THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 
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/ M. xerene Newn. Hopatcohg (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). 
excavata Oliv. Hopatcong (Pm); Ft. Lee (Bt); Hemlock Falls VII, 
4 (W); Jamesburg VI, 24 (Jl); Newtonville (Brn); DaCosta VI, Atco 
IX (W). 
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 v d. (Li); on “Tephrosia virgin- 
ica.” 
O. bicolor Oliv. Throughout the State V-VIII; locally common. 
*OT1iorhii Sm. Lakehurst VII, 4 (Bf); Atco (Li); DaCosta VII, 5 (W); 
on “Tephrosia virginica.” 
O. dorsalis 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. 
CHAR I ST ENA Baly. 
C. nigrita Oliv. Irvington, Newark (Bf); DaCosta VII, 30 (W). 
C. ariadne Newn. DaCosta VII, 30 (W); Atco (Li). 
STEN1SPA 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 
