158 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Riverton VIII, 14 (Jn). To this species belong most of the records 

 credited to "fusca" Pal Beauv., a species which probably does not 

 occur in New Jersey at all. 

 R. grisea Bno. One of the forms 

 mistaken for "fusca," and un- 

 doubtedly in New Jersey collec- 

 tions under that name. 



R. kirkaldyi Bno. New York to North 

 Carolina and sure to be found in 

 New Jersey (Bno). 



Division PAGIOPODA. 



Super-family MIROIDEA. 

 Family ANTHOCORID/E. 



This family, the Acanthiidse of the 

 previous edition, in part contains a 

 series of rather small, inconspicuous 

 bugs found under bark of trees or in 

 flowers, and mostly predatory in habit. 

 The adults are winged, and have the 

 membrane of the wing-cover without 

 veins. 



LYCTOCORIS Hahn. 



L. campestris Fab. Recorded from 

 New York, and should occur in 

 New Jersey (Bno). 



L. domesticus Schill. Ranges from 

 British America to Texas. 



Fig. 67. "A "water scorpion," Ranatra 

 species; enlarged. 



PIEZOSTETHUS Fieb. 

 P. sordidus Reut. Westfield, under bark of dead trees VIII, IX (Bno). 



TRIPHLEPS Fieb. 



T. insidiosus Say. Common throughout the State III-XII, in flowers, 

 under bark of trees, in rubbish and generally in about all places 

 where insects occur at all. Feeds upon insect eggs and minute forms 

 generally. 



CARDIASTETHUS Fieb. 



C. pergandei Reut. Should occur in New Jersey. 

 C. luridellus Fieb. Pennsylvania and probably New Jersey. 



ANTHOCORIS Say. 



A. musculus Say. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 



