THE INTEREST IN INSECTS 



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since the days of Netzahualcoyoti. 

 when that monarch signed a treaty 

 with the Casique Chimalpopoca of 

 Tenochtitlan, whereby a number of 

 Tencans received a concession to 

 gather flies in the former's realm to 

 feed the sacred quetzals in the great 

 teocalli. — New York Newspaper. 



Sent by Spratt's Patent, Ltd. 



The newspaper clipping, which is 

 returned herewith, does not refer to 

 true flies, but to certain little Heterop- 



terous insects known as water-boat- 

 men. The eggs of two Mexican spe- 

 cies, namely Coriza mercenaria and 

 C. fcmorata, were laid in enormous 

 numbers in the lakes near the City of 

 Mexico, and were made into cakes with 

 meal to be eaten by the Indians. The 

 adult insects and their eggs were im- 

 ported into England by the ton as 

 food for game and song birds, poultry 

 and fish. — L. O. Howard, Chief of Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, Washington, D.C. 



ANOTHER BEE STUNT. 



Bees handled in a cage by an operator wearing only a bathing suit. William H. Crowson demonstrating 



bees at the tri-state fair at Memphis, Tennessee. 

 Cut by courtesy of "Gleanings in Bee Culture." 



