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by two delia , Cram., f. lydia , Feld., having the longitudinal black 
stripe very broad. One of them, a male, was “ wet ”; the other, of 
the opposite sex, intermediate, inclining to “ dry.” 
A solitary Geometer perhaps should be referred to Flavinia. 
A Dung-beetle, Onthophagus marginicollis, Harold, taken on the 
wing, was all that I saw of the great order Coleoptera. 
A Podalirius that I took was not to be found in the National 
Collection, and remains in Mr. Meade-Waldo’s hands. There were 
several Wasps, for it is never quite too dry for them: Polybia nigra , 
Sauss., and a pale-red species of the same genus; the handsome 
orange Polistes versicolor , Oliv.; while on the sand near high-water 
mark two Monedula signata, Linn., were found. 
We tried to work our way round a small hill, and so back to the 
pier by another route, but lost ourselves among the winding tracks, 
and finally had to try back about a mile to an Indian’s hut. The 
mistress thereof was very imperfectly arrayed in a single skimpy 
garment, much the worse for wear, which declined to cover the whole 
of her person at one and the same time. A long conversation, partly 
conducted in bad Spanish, partly in Portuguese, took place, and it 
was at last arranged that a little girl of eight should be our guide. 
This child, as a rule, it would seem, dispensed with clothing entirely, 
but this was a very special occasion. Accordingly she retired with 
her mother into the recesses of the hut, from which she presently 
emerged resplendent in a smart white muslin frock, though otherwise 
her attire was simplicity itself. This up-to-date young lady put us 
back on the road by which we had come, and we had to retrace our 
steps. 
At Savanilla we parted from pleasant travellers, English and 
Spanish, who had sat at our table. They were bound for Bogota by 
way of the Magdalena Biver, and said that Savanilla was exactly 
halfway in time between London and Bogota. How I should have 
liked to have accompanied them to that justly celebrated butterfly 
hunting ground! 
I may here remark that I was greatly struck by the extreme 
softness of Spanish as spoken by South American gentlemen. 
Savanilla. 
SECOND VISIT. March 15th, 1907. 
On our return journey we again landed at Savanilla for a short 
time, and on this occasion turned to the left, and collected about the 
mouth of a small river. The chief attraction was the Black Mangrove 
