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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  NEUROCTENUS 
  Fieb. 
  

   N. 
  simplex 
  Uhl. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  fall 
  to 
  late 
  spring. 
  

   N. 
  ovatus 
  Stal. 
  Should 
  also 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  ANEURUS 
  Curtis. 
  

  

  A. 
  Inconstans 
  Uhl. 
  Westfield 
  VII-IX 
  (Bno) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  Perth 
  

  

  Amboy 
  V, 
  12, 
  31 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  VIII, 
  17 
  (Van 
  D). 
  

   A. 
  fisl<ei 
  Held. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VII, 
  19 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  26 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  under 
  

  

  bark 
  of 
  dead 
  hickory 
  saplings, 
  dead 
  oak 
  branches, 
  etc.; 
  sometimes 
  

  

  in 
  company 
  with 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

  

  . 
  Family 
  PYRRHOCORID^. 
  

  

  Resemble 
  the 
  next 
  following 
  Lygseidae 
  in 
  form, 
  but 
  are 
  stouter, 
  with 
  

   contrasting 
  red 
  and 
  black 
  colors 
  and 
  a 
  different 
  venation 
  in 
  the 
  membrane 
  

   of 
  wing-covers. 
  They 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "red-bugs," 
  where 
  they 
  occur 
  com- 
  

   monly, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  representation 
  in 
  our 
  territory 
  which, 
  

   while 
  a 
  plant 
  feeder, 
  is 
  not 
  injurious. 
  

  

  LARGUS 
  Halin. 
  

  

  L. 
  succinctus 
  Linn. 
  Jamesburg 
  IX, 
  4, 
  Lahaway 
  VI, 
  7, 
  Atlantic 
  Co. 
  (Coll); 
  

   Lakehurst 
  V-IX 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Toms 
  River 
  (Brb) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  VIII 
  (Jn); 
  

   Atco 
  VIII, 
  27 
  (Ss). 
  

  

  Family 
  LYG.^ID^. 
  

  

  Narrow, 
  oblong 
  bugs, 
  flattened 
  above, 
  of 
  moderate 
  or 
  small 
  size, 
  oftea 
  

   gay 
  colors 
  and 
  medium 
  or 
  soft 
  texture. 
  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  

   venation 
  of 
  membrane 
  of 
  primaries 
  afford 
  structural 
  characters 
  by 
  which 
  

   the 
  student 
  recognizes 
  the 
  group. 
  All 
  are 
  vegetable 
  feeders 
  and 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  distinctly 
  injurious. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Lyg^in^. 
  

  

  ONCOPELTUS 
  Stal. 
  

  

  O. 
  fasciatus 
  Dall. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Roselle 
  Park 
  IX 
  (Brb); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   VI, 
  VII, 
  IX, 
  X 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  25 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Pemberton 
  VII, 
  11, 
  very 
  

   common 
  on 
  milkweed 
  (C 
  G) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  Anglesea 
  (Ss). 
  

  

  LYGUS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  L. 
  bicrucis 
  Say. 
  (IVIelanocoryphus) 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  seashore 
  V, 
  14 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

  

  Woodbury, 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Ss) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  VII, 
  6 
  (Jn). 
  

   L. 
  reciivatus 
  Say. 
  So 
  distributed 
  that 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  is 
  

  

  probable 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  