﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  353 
  

  

  as 
  on 
  cucurbs 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  garden 
  crops. 
  Make 
  little 
  round 
  holes 
  

   in 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  are 
  usually 
  controlled 
  by 
  using 
  bordeaux 
  mixture 
  

   and 
  Paris 
  green. 
  

  

  parvula 
  Fab. 
  The 
  "tobacco 
  hea-beetle" 
  ; 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey; 
  found 
  

   Westville 
  I, 
  28, 
  in 
  hibernating 
  quarters 
  (W). 
  

  

  MANTURA 
  Steph. 
  

  

  M. 
  floridana 
  Cr. 
  Arlington, 
  under 
  stones 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  through- 
  

   out 
  South 
  Jersey 
  V-VII; 
  hibernates 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  

  

  CH/CTOCNEMA 
  Steph. 
  

  

  C. 
  subcylindrica 
  Lee. 
  Newark, 
  under 
  stones 
  III, 
  14 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  (Li); 
  

   Camden 
  I, 
  Collingswood 
  IV, 
  Merchantville 
  V, 
  8 
  (Brn) 
  ; 
  rare. 
  

  

  C. 
  denticulata 
  111. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VII; 
  on 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  C. 
  minuta 
  Mels. 
  Newark 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  C. 
  alutacea 
  Cr. 
  Anglesea 
  VI 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  C. 
  obesula 
  Lee. 
  Newark 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  a 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  form. 
  

  

  C. 
  parcepunctata 
  Cr. 
  Irvington 
  III 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Lg). 
  

  

  C. 
  pulicaria 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  III, 
  V, 
  VII, 
  locally 
  common; 
  

   sometimes 
  injurious 
  to 
  corn 
  and 
  millet 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  C. 
  confinis 
  Cr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  all 
  winter 
  until 
  VI, 
  25, 
  again 
  VIII 
  

   until 
  frost. 
  The 
  "sweet 
  potato 
  flea 
  beetle," 
  found 
  on 
  "Convolvulacea" 
  

   in 
  general. 
  In 
  South 
  Jersey 
  often 
  injures 
  sweet 
  potato 
  plants 
  soon 
  

   after 
  they 
  are 
  set 
  out; 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  roots 
  of 
  bind-weeds. 
  Plants 
  

   may 
  be 
  protected 
  by 
  dipping 
  tops 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  set 
  out 
  in 
  arsenate 
  

   of 
  lead 
  1 
  pound 
  in 
  10 
  gallons 
  of 
  water. 
  

   "C. 
  pinguis" 
  Lee. 
  is 
  omitted 
  as 
  an 
  error 
  of 
  record. 
  

  

  SYSTENA 
  Clark. 
  

  

  S. 
  hudsonias 
  Forst. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII, 
  VIII; 
  common 
  on 
  many 
  

  

  plants. 
  

   S. 
  frontalis 
  Fab. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  feeds 
  on 
  "Polygonum" 
  

  

  and 
  "Chenopodium," 
  and 
  sometimes 
  on 
  cultivated 
  crops 
  (Ch), 
  e. 
  g., 
  

  

  cranberries 
  (Sm). 
  

   S. 
  elongata 
  Fab. 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  rare 
  (Bf). 
  

   S. 
  taeniata 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  sometimes 
  abundant 
  on 
  

  

  carrots, 
  parsley, 
  etc. 
  The 
  var 
  "blanda" 
  Mels. 
  is 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  type, 
  on 
  ragweed. 
  Arsenites 
  are 
  indicated 
  whenever 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  safely 
  employed; 
  otherwise 
  a 
  strong 
  tobacco 
  decoction 
  will 
  answer 
  

  

  almost 
  as 
  well. 
  

   S. 
  marginalis 
  111. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Spring 
  Lake 
  (Ch) 
  ; 
  

  

  Clementon 
  VIII, 
  6 
  (W) 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  abundant 
  on 
  oak 
  (Hn). 
  

  

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