INSECT INTRUDERS. 



Does not the cold weather bring with 

 it plagues of Green Fly and Green Bug, 

 of well-known Calcutta fame, which fill 

 our soup and drinks and turn the mem- 

 bers of a solemn dinner party or a quiet 

 orderly club into active and eager but, 

 alas, profane collecting entomologists ! 

 And worst of all, do we not all know 

 that vilest and most nauseous of all 

 insects yolept the 'stinking bug,' so 

 termed for obvious reasons, which once 

 tasted involuntarily is, it will be admitted, 

 never to be forgotten ? 



Again, have we not ever with us that 

 unmitigated curse, that cunning thief in 

 the night, the White Ant or Termite, a 

 '* worker and soldier of which are shown 

 here much enlarged? Can any one of us 

 boast of having ever got even with this 

 stealthy and untiring foe? All is grist 

 to his mill as we find to our cost when 

 some treasured oak cupboard or valued 

 wardrobe, luxurious Turkey carpet or ex- 

 pensive leather trunk is discovered to be 

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