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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  R. 
  annulatus 
  Reut. 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  11 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  R. 
  inscriptus 
  Kirby. 
  Canada 
  to 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  R. 
  rufusculus 
  Reut. 
  Occurs 
  from 
  New 
  Yorlv 
  to 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  R. 
  ferus 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-XII, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  

  

  representative 
  of 
  this 
  family. 
  

  

  R. 
  capsiformis 
  Germ. 
  Probably 
  occurs 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  R. 
  kalmiae 
  Reut. 
  Occurs 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  R. 
  roseipennis 
  Reut. 
  (punctipes 
  Reut.) 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Reut). 
  

  

  R. 
  propinquus 
  Reut. 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  probably 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  R. 
  vicarius 
  Reut. 
  Will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  R. 
  assimilis 
  Uhl. 
  Ranges 
  from 
  Canada 
  to 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Family 
  GERRID^. 
  

  

  This 
  aggregation 
  comprises 
  the 
  "water 
  striders," 
  "marsh 
  treaders" 
  and 
  

   other 
  species 
  that 
  live 
  in 
  wet 
  places 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  surface. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   the 
  body 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  elongated, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  velvety 
  pile 
  adapted 
  to 
  

   shed 
  or 
  repel 
  water. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  move 
  rapidly 
  over 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  resembling 
  spiders 
  

   when 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  fully 
  extended. 
  They 
  are 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit 
  in 
  all 
  

   stages, 
  and 
  where 
  they 
  occur 
  in 
  numbers 
  no 
  Anopheles 
  or 
  other 
  mosquito 
  

   larvss 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  maintain 
  themselves. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Veliin^. 
  

  

  RHAGOVELIA 
  Mayr. 
  

  

  R. 
  obesa 
  Uhl. 
  Hewitt 
  VII, 
  Cranford 
  VIII, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII, 
  VIII, 
  Lake- 
  

   hurst 
  VII, 
  X 
  (Ds); 
  Bloomfiekl 
  VI, 
  Rahway 
  River 
  VIII, 
  Lakehurst 
  IX; 
  

   a 
  very 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  swiftly 
  running 
  streams 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  MICROVELIA 
  Westw. 
  

   M. 
  marginata 
  Uhl. 
  (capitata) 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  X, 
  10, 
  Cranford 
  VIH, 
  6 
  (Bno). 
  

   M. 
  albonotata 
  Champ. 
  Westfield 
  V, 
  3, 
  VH, 
  VIH, 
  13, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII, 
  8 
  

  

  (Bno); 
  Riverton 
  VIII, 
  3 
  (Jn). 
  

   M. 
  americana 
  Uhl. 
  (Hebrus) 
  Westfield 
  VII, 
  4-IX, 
  2, 
  Cranford 
  VIII, 
  

  

  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  V, 
  28, 
  IX, 
  X, 
  10, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  3, 
  VIII, 
  19 
  (Bno). 
  

   M. 
  boreale 
  Bno. 
  (pulchella 
  Westw.) 
  Westfield 
  VI-IX, 
  Bloomfield 
  VI 
  

  

  30, 
  Cranford 
  VIII, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  VII-IX, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V-VIII 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  usually 
  labelled 
  "pulchella" 
  in 
  collections, 
  but 
  it 
  

  

  is 
  really 
  a 
  distinct 
  form. 
  

  

  Sub- 
  family 
  Gerrin^. 
  

  

  This 
  contains 
  the 
  narrower 
  forms 
  listed 
  as 
  Hydrobatidse 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  

   edition. 
  

  

  