﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  197 
  

  

  C. 
  scutellaris 
  Say. 
  var. 
  modesta 
  Dej. 
  Local 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  south 
  

   of 
  the 
  red 
  shale, 
  August 
  to 
  October 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  spring; 
  the 
  adult 
  

   hibernates, 
  

   var. 
  rugifrons 
  Dej. 
  Lakehurst 
  IV, 
  V, 
  IX, 
  X 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Bamber 
  IX, 
  9 
  (Dke). 
  

   The 
  immaculate 
  forms 
  "nigrior" 
  Schaupp 
  (all 
  black), 
  and 
  "unicolor" 
  

   Dej. 
  (all 
  green 
  or 
  blue), 
  are 
  liable 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  to 
  occur 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  

   normal 
  types. 
  

  

  C. 
  sexguttata 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  April 
  to 
  July, 
  in 
  open 
  woods 
  

   or 
  along 
  shaded 
  roads; 
  not 
  rare 
  anywhere 
  and 
  locally 
  common. 
  

  

  C. 
  patruela 
  Dej. 
  Lakehurst 
  V, 
  18 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Lakewood 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  rare. 
  

  

  var. 
  consantanea 
  Dej. 
  Local 
  and 
  sometimes 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  pine 
  bar- 
  

   rens 
  on 
  old 
  roads. 
  Lakehurst 
  IV-VII, 
  IX, 
  X 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Brookville 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  

   Atco 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (div); 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  18 
  (Brn); 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  (Dke); 
  

   Brigantine, 
  Mainland 
  IX 
  (Hn). 
  

  

  C. 
  purpurea 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-VII 
  and 
  again 
  IX, 
  locally 
  not 
  

   rare. 
  Of 
  the 
  named 
  varieties 
  "transversa" 
  Leng. 
  and 
  "limbalis" 
  Klug. 
  

   have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  the 
  latter 
  near 
  Boonton 
  IV, 
  28 
  (GG), 
  

   and 
  in 
  Great 
  Bear 
  Swamp 
  IX, 
  6 
  (Sleight). 
  

  

  C. 
  generosa 
  Dej. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  local 
  and 
  rarely 
  

   in 
  numbers; 
  April 
  to 
  October. 
  

  

  C. 
  tranquebarica 
  Hbst. 
  (vulgaris 
  Say). 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  and 
  

   locally 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  southern 
  counties 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  

   season, 
  hibernating 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  frequent 
  and 
  more 
  

   local 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  shale 
  line. 
  

  

  C. 
  12-guttata 
  Dej. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Hackensack 
  Meadows 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   (Soc); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VI, 
  IX, 
  X 
  Lakehurst 
  IV, 
  VII 
  (Ds); 
  Gloucester 
  

   (Li); 
  Atco 
  IX, 
  8 
  (Brn); 
  on 
  mud 
  banks, 
  near 
  water 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  repanda 
  Dej. 
  Common 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  October 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

   hibernating 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  and 
  generally 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  species. 
  

  

  C. 
  hirticollis 
  Say. 
  Common 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  Staten' 
  Island 
  to 
  Cape 
  

   May, 
  April 
  to 
  September. 
  Extends 
  also 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  and 
  is 
  local 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  districts 
  of 
  South 
  Jersey, 
  especially 
  

   near 
  swamps. 
  

  

  C. 
  punctulata 
  Oliv. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  July 
  to 
  September; 
  

   found 
  even 
  in 
  cities 
  along 
  side 
  streets 
  or 
  in 
  sandy 
  lots, 
  and 
  is 
  at- 
  

   tracted 
  to 
  electric 
  light. 
  

  

  C. 
  trifasciata 
  Fab. 
  (tortuosa 
  Dej.) 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  VI, 
  three 
  specimens 
  

   in 
  the 
  wash-up 
  (Li). 
  

  

  C. 
  dorsalis 
  Say. 
  Common 
  along 
  the 
  seashore 
  from 
  Staten 
  Island 
  to 
  Cape 
  

   May, 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  taken 
  inland, 
  very 
  locally, 
  on 
  white 
  

   sand 
  flats, 
  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Lahaway 
  in 
  August. 
  The 
  

   insect 
  varies 
  locally, 
  and 
  at 
  some 
  places 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  almost 
  immaculate. 
  

  

  