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M. xerene Newn. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee (Sf); Camden, g. d., in wet 

 places (W); Westville (Li); Burlington Co. VI (GG) ; larva in gol- 

 denrod leaves. 



M. erebus Newn. Jamesburg VI, rare (Sm). 



M. excavata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hemlock Falls VII, 



4 (W) ; Jamesburg VI, 24 (Jl) ; Newtonville (Brn) ; DaCosta VI, Atco 



IX (W). 



M. porcata Mels. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Hudson Co. (Li); Wenonah (Li); very 

 rare. 



ODONTATA Chev. 

 O. scapularis Oliv. Throughout the State V, 30-VIII, 6, not rare. 



O. notata Oliv. DaCosta V, 12 (W) ; g. d. (Li); on "Tephrosia virgin- 

 ica." 



O. bicolor Oliv. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally common. 



O. hornii Sm. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf) ; Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 5 (W) ; 

 on "Tephrosia virginica." 



O. dorsal is Thunb. Throughout the State V, VI, VIII, common on locust, 

 the larvae making blotch-mines in the leaves; exceptionally attacks 

 red clover, hog-peanut, some fruit trees, and larva has been reared 

 on Soy beans (Ch). 



O. rubra Web. Throughout the State with the preceding V, VII, IX; 

 also common on "Robinia" and sometimes on basswood. 



O. nervosa Panz. Throughout the State nearly all year, on locust; com- 

 mon. 



CHARISTENA Baly. 



C. nigrita Oliv. Irvington, Newark (Bf) ; DaCosta VII, 30 (W). 

 C. ariadne Newn. DaCosta VII, 30 (W) ; Atco (Li). 



STENISPA Baly. 



S. metallica Fabr. Ft. Lee (Sf); Snake Hill (Bt) ; Newark Dist. (Bf ) ; 

 Westville IV-VI (div); Merchantville III and g. d., throughout So. 

 Jersey (W) ; Lahaway V, 28 (Sm); in swampy areas. 



PHYSONOTA Boh. 

 P. unipunctata Say. Boonton III, VI, VII (GG). 



CASSIDA Linn. 



C. nigripes Oliv. Throughout South Jersey on sweet potato vines in 

 May; not very abundant. 



C. bivittata Say. Very common and often injurious to sweet potato 

 vines throughout South Jersey. Mr. Schwarz says this is not orig- 

 inally a native of the State, but has spread northward with the culti- 

 vation of the sweet potato. It is one of the "gold-bugs," the larvae 



