146 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 

 Sub-family ACANTHOCEPHALIN^. 



ACANTHOCEPHALA Lap. 



A. terminalis Dall. (Metapodius) Piedmont Plain and northward, IX 

 until next VII; also Riverton (Jn). The "femoratus" of previous edi- 

 tion is this same species. 



Sub-family 



LEPTOGLOSSUS Guer. 



L. oppositus Say. Staten Island X (Ds) ; New Brunswick VIII, 23 (Coll) ; 

 Lakehurst V (Brb) ; Shiloh IX, 1 (Jn). 



L. corculus Say. New Brunswick (Coll); Westville VII, 4 (Jn). 



Sub-family CHARIESTERIN.. 



CHARIESTERUS Lap. 



C. antennator Fab. Madison (Pr) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Staten Island VIII, 

 Jamesburg VII, 5, Lakehurst VII, 29 (Ds) ; Farmingdale VII (Jn) ; 

 Camden (Ss). 



Sub-family CENTROSCELIN.. 



ANASA A & S. 



A. tristis De G. The common squash bug; occurs 

 throughout the State. Hibernates as an adult, 

 lays eggs in large patches on underside of 

 leaves of all sorts of Cucurbs, and matures 

 two broods. In gardens gather the con- 

 spicuous eggs early in the season and destroy 

 them. In fields plow out and destroy the 

 vines as soon as crop is off, to prevent adults 

 from coming to maturity. Insecticides are 

 not indicated. 



A. armigera Say. Also on squashes and other 

 cucurbs from New Brunswick southward. I 

 have no records from more northern points, 

 but believe it will occur there as well. Under 

 ordinary circumstances it will not be differ- 

 entiated from "tristis." 



A. repetita Heid. Also resembles the common 

 species so closely as to be readily mistaken 

 for it. I have no actual Jersey records, but it 

 has been found in Pennsylvania, and I have 

 no doubt it occurs with us. 



Fig. 62. The squash- 

 bug, Anasa tristis; 

 enlarged. 



