,1 II S E C T S ATTACKING U A 1; AND DOMESTIC 
A N i ;: als 
HIS C3 LLANE0US 
BOBBER PLY (Sa ropo^o n d ispar Coq, ) 
Texas Monthly Letter, U. S« Bureau of Entomology, No, 112: Specimens of 
a large robber fly, Saropogon dispar Ocq„ , have been sent co 
Doctor ALdrich by David Hunter of San Antonio, Tex,, with the 
information that they are killing many honeybees in his apiary* 
■'having weakened the colonies to a considerable extent before the 
cause was discovered. Over a thousand have been killed by knocking 
them over with a stick," No such numbers have ever been reported 
before, although in the literature of robber fxies there are 
records of several species occasionally attacking bees. Saropopion 
d i spar has been found hitherto only in Texas and Oklahoma, and 
no references to its habits are found in literature. 
BEE LOUSE ( Br aula coeca Nitzsch) 
Maryland E. 5\ Phillips (September 30) : This spscies has been repeatedly 
introduced with imported queen hees and has disappeared when the 
queens were introduced iatis*. foJl colonies of bees, so that the 
impression has grown among .American beekeepers that the species 
for some unknown reason can not become established in this country. 
In 1920 a specimen of this species was s^rt for identification 
from Carroll County, Ma., Recently it has again been reported 
and E« L» Sechrist has visited the region. Eraula is found in 
many of the colories owned by ore firm of beekeepers and is also 
found in other apiariec in the immediate locality. This- species 
was rencrted as present in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in May 
of this year and it was then reported that they had been found 
four or five miles away £ few years ago, 
WHEEL 3UC- (ArjLlus cri status L 6 ) 
Nebraska M« H. Swenk (September 15): It is interesting to rote that during 
the present summer there ha< 7 e boen a number cf records of the 
occurrence of the wheel-bug ArHus .oris bat is in Nebraska* 
CHINESE FRAYING MANTIS (Paratenodera sinensis Sauss. ) 
New Jersey R v B, Lett. Specimens of this insect were taken at Trenton.. 
New Brunswick, and Camden; it ^as also reported as common throughout 
the State. 
Delaware CC.O, Houghton (Sept enter .1923) : This species has now become pretty 
well established in this locality, and individuals are frequently 
seen. It was introduced by egr; masses from southern New ~rther".. 
Jersey, and forwarded to us by I\ L« O r Poui\k*. 
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