Periclistus, 
Pericompsus, 
Peridroma, 
Renicasten wesc 
Perigea, 
Perigenes, 
Perigona, 
PERILAMPIDA, 
Perilampus, 
| Perilitus, 
| Perilloides, 
| Perillus, 
Periplanetas ee 
Peripsocus, 
Petisemus, eticu 4. 
IRerispaStas). sae 
BEGISSOpLenlis.Meereee 
Perithemis, 


eis) e's! abe! «ees 


PCUnOeUnO nO 


. 647) 


GEINERA. 871 
OANME etithOtsamseeteetenet 627 
757| Peritrechus, ...0....) 144 
Bee Ber lay. «2! inher saws 40 
GoaRerclesta,, \aaeceeeiee 40 
TOC EBRIIDIAS. eperletateee aia 39 
NGMieerOneanuery..<ee te 547 
376 Perothops, 282 
393 | Pertstenus, ......... 609 
Say dleeta lamas we wee see. 306 
806 Petrophora, 497 
320 | Pezomachus, 631 
142 | Phecasiophora, 540 
1GGizheedony meee ee 346 
114, Phenonotum, ...... 228 
Gia Pehwocymiay eee 479 

-/6fo |Pheeogenes:, |. ..)ee 632 
22 | PHALACRIDA, .....4. Zoll 
OS WEMAlaGhUS. oy ac. se 251 
369 | Phalenostola, ...... 474 
Ab Pehallentaen wa. seniette 361 
32) \seivalonial, wae eet 551 
SOA) een aticct Suman een 3138 
261 | Phanerotoma, 612 
HOW Mean tistispars eae 654 
COS IERMRIENS, 2 Seca cco. BY 
536 | Phasgonophora, 649 
673) (Ehasioclista,......aeaee 775 
497 \dPhasiops, tu: selene 784 
691| PHASMIDA, ........ 177 
ease herd oles... eae 658 
HOW IsPhellopsisss cuit Mwe 358 
oof | Phenacoccusy! 0.25% 123 
204| Phengodes, ........ 298 
AAn sae nOlica sense 273 
DO SPEMGOSIay  uyeietaeisent: A87 
ANS) Pnneplia, Go kosne door 505 
4B IPMS 46 dono olac 99 
209| Philampelus, ....... 426 
. 647| PHILANTHIDA, ..... 677 

Ehnilamtlaissees een 678 
608| Philenome, ......... 573 
137| Philhydrus, ........ 227 
137 | Philhydrus, ........ 226 
Mis,| Pinlobiay..< sso (te 501 

Fase hilometraspues aes: 482 
667| Philonthus, .....:.. 240 
OAs Me hidlOmyaxey mere eal 598 
640 Philopotamus, ...... 71 

82 | ETAL OP SIG’ haga 495 


872 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 
PHILOPTERIDH, ..... 43| Phyllonoryter, ..... 568 !Pityobius, © .c..6eer 
Bhilosamias yaaeeee AS ii Phy loscelisveiinay oie 95 | Pityophthorus, 
Philothermus, ..... 261 | BhyAlosciits emer eee 193) Elaicia. os. ance 
Phiprosopus, . 472) Phyllotreta, 354| Plagiodera, ...... 
Phlegethontius, 4428) Phyllotrox, 2-122. 384 | Plagiognathus, 
Philegyasy.). 22.0098 ¢ 142)'Phylloxera, .. 2.5.0. 113 Plagiomimicus, ..... - 
IBMlepSitisHes eo eeeeie 105) Phylocentropus, 71) Plagionotus, 
Phloeophagus, ...:.. 399 | Phymaphora, .:..... 258| Plagiotoma, ........ 
Phiceosinus, ........ 404! Phymata, .......... 157 | Plagiotrypes, ....... 
Phliceothrips, ....... eu PHYMATIDE, . 157 | Plagodis, 7... 7.aee 
Philceorn bus ween 403| Phymatocera, ...... 590 Platagrotis, -- se 
Phleotrya, ......... 365! Phymatodes,’....... 320|-Plateros, .. ...seee 
Piilycteenia,- 4: Lees 524 | Phyrdenus; 2 e6a-c- 391) Plathemis, .).2.5 
iBhoberias -ahoseaser A78 Physatocheila, ..... 149) Platylabus,. . s.uaaeee 
Bhobetron” . str: Dla EY SCUS, "4 skeewerels 640 Plathypena, 
IPholisora: *. 255s 423 Physocephala, ...... 772) Platycentropus, .... 
IPAMONNIS ands o4o ne oe 426 Physocnemum, ; 325!| Platycerus,, .2.-aeee 
Phora, .....2:/0664 161 Physonota; «.0..4-)... 800) Platychiris see 
Phorantha, ......... 775 Physostegania, ..... 500| Platycotis, ....... 
Pino btae ee ese 791 Physostomum, ..... 47 |\Platydema, ase 
Phoricheta, iei82 WPinytalus; “eset 319 | Platyeaster) eres 
IASON Agia Lona NGI VEL VtOCOKIS, s.4-ee 163 | PLATYGASTERIDE, ... 
PHOLMmiIa,.9. cecn sens 787 Phytodietus, ....... 629 | Platygerrhus, ..... 
Phorocera, 2180, Pinytoemy js: . coer 327 | Platymetopius, 
Phorodon) 2 sate": 118 Phytonomus, ....... 381 | Platynotd,. .2.eo0 
IBhorticastnekict wie as 810 Phytophaga, ....... 580 | Platynus, . ese 
IRHOEMTUS swe BUS iP iiysxelis as ine. vee 3/9 | Platypalpus, nee 
Photomorphus, ..... 664 Piazorhinus, ....... 389 | Platypeza, 
PhetOpsiSs = aes ie 664 PIGZUrUs, 2.35. ee 392 | PLATYPEZIDA, 
IPHOUUILIS, one.: . elie 298 PIERIDA, 5.5.2 .ee ee 417 Platyphylax, 
IZNOMOPLETIS: = tare 544 Pieris, , AIT | Platypterd, S7seeaee 
Phragmatobia, ..... AAQ PT@SmIas ye. eter eioe 148 | Platypteryx, ..... 
Phryganea, 68 | Piezocorynus, , 405 | Platyptilia, siete 
PHRYGANEIDA, ..... 68 | Piezostethus, \s...-e.) 158) Platypus, °.. .aeeee 
Phthinolophus, Moll Bieritid, =..21 aaeeker 662 | Platysenta, .: ..meaee 
Dhithitia: 525+. 4aeeen 746 Pilocrocis, 2.245.406 524) Platysoma, .. ane 
IPnidabbnibles gus ccono ec Shilleilophorisy eee 162 Platystethus, 
Phithorinsea ; 41) ss. Bo, |UOpIs,. «si .,-/<e0 aelerees 236 Platythyris, 

PIKYS) eae AUG | Bamaplay >. eke 626| Platyura, .......:. 
Phyciodes, 299/409) Pinacodeta, . since: 210 Plea, 1.50.2 ee 
Rhyeadenon, sass Goceimipestis; 2... re 530 Plecia, ..,.0:, .- «eee 
Phylethus, 2: tents: 21 abe | Pinnaspis, .. mani. 127 | Plectiscts, 2... 2am 
Pliyllaphisy..c.)¢4) Moy Pinophilus, ¢.. 2. 245  Plectronemia, 
Pyllobsenus, ..cea/.i3803'| Piophila,:.....cpiaceos 804 Plegaderus, 
Phyllobrotica, »(949)| Pipiza, oo s.5. .2iPcks AOS Alemnyriag ss. aaa 
Phyllocnistis, ...... 573| PIPUNCULIDA, ..... 762 Plenoculus, 
Binvdlodectas --merre 346| Pipunculus, ........ 762 Pleonectyptera, 
Phyllogaster, ....... 792] Pissodes, .......... 3883) Plesiastina, 
Phyllomyza,, -- tees. SUA sBissonous ss. see 97 Plesiobaris, 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 


Pleurophorus, 


. 314 


PWT RODES, 3%. .oclete. « 


Plocamus, 
Plocetes, 

Plochionus, 
Plodia, 
Ploeophora, 
Ploiariola, 

Plusia, 
Plusiodonta, . 
lateliag, i. 4: 
Pnirontis, 
Poaphila, 
Pocadius, 
IRedabsus, .<: 


Rodapiom 2.09025: 


UZOOISUS,. 2% 322 
Podops, 
Podosesia, 
Podura, 
Peecilocapsus, 
Peecilonta, 
Peeciloscytus, 


Pecilostoma, ....... 
Pectlostomidea, .... 


Pogonocherus, 
Pogonosoma, 
_ Pogonus, 
Polemis;... << 
_Polidea, 
Polistes, 
Polistomyia, . 
Pollenia, 


. 786 | 


Poly blastus;. as... 


Polycentropus, 


(PolychtTOsis, . . a5... 


Polychrysia, . 
Polycinetis, 
olvelasis, ... 
Polydrosus, 
Polyergus, 

Polygnotus, 


. 380 


. 652 


IPolyaramimatass -..- 


Polyhymno, 
Polylepta, 
Polymitarcys, 
Polynema, 


. 908 


Polypliylla, .-sseuh 


Polypleurus, . 


Polypsocus, . 
380 | Polysphincta, 
395 
389 
211 
535 
563 


Pomphopeea, 


| Pompilus, 
Pompilus, 
153 | Pontania, 
469 | Ponera, 
468, Porizon, 
553 | Porosagrotis, 
154 Porpe, 
479 Porphyrops, 
273 | 
299| Praon, 
381 
137| Prenolepis, . 
132) Priocera, ... 
517) Priocycla, 
36 
165 
292 
164 
582 
582 
334 
751} Prionus, 
204 Priophorus, 
300! Pristaulacus, 
776 Pristiphora, 
671] Pristocera, . 
775, Pristomerus, 
Probolus, 
623 Proceratium, 
au 
538 
469 | 
624 
297 


Prionidus, 
Prionocheta, 


Priononyx, . 


