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MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS 



neath the edge of the wings, a third more slender 

 pair being concealed behind, ready for immediate 

 use in association with these buzzing wings when 

 the whim of the midget prompts it to leap. 



This insect is the 

 tree -hopper, and is 

 but one of many 

 equally curious and 

 mimetic species 

 to be found 

 among the 



smaller branches of va- 

 rious trees and shrubs. 

 Our largest membra- 

 cis is to be seen with 

 difficulty on the ter- 

 minal twigs of the lo- 

 cust - tree, its outlines 



so exactly imitating the thorny growths of the 

 branch as to escape detection even by the closest 

 scrutiny. Another remarkable species is a pro- 

 tege of the oak, so closely simulating the warty 

 bark of the smaller branches upon which it is 



