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  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

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  LEPTINOTARSA 
  Stal. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  138. 
  — 
  The 
  lo-lined 
  potato 
  beetle: 
  a, 
  egg 
  patches; 
  b, 
  larvje 
  in 
  different 
  stages 
  

  

  of 
  growth; 
  c, 
  pupa; 
  d, 
  beetle 
  — 
  all 
  natural 
  size; 
  e, 
  elytrum 
  of 
  

  

  beetle 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  L. 
  10-lineata 
  Say. 
  The 
  common 
  "potato-bug" 
  or 
  beetle; 
  occurs 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  potatoes, 
  tomatoes, 
  egg-plants 
  and 
  other 
  "Solanaceae" 
  

   from 
  early 
  spring 
  to 
  late 
  fall. 
  Persistent 
  treatment 
  with 
  arsenates 
  

   is 
  indicated 
  and 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  most 
  usual 
  material, 
  at 
  

   the 
  rate 
  of 
  10 
  pounds 
  to 
  100 
  gallons 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  ZYGOGRAMMA 
  Chevr. 
  

  

  Z. 
  suturalis 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-VIII, 
  on 
  ragweed, 
  etc., 
  by 
  

   no 
  means 
  common 
  and 
  always 
  local. 
  The 
  var. 
  "casta" 
  Rogers 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  from 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  CALLIGRAPHA 
  Er. 
  

  

  C. 
  lunata 
  Fab. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  (Sf); 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  Dist., 
  rare 
  

   (Bf); 
  on 
  "Rosa" 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  C. 
  si 
  mi 
  I 
  is 
  Rog. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII, 
  on 
  ragweed, 
  locally 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  

  

  C. 
  elegans 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  V-VIII, 
  on 
  "Bidens" 
  and 
  "Am- 
  

   brosia," 
  local 
  and 
  hardly 
  common. 
  

  

  C. 
  scalaris 
  Lee. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  V, 
  20 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  

   (Bt); 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Gloucester 
  VIII, 
  16 
  (W) 
  ; 
  feeds 
  on 
  elm; 
  

   not 
  common. 
  

  

  C. 
  rowena 
  Knab. 
  Chester 
  VII, 
  4 
  (div) 
  ; 
  food 
  plant 
  unknown. 
  

  

  C. 
  rhoda 
  Knab. 
  Newark 
  district 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  feeds 
  only 
  on 
  hazel 
  "Corylus" 
  

   (Knab). 
  

  

  