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FROM FAMILIES OF INSECT MUSICIANS 



Dissosicira belongs to a sulifaniily, (Kdipodin.f, of uliicli many species lin\e colored hind wings. Attention is 

 called to this adornment by the rattling of the wings as the insects tly. 



P. camellifolia is the creature that apparently is so interested in the question as to whether Kat\' did or didn't— 

 that is, the male is; the female keeps quiet. This picture of A oblongifolia shows a not uncommon color "sport," or 

 aberration, of green insects. Normally this insect is as green as the caniellifnlia shown above. 



(KcantliHS is a genus of tree crickets. The illustration shows a male. The wings of this sex are greatly broadened, 

 thereby increasing the volume of the sound made by rubbing them together. 



Species of the tropical genus Panclilnra sometimes come north in shipments of bananas. We see from the illus- 

 tration that not all roaches are dull-colored 



