﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  397 
  

  

  Family 
  CALANDRID^. 
  

  

  stoutly 
  built, 
  very 
  rigid 
  weevils, 
  with 
  deeply 
  striate 
  wing-covers 
  and 
  

   characteristically 
  marked 
  thoracic 
  sculpture. 
  The 
  beak 
  is 
  usually 
  mod- 
  

   erate 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  stout. 
  The 
  family 
  contains 
  the 
  "corn 
  bill-bugs," 
  the 
  

   "grain 
  weevils" 
  and 
  "rice 
  weevil," 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  is 
  

   therefore 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  In 
  the 
  principal 
  genus 
  "Sphenophor- 
  

   us," 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  H. 
  Chittenden 
  has 
  been 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  species. 
  All 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  that 
  genus 
  breed 
  in 
  reeds 
  and 
  

   grasses, 
  and 
  preferably 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  large 
  or 
  bulbous 
  roots. 
  

  

  RHODOByCNUS 
  Lee. 
  

  

  R. 
  tredecimpunctatus 
  111. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII, 
  not 
  really 
  com- 
  

   mon; 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  weeds 
  — 
  "Ambrosia," 
  "Heli- 
  

   anthus," 
  "CEnothera," 
  "Xanthium," 
  etc. 
  

  

  SPHENOPHORUS 
  Sch. 
  

  

  S. 
  inaequalis 
  Say. 
  Gloucester 
  IV, 
  24, 
  on 
  sandy 
  

  

  fields 
  in 
  wagon 
  ruts 
  (W) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  

  

  BriganUne 
  VII, 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  VI, 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  

  

  VI 
  (Brn); 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  VI 
  (div). 
  

   S. 
  aequalis 
  Gyll. 
  (ochreus 
  Lee.) 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  

  

  (Hess) 
  ; 
  Arlington 
  meadows 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Snake 
  

  

  Hill 
  (Jl); 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  VII, 
  25, 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  

  

  VI, 
  Anglesea 
  VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  breeds 
  in 
  roots 
  of 
  

  

  "Scirpus" 
  sp. 
  

   S. 
  pertinax 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VI, 
  

  

  in 
  swampy 
  meadows 
  and 
  marshes 
  along 
  

  

  shore; 
  breeds 
  in 
  roots 
  of 
  "Calamus." 
  

   S. 
  setiger 
  Chttn. 
  Highland, 
  a 
  type 
  locality 
  

  

  (Ch); 
  Lahaway 
  VI, 
  22, 
  Anglesea 
  V 
  (div). 
  

   S, 
  villosiventris 
  Chttn. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll); 
  

  

  Woodbury, 
  Westville, 
  Gloucester 
  IV, 
  V, 
  

  

  Anglesea 
  V 
  (div). 
  

   S. 
  costipennis 
  Horn. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr); 
  Snake 
  

  

  Hill 
  IV, 
  26 
  (Lv); 
  Brigantine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  

  

  (Hn); 
  seashore 
  (W). 
  

   S. 
  cariosus 
  Oliv. 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (Bf 
  ) 
  ; 
  Lucaston 
  IX, 
  24 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Lahaway 
  

  

  VI, 
  22 
  (Sm); 
  Brigantine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  (Hn) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  30, 
  VII, 
  12 
  (div). 
  

   S. 
  callosus 
  Oliv. 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  11 
  (Coll). 
  

   S. 
  zeae 
  Walsh, 
  (sculptilis 
  Uhl). 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  southern 
  counties, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  "corn 
  bill-bug." 
  The 
  larvse 
  live 
  in 
  

  

  timothy 
  roots, 
  and 
  where 
  corn 
  follows 
  this 
  sod 
  it 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  badly 
  

  

  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  adults 
  when 
  they 
  mature 
  in 
  late 
  June 
  or 
  early 
  July. 
  

  

  Remedy, 
  fall-plow 
  old 
  sod 
  land 
  intended 
  for 
  corn. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  165.— 
  Bill-bug, 
  Sphen 
  

   phorus 
  sp., 
  from 
  side. 
  

  

  