. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 254 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, COCCINELLA Linn. C. 9-notata Hbst. Common throughout the State and a general feeder on plant lice of all kinds. C. trifasciata Linn. Boonton VII (GG); Madison (Pr); Hoboken (Sf); Newark Dist. (Bf); Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. CYCLONEDA Crotch. C. sanguinea Linn. Throughout the State; more or less common every- where. A general feeder on plant lice. N. venusta Mels. species. NEOHARMONIA Casey. Atlantic City, in


. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 254 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, COCCINELLA Linn. C. 9-notata Hbst. Common throughout the State and a general feeder on plant lice of all kinds. C. trifasciata Linn. Boonton VII (GG); Madison (Pr); Hoboken (Sf); Newark Dist. (Bf); Jamesburg V, 15 (Coll); Toms River (Bt). Not a common species in New Jersey; more abundant northwardly. CYCLONEDA Crotch. C. sanguinea Linn. Throughout the State; more or less common every- where. A general feeder on plant lice. N. venusta Mels. species. NEOHARMONIA Casey. Atlantic City, in wash-up (Sherman); a southern HARMONIA Muls. H. picta Rand. Throughout the State V-VIII, but local; on pine trees, end of April (W); abundant in its season (Lg). ANATIS Muls. A. 15-punctata Oliv. Reported from all parts of the State and locally and seasonally common. Feeds on plant- lice generally and on many other soft-bodied insects; especially im- portant as a check to the plant- louse that often infests Norway Maples in early summer. NEOMYSIA Casey. N. pullata Say. Hopatcong (Pm); Orange Mts. (div); Clifton VIII, Riverton V, Clementon V (GG); Westville (Li); Lahaway IX (Coll); on pine trees IV, V (W).. Fig. a, larva potato to 5-spotted "lady-bird": devouring slug of beetle; b, pupa; d I, variations of adult. PSYLLOBORA Chev. P. 20-macuiata Say. Common locally throughout the State. EPILACHNE Chev. E. boreal is Fabr. The "Squash lady-bird"; feeds in all its stages on cucurbs, but preferably on squash, and occasionally causes notice- able injury. It is the one exception in our State to the predatory habit of the family, and is readily recognizable by its large size and large black spots on a yellow ground. It succumbs readily to the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original w


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