A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



Wedge-nosed Bug, 351 



Weevils, Curcullionidae. Brazil has many handsome species, especially in the 



genus Cyphus, 207 

 Whales : the commonest Brazilian species is Megaptera nodosa ; more rarely, 



Balaena australis, 49 

 Whip-cactus, 106 

 Whistling Frogs, Leptodactylus typhonius. The large species about Rio is L. 



ocellatus. The male has monstrously thick arms. 259, 271 

 "White Ants," see Termites. 

 Wild Cats, Pampas Cat (Felis pajaros) in Rio Grande do Sul; also the Yagua- 



rundi or Gato mouriscopreto (FeUs yaguarundi) and the Eyra or Gatto 



vermelho (Felis eyra), 178 

 Wild Dog, Cachorrhinho do matto, Vinagre (Speothos venaticus). There is also 



a South American jackal, which the Indians succeed in taming : the Mai- 



kong (Canis thous), 178 

 Wild Swine, see Peccary. 



Wolf, Lobo or Guara, Canis (Chrysocyon) jabatus, 178 



Wolf-beetles, Lycinae. These beetles exude nauseating juices. The beetle men- 

 tioned is Calopteron bifasciatum; the mimics are Tropidosoma Spencii, 



the Capricorn, Lophonocerus hirticornis, and the butterfly Pionia lycoides, 



220-1 

 Wolf Spider, Lycosa, 281 



Wood-bee, Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa, some 30 species, 42, 295 

 Woodpecker, 195: 215, 319 

 Worker Bees, 299 



Xarque, 142 

 Xenocephalus, 315 

 Xenodon, 343 



Yellow fever, 348-350 



Yucca, in various species ; the finest, which the Brazilians call Cyrio da nossa 

 Senhora, is the Gloria Palm-lily (Yucca gloriosa). The moth which fer- 

 tilizes the Yuccas is Pronuba yuccasella, 244-6 



Zaboticaba, 138 



