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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  D. 
  xanthomelaena 
  Dalm. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VII, 
  VIII; 
  the 
  "Spinach 
  

   flea 
  beetle," 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  injurious 
  with 
  us. 
  Natural 
  food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  "Chenopodium," 
  "Stellaria" 
  and 
  perhaps 
  "Amaranthus" 
  

   (Ch). 
  

  

  D. 
  collata 
  Fab. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Anglesea 
  (W); 
  g. 
  d. 
  

   (Li). 
  

  

  D. 
  mellicollis 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  30 
  (GG)); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  

  

  V, 
  VI 
  (Brn); 
  Anglesea 
  VII, 
  and 
  g. 
  d. 
  (W). 
  

   The 
  record 
  of 
  "cervicalis" 
  Lee. 
  is 
  an 
  error. 
  

  

  HALTICA 
  Geoffr. 
  

  

  H. 
  bimarginata 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Horn). 
  

  

  H. 
  chalybea 
  111. 
  The 
  "'grape 
  flea-beetle"; 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  

   V-VII 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  locally 
  injurious. 
  Can 
  be 
  readily 
  controlled 
  

   by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  arsenites 
  when 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  feeding. 
  

  

  H. 
  ignita 
  111. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII; 
  attacks 
  strawben-y 
  (Ch), 
  

   and 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  "Azalea," 
  "Rosaceae," 
  etc. 
  (Hn). 
  At 
  Anglesea 
  a 
  

   small, 
  southern, 
  green 
  form 
  occurs 
  (W). 
  

  

  H. 
  kalmiae 
  Mels. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  cupreous 
  form, 
  feeding 
  on 
  

   "Kalmia 
  latifolia" 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  H. 
  marevagans 
  Horn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX 
  on 
  evening 
  prim- 
  

   rose; 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  South 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  especially 
  along 
  shoi'e. 
  

  

  H. 
  fuscoaenea 
  Mels. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Atl. 
  Highlands 
  VII, 
  11 
  (Lv); 
  

   throughout 
  South 
  Jersey 
  V-IX; 
  especially 
  common 
  along 
  shore 
  on 
  

   evening 
  primrose, 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  sometimes 
  completely 
  

   riddled. 
  

  

  H. 
  rufa 
  111. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  VI 
  (Sf); 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Newark 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Spots- 
  

   wood 
  (JI). 
  

   The 
  "punctipennis" 
  Lee. 
  of 
  last 
  edition 
  is 
  an 
  error. 
  

  

  ORTHALTICA 
  Cr. 
  

  

  O. 
  copal 
  ina 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII; 
  on 
  sumac 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  CREPIDODERA 
  Chev. 
  

  

  C. 
  rufipes 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  common. 
  On 
  honey 
  

   locust 
  (Bf), 
  and 
  sometimes 
  injurious 
  to 
  grape, 
  peach, 
  apple 
  and 
  

   other 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  

  

  C. 
  helexinus 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-IX, 
  common 
  on 
  willow 
  

   and 
  poplar; 
  exceptionally 
  attacks 
  leaves 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  C. 
  modeeri 
  Linn. 
  South 
  Orange 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  C. 
  atriventris 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  EPITRIX 
  Foudr. 
  

  

  E. 
  fuscula 
  Cr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  not 
  common, 
  on 
  "Solanacea." 
  

  

  E. 
  cucumeris 
  Harr. 
  The 
  "cucumber 
  flea-beetle"; 
  found 
  everywhere 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  summer 
  on 
  potatoes 
  and 
  other 
  "Solanacea" 
  as 
  well 
  

  

  