﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  or 
  sand 
  and 
  kerosene. 
  Ground 
  tobacco 
  is 
  a 
  favorite 
  repellant, 
  

   plasters 
  often 
  replace 
  lime. 
  On 
  small 
  fields 
  netting 
  covers 
  

   to 
  protect 
  the 
  plants, 
  

   and 
  occasionally 
  only 
  

   an 
  excess 
  of 
  seed 
  is 
  

   planted 
  so 
  that 
  some 
  

   plants 
  may 
  escape 
  in- 
  

   jury. 
  

   D. 
  atripennis 
  Say. 
  Ft. 
  

   Lee 
  (Sf); 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  

   (LI); 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr). 
  

  

  PHYLLOBROTICA 
  Redt. 
  

  

  P. 
  discoidea 
  Fab. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  

  

  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  

  

  (LI) 
  ; 
  Newark, 
  Orange 
  

  

  Mts. 
  (Bf); 
  Woodbury, 
  

  

  Brigantine, 
  Orange 
  

  

  Mts. 
  Vl-Vn 
  (W). 
  

   P. 
  decorata 
  Say. 
  Arlington 
  VI, 
  on 
  "Scutellaria" 
  (Sf) 
  

   P. 
  vittata 
  Horn. 
  Fort 
  Lee 
  (Sf). 
  

  

  349 
  

  

  and 
  land 
  

   are 
  used 
  

  

  Fig. 
  141. 
  — 
  The 
  striped 
  cucumber 
  beetle, 
  Diabrotica 
  

  

  vittata: 
  a, 
  adult; 
  b, 
  larva; 
  c, 
  pupa; 
  d. 
  side 
  

  

  view 
  of 
  anal 
  segment 
  of 
  same. 
  

  

  LUPERODES 
  Mots. 
  

   L. 
  meraca 
  Say. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  VL 
  21 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VI, 
  

  

  10 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  on 
  wild 
  rose 
  (Hn) 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  plants 
  

  

  (Ch). 
  

   L. 
  cyanellus 
  Lee. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg) 
  ; 
  occurs 
  with 
  the 
  preceding, 
  and 
  

  

  may 
  be 
  confused 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  collections. 
  

  

  CERATOMA 
  Chev. 
  

   C. 
  trifurcata 
  Forst. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  common 
  on 
  peas, 
  

   beans 
  and 
  leguminous 
  plants 
  generally. 
  

  

  BLEPHARIDA 
  Rog. 
  

  

  With 
  this 
  species 
  begins 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  forms 
  characterized 
  by 
  enlarged 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  and 
  a 
  well-developed 
  power 
  of 
  leaping, 
  which 
  gives 
  them 
  the 
  

   common 
  and 
  general 
  term 
  "flea-beetles." 
  

  

  B. 
  rhois 
  Forst. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII; 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  

   districts; 
  the 
  larva, 
  covered 
  by 
  excrement, 
  feeds 
  on 
  sumac. 
  

  

  HYPOLAMPSIS 
  Clark. 
  

  

  H. 
  pilosa 
  111. 
  Madison 
  VIII 
  (Pr) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg 
  VI 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  

  

  Merchantville 
  III, 
  Westville 
  VII 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Newtonville 
  VII 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  

   shore, 
  Brigantine 
  to 
  Cape 
  May 
  V-VII 
  (div). 
  

  

  along 
  

  

  PACHYONYCHUS 
  Chev. 
  

   P. 
  paradoxus 
  Mels. 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  (Castle); 
  lives 
  on 
  "Smilax" 
  sp. 
  (Sz). 
  

  

  