1238 Experiments with the Antenne of Insects. 
and a number of the men died. A house standing in th 
was so much troubled with those and other snakes, wh 
refuge in the cellar, that it was burned down and allowed 
main in ruins, no one caring to live there. Dr. C. H. Yelvi 
told me that the copperhead zever bites when coiled up. 
will throw the middle of his body into long, almost rec 
curves, as the above drawing indicates, and with his 
an inch or so of the neck slightly elevated above the gi 
ready to defend himself. | 
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EXPERIMENTS WITH THE ANTENN& OF IN 
BY C. J. A. PORTER. 
f accordance with the suggestion of Dr. A. S. Pac 
an article published by him in the NATURALIST, \ 
velot (Amer. NaTurAtist, Vol. x1, page 193), I made, 
season of 1878, some pretty extensive experiments on 
of insects with the view of finding out, if possible, wh 
function, or functions if there may be several, of this part 
sect economy. I experimented with a great many 
and these of many different species of insects, and g 
account of a few of these experiments, together with th 
_ sions I have ventured to draw from the whole. Not that 
say the experiments are in any way exhaustive, or that 
clusions drawn are altogether correct, but I present | 
may do something to excite others, who may be more! 
to turn their attention and spare moments to this $ 
freely than it has been heretofore. I have selected from 
such experiments as seem best to represent the whole, 
be noticed by those who have read the above-mentt 
that in some respects our results differ, while in mo» 
they agree. The differences, however, may be due to 
of experiment. A 
1. I found a large humble bee on a clover stalk afew 
my room; I caught it by throwing my handkerchief 
then carrying it home, I placed it in a glass fruit-can 
let it recover if in any way it might have been | 
capture or carrying, When it seemed to have been 
