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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  R. 
  rileyi 
  Bergr. 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Echo 
  Lake, 
  Westfield 
  IX, 
  2, 
  Cranford 
  

   VIII, 
  6-27 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  MesovEUIN^. 
  

  

  MESOVELIA 
  Muls. 
  & 
  Rey. 
  

  

  M. 
  bisignata 
  Uhl. 
  Glen 
  Ridge 
  VI, 
  23, 
  Bloomfield 
  VI, 
  30, 
  Westfield 
  VI-IX, 
  

   Cranford 
  VIII, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  Point 
  Pleasant 
  (Bno) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VII-IX 
  (div). 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Hydrometrin^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "marsh-treaders," 
  found 
  moving 
  about 
  on 
  mud 
  flats; 
  they 
  

   are 
  listed 
  as 
  Limnobatidge 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  edition. 
  

  

  HYDROMETRA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  H. 
  martini 
  Kirk, 
  (lineata 
  Say.) 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Westfield 
  VI-IX, 
  Cran- 
  

   ford 
  VIII, 
  27, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  V, 
  21 
  (Bno); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV-X 
  (div); 
  

   Camden 
  XII 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  Family 
  N^OGEID^. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  species 
  in 
  our 
  fauna 
  were 
  listed 
  under 
  "Hebrus" 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   edition 
  and 
  placed 
  under 
  the 
  family 
  "Veliidae," 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  re- 
  

   semble; 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  "Hebrus 
  americanus" 
  Uhl. 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  "Microvelia." 
  

  

  N/EOGEUS 
  Lap. 
  (HEBRUS 
  Curt.) 
  

  

  N. 
  burmeisteri 
  Leth. 
  & 
  Sev. 
  (pusillus 
  Burm.) 
  "United 
  States" 
  (Uhl). 
  

  

  N. 
  concinnus 
  Uhl. 
  Chester, 
  Arlington 
  (Coll); 
  Westfield 
  IV, 
  19, 
  VII 
  

   (Bno). 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  really 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  anQ 
  

   the 
  two 
  names 
  here 
  listed 
  may 
  both 
  refer 
  to 
  that 
  one 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  Family 
  REDUVIID.^. 
  

  

  Called 
  "pirate 
  bugs" 
  and 
  "assassin 
  bugs" 
  from 
  their 
  predatory 
  habits, 
  

   which 
  make 
  them 
  decidedly 
  beneficial. 
  They 
  have 
  long 
  legs, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   often 
  enlarged 
  for 
  grasping, 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  head 
  with 
  small, 
  though 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  eyes, 
  and 
  a 
  short, 
  very 
  stout 
  curved 
  beak, 
  which 
  is 
  rigid 
  and 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  folded 
  back 
  against 
  the 
  head. 
  These 
  characteristics 
  render 
  the 
  family 
  

   an 
  easily 
  recognizable 
  one, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  

   general 
  appearance. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  become 
  adapted 
  to 
  life 
  in 
  

   cities, 
  and, 
  on 
  shade 
  trees, 
  are 
  of 
  material 
  service 
  in 
  reducing 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  plant 
  feeders. 
  

  

  