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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Z. 
  pyrina 
  Fab. 
  An 
  introduced 
  species 
  which 
  has 
  spread 
  northward 
  from 
  

   Hoboken 
  to 
  Paterson, 
  southward 
  across 
  Staten 
  Island 
  find 
  along 
  the 
  

   coast 
  to 
  Eatontown 
  and 
  westward 
  to 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  causing 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  serious 
  local 
  damage 
  to 
  shade 
  and 
  orchard 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  strictly 
  

   confined 
  to 
  cities 
  and 
  their 
  immediate 
  vicinity, 
  where 
  the 
  sparrows 
  

   dominate 
  and 
  exclude 
  the 
  native 
  birds. 
  The 
  moths 
  fly 
  to 
  electric 
  

   lights 
  VI 
  and 
  VII, 
  often 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  attack 
  

   shade 
  trees 
  of 
  almost 
  any 
  kind, 
  but 
  seem 
  to 
  prefer 
  elm 
  and 
  

   maple. 
  

  

  COSSUS 
  Fab. 
  

   C. 
  reticulatus 
  Lint. 
  Taken 
  rarely 
  by 
  the 
  Newark 
  collectors. 
  

   C. 
  centerensis 
  Lint. 
  Guttenberg 
  VI, 
  30 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  rare 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  

   (Bt) 
  ; 
  the 
  larva 
  in 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  poplar. 
  

  

  PRIONOXYSTUS 
  Grt. 
  

  

  robiniae 
  Peck. 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  native 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  and 
  

   occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VI 
  & 
  VII. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  the 
  trunks 
  

   of 
  locust, 
  willow, 
  poplar, 
  chestnut 
  and 
  oak, 
  but 
  in 
  my 
  experience 
  

   prefers 
  the 
  latter. 
  In 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  thousands 
  of 
  oak 
  trees 
  are 
  

   "doated" 
  as 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  attacks 
  by 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  useless 
  except 
  

   for 
  firewood. 
  

  

  macmurtrei 
  Guer. 
  (querciperda 
  Fitch.) 
  Taken 
  rarely 
  by 
  the 
  Newark 
  

   collectors 
  in 
  June. 
  The 
  larva 
  in 
  oak 
  and 
  chestnut. 
  

  

  Family 
  SESIID.^. 
  

  

  Species 
  of 
  moderate 
  or 
  rather 
  small 
  size, 
  with 
  narrow 
  forewings, 
  one 
  

   or 
  both 
  pairs 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  transparent, 
  and 
  color 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  flight 
  very 
  

   generally 
  resembling 
  wasps. 
  Black 
  species 
  with 
  yellow 
  or 
  orange 
  band- 
  

   ings 
  are 
  common, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  also 
  long 
  and 
  yellow 
  lik-e 
  

   those 
  of 
  wasps 
  or 
  hornets. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  usually 
  spindle-shaped 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  male 
  often 
  pectinated 
  or 
  lamellate, 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  tuft 
  of 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  

   tip. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  borers 
  without 
  exception, 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  stems, 
  trunks, 
  

   roots 
  or 
  branches 
  of 
  living 
  trees 
  and 
  plants, 
  often 
  causing 
  serious 
  injury. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Beutenmuller's 
  general 
  arrangement 
  is 
  still 
  followed, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   George 
  Engelhardt, 
  who 
  has 
  of 
  late 
  studied 
  the 
  early 
  stages, 
  has 
  been 
  

   good 
  enough 
  to 
  give 
  me 
  further 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  food 
  habits 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  species. 
  

  

  MELITTIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  M. 
  satyriniformis 
  Hbn. 
  Common 
  VII-IX 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  wherever 
  

   squashes 
  or 
  other 
  cucurbits 
  are 
  grown; 
  the 
  larva 
  being 
  the 
  well- 
  

   known 
  squash 
  borer. 
  Where 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  destructive 
  numbers 
  the 
  

  

  