﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  159 
  

  

  Family 
  CLINOCORID.^. 
  

  

  CIMEX 
  Linn. 
  

  

  lectularius 
  Linn. 
  The 
  common 
  "bed-bug." 
  

   Wingless, 
  flattened, 
  oval, 
  red-brown 
  in 
  

   color, 
  found 
  in 
  human 
  habitations 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  They 
  infest 
  not 
  

   only 
  beds 
  but 
  the 
  crevices 
  and 
  cracks 
  in 
  

   other 
  furniture 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  woodwork 
  of 
  

   the 
  room. 
  A 
  free 
  use 
  of 
  gasoline 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  twice 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  ten 
  days 
  will 
  

   serve 
  to 
  clean 
  them 
  out, 
  but 
  the 
  appli- 
  

   cations 
  must 
  be 
  thorough, 
  and 
  every 
  

   crevice 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  hold 
  a 
  bug 
  must 
  

   be 
  dosed. 
  The 
  family 
  term 
  here 
  used 
  

   replaces 
  the 
  Cimicidas 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  

   list. 
  

  

  CECIACUS 
  Stai. 
  

  

  The 
  bed-bug, 
  Acatit/na 
  lectulana. 
  

   Fig. 
  68 
  

  

  CE. 
  hirundinis 
  Jen. 
  Infests 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  swallows; 
  common 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Burlington 
  County 
  and 
  probably 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Is 
  very 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  in 
  appearance, 
  and 
  a 
  close 
  ally 
  in 
  habits, 
  but 
  

   does 
  not 
  infest 
  human 
  habitation. 
  

  

  Family 
  MIRID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "leaf-bugs" 
  or 
  "plant-bugs," 
  recorded 
  as 
  Capsidse 
  in 
  the 
  

   previous 
  edition. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  soft 
  in 
  texture, 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  flattened 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  membraneous 
  tip 
  of 
  wings 
  often 
  sloping 
  

   down 
  rather 
  abruptly. 
  The 
  colors 
  are 
  green 
  and 
  brown 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  mottled 
  and 
  inconspicuous, 
  but 
  red 
  and 
  black 
  bands 
  and 
  spots 
  are 
  

   not 
  infrequent, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  present 
  striking 
  contrasts. 
  

  

  While 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  that 
  occur 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  first-class 
  pests, 
  

   many 
  are 
  common 
  and 
  numerous 
  enough 
  to 
  do 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  injury 
  that 
  

   is 
  not 
  always 
  recognized. 
  They 
  feed, 
  as 
  all 
  their 
  allies 
  do, 
  on 
  plant 
  

   juices, 
  and 
  often 
  puncture 
  buds, 
  blossoms 
  or 
  young 
  shoots, 
  crippling, 
  

   checking 
  growth 
  or 
  actually 
  killing 
  them. 
  On 
  some 
  small 
  fruits 
  they 
  

   kill 
  the 
  blossom 
  stalk 
  or 
  even 
  pierce 
  the 
  young 
  fruit, 
  and 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  

   injury 
  is 
  not 
  easily 
  avoided. 
  Some 
  winter 
  as 
  adults; 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  

   a 
  good 
  plan 
  to 
  destroy 
  all 
  rubbish, 
  &c., 
  that 
  may 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  hiding 
  place. 
  

   Others 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  feed, 
  and 
  

   these 
  may 
  be 
  reached 
  by 
  intelligent 
  trimming 
  and 
  burning 
  the 
  cuttings. 
  

   Contact 
  poisons 
  only 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  use 
  against 
  these 
  insects, 
  and 
  these 
  

   are 
  effective 
  only 
  when 
  used 
  thoroughly 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  full 
  understanding 
  

   of 
  the 
  particular 
  case 
  in 
  hand. 
  

  

  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  our 
  collections 
  since 
  

   the 
  previous 
  edition, 
  and 
  again 
  Mr. 
  Heidemann 
  has 
  been 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  

   supply 
  the 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  form 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  stands 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  