11G STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



C. nitiduloides Wolff. Caldwell tCr), Anglesea (Ss) 



C. lateralis Fab. "New Jersey" (Bt), Staten Island, VII (Ds), Anglesea, 



V, 28. 

 C. pulicaria Germ. Madison (Pr), New Jersey (Bt), Camden, March to 



December (Ss), New Brunswick, VII, 20, Jamesburg, VII, 15, Gloucester 



Co., VII, 12— common at all points. 



Family CYDNIDiE 



Also black or brown, broadly oval bugs, with the scutel covering a large part 

 of tbe abdomen ; but they are more flattened above and the legs are formed 

 for digging. They are of no economic importance. 



CYRTOMENTJS Am. et Serv. 



C. mirabilis Perty. Woodbury, VII, 29 (Ss), Camden, V, 5 (Jn), Staten 

 Island, VIII (Ds). 



PANGiETJS Stal. 



P. bilineatus Say. Madison (Pr), Riverton, IV, 16 (Jn), Anglesea, Avalon 

 in June (Ss), New Jersey, III (Ds). 



MBLAN^THUS Uhl. 



M. robustus Uhl. Anglesea (Ss). 



M. picinus Uhl. " Atlantic States " (Uhler). 



AMNESTUS Dall. 



A. subferrugineus Hope. New Brunswick in April. 



A. spinifrons Say. Madison (Pr), Anglesea (Ss), Riverton, IV, 17, V, 1 



( Jn), Staten Island, V, VI (Ds), Newark, New Brunswick, IV. 

 A. pusillus Uhl. Madison (Pr), Merchantville, X, 29 (Ss), New Brunswick, 



VIII. 



CANTHOPHORTJS Muls. et Rey. 

 O. cinctus Beauv. New Brunswick in July. 



Family PENTATOMID-ffi. 



Large or medium sized bugs with the scutel large, but not covering more than 

 half the abdomen, the wing covers being always well developed and readily 

 observable. They are called " shield-bugs," because of this scutellar structure. 



