CONTENTS. 
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Curious Spider. Sloane’s figure. Culloden. Webs in the 
Prickly-pear. Mr. Hill’s Observations. Crossed Lacings. 
Arrangement of the Limbs. Structure of the Web. Its 
Relation to the Spider’s peculiarities - - 463 — 466 
Stingless Bees. Hive in a hollow tree. Besieging Ants. 
Sentinel Bees. Wax. Honey. Brood-cells. Queen-bee. 
Other stingless species - - - - 466 — 468 
Indian Cony. Columbus’s Notice of Utia. Long confounded 
with the Agouti. The Cuban and Haytian species. A new 
one from Jamaica. Cuna-Cuna Ridge. Description. Ha- 
bitat. Food. Movements and Habits. Prehensile Powers. 
Sagacity. Power of the Hands. Singular Position of the 
Teats. Other Examples. Familiarity of a tame specimen. 
Pinguin Covers. Barks Trees. Notes of the earlier Natu- 
ralists ------ 468 — 481 
Orchideje. Some curious and beautiful Forms. Season of 
flowering. Those of the Dry Season. Those of the Rains. 
Dampness of high Localities. Choice of Supports not exclu- 
sive. Trees covered with Parasites. A Fig-tree studded 
with small Orchids. Easy transplantation of sylvan Species. 
Preference of certain Localities - - 481 — 489 
Departure and Return. Farewell to Bluefields. Long 
coasting Voyage. Sting of a Scorpion. Its Effects. Starve- 
gut Bay. Blue Butterfly. Zebra Lizard. Pedro Plains. 
Guaiacum. Insects. Departure from the Island. Promon- 
tory of Tiburon. Jacmel. Mountains of Hayti. Beauty of 
Porto Rico. San Juan. St. Thomas. Entomology. Ber- 
mudas. Arrival at Southampton. Conclusion - 489 — 497 
APPENDIX 499—502 
I. The Nurse {Scyllium cirratum), 
II. The Silk-cotton Tree (Eriodendron anfractuosurn). 
III. Vegetation on the Pedro Kays. 
IV. Viviparous generation of the Yellow Boa {Chila- 
bothrus inornatus). 
