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specimen of Copal containing insects. If this opinion prove true 
or not, the analysis of Copal given by Berzelius probably belongs 
to Anime, and the insects described by Dalman, as found in Copal, 
belong to Anime also. In corroboration of this opinion I have 
only to add, that out of fourteen genera of Copalic insects described 
by Dalman, I have found nine in Anime, generally the same species, 
and particularly that singular insect, named Paussus cruciatus ; the 
remaining five are very minute, and may have escaped my notice. 
I conclude, however, that the substance named Anime is the same 
as the Copal of Dalman, and in order to prevent further confusion, 
I restrict the term Copal, originally a South American word, to 
American resin. 
Anim'e. 
Anime, improperly denominated Gum Anime, is a resinous sub- 
stance, which exudes from the Vateria Indica, a gigantic tree of 
Malabar. It is sold, according to a communication which I re- 
ceived from Dr. Royle, in the bazaars of India, under the name of 
Sundroos. In northern India it is said to be the produce of a tree 
of Man war, one of the provinces of central India. Abundance of 
resin exudes from this tree in its native soil, and, when recently 
found, it varies from pale green to a deep amber, with all the inter- 
mediate shades. As there are various species of Hymencea which 
produce Copal, so probably other genera of Dipterocarpece yield 
Animi. The Trachylobium Gcertnerianum of Heyne, a native tree 
of Madagascar,* produces it in great abundance. The Anime which 
is usually exposed for sale in the lower provinces of Hindostan, is 
obtained in the vicinity of the mountains of Travancore, and the 
enormous forests of the Malabar coasts are said to yield it in great 
profusion. The term Anime, Piso informs us, was first used by 
the Portuguese, and it appears to be only another name for the 
resin of the Jetaiba tree, which they gave it in consequence of its 
close resemblance to the Anime of New Spain. The Jetaiba tree 
* I have received some specimens of Anime from Madagascar replete with in- 
sects of various orders ; and, as very little is known respecting the Entomological 
character of that island, I scarcely dare hazard an opinion concerning it. From the 
few forms, however, which have fallen under my inspection, I should say that the 
genera of Africa and Asia are greatly intermingled in this island, those of the former 
rather predominating. Asiatic types also are not uncommon. Several species of 
Elateridce from Madagascar appear closely to resemble those of Travancore. Should 
it hereafter appear that the botany of Madagascar and the southern parts of the 
Mysore is similar in character, we may naturally expect a proportionate accord- 
ance in their Entomology, at least in those groups which derive their food from ve- 
getation. 
