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BLUEFIELDS KIDGE. 
Beetle of large size, somewhat allied to our Stag- 
beetle, was found in some numbers beneath the 
decaying bark of a fallen tree ; as also some specimens 
of a large and noble Forjicula, and of a small Osorius, 
A very lovely little Hawkmoth {Empyreuma Uchas)^ 
of two colours, greenish-black, and rich crimson, was 
sitting beneath a loose stone, very perfect, and ap- 
parently just out of pupa. Attached to the under 
surfaces of contiguous stones were several thin cocoons 
of yellow silk, all empty ; very probably belonging to 
this species. This pretty moth is not uncommon in 
the lower hills, and even by the sea side, occasionally 
flying into dwelling-houses at night : when seen by 
day it is always in dark woods. 
THE VENUS LIZARD. 
The first time I met with that fine Iguaniform 
Lizard, Dactyloa Edwardsii, called Venus ^ by the 
negroes, and sometimes Green Guana, was on this 
ridge. And though I afterwards found it in lower 
situations, as on the moderate elevations of the 
St. Elizabeth’s hills, and even in the pimento groves 
of Mount Edgecumbe that border the sea shore, it 
seems rather to afiect the higher mountain-woods. 
The mode in which I formed an acquaintance with 
* This name has probably no allusion to the Goddess of beauty. 
Mr. Hill writes me as follows: “The brilliant green Lizard [you 
speak of is usually called the Green Venus. Venus in this case I 
take to be an Indian word ; for I found it, — in a district of St. 
Domingo (Yasica) in which all the rivers had Indian names, — as the 
same of one of the streams. We have an Indian name for another of 
our Lizards in Iguana." 
