CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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SPHBNOPHORUS Sch. 



"New Jersey" (Jl), (coll 



coll Horn 



Fig. 1G0 —Bill-bug, Sphenophorus 

 sp., from above. 



S. simplex Lee 

 Horn). 



S. inaequalis Say. ''New Jersey" 

 Anglesea, two specimens (W). 



S. ochreus Lee. "New Jersey" (Jl), Orange 

 Mts. (Hess), g. d. (LI), Snake Hill, one 

 specimen (Joutel) ; on roots of Scirpus 

 atrovirens (U). 



S. pertinax Lee Snake hill, V, 26 (Lv), New- 

 ark, Hackensack meadows (Bf), Brigantine 

 beach, IX (Hn), seashore (Li, W), every- 

 where common, Anglesea, V, 28 : Breeds in 

 Calamus (Jl). 



S. robustus Horn. Hopatcong (Pm). 



S. costipennis Horn. Caldwell (Cr), Snake hill, 

 IV, 26 (Lv), Brigantine beach, IX (Hn), 

 seashore (W). 



S. cariosus Oliv. Newark district (,Bf), Brigan- 

 tine beach, IX (Hn), Anglesea, V, 30 (W). 



S. sculptilis Uhler. Throughout the State, common in the Southern Counties 

 where it is known as the "corn bill-bug." The adult eats into young 

 corn soon after it is up, where this crop is planted on spring plowed 

 timothy sod : larva in the timothy roots. Remedies, fall plow old sod 

 land intended for corn. 



S. zese Walsh. With the preceding with 

 which it is usually considered identi- 

 cal : I list it seperately at Mr Chitten- 

 den's suggestion. 



S. melanocephalus Fabr. Hudson Co. 

 (Ll), Newark district (Bf), seashore 

 (Li), Lahaway : rare in all cases. 



S. sayi Gyll. Anglesea, VII (Sz). 



S. placidus Say. Hudson Co. (Ll), New- 

 ark, Sea Girt (Bf), Brigantine beach, 

 IX (Hn), seashore (W, Li), Anglesea, VI, 20: common in all cases. 



S. parvulus Gyll. Hopatcong (Pm), Snake Hill (Bt), Newark district (Bf), 

 seashore (W), g.d. (Li), Lahaway, V, 28, VII, 3 : breeds in blue grass (Ch). 



S. retusus Gyll. Newark, West Bergen (Bf), Hopatcong (Pm), Brigantine 

 beach, IX (Hn), seashore, Gloucester, IV, 24, on a sandy field in wagon 

 ruts(W). 



CALANDRA Clairv. 



Fig. 161. — Bill-bug, Sphenophorus sp. 

 from side. 



C. oryza Linn. The rice weevil : is generally distributed, and infests the 

 stored grain. 



