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ST. HELENA. 
Fam. Apidce. 
Apis, Linn. 
A. mellifica, Linn. — About thirty years ago, the common 
Honey Bee was very abundant, and chiefly wild, in the Island. It 
swarmed and entered old rat holes, holes in the rocks, and even the 
roofs of houses, getting in between the ceiling boards and the 
covering. It almost suddenly disappeared about eighteen or 
twenty years since, but whether its destruction was occasioned 
by the persecution met with through boys smoking it to death 
in order to obtain the honey, or the Death’s-Head Moths robbing 
it of its honey, or some other cause, has not been ascertained. 
It was re-introduced about six years ago, and is again becoming 
wild about the rocky outskirts of the Island. 
Fam. Fvaniadce. 
Evania, Fabr. 
E. laevigata, Latr. — A black, bob-tailed Fly, inhabiting the 
warm low lands of Jamestown, Ladder Hill, &c., where it is likely 
to meet with cockroaches, as it selects those creatures as a living 
depository for its eggs. As this curious little insect is very 
much less objectionable than the Cockroach, and is not very 
abundant, the St. ITelenians, especially the residents of Jamestown, 
would do well to encourage it. It may often be seen crawling over 
the trunks of trees in Maldivia gardens, and even in the houses in 
the town and at Ladder Hill. It inhabits, also, many parts of 
Africa and of Asia. 
Fam. Iclineumonida. 
Ichneumon, Linn. 
*1. maeulifemur, Walk. — A black-bodied Ichneumon Fly, the 
body being four to four and a half lines in length. This as well as 
the following species is somewhat commonly found on the high 
land, inhabiting damp places. My specimens were taken at The 
Hermitage, where, amongst the Moon plants, they fly about during 
the day time and evening in considerable numbers. 
*1. diffinis, Walk — Another black-bodied Fly, but smaller in 
size, measuring only four lines. 
