New-York tribune., 1894-01-07
TNWELCOME INMIGRAN NTS.
NEW ARRIVALS INCLINED TO ANARCHY.

NEW AiIlN AlI> IN LINED ~ NNAhOli' E
LARGE numbers of unwclcome immigrants are
landed every winter and spring on our shores. Ihey
always make their landing at those piers in the
North and East rivers where fruit from the West
indies IS brought. and at the docks in brooklyn
where the dyewocds from the tropics ma tenn
porary home These immigrants are not bipedH;
IN feet. of the most common is the most h"-
rlerousy legged creature in cXistonc'. THIS IS the
ocntlpcde This hundred-footed tcrror-for each
foot is armed with Il makes It's home In the
piles of loewood they are stacked in the YaFdS
Of the merchants in the West indies ana "i'H
this wood is transferred on board ship many ot
these pests md their on board. Sailors on po''u
these vessels are often stung by these animals anu
IN most cases the sting is followed by fever. Ihe
coo;inele in walking over the human body leaves
trail behind il as if double chain of fiery needles
bad been drawn across the flesh, and the ice"hS Is
somewhat similar.
As 4 rue when this insect arrives here II Is more
or less in a benumbcd condition; but even III that
state If falls the hand or neck or s'eVelore
the man is sure to suffer from bad sting which
may lay him up for days. With the centlpcde a'So'
IS often found the scorpion. always angry wheh
disturbed and missing "A chance to dig hS
sting which Is at the end Of the tail. into the heSn
of the man who touches H. The sting seems to al
once paralyze the member struck; and unless am
moria or some other remedy is at once applied IL
is sure to lay the victim up for some days Scor-
plons also are frequently met with IN the bih'"t
lunches or in the trash in which they are
packed and In this are generally larry ac'iN''
a. shppcrs are careful not TO have this frult frozen
An item of interest to the naturalist which often
is f. b. found IN the holes crevices of a log
wood stump is the nest Of the mason wasp. Fre-
uuentiy these have still the und"ve.opei srup III
some Of the cells and If the nest is taken home anu
kept in a warm room the tropica. stranger VIII de-
velop and work it, way on; Of its cLrthcn home. ana
can then be added to ones collection Of bugs Ihe
cantor should be careful when catching this wasp
no, 10 get stung by it, for The sting is good d'a
more painful than that Of the Northern wasp. Now
and then a beetle may be found in cargo of log
wood. but this Is rare as the bark Is chopped OH
before shipping and the wood IS too aromatic Tor
insects II Is even too strong for the Wood ant 10
have anything to do with
The banana bunches are by far the most PRONE
In tropical life Of anything that comes TO our
shores Besides the scorpions. the careful watcher
on the pier or in the large storchous"s "n"re Inc
fruit is temporarily placed Will often l." REWARDED
bv a rare beetle 1t was not long ago thai an c'e-
phant beetle put in an appearance ana hY'I Tor
months on bananas. peaches ana other irnlt Hlr,,
ders Of al sorts AMI s!zes come in eVety cit3. '
that IS dispatched with small ceremony nH Nlu-e
unloading the ship The smaller slAI'rS are, ,, Low
marked An unw~comc loiger in th"s' banana
punches Is occasionally Il small snake. hes' ar" a.
wavs OF the tree variety and are harmless but m"
little wriggling viper gets small shft from The
sfeye1ores and is Invariably killed Small troe-fTog'
are frequently found among these stowdways. ana
they are not easy to catch. as their jumping power
is wonderful and they are lost To si~ht among
,ha af,ers Of the dOcl-shDi There If the night X
warm they aSionish IN" watcfman by the ouIH"St
OF their calling. Now and then a small tropical
moth escapes from some buncn and l. welcome
addition To- The cases Of the entomologist Various
snccies OF ants frequently be captured. from
the long black fellows. who have savage bite.
T., the tinest little rcd that IS such nuisanc" IN
Tho tropIcs The way collect the tropical ant most
Successfully in these clirnes Is TO board sugarlai'n
vessel from Demerara. on these sniTs they az" a.
WAYS plentiful as are the cockrOach"s, some of the
latter being fully large and nearly as round az
n silver dollar These add to the interest 81 a CO..
lection but are not recommended for adoption Into
ne home circle.