CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 133 



PLAGIOGNATHUS Fieb. 



P. obscurus Uhl. Madison (Pr), New Brunswick, VII, 20, common. 

 P. politus Uhl. Orange Mts., VII, 12 (Jn), Jamesburg. 



PHYLUS Fieb. 

 P. moclestus Uhl. New Brunswick, rare. 



HALTICUS Burm. 



H. uhleri Giard. New Brunswick, VII, 20, Jamesburg, VII, 15, Swedesboro, 

 VI, 12 (Sm), Madison, frequent (Pr), Camden County, IX, 30 (Ss), 

 Vineland (U. S. Ag). 



ATOMOSCELIS Reut. 

 A. seriatus Reut. "New Jersey" (Uhler). 



AGALLIASTES Fieb. 



A. suavis Reut. "New Jersey' 1 (Uhler). 

 A. associatus Uhl. New Brunswick, VII, 20. 



Family ACANTHIIDiE. 



Contains the "bed-bugs," and " flower bugs," all of them predatory, but not 

 all of them, therefore, beneficial. The "bed-bugs" are oval, much flattened, 

 wingless, brown in color and live in beds, feeding upon the inhabitants thereof 

 at night. They may be destroyed by a free use of gasoline forced into the 

 crevices in which they hide, and this may have to be applied two or three times 

 to reach all the specimens as they develop from the eggs that may be in the 

 bed. A more lasting poison is corrosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol. This 

 kills whenever brought into contact with the bugs, and the alcohol, when 

 evaporated, leaves a deposit of a very fine white powder which is extremely 

 poisonous and almost certain death to all the bugs that may come into contact 

 with it. 



The plant bugs are winged and the membrane in the wing cover is without 

 veins. There are only a few species, mostly very small, occurring in flowers, 

 and predatory in habit. 



LYCTOCORIS Hahn. 



L. domesticus Schill. Ranges from British America to Texas. 



TRIPHLEPS Fieb. 



T. insicliosus Say. Common throughout the State from March to December, 

 and in all lists. 



