BULLETIN 



of the 



Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 



VOLUME VIII No. 5 



Notes on Jamaican Hemiptera: 



A REPORT ON A COLLECTION OF HEMIPTERA MADE ON THE 

 ISLAND OF JAMAICA IN THE SPRING OF 1906 



By E. P. Van Duzee 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



In the spring of 1906 it was my privilege to spend a few- 

 weeks collecting Hemiptera on the Island of Jamaica. I sailed 

 from New York March 17th, arriving at Kingston on the morn- 

 ing of March 23d; returning I left Jamaica on April 19th. 

 This gave me nearly four weeks on the island, but annoying 

 rains on several days and three days of illness reduced some- 

 what my time available for field work. I was there at the close 

 of the dry season when insect collecting was probably the 

 poorest. The conditions there I found somewhat unfavorable 

 when compared with those I was used to in the various portions 

 of the United States where I have collected. The cost of living 

 was high and the accomodations and food, except at Kingston, 

 Mandeville and Port Antonio, were very poor. The heat also 

 was a hinderance to my work, especially at Kingston, Balaclava 

 and Montego Bay. At these warmer stations I generally had 

 to be in out of the sun by nine o'clock, which was soon after the 

 dew was off the vegetation, and could rarely start out again 

 before three or four in the afternoon. In the short tropical 

 days that left but little time for actual work in the field. At 

 the higher altitude of Mandeville and on the northern side of 

 the island the heat was less troublesome but there the rains 

 would frequently begin by ten or eleven in the morning and 

 practically put a stop to work for the day. Under these con- 

 ditions I think the results of my work as given in the following 



