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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  DIPLOTAXIS 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  D. 
  sordida 
  Say. 
  West 
  Bergen 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VII, 
  30, 
  at 
  light, 
  Lucas- 
  

   ton 
  IV, 
  25, 
  Anglesea 
  V 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Brigantine 
  VII, 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  VII 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  D. 
  atlantis 
  Fall. 
  Orange, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Fall) 
  ; 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  in 
  collections 
  as 
  "sordida." 
  

  

  D. 
  tristis 
  Kirby. 
  Included 
  by 
  Fall 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  species; 
  but 
  

   I 
  have 
  no 
  definite 
  records. 
  Mr. 
  Wenzel 
  has 
  it 
  from 
  Areola, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  D. 
  liberta 
  Germ. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VII; 
  our 
  most 
  common 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  

  

  D. 
  subcostata 
  Blanch. 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  12 
  (Brn); 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  10 
  (W). 
  

  

  D. 
  excavata 
  Lee. 
  Newark 
  district 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  determined 
  by 
  Fall. 
  

  

  D. 
  frondicola 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Li, 
  Fall). 
  

  

  D. 
  bidentata 
  Lee. 
  Atco 
  (Li, 
  Fall) 
  ; 
  Anglesea, 
  sweeping 
  at 
  night 
  (W) 
  ; 
  

   this 
  is 
  the 
  "truncatula" 
  of 
  last 
  edition. 
  

  

  D. 
  harperi 
  Blanch. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Fall); 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  IV, 
  14, 
  V, 
  1 
  (Har- 
  

   beck); 
  Newark 
  district 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  

  

  -May 
  beetle: 
  /, 
  pupa 
  in 
  earthen 
  cell; 
  2, 
  larva 
  or 
  "white 
  grub' 
  

   S, 
  adult 
  from 
  side; 
  4, 
  same 
  from 
  top. 
  

  

  LACHNOSTERNA 
  Hope. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "May 
  beetles" 
  or 
  "June 
  bugs," 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  "white 
  grubs" 
  of 
  pasture 
  and 
  garden 
  land. 
  Fall 
  plowing 
  

   and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  chickens 
  and 
  hogs 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  available 
  methods 
  of 
  

   control. 
  

   L. 
  glaberrima 
  Blanch. 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  19 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Brigantine 
  IX, 
  10 
  (Hn); 
  

  

  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz). 
  

   L. 
  ephilida 
  Say. 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Orange, 
  Highlands 
  VI 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  g. 
  d. 
  

  

  (W, 
  Li). 
  

   L. 
  longitarsus 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (GG). 
  

  

  