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NEUROPTERA. 



Family ODONATA 

 Lestes simplex Hagen. 



One specimen. 



One specimen of the genus Libellula. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family NYMPHALID.E. 

 Anartia jatrophae Lin. {Pap. j.), Mas. L. U. R.. p. 269. 



Two defective specimens labeled " Port Castries, St. Lucia." 



Family SPHINGID/E. 

 A larva collected that belongs here. 



HYMENOPTERA. t 



Family FORMIGTD.E. 



Numerous male specimens of an undetermined specie of the genus 

 Lasius. A portion of a nest of a tree-ant was also taken. 



Family POMP1LID.E. 

 Pepsis omata Say. 



One specimen; 



Family kVIVM. 



One specimen of the genus Xylocopa 



ARACHNIDA. 



BY GEORGE MARX, M. D. 



The steamer Albatross collected Arachnida at the following five prin- 

 cipal points : 



(1) Abrolhos Islands, off the Brazilian coast, December 28. 



(2) At the Straits of Magellan at three points : Gregory Bay, January 

 18; Laredo Bay, January 22 ; and Sandy Point, January 27. 



(3) At the Galapagos Islands, as follows : Chatham Island, April 4 ; 

 Charles Island, April 8; Albemarle island, April 10; James Island, 

 Apiil 11 ; Indefatigable Island, April 12 ; and Duncan Islaud, April 13. 



(4) In Lower California: St. Margarita Island, May 2 ; Balenas Bay, 

 May 3 ; and Cerros Island, May 5. 



(5) In California: Clemente Island. 



The total result of these collections was thirty-seven species of Aranew 

 and six species of Scorpions. 



