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me some insects differing almost totally from those 

 of the leeward part of the island. The elevation is 

 scarcely above the level of the sea ; the soil is sand ; 

 the trees, chiefly Lignum vitse, scarcely attain a greater 

 height than tw^elve feet, and the heat of the sun is 

 on these accounts peculiarly intense. The collection 

 of gum-guaiacum, the produce of the trees just men- 

 tioned, helps the poor inhabitants of this spot to 

 obtain a livelihood. I found here a second specimen 

 of Myrmeleo7i Leachii, and on the tv^^igs of the 

 stunted prickly trees, Diaprepes Spengleri, and a 

 much finer beetle, PsUoptera [sp. nov. near torquata), 

 both in considerable abundance. 



At Alligator Pond, my negro lad tried the net 

 with little success, the only novelty here being a 

 species of Libythea, apparently new, but closely allied 

 to the North American L. motya. 



While I remained at Kingston, the lad attended 

 to insects in the environs, particularly at Greenwich, 

 near Passage Fort. The beautiful Lachnopus aurifer 

 was the most common beetle, occurring in great 

 numbers upon the bushes. The most abundant 

 butterfly was Callidryas Nele'is ; as it had been near 

 Bluefields in the preceding April and May. A Chry- 

 sopa, much resembling our C. perla, and a great bee 

 with violet wings, resembling Xylocopa violacea, also 

 attracted notice. 



My own time here I chiefly spent in consulting the 

 valuable MS. volumes and drawings of the late Dr. 

 Robinson, on the botany and zoology of the island, 

 preserved in the Library of the Jamaica Society, and 

 in comparing notes with my valued friend Mr. Hill, 



