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its haunt. As we walked along we disturbed a large number of 

 niicro-lepidoptera which flew in all directions, concealing them- 

 sehes under the leaves. 



On the fruit of a v/ild " Mammy apple tree " three beautiful 

 bronze coloured beetles Antich&ria Ckalcea were feeding greedily. 

 Going down towards the river the road on either side was covered 

 with a variety of shrubs some of which were very interesting ; 

 amongst these were the C'^j)h<elis toiaentosa a prettily varied leaf 

 bearing a red flower, a curious fern Lyyoduni scandens whose 

 leaves resemble those of the bamboo and a species of Miconia with 

 light i^ink coloured leaves. 



About this spot I captured several buttei'flies viz : the 

 Euryphanis Anvphismedon or Chinese eyes, 2forp]io 2^6leides of 

 celestial blue colours Jleliconia Sara, v/hich seemed to have just 

 left its Chrysalis form, PapUio Zenzis and Junona Genoveva. 



Crossing the river towards what is still known as Lack's 

 residence the pretty fern Adiantium ohliyuum formed a regular 

 festoon along the road side. 



On the walls of the old ruin, facing the river was seen 

 occasionally the miniataiv. fern I/emioniiis palinata, whose 

 leaves are shaped very much like the GeraniiDii and on the 

 ground around us the Adiantum ohtttsum the young shoots of 

 which are of a most delicate light pink colour formed a thick 

 fringe along the river bank. 



Here I caught the Mantis oratorio a curious orthopterous 

 insect, which is bred in China, as Cocks are, for the purpose of 

 fighting and a species of pliasma known here as God-horse and in 

 Venezuela as CabaUito del Diablo. 



Under the roofing of the old ruin we sav.r clusters of bats, 

 Molossiis ohscurus seven of which we captured viz : four males 

 and three females, two of the latter had one well developed 

 embrj'o each. — Mr. Urich a week after, captured one on the 

 Caroni wliich also had an embryo which shows that this is about 

 their Ijreeding time. 



The ordinary house Cockroach Blatta occidentalis were flying 

 in eveiy direction and the drummer, Blaberus Giyanteus sought 

 shelter and protection in every crevice. 



About the old ruins are fields of Vervene (Stachyfarpha 

 cayennensis) and pommed'or ; here I captured a magnificent CaUigo 

 Ilionis, Victarina Steneles or Vhidle, EuptycJiia occirrhoe and the 

 ever pi-esent doctor Thymele SiinpUcius. — Ascending the hill at 

 the back of the house, I saw nothing worth noting and retraced 

 my steps passing along a ravine that led to the river. At the 

 base of tlie hill stands one of the tallest nutmeg trees I have seen 

 and in a little pool near by I found a v,ater-beetle Hydrophilus 

 sp. in a rotten stump near by I dug out a number of 



