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‘ THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
A. seriata Mels. (Naemia) Snake Hill V, 17 (Bf); Newark (GG); found 
in numbers during spring, in swamps, Merchantville and Westville 
(W); Anglesea VI, Beach Haven VI, VII (Coll); often found in the 
wash-up along the shore, and locally common on aphid-infested golden 
rod all along our Southern Coast line. 
MEGILLA Muls. 
Fig. 9 6 . — Megilla fuscilabtis: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; 
enlarged. 
M. fuscilabris Muls. (maculata DeG.) Throughout the State and more 
oi 7 less*" generally throughout the season. Hibernates as an adult, 
sometimes in great masses, and has rather a wide range of food, in¬ 
cluding pollen and fungus spores, as well as plant lice and other soft 
insects. 
H! PPODAM IA Muls. 
H. glacialis Fabr. Throughout the State, locally and seasonably abund 
ant. This is one of the most effective enemies of plant lice in gen¬ 
eral, and is always present when there is any abnormal increase of 
destructive species, as, for example, the melon louse. 
H. convergens Guer. Occurs with the preceding; is locally even more 
—^^^undant, and has the same general habits. 
H. 13~punctata Linn. Split Rock Lake IV, Clifton 
VII (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Newark 
Dist. VI, VII, IX (Sf). 
H. parenthesis Say. Throughout the State, all sea¬ 
sons, with much the habits of “glacialis.” 
Fig. 97.— Hippodamia 
ADALIA Muls. convergens, larva, 
pupa and adult. 
A. bipuncta Linn. The commonest and most wide¬ 
ly distributed of our species; will even get into greenhouses and on 
house plants to feed on the aphids there found. It is not infrequently 
considered the author of the injury caused by plant lice. 
A. humeral is Say. Masonville VI, 16 (Castle). 
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