142 BLUEFIELDS EIDGE. 



Beetle of large size, somewhat allied to our Stag- 

 beetle, was found in some numbers beneath the 

 decaying bark of a fallen tree ; as also some specimens 

 of a large and noble Forjicida, and of a small Osorius. 

 A very lovely little Hawkmoth [Empyreiivia lichas), 

 of two colours, greenish-black, and rich crimson, was 

 sitting beneath a loose stone, very perfect, and ap- 

 parently just out of pupa. Attached to the under 

 surfaces of contiguous stones were several thin cocoons 

 of yellow silk, all empty ; very probably belonging to 

 this species. This pretty moth is not uncommon in 

 the lower hills, and even by the sea side, occasionally 

 flying into dwelling-houses at night : when seen by 

 day it is always in dark woods. 



THE VENUS LIZARD. 



The first time I met with that fine Iguaniform 

 Lizard, Dactyloa Edwardsii, called Venus * by the 

 negroes, and sometimes Green Guana, was on this 

 ridge. And though I afterwards found it in lower 

 situations, as on the moderate elevations of the 

 St. Elizabeth's hills, and even in the pimento groves 

 of Mount Edgecumbe that border the sea shore, it 

 seems rather to affect the higher mountain-woods. 

 The mode in which I formed an acquaintance with 



* This name has probably no allusion to the Goddess of beauty. 

 Mr. Hill writes me as follows : " The brilliant green Lizard you 

 speak of is usually called the Green "Venus. Venus in this case I 

 take to be an Indian word ; for I found it, — in a district of St. 

 Domingo (Yasica) in which all the rivers had Indian names, — as the 

 same of one of the streams. We have an Indian name for another of 

 our Lizards in Iguana." 