Procladius, . 
Proctotrypes, 
| Prodenia, 


Prodoxus, 
Progomphus, 


663 


| 
446 


723 
37 
637 | Prometopia, 
319 | Pronuba, 
398 | Prosacantha, 


Porphyrosela, 


| 6 
| Prasocuris, . 


| Prionapteryx, 
Prionocyphon, 
IPeionamenus,) . shar 


Prionoxystus, 


Prochyliza, . 


Proctacanthus, . 


[ Proleucoptera, 
| Prolimacodes, 
| Promachus, . 
| Promethus, . 


| Polystcechotes, ..... 


|Pompilide, .......:% 


53 
625 

60 
374 
672 
673 
674 
589 
656 
617 
455 
553 
755 


4 tom 


eee eee 


| PROCTOTRYPIDA, 


606 
344 
660 
302 
508 
528 
156 
229 
280 
389 
677 
516 
324 
588 
637 
589 
668 
617 
635 
656 
804. 
713 


. 152 


652 


4 


GENERA. 873 
IRTOSOpISS Mean tee 694 
EGOspaltamee ieee 640 
Prosphierysa,. \).i.4- 781 
BROSOPIDA, Jes aor 594 
IPigonehmabeterel Adc 4 - 691 
Protapanteles, ..... 610 
Protenor e.. ose). 147 
Brotenthies:. mans: 713 
Proveoteras, so. .kun 543, 
rOulall pial enero 365 
IPyrtotlnleCzls) Gn owabhonae 307 
PLothyinias 6 495) A72 
Protocalliphora, ... 787 
Protophormia, ..... 787 
ERotostalis, on. eee 695 
Protothyreopus, . 68) 
Rsallus: oie k ee 160 
Psammodius: -..2.: 314 
Psammoleon, °...... 62 
saphaidia,.. seein 452 
(IBSECitands actinic acer 61 
Pselaphephila, ..... 794 
PsELAPHIDA, 5 eS. 
WESelap lids) eran essere 236 
IPS eis. adins. see 675 
t IRSenocerusie eee eee 
iPsephents;,..3.. .ane 278 
PSeudagentay) sane 672 
Pseudanaphora, .... 577 
| Pseudanthonomus, . 388 
Pseudanthophilus, .. 678 
Pseudanthracia, . 480 
Pseudebeeus, ....... 301 
EsSecudobaris) -aeaeee 395 
Pseudochzeta; aHinsa 781 
Pseudococcus, issfaenl24 
Pseudocrabro, ...... 681 
Pseudogalleria, .... 540 
Pseudolfersia, ..... 814 
Pseudomedon, ..... 245 
Pseudometagea, ... 646 
Pseudomethoca, ... 665 
PSeudoperia, Pisa 40) 
Pseudopietitia, 2. vas.p02 
Pseudopomala, ..... 182 
BSeudopsis, 5. 4-2: 247 
Pseudopyrellia, . 787 
Beeudosioblal ao SS 
Pseudotephritis, . 800 


874 

Pseudothyatira, . 485, 
Slat on tee 805 | 
Penn, 9. sass 804 | 
Psilocephala, ....... 748 | 
Psilocera, e2ashe- 643 | 
IZSHOCORSIS) Maen 561 
Pslowera,-. :.6.. 83s 596 | 
IPSUlOmastiI%, .<.c2.- 636 
Siloam “see 806 | 
IRSiloplisys, .. sets 644 | 
Esilopodimusy ascerer 754 | 
EASMOPUS: cs eto aoe 754 
IRSilota, “asccnenacne 764 
Bsillotanypuss esse: as 
IP SihamGbel, ~sogoanoae- 182 
PSithihitS: Meee 698 
SOCID AN Soest r cee 51 
IAS OCIIS: Cer ee oe 53 
Psomuns, ..)..aeewanese2 
IRSOLOpliGtay ees 716 
EASUGHICS) Mckee hee See 510 
PSsyYCHID&, 510 
Reychodane serene 710 
PsyCHODIDA, 710 
IPSyichOnil ase ea ana 71 
Psychomorpha, 442 
Sylar a S.J 109 
IPSVLLID AS, Seine: 108 | 
Psyiltadess uigeeds 354 | 
Psyllobora, ......... 254| 
Bsyillopsissass sea oe 108 
IBEECHICUS se eeeee oer 736 
Btenidinmy eer 250 
iBterallastes: ease soe 770 
IEPELOC OLS eee 378 
interodella, As. Sener. 52 
PTEROMALIDA, ...... 641 
Eteromaltisy senacse 643 
IPteronancysueee eee 39 
Bterontus: «tees sean 590 
PTEROPHORIDH, ..... 536 
Pterophortisi esse Bi 
Pterophylla, “252.2 187 
Pterostichus, | 2.2. 204 
Prtilimtis, y. sitar istas 307 | 
Bislinnay 5,0 UR eee 249 | 
BAlodachylaanss sere 280 | 
Bilodestans ener 785 | 
ASTIN eae Ne ea 304 ' 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 


Btinobius.] 3. canner 646° tRanatta, vee 157 
Réinwss? £S. Seite Ue ea Dp hia eee 443 
Ptochiomerass 4.5. 144 | Raphiptera, .: 220 528 
Ptomophagus, ..... 230 | Raphitelus, ........ 643 
BEOSIiia ase eee 294) Rasahus” | 5.. seeeeee 155 
Ptychoptera, sen +e 708 | Rectvaria, ..).aeeeD 
Bttbiiliasy ee eee 93'| REpUVIDA, .. se eeee 152 
1201 (oo eae eee tay 702 | Reduviolus, ....... 149 | 
OICID A Re eneee 702 | Reduvius, .....0eRe 154 
Btilvaneiiane eerie 124, Reichenbachia, 235 
Purpuricenus, aiis-. 328] Remigia, .2. 2. 5aae0 478 
iPyenoderesy easee cre 165:| Renia,:.4...). eee 483 
Pycnotmerus,. /:5 2... 261 |"Resthenia, 77 .eeeeee 162 
IRVCnOphitS-ssesee ea 2d! |"Reiinia; ....01aeeeee 537 
Pychopsyche, 52: ate 68 | Reuteria,. .....saeee 160 
PY CUStE Hey. Soma One 144) Reuterscopus, ...... 160 
Pycacchias jacee ree 441 | Rhabdiopteryx, 40 
Pyeolampisy eso seeee 154) Rhabdophaga, ..... 727 
PGOSTOUUS, © ..cehescla: 607 | Rhabdopterus, ..... 344 
Pyractomena, .....-. 298 | Rhaeboscelis, ...... 295. 
PYRAGID AS, foie 520 | Rhacium! | eee 330 
vicclise = vee 527 | Rhagoletis, ......... 801 
syeaTmel she ieee bert 411 | Rhagovelia, 2:2¢enee 150 
Pyrausta,- eRe 524 | Rhamphidia, ....... 705. 
Pyreota,. a. eeetee 799 Rhamphomyia, ..... 760 
Pyrgus, ........... 4931 Rhanis, ........0--. 258 
Pyrochroa,) .< 1...5H5 3i3 | Rhantus, . ..soeeeee 201 
| PYROCHROIDA, . 373) Rhaphidodemas, .... 505 . 
Pyromorpha, et). 514' Rheumaptera, ...... 496 
PYROMORPHID&, .... 514: Rheumatobates, .... 151 
iPyrophana, |. odie 765 | Rhexidius, 233 
Pyrophila, 2:e21el 450 | Rhexius, ........... 233 
Pyropyga, «....+ 2) 297 | Rhicnoessa; .......- 812 
Pyrrharcia,; Wise ane 440 | Rhimphoctona, ..... 619 
[PA igielabiely Myotatar citsoetec 464 | Rhinacloa, J2yoeeees 160 
PyrrHocorip#, ..... 140; Rhingia, ........... 768 
Pyrrhomelecta, . 693 Rhinomacer, ....... 377 
Psyche: see eeneee 510 | RHINOMACERID, 377 
PY TET Ay Bye terns 367} Rhinoncus, ..... 2.23895) 
Pythoy > 5545's cipnores 367 | Rhinopsis,’ -...a0eee 676 
| Rhinosimus, "anes 367 
Q. | RHIPICERIDA, ....... 281 
Quadrigana, -..-... ea Tr 
Quedits, ..- gti. 239 | RHIPIPHORIDA, ..... 376 
|Rhipiphorus, ....... 376 
se | Rhizagrotis, ........ 454 
Rachrela, line sheneaees 494 | Rhizobius, ...5..% 113 
Racheospilaweenreee 499 | Rhizophagus, ...... 274 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND 


