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204 Fruits of Cuba. — 5 FT 
insects, I have come to the conclusion that the insects ‘ 
placed i in Cycunvs, [RICHROA, SCAPHINOTUS, and SpHz- ci] 
RODERUS are much more closely related to each other | 
than they are to any other genus, and that, in fact, they s 
cannot constitute any thing more than subgenera in a ^ 
genus, which, moreover, is not so large. as to ssi» E 
subdivision. MU 
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ART. IX.—A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL das 
OF CUBA. By F. W.P. GREENWooD. 
— a late residence of two iia in the city des e 
St. Jago de Cuba, and the district of country surround- - Vf, 
ing it, I made it one of my amusements to collect P 4 £ 
examine the fruits which are produced in that region. — $ 
Since my return, I have thought that a popular descrip- le 
tion of them, might be useful as a guide to invalids and 
others, who contemplate visiting the Antilles, and who 
may wish to know, as I did, something about the 
names, qualities, and characters of these ‘fruits, so that 
they may be able to eat ‘them, as it Mus nequi: 
ingly. - 
In describing the Nnm íniita of Cuba, I shadi 
mention those which have been naturalized there, as 
well as those which are indigenous, without attempting 
to discriminate the two classës from each other, except 
in one or two instances. L shall also mention not only 
those fruits which we seldom or-never see at the north, 
but some others with which we are familiar, in order to 
introduce some interesting particulars, which may be 
less known concerning them. But few fruits will enter 
