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with the thatch-roofed huts of the negroes half hidden in tropical vegeta- 

 tion as another, especially favorable for Orthoptera. The inland lakes, and 

 the deep pools of brackish water, rising and falling with the tide, were also 

 good, and in the latter particularly, Gyrinidae were noted. Small sandy cays 

 with a growth of cocoanut palms were also visited and found productive, 

 but the beaches were clean and tmproductive, as were the mangrove swamps 

 and the seagrapes. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited a number of the insects he 

 caught and remarked particularly on the abundance of the Stegomyia mos- 

 quito, and of a number of Lepidoptera which have a general distribution 

 over sub-tropical American regions. Papilio bonhotei, named for Mr. L. L. 

 Bonhote, secretary to the former governor, Sir Gilbert T. Carter, both having 

 been ardent collectors, is the only endemic species so far known, and is at 

 best only a varietal form of the West Indian P. andrccmon. Other typical 

 species shown were Danais plexippuus, AgrauUs vanillce, Euptoieta hegesia, 

 Phyciodes frisia, Anartia jatroplKC, Lycfrna cassius, Callidryas etibele, Krico- 

 gonia lyside, Phocbis agarithe, Aphrissa statira, Pontia inonuste, Papilio 

 polydamas, Eudamus proteus. 



Large Saturniidse were absent, but Sphingidsc were abundant and easily 

 caught on the scarlet flowers of the Royal Poinciana, Protoparce brontes and 

 Enyo hignbris were examples. The large noctuid, Erebus odora, was common, 

 resting during the day on the sides of cliffs or walls, in caves and palm 

 thickets, and fluttering bat-like about the lights at night. Utetheisa bella 

 was conspicuous but showed little variation. 



A considerable number of Coleoptera were obtained, for the most part, 

 very like those of south Florida, but with some mixture of West Indian 

 forms. Three species of Cicindelidse were included but the greater number 

 were Cerambycidae, Scarabaeidse, Chrysomelidse and Rhynchophora. Carabidse 

 were scarce, the lack of soil except in banana holes, fresh water streams, 

 lakes and perhaps the abundance of lizards, making unfavorable conditions 

 for ground beetles. 



Hymenoptera were ntimerous on flowers, those of the Bougainvillea vine 

 being conspicuous and were secured in part through the aid of a colored boy 

 whose picture was shown. 



In Diptera the housefly was a nuisance at Nassau, two species of 

 Tabanidse proved troublesome on the water, and the mosquitos, everywhere 

 abundant, drove the party out to sea by their numbers on Andros Island. 



Blattidse made up a large part of the catch in Orthoptera, the season, 

 May and June, being too early for Acridiidae, Mantidae, etc., to have passed 

 beyond the nymphal stage. Two species of Conocephalus were taken and 

 another heard. 



In Hemiptera, several species of Lygseidae were found on the silk cotton 

 trees, which are common on the islands, though said that all come from one 

 planted tree. A species of Gerris and a Corixa were often found in the 

 native wells, which though brackish and liable to contain insects and 

 Batrachians, are not unwholesome. One species of Cicada, locally called 



