﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

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  PARATENODERA 
  Rehn. 
  

   P. 
  sinensis 
  Sauss. 
  Accidentally 
  Introduced 
  at 
  Philadelphia 
  from 
  the 
  

   Orient, 
  from 
  which 
  parent 
  colony 
  many 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  started, 
  in- 
  

   tentionally 
  or 
  otherwise. 
  Egg 
  masses 
  were 
  distributed 
  to 
  numerous 
  

   localities 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  since 
  

   at 
  Rutherford, 
  Elizabeth, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  Moores- 
  

   town. 
  Woodbine, 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  and 
  Anglesea. 
  Nowhere 
  have 
  they 
  

   done 
  so 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  original 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Family 
  PHASMID/E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "walking 
  sticks"; 
  odd 
  creatures, 
  two 
  inches 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  

   length, 
  very 
  slender, 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  antennae 
  and 
  long, 
  slender 
  legs, 
  which 
  

   they 
  so 
  dispose 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  practically 
  invisible 
  when 
  at 
  rest 
  to 
  all 
  save 
  the 
  

   trained 
  eye. 
  No 
  wings 
  are 
  developed 
  in 
  our 
  species, 
  which, 
  while 
  it 
  

   occurs 
  quite 
  generally, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  even 
  abundantly, 
  is 
  never 
  injurious. 
  

   It 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  shrubs 
  and 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  

   simply 
  dropped 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  random 
  by 
  the 
  female 
  on 
  the 
  plants. 
  

  

  DIAPHEROiVlERA 
  Gray. 
  

   D. 
  femorata 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  becoming 
  adult 
  VIII 
  and 
  IX, 
  

   but 
  found 
  until 
  X. 
  Usually 
  rare, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  locally 
  rather 
  plenti- 
  

   ful. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  them 
  reported 
  so 
  in 
  Somerset 
  County 
  on 
  peach 
  trees. 
  

   Mr. 
  Davis 
  writes 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  "partial 
  to 
  hazel 
  bushes 
  and 
  young 
  chest- 
  

   nut, 
  but 
  found 
  on 
  many 
  other 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  Island, 
  

   which 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  its 
  eggs 
  lie 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   over 
  winter 
  and 
  are 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  oft 
  burning 
  of 
  the 
  woodland." 
  

  

  Family 
  ACRIDIID.hE. 
  

   These 
  . 
  are 
  the 
  short-horned 
  grasshoppers, 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  

  

  Fig. 
  76. 
  — 
  Illustrates 
  egg-laying 
  of 
  a 
  grasshopper: 
  a, 
  a, 
  females 
  with 
  

   abdomen 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  soil; 
  b, 
  broken 
  egg-pod 
  lying 
  on 
  sur- 
  

   face; 
  c, 
  individual 
  eggs; 
  d, 
  section 
  of 
  soil 
  showing 
  eggs 
  

   being 
  placed 
  in 
  position; 
  e, 
  egg-pod 
  completed; 
  

   f, 
  egg-pod 
  sealed 
  over. 
  

  

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