RIMOMILES iis ceis eee 603 
Rhodobenus, ....... 397 
Rhodophora, .. 2/00. 467 
PAS Fe eo SIM 613 
Rinopobota,; cisai oe. 547 
Rhopalomyia, ...... 729 
Rhopalophora, ..... 327 
Rhopalosiphum, .... 118 
Rhopalum, . 682 
FUGOPUS; seein 644 
RGTO GIS. ee eat eke: 623 
Rhyacionia, si.%.-. 537 
Rhyacophila, 69 
RHYACOPHILIDH, ... 69 
Rhynchagrotis, . 452 
Rhynchites, ........ 378 | 
RHYNCHITIDA, ..... 377 
Rétyneholmns: 222.2 <: 399 
Rhynchomilichia, ... 813 
Rhy WODIMSs, os. Sclcte ss OZ 
REY PID A. eee 736 
Rhypholophus, ..... 706 
Ray PHS; sas eeaGees 736 
PRAT. SSas bet. 5 cesetieres 627 
Rulnyssalus;) <7. .a8ele 614 
Rhyssematus, ...... 390 
RUNYSSeEMUUS, jars Aesjaer 314 
RHyssuviD#, ....... 261 
Rythmonotus, . 619 
Ral eyicis! <2 << see chore te 647 
[Pi ielll Fic ae ae one rere 799 
Rati ast: «x. ames alates 472 
Bdcconota, .. 21: /0:..9 166 
ees elias ....<.0spatmien 436 
Romalewin, ./.2uts... 6026 
Bais... : Seesaseen 234 
Ss. 
Sabulodes, 508 
RVEUGIUAITN IT, «an eo eraahhe 251 
RACUODIUIS. © ds Neen 614 
Saissetia; .aasneeate 126 
Saldivise cits Want 166 
Buide... eae: 166 
SPA EWLAAH «32.4.5 534 
Salas ale canon tet 
NUS oO ole 673 
Salpingus, .. ..:6ebss 367 


Samia, 
Sandalus, 
| Sanninoidea, 
.Saperda, 
Sapintus, 
| Sapromyza, . 


| Sapyga, 
| SAPYGIDA, 


Sargus, 
Sarpedon, 


SATYRIDA, 
Satyrus, 
SATURNIIDA, 
Sayapis, 


Sayomyia, 


Scaphinotus, 
Scaphisoma, 
Scaphoideus, 


Saxdnis ee ee 
SCAPHIDIIDAS, ....... 
Scaphidiumyy meter 


| SAPROMYZIDH, ...... 


Sagcophaca, seen 
SARCOPHAGIDA, 


Satrothinipa,, s.asese 


SQUGCE OPUS. eta 


SCARABAHIDA, .2..... 


Scarites, 
Scatella, 


see 


a eee nee 


SCatopliaca: meeeeeiee 
ScATOPHAGIDA, ..... 


Scatopse, 
Scelio, 


ScELION Day) Mythos 


Sceliphron, . 
SCENOPINIDA, 
Scenopinus, 

Scepsis, 
Schinia, 


Schistocerca, areas 


Schizocerus, 
Schizogenius, 
Schizoneura, 


Schizophilis, -1)sse 


Schizura, 


Schcenicusn ea eenaet 


Schcenobius, 
Schcenomyza, 


Schreckensteinia, ... 


GENERA. ays 
ASA ociagraplita..\oeeees 501 
281 Sciaphilus, 380 
518) Sctapteron, .......5: 517 
SHO POCIALAN oe snc seen 725: 
SUPUMOIASITIA, - ..55 45.52. Wore 777 
(ils) Steterehy AS cpcauoooe (le 
797| ScloMyzIDa, ....... 796 
G67 |Sciophila; \ tes 723 
667 | Scirtettica, 182 
TS5SCIEteSo mya oe ee 281 
. 785] Scolecocampa, ...... 471 
MAMAS COliay a cnet we ae 666 
282 (SEOLIDA,. «ooo bs 666 
436 | Scoliopteryx, ....... 465 
412 Scolobates, \/s.cee% 623 
413 | Scolopendrella, ..... 34 
431 | Scolopostethus, 145. 
GOBWESCOLONS... 5: 2\cissereee 94 
(55 SCOLYTIDA, ......00. 400 
PAA WOSCOLVTAIS: . xrcsacarernt aoe 403 
340 | Scopzopsis, 245 
BAO IMSCOPZUS, . .-payesaz.nfo <2 245 
AO MRSCOPALIAS, was4js;cvens ices 526 
199 | Scopelosoma, ...... 466 
250i SCOnpiOniss .eaceeee 622 
105| Scotobates, ........ 359 
312 Scotochroa, ........ 365 
PUSeraptia.. coe .vcanee 366 
807 | Scudderia, ..::..... 186 
794| ScypMANIDA, ...... 231 
ROA Sceydmeents: yas yee 232 
S15)| Siemans 6 4a6coo0; 257 
Ghowocyphella.. jan. anee 811 
Gre MOeKthtiss) <..s 08 ote 565 
GiGi\pSecodes;, ....ciactons- 641 
RAG MSEbITits; oxo. cuse sok 133 
VMAGHIS Gltal :c/.0 2c RINE 35 
ABA Selandria,........26n% 583 
AGITARSIGLENAM in ea eee 507 
183| Selenophorus, ...... 215 
BOO MSelencis:, seers eee 632 
202| Selidosema, ....... 503 
1115) SERVO Sopa 542 
282'| Semiophora; 5... .4.- 452 
489} Semioscopsis, ...... 562 
358 | Semiotellus, ....... 646 
528 | Senotainia: «esas 77 
POO WOSEREAS Hac) <istserrAcrn te 448 
567! Seoptera, .......... 800 


