﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  ^53 
  

  

  A. 
  seriata 
  Mels. 
  (Naemia) 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  V, 
  17 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  found 
  

   in 
  numbers 
  during 
  spring, 
  in 
  swamps, 
  Merchantville 
  and 
  Westville 
  

   (W); 
  Anglesea 
  VI, 
  Beach 
  Haven 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (Coll); 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   wash-up 
  along 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  locally 
  common 
  on 
  aphid-infested 
  golden 
  

   rod 
  all 
  along 
  our 
  Southern 
  Coast 
  line. 
  

  

  MEGILLA 
  Muls. 
  

  

  Cf/ 
  

  

  Fig. 
  96. 
  — 
  Megilla 
  f 
  

  

  c 
  

  

  cilabris: 
  a. 
  larva; 
  b, 
  pupa; 
  

   enlarged. 
  

  

  fuscilabris 
  Muls. 
  (maculata 
  DeG.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  generally 
  throughout 
  the 
  season. 
  Hibernates 
  as 
  an 
  adult, 
  

   sometimes 
  in 
  great 
  masses, 
  and 
  has 
  rather 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  food, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  pollen 
  and 
  fungus 
  spores, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  plant 
  lice 
  and 
  other 
  soft 
  

   insects. 
  

  

  HIPPODAMIA 
  Muls. 
  

  

  glaciaiis 
  Fabr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  and 
  seasonably 
  abund 
  

   ant. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  o^ 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  enemies 
  of 
  plant 
  lice 
  in 
  gen- 
  

   eral, 
  and 
  is 
  always 
  present 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  abnormal 
  increase 
  of 
  

   destructive 
  species, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  melon 
  louse. 
  

  

  convergens 
  Guer. 
  Occurs 
  with 
  the 
  preceding; 
  is 
  locally 
  even 
  more 
  

   abundant, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  habits. 
  

  

  13-punctata 
  Linn. 
  Split 
  Rock 
  Lake 
  IV, 
  Clifton 
  

   VII 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   Dist. 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  IX 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  parenthesis 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  all 
  sea- 
  

   sons, 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  "glaciaiis." 
  

  

  ADALIA 
  Muls. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  97. 
  — 
  Hippodamia 
  

  

  convergens, 
  larva, 
  

  

  pupa 
  and 
  adult. 
  

  

  bipuncta 
  Linn. 
  The 
  commonest 
  and 
  most 
  wide- 
  

   ly 
  distributed 
  of 
  our 
  species; 
  will 
  even 
  get 
  into 
  greenhouses 
  and 
  on 
  

   house 
  plants 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  aphids 
  there 
  found. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  infrequently 
  

   considered 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  injury 
  caused 
  by 
  plant 
  lice. 
  

  

  humeralis 
  Say. 
  Masonville 
  VI, 
  16 
  (Castle). 
  

  

  