INDEX 



Breadfruit tree, Arctocarpus incisa, from upper India and the East Indies, and 

 naturalized by the natives of Polynesia, where it is possible to live almost 

 entirely on this fruit. 80, 143 



Brehm's Tierleben, 4th ed., Leipzig, 191 8 



Brejo, 115 



Brenthidae, Weevils, 227 



Bromelias. Aregalia princeps; the inner side of the leaves is red. In A. nidularium 

 the rosette is marked with red. The Coral Bromelia is Aechmea fulgens 

 discolor. Vriesea psittacina and V. carnata have red flowers. The Rock 

 Bromelia, Gravata de pedra, is Aechmea nudicaules. 102, 106-110, 121, 



19O5 239 



Bronze Bees. The genus Euglossa, with a suctorial proboscis whose length exceeds 

 that of the body, which has a splendid metallic lustre, usually green, 207 



Bronze Wasps, Chalcidinae. In Southern Brazil and Paraguay, Phlebopenes 

 splendidulus, with blue head and thorax, copper-red abdomen, with 

 blackish-green tip; in Sao Paulo, Smicra bergi, 207, 283 



Brood, care of and forethought for, 266 et seq. 



Bugs, Persevejos (Hemiptera), 207, 224-5, 35^ 



Bumble-bees, Mamangaba, Bombus cayennensis and carbonarius; the strong- 

 smelling species B. violaceus, 295 



"Bundle-nester," see Curutid and Turucuhe. 



Burity, Mauritia vinifera (Pahnae), is used for making wine. The fruit has a 

 handsomely ridged rind, 84 



Burnet-moths, Zygaenidae and Syntomidae. The moth mimicking a wasp is 

 Trichura caudata, 221-2 



"Bush cables," 94 



Bush-knife, 97 



Butantan, 345-8 



Cabochinho, Sporophila nigroaurantia, 257 



Caboclo, 1 1 9 



Cabo Frio, 33 



Cacao, Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), 80, 146 



Cacti ; Chandelier cactus or Facheiro, Cereus candelabriformis ; Chique-chique, 

 Cereus setosus; Fig Cactus, Prickly pear, Opunta brasiliensis, O. mono- 

 cantha, and other species ; Melon Cactus, or Coroa de frade, Melocactus 

 communis. 105-6, 120-1, 126, 241 



Cagasebito, Polyoptila livida, a pretty black and white bird, 153 



Cajd. Cajd manga, Spondias dulcis, from Polynesia ; Caja mirim, Spondias lutea, 

 a native of America and West Africa (Anacardiaceae), 137-8 



Cajii, see Cashew. 



Caiman. America is the land of Alligators and Caimans; Crocodiles are found 

 only in Central America and the northern part of South America, parti- 

 cularly the Orinoco, where the Crocodilus americanus is found. Humboldt 

 measured a specimen which was over 16 feet in length, and Bonpland one 

 nearly 23 feet in length. In the south-east of the United States the Missis- 

 sippi Alligator has its home. It is bred in Florida for the sake of its skin. Of 

 the South American Caimans the Black Caiman (Caiman niger), the 

 Spectacled Caiman (Caiman sclerops) and the common Jacare (Caiman 

 latirostris) are the most frequently seen. 59-61, 190 



Caladium, 82 



Caligo, 183, 191 



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