﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  well 
  (Cr); 
  Anglesea 
  IX 
  (Rehn). 
  A 
  northern 
  species, 
  which 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  works 
  south 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  MECOSTETHUS 
  Fieb. 
  

  

  M. 
  lineatus 
  Scudd. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VII, 
  31 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hammonton 
  VII, 
  Anglesea 
  IX, 
  

   Ocean 
  County 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bog 
  IX 
  (Coll); 
  Lakehurst 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  A 
  

   very 
  pretty 
  and 
  rare 
  species, 
  taken 
  only 
  in 
  single 
  specimens. 
  The 
  

   "M. 
  gracilis" 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  edition 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  an 
  erroneous 
  deter- 
  

   mination. 
  

  

  ARPHIA 
  Stal. 
  

  

  A. 
  sulphurea 
  Fabr. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  more 
  common 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  Plain 
  IV-VII. 
  Found 
  in 
  waste 
  places 
  along 
  

   the 
  edge 
  of 
  woods 
  (Rehn), 
  and 
  also 
  about 
  cranberry 
  bogs. 
  

  

  A. 
  xanthoptera 
  Burm. 
  Common 
  south 
  of 
  Piedmont 
  Plain 
  VIII-X, 
  "on 
  

   waste, 
  grassy 
  and 
  sandy 
  fields, 
  woodland 
  roads 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  edges 
  

   of 
  woods 
  (Rehn). 
  North 
  of 
  that 
  point 
  it 
  occurs 
  more 
  rarely 
  at 
  Fort 
  

   Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  and 
  Middlesex 
  Co. 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   VIII-X 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  CHORTOPHAGA 
  Sauss. 
  

  

  C. 
  viridifasciata 
  De 
  G. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  generally 
  common, 
  and 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  season. 
  The 
  nymphs 
  winter 
  as 
  such 
  and 
  often 
  become 
  

   active 
  and 
  noticeable 
  during 
  warm 
  periods 
  and 
  in 
  early 
  spring. 
  

   Adults 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  every 
  month 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  October. 
  The 
  

   varieties 
  "virginiana" 
  Fabr., 
  "radiata" 
  Harr., 
  and 
  "infuscata" 
  Harr., 
  

   occur 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  form. 
  

  

  ENCOPTOLOPHUS 
  Scudd. 
  

  

  E. 
  sordidus 
  Burm. 
  Newfoundland 
  IX, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IX-XI 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Cald- 
  

   well 
  (Cr); 
  Newark, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  X 
  (Coll); 
  Speed- 
  

   well 
  VIII, 
  31 
  (Stone). 
  

  

  HIPPISCUS 
  Sauss. 
  

  

  H. 
  phcBnicopterus 
  Germ. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  VI-VIII 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  a 
  little 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Valley 
  area. 
  Also 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   Little 
  Falls 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  and 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll), 
  but 
  

   rarely. 
  "Found 
  in 
  sandy, 
  over-grown 
  fields 
  and 
  oak 
  scrub 
  barrens" 
  

   (Rehn). 
  

  

  H. 
  rugosus 
  Scudd. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ;, 
  Bound 
  Brook 
  VIII, 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  

   Lakewood, 
  Anglesea 
  VI 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Cedar 
  Grove 
  VII, 
  South 
  Seaville 
  

   VIII. 
  Dennisville 
  VIII, 
  Ocean 
  View 
  VIII 
  (Fox); 
  old 
  fields 
  edges 
  of 
  

   woods 
  and 
  woodland 
  roads 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  H. 
  compactus 
  Scudd. 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Bound 
  Brook, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  all 
  

   VIII 
  (Coll). 
  Mr. 
  Rehn 
  thinks 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  specimens 
  of 
  "rugosus"; 
  

   they 
  were 
  named 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Bruner. 
  

  

  