£22 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
on the green shoots of the sweet potatoe. The Pink-under- 
wing moth is found in abundance from the middle of 
August to November, and a small brown species of Tinea, 
the only specimen obtained, we captured at Hermitage. 
HEMIPTERA (Cicape@, Bues, &c.) 
One of the Crcade (Fidicina tibicen), a very noisy indivi- 
dual, very appropriately named “scissor grinder,’ or 
“ singer,” by the inhabitants, may certainly be heard, if not 
seen, during the hot weather. All day long, while the sun 
shines, this insect keeps up a continual buzzing noise, which 
is heard to perfection (if we may be allowed the expression) 
when caught in the folds of the entomological net. It is a 
very quick sighted insect, and is difficult to capture ; 
ceasing its note on the approach of the collector, it remains 
perfectly motionless until the net is drawn towards it, when 
off it starts with a swift jerk and a loud buzz of apparent 
derision. 
On the approach of cold weather, or indeed even in 
summer, when the sun for a time ceases to pour down its 
scorching rays, the “ scissor grinder” issues merely a low 
subdued note, but no sooner does the mid-day orb escape 
the shadowing cloud and once more emit its gladdening 
beams, than our friend the cicada raises his tone in apparent 
ecstacy ; and when all else in nature seems wrapt as in a 
midnight slumber, our ever wary, yet never weary, “singer” 
trills his measure, cheering the glades and evergreen groves 
of these fairy Isles with his merry, albeit vociferous and 
thrilling clamour. 
We believe this to be the only species found on the 
Islands. 
