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NEIDES Say. 



N. muticus Say. Greenwood Lake V (Brb) ; Hewitt VII, Staten Island 

 VIII (Ds). 



JALYSUS Stal. 

 J. spinosus Say. Throughout the State V, VII-IX, locally common. 



Family TINGITID/E. 



These peculiar little creatures have been called "lace-bugs" from the 

 net or lace-like covering of the wings and other body parts. This renders 

 them easy of recognition, and, under a lens of even moderate power, they 

 are really pretty. They are plant feeders and sometimes occur in num- 

 bers sufficient to cause injury to garden plants or shrubs. As field pests 

 they are not troublesome in New Jersey, and, in general, contact poisons 

 would be advised against them should they become in the least dangerous. 



Sub-family 



PIESMA Lep. & Serv. 



P. cinerea Say. Locally common throughout the State on horse chest- 

 nuts, under bark of "Platanus," &c. 



Sub-family 



CORYTHUCA Stal. 



C. ciliata Say. Chester VIII, 19 (Dn) ; Staten Island (Ds) ; New Jersey 



(Sm). On sycamore in great numbers on under side of leaves; 



adults hibernate under bark and under leaves at base of tree (Bno). 

 C. arcuata Say. (juglandis Fitch.) Throughout the State all season, on 



a variety of trees, but most abundant on walnut. 

 C. gossypil Fab. Palisades VII, 4, Pt. Pleasant VII, 26 (Bno). 

 C. pergandei Heid. Roselle Park XI-II, sifting under Alder, on which it 



feeds (Brb); Staten Island VI, 9 (Ds) ; Lakehurst IX, 20 (Bno). 

 C. marmorata Uhl. New York to North Carolina, and sure to occur in 



New Jersey. 



LEPTOBYRSA Stal. 



L. explanata Heid. Newfoundland VII, 8 (Ds) : Springfield, Rutherford 

 V-VII, IX (Dn); on Kalmia and Rhododendron. 



