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NOTES ON SINE A DIADEM A (FABR.); HEMIPTERA 
By Geo. W. Barber. 
Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
During the month of September the blossoms of goldenrod 
are visited by myriads of insects, many of which are attracted 
there for the food that may be obtained from the flowers. 
But all is not fortunate, sometimes, for the unwary fly or bee, 
especially when Phymata erosa (Linn.) and spiders such as Mi- 
sumena vatia await them. These, by means of the color with 
which nature has favored them, are all but indistinguishable 
from the blossoms. Other predators not so fortunately endowed 
are frequently present on the flowers, that must for them be 
excellent hunting grounds. Among these is Sinea diadema (Fabr.) 
one of the most common species of the Reduviidse, which though 
not of particularly ferocious appearance to our eyes, must seem 
sufficiently so to the insect that it attacks. 
Fig. 1. Sinea diadema (Fabr.) Egg-mass enlarged six diameters. 
Eggs of this species may be readily obtained by confining 
the adults in salve boxes. They are deposited usually in small 
