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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

   Division 
  TROCHALOPODA. 
  

  

  Super-family 
  CIMICOIDEA. 
  

   Family 
  PENTATOMID/E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "shield 
  bugs"; 
  medium 
  to 
  large-sized 
  species 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   rarely 
  small, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  enlarged 
  scutel 
  covering 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  Their 
  habits 
  vary, 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  predatory, 
  a 
  few 
  feed 
  indifferently 
  on 
  plant 
  or 
  

   insect 
  tissue, 
  the 
  majority 
  are 
  plant 
  feeders, 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  to 
  be 
  accounted 
  injurious. 
  

  

  j 
  Sub-family 
  Scuteli.Erin^. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  56. 
  — 
  A 
  Penta- 
  

   tomid 
  and 
  its 
  beak. 
  ^ 
  ^, 
  , 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Large, 
  often 
  bright-colored, 
  very 
  convex 
  species 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  scutel 
  is 
  so 
  enormous 
  as 
  to 
  cover 
  almost 
  the 
  entire 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  TETYRA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  T. 
  bipunctata 
  H. 
  S. 
  Lakehurst 
  IV-IX 
  (div); 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  3 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  

   Browns 
  Mills 
  V, 
  VI 
  (div). 
  Sometimes 
  found 
  on 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  old 
  

   pines, 
  but 
  is 
  especially 
  fond 
  of 
  young 
  trees. 
  In 
  cold 
  weather 
  often 
  

   secretes 
  itself 
  among 
  the 
  dead 
  needles 
  that 
  accumulate 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  horizontal 
  branches 
  of 
  pitch 
  pine; 
  hibernates 
  as 
  an 
  adult 
  

   (Ds). 
  

  

  STETHAULAX 
  Bergr. 
  

  

  S. 
  marmoratus 
  Say. 
  Lakehurst 
  IV-VI, 
  IX, 
  common 
  on 
  cedars 
  (div). 
  

  

  HOMCEMUS 
  Dall. 
  

   H. 
  aeneifrons 
  Say. 
  Hewitt 
  VII, 
  2, 
  25 
  (.11); 
  Oak 
  Ridge 
  VII 
  (Shoemaker); 
  

   Westfield 
  VII, 
  2 
  (Bno) 
  ; 
  local 
  in 
  distribution 
  and 
  limited 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  

   appearance. 
  

  

  EURYGASTER 
  Lap. 
  

  

  E. 
  alternatus 
  Say. 
  Hewitt 
  VI-VIII 
  (div): 
  West 
  Hebron 
  VI, 
  IX 
  (Bno); 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  on 
  edges 
  of 
  marshy 
  meadows; 
  often 
  conv 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Graphosomin.^. 
  

  

  AMAUROCHROUS 
  Stal. 
  

  

  A. 
  cinctipes 
  Say. 
  (Podops) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  all 
  season. 
  

  

  A. 
  dubius 
  Pal. 
  Beauv. 
  (Podops) 
  Chester, 
  Arlington 
  (Coll); 
  New 
  Jer- 
  

   sey 
  III 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  A. 
  parvulus 
  Van 
  D. 
  Pt. 
  Pleasant 
  V, 
  on 
  sea 
  beach, 
  Lakehurst 
  V, 
  not 
  com 
  

   mon 
  (Brb). 
  

  

  