﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  147 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  MicreIvYTrin^. 
  

  

  PROTENOR 
  Stal. 
  

  

  P. 
  belfragei 
  Hagl. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  18 
  (Coll); 
  

   in 
  wet 
  meadows 
  on 
  grasses. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Alydin^. 
  

  

  ALYDUS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  A. 
  urinus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX; 
  everywhere 
  common. 
  

  

  A. 
  pilosulus 
  H. 
  S. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  less 
  common. 
  "These 
  two 
  

  

  species 
  are 
  commonly 
  found 
  in 
  patches 
  of 
  clover 
  in 
  meadows 
  or 
  in 
  

  

  bush 
  clover." 
  (Bno). 
  

   A. 
  quinquespinosus 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX. 
  

   A. 
  conspersus 
  Mont. 
  Newfoundland 
  IX 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  STACHYOCNEMUS 
  Stal. 
  

  

  S. 
  apicalis 
  Dall. 
  Riverton 
  V, 
  26 
  (Jn), 
  VIII, 
  17 
  (Van 
  D) 
  ; 
  found 
  running 
  

   on 
  sandy 
  spots 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  "Cicindela" 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Corizin.^. 
  

  

  HARMOSTES 
  Burm. 
  

  

  H. 
  reflexulus 
  Stal. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  all 
  season. 
  The 
  

   "fraterculus" 
  of 
  previous 
  edition 
  also 
  belongs 
  here. 
  

  

  CORIZUS 
  Fall. 
  

  

  C. 
  crassicornis 
  Linn, 
  (novaeboracensis 
  Sign.) 
  Chester 
  IX, 
  5 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  C. 
  lateralis 
  Say. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  late 
  VI 
  until 
  winter, 
  and 
  

   again 
  until 
  late 
  next 
  V. 
  All 
  records 
  of 
  other 
  species 
  in 
  previous 
  list 
  

   should 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  refer 
  here. 
  C. 
  sidse 
  Fab. 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  

   authentically 
  recorded 
  north 
  of 
  Maryland 
  (fide 
  Hambleton), 
  and 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  any 
  lists 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  States 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  C. 
  nigristernum 
  Sign. 
  Is 
  recorded 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  

   certainly 
  occurs 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  BeryTin^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "stilt-bugs"; 
  long, 
  slender 
  species 
  with 
  thin, 
  thread-like 
  

   legs 
  and 
  antennae. 
  The 
  thighs 
  and 
  feelers 
  are 
  clubbed, 
  and, 
  altogether, 
  

   the 
  insects 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  spidery 
  appearance. 
  They 
  are 
  plant 
  feeders, 
  

   but 
  of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  