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(California Academy of Sciences)
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‘Ensenada.(Baja California ).
" Orthoptera--'cridiidae very common ,especiaily back of the town
in broad ravine. One ericket on beach

Cicadas abundant on shrubbery.
Hymenoptera rare, IZombus ,I Mutillid.Pompilidae common.
Dbiptera;Robber fly commogTachinid back in ravine.

i Lepidoptera--'emonias virgulti not conmon ;found in dry
places :Nathalis icle not common ;back of town, flying low: ‘ Lycaenidae ~--L.
-aemon not common , in sand dunesto left of town: Lycaena marina(?7) spenms.
conmmon, especially back of town in wooded canyoms, several flying toge~
ther about a large bush(Tthi: amnacear ) which was in bloom and grew

back in canyons: be is | fairly common, especially in sand
dunes: Le exiliseommon near its food plant.Anosia berenice not common , in |
-eanyons: Melitaea gabbii?rare and late, in sand dunes:Thecla melinus fair-

ly abundant,flying singly around brush.Coenonympha ape ea ery onl
oe in tae ie Be 4 Phylaeus. and sabuleti rare n barren spots in se

“in sand dunes , dry creek bed, etc. Callydryas eubule -rare , fast flyer,
back of town. Colias eurytheme common, Pieris beckeri& common hack of town,
Eudamus proteugrare back of Ensenada: Thanaos clitus? rather rape ;Syneda
Sp. one seen arid taken in creek bed, also notodontid on sycamore. $ phinix
July 8 on vessel I5 + miles from Ensenada at sea.
) Lepidoptera seen
| : Pyrameis cardui amd caryae fairly common. Agraulis Spe
thiviy sommon, Pac. eurymedon | 2 one seen “in ganyon., Pephilenor fairly com-
mon, Meganostoma -two or three seen, fresh. Deilephila , lineata fairly if
gommon, about sand dunes, several empty rulyt Zhe ound in sand dunes. A Sy
ve Sesiidbnorgea aboard ship some time. Ju nse-na 1 did net: &
observe it , and consequently it was oe for the edults as only
one unhatched pupa taken from among many extruded. This was ander the bark
of a large Sycamore treein the dry oreck bed back of “nadenada™he insects
\ pupate udder the bark in a. oon of sawdust, etc. thus remind one of
ae illustration of the ear a, ‘Btagescof Seats. agerni on maple. “es,

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LEPIDOPTERA,ENSENADA AND ISLANDS OFF LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Spacies correctly determined,

I Pieris beckeri. Conmon back of Ensenada--a few in canvons of Cerros a
2. Nathalis iole.Rather rare but in good condition in bottom lands , Ense-
nada.

Je ‘al.lydrgas eubule. Rather rare and fresh, rarely alighting, Ensenada.
4.Mm Meganostoma euxymiceaesonia. But one seen and taken, San Geronimo 7.
5 Colias eurytheme.fresh and fairly abundant at Ensenada.

6. Melitaea gabbii. I female apparently belongs here, only two or three
seen, Ensenada.

7 Goenonympha californica. Two Specimens taken back of ensenada, in can.
yon

8 nosia berenice, var. strigosa . Rather scarce and worn , incanyons
Ensenada. )

9 Lemonias virgulti. Rather rare, in valley and arid flats, Ensenada.

IO. Thecla melinus. Ensenada » fairly abundant, flying in the usual fa-
shion; common on Cerros I,
il.’ yeaena acmon, Ensenada.

2. " isola, Ensenada,

I3. "ita iia. Rusere da,
I4.Pamphila phylaeus, Ensenada.
IS. xi Sabuleti, Ensenada.

Ié. Thanaos CYitus? Ensenada
I7. Eudamus proteus .°Fnsenada,.

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Ensenada, Wower California. = EK.

Number or respond to vials and pinned material | bed
On tru ol Sycamore tree.

On my person.
In foot hills ,Slevin Coll.
Back of Ensenada, feeding on plants.
in creek bed under stones and under leaves in a sycamore hollow,
Runnin across the road. ;
Under stones. :
In great numbers finder drying seaweed, and feeding on same.
Feeding on dead crustacea,
On sand. .
Running about rapidly and feeding on dead crustacea.
vineQn wing. rr
Cast ashore, also NO. I0,II and No. 9 under seaweed,
_ Fe@@ing on flowers of Buckwheat?, on coagt cliffs.
~% Baek of Ensenada on @ of Artemisia which Was sealy,
6 Out at sea,lat.30°%2",: tong TT6°47'T5", S¥evin Coll,
(ayrinidae in pond by S¢a, hemiptera ete cast ashore
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3Entomological Notes of The Galapagos Se a

2 = San Martin Island B.Cal. 3 hours, July II 05.