876 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 

DEPeG Onsen, aerate MOT Smynthartise eee 32 Popilosoma,, ..oaeeee 439 
SEPRSIDA, -.\. . seers: 803'\"Solenaspis, |... Jeetee 596' |"Spilotus,.. scaeeeeee 365 
SEpsisty iv. a qawenee S04 |Solenimsy os nethac aie 681) Spogostylum, ...... 745 
Sepsisoma,) -.sa.-ee 800} Solenopsis, ........ 657 | SPONDYLIDA, ....... 323 
SE TICAN ster s. chats 317 Solenozopheria, . 602 | Spongiphora, Gee ae. 171 
Senicodens, serie. 252 | FSOlUDEAs ssc seer 135 | Spragueia, sages 473 
SGmeOansey conasace 768} Somatochlora, ..... 19 | Spudastica, Gxneaee 619 
Sericosomus, WSO SOnOnia,, cane 273) Stachyocnemus, VAT 
GMIGOSEOMIC, .aevtiae 69) (Spalaneia. 2. ere 641 Stagmatophora, .... 566 
SERICOSTOMATIDA, .. 69) Spallanzania, ...... 783 | Stagmomantis, 175 
Serrapalpts, s2x.cnk 365 Spangbergiella, . 103| SrapHyLINipa, ..... 236 
SESIAMethaaonreralienae 519 | SPAMOEECTIIS) aire 624 | Staphylinus, ....... 239 
SHESUMD A) jo. cross Satie 516 SPALeano this. eee 548 |Statira,. ».. gee 364 
Serode’s; hess bees. 70 | Spaumas; seek wilee 200 |'Steranaz® “ys. aeeeee 810 
Setomonpiian eee 574 Sparnopolius, ...... 747 | Steganoptycha, ..... 543 
Setiostomas! (Sa lawek bbs: WIPALSlONys dca. 6 ate 653)\'Stelidata,... eee ee 272 
STAT ay . dil vanoers: HO. sopathits;.. cn. bee: 614| Sreripipa, ........- 695 
Sialisw 3 2cue cnet eee 7) Spermophagus, ...i.4:, 606 |‘Stelis, <) 37. tee 695 
SibiIMe Sel ele t- pl Sphienidiim, eee 227 | Stenamma,; Jaeselkn 658 
SCN ARS a (Si aopheenOcerany sei 796 | Stenaspilates, ...... 508 
Smealinlaibls, Sho do0ncc 612| Spheroderus, ...... 199 | Stenelmis, |. eee 279 
Silico ss nck. lees 299 | Spherophthalma, ... 664! Stenispa, .......... 355 
Silay ptien spec 229 Spherophoria, ..... 767° Stenobothrus, ...... 180 
SILPEMD AS, Haya el daaues 228i Spleeropyess saree 612) ‘Stenocrantis sees ates 97 
Sn ebthtTSy Sha fe StH 262| Spharagemon, ..... 182 | Stenodema, ......- 162 
SIMULIDS, (35)| SEHUREIDA, «te Dt 676 | Stenodynerus, ..... 670 
Suiimplhibhaas, Wah pages. (3 WSDMECIISH Eee eee 679 | Stenolophus, ...... 215 
SUITE WSF Seo MEER TNT SOMES, sacens occ 689) Stenoma.. Seen 560 
Sinophorus, ........ 619 | Sphecodina, ........ 425 | STENOMATIDA, ..... 560 
SIMO xyion, , tet SMe 308 | Sphecomyia, ....... (1 | Stenomesiusy .. 2m 639 
Siphocoryne, ....... 118 | Sphecophaga, ...... 622 | Stenomyia, ..../.: 800 
Siphoplagias. mst TiS) mopheginas ees eee 767 | Stenophylax, ....... 68 
SiMe, Soooanooaa 778 | Sphenophorus, ..... 397 |'Stenopodal= saaemeen 154 
Siplomelilay se 5 see 809 | Sphenostethus, .... 324] Stenoscelis, ........ 399 
Siphostummia, |. ane TEMISDINESS Seyoitedas aclolt 676 | Stenosphenus, ..... 328 
SIPER: Waitin nle ee eGo | SpHocry fauss ¥630)|Stenotarsus, ee 258 
Sisyrosea, 5 I SOOT eq sda a - 439 | Stenotrachelys, 502 
SIRECIOA Le ele 593 | SPHINDIDA, ........ Sid |) Stenottiss eee 164 
Sigiientea) tse 155| Sphindus, ........: 311) SteNoxENIDa, ...... T11 
Sitodrenas ase eens 305 | SpHINGIDA, / 4294 | Stenoxenus, s..eee 711 
Sitomesal we S) see! 380 | Splinsc, ). seer 428) Stents, 0)... 242 
Sitothosa, sf... ect vee Gos | Ophtagisticuss uc: Men 144 | Stephama, .... 2.00: 151 
DIXEOMOLUS)) 45674 tee 165) |Sophyracephalayeana: 805 | STEPHANIDA, ...... 604 
SMERINTHIDA, ..... 430 | Spilochalcis, 649 | Stephanoderus, 402 
Simeninthus, ses. 5- ABO Spllogasten., seer 790) | Stephanus, ssc 604 
Sieur Whe wom taco & 649 | Spilographa, ....... 801 | Stethanlaxy 5 .ca.acee 132 
SuimienemNes, Goseee ce 3e4)|Spilomiena, .cscne (WAG) Skee MONI, kagna ono - 257 
Smailitay ioe hcisescrs 92512561) Spilomiyia,, sepa TTL | Sthenopis; cco ee 578 
Simodicuniey.cwaeee 395 | Spilonotay t) 1 eee et 547 + Stibaditini,. «sae 468 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 
Stichopogon, ...... fa0: Ssynehlora,.......0% 499 | Teeniocampa, 
Soo Arc ee re 679) Synchroa, i222 364 | Tzeniopteryx, ...... 
Stictocephala, ...... OT Syasdyau: 9... ieee (aol Vanaemas ose eC) 
Stictocephala, ...... 800) Syneches;. 005.000 758 ‘Tanymecus, 
Stigmatomma, ..... 656.| Syneches, .....5.% Wok | Pamiypitsiie i.os..e Wad 
Seeme}lla, ... ie. SG |(Synedajus 20. ae 475 | Tanysphyrus, ...... 
So a Gia. Gynelys, \<....2ee 498 | Tanystropha, ....... 
SID @SISs. -aavstecias oat: Boe | Synérsuss ... gets 4 597 'Taphrocerus, aia 
SSIMIGOPSIS; . -.c0n=-22)! ASS SynGta, - 2. 2 .<eeeee 300 | Lapimomads 222.0. 0! 
Siilicuseen...cee ne: 245! Synhalonia, .......- 693 | WPARACLICHSA. os ieee oe 
EMOTES). -:sgati 25/552 632 | Synoecetes, ........ 622'|‘Taxonus, +... eee 
SHIGEERUS! c.lae 2 137 | Synothyreopus, 681 | Taxonus,”.). 22400 -: 
Stiphrosoma, ...... IGN Siete, pee biocide (25) Welagtions "eae 
SNA, pee eae 679 | Syntomaspis, 650) | Relanonaye scot 
IMNNARIA, bes oie kets 97|SYNTOMIDH, ....... 434 |"Teleay 2s 520d. 
SOMO See <:ecostor Pt = 788 | Syntomosphyrum, .. 639|Telenomus, ........ 
wiranealia,...... 220%: AO | SYED Ula wos 4c keaee 179)| Teleonemia, +... 22: 
Serateeus, 2.5 os. os SPSS hisghar: Meee Pee Sa oe 770 | Telephanus, 
Stratomyia, . 6) site): 737 | SyRPHIDH, ......... 763| Telephorus, ........ 
StTRATIOMYIDA, 736 | Syrphoctonus, ..... 621 | Telmatophilus, ..... 
Co ee SOP Syrphiis enestos Le Teo: elphiasa: +....c0eve 
Strigoderma, ...... 320 | Sysphincta, ........ 656 | Temelucha, ! 22.0... 
SEODISIay «-. 2) A oe SOT SvSsatiral nach Ae 508 | Temnopsophus, 
Strongylium, ...... 362 | Systerfa, ........... 353! Temnostoma, ...... 
Strongylicoris. 162 Dy Stochasy sc tek HAG | Renders cnr Hesse asc ae 
Strongylogaster, 564)! Systratiotus,. ~..0o4e 165'| ‘Penebrio, 2.2... 0% 
Strongylogastroidea, 583) Systropus, ......... 747 |'Tenebrioides, .....- 
Strongylotus, ...... 160. | TENEBRIONIDH, ..... 
Strophosomus, ..... 380, ‘TENTHREDINIDA, ... 
Seupiniase le Saat 781 | T. enthreda; joes24. 
Styeeropis,: 2/602). 709 TABANIDA, . 738 Tenthredopsis, ..... 
Saylopaster,. sth ie Papanus: 2205.6.ce? TAD Vephsitisn 5.0% 5. oe 
SamGPipey. |. <i ere | Pahudat-.axlacteee, 748 Tephrochlamys, .... 
STMIOPYGG, uve one EEN Gein. “dss pone nine 781 Tephroclystia, 22 
SUIMMS) ee =. 245 | TACHINIDA, wuts | Tephronota,’ >. 00: 
synmmerista, ./ a)... 488 | Tachinomyia, TGA OP Ss ee ite Nees 
SYMMELUS, 0.66.25. 12a) Pachinius, -./eeeese- DAG Metias’, <rsct.:, af 
Symmorphus, ...... 669'| "Tachycellus,“..2822 PG ermes cies setae 
Sympetrum, ....... Si|'Tachydromia, #27)" 758 | TERMITIDE, ........ 
Sympherobius, OL Pachyroutiss Se @: 392 |’Tetamocera, $..... 5: 
Syiphenta, 2.).ssi0 023 | Dachyporus, =... 246 | Tetanolita, 
Symaphobus, <2 .'.0. 624|'Tachypterus, ....... 386|Tetanops, .......... 
Syiiphiota, . 2S: 366 | Tachyptilia, ......0. 557| Tetartopeus, ....... 
Symphoromyia, » 744\ Tachysphex, <....2- 683 Tetracheta, 
Syampliysa, i255 ot Ha Pachytes,. saseceeeee G8aiMretracisss scqscsoe ee 
Syiipiesis, <....)) 2. 638 | Tachytrechus, . 757, Tetraganoderus, 
Symplecta, .......- 707 | Wachiysae ietaccee ee 203 Tetragoneuria, ..... 
Sympycnus, ........ 755|Tachyusa, ........, 238 i Petralomia,. "201 an 
Synchitas 2447 960|'Pacomay ...c0.2 00% 584! Tetralopha,: 2.0.02 2% 


532 


878 INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GERINERA. 
Tetramerinx, «ai Wet Whigratitae ans) als eee 136) Prachea, ....oaeee 
‘Tetramorium, HC) AN ava Geo oh on oe ASoi|Glerachelas) ae eeeee 
‘Tetraneura, 114) THyatimipaz, 485 | "Drachonia, selene 
Tetraneura, ....... Dea | iyimaltis) .2. eee 276 | ‘Trachysectus,. 0.0. 
Metraopes,, i... cee 307 | THYNNIDA, 663:|"Tragidion, \..saee 
‘Tetrastichus, 639 THyREOCORIDA, ..... 138) Traginops, 
Metratomar: “teas: 364 | Thyreocoris, ....... 138 Tragosoma, 

MREEEODS) <i stecveeoy 337 | Thyreodon, ........ 6210 aitpamas) See eee 
MBpttiged, ...i.tnswe 88 Thyreopus, .... 681|"Tramea, 4 ).2eee 
Tettigidea, mo WAS Bil igr= grassy, Oymmen Gnee 9 ue 515| Trapegonotus, ..... 
Tettigomella, ...... 100| Thyridopteryx, ..... 510) Trechus, .......... 
TETTIGONIELLIDA, ... 100 iduivag OMe eee te. 515) “Tremex, ..-...0 eee 
DRCUEU S| 5 Pere aged Saas 178| Thysanocnemis, .... 389] Trepobates, ....... 
fbetyran fos) Aen ownes 132:| Thysanoes, ......::. 403] Triachora, ....50ee 
Meuchoenemis, >... + 4040" Bihicens* ..<.scteee: 881 "Triachus,. /-eh eons 
meucholabis; +0.ess 706 | Tallimorphass os shee 329') I‘rieenodes,, |. ix eeu 
Mexatita. >. ae enicos 291 | Timulla, 665 | Tribolium, .. 4.225; 
Rhalassonpyiay «seerte it la) Meimea es seit ni. alae eee 575 | ‘Erichacts, ...ssee 
MOLE SS Os) sce Seem uee GPA als (i 0100, oo ee 067 | TrichiosoOma, 2 oeeee 
Thaninotettiss (....s5-105|\"Timeolas ©. 4).Gsese 576) ‘Trichistus, 
‘Mhattasimus,! <=. 25 SOS tees: ciate ee 149 "Trichius; |. ogee 
Thaneroclerus, «.!.4.4. 308) Tunertipa, .2..'s.4,., 148) "Piichinsa, eee 
MRATOpS! eke sees DS le Wapta. Ace Soe ans 666| Trichobaris, ...... 
TRauIMatOpsis, Aecsee ool | PRP IM A ot. cn oi 665)| Drichocera,, soecnee 
Mice late the Roce 414 Tipula, a ee ey eS 709! T'richodectes, ....... 
AN MENRORIS. [crow cela bic HOO ACieETUMIMDVEDS Sg anaee os 703 | TRICHODECTIDA, .... 
Mhrelaitas x: aseeise feo) iseheria,| . . s-kuurax 573 | Trichodessas. sears 
Thelairodes, ...-.. Wea "Tlascala, ..........0) 504)" Brichodesma eee 
MeL oS Seis etacitae 91|T‘mesiphorus, ...... 236 | Trichodezia, ...... 
Winelhnaliatas, oaocoec 300| Tmetocera, ........ 547 | Trichogramma, ..... 
"WREPeSia; .)5 sfertoSs 085 “Roly pen e.<.careoar 492 | TRICHOGRAM MID&, .. 
Mere Varin: caechacers WAS) MMomartiss vs... acnworte 264| Tricholita, ........ 
‘THEREVIDA, 747 | Tomaspis, 98'| Trichonta,“s.2 seer 
ARETetra; » occassion 426) |" @mnietisy Soy.) eraser 403|'Trichopepla, ...... 
mbMetina.) A: cy iaedoeber 505|’Tomocerus, ........ 30) Erichophaga, sees 
Therioplectus, ...... 740|’Tomoderus, 311 richophora, eee 
Dhermobia,) fo... 2 34|’Tomostethus, ...... 99] | Trichopoda; ..casaae 
Thermonectes, =. ccncle2eo | DOmOxiay .cecidans 369 | Trichoporus, ...... 
"Eherontia,”.):.. sack 626 | TortRIcIDA, 53t|Teichopriay .aeeeee 
Thersilochus, ..... Gli Montnicidiaw 1 513 | TRICHOPTERYGID#, 
WGN. Soo cane 0: SCM aL oka > ameeeene een. me 550 | Trichopteryx, ..... 
MMHNTISaky es ees ere ABM || Woisauminds Faun: eae 650_ Trichoptilus, {see 
ROH Y kn -a-sir hes SON GeyinudsS 22. Seok 650 Trichotaphe, ...... 
Thinophilus, 2.2.6 eon iasaleseie. J. Sarat 527 | Pricyphona, \...<.0 4. 
Mi Oleniaty We. ectaas sya) (iosarahqeraok, gan oucs 2501 Dridactylus, . .. seersese 
ARERR TOAD, vee seco eyes 8a:| Raxophoray sichjae TAT:| Terid yrtts: |...) aeeaee 
PUBIC PNG rotste, e-Certeew piers 84) Toxorrhina,. ...:...5, 405) Pnteneolius; |. seme 
‘MECROSGIDZ,. \,)..ctrion 290) Toxotropis; ... sce. AQ 54 7 oasis coe sae mere 
MNOS CUS ayaees mets 2904 Teoxotus. 2.050 cane 330 | TRIGONALIDA, 


