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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  Plain. 
  This 
  contains 
  the 
  hilly 
  

   country 
  of 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  Hunterdon 
  and 
  Morris, 
  and 
  of 
  smaller 
  

   areas 
  in 
  Passaic 
  and 
  Bergen 
  Counties. 
  It 
  extends 
  from 
  Riegels- 
  

   ville 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  

   above 
  Phillipsburgh. 
  From 
  the 
  Delaware 
  it 
  extends 
  irregularly 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  White 
  House 
  Station 
  on 
  the 
  Central 
  

   Railroad 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  From 
  that 
  point 
  it 
  extends 
  northeast 
  

   in 
  a 
  very 
  irregular 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary, 
  taking 
  in 
  Morris 
  

   Plains, 
  Boonton 
  and 
  Butler 
  near 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  line. 
  It 
  extends 
  

   as 
  a 
  narrow 
  border 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  sends 
  

   two 
  spurs 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  spurs 
  includes 
  the 
  Palisades 
  

   and 
  Highlands 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River, 
  to 
  

   Hoboken. 
  The 
  second 
  extends 
  southward 
  tO' 
  Paterson, 
  is 
  there 
  

   broken 
  by 
  the 
  Passaic 
  Valley 
  and 
  then 
  takes 
  in 
  the 
  narrow 
  ridge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Orange 
  or 
  Watdhung 
  Mountains, 
  the 
  southern 
  tip 
  coming 
  

   near 
  tO' 
  Somerville. 
  This 
  region 
  is 
  rolling 
  or 
  hilly 
  in 
  character, 
  

   with 
  deciduous 
  forests, 
  and 
  contains 
  much 
  area 
  under 
  cultivation. 
  

   The 
  transition 
  element 
  is 
  marked 
  though 
  not 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  this 
  

   region, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  come 
  into 
  it. 
  A 
  

   large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Orange 
  Mountain 
  and 
  Palisade 
  districts 
  have 
  

   been 
  thoroughly 
  collected 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  orders, 
  but 
  along 
  the 
  

   northern 
  border 
  little 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  Greenwood 
  

   Lake 
  district, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  central 
  portion 
  only 
  the 
  Hopat- 
  

   cong 
  territory 
  has 
  been 
  explored. 
  The 
  Ramapo 
  Mountains 
  are 
  

   almost 
  unknown 
  entomologically, 
  and 
  so 
  indeed 
  are 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   ridges 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  and 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  Green 
  Pond 
  Mountain. 
  

  

  The 
  Piedmont 
  Plain 
  takes 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  red 
  sandstone 
  region, 
  

   which 
  is 
  quite 
  sharply 
  bounded 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  extending 
  

   rather 
  evenly 
  southwest 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Raritan 
  River 
  to 
  

   Trenton. 
  From 
  Trenton 
  it 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware 
  nearly 
  

   tO' 
  Riegelsville, 
  and 
  it 
  fills 
  in 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  everything 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  quite 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  line 
  on 
  

   the 
  east. 
  This 
  area 
  is 
  largely 
  under 
  cultivation, 
  has 
  no 
  great 
  

   elevations, 
  but 
  has 
  many 
  large 
  swamp 
  areas 
  and 
  low 
  meadow 
  

   regions. 
  The 
  forests 
  are 
  deciduous 
  and 
  insect 
  life 
  is 
  less 
  

   abundant 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  south. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   distinctive 
  features 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  which 
  are 
  interesting: 
  the 
  

   elm-leaf 
  beetle 
  is 
  strictly 
  one-brooded, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

  

  