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Termites 



Reticulitermes virginicus Bks. [T. E. Snyder]. On 

 April 25, 1915, my attention fell upon a number of winged 

 Termites on the wing. They were easily traced to a tiny 

 hole in the wall of a house, from which they were issuing, 

 single file, and flew away. Sentinels or soldiers were 

 standing guard just outside and also inside the hole as 

 the line filed out. This exodus continued in a practically 

 unbroken stream for a half hour. The place was watched 

 occasinoally for the next two days, but no further emer- 

 gence was seen. The swarm of sparrows which soon 

 assembled was enough to attract the attention of the 

 neighbors, and they continued their merry feast and noisy 

 chatter as long as the insects come out in the air. A sim- 

 ilar exodus was observed from other houses, on May 7, 

 1920 and May 21, 1920. Some of them which were cap- 

 tured lived less than fifteen hours in vials. 



Lepidopteea 



Tortricidia pallida H. S. [H. G. Dyar]. Being de- 

 voured by spider, Pard^o^a m^ropa^^^is 5. [J.H.Emerton]. 



Pieris protodice was preyed upon by the devil 's-horse, 

 if^tagmomantis Carolina. 



Plagodis alcoolaria Guen. [H. G. Dyar]. This moth 

 was found helplessly impaled and dead on a last year's 

 cockel-bur on April 24. 



Hemerocampa leucostigma S. & A. [H. G. Dyar]. This 

 moth was found depositing its eggs in a cleft in a maple 

 tree trunk, October 10, 1917. 



Thecla sp. [A. Busck]. Hundreds of these butterflies 

 were clustered in little independent groups frisking about 

 in the sun on a country road, frequently resting with ver- 

 tical wings on the grey earth. I could see no occasion for 

 courtship, and suspected that the gregariousness was 

 only for play. This was on September 8. 



Arctia sp. A sparrow, on May 11, was eating a butter- 



