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A goodly sized flat green bug (Rhaphigaster prasinus) is 
_ very common during the hot months of summer, and is a 
source of great annoyance to those affected with a delicate 
sense of smell, for in common with others of its race, it 
emits a peculiar odour when touched. It usually flies in at 
the open windows during dinner and darts right at the 
candles, which, being surrounded by glass shades, cause the 
intruder to fall stunned on the table cloth, from which it is 
speedily removed by the attendants. We first became 
acquainted with the species at the Artillery Mess at St. 
George’s, where a specimen popped down close to us at 
table, and not having seen one previously, we were on the 
point of securing him as “ a rare specimen ” for our collec- 
tion, when a sharp-eyed mess waiter anti-entomologically 
inclined, removed him from the table. A very small species 
(fh. cydnus) is by no means common. 
DIPTERA (Fuss, Gnats, &c.) 
As in other parts of the globe, and equally common in 
the marshy tracts, the well-known and troublesome mos- 
quito (Culex) finds a home even in the distant and small 
ocean-surrounded islets of Bermuda. Its bite, which is just 
as sharp in those Islands as elsewhere, is only felt to perfec- 
tion when looking out for ducks at the edge of a marsh, at 
dawn of day ; we would defy the most ardent sportsman to 
act up to the well-known instructions of laying “ still as a 
mouse,” when some dozens of these blood-thirsty fiends are 
stabbing him in every unprotected part. 
_ Mr. Hurdis considers there are two, if not three, distinct 
species, for he thus writes :—*“ The plumed mosquito, I am 
quite positive, is distinct from the common gentleman, 
