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The members of this family winter chiefly in the egg stage, the eggs 

 being laid in grasses, reeds, stems of plants, bark of trees, and even in 

 the leaves between the upper and lower layers, the blade or sword-like 

 ovipositor being especially adapted for this purpose. In one group the 

 eggs are laid externally on edge, in a series partly overlapping each other. 

 This habit makes it possible to control the species feeding on the cran- 

 berry bogs, because these lay their eggs in certain grasses on the dams 

 and around the edges. If these dams and edges be burnt off in the winter 

 to destroy all grasses, the insects will not appear in troublesome numbers 

 the season following. 



We have a few forms that are wingless and live in cellars, caves and 

 dark places generally, but these are usually rare. 



SCUDDERIA Stal. 



S. texensis S & P. Hewitt VII, Little Rock VIII, IX, Staten Island VIII, 

 IX, Jamesburg VIII (Ds) and throughout South Jersey, especially in 

 the pine barrens. This is the species referred to as "furculata" in the 

 last edition, which is so troublesome on cranberry bogs, and does 

 such serious injury to the fruits. It occurs to the very edge of the 

 maritime, but gets very little into the Delaware Valley region. 



S. pistillata Bruner. Chester VIII, 7 (Coll); Lucaston IX (Dke) ; "New 

 Jersey" (Ss) ; occurs with the other species VIII, IX (Bt). 



S. curvicauda De G. (angustifolia Harr.) Caldwell (Cr) ; Riverton VIII 

 (Vk) and throughout the pine barrens; less abundant than "texensis." 



S. furcata Bruner. (fasciata Beut.) More widely distributed than any 

 other species, extending into the highlands and Piedmont Plain, but 

 less abundant there than in the pine barrens or even the Delaware 

 Valley region. The specimens are found on cranberry bogs, and also 

 in oak barrens and the undergrowth of pine woods. 



S. septentrionalis Serv. Ramsey VIII, 9, Lake Hopatcong VII, VIII 

 (Sleight); Vineland, Hy. Edwards (Bt). 



S. truncata Beut. Vineland (Bt). 



AMBLYCORYPHA Stal. 



A. oblongifolia De G. From the Orange Mts., southward through the 

 Piedmont Plain, the Delaware Valley and the pine barren region VII 

 to frost. This species tends to the production of pink or brownish 

 individuals. 



A, rotundifolia Scudd. Sparta, Newfoundland IX, Ft. Lee VIII, Staten 

 Island Vll-frost, Morgan X, Lakehurst VII (Ds) ; Chester VIII, IX 

 Ocean Co. (Coll) ; Manumuskin X, Weymouth VII (Dke) ; Stafford's 

 Forge VIII (Rehn) ; Sea Isle Jn. (H. Fox) ; found in oak scrub and 

 old fields (Rehn). 



A. uhleri Bruner. Atsion X (Hebard) , Lucaston IX (Dke); Sea Isle Jn. 

 IX (H. Fox); in shrubby fields. 



