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tions are accompanied by brief accounts of the habits, in which a num- 
ber of original observations are given. Sixteen species, none of them 
new, comprise the list. 
FATAL SPIDER BITES. 
It has been generally believed in Jamaica, from quite early times, 
that serious results will arise from the bites of certain spiders. The fol- 
lowing testimony from Dr. Cargill, of Half-Way Tree, confirms this 
belief, and has value as an independent statement of one who has had 
long experience in theisland. The Queue-rouge is, of course, the Latro 
ductus, which is not uncommon in Jamaica. In the original MS. the 
omitted names are given, but I have received permission to send it for 
publication on condition that I omit them. The Colon spider is one of 
the old genus Mygale.—[{T. D. A. Cockerell (June, 1893). 
It was supposed that the whitlow which ended in blood poisoning originated in a 
spider’s bite (in Mrs. ’s case), but I was never satisfied that such was really the 
case. People are very apt to mix up post and propter hoc occurrences. There can be 
no doubt that venomous spiders, such as the Tarantula and Black spider (the little 
red-tailed Queue-rouge spider especially), have occasioned death in rare instances, 
either by the direct lethal effects of their poison or by blood poisoning secondarily. 
I have never had any death from. spider bite in my own practice; but I have had 
many cases attended with severe pain and serious inflammation of the joints of the 
fingers. Capt. ’s first wife nearly lost a finger from a black spider bite, and 
the late Richard Hill (naturalist), an old friend of mine, told me that he had a friend 
who died from a spider bite on his tongue. The spider was a Queue-rouge, and had 
got between the blades of some guinea grass which he had put in hismouth. There 
is a very large spider in Colon, which the people call Antelope, but which is no 
doubt a species of Tarantula. This spider has been known to kill dogs and horses, 
and the bottle which contains a good specimen in our museum has a label which 
states that the spider was supposed to have killed a girl. We have many interesting 
spiders in Jamaica, and if 1 can get a red-tailed black spider I will send it to you. 
It is far more venomous than a scorpion,—[Jasper Cargill (November, 1891). 
POPULAR NAMES OF THE HORN FLY. 
In our original article upon this insect, when it had spread only from 
New Jersey down into Virginia, we stated that it was called indiffer- 
ently the “Texas Fly,” “ Buffalo Fly,” and the “ Buffalo Gnat.” Since 
then we have heard of but three new popular names. In Delaware 
County, N. Y., it is called the “ Canada Fly,” in Alabama the “ Hessian 
Fly,” while in the Southwest it is known as the “ Third Party Fly.” 
Correspondents will oblige us by notifying us of any further popular 
designations. 
ANOTHER ‘ BLOOD-SUCKING ” CONE-NOSE, 
We have received, through the kindness of Mr. John B. Lembert, of 
Yosemite Valley, California, a species of Conorhinus new to the na- 
tional collection, and which Mr. Lembert has always found in or about 
beds. The face, hands, and feet of the sleeper are often bitten, causing 
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