896 A. E. Verrill—-The Bermuda Islands. 
In letters of Oct. 13th and 24th, 1845, he speaks of having been ill two months 
and near death from yellow fever. He also gives a good brief account of the 
geology of the islands, and states that the rock is formed of wind-drifted shell 
sand. 
ERRATA. 
Page 424, line 10, for west, read east. 
Page 470, line 11, for 26, e, read 26, d, p. 621. 
Page 514, last line, for 1621, read 1622. 
Page 555, line 12, for Silas, read Silvanus. 
Page 579, line 10, for L. H., read L’Her. 
Page 579, line 9 from bottom, for Elceaginus, read Elceagnus; also on p. 626, 
line 5 from bottom. 
Page 580, line for Cesalpina, read Cesalpinia. 
Page 581, line 12, dele Figure 42. 
Page 581, line 15, for 26, e, read 26, d, p. 621. 
Page 585, line 10, dele Ficure 43. 
Page 609, line 1, for Xanthoxylum, read Zanthoxylum. 
Page 622, line 1, add: The seeds germinate while still on the trees, and thus 
have rootlets when they fall into the water. 
Page 627, line 6, for lantannas, read lantanas. 
Page 630, line 7 from bottom, for G. B., read L. B. 
Page 635, line 25, for 1837, read 1724. 
Page 638, line 17, for sap, read sop. 
Page 639, line 13 from bottom, for 1850, read 1840. 
Page 651, line 15, for west, read east. 
Page 683, last line, and 684, line 7 from bottom, for Mr. Hayward, read Mr. 
Thos. B. Hayward. 
Page 688, line 7 from bottom, for 1792, read 1856. 
Page 688, line 10 from bottom, and p. 690, lines 6, 19, for Mr. Hayward, read 
Mr. Thos. B. Hayward. 
Page 718, line 10, for Lasiomyteris, read Lasionycteris. 
Page 725, lines 21 and 27 from bottom, for Saville, read Savile. 
Page 726, lines 1 and 22 of note, for Phrate LX XXIII, read PhatE XCVI. 
Page 740, line 5, for 225, read 260. 
Page 756, line 4 from bottom, for ? Heterogramma, read Alcis Verrillata, see p. 
890. 
Page 767, lines 9, 20, for Chwrocampa, read Theretra ; under cut, for x 11g, 
read x 114. 
Page 772, dele last six words. 
Page 773, line 1, and page 782. line 1, for exiqgua, read frugiperda S. & Abbot. 
Probably the true exigua has not been taken in Bermuda. The figure, 
134, and description apply to the latter. 
Page 776, lines 11, 18, 24, for Diaphana, read Diaphania. 
Page 782, line 22, for Hallesus, read Halesus. 
Page 790, line 4 from bottom, for Dej., read DeG. 
Page 756, line 11, for Ev., read Er. 
Page 796, line 22, after villosus, insert (Grav.) 
