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EPILACHNA Chev. 



E. borealis Fabr. The " squash lady bird," feeds in all stages on cucurbs and 

 sometimes causes notable injury ; differing thus from the general habits 

 of the family. It succumbs readily in all stages to even weak mixtures 

 of the arsenites. 



CHILOCORUS Leach. 



C. bivulnerus Muls. Throughout the State : is a scale feeder and the most 



effective enemy of the San Jos6 or pernicious scale in New Jersey. This 

 species is also the chief agent in keeping down this same scale in Cali- 

 fornia, but in that State it breeds practically all season, thus securing an 

 advantage over its prey that it does not posess in our own State, where it 

 can mature two broods only. 



AXION Muls. 



A. tripustulatum De G. Woodside (Bf), Atlantic City (Li), Da Costa on 



pines, IV and V (W), Riverton, VI, feeding on San Jose" scale. Should 

 this species increase sufficiently it would form a most effective scale 

 check. 



EXOCHOMUS Redt. 



E. marginipennis Lee. Da Costa (Li), g. d., rare (W). 



DELPHASTUS Casey. 



D. pusillus Lee. {Cryptognatha.) Orange Mts. V, 5, 19, rare (Bf), Ft. Lee,. 



Snake Hill (Sf), Buena Vista (Li). 



BRACHYACANTHA Chev. 



B. ursina Fabr. Common throughout the State. 



B. 10-pustulata Mels. Throughout the State, less common. 



B. basalis Mels. "New Jersey" (Li). 



B. dentipes Fabr. Woodbury (Li), Anglesea (W). 



HYPERASPIS Chev. 



H. bigeminata Rand. Atco (Li), Jamesburg, IV, 18. 



H. signata Oliv. Orange Mts. (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), g. d. (W), Rancocas,. 



the larva feeding, VI, 28, on the tulip soft scale. 

 H. proba Say. Throughout the State, locally not rare. 

 H. binotata Say. = Coccinella affinis Rand. Atlantic County, rare (W)> 



on pine trees in spring, on willows in summer. 

 H. lewisii Cr. "New Jersey," one example only (W). 

 H. fimbriolata Mels. Hudson Co. (LI), Newark district g. d. (Bf), Spring 



Lake (Ch), South Jersey (W). 



H. undulata Say. Hudson County (LI), Newark district (Bf), g. d., West- 

 ville, V, 27 (W). 



