THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 
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AXION Muls. 
/ A. tripustulatum.DeG. Woodside (Bf); Riverton VI, IX, feeding on San 
Jose Scale (Sm); DaCosta on pines IV, V, VIII (div); Atlantic City 
(Li); sometimes very plentiful at Lakehurst on post oak£ infested 
by “Kermes pubescens” Bogue, VIII, IX (Ds). This is a scale feeder 
and locally and seasonally common; but while I have found it feed¬ 
ing on the San Jose Scale, this seems to be an accidental and occa¬ 
sional habit, and it has not manifested any intention of adding this 
specie^ to its regular diet. 
CHILOCORUS Leach. 
/ 
C. bivulnerus Muls. Throughout the State, locally common; is a scale 
feeder and has devoted itself especially to the San Jose Scale, of 
which it destroys great numbers. Unfortunately it is a slow breeder, 
with only a single annual generation, and hence does not suffice to 
keep the scale in check. 
C. si mi I is Rossi. This is the “Chinese or Asiatic lady-bird” introduced 
to supplement the preceding as a check to the San Jose Scale. It 
was maintained for part of two> years at New Brunswick, and a con¬ 
siderable number was liberated at various points in South Jersey; 
but there is no evidence that the insect has really established itself. 
The name is introduced here chiefly to record the attempted intro¬ 
duction. 
EXOCHOMUS Redt. 
E. marginipennis Redt. Milltown V (Coll); Clementon V (GG); Da- 
Costa (Li) ; g. d., rare (W). 
E. 4—postulata Linn. Rutherford VIII, 10, found while inspecting conifers 
in a nursery, one example only. It is a European species and prob¬ 
ably a recent introduction (Sm). 
BRUMUS Muls. 
B. 
D. 
septentrionis Weise. var. davisi Leng. Milltown IV, 22 (Coll); 
Jamesburg, Lakehurst, common in spring on pines infested with 
plant lice. 
DELPHASTUS Casey. 
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pusillus Lee. Ft. Lee, Snake Hill (Sf); Orange Mt. Dist. V (Bf); 
Buena Vista (Li). 
BRACHYACANTHA Chev. 
B. ursina Fabr. Common throughout the State VI-VIII. 
/ B. 10~pustulata Mels. With the preceding; but less common. 
B. basalis Mels. “New Jersey” (Li); Mr. Leng suggests that this record 
may refer to the next species. 
B. 4-punctata Mels. Lakehurst IX, 4 (Lg). 
B. dentipes Fab. Woodbury (Li); Anglesea (W). 
B. indubitalis Cr. Hewitt, Plainfield (Lg). 
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