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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  the 
  Raritan 
  River, 
  and 
  from 
  South 
  Amboy 
  to 
  Jamesburg, 
  form- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  excellent 
  collecting 
  ground. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  "barrens" 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  area 
  is, 
  in 
  a 
  way, 
  a 
  mis- 
  

   nomer. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  desolate 
  stretches 
  of 
  pines 
  and 
  scrub 
  

   oaks 
  on 
  a 
  level 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  but, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  there 
  are 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  excellent 
  truck 
  lands, 
  and 
  for 
  small 
  fruits 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  better 
  section 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Pines 
  and 
  scrub 
  oaks 
  are, 
  

   however, 
  the 
  dominant 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  level 
  or 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  rolling, 
  the 
  soil 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  sandy. 
  There 
  are 
  acres 
  of 
  

   cedar, 
  sphagnum 
  and 
  other 
  swamps 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  

   these 
  have 
  been 
  turned 
  into 
  profitable 
  cranberry 
  bogs. 
  There 
  is 
  

   a 
  great 
  diversity 
  of 
  conditions 
  in 
  this 
  area 
  and, 
  in 
  consequence, 
  

   the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  is 
  extremely 
  rich. 
  The 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  

   resemble 
  those 
  of 
  more 
  southern 
  States, 
  and 
  Georgian 
  or 
  even 
  

   the 
  Floridian 
  forms 
  are 
  not 
  uncommonly 
  met 
  with, 
  and 
  yet 
  the 
  

   only 
  trace 
  of 
  real 
  boreal 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  cold 
  

   swamps 
  of 
  Ocean 
  County. 
  This 
  area 
  has 
  been 
  thoroughly 
  ex- 
  

   plored 
  by 
  the 
  Philadelphia 
  collectors 
  and 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  it 
  by 
  

   the 
  New 
  York 
  collectors 
  as 
  well, 
  so 
  that 
  its 
  insects 
  are 
  tolerably 
  

   well 
  known. 
  

  

  The 
  Coastal 
  strip 
  includes 
  the 
  marshlands 
  lying 
  between 
  the 
  

   bars 
  fringing 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  the 
  mainland, 
  and 
  also 
  those 
  along 
  

   the 
  Delaware 
  Bay 
  and 
  the 
  rivers 
  extending 
  inland 
  tlirough 
  the 
  

   marshes. 
  The 
  insect 
  fauna 
  is 
  scant, 
  but 
  some 
  very 
  characteristic 
  

   species 
  occur. 
  

  

  The 
  strictly 
  maritime 
  region 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  

   Sandy 
  Hook 
  to 
  Cape 
  May, 
  and 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  beach 
  and 
  the 
  

   sand 
  hills 
  immediately 
  back 
  of 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  rich 
  in 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  

   fauna 
  is 
  fairly 
  well 
  known. 
  

  

  The 
  map 
  which 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report 
  shows 
  these 
  regions 
  

   as 
  accurately 
  as 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  possible. 
  

  

  