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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  A. 
  sylvicola 
  Gross. 
  Larvae 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Paterson 
  in 
  May, 
  at 
  New 
  

   Brunswick 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  Adults 
  were 
  taken 
  also 
  at 
  Westville 
  and 
  

   Mount 
  Holly, 
  specimens 
  occurring 
  near 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  until 
  VII, 
  28. 
  

   This 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  rare 
  species, 
  breeding 
  only 
  in 
  pools 
  in 
  dense 
  wood- 
  

   land, 
  whose 
  shelter 
  the 
  adults 
  never 
  leave. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  

   spring 
  brood, 
  the 
  late 
  captures 
  representing 
  straggling 
  survivors. 
  

   This 
  species 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  identified 
  with 
  "squamiger," 
  which 
  later 
  

   proved 
  to 
  be 
  different 
  in 
  habits 
  and 
  early 
  stages. 
  

  

  A. 
  niveitarsis 
  Coq. 
  Larvae 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  Paterson, 
  V, 
  9, 
  14, 
  in 
  a 
  

   rocky, 
  mountain 
  pool, 
  and 
  the 
  adults 
  bred 
  from 
  them 
  are 
  the 
  types 
  

   of 
  the 
  species, 
  no 
  other 
  examples 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  since 
  taken. 
  

  

  A. 
  cantator 
  Coq. 
  Also 
  a 
  salt 
  marsh 
  breeder, 
  occurring 
  along 
  the 
  entire 
  

   coast 
  line, 
  but 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  ranges. 
  

   It 
  replaces 
  "sollicitans" 
  north 
  of 
  Barnegat 
  Bay 
  as 
  the 
  early 
  spring 
  

   form, 
  and 
  from 
  larvae 
  which 
  hatch 
  in 
  March 
  or 
  April 
  the 
  first 
  brood 
  

   comes 
  early 
  in 
  May. 
  After 
  mid-summer 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  numerous 
  

   and 
  generally 
  replaced 
  by 
  "sollicitans." 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  egg-laying 
  

   and 
  migrating 
  habits 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  species, 
  and 
  like 
  it 
  breeds 
  until 
  

   the 
  meadows 
  are 
  frozen 
  — 
  larvae 
  being 
  quite 
  generally 
  found 
  under 
  

   the 
  ice 
  when 
  the 
  pools 
  freeze 
  in 
  early 
  winter. 
  

  

  A. 
  subcantans 
  Felt. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   in 
  woodland 
  pools. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  spring 
  brood, 
  larvae 
  ap- 
  

   pearing 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  maturing 
  in 
  early 
  May; 
  but 
  the 
  adults 
  linger 
  

   until 
  mid-summer. 
  Larvae 
  have 
  been 
  actually 
  found 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  

   Elizabeth, 
  Newark, 
  Arlington, 
  Cranford, 
  Millburn, 
  Morristown 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  Great 
  Piece 
  Meadows. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  believed 
  to 
  

   be 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  "cantans," 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  proved 
  

   distinct 
  by 
  careful 
  study. 
  

  

  A. 
  abfitchii 
  Felt. 
  Has 
  the 
  same 
  range 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  much 
  the 
  

   same 
  habits. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  a 
  little 
  further 
  south, 
  at 
  New 
  Bruns- 
  

   wick, 
  and 
  the 
  adults 
  occurred 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  and 
  

   Swartswood 
  Lake. 
  Mr. 
  Grossbeck 
  notes 
  that, 
  for 
  breeding, 
  both 
  this 
  

   and 
  the 
  previous 
  species 
  "select 
  swampy 
  woodland 
  areas 
  or 
  hilly 
  

   regions 
  scattered 
  over 
  with 
  large 
  pools 
  — 
  small 
  isolated 
  pools 
  being 
  

   rarely 
  inhabited 
  by 
  them." 
  The 
  adults 
  are 
  hard 
  biters, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  

   leave 
  the 
  woodland. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Grossbeck 
  

   as 
  "siphonalis" 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Felt 
  described 
  his 
  

   species, 
  but 
  Dr. 
  Felt's 
  description 
  was 
  first 
  published. 
  

  

  A. 
  fitch 
  ii 
  Felt. 
  Very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  proba- 
  

   bly 
  in 
  habit; 
  but 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  Mr. 
  Brakeley 
  has 
  taken 
  larvae 
  

   at 
  Lahaway 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Grossbeck 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Piece 
  Meadows, 
  botn 
  

   in 
  April. 
  

  

  A. 
  sylvestris 
  Theob. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   summer, 
  sometimes 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers; 
  but 
  rarely 
  attempts 
  to 
  

   bite 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  enter 
  houses. 
  Larvae 
  appear 
  in 
  woodland 
  pools 
  

   early 
  in 
  April, 
  but 
  later 
  occur 
  in 
  more 
  open 
  places 
  — 
  anything 
  from 
  

   a 
  lot 
  or 
  even 
  a 
  clean 
  gutter-pool 
  to 
  an 
  overgrown 
  swamp 
  area 
  serving 
  

   to 
  develop 
  them. 
  

  

  