﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  

  

  735 
  

  

  D. 
  dimidiatus 
  Loew. 
  Avalon 
  VI, 
  8 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V 
  (div); 
  Cape 
  May 
  

   IX, 
  21 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  D. 
  thoracicus 
  Say- 
  Forest 
  Hill 
  IX 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Blackwood 
  VI, 
  8 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  SCATOPSE 
  Geoffrey. 
  

   S. 
  notata 
  Linn. 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  9 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Glassboro 
  V, 
  19 
  (Hk). 
  

   S. 
  pygmasa 
  Loew. 
  Riverton 
  VII, 
  31, 
  IX, 
  9. 
  

   S. 
  atrata 
  Say. 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  23. 
  

  

  EUPITENUS 
  Macq. 
  

  

  E. 
  ater 
  Macq. 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  9 
  (CG). 
  

  

  Family 
  SIMULID^. 
  

  

  Rather 
  undersized 
  chunky 
  flies, 
  known 
  as 
  "black 
  flies," 
  dark 
  in 
  

   color, 
  the 
  thorax 
  well 
  developed 
  and 
  somewhat 
  produced 
  forward 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  partially 
  conceal 
  the 
  small 
  head 
  from 
  above. 
  Though 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  

   small 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  insect, 
  the 
  mouth 
  parts 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  well 
  

   developed 
  and 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  formidable 
  array 
  of 
  lancets 
  for 
  punctur- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  blood-sucking. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  

   short 
  and 
  broad, 
  the 
  venation 
  obscure 
  

   except 
  along 
  the 
  front 
  margin. 
  

  

  These 
  flies 
  are 
  horrible 
  pests 
  local- 
  

   ly, 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  our 
  State 
  as 
  in 
  

   some 
  others 
  west 
  and 
  north, 
  the 
  "buf- 
  

   falo 
  gnat" 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  

   region 
  and 
  "black 
  fly" 
  of 
  the 
  nortb 
  

   woods 
  being 
  excellent 
  examples. 
  

  

  In 
  New 
  Jersey 
  some 
  species 
  are 
  

   pests 
  in 
  the 
  Orange 
  Mountains 
  and 
  

   northward, 
  getting 
  into 
  the 
  ears 
  of 
  

   horses, 
  or 
  even 
  occasionally 
  of 
  man. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  aquatic 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  

   running 
  water. 
  

  

  SIMULIUM 
  Latr. 
  

  

  S. 
  venustum 
  Say. 
  "Black 
  fly"; 
  Del. 
  

   Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  11, 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  

   30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Caldwell 
  

   VII 
  (Cr); 
  Lucaston 
  IX, 
  3 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  S. 
  invenustum 
  Walk. 
  Passaic 
  (U 
  S 
  

   Ag) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Sm), 
  Clemen- 
  

   ton 
  IV, 
  15 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Manumuskin 
  IV, 
  

   28, 
  lona 
  IV, 
  20 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  S. 
  vittatum 
  Zett. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Sm). 
  

  

  S. 
  meridionale 
  Riley. 
  Passaic 
  (U 
  S 
  Ag) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  VII, 
  6, 
  X, 
  20. 
  

  

  S. 
  bracteatum 
  Coq. 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  30. 
  

  

  