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. 



