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Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer, Burlington, Ocean, Atlantic, Cumber- 

 land, Gloucester and Salem Counties. It is recorded also from Staten 

 Island, and has been complained of from Essex and Bergen Counties. I 

 have no doubt it occurs throughout the State. Borers should be cut out 

 or bisulphide of carbon injected into the stem above the crown. Sum- 

 mer squashes can be planted early to attract the moths and save the late 

 varieties. 



ALCATHOE Hy. Edw. 



A. caudatum Harr. Caldwell, rare Orange Mts., VIII (Wdt). The larva 



bores into the roots of Clematis, and the insect will occur wherever this 

 plant grows. 



TROCHILIUM Scop. 



T. apiforme Linn. Newark, rare (Soc). The larva bores in the roots and 

 lower part of the trunks of poplar and willows. 



PARHARMONIA Neum. 

 P. fraxini Hy. Edw. New Jersey (Bt) ; the larva in ash. 



BEMBECIA Hbn. 



B. marginata Harr. Generally distributed, but hardly common ; Potters- 



ville, VIII, 30 (Sb), Staten Island, VI (Ds), Hammonton, IX. The larva 

 is the blackberry crown-borer, which is sometimes locally injurious. I 

 have seen it in Atlantic, Cumberland and Burlington counties, and have 

 no doubt it occurs wherever blackberry or raspberry vines grow. 



SCIAPTERON Stgr. 



S. sinmlans Grt. Certain to be found in New Jersey, because " I have found 

 empty pupa cases sticking out of oak trees, and so far as we know there 

 is no other large species which inhabits the oak " (Bt). 



S. tricincta Harr. Will undoubtedly be taken in New Jersey if searched for 

 (Bt). The larva bores in willow and poplar, and the insect has been 

 recorded from all sides of the State. 



S. dollii Neum. Newark (Ang) ; locally common on Long Island, and will 

 probably be found at many points in New Jersey if sought for. The larva 

 bores in the trunks of young poplars. 



TARSA Wlk. 



T. denudata Harr. Morris Plains (Neum), Newark, V, 18 (Sb), Jamesburg, 

 V, 9. The larva occurs in young shoots of ash. 



PODOSESIA Moeschl. 



P. syringse Harr. Generally distributed and locally not rare. Newark, in 

 May (Wdt). The larva bores in lilac, ash, mountain ash and pear. 



