GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND SKETCHES AFIELD 301 



Night Insect Visitors to Our Doorway 



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T niglit I often set out a kerosene lamj), both as 

 an attraction to the various insects, as well as to 

 divert the attacks of mos((uitoes. The insect 

 visitors that were in this way drawn to our door- 

 way were often made up of the most unexjiected species. 

 Each night seemed to have its peculiar arrivals. Sometimes 

 it was moth night, again it was beetle night, and on several 

 occasions even the strange long-legged harmless flies, known 

 as Tipulas, were found among the assemblage of those that 

 sought to become light-hypnotized. In fact, from the daintiest 

 minute moths to the formidable stag beetle, there were always 

 enough comers on hot summer nights to satisfy our keenest 

 entomological enthusiasm. Perhaps the most weird insect 

 among these visitors was the cycd-elater, or click beetle, as 

 he is more often called. I have pictured him herewith in 

 company with his associates. He is pos.sessed of two eye-like 

 spots on the thorax, which are velvety black, surrounded by 

 a light ring. They are not real eyes, the true optics being 

 quite small and situated, one on each side of the head, near 