% I sp. Hymenoptera fairly common on Hydrophyllaceae?. Ly-
_ Caena exilis very common, Thecla melimus rather rare, I Pyrameis caryae

seen, Ispecies Pterophorid common, Small pupal shells common beneath stone3S,

I SM. S.H.point of island, under stones, etc low altitude .

2S.M. Bast point " " " _™ and guano dust.
3 On webs.

4 Everywhere on weps

5 SH. shore on gull.

6 Under stones.

Apparently rather late for Nos.I and 2; Spiders predomi~-
nated everywhere

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3= San Geronimo. 2 hours, July 13,05.

Meganostoma I spem seen and taken, 2noctuids taken , West
coast sandy and more fertile, several larvae takenunder sand as in San
_ Francisco( See Coleoptera 5); smaller noctuid Wi coast. 2 geometers common
,empty pupal shells plentiful under stones in sand etc.. Pyrameis cardui
one or two seen ,Ly. exilis rather common , "hecla melinus ract@er rare.

I §.G. W. coast, mostly under plants in sand, afew under stones

2 W.coast under @ lesser auk.

3 Mostly onnhighest part of island where there was but little soil

4 W. coast, on or in sand under plant#ound in small colonies un

5 Larvae in aand as in San Francisco. darvdéatrgtones & in chinks,

6 W.ecoast on sand under plants we’ snot active. a
7 W. coast burrowing in sand near veach. ~==—= = =="

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San Benito (Three Islands).

aN No Lepidoptera collected, one Pyrameis and two Thecla me-
linus see on summit of West island;Lycaena exilis rare; two noctuid pu-
(alive) one on middle isle and the other on the east isle; one Meganos-
. - 3om igh seenbn west isle;many empty nodtuid pupae under stones on middle
vo Sed

West San Benito. 4 hours.July 14 /05.
oe Coleoptera,etec .
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[ E, coast under stones,about 100 ft.from beach.

2 All over island under stones, especially on lower land.

3 Mostly congregated under stones,higher altitude.

4 .coast,under stones,gne or two together JCerambycid= No.5.

% On agave (Lower pt. Jet »Rhyncophora in dead stems in ravines.
6 Scorpions and spiders ander stones. :

San Benito very barren.

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; | I aneone half hrs.on middle,8 hrs on East Island
SBME, :

2 “\% Under stones,without exception.

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5 Middle San Benito,under stones,Cerambycid deadin "Academy's nora Mugfgh
Middle San Benito low, flat and barren,3/4 mile long.

' Kast San Benito I-I/2+ miles long,very poor collecting
Flesh-flies very annoying.Better collecting onMiddle
San Benito; all coleoptera collected under stones.

Cerros Island.9 hours, July I8, I905.
| Collecting very poor greatly owing tohigh wind and locality

and cloudy weather.North endyof island ‘has higher mountains well wooded
in partd. Grasshoppers (Acridiidae) very numerous in some south ern parts. 4

c.r S.W.part of isle;beetle in dry creek bed jmant id higher up;cock- 4
roach at sea
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Natividad. 7 hours, July I9,I905.

2 Under old Shag's nest ant stones - sand.
Eleodes common in places mentioned. >

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Mid-ocean. ,
M.O,T Commonly seen in calms,skimming over water, Lat.22°335' ;South of
Natividad, July 22 |

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Did not go ashore. Slevin caught two big grasshoppers(Schis~ oe
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tocerca americana?), asmall beetle observed by Hunter while digging
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Socorro Island. July 27, I905.

fl Took a smail reddish-brown carabid,but lost it, King ob-
gerved a few coleoptera under stones

q A rather worn species of thecla common about brush, and at
least two species of elusive Syneda. in rocky places.

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daily;insect life,except ants not particularly abundant. On cutting into
rotten logs up the creek from Wafer bay many specimens of Coleoptera were
taken, they were mostly in the larval stage; in fact it appeared a little
too early for insects in ganeral. Insects,mostly Coleoptera were found in
the dense woods, and a good collecting place was behind Gissler's house
near the shores of Wafer Bay where the ground was cleared through culti-
vation,where it was boggy, and smal). areas of sedges grew.

