140 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



NEUROCTENUS Fieb. 



N. simplex Uhl. Throughout the State, fall to late spring. 

 N. ovatus Stal. Should also occur in New Jersey (Bno). 



ANEURUS Curtis. 



A. inconstans Uhl. Westfield VII-IX (Bno) ; Staten Island V, Perth. 



Amboy V, 12, 31 (Ds) ; Riverton VIII, 17 (Van D). 

 A. fiskei Heid. Ft. Lee VII, 19 (Jl) ; Staten Island VI, 26 (Ds); under 



bark of dead hickory saplings, dead oak branches, etc.; sometimes 



in company with the preceding. 



Family PYRRHOCORIDvE. 



Resemble the next following Lygseidse in form, but are stouter, with 

 contrasting red and black colors and a different venation in the membrane 

 of wing-covers. They are known as "red-bugs," where they occur com- 

 monly, but we have only a single representation in our territory which, 

 while a plant feeder, is not injurious. 



LARGUS Hahn. 



L. succinctus Linn. Jamesburg IX, 4, Lahaway VI, 7, Atlantic Co. (Coll); 

 Lakehurst V-IX (div); Toms River (Brb); Clementon VIII (Jn); 

 Atco VIII, 27 (Ss). 



Family LYG^ID^E. 



Narrow, oblong bugs, flattened above, of moderate or small size, often 

 gay colors and medium or soft texture. The position of the antennae and 

 venation of membrane of primaries afford structural characters by which 

 the student recognizes the group. All are vegetable feeders and some 

 of them are distinctly injurious. 



Sub-family LYG^IN^. 



ONCOPELTUS Stal. 



O. fasciatus Ball. Caldwell (Cr); Roselle Park IX (Brb); Staten Island 

 VI, VII, IX, X (Ds) ; Riverton IX, 25 (Jn) ; Pemberton VII, 11, very 

 common on milkweed (C G) ; Woodbury VI, Anglesea (Ss). 



LYGUS Fab. 



L. bicrucis Say. (Melanocoryphus) Staten Island, seashore V, 14 (Ds) ; 

 Woodbury, Anglesea VII (Ss); Clementon VII. 6 (Jn). 



L. reclivatus Say. So distributed that its occurrence in New Jersey is 

 probable (Bno). 



