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KINGSTON. 
me some insects diifering almost totally from those 
of the leeward part of the island. The elevation is 
scarcely above the level of the sea ; the soil is sand ; 
the trees, chiefly Lignum vitae, scarcely attain a greater 
height than twelve feet, and the heat of the sun is 
on these accounts peculiarly intense. The collection 
of gum-guaiacum, the produce of the trees just men- 
tioned, helps the poor inhabitants of this spot to 
obtain a livelihood. I found here a second specimen 
of Myrmeleon Leacliii, and on the twigs of the 
stunted prickly trees, Diaprepes Spengleri, and a 
much finer beetle, Psiloptera {sp, nov. near torquata), 
both in considerable abundance. 
At Alligator Pond, my negro lad tried the net 
with little success, the only novelty here being a 
species of Libythea^ apparently new, but closely allied 
to the North American L. motya. ^ 
While I remained at Kingston, the lad attended 
to insects in the environs, particularly at Greenwich, 
near Passage Fort. The beautiful Lachnopus aurifer 
was the most common beetle, occurring in great 
numbers upon the bushes. The most abundant 
butterfly was Callidryas Neleis ; as it had been near 
Bluefields in the preceding April and May. A Chry- 
sopa, much resembling our C. perla, and a great bee 
with violet wings, resembling Xylocopa violacea^ also 
attracted notice. 
My own time here I chiefly spent in consulting the 
valuable MS. volumes and drawings of the late Dr. 
Robinson, on the botany and zoology of the island, 
preserved in the Library of the Jamaica Society, and 
in comparing notes with my valued friend Mr. Hill, 