ese ee 


INDEX TO FAMILIES AND GENERA. 


Mrigonalys, ..-...6.6 667 
Trigonophora, ...... 464 
Trigonotylus, ...... 163 
Trimerotropis, ..... 182 | 
AMeMIMCHAy 2.1 aes lene 707 
Trimiomelba, ...... 233 
Trimioplectus, ..... 233 
Mearineara, «2434.5. 762 
MrINOtON, sian case 47 
ebriodontay .ssees. 769 
PRNGRYS Bec. ete os 605, 
‘eriOzameh sae. 110 
MleripMelyss rere «sss 158 
Triptogon, 425 
WRPIOZON, oo cess. 430 
Trirrhabda, 346 
AMEOMay «aoeee eee 260 
iMritoxay Gs sfc. 799 
Trissolcus, eee O08 
Trochalopoda, ...... 182 
Trochilium, eo Olle 
‘Trochopola, ........ 105 
gIpRCHES pes cl 8 Seale 51 
Trogoderma, ...... 266 
Trogomorpha, ...... 636 
Trogophleeus, ...... 248 
ME ROSOSItA, — 2 errs Xe 276 
TROGOSITIDZ, ....... 276 
EM ROOUIS Hind. Senietacoee 636 
PNGOPIGELES, 2. ).wios 405 
MOU, . ....'o <6 evel w 769 
EO MIGOPT Ia, si cn 651 
Tropidosteptes, ..... 164 
MING Ones sehen 316 
“SRupGIliGe® Beers bocanic 179 | 
Pay panisnia, «iyi... 556 | 
Srey perder 2s xisets -\- 801 
DUP CLES) Visits c= om 697 
RY PETIDA, vib... os 801 
@repheris;~. i... 800 
a '40) sera ieee 622 
MVGYyPOpItys, Jace voc 306 | 
TRYPOXYLIDA, . 684) 
Teypoxylon, .... 0... 684 
RV EHEAR Ms io 3k<)o'egaies.c.: 113, 
VEHNTIS Hind. aided ote 389 | 
MES ELIIS et ch. /e.o Noite arts 235 
iy lOdeLMA; oieia.+- - 391 
Tylonotus, 5 BRE 


879 
| MayenMness shes crn tem 344 | Xantholinus, ....... 241 
'Tympanophorus, ... 240, Xantholobus, ....... 93 
| Typhlocyba, ........ 107|Xanthomelanodes, .. 777 
PABA IIGEAL So tarerreinoe si 265| Xanthonia, ......... 342 
| ‘I'ypocerus, ......a 631 | Xanthopastis, ...... 468 
Typophorus, ....... 343] Xanthoptera, ....... 478 
PESTUSY | andke eae 236 | Xanthorhoe, ....... 497 
slytthonyary seers 299 | Manthosacusy 1. .e O90 
| | Xanthoteras, ....... 598 
U. 'Xanthotype, ........ 506 
Uteus, RE one: 456 Xanthus, ........... oBo 
Miclonehe cee ee re | Xenetis, .... wyree. 165 
Ciewiaie aes eee 360 | Xenedusam ti eee 238 
ileimorpiet 07 | ee ama é ... 694 
OSes Dee. AB 63 Xenorhipis, ........ =e 
nie eee eee 358 EMOSH hace. o seen 377 
Wranotenidye j.rcmace 72,1 | Xenotoma, Oo 
Tieliias Gee eee g93 Xerophloea, ........ 7 
GOeustae Bacoosaor 611 Xestocephalus, ..... 103 
Urgsisalpline: OS 612 | = ce eee a 
: IPMEStOCISE 3). wise cd cecar 
Witetheisa cee 438 Midian) (ame 189 
Vv. MMiplatina,, | iscewecro en OOo 
Xiphydria, .. 593 
Valentinia, ......... 563) Xipuyprma, _ 593 
Nilay Yanubo apace 322 Moridesipi. tc elstere 625 
Van Duzeareajas-e-e, eee Darel sarees ene 580 
WaTTESSa) eran seyseree AN Sesrepam ah oh ove - 580 
VietitiSiammn a. oiaiens = 496 | Xyleborus, - 402 
Vespa,. .. ++ secs ee ees 671| Xylesthia, .......... 574 
ViESPID AGH woeranateie 671 Bulan sss ae ae die 460 
Wiipios, et islam ene 615! Xylocopa, ........-- 698 
Vitula, A GiceowoOr. (7 nO Oicro 535 XYLOCOPIDA, pvt 698 
Volucellag aoe 768 | Xylocrabro, ........ 681 
Mey lomivias wen oe ee 743 
Ww. Xylonomus, ........ 625 
| Walshia, ........... 567 | Xylophagus, ....... 743 
Wanidas tcc, oer 532 | Xylophasia, ........ 449 
Winthemia, ........ 782 | Xylopinus, . 309 
Woolastoniella, .... 399} Xyloryctes, ........ 321 
Wyeomyia, ......... 721|Xylota, ............ 770 
My lOLETeS),  <ie\-jene cree 402 
x. Xylotrechus, ....... 328 
PxcyltintiSey meee ee 306 
Xabea, Perc -seeee 193 
Nanithiditunm= see 692 
Deehahy ober Be ee a eck 464 Me 
Manthochtoas see 368 | Yponomeuta, ....... 552 
Xanthogramma, . 767| YPONOMEUTIDA, 5 Ge 


88o INDEX TO FAMILIES AND: GEINERA. 
WAPSUGS: Wav 'a alah teevehenrs AO Lelery cate S teeters 606) Zilora;, 4.0 365, 
Y psolophus, 559" Zelta, ©. siiseanoacente 184 | Zodion,, *.. f2egeaee 772 
PZelleriarig a: iccieenet Doo | ZOnantess seen 372 
z. ZBI She ora, Wit the a ale 1555\\Zonitiss) Sy 5eeeeeee 374 
| Zemigdes,) 2s sas ase 624 | Zopheroteras, ...... 598 
BADROLES A nicer Kiet BM PABL OOO, tobe ac dane 608) Zophodial. .s-e eee 534 
VEARADIEEIS “Hous t.g.6s ¢ 300 ethic vicicn eae 669 | Zygogramma, ...... 345 
PHOUUUD osc cons etotes oe 168 | Zeugophora, ....... 338 | Zygomicros, ....4.. 392 
AO CME 215 SETA Te 28 | PACTUAL ly rin ge lao O15 | Zyrase 0... en eee 238 
Zanclognatha, «44 481 | 


Index to Popular Names. VY @_ 


Few insects have popular names that are definitely applicable to one species 
only. The same insect may be known under different names in different 
parts of the State, and the same name is often applied to quite different 


insects. 


Quite usually the food plant is associated with a general term, as 
wheat louse, melon louse, apple louse, etc., etc. 


Any references to popular 


terms of this character must necessarily be somewhat indefinite, because 
there are half a dozen species of plant lice on apple, two or three dozen 


species of galls on oak and so on. 


Throughout this list I have given the 


popular names in general use in this State, and the index gives also a number 
of the crop headings with the chief pests infesting them. 


