﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  139 
  

  

  T. 
  pulicaria 
  Germ. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII; 
  often 
  

   common; 
  occurs 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  salt 
  marshes. 
  

  

  Family 
  ARADID.E. 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  contains 
  the 
  "flat 
  bugs," 
  so 
  named 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  their 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  adapted 
  for 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  

   narrowest 
  sort 
  of 
  crevices, 
  under 
  bark 
  or 
  in 
  cracks 
  of 
  

   dead 
  trees. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  blackish 
  

   in 
  color, 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit, 
  and 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  essentially 
  forest 
  species, 
  isolated 
  trees 
  rarely 
  

   being 
  infested. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  ARADiNyE. 
  

  

  ARADUS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  A. 
  aequalis 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Uhl, 
  Bergroth). 
  

  

  A. 
  quadrilineatus 
  Say. 
  Palisades 
  (Jl); 
  State 
  Island 
  IV, 
  10 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  A. 
  robustus 
  Uhl. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VII 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Madison, 
  Lakehurst 
  VI, 
  a 
  common 
  

   species 
  (Brb). 
  

  

  A. 
  similis 
  Say. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  V 
  (Brb); 
  Great 
  Notch 
  V, 
  30 
  (Bno): 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  IV, 
  10 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  2 
  (GG). 
  

   Commonly 
  found 
  in 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  fungus 
  "Polyporus 
  betulinus" 
  

   growing 
  on 
  dead 
  white 
  birches 
  or, 
  in 
  winter, 
  nymphs 
  and 
  adults 
  under 
  

   bark 
  near 
  base 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  A. 
  hubbardi 
  Held. 
  Almost 
  undoubtedly 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  A. 
  acutus 
  Say. 
  Lakehurst 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  IV, 
  11 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  A. 
  inornatus 
  Uhl. 
  Prospertown, 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  3 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  A. 
  crenatus 
  Say. 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  probably 
  also 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  A. 
  iugubris 
  Fall, 
  (rectus 
  Say.) 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  A. 
  uniform 
  is 
  Held. 
  Probably 
  occurs 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  A. 
  abbas 
  Bergr. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  IV 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  A. 
  cinnamomeus 
  Panz. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV, 
  10 
  (Ds); 
  Lakehurst 
  V, 
  27 
  

   (Bno) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  2 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  common 
  on 
  pines. 
  

  

  A. 
  niger 
  Stal. 
  Lakehurst 
  IV, 
  14 
  (Ds); 
  also 
  imder 
  pine 
  bark. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Mkzirin.?;. 
  

  

  MEZIRA 
  A 
  & 
  S. 
  (BRACHYRHYNCHUS 
  Lap). 
  

   M. 
  lobata 
  Say. 
  Should 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

   M. 
  granulata 
  Say. 
  Occurs 
  from 
  Canada 
  to 
  Maryland. 
  , 
  

  

  