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five leagues of the sea ; being so near to the coast, I thought I would pay a hurried 
visit to Champerico, in spite of the terrific heat. I should like to send particulars 
of the fauna of the places visited, but have not sufficient spare time now. 
I have met with varying success. In the pine forests of the very high elevations 
I found many genera, as at home: — Epurcea , Temnochila, Astinornus, Hylastes, 
Hylurgus, Tomicus, Clems, Ilhizophayus, Phlaeopora, Xantholinus, Jfelops, Bem- 
bidium, Amara, Hydnobius ? (a black species in moss, at 10,800 ft.), Otiorhynchus, 
Geotrupes, Aphodixis ; small Brachelytra and many others, including some lletero- 
mera allied to Zopherus and Sepidimn ; a small black and yellow day-flying Bombycid 
moth occurs in vast profusion at the highest places visited on the Cordillera. Ilere, 
on the coast, in two days’ work, I have found, in addition to some interesting Hymeno- 
ptera, some few Cicindelidce, small Carabidce, Heteromera , &c. ; the Carabidce include 
such genera as Harpalus, Amara, Metabletus, Blechrus, Lebia, Tachys, Bembidium 
and the like ; the Heteromera, divers Anthicidce ( Anthicus and Mecy notarsus), 
Crypticus, Heliopathes, Phaleria (two or three species, one nearly allied to, if not 
identical with, our own cadaverina) , Cistela, &c. There are a few Bmall Brach- 
elytra, a small Elater (Brasterius) , an Ischnomera (very similar to our own melanura, 
but smaller), a Saprinus, Galeruca, Psammodius, and some few others — all very 
similar to the species of our own coasts, but averaging smaller in size. I look in vain 
for representatives of Broscus or Philonthus xantholoma. In the Hemiptera I find 
a few small Pentatomidce, a Geocoris, Ophthalmicus , a small Capsas or two, a Cora- 
nus, JSaucoris, &c. In Lepidoptera, a very minute Lyccena, common amongst 
Salicornia ?, a Heliothis, and a few others. In Neuroptera, only a few Libellulidce, 
of species common in the interior. — Geo. C. Champion, Puerto de Champerico, 
Guatemala : October 31s£, 1880. 
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Jacob Boll was born at Wiirenlos in Switzerland, in 1828. After he had 
prosecuted his studies at Jena in Germany, he settled at Bremgarten in Switzerland 
as an apothecary. He was enthusiastically fond of natural science, especially 
Entomology and Botany, and devoted to these pursuits all his spare time. 
He and Heinrich Frey first met in 1849 or 1850, at the house of Bremi-Wolif 
in Zurich, and they soon became firm friends. “Boll” says Frey, “ was a born- 
collector, with a wonderful quick eye.” 
For many years Professor Frey met Boll repeatedly and they made excursions 
together. Boll’s parents and an elder brother had emigi-ated to the United States 
and were settled in Texas, Jacob Boll had often talked of following them thither, 
and in 1869 he sold his business at Bremgarten and went to Texas. 
After collecting there for 18 months, he was returning to Switzerland, when he 
met with Professor Agassiz at Cambridge, Massachusetts, who purchased from him 
his entire collection and promised to obtain for him employment at the Natural 
History Museum of Harvard College. 
However, Boll returned first to Switzerland, and there family circumstances 
detained him for some time, Agassiz in the mean while still expected Boll’s return 
to Cambridge, and the situation was kept open for him. 