A. PAGE. 

PAGE Wa Me AGiITys WO DIE meyers as Sie) oe ceo 458 

Ailanthus silk worm, ........... 431 PanASILG, cia: che cane 778 

Ambrosia. beetles, ©...-..:-..+.« 400 Asparagus beetles, ............. 339 

munenican Proctis—Hatrisina, .. 14 Assassin bugs 2... 1. ccc wee 152 

tentacarerpillar {2 snn. 492 
Angoumois grain moth, ........ 554 B. 
Amimalse l1C6 Oly 2...05-226-- = 43, 86 

Anopheles and malaria, ......... (lbe Back Swimmers. 44242-24408 169 

PNTEMITONIG’:. \ 5 cepa Mee care corsa tes GORGZie ee Bbaet wortise meee 4c oases eee 510 

UIC WES Js on Seren eee A coat: Ooomebatkebeetleste mts: acc sees 400 

SMALDIteS: (RMR ARMS Mts crite anne 49 Slippensnmeecracn ys crac aan: 325, 

PapRIS MODS, (2.'Schs Scns ozo po novolac JO) MsGdtl AWEEWIlb ei sian. tae rors Ss 356 

Apple, codling moth in, ......... 546 Plate MOUSE steak cory ete 117 

flat-heads Done inure dee ZUG MEMES COMDUSSMMMANE . ..crcun taunane ona 159 

Leah Chimp lem aeianr ee DOG Me MPD Ceaule Summaries eet. Accs utes caters 744 

feat Hoppe. oo~sae a hae 107 IK YSIS: 2 pater ae UA gn 813 

MIA CPOE Pet so cokes Tyee 802 ITVS laa ea NEE oe A 5382 

oy ster-shiell scales yaar SOMME MS COG HMRI: antici: 2 2s Edu mck ee oe 685 

Dlant WOUGe manele womae iM ectolearamageot, ewan a. neanect 792 

inojeuacdstneenal “Inoinsic, cauaBhyenin  ISGeES: jp taheouepeasesebdononce 195 

tent’ Caterpillags Tcas ee AG eG MMO EGS aysc5 52 anaes tino oe one 537 

WIS DOLEINs tener Meare Ufs}), . Baver [aye nbrow aoe yom ue se omae be 154 

woolly: lose ener eee 15 CVC (MITES et nuit roan eee 762 

TWIOLTIN: | croveiea: ces hatin eee sky” a] BUI] og Rass ae a eet a i aN Mie ie 397 

yeHlow-neck caterpillar, ) 4S0q, WEigd nies; cts ota a.dc welt ancace 813 

Arbor vite, bag worm on, ...... 510 II et > 3 i Ar tn es OC 43 

Armored scaless. caus seein 121 LOCUS Hr paeieioge, ssveiematka sr tere 183 

56 IN (881) 


882 


PAGE. 

Birch, #bronze, borer, <4 0000. ooo: 295 

Weaititiopilice.s Mee Fhhoce te cx. fests 43 

Black sbectle. tener cnr terre ere 174 

Blackberry crown borer, ....... 518 

callemalcen ann eri ner 294 

MONG | coacoeec 726 

knot-call= = eee 603 

TOOt-a)l tae 603 

Stempboreiaa ere nne 595 

(Blackathies 8502. i ote ee Sa 735 

head on cranberry, ....... 547 

Peach e | OUSCEr ane en er 117 

blister beetles.weey era eee 373 

IB Oiws Sliys eta. See ee ge 786 

Blues—butterflies, ...4.4..csa-. - 414 

Body louse seek sian ae oe 85 

IBOOKEIICe i er. Cran inte 51 

BOCES Ae sito peta cinedidc ct ee ates 

Bristlentall Sains. aces: ores 33 

Bronze birch=borekwer. poe eee 295 

ISCO Sapo gnoodsoueccs << 730 

TO Ula y Gere seaes,. <r a 267 

(RASAIMO NIN, sondoouoeasx 90 

SUSS= RUC asi ene) occa aca eee 131 

Bumiblesheess seny..ccie cose voce 698 

Bintayinieabeerlesuman ue aces 228 

Butterties and moths, ©.s.s0--. AOT 
Cc. 

Cabbaseybutteriies, 225... s5nee AIT 

CincuiliO me tee se kee 393 

harlequin bic sane 136 

LOOPEIeMenen jen fe nee 470 

INACCOMMP OTe taser Crees 792 

plant-lolseqmene aaa 117 

plitellany mare error recs 553 

SeiMWordan, Gosacouocee 470 

ThGIPS | © pene nc. ce 3 

WODTMS. Fr pees AIT 

zebra caterpillar, ...456, 459 

Caddice.fhiess 2.0%. seems eer ais 67 

@adeilery ss. 035 eenon ee ee 276 

CankerawOntnisie cscneeseeeaete eres 495 

Carpenter ants, dq. ostede et bees 663 

BEC le / sake teem aro ee 698 

worms—Cosside, .... 516 

Garpet: (beetles. sasa nce sae 265, 267 


INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


PAGE, 
Carrion. beetles;) 22.0... Soe 228 
Catalpa ‘sphinx, <2. ox see 429 
Case-bearinge moths, 9... 0esaeer 563 
fliGS, fl. wivnn oct ee 07 
Caterpillar thwnters, |.) .72ceeee 200 
Cattle “bots, » <6. ..<:ke ee 773 
HES, 5,04, 4. sa 738, 788 
Cecropia. micth,;.....2.5.. 065 seeeee 432 
Cheese-mites or skippers, ...... 804 
Chetry louse, +o. 5s. bee 118 
stale, | eu... 30.00 128 

SU Oped sccd Eberegey Re 585 - 
Chestnut weevils: eanee eee 396 
Chicken, lice;. ai.44e Gee 45 
Chinch, Big, cassis. aah 142 
Chrysanthemum fly, ........... 768 
Cigarette. beetle, ........ dace 306 


Clear-wing moths=Sesiids, .... 516 


Click ‘beetles, 0.0... 2 ee 283 
Clothes moths, 2% 4. -eseeee 575, 576 
Clover buttertlies!) sea. c eee 419 
hay=wonm) eee 527 

leaf beetle, ..:a0.eeoeee 381 

foot borer, i ..ccceeeeeee 404 

Seeds nid eye ae 120 

stem? DOTer,. scone 259 
Cockroach® 3.4 scene 174 
Codlinge;mothie eee 546 
Coppers-buttertites, .5. scene 414 
Corn: bill-bugs, . .. 3-4. a0. oe 397 
chinch=bie., ae 142 
pollen mageot, 22s. 767 

THOOKE WAYNE, a tolo Soe Becta NG 

TOOt web-wOLM, sesso 530 

W OPM. he cho oe eee 407 
Cotton. moth, 2.0 eee eee 471 
Cottony maple scale, .......... 124 
Gow louse: 4.550 eo eee 46 
Grab loses) scat ee 46 
Cranberry berry worm, ........ 533 
caterpillars, 2c .ceeee 547 

fites wOLm, |. aces 547 

Tirbkie WWOKGMA oe coacuos 533 

eirdle worn ase seeee 530, 

katy didst ae cee eee 186 
leaf-hoppers, ..... 102, 104 

midge." i)2). oeemeree 732 
Saw-fly,4)...cecemeoeee 589 


INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


PAGE. 
Cranberry tip-worm, <....s-dser 732 
ViNe=wiOltme sess 547 
GrANE TES dotite cians ante eet cats a 703 
CECH SIGS RUS EMS TERS Fok, Sener re 190 
Ciinkled annellimothy jeu... 513 
@TOfOMep Wome celeste ole ects a els 174 
UrckOOP DES wk ics tele coe ares 668 
Cucumber beetles—striped and 
EMOUted,. LAS aie 348 
sTKEZICS Lie Cece Ne eee 352 
Curculio—on plum, ............ 390 
WieRame WORSE <5 asiacesinseneavctee alt 519 
HOMSE! rss 3, NeisetA ee ae 118 
Spall awOnin) a Semen 501 
Sucre eanralleey Goo ossuees 595 
tp wMbOLers) a2 e ascent ate 332 
TW Ginter Cee ater oat 590 
Git wOLiniss Miwa Siete IE 445 
Cynthia, enioth)|! Sei. .2 sre RAS tee 431 
D. 
IDavexoere indlouiky oodepagndoud sso. 443 
ID svieey Silteiaoe come oe aac nr : 757 
DWarkline, beetles; <).- .-s Meee coil 
Darnine needlessi se. .sf%s2 sens 73 
BRRyERLIOS, 5. Pete hs vislae ts ou otiies 37 
Deathewatchiiy .Aemeecca ee steele 52 
Deergentes. heir SU h eee 738 
Weltammothss sister. cs tee see 480 
Devil’s darning needle, ........ 73 
Wiemenr bees, “Gene asian odsacdeeles 689 
WASPS ote aecaonenes 656-667 
Divine-beetles: Ae oa. tare sae ke 218 
ID GW SOMMer 18. gent aa ate Ree Oe 56 
MGeHlOUses Lak Acs as asst aan cee 46 
Dog’s head butterfly, ..........: 419 
ramon mies: tieers.s ae casa oes es 
Wromes fly, “Als tele: Moen wee 768 
DROP WOT, sce. 2 a5 cstacne cet 510 
ines beetles; as 'a.cchecs cs aeoaee 312 
E: 
EES...) s...c:e en Sete 738 
BIASES, inicmie ste tuohin <> gan: oan eee 171 
Eight-spotted forester, ......... 449 


Bléciric. light. bugis: icedieed: 167 


883 
PAGE. 
Elm four-horned sphinx, ....... 429 
leafabeetle;-...5..6 625 05.0. 347 
wood leopard moth, ...... 515 
Bpomugats: scale, ........00. 0005. 126 

