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five leagues of the sea ; being so near to the coast, I thought I would pay a hurried 

 visit to Champerico, in spite of the terrific heat. I should like to send particulars 

 of the fauna of the places visited, but have not sufficient spare time now. 



I have met with varying success. In the pine forests of the very high elevations 

 I found many genera, as at home : — JEpurcea, Temnochila, Astinomus, Hylastes, 

 Hylurgus, Tomicus, Clerus, Rhizophagus, Phloeopora, Xantholinus, BZelops, Bem- 

 bidium, Amara, Hydnobius ? (a black species in moss, at 10,800 ft.), Otiorhynchus, 

 Oeotrupes, Aphodius ; small Brachelytra and many others, including some Hetero- 

 mera allied to Zopherus and Sepidium ; a small black and yellow day-flying Bombycid 

 moth occurs in vast profusion at the highest places visited on the Cordillera. Here, 

 on the coast, in two days' work, I have found, in addition to some interesting Hymeno- 

 ptera, some few Cicindelidce, small Carabida, Heteromera, &c. ; the Carabidce include 

 such genera as Harpalus, Amara, Metabletus, Blechrus, Lebia, Tachys, Bembidium 

 and the like ; the Heteromera, divers Anthicidce (Anthicus and Mecynotarsus), 

 Crypticus, Heliopathes, Phateria (two or three species, one nearly allied to, if not 

 identical with, our own cadaverina) , Cisteta, &c. There are a few small Brach- 

 etytra, a small Elater (Drasterins) , an Ischnomera (very similar to our own melanura, 

 but smaller), a Saprinus, Gateruca, Psammodius, and some few others — all very 

 similar to the species of our own coasts, but averaging smaller in size. I look in vain 

 for representatives of Broscus or Philonthus xanthotoma. In the Hemiptera I find 

 a few small Pentatomida, a Geocoris, Ophthalmicus, a small Capsus or two, a Cora- 

 nus, Naucoris, &c. In Lepidoptera, a very minute Lyccena, common amongst 

 Saticornia ?, a Heliothis, and a few others. In Neuroptera, only a few Libellulidce, 

 of species common in the interior. — Geo. C. Champion, Puerto de Champerico, 

 Guatemala : October Zlst, 1880. 



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Jacob Boll was born at Wurenlos in Switzerland, in 1828. After he had 

 prosecuted his studies at Jena in Germany, he settled at Bremgarten in Switzerland 

 as an apothecary. He was enthusiastically fond of natural science, especially 

 Entomology and Botany, and devoted to these pursuits all his spare time. 



He and Heinrich Frey first met in 1849 or 1850, at the house of Bremi-Wolff 

 in Zurich, and they soon became firm friends. " Boll " says Frey, " was a born- 

 collector, with a wonderful quick eye." 



For many years Professor Frey met Boll repeatedly and they made excursions 

 together. Boll's parents and an elder brother had emigrated to the United States 

 and were settled in Texas, Jacob Boll had often talked of following them thither, 

 and in 1869 he sold his business at Bremgarten and went to Texas. 



After collecting there for 18 months, he was returning to Switzerland, when he 

 met with Professor Agassiz at Cambridge, Massachusetts, who purchased from him 

 his entire collection and promised to obtain for him employment at the Natural 

 History Museum of Harvard College. 



However, Boll returned first to Switzerland, and there family circumstances 

 detained him for some time, Agassiz in the mean while still expected Boll's return 

 to Cambridge, and the situation was kept open for him. 



