350 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [June, 



MeLOID^E. 



Epicauta sp. 

 Heteroptera. 



COREID^E. 



Anasa tristis (brown). 

 Lepidoptera. 



PlERID^E. 



Pieris rapce, larvae (green, yellow, and black), 3. 

 Arctiid.e. 



Caterpillar, swallowed, but thrown up. 



Rejected: * 



Lepidoptera. 



Hyphantria cunea, larvae (yellow, brown, and black, very 

 hairy) . 



Both of the insects this captive thrasher seemed to have difficulty 

 in keeping down are eaten in the wild state. All of the other insects 

 accepted belong to "specially protected" species. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis) : — 

 Accepted: 



ISOPODA. 



Oniscus asellus, 2. 

 Orthoptera. 

 Gryllid^e. 



Gryllus sp., 2. 

 Coleoptera. 

 Carabid.e. 



Anisodactylus discoideus (black and brownish-yellow). 

 Hydrophilid^e. 



Hydrophilus triangularis (shining greenish-black), ate 

 parts of one broken by bluejay. 



Refused: 



Hymenoptera. 

 Apid^. 



A pis mellifera worker (brown). 

 Spermatophyta. 



AqUIFOLIACEjE. 



Ilex opaca, berries (red). 



Disregarded: 



Coleoptera. 



coccinellid^e. 



Adalia bipunctata (red, yellow, and black). 



