yo Natural Uistorv Bili.etin. 



something to the stock of insects. Vigorous thrashing of the 

 brush over a large net brought to Hght two species of large 

 weevils, one a Paclnnciis, allied to P. o^aIii:>. the other not now 

 referable to its place in our lists. Both of these were very 

 acti\'e. taking wing almost immediately on being disturbed. 

 In the same places a few CrxptoccpJialus niaro-iiijcollis. Latr. 

 were found, and a peculiar longhorn. Eulhiiorii> pliini. which 

 is also known from the Floridian Islands, looking verv much 

 like a small drv twig, the deception being heightened by the 

 insect keeping perfectly still when beaten from its resting 

 place. Locusts were quite abundant in the dusty roads, but 

 time was all too precious to admit of chasing them. Butter- 

 flies were fairlv common, and a small series of them was 

 secured. 



'• iVbout this time a yellowish beetle with dark tips to the 

 elytra, \acenlcs iiiclaiiiirci L.. was very common in the hokl 

 of the vessel, often running over the tables or crawling in the 

 bunks. It is probable that they bred aboard the schooner, 

 however, as it seems hardly likely that they would come in 

 such numbers from the city. The insect has a very wide 

 distribution. An example of CallicJiruiua coliuiihiiia. a beauti- 

 ful \el\'et\- green longhorn, was found one morning at rest on 

 the hull, and as it is a West Indian species, it is probable that 

 it flew out from the shores of the ba\-. A scaraband beetle, 

 Sriiti>plnliis sarpcdon (Burm.). was also found near Havana." 



An excellent series of photographs of Havana and vicinity 

 was taken bv Mr. G. L. Ilouser. besides a great number of 

 more or less successful snap-shots with the Kodak and other 

 hand cameras, witii which several of the party liad provided 

 themselves. Films seemed to work better than glass plates in 

 the hand cameras, and were apparently less damaged by fungi 

 on account of being tightly rolled while in the camera, leaving 

 the surface exposed for only a ver\- brief time. We found our 

 dark-room for developing so unbearabh" hot and stifling alter 

 the lamp had been burning for a few minutes, that most of us 

 axoided de\eloping our negatives while on the \essel. 



O.i the morning of Wecliu-sdav. May 24th. we Irul an excit- 



