CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 305 



METACHEOMA Lee. 



M. quercata Fabr. Throughout South Jersey, on scrub oak, V-VII ( W, Sm), 

 Lake Hopatcong (Pm), Orange Mts. 



M. pallida Say. Avalon, VII, 4 (W), Anglesea, VII (Sz), Jamesburg, VII, 



15, Ocean Co. ; on oak. 

 M. lsevicolle Cr. Buena Vista, VII, 11 (Li), Sandy Hook (Bt), Anglesea, 



VII, 12, Jamesburg, VII, 15 : on oak. 



OHRYSOCHUS Redt. 



O. auratus Fabr. Locally common, V, and VII on milkweeds (Asdepias) 

 and Apocynuin : larvae feeding about the roots (Ch). 



TYMNES Chap. 



T. tricolor Fabr. Camden Co., VI, 6-11 (W), Hopatcong (Pm), Palisades, 



VI, 7, Plainfield, VII, 11 (Lv), Newark district, common (Bf), New 

 Brunswick, VII, 7, and local throughout the State : on chestnut, hickory, 

 etc. (Hn). 



T. metasternalis Cr. Anglesea, VII, 23 (W, Sm), Staten Island; on Cra- 

 tcegus (Hn). 



COLASPIS Fabr. 



C. favosa Say. Generally distributed (Li). 



C. brunnea Fabr.=flavida Say. Plainfield, VII, 11 (Lv), Staten Island 



(Lg), Newark district (Bf), Jamesburg, VI, 10, VII, 15, Anglesea, VII, 



12. Feeds on foliage of grape, strawberry, potatoes, beans, &c, the larva 



on roots of grape, but not injurious in our State. 



var. costipennis Cr. Clementon, DaCosta, VI, 3, 12 (W), Jamesburg, 

 VI, 16, VII, 1, on Clethra alnifolia. 



RHABDOPTBRUS Lef. 



R. picipes OHv.=praetextata Say. Newark, VII, 4, DaCosta, VI, 30, Atco, 



VII, 17 (W), g. d. (Li), Staten Island (Lg), Ft. Lee (Bt) ; feeds on the 

 myrtle and basswood (Horn), grape (Hn). 



NODONOTA Lef. 



N. tristis Oliv. Throughout the State in July ; on Lespedeza, Ccanothus, &C. 



(Hn) ; attacks plum, cherry and some other fruit trees (Ch). 

 N. clypealis Horn. Westville (W), Atl. Highlands, VII, 11 (Lv), Newark 



(Bf), Ft. Lee {Bt), South Jersey, VI, 2. 

 N. convexa Say. Westville (W) ; on Ambrosia trifida, VII and VIII (Hn). 

 N. puncticollis Say. Throughout the State in July— our most abundant 



species; on roses (Hn), also blackberry, raspberry and red clover (Ch). 



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