CO Trans. Acad, of St. Loui.<i 



Bugs 



Tihicina soptendecim [W. 1.. McAU'o]. Tliis cic-ada 

 can inala- an astonishing amount of oommotion wlion it is 

 beinu: carried oil' alive by a liird. Hvon so larsro a ])ird 

 as a rol)in lias to pauso fnMjuontly and ponnd it on tlie 

 ground witli its l)oak to lirin^j: it to snlnnission, the 

 cicada screechin^^ frantically all the while. In early sum- 

 mer, the latter jiart of May, when the adults are newly 

 emer2:ed and the chitin still soft, they often fall prey to 

 birds. \\\ the middle of June, the population is usually 

 at its heii^ht, l)ut hundreds of <lead ones are to be seen 

 by the roadside and at the c(\^q of the woods; many of 

 these bodies give evidence of a death by violence. 



Phymata erosalAww. [E. II. Gibson]. This "ambush- 

 bug" was snugly hidden in the flowers of the goldenrod 

 while it devoured a fly, Ennyommopsus nigrifrons T. [C. 

 H. T. Townsendj. Had not the black fly been so con- 

 spicuous in the yellow flower, I should never have noticed 

 the episode. Another such bug was caught devouring a 

 honey-bee in a sweet-clover blossom. 



Alydus e\irinus Say. [W. L. McAtee]. This bug was 

 mistaken for a wasp, Pompilus sp., and even picked up 

 for such as it ran about on a barren area, June 22, 1916. 

 Not only did its color in the sunshine strongly resemble 

 that of the wasp, but its manner of walking and of ojien- 

 ing and closing its wings were strangely deceiving. One 

 cannot understand this in looking at a dead, pinned 

 specimen. 



Lyyus pralcn^is [W. L. McAli-e]. On February 10, 

 191ii a twig was brought indoors, with this adult bug in 

 the tunnel. It was very lively, despite th(^ time of year, 

 and flew about the lamp for an hour belure it was cap- 

 tured. 



Trichopcpla scniivittata Say. [W. \^. McAtee]. A j)air 

 taken in copulo at St. Ijouis, July 26, 1915. 



Gerris remigis Say. [ W. L. McAtee]. A few years ago 



