﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  355 
  

  

  M. 
  xerene 
  Newn. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf); 
  Camden, 
  g. 
  d., 
  in 
  wet 
  

   places 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  (Li); 
  Burlington 
  Co. 
  VI 
  (GG); 
  larva 
  in 
  gol- 
  

   denrod 
  leaves. 
  

  

  M. 
  erebus 
  Newn. 
  Jamesburg 
  VL 
  rare 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  M. 
  excavata 
  Oliv. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hemlock 
  Falls 
  VII, 
  

   4 
  (W); 
  Jamesburg 
  VI, 
  24 
  (Jl) 
  ; 
  Newtonville 
  (Brn); 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  Atco 
  

   IX 
  (W). 
  

  

  M. 
  porcata 
  Mels. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (Li); 
  Wenonah 
  (Li); 
  very 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  ODONTATA 
  Chev. 
  

  

  O. 
  scapularis 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  30-VIII, 
  6, 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  O. 
  notata 
  Oliv. 
  DaCosta 
  V, 
  12 
  (W); 
  g. 
  d. 
  (Li); 
  on 
  "Tephrosia 
  virgin- 
  

   ica." 
  

  

  O. 
  bicolor 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-VIII; 
  locally 
  common. 
  

  

  O. 
  hornii 
  Sm. 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  Atco 
  (Li) 
  ; 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  5 
  (W) 
  ; 
  

   on 
  "Tephrosia 
  virginica." 
  

  

  O. 
  dorsal 
  is 
  Thunb. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  common 
  on 
  locust, 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  making 
  blotch-mines 
  in 
  the 
  leaves; 
  exceptionally 
  attacks 
  

   red 
  clover, 
  hog-peanut, 
  some 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  and 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  reared 
  

   on 
  Soy 
  beans 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  O. 
  rubra 
  Web. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  V, 
  VII, 
  IX; 
  

   also 
  common 
  on 
  "Robinia" 
  and 
  sometimes 
  on 
  basswood. 
  

  

  O. 
  nervosa 
  Panz. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  nearly 
  all 
  year, 
  on 
  locust; 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  

  

  CHARISTENA 
  Baly. 
  

   C. 
  nigrita 
  Oliv. 
  Irvington, 
  Newark 
  (Bf) 
  ; 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  30 
  (W). 
  

   C. 
  ariadne 
  Newn. 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  30 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Atco 
  (Li). 
  

  

  STENISPA 
  Baly. 
  

  

  S. 
  metallica 
  Fabr. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Sf) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf); 
  

   Westville 
  IV-VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Merchantville 
  III 
  and 
  g. 
  d., 
  throughout 
  So. 
  

   Jersey 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  V, 
  28 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  in 
  swampy 
  areas. 
  

  

  PHYSONOTA 
  Boh. 
  

   P. 
  unipunctata 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  III, 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (GG). 
  

  

  CASSIDA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  C. 
  nigripes 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  South 
  Jersey 
  on 
  sweet 
  potato 
  vines 
  in 
  

   May; 
  not 
  very 
  abundant. 
  

  

  C. 
  bivittata 
  Say. 
  Very 
  common 
  and 
  often 
  injurious 
  to 
  sweet 
  potato 
  

   vines 
  throughout 
  South 
  Jersey. 
  Mr. 
  Schwarz 
  says 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  orig- 
  

   inally 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  has 
  spread 
  northward 
  with 
  the 
  culti- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  the 
  sweet 
  potato. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  "gold-bugs," 
  the 
  larvae 
  

  

  