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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  C. 
  lyricen 
  DeG. 
  Taken 
  only 
  at 
  points 
  north, 
  of 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  but 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  with 
  the 
  preceding, 
  which 
  it 
  closely 
  

   resembles. 
  

  

  C. 
  canicularis 
  Harr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  common. 
  

   Occurs 
  with 
  "linnei," 
  than 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  smaller, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  nearly 
  

   allied. 
  

  

  C. 
  davisi 
  Grossb. 
  Paterson 
  IX, 
  4 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  VIII, 
  25 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  CARINETA 
  Am. 
  & 
  Serv. 
  

  

  C. 
  parvula 
  Say. 
  Occurs 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast, 
  and, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Ashmead, 
  should 
  reach 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  It 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  a 
  form 
  not 
  

   yet 
  taken 
  has 
  been 
  heard 
  at 
  Anglesea 
  by 
  myself 
  and 
  others, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  probably 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Family 
  MEMBRACID.E. 
  

  

  Contains 
  the 
  "tree-hoppers" 
  which 
  are 
  odd-looking 
  creatures, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  wedge 
  or 
  beech-nut 
  shaped, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  often 
  abnormally 
  developed 
  

   Into 
  horns, 
  spines 
  or 
  crests. 
  They 
  leap 
  and 
  fly 
  readily 
  and 
  are 
  commonly 
  

   found 
  on 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  usually 
  laid 
  in 
  slits 
  made 
  in 
  

   twigs, 
  shoots 
  or 
  other 
  vegetable 
  tissue, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  or 
  nymphs 
  

   envelop 
  themselves 
  in 
  frothy 
  masses. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  excrete 
  honey 
  dew. 
  

  

  Few 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  really 
  abundant 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  cause 
  injury 
  

   by 
  feeding. 
  The 
  "buffalo 
  tree-hopper" 
  and 
  its 
  allies 
  do 
  some 
  harm 
  by 
  

   their 
  egg-laying. 
  The 
  slits 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  tissue 
  of 
  the 
  twigs 
  and 
  

   shoots 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  and 
  these 
  wounds 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  poisonous. 
  At 
  all 
  

   events, 
  instead 
  of 
  healing, 
  the 
  slits 
  form 
  open 
  wounds 
  which 
  enlarge, 
  

   check 
  growth, 
  make 
  weak 
  points 
  where 
  breaks 
  occur 
  when 
  fruit 
  is 
  borne, 
  

   or 
  any 
  strain 
  is 
  put 
  upon 
  the 
  injured 
  wood. 
  

  

  The 
  punctures 
  are 
  readily 
  noticed 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  out 
  when 
  

   pruning 
  and 
  the 
  cuttings 
  destroyed. 
  Insecticides 
  are 
  not 
  indicated. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Smiliin^. 
  

   CERESA 
  Am. 
  & 
  Serv. 
  

   C. 
  diceros 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  VIII, 
  IX. 
  

   C. 
  bubalus 
  Fab. 
  Common, 
  VI-IX, 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  "buffalo 
  tree-hopper" 
  whose 
  injuries 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  above. 
  

   C. 
  brevitylus 
  Van 
  D. 
  Jamesburg 
  VI, 
  19, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VIII, 
  31 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  material. 
  

   C. 
  taurina 
  Fitch. 
  Jamesburg 
  VIII, 
  31, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VII, 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Ds); 
  

  

  Merchantville, 
  Atco 
  VI, 
  21 
  (Ss). 
  

   C. 
  borealis 
  Fairm. 
  Chester 
  VIII 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  C. 
  basalis 
  Wlk. 
  Chester 
  IX, 
  1 
  (Coll), 
  and 
  probably 
  throughout 
  the 
  High- 
  

   lands. 
  

   The 
  "C. 
  brevicornis 
  Fitch" 
  is 
  omitted 
  because 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  ac- 
  

   tually 
  taken, 
  altnougn 
  its 
  occurrence 
  is 
  probable. 
  

  

  