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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  A. 
  bracteatus 
  Fitch. 
  Certain 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  A. 
  maculiventris 
  Say. 
  (spinosus 
  Dall). 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  

   all 
  season. 
  

  

  A. 
  serieventris 
  Uhl. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII, 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  determination 
  involved, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  may 
  prove 
  "maculiventris." 
  

  

  A. 
  modestus 
  Dall. 
  Madison 
  IX, 
  common 
  (Brb) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  A. 
  placidus 
  Uhl. 
  Hewitt 
  VII, 
  25 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Madison 
  VIII 
  (Brb); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   VIII 
  (Ds); 
  Jamesburg 
  (Coll); 
  Lakehurst 
  VII 
  (div). 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Acanthosomin^. 
  

  

  ELASMUCHA 
  Stal. 
  

  

  E. 
  lateralis 
  Say. 
  (Acanthosoma) 
  Hewitt 
  VII, 
  2 
  (Bno); 
  Chester 
  IX, 
  18 
  

   (Coll); 
  Madison 
  VII 
  (Brb); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV, 
  IX 
  (div); 
  Anglesea 
  (Ss). 
  

  

  ELASMOSTETHUS 
  Fieb. 
  

  

  E. 
  cruciatus 
  Say. 
  (Acanthosoma) 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  8 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Chester 
  

   VII, 
  4 
  (Coll); 
  Madison 
  VIII 
  (Brb). 
  

  

  Family 
  THYREOCORID.^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  Corimelsenidse 
  or 
  "negro 
  bugs" 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  edition, 
  

   so 
  named 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  generally 
  uniform 
  black 
  color. 
  They 
  are 
  

   shining, 
  convex, 
  almost 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  scutel 
  covering 
  almost 
  the 
  

   entire 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  they 
  resemble 
  beetles 
  of 
  the 
  Histeridse 
  more 
  than 
  

   they 
  do 
  the 
  usual 
  run 
  of 
  bugs. 
  They 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  black 
  and 
  rasp- 
  

   berries, 
  and 
  these 
  eggs 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  bed-buggy 
  flavor, 
  which 
  becomes 
  

   offensively 
  apparent 
  when 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  eaten. 
  

  

  THYREOCORIS 
  Schrank. 
  (CORIMEL/ENA 
  White.) 
  

  

  T. 
  unicolor 
  Pal. 
  Beauv. 
  (atra 
  A 
  & 
  S.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII, 
  

   sometimes 
  locally 
  common. 
  

  

  T. 
  nitiduloides 
  Wolff. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  more 
  rare. 
  The 
  form 
  that 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  variety, 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  being 
  

   western. 
  

  

  T. 
  lateralis 
  Fab. 
  Hewitt 
  VI, 
  Newfoundland 
  VII, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII, 
  James- 
  

   burg 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  Mr. 
  Barber 
  suggests 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  "gillettii" 
  Van 
  D. 
  

  

  T. 
  anthracina 
  Uhl. 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  T. 
  gillettii 
  Van 
  D. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V 
  (Brb); 
  Cape 
  May 
  C. 
  H. 
  VIII, 
  21 
  

   (Van 
  D); 
  Anglesea 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  