CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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A. porcatum Boh. Newark district, rare in early spring, on locust (Bf). 



A. rostrum Say. South Jersey, Cape May Court House (W), Clifton, V 

 (Ch), Anglesea, V, 28, New Brunswick, VII, 7, Jamesburg, VII, 15, 

 Newark : on wild indigo, in the seeds of which it breeds. 



A. nigrum Hbst. New Jersey, common on locust (Fall), Hemlock Falls, rare 

 (Bf), Clifton, Orange, V and VI, breeds in seeds of Robinia pseudacacia 



(Ch). 



A. segnipes Say. Gloucester Co., common (W), Anglesea, V, 28 : breeds in 

 seeds of Astragalus and Tephrosia virginiana (Ch). 



A. decoloratum Sm. Camden and Gloucester Co., Cape May Court House 

 (W), Southern New Jersey. 



A. emaceipes Fall. Vermont to Maryland and probably confused with the 

 preceding in New Jersey collections. 



A. spinipes Fall. Da Costa (W), Anglesea VII, 23. 



A. parallelum Smith. Southern New Jersey (W), Buena Vista (Li). 



A. puritanum Fall. "New Jersey" (Fall), South Jersey (W). 



A. herculanum Smith. "New Jersey." 



This and the preceding are so closely related that I considered them indentical, 

 and both occur with us. On Viburnum acerifolium going out of bloom in 

 June (Hn). 



PODAPION Riley. 



P. gallicola Riley. Forms galls on Finns inops and P. rigida from Massa- 

 chusetts to District of Columbia, Florida and California and will 

 undoubtedly be found in New Jersey. 



PHYTONOMUS Sen. 



P. punctatus Fabr. The "clover leaf beetle," 

 common throughout the State in June, the 

 larva sometimes threatening severe injury ; 

 but hitherto controlled by a fungus dis- 

 ease. 



P. comptus Say. Hopatcong (Pm), Newark dis- 

 trict (Bf), Hudson Co. (LI), Ft. Lee (Sf), ^ 

 Westville (Li), IV, 26 (W), on Polygo- 



P. nigrirostris Fabr. Hopatcong (Pm), Madi- 

 son, VI, 1 (Pr), Hudson Co. (LI), Newark 

 (Soc), Communipaw (Jl), Westville, com- 

 mon during winter, sifting, and the speci- 

 mens are then a beautiful green (W), New 

 Brunswick, VII, 6. 



Fig. 154. — Diseased larva of 



clover leaf beetle; fundus 



spores enlarged. 