F. 
all sarttiyRWOLil,) coche es ses cn 451 
GankerywOrtly )) fic ccs. 495 
WIEDEW ODM oo caves weicies eas 439 
Melsescranestlies, ..2 0.1 6482 .. 736 
HR eMEIGS Tacks ssa nad aR ean 296 
worm on cranberry, ... O47 
SIE TIMES: UO Se 56 
101 Lares + 5 nial An eaateets 34 
in LEIBOIERT EES Oe ek 139 
POOLECM RITES. vey. tle the ale sacs 796 
Read) borers, ......0042: 291-295 
olin Uyeda ert 349-354 
> LEGS | 3 ea ee ee ae 701 
TEV SSTRES SIERO RP 785 
Slee <2 5 a eer Pare 703 
IG Gb we iaaawls LS hs oa de coos 585 
Hilower beetles, ...ti006..008 301, 302 
TILES Marrs Lal. Re loet eas roe 763 
Horest. tent caterpillar, ..:..:... 492 
Kerk-tatl caterpillars, ¢....). 5: 489 
Four-horned sphinx, ........... 429 
EMM PRNNCSOL Ae NG wauly eres neh tn oe 807 
Frittilaries=Argynnis, ......... 409 
EERO MOD DELS) 2 «oxo «= 050 eee: 98 
Prat bark beetle, ......°. 06.00% 403 
IDS, co cece a eee eee ee 810 
WOOL OLIGranberLys) cee 533 
Pullers: nose beetle, ........55 5 379 
mets DECELES, 0... een vce on 250 
OMMEUTES Rd schichasieca.2/'asa tela tereaeacbe 722 

G. 
CzMeSsNomuwaSps, .....scsscee 595 
enaiswOn midges, Pyiah wees 725 
Garden web-worm, ... 2.0.2.5. 523 
CHOsteImoOtlts i=... sph a uwiratacead. Se EYiT) 
Giant coot-borer, ...... a0) sees 323 
Wiatetabites,.. .. .a4entrenbae 167 
Gisdieron apple, ........... «sesh 335. 
Girdle-worm on cranberry, ..... 43% 


884 


KSIOW-WOETHS)) orb ib ols caielde ened « 296 
GATS he tes sb Fie Ase ads Rae 711 
CGAt=HOENS,. nhc: hacks aeeert 407 
PGI DUSS is a eis fee's ot apse SEAS 355 
Golden eyed flies, ............ 60, 738 
Gooseberry fruit-worm=Zo- 
POI) occ el oe. 534 
SAWEES, civic ce Aeeak 588 
span-worm, ........ 501 
Geamtmoth, . 2.51055 sae tee 554 
WED=W OTM, secede err oe 527 
weevil, ooclikin eos Agee 398 
Granary. béetles, 4705. ane teed 262, 360 
WEEVIL Geo. ace ae 398 
Grape Alypias .2ua. 1.25. + -teseets 429 
betty. moth, 222<.¢.eseeae 538 
eight-spotted forester, ... 422 
Spit) ) eer ee, ae ee 342 
flea bectle, .o.vs.+ caktant: B02 
Fiarrisinason,.324.. naee ee 514 
hawk-tHoths, . .:4:.2-sideine 426 
leat beetles, . ... ¢scevae ce 342 
HOPDELS,. (,ctmereinees 107 
PHY llORerA,! hi). vite ode 113 
Pllime Moth, 3%. aah. 536 
LOOE-DOLEE | mg ihe Aotealo bes 517 
LOSE Chlateruon, ier A-ooe 317 
Vine. ChaATeLs, ie a1. erneres 320 
VATle) ‘WiOLIHS, ... ./ashel 1) fedaete 426 
Grasshoppers) s-prevec dete sates 177 
Grays DACKS, inaaneics a. sp oeueeere 3 85 
Green-head flies, .«.o.s@s.s sates 741 
Ground beetles, jap ws c's «easiest « 198 
Gmouse Jocustsemiaerrt.t0> cet ete 178 
Gttest Dees; snc cies elated eee 691 
al 
ERA SM Obl ehcce. 5 Cetaces tere et 512 
Hair streak butterflies, ......... 414 
ambectlesi. ) svete faerne 304 
Hammer head, borers, ......... 291 
Harlequin cabbage bug, ........ 136 
Harris louse=scurfy scale, ..... 127 
Harvest fiesiiy cece See ee eros 88 
Hliawle-mothsiesanasesnitene wee 424 
Phéad-louseé,sjsdicirte cree 85 
Plelloraritniteyoesy fas. dea caer 56 


INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


Hessian fly; ....22i 0 eeoee “728 
Hickory bark beetle, ...f. 168, p. 403 
bDOrer, os +2232 5.0 328 
horned devil, ......... 433 
nut weevil, 22: /jas.emee 396 
woolly worm, 223 591 
Flog louse,. ..2ic/s:<2 +000 cee 86 
Honey: bee, | '24(3 32. vase 699 
Hook-tip moths; - 322568 722s 493 
Hop loses «2:00. Xo. Soe 118 
Hornets and nests; 2:2 Jeepeeeee 671 
FL Of. fy) vie 0.d.0121draeacle ee 788 
Horn worms, .....%::.2.23)aeeeee 425 
Horse: bots, .... stiews eee 773 
fliés;. .. 64a eee 738 
House fiy, ..:. 1.2.08 eee 787 
MOSQUILON . 2 2 kite eee 720 
Humming bird hawk-moths,..... 424 
Elimnch-back flies, ....\.2 seer 761 
F- 
Tehneumion flies;. 3... 2273s 604 
Iniperialis moth, :..t.2. teeseae 432 
Inch worms, .:..+44:0 csc 494 
J. 
Joint-worms, ..........ssyemewe 648 
Jumping plant: lice, .1...5.% 0% 108 
June ‘bugs; 223 ...0. Fae 318 
K. 

Katydids-* icvi00.00edecee eee 187 
WWissing Digs, «2... 12-0 see 154 
| 
Late. Dues, ngs ots toca ee 148 

Witla “ALES, (sta ition o care 60, 61 
Lady birds, bugs or beetles, .... 252 
Lamellicorn beetles, ............ 312 
Lantern Ales) wicca. « oerdeeee 94 
Lappet caterpillars, ..........:. 492 
harder. -beetles,)... wie). t-semaeee 266 


INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


PAGE. 
MGeaeWEETIES oe toes chi Seretaicle < ols 3Byy 
[UEC patbon sonc / Ose 159 
CUITER (EES) feces Seok « 6: 695 
MOD NOCH "tes ose oko seen 99 
IMUMET MOMGH cles cs ss 5 ss 568 
ROIS. Sale eaeceiee ae 537 
Gollers) Om) Ose) -s.ee. 549 
Weather heetless) Giscirol ser. 265, 266 
Meonard nol n. eet... 515 
Lice, biting and sucking, ...... 43, 85 
ieohtmine DUsS,;. -...see eee tk. 296 
Lilac borer—syringe, .......... 517 
HAUSE MENG ECT! 2.055cc cw 0 Sice «lle 2s = 328 
TLDETSIS WS Saar an ee tonnes 88, 185 
ieong footed flies; .2..24. 2... 754 
horned beetles, .:........ 323 
tailed ichneumons, ....... 629 
tongued solitary bees, .... 693 
@oper caterpillars,” | ..0s00.5... 494 
TSS dines Wee oes 813 
ILE) TOG 4 Lobos Saar eee 432 
M. 
Poe TS lew o> ae ee 786 
Malaria and Anopheles, ........ 715 
Maple borer—acerni, .......... 519 
ROtLOnlys Seale; 5. eo 8 124 
AUG ets CPEs siete cot. ocle' ste 123 
IMISWRCLED TUNER, Sie aeons ae 734 
Mar shintread chore wkwan sas + otc es Ae 151 
INIERy eGHES. 2344 8e Sa tesormeioecas 318 
TAS) MEO Ta ee ols Yo" ak 37 
Meadow grasshoppers, .......-- 185 
AV escall emma peeee tae ays stu cie w ste'e lene obs 585 
WORMS, | Soe 359, 300 
IMMEBIRG TORTS) We co coeeie CeOaenoe ooee 124 
INEEASTIEING WORMS) -2...0.e+ oe 494 
Mediterranean flour moth, ..... 535 
Melons plant louse, .........0%.- 117 
Midas MICS Ti cress se eee ee et 749 
1 LL NS 9 ee a (ul 
Milkweed butterfly, ...........- 408 
Wieteweticket, Gc... See. 3 191 
Monarch butterfly=Danais, .... 408 
Mosattitoes, ..........-.0..-+-- 714 
Mosquito-hawks, ..........+--+> 73 
Moths and butterflies, ......... 407 


885 
PAGE. 

Mourning cloak butterfly, ...... 411 

Mud-daubers, 3 3 coats. S00 676 
WAS PSaadesrckctutns crscerctocaetare ae 672 

Muse@in beetles, ............... 266 

Mushroom maggots, ........ 722, 725 

N. 

Nesta: buget iting egene eons = 138 

Nettling caterpillars, ........... 511 

Namble: fites= Heenan cee ee 784 

Nintweevilss oo ee eee eee 396 

O. 

