THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 



Sub-family 



STIRETRUS Lap. 



S. anchorage Fab. Hackettstown (U S Ag) ; Madison VIII, rare (Brb) ; 

 Jamesburg VII, 1 (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 larvee; 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); 

 lona 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. 



