HINTERLAND NOTES 487 



As for niarabiiiilas or wasps, llicir nests arc ahiiiidant 

 in the bush, beliind big leaves. 



We (lid not find that the Linil)crs oj' our house were at- 

 tacked bv ants, but bv two borers, similar in form, th()u<>h 

 one is larger than the other. They bored into and hollowed 

 out the wood, scattering a fine dust over the ground, or the 

 floor. I have the Indian names of those woods which the 

 borers do not attack. I began to ])ress leaves and to make 

 sketches of them, with notes. \Mien building a house care 

 should be taken that the Indians are made to search for the 

 right wood, or they will bring in the first that comes to hand, 

 although they know it is liable to attack and will not last a 

 year. 



It was interesting, when digging, to find the rhinocer- 

 ous beetle, embedded in earthen cases, at a depth of eighteen 

 inches from the surface of the soil. This was in an old ant- 

 heap. Some of the beetles were pale yellow, as if only just 

 hatched. Others were rufus-sepia. And others, again, were 

 almost black. 