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Clipperton Atoll, August I0, 1905,

Did not go ashore here.

Cockroaches) e CCockroaches) and ‘earwi » taken from pail of tern eggs, Cicindel-
lason shore,numerous,King coll,
On Clippertoyn,;Rock, very numerous,King coll.

A small eetle if2 in. long obser ved beneath a rock.

Cocos Island. Sept +4= aay de eat, A

About the finishing up of the wet seasort; ;heavy showers

Lepidoptera,etc. Gren ta ste

Caught aboard vessel in Chatham Bay.

Ex smooth blackish larva under stones back of house ,hatched ex
Only 2 seen & I captured,Wafer Cr. @eddish pupa, Sept_ 05 «

Wafer Bay; the only one seen.

Common in high grass, back of Gissler's house.

Rare al “ ae a
Almost exclusively about Gissler's lie, & common about ome- iy Po
Common everywhere ,Galapagos & Cocos, ( granite AE98. on grow |
Socorro I,rare & late, “(Esp.aboard,

reek bed. /# IO Common around brush.
Fairly common.

Coleoptera, Myriopoda,etc.
In rotten wood ile or so up creek flowing into Wafer Bay.
One mile up wafer cr., flying around foliage in the afternoon.
Coccinellids common on Hibiscus sp.leaves , on shores of Cha-
tham bay,some in copula, termites in rotten wood upwafer creek;
Arachnid @hatham Bay faund in small colonies of about 5 to?
on horizontal webs.Ant piWpae.
Wafer Creek, dug out of a rotten log,larvae numerous one pupa
found, ear ly for adults.
‘Gentipedes under logs and banana tree stumps as also millipedes;
Wafer B. I/f-mile back of Gissler's house.
Dug out of rotten timber up both Wafer and Chatham B. erks, lar-
vae common, a few ts found.Beetle very common,found in sane
locality and logs as adults in season.
areatniae ep ay stones Wafer B, pubdate beetles in small pool hy
Wafer cr.,Carabidae under stones in creek bed, rare,other bee-
tles (red) in rotten timber,rare ,Wafer Cr.

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Co.8 (Orthoptera under rotten bark up Wafer Creek,not common and ve- f
y ry active myriopod under log ,veetle larva in rotten log. .
9 Millepedés under logs,Wafer b.,arachnids Chatham 5.as in # 3,
coleoptera larva in rotten timber.
IO -—Teanids? very common in rotten timter(see {4,larger brown bee-
ae tle far less common(see 4).
It Single brown sp. in patch back of Gissler's house ,fairly common

but wild;other specie principally at mouth of creek,fairly com-
mon but too late for good specimens.

12 Small-footed larva(Tricoptera) makes pebble nests under stones
in ereek;other larvae(coleoptera)in rotten stumps with nos.4,6

L3 (crickets) common in grass and sedges back of
house,rather early for adults,lucanid larva(#12)j;smal-
common near Gisslers house under logs; larger en
10¢. wher great multitude was, taken, ve 2.0: oe
‘third smaller sp.taken with latter,aCalow sp.grayjpale katydidS) ——
in tarr” tley "trivially bright greenj{big p) rase a- ae
tham B.,one taken from C$koo by Mr.Beck. © :
14 Ants in rotten logs.
ns) ” 24 ” “,larvae in rotten logs,cockroach on bu.bananas
I6 Mosquitoes up Wafer Creek,smallest curculios in old wood,spider, |
on web,lagger beetle in forest up Weterpr coskroesh on heach. Leranof |

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7. Galapagos Expedition Insects.
Hood Island. Sept. Oct ,1905.

Evidently not the time for Lepidoptera.Three noctuids flew
aboard at night.Alittle cocoon containing a light-brown pupa was common
in rotten wood,but all had hatched except one which produced a whitish
moth Oct .25 05.The cocoon is made of chips aiid wood fiber,ete and is also
found beneath th e lates of bark of the tree Opuntia.One or two micros
seenand also a few Lycaenids,which were not taken=N.S..Empt yxmmeseeqomkwid

mud-spun noctuid cocoons seen under stones.Too late for Lepidoptera.

