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but the point of the twig to which the first Mus- 

 quito had been adhering. 



I found on one or two occasions a little fly, much 

 resembling a Musquito, but belonging to a widely re- 

 moved genus, of rather singular manners. It is a little 

 Crane-fly [Limnobid) * with the mouth produced in 

 an extraordinary degree, so as to form a tube half as 

 long as the insect. It hovers in the air, with the legs 

 (which are of great length and slenderness) hanging 

 dovv^n, a few inches from a wall, without altering its 

 position, and almost without perceptible motion, ex- 

 cept a slight vibration. It continues to do this for a 

 long time, now and then passing a little to the right or 

 left, quickly, but not so rapidly as a Syrphus. It is 

 always solitary ; the specimen captured was a male. 

 On putting my hand towards it, it slowly moved 

 away, but I easily took it by surrounding it with 

 both hands. All the individuals that I have seen 

 occurred in the same place, an outhouse at Blue- 

 fields ; and had exactly the same manners. 



THE EYED PALLETTE-TIP. 



A very little species of Gecko {SphcBriodactylus 

 argus), the smallest Lizard that I am acquainted with, 

 is not uncommonly seen in the dwelling-houses and 

 out-buildings of Jamaica. We see it running along 

 with a wriggling agility in the corners of the floor, 

 creeping out from beneath the doors, hiding in 

 crevices and joints of boards, &c., and often, on open- 

 ing a window, we perceive lying in the bed of the 



* Mr. F. Walker has named the species L. intermedia. 



