A, E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 871 



Species definitely recorded by Dr. Godet. 

 Godet's names of insects, etc. Probable identity. 



Pieris brassiere, p. 198. Pieris rapae. 



Argynnis paphia, p. 198.* ? 



Heliconia, sp., p. 198. ? 



Nymphalis, sp., p. 198. ? 



Sphinx atropos, p. 199.f Phlegothontius cingulatus. 



Hepialus humuli (ghost-moth), p. 



200.J ? 



Pulex penetrans (jigger), p. 206. Sarcopsylla penetrans. 

 Anobium pertinax (death watch), 



p. 207. § Anobium, sp. ? 



Forficula auricularia, p. 208.|| ? Anisolabis maritima. 



Blatta orientalis, p. 208.*" ? Periplaneta Australasia'. 



Blatta occidentalis, p. 208.** ? P. Americana. 



Scorpio afer, p. 209. ff ? 

 Tetragnatha extensa (silk spider), 



p. 209. Nephila clavipes. 



* No butterflies related to Argynnis, Heliconia, or Nymphalis are now known 

 there. Probably they are only erroneous names for some of the most common 

 species, which are not otherwise mentioned. 



f " The caterpillar is of a very large size, and feeds on potatoes [? sweet], jas- 

 mine, etc." This remark indicates that it was the common Sweet-potato 

 Sphinx. 



\ " The great swift or ghost moth {Hepialus humuli) is a common insect ; the 

 male, with silvery white wings, and the female, buff with reddish marks." 

 Nothing resembling this European moth has been recorded by any other writer. 



£ ''The death-watch Anobium pertinax is of a uniform brownish black color 

 and is very common in our houses. The two sexes, in the season of love, have 

 the habit of calling one another by beating with the mandibles on the wood- 

 work." It is not stated whether this is from personal observation or not, but 

 probably some species of Anobium does occur. 



|| Earwig, ['European] " ferruginous brown, shining, with a reddish head." 



^T Body deep brown, of a soft texture, head small, almost triangular, elytra 

 and wings a little longer than the body." Wings of real orientalis are rudimen- 

 tary. 



** " A larger species of cockroach." Dimensions not given. 



ff " The genus Scorjiio (scorpions) furnishes a species known in these islands 

 as the Scorpio afer. The body is blackish, with the joints of the feet and 

 antennas white. It grows sometimes to the length of four or five inches, but 

 when they breed in houses they do not then attain above half the size before 

 mentioned." The only modern record of a scorpion is mentioned above, p. 830, 

 and below. The latter is a small, nearly plain brown species, quite different 

 from Godet's description. 



