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COCCINELLA Linn. 



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C. 9-notata Hbst. Common throughout the State and a general feeder 

 on plant lice of all kinds. 



C. trifasciata Linn. Boonton VII (GG) ; Madison (Pr); Hoboken (Sf); 

 Newark Dist. (Bf) ; Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not 

 a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. 



CYCLONEDA Crotch. 



C. sanguinea Linn. 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 

 species. 



HARMONIA Muls. 



H. picta Rand. 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); 

 Orange Mts. (div) ; Clifton VIII, 

 Riverton V, Clementon V (GG) ; 

 Westville (Li); Lahaway IX (Coll); 

 on pine trees IV, V (W). 



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Fig. 98. is-spotted "lady-bird": 



a, larva devouring slug of 



potato beetle; b, pupa; d 



to g, variations of 



adult. 



PSYLLOBORA Chev. 

 P. 20-maculata Say. Common locally throughout the State. 



EPILACHNE Chev. 



E. boreal is Fabr. The "Squash lady-bird"; 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. It succumbs readily to the 

 arsenites. 



