CONTENTS. XXUl 



Curious Spider. Sloane's figure. Culloden. Webs in the 

 Prickly-pear. Mr. Hill's Observations. Crossed Lacin^rs. 

 Arrangement of the Limbs. Structure of the Web. Its 

 Eelation to the Spider's peculiarities - - 463 — 466 



Stingless Bees. Hive in a hollow tree. Besieging Ants. 

 Sentinel Bees. Wax. Honey. Brood-cells. Queen-bee., 

 Other stingless species - - - - 466 — 468 



Indian Cony. Columbus's Notice of Utia. Long confounded 

 with the Agouti. The Cuban and Haytian species. A new 

 one from Jamaica. Cuna-Cuna Ridge. Description. Ha- 

 bitat. Food. Movements and Habits. Prehensile Powers. 

 Sagacity. Power of the Hands. Singular Position of the 

 Teats. Other Examples. Familiarity of a tame specimen. 

 Pinguin Covers. Barks Trees. Notes of the earlier Natu- 

 ralists ------ 468—481 



OrchidejE. Some curious and beautiful Forms. Season of 

 flowering. Those of the Dry Season. Those of the Rains. 

 Dampness of high Localities. Choice of Supports not exclu- 

 sive. Trees covered with Parasites. A Fig-tree studded 

 with small Orchids. Easy transplantation of sylvan Species. 

 Preference of certain Localities - - 481 — 489 



Departure and Return. Farewell to Bluefields. Long 

 coasting Voyage, Sting of a Scorpion. Its Effects. Starve- 

 gut Bay. Blue Butterfly. Zebra Lizard. Pedro Plains. 

 Guaiacum. Insects. Departure from the Island. Promon- 

 tory of Tiburon. Jacmel. Mountains of Hayti. Beauty of 

 Porto Rico. San Juan. St. Thomas. Entomology. Ber- 

 mudas. Arrival at Southampton. Conclusion - 489 — 497 



APPENDIX - . . - . 499—502 



I. The Nurse (Scyllium. cirratum). 

 II. The Silk-cotton Tree (Eriodendron anfractuosum) . 



III. Vegetation on the Pedro Kays. 



IV. Viviparous generation of the Yellow Boa (Chila- 



bothrus inornatus). 



