THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 



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A. seriata Mels. (Naemia) 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. 



a 



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 

 Dist. VI, VII, IX (Sf). 



H. parenthesis Say. Throughout the State, all sea- 

 sons, with much the habits of "glacialis." 



ADALIA Muls. 



Fig. 97. Hippodamia 

 convergens, larva, 

 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). 



