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'' Asilid flies arc not uncommon on the islands, and Muscids 

 and TABANiD.ii were common enough, though httle attention 

 was' given their capture. The Colcoptera, as usual, received 

 the lion's share ot notice, and in this order some very nice 

 things were obtained. Cirindcia jiKiri^/iHi/ci l^'abr. was not 

 rare along the white sandy beaches, but the sun was too fer- 

 vent to encourage a great deal of chasing after these agile 

 creatures. We took a Scai-itcs like a small specimen of sub- 

 tcrnuicus Fabr., also PlocJiioiins pallciis Fabr., as representa- 

 tives of the Carabid.i-:. The little red lady-bird, CoccincUa 

 siiiii^iiiiica L., was found here, as at almost every other point 

 in the West Indian region at which collecting was clone. At 

 night the lights of a species of Pyrophonts could be seen 

 flashing in every direction through the groves of cocoa-palms, 

 and after many an awkward tumble, taken by running across 

 unfamiliar ground in the dark, it was considered easier and 

 more productive to depend on the native children for a suppU' 

 of these fire-flies, they catching them at night and bringing 

 them to the vessel for sale next day. A fine Buprestid 

 (^Gya^ciitiis caioliiiciis/^ WoYn) was found on bushes close to 

 the sea. The Longhorns were quite a noticeable feature 

 here, the most common, and at the same time beautiful, one 

 being Elatcrops/s nigvsii^ Gahan, the females of which ha\-e the 

 head, thorax and eh'tra ornamented with broad white stripes, 

 while the males are uniform black abo\'e. An Ebnria was 

 found which seems to be E. dmalii Che\rolat, described from 

 Cuba, and a nice Elaphidion occurred with it. The weevils. 

 of course, are comparativelv numerous in species. PacJincEtis 

 jofahts was common, a fine Otiorhvnchid near Barynoiiis was 

 taken rare!}' at Harbor Island, and on JCleuthera we found a 

 few specimens of a beautiful form of a reddish-chestnut color, 

 the whole upper surface being overlaid with stripes and spots 

 of greenish scales. The small C'urculionids were not wanting. 



•■The Ilemiptera were luiinerous and conspicuous. A 

 large Cicada is not unconuuon, and is known by the natives 

 under the name of '-singer'' or "old witch."" Zcliis loiigipcs 

 ivinn. is a pretty lleteropteron banded abo\c with black and 



