A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



Bean, Black, Feijao preto, Phaseolus derasus (Leguminosae), from America, 142 



Beard Aztec (ant), 320 



Bees, Brazilian, Melipona. Names of some of the Brazilian bees are : the "Eye- 

 lickers," Lambe olhos, M. Duckei and others ; the Lemon Bee, Limao, 

 Iraxim, M. hmao; the "Fire-biter," in Brazilian Cagofogo, a bee with a 

 painful bite, M. tataira ; Jaty, M. jaty ; Bora, M. clavipes ; Jatahy mosquito, 

 M. mosquito; Sloth-bee, Pregui9a, M. Butteli; Mandaguary, M. coerulea; 

 Cupira, in termitaries, M. cupira ; the Dog-bee, Cachorro, M. argentata 

 and fulviventris ; Irapuan, M. ruficrus ; Irussii mineiro, M. subterranea ; 

 Urussu, M. scutellaris; Mandary, M. interrupta; Mandassaia, M. anthi- 

 dioides. — See J. v. Ihering, Biologic der stachellosen Bienen Brasiliens. ^ool. 

 Jahrbiicher, Abteilung Systematik, 1903; A. Ducke, Die Stachellosen Bienen 

 Braziliens, ibid., 1925, 126, 289-90, 294-302 



Bee-ants, Camponotus abdominalis, 301 



Beetles, 176, 227 



Begonia, 98 



Bemtevi, Pitangus sulphuratus Maximiliani, 59, 161, 195, 196, 250, 310 



Benedictine monastery, Olinda, 21, 27-8, 356 



Benjamin fig, 79 



Bicho berne, Dermatobia hominis, 350 



Bicho de pe, see Sand-flea. 



Bell-bird = Araponga. 



Bignoniaceae, a family consisting chiefly of tropical plants. In Europe the Catalpa 

 (C. bignonioides), with its huge heart-shaped leaves and beautiful rosy- 

 white flowers, has been introduced from the Southern regions of North 

 America; and so has the Trumpet-flower (Tecoma radicans), a creeper 

 which, like ivy, climbs by means of rootlets, and bears handsome red 

 flowers. In Brazil the family is represented by the Jacaranda, the Pau 

 d'arco or Bow-wood tree, and the Ipe, 70 



Bird's-nest Fern, Asplenium nidus, forms a sort of crater for the collection of 

 humus with its close-fitting fronds, 109 



Bird-spider, Carangue jeira. The black species is Grammostola actaeon ; in the 

 forest I saw the brown Lasiodora, hurrying over the ground like a little 

 hairy bear. 284-5 



Bishop's Heliconia (Heliconia episcopalis), one of the Musaceae. The handsome 

 flowers open in succession, from below upwards, 74 



Bladder-kelp or bladder-v^rack, Fucus, 55 



Bladder wort, Utricularia nelumbifolia (Lentibulariaceae), 108 



Blue Raven, Cancao or Urraca, Cyanocorax cyanopogon, 125, 196 



Boa constrictor, see Giboya. 



Bombycidae, 226, 279 



"Bond," the, 26 



Borboleta, Hedychium coronarium. Borb. amarella, Hed. flavescens, from 

 Southern Asia, has run wild in Brazil (Zingiberaceae), 71 



Boto, 49 



Bo-tree, Ficus religiosus, 81 



Bougainvillea, Primavera, 238 



Bow-wood tree, see Pau d'arco, 70 



Brassolis astyra, a Butterfly, related to the Morphidae, 154, 191, 193 



Braiina, Melanoxylon brauna (Leguminosae), 77 



Brazilian broom, Bacharis genistaloides, 347 



Brazil-nut tree, BerthoUetia excelsa (Lecythidaceae), 77 



Brazil-wood, Pau brasil, Caesalpinia echinata, 76 



