254 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
COCCINELLA Linn. 
C. 9-notata Hbst. Common throughout the State and a general feeder 
on plant lice of all kinds. 
C. trifa€biata Linn. Boonton VII (GG); Madison (Pr); Hoboken (Sf); 
Newark Dist. (Bf); Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not 
a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. 
CYCLONEDA Crotch. 
C. sanguinea Linn. Throughout the State; more or less common every¬ 
where. A general feeder on plant lice. 
NEOHARMONIA Casey. 
N. venusta Mels. Atlantic City, in wash-up (Sherman); a southern 
species. 
HARMONIA Muls. 
H. picta Rand. Throughout the State V-VIII, but local; on pine trees, 
end of April (W); abundant in its season (Lg). 
AN AT IS Muls. 
A. 15-punctata 01 iv. Reported from all 
parts of the State and locally and 
seasonally common. Feeds on plant- 
lice generally and on many other 
soft-bodied insects; especially im¬ 
portant as a check to the plant- 
louse that often infests Norway 
Maples in early summer. 
NEOMYSIA Casey. 
N. pul lata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); 
1 Orange Mts. (div); Clifton VIII, 
Riverton V, Clementon V (GG); 
Westville (Li); Lahaway IX (Coll); 
on pine trees IV, V (W). 
adult. 
PSYLLOBORA Chev. 
P. 20-maculata Say. Common locally throughout the State. 
EPILACHNE Chev. 
E. borealis Fabr. The “Squash lady-bird”; feeds in all its stages on 
cucurbs, but preferably on squash, and occasionally causes notice¬ 
able injury. It is the one exception in our State to the predatory 
habit of the family, and is readily recognizable by its large size and 
large black spots on a yellow ground. It succumbs readily to the 
arsenites. 
Fig. 98.—15-spotted “lady-bird”: 
a, larva devouring slug of 
potato beetle; b, pupa; d 
