﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  SINEA 
  A 
  & 
  S. 
  

  

  157 
  

  

  diadema 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  all 
  summer, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  clover 
  patches. 
  On 
  city 
  shade 
  trees 
  it 
  feeds 
  on 
  larvae 
  of 
  elm-leaf 
  

   beetles, 
  young 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  whatever 
  insects 
  

   it 
  can 
  get 
  hold 
  of. 
  

  

  Family 
  PHYMATID^. 
  

  

  PHYMATA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  erosa 
  Linn, 
  (wolfii 
  Stal.) 
  This 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  two 
  sub-species, 
  "fas- 
  

   ciata" 
  Gray 
  and 
  "pennsyl- 
  

   vanica" 
  Handl., 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State 
  VII-IX. 
  The 
  color 
  scheme 
  

   of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  chunky 
  and 
  angu- 
  

   lated 
  species 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  conceal 
  

   themselves 
  in 
  a 
  flower 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   seem 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  and 
  this 
  gives 
  

   an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  capture 
  

   species 
  which 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  

  

  otherwise 
  reach. 
  Large 
  butterflies, 
  and 
  even 
  bees 
  are 
  captured 
  and 
  

   killed. 
  The 
  fore-legs 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  powerful, 
  and 
  when 
  once 
  the 
  

   insect 
  gets 
  a 
  hold 
  and 
  has 
  forced 
  its 
  short, 
  chunky 
  beak 
  into 
  its 
  

   prey 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  to 
  quiet 
  it 
  forever. 
  No 
  eco- 
  

   nomically 
  injurious 
  insects 
  are 
  controlled 
  by 
  these 
  species. 
  

  

  Phymata 
  erosa. 
  

   side; 
  

  

  a, 
  b, 
  adult, 
  from 
  above 
  and 
  

   front 
  leg; 
  d, 
  beak. 
  

   Fig. 
  66. 
  

  

  Family 
  NEPID.^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  narrow, 
  long-legged 
  water 
  bugs, 
  the 
  fore-legs 
  fitted 
  for 
  

   grasping, 
  the 
  others 
  for 
  walking. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  grooved 
  anal 
  bristles 
  keeps 
  

   the 
  insects 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  air, 
  and 
  ena^bles 
  them 
  to 
  breathe 
  

   when 
  walking 
  on 
  th-e 
  bottom 
  of 
  shallow 
  pools, 
  etc. 
  The 
  term 
  "water 
  

   scorpions" 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  these 
  species 
  without 
  any 
  warrant 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  danger 
  frsm 
  the 
  anal 
  processes 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  NEPA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  N. 
  apiculata 
  Uhl. 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  15, 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Coll); 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  

   Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Westfield 
  VIII, 
  15 
  (Bno); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  III 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   Riverton 
  V, 
  1 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  RANATRA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  quadridentata 
  Stal. 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  Dist. 
  V, 
  

   VIII, 
  IX, 
  Cranford 
  VIII, 
  27 
  (Bno) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  X 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

  

  