XIV CONTENTS. 



Belmont Beach. Creek. Calling-crabs. Cicindela. Cave 

 Swallows. Sponges. Holothuriae. Swimming-crab. In- 

 scribed Solenette. Corals and their Parasites. Stinging 

 Corals. Curious Annellida ... 50 — 56 



Market Dat. Loading Canoes for Market. A Paddle across 

 the Bay. Animals seen on the bottom of the Sea. Helmet 

 Shells. Carrion-beetle. Lunar Rainbow. Leaf of Life 



57—61 



Bluefields Mountain. Zigzag Roads. Fine view of the 

 Coast. Fruit-trees. Flowering trees and shrubs. Bletia. 

 Pimento-groves. Parrots. Land Shells. Spiny Oniscus. 

 Earth-worms. Peripatus. Forest-covered Peak. Gloomi- 

 ness of the Interior. Elegant Club-moss. Broad-leaf tree. 

 The Jamaica Rose. Tree-ferns. Their elegance 61 — 69 



Urania Sloanus, Its Beauty. Habits. Affects the Avocada 

 Pear. Suddenly becomes abundant. Loftiness of its Flight. 

 Scarcity. Second Brood. Eggs - - - 69 — 74 



Lizards. Their abundance. Ground Lizard. Wood Slave. 

 Gecko. Anoles. Their playful familiarity. Changes of 

 colour. Pallette-tip. Venus. Iguana. Galliwasp 74 — 77 



Sea-urchins. Fine long-spined species. Purple pigment. 

 Best mode of preparing specimens - - 77 — 79 



Bluefields River. Value of Water. Resources in Droughts. 

 Romantic beauty of the Stream. Bordering vegetation. 

 Waterfall. Bathing Pool. A reconnoitring Vulture. Mullets 

 leaping. Ticklticky. Crustacea in the rivulet - 79 — 86 



Ride to Content. Morning Shadow. Flowering Shrubs. 

 Pens and Gardens. Robin's River. Plovers. Doves. 

 Orange trees by the road side. A pleasant Lane. Trumpet- 

 tree. White Indian Creeper. Peter's Vale. A beautiful 

 Amphitheatre. Tichicro. Butterflies. Grand Vale. Sugar 

 cultivation. Cotta-wood. Content Cottage. Its singular 

 situation. Magnificent Prospect. Useful and ornamental 

 Trees >----- 86—94 



Insects. Their general scarcity. Singular exceptions. Hamp- 

 stead Road. Character of its vegetation. Nocturnal Insects. 

 Sabito Bottom. Fine Butterflies. Belmont. Bluefields 

 Mountain. Fire-flies. Night in the Forest. Lampyridai. 

 Diversity of their Light. Southey's Description. Glow-fly. 



