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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  I^IUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  adults 
  are 
  green 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  wings 
  very 
  transparent 
  and 
  delicate, 
  

   justifying 
  the 
  term 
  "lace-wing." 
  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  hemispherical, 
  prominent 
  

   and 
  gold-bronzed, 
  which 
  gives 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  names. 
  

   They 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  sickening 
  ordor 
  when 
  handled, 
  reminding 
  one 
  of 
  

   an 
  ill-kept 
  urinal. 
  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  family, 
  are 
  

   laid 
  on 
  long 
  stalks 
  by 
  the 
  adult 
  and 
  the 
  larva 
  spins 
  a 
  spherical 
  silken 
  

   cocoon. 
  The 
  species 
  are 
  decidedly 
  beneficial 
  and 
  sufficiently 
  numerous 
  to 
  

   be 
  accounted 
  a 
  notable 
  check 
  to 
  plant-lice 
  increase. 
  

  

  The 
  Coniopterygidee 
  are 
  scarcely 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  the 
  Mantispidae. 
  

   All 
  those 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  are 
  small, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  mealy 
  powder 
  

   and 
  have 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  unusually 
  small. 
  The 
  larvae, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  their 
  

   habits 
  are 
  known, 
  feed 
  on 
  scale 
  insects 
  and 
  resemble 
  in 
  form 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  "Chrysopidse." 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  go, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  bene- 
  

   ficial. 
  

  

  The 
  Myrmeleonidse 
  are 
  "ant-lions" 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  stage 
  and 
  very 
  much 
  

   larger 
  as 
  adults 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  preceding. 
  The 
  larvEe 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  different 
  

   in 
  form 
  and 
  structure 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  "Chrysopidse," 
  but 
  

   they 
  differ 
  altogether 
  in 
  habit 
  by 
  living 
  underground 
  or 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  pits 
  in 
  sand 
  or 
  dry 
  earth 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  traps 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  

   of 
  such 
  unwary 
  insects 
  as 
  may 
  tumble 
  into 
  them. 
  They 
  can 
  

   scarcely 
  be 
  considered 
  beneficial 
  though, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  

   they 
  are 
  certainly 
  not 
  injurious. 
  The 
  larvae 
  pupate 
  in 
  silken 
  

   cocoons 
  covered 
  or 
  mixed 
  with 
  sand 
  grains. 
  In 
  the 
  adults 
  the 
  

   antennee 
  are 
  short, 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  gradual 
  club 
  at 
  tip. 
  

   The 
  Ascalaphidae 
  are 
  much 
  larger 
  insects, 
  more 
  hairy, 
  with 
  broad 
  head 
  

   and 
  very 
  long 
  antennae 
  terminated 
  in 
  an 
  abrupt 
  club. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  

   like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  families, 
  but 
  build 
  no 
  pits 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  

   always 
  rare. 
  

  

  Family 
  MANTISPID^. 
  

  

  MANTISPA 
  III. 
  

  

  M. 
  brunnea 
  Say. 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Coll); 
  

   Lakehurst 
  V-IX 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Da 
  Costa 
  (Dke); 
  

   probably 
  rare 
  throughout 
  South 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  M. 
  interrupta 
  Say. 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  4-30 
  (div); 
  

   Lahaway 
  in 
  June 
  (Coll); 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  Family 
  HEMEROBIID.E. 
  

  

  LOMAMYIA 
  Banks. 
  

  

  L. 
  flavlcornis 
  Wlk. 
  (Berotha) 
  Prospertown 
  

   IX, 
  22 
  (Coll); 
  Lakehurst 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  15. 
  — 
  Mantispa 
  species 
  

   from 
  above 
  and 
  in 
  out- 
  

   line 
  from 
  side. 
  

  

  POLYSTCECHOTES 
  Burm. 
  

   P. 
  punctatus 
  Fabr. 
  Philadelphia: 
  United 
  States 
  generally. 
  

   P. 
  vittatus 
  Say. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  by 
  Hagen. 
  

  

  