﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  175 
  

  

  PERIPLANETA 
  Burm. 
  

  

  P. 
  americana 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  rarely 
  common 
  in 
  my 
  experi- 
  

   ence. 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  notes 
  it 
  "in 
  green-houses 
  and 
  other 
  like 
  situations, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  warm 
  and 
  moist." 
  In 
  one 
  case, 
  in 
  Camden, 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  infesting 
  a 
  feed 
  store-house 
  so 
  abundantly 
  that 
  two 
  quarts 
  

   were 
  captured 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  night. 
  

  

  PANCHLORA 
  Burm. 
  

   P. 
  poeyi 
  Sauss. 
  (viridis 
  Burm.) 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  one 
  specimen 
  found 
  in 
  

   March 
  in 
  a 
  closet 
  where 
  bananas 
  had 
  been 
  kept 
  (Ds). 
  This 
  species, 
  

   its 
  ally 
  "P. 
  exoleta," 
  "Periplaneta 
  autralasiae," 
  "Nyctibora 
  mexicana" 
  

   and 
  "Leucophsea 
  surinamensis," 
  are 
  not 
  natives 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  

   not 
  really 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  fauna. 
  Their 
  occurrenc 
  is 
  accidental, 
  merely 
  

   coming 
  in 
  with 
  material 
  imported 
  from 
  the 
  tropics, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   do 
  not 
  maintain 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Family 
  MANTID^. 
  

  

  Of 
  these 
  very 
  peculiar 
  insects 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  one 
  native 
  species, 
  which 
  

   is 
  taken 
  rarely 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  section. 
  There 
  is 
  another 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   Intentionally 
  introduced, 
  and 
  this 
  has 
  now 
  established 
  itself 
  at 
  several 
  

   points. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  long, 
  narrow 
  prothorax 
  and 
  immensely 
  de- 
  

   veloped 
  fore-legs, 
  which 
  they 
  use 
  in 
  holding 
  or 
  grasping 
  their 
  prey, 
  for 
  

   they 
  are 
  carnivorous. 
  The 
  other 
  legs 
  are 
  feebly 
  developed 
  and 
  the 
  body 
  

   is 
  clumsy. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  masses 
  on 
  twigs, 
  and 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  

   fibrous 
  substance, 
  which 
  holds 
  them 
  together. 
  The 
  native 
  species 
  is 
  too 
  

   rare 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  economic 
  value, 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  that 
  is 
  also 
  

   true 
  of 
  the 
  introduced 
  species. 
  

  

  STAGMOMANTIS 
  Sauss. 
  

   S. 
  Carolina 
  Johann. 
  Has 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Ocean 
  Counties. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  74. 
  — 
  Stagmomantis 
  Carolina: 
  a, 
  female; 
  b, 
  male; 
  natural 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  "S. 
  dimidiata" 
  Burm., 
  is 
  omitted 
  as 
  unlikely 
  to 
  occur. 
  

  

  