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C. nana. This pretty little species, which belongs to a sec- 

 tion of the genus confined to the Chilian Andes, Southern 

 Patagonia, and Eastern Fuegia, has three or four small radical 

 ovate leaves, from the midst of which arises a flower-stalk 

 from one to two inches in height, bearing in general a solitary 

 large flower, with a small upper lip, and a wide opening into 

 the slipper-like portion. The ground colouring of this flower is 

 yellow, beautifully freckled with dots and blotches of rich 

 reddish-brown, and there is a thick white under lip, of so 

 much firmer consistence than the rest of the flower, that it 

 often cracks transversely in pressing the specimen for the 

 herbarium. The plant is widely distributed over the open 

 country in the north-eastern portion of the Strait, occur- 

 ring alike on the Patagonian and Puegian coasts, and 

 presents a very handsome appearance when aggregated in 

 masses. 



After we had reached the summit of the hill, and while 

 Captain Mayne was engaged with his theodolite, I occupied 

 myself in strolling about the neighbourhood in search of 

 plants, obtaining, among others, an odd little leafless jointed 

 species, probably belonging to the order Polygonacece. I also 

 collected a few species of Coleoptera, including representatives 

 of the Heteromerous genera — Emalodera, Platesthes, and 

 Nydelia ; and one of the Lamellicornes — the Taurocerastes 

 Patagonicus. Several of these species afterwards proved to 

 be new to the national collection at the British Museum. A 

 very rare Hymenopterous insect was also captured by the 

 officer assisting Captain Mayne. This was the Chirodamus 

 Kingii of Haliday, of which that distinguished hymenopterist, 

 Mr. F. Smith of the British Museum, had previously only 

 seen a single specimen, the type of the species. I noticed 

 a moth flying about from flower to flower, in broad daylight. 



