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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  PYRACTOMENA 
  Lee. 
  

  

  P. 
  angulata 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  nowhere 
  common; 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  the 
  most 
  brilliant 
  of 
  our 
  fire-flies. 
  

  

  P. 
  ecostata 
  Lee. 
  Anglesea 
  VII, 
  in 
  salt 
  meadows; 
  the 
  larvas 
  in 
  the 
  marsh- 
  

   es 
  among 
  snails 
  (div). 
  

  

  P. 
  lucifera 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  plain 
  

   from 
  mid-May 
  through 
  June. 
  

  

  P. 
  consanguineus 
  Lee. 
  

  

  son 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Orange 
  

  

  Mts. 
  and 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  

  

  (div) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  (W) 
  ; 
  

  

  d. 
  (Li). 
  

   P. 
  lineellus 
  Lee. 
  Orange 
  

  

  (Ch); 
  Atco 
  (Li); 
  rare. 
  

   P. 
  pyralis 
  Linn. 
  Piedmont 
  

  

  plain 
  and 
  northward, 
  in 
  

  

  June; 
  a 
  moderate-sized 
  

  

  species 
  with 
  quite 
  a 
  

  

  bright 
  light. 
  

   P. 
  marginellus 
  Lee. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  locally 
  the 
  most 
  

  

  common 
  form.; 
  flies 
  low 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  yellow 
  light. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  half- 
  

   winged 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  fly. 
  

   P. 
  scintillans 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  usually 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  

  

  form; 
  flies 
  VI, 
  lingers 
  until 
  VIII; 
  habits 
  and 
  light 
  as 
  in 
  p^receding. 
  

  

  'ig. 
  114. 
  — 
  Fire-fiy, 
  Photintts 
  pyralis: 
  a, 
  

   b, 
  pupa 
  in 
  underground 
  cell; 
  c, 
  adult; 
  

   f, 
  enlarged 
  details 
  of 
  larva. 
  

  

  larva; 
  

   d 
  to 
  

  

  PHOTURIS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  P. 
  p^nnsylvaniea 
  DeG. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  

   VI 
  to 
  VII, 
  15; 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  bril- 
  

   liant 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  species; 
  flies 
  high 
  

   and 
  shines 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  light; 
  locally 
  

   absent. 
  

  

  P. 
  frontalis 
  Lee. 
  Riverton 
  VI, 
  17, 
  VII, 
  3 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  

   Anglesea 
  VII 
  (div). 
  Smaller 
  than 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  light. 
  

  

  PHENGODES 
  III. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  115. 
  — 
  Photuris 
  penn 
  

  

  sylvanica: 
  a, 
  larva; 
  b, 
  

  

  its 
  leg; 
  c, 
  adult: 
  

  

  a 
  and 
  b 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  longleornis 
  Barber, 
  (plumosa 
  Oliv.) 
  Ches- 
  

   ter 
  V, 
  29 
  (Marsh); 
  Palisades 
  VI, 
  22 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  males 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  species 
  are 
  not 
  luminous; 
  but 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  wingless 
  females 
  which 
  

   are 
  found 
  under 
  stones 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  brilliant 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  forms, 
  giving 
  

   off 
  light 
  from 
  lateral 
  points 
  along 
  the 
  body. 
  They 
  are 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  

   Mr. 
  Joutel 
  records 
  a 
  larva 
  Newfoundland 
  VII, 
  4. 
  

  

  laticollis 
  Lee. 
  Orange 
  VI, 
  20 
  (Ch) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  15, 
  VL 
  24 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  