Smi 79 



differs in different parts of Japan ; that the same 

 kind of semi may be called by different names 

 in different provinces ; and that these notes have 

 been written in Tokyo. 



I. HARU-ZEMI. 



VARIOUS small semi appear in the spring. But 

 the first of the big semi to make itself heard is 

 the haru-ibni (" spring-semi "), also called uma- 

 yfoni (" horse-semi "), kuma-^mi (" bear- 

 semi"), and other names. It makes a shrill 

 wheezing sound, ji-i-i-i-i-iiiiiiii, beginning 

 low, and gradually rising to a pitch of painful 

 intensity. No other cicada is so noisy as the 

 haru-^emi ; but the life of the creature appears 

 to end with the season. Probably this is the 

 semi referred to in an old Japanese poem: 



Hatsu-se'mi ya ! 

 "Kor wa atsui" to 

 lu hi yori. 



TAIMU. 



The day after the first day on which we exclaim, " Oh, 

 how hot it is ! " the first se'mi begins to cry. 



II. " SHINNE-SHINNE." 



THE shinne-sUnnt also called yama-^mi, or 

 "mountain-semi" ; kuma-^emi, or "bear-semi "; 



