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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  phosphorous 
  paste 
  or 
  Paris 
  green 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  danger 
  of 
  poisoning 
  

   children 
  or 
  household 
  pets. 
  A 
  mixture 
  of 
  equal 
  parts 
  of 
  sweet 
  chocolate 
  

   and 
  borax 
  ground 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  mortar 
  and 
  liberally 
  spread 
  about 
  is 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  to 
  the 
  insects 
  and 
  rapidly 
  fatal 
  to 
  them 
  when 
  eaten. 
  Other 
  foods 
  

   should 
  be 
  kept 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  y/hen 
  this 
  bait 
  is 
  spread. 
  

   In 
  any 
  case 
  specimens 
  should 
  be 
  killed 
  whenever 
  seen, 
  and 
  a 
  campaign 
  

   very 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  before 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  developed 
  will 
  avoid 
  late 
  

   summer 
  trouble 
  from 
  the 
  new 
  brood. 
  

  

  BLATTELLA 
  Caudell. 
  

  

  Fig- 
  VZ- 
  — 
  The 
  Croton 
  bug, 
  Blattella 
  germanica: 
  a, 
  minute 
  nymphs 
  just 
  hatched; 
  

  

  b, 
  second; 
  c, 
  third; 
  d, 
  fourth 
  stage; 
  e, 
  adult 
  male, 
  f, 
  female 
  with 
  egg 
  

  

  case 
  attached; 
  /;, 
  adult 
  with 
  wings 
  spread 
  — 
  all 
  natural 
  

  

  size; 
  g, 
  egg 
  case 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  germanica 
  Linn. 
  The 
  "croton 
  bug" 
  or 
  small 
  "cockroach," 
  common 
  in 
  

   houses 
  in 
  cities 
  and 
  towns 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  purely 
  do- 
  

   mestic, 
  never 
  found 
  out-doors, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  5'et 
  a 
  few 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  unknown. 
  Was 
  referred 
  to 
  Phyllodromia 
  

   in 
  last 
  edition. 
  The 
  "P. 
  borealis" 
  of 
  that 
  list 
  is 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  "Ischnop- 
  

   tera 
  pennsylvanica." 
  

  

  ISCHNOPTERA 
  Burm. 
  

  

  I. 
  pennsylvanica 
  De 
  G. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  attracted 
  

   to 
  "sugar"; 
  mature 
  in 
  V-VII; 
  recorded 
  by 
  all 
  collectors. 
  The 
  "Phyllo- 
  

   dromia 
  borealis" 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  is 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  I. 
  uhleriana 
  Sauss. 
  Represented 
  from 
  every 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  

   taken 
  in 
  every 
  month 
  from 
  V-X; 
  locally 
  common. 
  Is 
  attracted 
  to 
  

   light 
  and 
  "sugar," 
  and 
  also 
  occurs 
  under 
  bark. 
  The 
  "I. 
  unicolor" 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  edition 
  is 
  this 
  same 
  species, 
  and 
  "Temnopteryx 
  virginica" 
  is 
  

   the 
  female. 
  

  

  I. 
  johnsoni 
  Rehn. 
  Haddonfield 
  II, 
  2 
  (Cope). 
  A 
  southern 
  species 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  BLATTA 
  Linn. 
  (STYLOPIGA 
  Fischer.) 
  

   B. 
  oriental 
  is 
  Linn. 
  The 
  "oriental 
  roach" 
  or 
  "black 
  beetle." 
  Occurs 
  in 
  

   houses 
  throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  cities 
  and 
  towns 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  farm 
  houses. 
  

  

  