1909] Notes ON a Thread-Legged Bug 257 



Most of our texts and reference books contain only short 

 notices of Emesa longipes, but Mr. P. R. Uhler, in the Standard 

 Natural History, has given a more complete account. He says, 

 "When lodged on the twig of a tree or bush it has the curious 

 habit of swinging backw^ards and forwards like some of the 

 long-legged spiders, such as Phalangium. The species is quite 

 common in many parts of the United States east of the Rocky 

 Mountains, from Massachusetts to Florida, and west to Central 

 Texas. In Maryland its principal home is in the young pine 

 trees where it may be seen with its two fore legs placed close 

 together and stretched out in front. Occasionally it leaves the 

 trees and takes shelter in sheds, outhouses and bams where it 

 may be seen overhead swinging by its long legs from a rafter or 

 the lining of the roof. The immature form may be found roam- 

 ing over the trees during early summer, but by the middle of 

 August it acquires the organs of flight and becomes a fully 

 developed adult. We do not yet know where it deposits the 

 eggs; but from analogy we are led to believe that these are glued 

 to the twigs of bushes and trees." Mr. Summers, in a paper 

 on the Hemiptera of Tennessee, writes that it may be seen in 

 old stables and outhouses, hanging from the rafters or crawling 

 slowly about in search of flies and other insects which it seizes 

 with its front legs. Dr. Howard, in the Insect Book, says that 

 one species frequents spiders'webs and robs the spiders of their 

 prey. 



THE LATE DR. JAMES FLETCHER. 



A Voice from the Pacific. 



The Memorial Number of the Ottawa Naturalist, whilst 

 containing many touching tributes to the memory of our dearl}- 

 beloved friend, is conspicuous by the absence of any from this 

 side of the Dominion. I, therefore, ask the privilege of con- 

 tributing a few words to the memory of one of whom it may be 

 truh' said "Amictis hviniani generis." 



Mv acquaintance with Dr. Fletcher, whilst of not as long 

 standing as some others, dates back to the time of his first visit 

 to the West in the very early eighties, when we at once became 

 true and fast friends which subsequent meetings only served to 

 accentuate; for, as it has been said of him, "to know him was 

 to love him." Our work both in our public and private capacities 

 has been carried on, certainly to my own advantage, and with 

 mutual pleasure, and I can unreservedly say that what little 

 I know of Natural History is due to the teachings of our 



