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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  of 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "peddlers." 
  They 
  attack 
  the 
  plants 
  soon 
  

   after 
  they 
  are 
  set 
  out 
  and 
  Injure 
  them 
  severely 
  before 
  they 
  can 
  

   get 
  a 
  start, 
  especially 
  in 
  dry 
  weather. 
  Plants 
  should 
  be 
  dipped 
  when 
  

   set 
  in 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead, 
  1 
  pound 
  in 
  10 
  gallons 
  of 
  water; 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  

   dip 
  the 
  roots. 
  

  

  COPTOCYCLA 
  Chev. 
  

  

  C. 
  bicolor 
  Fab. 
  (aurichalcea 
  Fab.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  "Convol- 
  

   vulus" 
  V, 
  VI; 
  common 
  and 
  destructive 
  on 
  sweet 
  potatoes 
  in 
  South 
  

   Jersey. 
  A 
  gold-bug 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  amenable 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   remedies. 
  

  

  C. 
  signifer 
  Hbst. 
  (guttata 
  Oliv.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI, 
  more 
  

   common 
  southwardly, 
  where 
  it 
  also 
  attacks 
  sweet 
  potatoes. 
  

  

  C. 
  purpurata 
  Boh. 
  Cramer 
  Hill 
  V, 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  29 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  West- 
  

   ville 
  I, 
  28, 
  in 
  hiberaating 
  quarters 
  (W). 
  

  

  C. 
  clavata 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  usually 
  not 
  common; 
  sometimes 
  

   locally 
  abundant 
  on 
  potatoes, 
  etc., 
  and 
  causes 
  injury. 
  

  

  CHELYMORPHA 
  Chev. 
  

  

  C. 
  argus 
  Licht. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  common; 
  on 
  "Convolvulus" 
  and 
  

   "Asclepias," 
  and 
  sometimes 
  attack 
  raspberries 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  Family 
  BRUCHIDyE. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  pea 
  and 
  bean 
  weevils, 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  which 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  seeds 
  

   of 
  leguminous 
  and 
  other 
  plants. 
  The 
  beetles 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  chunky, 
  the 
  

   wing 
  covers 
  cut 
  off 
  square 
  behind 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  expose 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  obese 
  

   abdomen; 
  head 
  small, 
  posterior 
  legs 
  long, 
  

   the 
  thighs 
  swollen, 
  but 
  not 
  fitted 
  for 
  jump- 
  

   ing. 
  In 
  color 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  gray, 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  black 
  and 
  white, 
  the 
  markings 
  formed 
  

   of 
  scales 
  and 
  hair 
  covering 
  the 
  surface, 
  so 
  

   that 
  when 
  these 
  are 
  rubbed 
  off 
  the 
  beetles 
  

   are 
  mostly 
  uniform 
  black. 
  

  

  The 
  injury 
  is 
  done 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  stored 
  

   product, 
  peas, 
  beans, 
  lentils, 
  and 
  the 
  like, 
  F'g- 
  m/- 
  — 
  The 
  "bean 
  weevil," 
  

   and 
  several 
  larvae 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  ni«ch 
  enlarged: 
  b, 
  an 
  in- 
  

  

  larger 
  seeds. 
  Fumigating 
  with 
  bisulphide 
  fested 
  bean, 
  

  

  of 
  carbon 
  kills 
  these 
  insects 
  without 
  injuring 
  the 
  germinating 
  quality 
  of 
  

   the 
  seeds, 
  provided 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  fumes 
  more 
  than 
  twenty- 
  

   four 
  hours. 
  

  

  SPERMOPHAGUS 
  Sch. 
  

  

  S. 
  robin 
  iae 
  Sch. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-VIII, 
  the 
  larvae 
  in 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  

   honey 
  locust 
  "Gleditschia," 
  but 
  local 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  common. 
  

  

  