CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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G. rufosanguinea Say. G. d., common (W), Newark (Bf), Palisades, VI, 7 

 (Lv), Fort Lee district, May (Bt), feeds on Azalea (Hn). 



G. integra Lee. Anglesea, VIII, 13 (W), Caldwell (Cr). 



G. notulata Fabr. Newark (Dkn), Spring Lake, VIII (Ch), Fort Lee (Bt), 

 Anglesea : larva on Ambrosia in August ( Hn). 



G. notata Fab. Atco, IX, 11, and g. d (W), Caldwell (Cr), Newark, g. d. 

 (Bf), Fort Lee (Bt) ; in all stages on Eupatorium perfoliatum (Ch). 



G. nympli3ea3 Linn. = sagittariae Gyll. Occurs throughout the State, on 

 leaves of water lilies of all kinds ; the larvse defacing leaves and some- 

 times flowers as well. 



G. tuberculata Say. Greenwood Lake, VI, 21 (Lv), "New Jersey" (Bt); 

 on willow (Hn). 



G. decora Say. Anglesea in Jul}-, common on willow (Sz); larva and adult 

 feed on willows (Ch). 



G. luteola Mull.= xanthomelsena Schrank. The elm-leaf beetle : common 

 throughout the State on elms, which are seriously injured every year 

 and often entirely defoliated : there is a single brood at New Brunswick 

 and northward, but there are two broods in the southern part of the State. 

 Spraying with arsenical poisons as soon as the beetles are observed in 

 spring will kill off the majority and prevent egg laying. A second 

 spraying when the larvae are first observed will usually end the injury. 



MONOXIA Lee. 

 M. puncticollis Say.= maritima Lee. Cape May to Sandy Hook along 

 shore. Anglesea, VI, 26, Atlantic City, VI, 24 (W), Atlantic Highlands, 

 VII, 11 (Lv), salt meadows to Passaic river (Bf). 



DIABROTICA Chev. 



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Fig. 137.— Shotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica It-punctata : a, egg ; /•, larva ; c, holes 

 drilled in corn stalk ; d, pupa ; e, adult : all enlarged. 



