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COSMOPEPLA Stal. 



C. carnifex Fab. Chester VII, 5 (Coll); Newfoundland VII, Oak Ridge 

 VI, VII (Ds); Madison VII, Ft. Lee dist. IV (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. 



NEZARA A & S. 



f 9 



Fig. 58. The harlequin cabbage bug: a, b, 



larva and pupa, natural size; c, d, c, 



eggs, natural size and enlarged, 



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. humeral is Uhl. (Liotropis) Greenwood Lake V, Madison VIII, com- 

 mon (Brb); Farmingdale VIII (Ds); Lakehurst V-IX (div). 