Dry and low island;coleoptera scarce,many elytra of beetles
found,different from the beetles caucht at this season./ 4. LAAN.

cactus,but more commonly roaming over the rocks,very strong and quick,Mr. )
Beck found a centipede(big)in the stomach of two or three buzzards. |
Diptera common,mosquito larvae observed in a lagoon(salty)near the sea

Gardner I.(near Hood).

Spent Sept.27 on this isle.Here the vegetation is scrubby
as on Hood though not as thick as on latter.Ochsner and King caught a
big centipede under a stone;I collected mostly on N. and N.E. slopes.Eve-
rything extremely dry.All coleoptera collected were taken under large
stones;the larger black species was the commonest.cudging from the number
of beetle elytra(some bright green)it did not appear to be the right sea-
zon for insect life, aae/very scarce,about 5 seen and 3 caught.A sin-
gle micro-lepidopter3 Ken on a stone at S.W. end o Island.Scorpions ra-
ther scarce,spiders fairly common,one speciss nakingasjour ious nest of mud,
having a broad dise and conical base.At one end of isc a hole is made
allowing the exit of the small spiders omy ~ One nest contained 2 or 3
dozen egas,pearly white in color, Ny © The nest is made of

mud spun in with silk,making it into a kind of more or less flexible parch.
ment The spider which makes these nests was not discovered,it is probably

in the collection however.Two spems of Xylocopa (Carpenter Bee) taken at |
flowers and in fresh condition.Large thysanura common under stones,same

sp. as on Hood I..Several species of diptera common.Beetles under stones,

larger black beetle commonest,Rhyncophora in dead wood.

Hood I.,Jan 'O6 .

Ayrather small,pale brown sphinx seen at about 200 ft.ele-
vation .Small white moths from cocoons under lichens flushed often,they wo
would fly quite a ways before alighting,noctuids seen in small numbers;a
big sphinx moth flew about the schooner at dusk.Xylocopa flew aboard and
examined masts,etc,apparently to excavate a nest.On james I. in Dec.'05
they were looking for suitable nesting places and two pairs of them were

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oms,this sex makes aa high sounding buzz.Jan 'o6,Academy bay, Indefatiga-
ble I.,also looking for nesting places. On Hood,Feb.'06,found a piece of
croton with a nest and a female therein.She hadcleared out the old ceils
of a previo us season and made some new ones;I2 cells in all,i.e. a few
new ones and the rest old,partitions removed.

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Hood I: On the very summit of island,under stones,larger beetle under
stones ,usually play possum but run agilely if disturbed as do the smal-
lerones which are powdered with lead color dusting.The island
is slightly greener at its summit .Rhyncophora in stem of green
succulent bush which grows also on the shores where the beetle is likewise
found.Two of the larger beetles in copula.
2. SeB.part of island (Albatross rookery) under flat stones near
shore,beetles of this kind always more plentiful as there are
always better accommodations for them,i.e.flat rocks and soil:
36 Elater caught as it was alighting,about 75 ft-.elevation.;ceram-
bycid larvae in croton near shore;hump-backed beetles taken
from twigs of a Bursera tree which had fallem to the ground,
found a few larvae but no pupae;wood dust beneath infested twigs
several beetles in same twig and often together.beetles probably
hide therein dduring the day and emerge at night?as galleries
had openings.¥Found also in the branches of the thorny legume
with the yellowish raceme flower,apparently commons

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Gardner I.,Feb.'06. =Hood.
Hood 4. Beetles and larvae in the thorny legume;Rhyncophora in old de-
serted gallery.
5 All under stones ,mostly on east side and near shore.

6. Thorny legume,about 40 ft.elevation. ne
' Hood I. May-June 106. deg Lok fai ML

Te Parasitic on Diomedea irrorata.

&. Two large scarabeids under stretched seal skins,and alittle
ways in samd,skin drying but a few days,larvae in vicinity of
skin,beetles common a few inches under coral sand,several re-

vealed at one scoop of the hand,

9. Gardner I. near Hood Spiders fairly plentiful under stones(©éwn

the mud egg sack ~> ), beetles fairly cormon under stones near

shore,rather sandy E.shdeca few green Colosoma elytra seen.

Io0. Near albatross rookery,largest laywva in croton or thorny legume.
larva of # II .Ground beetles under sticks,etc. by sandbeach;
Rhyncophora plentiful,some under sticks and others with the lar-
vae in bottles(long straight one doubtful- cormon in various
succulent shrubs ,common near shore.