Oake galls" eee n eee ects 598 
leat Sminerses oer ates 570 
PUNE Ts cee sees ete Mee 326 
WORSE Fs eer eee ar oere 433 

©il=pectlesr eee aot. eae eciee 373 

Onionshys ee ee eae ee 799 

TMACCOLEakiseiesste tec cet 792 
thgips, essa eens 83 

Oriental roachtuee te. te eee 174 

Owletmothseceee eee 443 

Omewarblestly sate qcmtcciente st a2 773 

Oyster shell) scrletien wi.0526. 2h: 129 

P. 
Paper making wasps, ~.+......- 671 
Parasitic fies, 9s...) atelstee 774 
WASPS). ria cw ureters ih 604 

Parsley worth: bhatt: wcrc s 420 

IRGa OUSe re rol tae ak oasis soos em eE 118 
WCC Vil ares actos. staat « 356 

iReachsborery seticicuneie oesee- 518 

TOUSE ST. tec osea na eGehes Eee 117 
scale—West Indian, ...:. 127 
SOUEISCALE! cc-ljt oc tee 125 

EAL UDGLEE. fay ae 6 os oie cron +e 295 
AMI FEM vara ones ans eee 729 
peyllas See... woke 109 
SGales eae eet rae Sa 128 
Slings ee ees aoa 585 

Reddlerst ae. scp aan ass ate Anode 356 

Reriodicale cicada, sieeecs. ee 88 

euhiciouss SCAle) 2 2 .vo4crte «eet 129 

Piseon tremex, .....:..-<neo+. O94 


886 INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


PAGE. PAGE. 

Pill Deetlesys tarts. seuatin moses 277 Round headed apple borer, .355, 336: 

iehutsdpahnto Joka by. 1 ticwtbaciptoe kil hee 311 borers; © .1). onan 323 

Pe AAW Ny yy rue as baa Til 681 ‘Rove beetles, ... i... eee 237 
LE bach oka by hl ac glare terete ger oy RAUL LF are 152 

Pitcher plant mosquito, ........ 721 S. 

PIEIPMIUE Ss cerca tera iaantoretnrse tee 159 

IYO Ne ACI .t eeiteernoke ti oche: 110 Saddle back caterpillar, ........ 571 

Plum curculio, ....+....00s:ie. OOF  jwaltumarch caterpillar): Gvve.sneee 439 

SOLCRSCHIE, Lrocatin ome wrt ae 125 MLOSCUUtO} anne nee T17 

[AL chnubela inokoxd UF Hee Prehrirs damtecankeieAucocly ee 586 «=6Sand files, syiwidi Ja ee 711 

Poisonous caterpillars, ......... Bll Sam José scale, %\.... ian nee 129: 

Polvphemus oth, ).05.> scr ean 452. ‘Sap beetles, . ...vidsiis 27a 271 

Pomimace ‘fies; “vae'. aves anh 809 Saw. flies, . 0.5.06 +vey sulle 

Potato beetle, old-fashioned, 339, 873 Scale insects, ...........0sss00 120 

beetle, ten lined—colorado, 345 Scorpion flies, ............00005 05 

fled beetle. ..sanccseheni, Oba SCreW Worm, ie) Vis hoe ee 786 

incite eiunlopel kgs busier as een tase 498 ‘Sturfy scale. silicates eee 127 

stalk borer, ............ 0909  #Seventeen-year locust, ......... 88 

striped blister beetle, ... 878 Sesiid moths, ...........sseeeeus 516 

three lined beetle, ...... 889 Sheep boty, «0.3. ccc signer 774 

GE VAS DR) fork hic 35s unien oven 669 tick or louse-fly, .Gauuauk 814 

Prometived moth; 1:3). vvtecdiens 92 Shield bigs, .......steenee 182 

Prominents=Notodontids, ..... 485 Short-tongue bees, ............ 687 

ea hall <i pegla et avatar ns Cae ea a ee es 711 Silk worms—American, ........ 431 

Silky robber flys, . canker 753 

R Silver. fish, « sutedsotnho eee 33, 84 

H Sintiate pear boret, /..0ssseeee 295: 

Radish Maggot. fs. v..k. Soran 791 Skaters=striders,|.\ si. vices 151 

Rasppetiy, TOO mally vie nnn. 608  Skippers—butterflies, .......... 420 

BONG Plas! a. Bite aS 591 in cheese, \,..\.s.0a0mn 804 

Rat-tailed maggots, .........5., 708 Small-head fies, ...susiseenume 744 

RGAE TUSHC, Visi gree set wes A5B. “Sitake-doctor, | ...%.:1.+,. ohne 73 

Rear-horses=Mantide, ......... 175 Snapping beetles, .............. 288 

INGCIIDITREy: Rane RAa Me Aa ns og 140°  Smipe. flies, . . 3 .wihewnrdinny ue 742 

legged ham beetle, ........ 804 Smout beetles, .............. 011-808 

necked blackberry borer, .. 294 butterflies; oi. tos seinen 418 

Meépalis: moth), eras os witht. « SOO MOTHS, dieses so 480 

INMIMOCETOS PESTLE, Gi ci avers. 821 Social ‘bees, i... henner 698 

INICOWAVOEV II) ahora scleark parryie mins 398 WaASDEyrirnc yahhieh seinen 671 

ROA CITES Ma areal meta nt chRAMry 174 -Soiit ‘scales: |). «vets le een 120: 

PROD BDECI VCS yi nahn bromo a .... 749 Soldier beetles, ............:296;298 

IROOU MMACMOUS li vtus ie cscs 789, 791 ATES. cintiins oy oer ea ene 736 

web: WOftS,.s:..-.0000.. 080 ‘Solitary beesie. ..chispnatemuun 687 

Rose beetle—Fuller’s, .......... 379 WESDB) |. <.cate Ckeaa 669 

DUR Oe OMeanenn sven sum hs S17 «| Shan wornisy Boloaiteaicesh one 494 

leat “hooper! ofa. ahieh ie 107 Spear-winged flies, ..... omsmsen 761 

leahuvoller = iy neseak Renin 549 «Sphinx moths, 05: ..stwedasine 424 


SCAG ric tare Woeremteha heteeaeN 127 | Spider wasps, asiiswnidwel dara came 


INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES. 


‘Spittle insects, 
Spotted cucumber beetle, 
Spring beetles, 
canker worms, 
tails, 
Squash borer, 
bugs, 
lady-bird beetle, . 
Squeaking sphinx, 
Stable fly, 
Stag beetles, 
Stalk borer in potato, 
Stem maggot in wheat, .. 
Stiletto flies, 
Stilt bugs, 
Stink bugs, 
Stone flies, 
Strawberry flies, 
leaf roller, .. 
root louse, 
saw-fly, 
WEEVIL. Soccau's 
white fly, 
Striped cucumber beetle, . 
potato beetle, 
wUeKIe IGE: inn. ic auees 
Sugar maple borer, ...... 
Swallow-tail buterfly, 
Sweet-potato cut-worm, .. 
flea beetle, . 
gold bugs, . 
saw fly, 


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Tarantula hawk, 
Tent caterpillars, 
Terrapin scale, 
Thick head flies, ........ 
TMnpead-leg bugs... 06... 0. 
Thrips, 
Tiger beetles, 

moths, 
Tip-worm on cranberry, .. 
Toad bugs, 


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AO DAGGOMDEELIE,. civiicvenicr nvttdich Ch 306 
MOONEE Rye dastronik: Matertionk sae 
MomatOrtrwue worm, . cqcs tisk «. {67 
Na WikeetOUle so. Ga vitkon << 428 
Tortoise beetles=Casside, ..... 355 
AP UCU DE Stea Murcia sa Wis Wie Se ildees 134 
GHICS GUSTING caauabere wets chee ve 192 
INOS DEES ME reinvents ciarectrtrata se 6 90) 
Trim prominent=concinna, ..... 489 
PRMD ASOLO SCALE, 06's 0s USS ss 126 
GRAVE AIS. ikke kkk. APR G als 312 
MITRE VELOUSET ciate. c ccs cura 45 
HINITSSUGIETMOLNSY ss cc cachen ewes 190 
Twig-girdler=Oncideres, ....... 335 
MOH) Galt. vs sc nce vc ev soe ees 787 
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WIDORED MOU) cans. .ccenceunmes 190 
VAG INGLOTEUILUS Io areas sia s+ 4 one calnek 664 
Vine worm on cranberry, ....... 547 
AVAIL CUDMBLIY Scene csieisis sieve wie utero S10 
Wireim tieer Moth, .......secees 139 
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WHIM StIGKS, ccs des ses eee 177 
NVC SRC CUNO uses cu us ceeiie 665 
Maper makers, 6.6. c.u on 671 
OCHS HA SERRA GS oo 67] 
SWINE a Saraiucvins on iene 669, 675 
WUE TRDOCLIES, cic cca eantvveus 217 
ENOEULTIVON, 4s cnv.a then tee epee 168 
USS renters, warn’ 157 WoOR GT 
SGAVENSEMS, hc ces dunn 224 
BCOMMLOMS a ain conaierennts 157 
skaters or striders, ...... 150 
TOSS te « «2% “aay eine 218 
West India peach scale, ........ 127 
Wheat head army worm, . 458 
TOME NCOI,: «ses» ene 648 
EUS Chee eine hc sein ao ee 118 
int be koN, ee RRR Cry 729 
ChilSouls [oo h-) aun PR eee Gd ce 595 
METRIC rr iycd. y's anens oi eel Sy RO 156 
Wwinminoio ‘beetles, ......ds..00s 223 


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Wihite mantis Jiechi cise, in ee ierecloete 49 
IVES errs eave ais centers tae 119 

Feat n(biLDchytt es B Phe ae 312, 318 

SHU PaAasitesypasiae eet: 666 
marked tussock moth, ... 490 
MINESWEEVIL. | os .u eee: 383 
\ifiilllone SOMRUDY Beak Sous coo ook 6c 587 
AWWihavelon¢ alive aah oeeacodbio0 x oAc 748 
WAGE=WOTIms;, ic seni stactcree 283, 704 
Woodland butterflies, .......... 412 
Wood! leopard moth, <h-aaceoee 515 


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bears; ) i uigi. het eee 436 
worms on hickory, ..... 591 
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jackets; |...0.204e" ae 671 
neck caterpillars, ....... 486. 
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