INDEX 



Jangada, 23 



Japii, Ostinops decumanus, 256 



Jararaca, see Snakes, Venomous, 128, 347 



Jassana, or Pia^oca, Ja^gana ja^^ana, 1 19 



Jatobd, Hymenaea courbaril, 68, 77 



Joao do barro, 161 



Joanninha, a fish, Crenicichla lepidota and others ; the name is also given to a 



Cockchafer, 274 

 Joazeiro, Zizyphus joazeiro (Rhamnaceae), 124 

 Juca, Cassalpina ferrea, var. cearensis (Leguminosae), 124 

 Jurubeba, Solarum paniculatum (Solanaceae), grows profusely on waste land 



and scree, like our Nightshade. 



Kaki fig, Diospyros Kaki, from Eastern Asia (Ebenaceae), 138 



Kapok-tree, 79 



Keel-tailed Lizard, Tropidurus hispidus, 41 



Kerner von Marilaun, Pflanzenleben, 3rd ed., by A. Hansen. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1921. 



Kingfisher, Great, 59, 1 19, 215 



Kinkajou, 178 



Knight Butterflies, Papilio, a group with strikingly beautiful forms, 216 



Laburnum, 131 



Lagarta rosada — Rosy caterpillar. 



Lantern-beetles, Vagar lume or Pyrilampos (Lampyrinae). In America there are 

 more forms than in all the rest of the world together; as long ago as 1870 

 450 species were known. At Rio, Photuris lumifera is common. The Cucujo, 

 the large lantern-beetle, one of the Elateridae, is Pyrophorus noctilucus. 

 The luminous larva and the female with the glowing red head and thorax 

 and the 10 pairs of blue or yellow luminous spots are Phengodes (Hie- 

 ronymi). The male of this beetle (Telephoridae) flies. The "Lantern- 

 bearer," Fulgora laternaria and lucifera, in Brazilian a gitiranaboia, belongs 

 to the Hemiptera. 227—9 



Larvae, 226 



Laurel, 77 



"Leaf-bloomers," Phyllanthus speciosus and other species. Phyllanthus nobilis 

 is known in Brazil as Perola vegetal. The Phyllanthi belong to the 

 Euphorbiaceae. 238 



Leaf-bugs, 278 



Leaf-butterflies, Anaea phantes, with blue, Siderone Ide with red-striped, Siderone 

 Clara with yellow upper surface. Also Coenophlebia Archidona mimics a 

 leaf with the under-wings, which show, when the wings are closed, leaf- 

 stalk and midrib, 22-6 



Leafcutting Ants, see Sauva. 



Leaf-locusts, Pterochroza. The species with brown wings is P. colorata; with 

 green, P. cristata ; with green, and withered tips, P. arrosa ; with eyes on 

 the hind-wings, P. ocellata. 223-4 



Leguan, 59, 86 



Leguminosae, 78, 81, 366 



Lemonade, 140 



Lemons. The small round lemon of the Tropics is the Limonelle, Citrus medica, 

 var. acida, usually called the Lime. Its juice is exported to Europe. 139-40 



