﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  255 
  

  

  AXION 
  Muls. 
  

  

  \. 
  tripustulatum.DeG. 
  Woodside 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  VI, 
  IX, 
  feeding 
  on 
  San 
  

   Jose 
  Scale 
  (Sm); 
  DaCosta 
  on 
  pines 
  IV, 
  V, 
  VIII" 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  

   (Li); 
  sometimes 
  very 
  plentiful 
  at 
  Lakehurst 
  on 
  post 
  oaks 
  infested 
  

   by 
  "Kermes 
  pubescens" 
  Bogue, 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Ds). 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  scale 
  feeder 
  

   and 
  locally 
  and 
  seasonally 
  common; 
  but 
  while 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale, 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  accidental 
  and 
  occa- 
  

   sional 
  habit, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  manifested 
  any 
  intention 
  of 
  adding 
  this 
  

   species 
  to 
  its 
  regular 
  diet. 
  

  

  CHILOCORUS 
  Leach. 
  

  

  C. 
  bivulnerus 
  Muls. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  common; 
  is 
  a 
  scale 
  

   feeder 
  and 
  has 
  devoted 
  itself 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale, 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  destroys 
  great 
  numbers. 
  Unfortunately 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  slow 
  breeder, 
  

   with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  annual 
  generation, 
  and 
  hence 
  does 
  not 
  suffice 
  to 
  

   keep 
  the 
  scale 
  in 
  check. 
  

  

  C. 
  similis 
  Rossi. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  "Chinese 
  or 
  Asiatic 
  lady-bird" 
  introduced 
  

   to 
  supplement 
  the 
  preceding 
  as 
  a 
  check 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale. 
  It 
  

   was 
  maintained 
  for 
  part 
  of 
  two 
  years 
  at 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  and 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  number 
  was 
  liberated 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  South 
  Jersey; 
  

   but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  really 
  established 
  itself. 
  

   The 
  name 
  is 
  introduced 
  here 
  chiefly 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  attempted 
  intro- 
  

   duction. 
  

  

  EXOCHOMUS 
  Redt. 
  

  

  E. 
  marginipennis 
  Redt. 
  Milltown 
  V 
  (Coll); 
  Clementon 
  V 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Da- 
  

   Costa 
  (Li); 
  g. 
  d., 
  rare 
  (W). 
  

  

  E. 
  4-pustulata 
  Linn. 
  Rutherford 
  VIII, 
  10, 
  found 
  while 
  inspecting 
  conifers 
  

   in 
  a 
  nursery, 
  one 
  example 
  only. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  European 
  species 
  and 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  a 
  recent 
  introduction 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  BRUMUS 
  Muls. 
  

  

  B. 
  septentrionis 
  Weise. 
  var. 
  davisi 
  Leng. 
  Milltown 
  IV, 
  22 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  

   Jamesburg, 
  Lakehurst, 
  common 
  in 
  spring 
  on 
  pines 
  infested 
  with 
  

   plant 
  lice. 
  

  

  DELPHASTUS 
  Casey. 
  

  

  D. 
  pusillus 
  Lee. 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Sf); 
  Orange 
  Mt. 
  Dist. 
  V 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  

  

  Buena 
  Vista 
  (Li). 
  

  

  BRACHYACANTHA 
  Chev. 
  

   B. 
  ursina 
  Fabr. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII. 
  

   B. 
  10-pustulata 
  Mels. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding; 
  but 
  less 
  common. 
  

   B. 
  basalis 
  Mels. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Li); 
  Mr. 
  Leng 
  suggests 
  that 
  this 
  record 
  

  

  may 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  species. 
  

   B. 
  4-punctata 
  Mels. 
  Lakehurst 
  IX, 
  4 
  (Lg). 
  

   B. 
  dentipes 
  Fab. 
  Woodbury 
  (Li); 
  Anglesea 
  (W). 
  

   B. 
  indubitalis 
  Cr. 
  Hewitt, 
  Plainfleld 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  