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sions, and may be easily passed over by the pedestrian. It 

 flowered towards tlie end of December. I examined numberless 

 specimens, but never detected any insects adhering to the leaves. 



Insecta. 



My Mend, Mr. Herbert Mansel, who lived for thirteen years 

 in the Falklands, and to whom I am indebted for much valuable 

 information, tells me he has frequently seen a blue butterfly in 

 the east island near a place called "Italy," a very sheltered spot 

 at the western extremity of the town of Stanley, and close to 

 Grovernment house. I spent several hours on various occasions 

 when the sun was shining brightly searching for specimens of 

 this butterfly, but never saw one. 



A moth, only seen when the sun was shining brightly, and 

 which flew with extreme rapidity, closely resembled both in form 

 and habits our English Plusia gmnma, but I did not succeed in 

 securing a specimen. 



Various species of moths belonging to the genus Tineidae 

 are fairly common on the undulating land round Stanley. 



As I went quite unprepared to find either butterflies or moths 

 in such a windy locality, I did not include in my outfit the 

 necessary paraphanalia for catching or preserving them. I 

 managed, however, to collect a few Diptera and some beetles. 

 These last have been kindly identified for me by Mr. Charles J. 

 Grahan of the British Museum. Some specimens captured in a 

 moor-pool some miles from Stanley, he identifies as a variety of 

 Lancetes prcBmorsus. Another specimen of the same species was 

 was dipped from the surface of the sea early one calm morning 

 during December, 1898. 



A single example of the beetle known to the inhabitants as 

 the "Peat beetle" is described by Mr. Grahan as a species of 

 Cylindrorhinus, probably a variety of C. tessellatus (Gruer.) This 

 was found in a ]Deat cutting on the Murray Heights, and was the 

 only one seen during my visit. 



A single larva of a water-beetle of the family DyUscidoe, 

 was secured in a moor pool about four miles due east of Stanley. 



E.EPTILIA. 



There seems to be no doubt that a species of lizard is fairly 

 common in certain places in the East Island, but it is one of my 

 few regrets that I found it impossible to secure a specimen of it. 



