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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  COCCINELLA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  C. 
  9-notata 
  Hbst. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  a 
  general 
  feeder 
  

   on 
  plant 
  lice 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  

  

  C. 
  trifasciata 
  Linn. 
  Boonton 
  VII 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Madison 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Hoboken 
  (Sf); 
  

   Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg 
  V, 
  15 
  (Coll); 
  Toms 
  River 
  (Bt). 
  Not 
  

   a 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey; 
  more 
  abundant 
  northwardly. 
  

  

  CYCLONEDA 
  Crotch. 
  

  

  C. 
  sanguinea 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  common 
  every- 
  

   where. 
  A 
  general 
  feeder 
  on 
  plant 
  lice. 
  

  

  N. 
  venusta 
  Mels. 
  

   species. 
  

  

  NEOHARMONIA 
  Casey. 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  City, 
  in 
  wash-up 
  (Sherman) 
  

  

  HARMONIA 
  Muls. 
  

  

  southern 
  

  

  H. 
  picta 
  Rand. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII, 
  but 
  local; 
  on 
  pine 
  trees, 
  

   end 
  of 
  April 
  (W) 
  ; 
  abundant 
  in 
  its 
  season 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  ANATIS 
  Muls. 
  

  

  15-punctata 
  Oliv. 
  Reported 
  from 
  all 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  locally 
  and 
  

   seasonally 
  comnion. 
  Feeds 
  on 
  plant- 
  

   lice 
  generally 
  and 
  on 
  many 
  other 
  

   soft-bodied 
  insects; 
  especially 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  as 
  a 
  check 
  to 
  the 
  plant- 
  

  

  ' 
  louse 
  that 
  often 
  infests 
  Norway 
  

   Maples 
  in 
  early 
  summer. 
  

  

  NEOMYSIA 
  Casey. 
  

  

  pullata 
  Say. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  

   Orange 
  Mts. 
  (div); 
  Clifton 
  VIH, 
  

   Riverton 
  V, 
  Clementon 
  V 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  

   Westville 
  (Li); 
  Lahaway 
  IX 
  (Coll); 
  

   on 
  pine 
  trees 
  IV, 
  V 
  (W). 
  

  

  -iS-spotted 
  "lady-bird' 
  

  

  , 
  larva 
  devouring 
  slug 
  of 
  

  

  potato 
  beetle; 
  h, 
  pupa; 
  d 
  

  

  to 
  g, 
  variations 
  of 
  

  

  adult. 
  

  

  PSYLLOBORA 
  Chev. 
  

   P. 
  20-maculata 
  Say. 
  Common 
  locally 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  EPILACHNE 
  Chev. 
  

  

  boreal 
  is 
  Fabr. 
  The 
  "Squash 
  lady-bird"; 
  feeds 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  stages 
  on 
  

   cucurbs, 
  but 
  preferably 
  on 
  squash, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  causes 
  notice- 
  

   able 
  injury. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  exception 
  in 
  our 
  State 
  to 
  the 
  predatory 
  

   habit 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  and 
  is 
  readily 
  recognizable 
  by 
  its 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  

   large 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  a 
  yellow 
  ground. 
  It 
  succumbs 
  readily 
  to 
  the 
  

   arsenites. 
  

  

  