The "Water Boatmen" may be found swimming on the surface of water. They often go below the surface, carrying with them a bubble of air which is held by the hairs of their body. They hibernate in the mud at the bottom of the water. The eggs of these insects are made into cakes and are eaten by the Indians. Another family of water bugs are properly called the "back swimmers" because of their habit of swimming on their backs. They prey upon other water insects and even fish. They can sting with their beak. TOAD BUGS. They have a short, wide body, protruding eyes and toad-like color. They are found in damp places under the banks of ponds and streams. The Water Striders are the long-legged insects which run over the surface of the water with such speed that it is difficult to catch them. The Cannibal Bugs, the Pirate Bugs, are preying insects which feed upon other insects whose blood they suck. A species of this insect was especially abundant in the Eastern States in 1898. Their bites and blood-sucking habits gave cause to the "kissing-bug" scare to which the newspapers gave great publicity. THE AMBUSH BUGS is the name which Professor Comstock has given to insects frequenting yellow flowers, with which its color agrees and hides it from other insects visiting the flowers. THE SQUASH BUG is the enemy of vegetables of the pumpkin family and has a distinctly disagreeable odor. THE STINK BUGS are small flat bugs which, like the Squash Bug, have a bad odor. One of this family is still called, in Georgia, "The Abe Lincoln" bug, and in Texas, "The Third Party" bug. THE CINCH BUGS. This is a bug that makes a specialty of corn and grasses as a diet. INDEX PAGE Abe Lincoln Bugs, 175 Ajax Butterflies, 168 Ambush Bugs, 175 Ants, 154, 160, 162 Ant Lion, 152 Aptera, 147 Back Swimmers, 174 Baltimore Butterfly, 166 Bee Killers, 171 Bees, 154-158 Bumble, 156 Carpenter, 156 Cuckoo, 156 Honey, 156 Mason, 156 Beetle, Black, 148 Blue Butterflies, 167 Buckeye, 167 Bugs, 174 Abe Lincoln, 175 Ambush, 175 Cannibal, 174 Cinch, 175 June, 164 Kissing, 175 Pirate, 174 Squash, 175 Stink, 175 Third Party, 175 Toad, 174 Bumblebees, 156 Butterflies, 164 Ajax, 168 Blue, 167 Cabbage, 168 California Long-winged, 166 Copper, 167 Hair-streaked, 164 Milkweed, 164 Orange-tipped, 168 Painted Purple, 167 Sulphur, 167 Swallow-tail, 168 Thistle, 167 White, 167 Cabbage Butterflies, 168 Caddis Flies, 150, 152 California Long-winged Butterflies, 166 Campodea, 147 Cannibal Bugs, 174 Carpenter Bees, 156 Cicada, 160, 172 Cinch Bugs, 175 Cliff Fritillary, 166 Cockchafers, 163 Cockroaches, 148 Coddling Moth, 150 Coleoptera, 147, 163