HARTLAND VERMONT 
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Entomology 
I do not know that there are any species of Lepidoptera 
peculiar to Snail Swamp; but I may mention, I found cocoons 
with chrysalids that I hatched, of Atticus polyphemus, cecropia 
and luna on hazel bushes at the border of the swamp. 
Diptera 
There are Diptera always found about standing water, as 
in swamps, and Mrs. Culex pipens is always here in her season. 
She makes up the religious element of the locality, for she it is, 
that sings over us and preys upon us. Her sister Culex conso- 
brinus, is here also. Of course there are many other Dipters 
about here, but not that are peculiar to the place I know. 
Neuroptera 
Neuroptera are always found about standing water for their 
larva live in it. I have seen several species here but have identi¬ 
fied but two. They are not the largest nor the smaller but about 
medium; they are Libellula trimaculata and L. pulchella. 
Hemiptera 
In Hemiptera we have the great powerful Belostoma ameri- 
cana that lives in water but sometimes flies about at night. He 
will run a sucker or something of the kind from his mouth into 
your flesh that gives a sensation just like the sting of a bee but 
as he does not leave any poison the sting does not last long. 
Zaitha aurantiacum, another water bug, is here, is half an inch 
long and half as wide with a flat back and I found one with a 
cluster of eggs on his back; were they of that species, or did some 
one else make a nest on him? Ranatra quadridenticulata is an 
odd fellow to be found in water, looks much like a Devil’s darn¬ 
ing needle. Gerris conformis goes skipping around on the water, 
and Notonecta undulata shoots about in the water, and always 
with his back down and his face and leg side up, but when out of 
the water goes hopping about with his back up and his legs 
under him in a rational manner. I have seen him there in ice 
water in the winter; his brother Notonecta irrorata, is there 
also but only seen rarely. 
Coleoptera 
Of the Coleopters I will mention only the true water beetles 
I have found in the water here. I begin with the largest and go 
down to the smallest. Dytiscus fasciventris is a large beetle an 
