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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  ARTHROLIPS 
  Woll. 
  

   A. 
  misellus 
  Lee. 
  Palisades 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Eagle 
  Rock 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  CORYLOPHODES 
  Matth. 
  

   C. 
  truncatus 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  marginicollis 
  Lee. 
  Hopateong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  SERICODERUS 
  Steph. 
  

   S. 
  flavidus 
  Lee. 
  Fort 
  Lee 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  RHYPOBIUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  R. 
  marinus 
  Lee. 
  Snake 
  Hill, 
  Arlington, 
  sweeping 
  VI 
  (Sf); 
  along 
  shore, 
  

   Brigantine 
  to 
  Cape 
  May 
  V-IX, 
  sifting 
  drift 
  on 
  beach. 
  

  

  ORTHOPERUS 
  Steph. 
  

  

  O. 
  glaber 
  Lee. 
  Camden 
  and 
  Gloucester 
  Co. 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  28, 
  on 
  

  

  cranberry 
  bogs 
  (Sm); 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

   O. 
  scutellaris 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  Family 
  COCCINELLID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "lady 
  bugs" 
  or 
  "lady 
  birds" 
  or 
  "lady 
  bird 
  beetles," 
  which 
  

   are 
  among 
  nature's 
  most 
  effective 
  checks 
  to 
  scale 
  and 
  plant 
  lice 
  increase. 
  

   They 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  hemispherical 
  in 
  shape, 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  oval 
  

   in 
  outline, 
  and 
  then 
  usually 
  less 
  convex. 
  In 
  color 
  they 
  are 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  red 
  or 
  

   yellow 
  with 
  black 
  spots, 
  or 
  black 
  with 
  red 
  and 
  yellow 
  spots. 
  In 
  a 
  very 
  

   general 
  way, 
  and 
  subject 
  to 
  many 
  exceptions, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  type 
  are 
  feeders 
  on 
  plant 
  lice, 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  type 
  feed 
  on 
  scale 
  insects; 
  the 
  smaller, 
  black 
  

   species 
  are 
  usually 
  scale 
  destroyers. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  rather 
  

   slender, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fusiform 
  in 
  outline, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  

   lateral 
  processes, 
  often 
  prettily 
  marked 
  with 
  black, 
  blue 
  or 
  

   orange. 
  In 
  its 
  predatory 
  habits 
  the 
  family 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   exceptional 
  among 
  the 
  "Clavicorns," 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  

   departs 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  habits 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  vegetable 
  feeder. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  their 
  occurrence 
  

   being 
  chiefly 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  

   upon 
  which 
  they 
  feed. 
  

  

  ANISOSTICTA 
  Dup. 
  

  

  A. 
  strigata 
  Thunb. 
  Chester 
  (Dn) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  V, 
  17 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  

   (LI); 
  Arlington 
  VI 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  (Li); 
  Merchantville 
  IV, 
  24 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  

   Camden 
  Co. 
  IV, 
  14 
  (GG). 
  

  

  