﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  153 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  resent 
  being 
  handled 
  and 
  will, 
  if 
  they 
  get 
  a 
  chance, 
  

   puncture 
  the 
  hand 
  that 
  holds 
  them, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  "bite," 
  on 
  general 
  prin- 
  

   ciples, 
  if 
  they 
  alight 
  on 
  an 
  exposed 
  surface. 
  The 
  "bite" 
  or 
  puncture 
  is 
  

   severe 
  and 
  poisonous, 
  often 
  causing 
  intense 
  pain 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  swell- 
  

   ing, 
  which 
  may 
  persist 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  A 
  few 
  species 
  live 
  in 
  houses, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  attacks 
  human 
  beings 
  and 
  is 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  "big 
  bed-bug." 
  Another 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  

   habit 
  of 
  feeding 
  on 
  common 
  bed-bugs 
  and 
  other 
  household 
  pests. 
  This, 
  

   while 
  of 
  good 
  size, 
  is 
  seldom 
  seen, 
  because 
  it 
  covers 
  itself 
  with 
  dust 
  and 
  

   fluffy 
  material 
  that 
  accumulates 
  in 
  corners 
  which 
  make 
  it 
  resemble 
  a 
  

   little 
  wad 
  of 
  waste. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Emesin^. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  very 
  slender 
  species 
  with 
  enormously 
  lengthened 
  

   legs 
  which 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  "thread-legged" 
  bugs. 
  The 
  

   anterior 
  legs 
  are 
  fitted 
  for 
  grasping, 
  and, 
  slight 
  as 
  the 
  insects 
  are, 
  they 
  

   depend 
  for 
  their 
  food 
  upon 
  species 
  unable 
  to 
  resist 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  

   usually 
  abundant. 
  

  

  PLOIARIOLA 
  Reut. 
  

  

  P. 
  errabunda 
  Say. 
  (Cerascopus.) 
  Taken 
  in 
  adjacent 
  States 
  and 
  sure 
  to 
  

   occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  EMESA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  E. 
  longipes 
  De 
  G. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII-IX, 
  not 
  common. 
  Occurs 
  

   on 
  bushes 
  at 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  fields 
  and 
  about 
  barns 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  prey 
  

   on 
  spiders. 
  

  

  BARCE 
  Stal. 
  

  

  B. 
  annulipes 
  Stal. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  V, 
  VII, 
  IX, 
  X 
  (div). 
  

   B. 
  simplicipes 
  Uhl. 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  probably 
  New 
  Jersey; 
  both 
  species 
  

   under 
  planks 
  or 
  logs 
  in 
  fields 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  LUTEVA 
  Dohrn. 
  

   L. 
  Carolina 
  H. 
  S. 
  Will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  Sub- 
  family 
  Saicin.^. 
  

  

  ONCEROTRACHELUS 
  Stal. 
  

  

  O. 
  acuminatus 
  Say. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  V, 
  Roselle 
  Park 
  I, 
  sifting 
  (Brb) 
  ; 
  

   Jamesburg 
  XII, 
  1 
  (Dn) 
  ; 
  Pt. 
  Pleasant 
  VIII, 
  8 
  (Bno). 
  

  

  