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somethino- to the stock of insects. \ i<forous thrashing" of the 

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

 weevils, one a Pcichiiteus. allied to P. opa/iis. the other not no\\' 

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

 active, taking wing almost immediately on being disturbed. 

 In the same places a few Crypfoccp/ialiis /i/arj^y'///('o///s Latr. 

 were found, and a peculiar longhorn. Eiithuonts filiiiii. which 

 is also known from the Floridian Islands, looking \er}- much 

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

 insect keeping perfectlv 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 fairh" common, and a small series of them was 

 secured. 



•• About this time a yellowish beetle with dark tips to the 

 eivtra. ^^accrdes meJaimra L.. was very common in the hold 

 of the vessel, often runnini^ over the tables or crawlinir in tlie 

 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 Callichroiua coIiDiibiini. a beauti- 

 ful velvety green longhorn. was found one morning at rest on 

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

 it tlew out from the shores of the ba}-. A scarabfeid beetle, 

 Sratof kilns sarpcduu (Burm.), was also found near Havana." 



An excellent series of photographs of Havana and vicinity 

 was taken bv iNlr. G. L. Houser. besides a great number of 

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

 hand cameras, with which several of the party had provided 

 themselves. Films seemed to work better than glass plates in 

 the hand cameras, and were apparentl}- less damaged by fungi 

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

 the surface exposed for onh' a ver\' brief time. We found our 

 dark-room for developing so unbearably hot and stifling after 

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

 avoided developing our negatives while on the vessel. 



On the morning of Wednesdav. ]Ma\- 24th. we had an excit- 



