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sp. The female is much larger than the male. Although these 

 hatched, only a few came out and fewer yet were perfect. 

 They hatched during the night and the males were all battered 

 by daybreak. Only a small per cent, hatched, the majority 

 have been steadily giving me crops of large flies, like those 

 which are found at times in our cecropia, but only one from each 

 cocoon. On the day we left we also caught the $ Pap. {near 

 P. alyattes) ? which flew across the deck of our steamer just as 

 we were leaving. 



Reached Kingston, Jamaica, evening of Friday, 27, and be- 

 fore turning in I made a bee line for Mr. C. B. Taylor, whom 

 I met on trip down, who had collected for years in Jamaica and 

 knew localities, etc. He had told me that he expected to leave 

 in a few days for the mountains, and I was afraid he might be 

 gone. Found him in and learned from him that nearly all 

 homerus ever taken on the island had been found near Bath, at 

 eastern end. He, in all his years' collecting, had only gotten 

 three. One he raised from caterpillar, two others, $ and 9 , 

 were caught by his brother-in-law as they were in connection 

 on sand on edge of Devil's River (i^ miles from Bath). His 

 brother-in-law was in bathing when female lit on sand and be- 

 gan sucking, and almost at same time male came to her, and he 

 caught both with his handkerchief ! Taylor said that I would 

 be lucky if I got two in three years. Saturday, June 28, we 

 went out in trolley car to Hope Botanic Gardens, and got a 

 number of flies, nothing very good or in very good condition. 

 The Gardens cover 200 acres. In one place I noticed several 

 acres of Cuban tobacco gone to seed. I immediately laid my 

 plans, went back to the hotel and got my reflector hunting 

 lamp and returned before dark. Got in two hours about 50 

 sphinges of 9 species. 10 cingulata, 7 vitis^ 8 jamaice7ises , i 

 bro7ites, i ello, 2 tersa, 11 labrusccg, 6 Anceryx alope, 2 dupon- 

 chelli and missed several yf^«5. Also got the little C. nobilitella, 

 Pap. polycrates, Terias elatkea, etc. The next night got 25 

 more, i ficus, i labrusccs, 4 vitis, i lineata, i bro7ites, i ello, 5 

 Anceryx alope^ 5 jamaicensis, 3 cingulata. Next night, Mon- 

 day, June 30, 25 more, 5 jamaicensis, 6 alope, i cingulata, 3 

 vitiSy I ello, 5 labr2iscce. We left Kingston Tuesday, A. M., 



