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INDEX 



Aroid, Gigantic-leaved, 167, 334 



Arrow poison, 309 



Assassin bug, 447 



Assman, Seiior, 360 



Asters, 86 



Atenas, 19 



(station) 20, 374, 376, 377, 378-379, 

 384, 385, 389, 476, 479 

 Atlantic and Pacific slopes, Differences 



between, 9-10, 18, 323, 345, 346, 365, 



410 

 Azul, Rio, 249 



Bag-worms, 221, 222 



Baker, W. F., on antenna-cleaners of 



beetles, 240, footnote 

 Baldiocedo, E., 431 

 Baldwin's Pedagogy, 471 

 Balsa, La, 19 

 Balsam of Peru, 390 

 Balsams, 86 

 Bamboo, 86, 112 



Mosquitoes of, 260 

 Banana plantations, 7, 14, 15, 17,86,281, 



289-291, 298, 299, 302, 311, 320 

 Banana, Rio or River, 4, 7, 16, 298, 



310-313, 314, 429 

 Banana River Country, 241, 298-322, 



299, map, 426 (233) 

 Bananas, Cutting and loading of, 4, 289, 

 290, 294 

 Grades of, 290 

 Shipping, 3, 4, 29s 

 Bananito, Rio, 298, 319-321 

 Bands, Musical, 39, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 



51, 342, 344, 454 

 Banks, N., 223, 377 

 Barahona y Compaiiia, 472 

 Barba (town), 323; Volcano, 8, 19, 20, 



29, 93, 95, "6, 129, 150, 271, 325, 



338, 342, 349, 351, 378 (328, 337) 

 Barbed wire, 34, 82, 91, 100, 332, 424 

 Barbeiro, 447 

 Barbudos, 454 



Barnes, J., 163, 189, 270, 271, 272, 274, 



277, 279 

 Barranca, 17, 336 



Rio, 406 

 Barrett, O. W., on dragonfly larvae in 



bromeliads, 230 

 Basalt, 132, 36s, 376, 383 

 Basilisks, 249, 264 

 Bates on monotony of tropical forest, 



346 

 Bathing at Puntarerias, 407 



Black Vulture, 72 



Humming birds, 228, 305 

 Batrachia of C. R., 515, 552 

 Bats in Heliconia leaves, 393 



in a log, 305 

 Beans, 36, 107, 171, 236, 441 

 Bearesem East, 298, 310, 313 



West, 298, 313, 314, 319 

 Bebedero, 412 

 Beehive Road, 143, 147 

 Bees in orchid baskets, 285 



King of the, 114 

 Beetle, A Spider-like, 295 



associated with leaf-cutting ants, 

 179 



Blister, 224 



Harlequin, 223 (225) 



larvae in bromeliads, 234, 242, 286 



larvae, Luminous, 171 



producing sound, 223 

 Beetles at electric light, 65, 67, 280 



at high altitudes, 113, 134, 135 



Golden, 113 



in bromeliads, 134, 233, 240, 286, 

 288 (232) 



in Heliconia leaves, 394 



on Bull's horn thorn, 394 



on Morning-glory, 257 



Potato, 85 



Rose, loi 



Tiger, 410, 428 



with antenna-cleaners, 240 (232) 



with dimorphic males, 197 



