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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  winter 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  egg 
  stage, 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   being 
  laid 
  in 
  grasses, 
  reeds, 
  stems 
  of 
  plants, 
  bark 
  of 
  trees, 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  between 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  layers, 
  the 
  blade 
  or 
  sword-like 
  

   ovipositor 
  being 
  especially 
  adapted 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  In 
  one 
  group 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  externally 
  on 
  edge, 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  partly 
  overlapping 
  each 
  other. 
  

   This 
  habit 
  makes 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  control 
  the 
  species 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  cran- 
  

   berry 
  bogs, 
  because 
  these 
  laj^ 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  certain 
  grasses 
  on 
  the 
  dams 
  

   and 
  around 
  the 
  edges. 
  If 
  these 
  dams 
  and 
  edges 
  be 
  burnt 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  

   to 
  destroy 
  all 
  grasses, 
  the 
  insects 
  will 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  troublesome 
  numbers 
  

   the 
  season 
  following. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  forms 
  that 
  are 
  wingless 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  cellars, 
  caves 
  and 
  

   dark 
  places 
  generally, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  usually 
  rare. 
  

  

  SCUDDERIA 
  Stal. 
  

  

  S. 
  texensis 
  S 
  & 
  P. 
  Hewitt 
  VII, 
  Little 
  Rock 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII, 
  

   IX, 
  Jamesburg 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  and 
  throughout 
  South 
  Jersey, 
  especially 
  in 
  

   the 
  pine 
  barrens. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  "furculata" 
  in 
  the 
  

   last 
  edition, 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  troublesome 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs, 
  and 
  does 
  

   such 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  fruits. 
  It 
  occurs 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   maritime, 
  but 
  gets 
  very 
  little 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Valley 
  region. 
  

  

  S. 
  pistillata 
  Bruner. 
  Chester 
  VIII, 
  7 
  (Coll); 
  Lucaston 
  IX 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  "New 
  

   Jersey" 
  (Ss) 
  ; 
  occurs 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  S. 
  curvicauda 
  De 
  G. 
  (angustifolia 
  Harr.) 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  VIII 
  

   (Vk) 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens; 
  less 
  abundant 
  than 
  "texensis." 
  

  

  S. 
  furcata 
  Bruner. 
  (fasciata 
  Beut.) 
  More 
  widely 
  distributed 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  species, 
  extending 
  into 
  the 
  highlands 
  and 
  Piedmont 
  Plain, 
  but 
  

   less 
  abundant 
  there 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  or 
  even 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

   Valley 
  region. 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs, 
  and 
  also 
  

   in 
  oak 
  barrens 
  and 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  of 
  pine 
  woods. 
  

  

  S. 
  septentrionalis 
  Serv. 
  Ramsey 
  VIII, 
  9, 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  

   (Sleight); 
  Vineland, 
  Hy. 
  Edwards 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  S. 
  truncata 
  Beut. 
  Vineland 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  AMBLYCORYPHA 
  Stal. 
  

  

  A. 
  oblongifolia 
  De 
  G. 
  From 
  the 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  southward 
  through 
  the 
  

   Piedmont 
  Plain, 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Valley 
  and 
  the 
  pine 
  barren 
  region 
  VII 
  

   to 
  frost. 
  This 
  species 
  tends 
  to 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  pink 
  or 
  brownish 
  

   individuals. 
  

  

  A. 
  rotundifolia 
  Scudd. 
  Sparta, 
  Newfoundland 
  IX, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VIII, 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  Vll-frost, 
  Morgan 
  X, 
  Lakehurst 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Chester 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  

   Ocean 
  Co. 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Manumuskin 
  X, 
  Weymouth 
  VII 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Stafford's 
  

   Forge 
  VIII 
  (Rehn) 
  ; 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  Jn. 
  (H. 
  Fox) 
  ; 
  found 
  in 
  oak 
  scrub 
  and 
  

   old 
  fields 
  (Rehn). 
  

  

  A. 
  uhleri 
  Bruner. 
  Atsion 
  X 
  (Hebard) 
  , 
  Lucaston 
  IX 
  (Dke); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  Jn. 
  

   IX 
  (H. 
  Fox); 
  in 
  shrubby 
  fields. 
  

  

  