II. On Gardner I.,found occasionally in thorny legume,one dozen
adults taken from one boring which ig always open when inhabi=
ted by adults,whose presence is.«dwags betrayed by dust under
deat limb which is usually about // 7 thick and the hole usually

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wide enough to admit one specimen.

Hood.J2. Larva same as number II,short small be«tles common in Bursere
boring under bark,200 ft elevation,ground beetles and weevilra- |, |
rather scarce under stones same altitude ¢ byin same loca =};
lity,tapeworm in entrails of dove. a" Pad

Hood I.,J4ne-JUly'09,. if
A few odonata seen about shores,probably the same brown 3

species as on Charles I.Afine big centipede seen/and on lifting a chounk | a

of wood near the sea shore saw two about 7 inches long in copula,as far Hy

as I could make out they were end to end with the last few segments of

one over the last of the other .They soon separated ;“ iba
No butterflies seen,only a couple cf Wids or so taken
at light. .
The biggest centipedes seen and taken were on Hood I.
Charles 1I.C&¢pter 1905. (
Heod and Gardner IS.Jan-Feb.'06,. q
Beetles perhaps slightly more common than on previous vi- :
sit,but island quite dry and appg 2 early for Coleoptera,.¢r -
hoppers (" 8§.2 sp. )the larger (Schistocerca )common up to summit Apningene=)
tus rarer but all over island.More-tctleoptéra on Gardner than on Hood, on

the former island most plentiful on theE. and §. sides.Two cerambycids?
near albatross place (Hood) near sandy shore under timber,very agile and
fly easily when disturbed .These are pinned up.

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Charles I. October I905.
Gardner I (near Charles).Oct 3, 1905.Two reddish centipedes

under dead cactus, beetles under stones.A few schistocerca seen;centipede
found in stomach of mocking bird,

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Champion 1I.,0ct $.Did not go ashore.same sp of (Schistocer ~) —

ca as on Gardner.One dark centipeded taken ,two small scorpions seen, one
spider taken;coleoptera under stones,one sp.
Charles I (Postoffice Bay)
Schiste@cerca) cormon up to highest point attained =650 ft.,
Gphinggnotus) rare, bet Tes rare;a number of green Calosoma elytra under
s;thysanura abundant .xXylocopa plentiful higher up on Compositae.At 600
ft elevationCalydryas eubule was not rare and two Agraulis galapagensis ~—
were seen,also a moth (noctuid?).A tabanid or two (Isp.) seen on beach, |

flesh flies (green Abdomen) bother one,a few small mosquitoes.Young crick-
ets under stones,rather rare.Four dragonflies(Isp.) captured on shore,not
very wary .Wingless cockroaches rather local,one winged spcm.seen.
Lé¢, 7Lepidoptera. .
og Lycaena cormon especially at about
T100 ft. around Heliotrope,etc.,late for them.Callydryas rather cormon,
rarely alighting,more cormon at higher altitude.A female was observed
laying her eggs singly on the leaves of the large-leaved legume (Cassia?)
with the single yelow flower which also occurs on the St.Thomas road,
Agraulis rather rare and also ovipositing,rarely alighting.#4 a few spcms.
seen at low elevation,hiding in lava flow and flying a distance when star-
tled.AProtoparcepupa was found underunder stones but most of them hatched,
A Eudamus seen at 1200 ft,I think it early for these.All specimens ot"~
Black Beach Anchopage ,neoteplentiful at Postoffice Bay #5 not rare higher
up ,flying during the day.
Cls. I. Taken from bird-eaten orange, II00 ft.,back of highest peak.
Re Larger beetles cormon in the spring near the summit of the wooded
mountain,Central Charles I.;smaller beetles in water among
leaves and under leaves,where water trickled over them on stones ,
worm in water ;larger beetle very common as also the smaller BSPe
Se Elater rather rare and very active,II100ft level under stones;
larger beetle also under stones,same level quite rare and active.
4. In small pool on west end of lagoon, Cormorant Bay;took all seen.
Se Ants found under st:ones ,II00ft and to sea leveljants fierce,
eclony not numerous,pseudoscorpion rare ,under stonesIIoo ft or
lower,single beetle 650 ft. level under wood,only one seen and
taken
6. Lagoon,Cormorant pay,beetle on my person,culicid in lagoon,spi-~
der in web,dark hemipter on water,light hemipter in water.
7 Lagoon,Cormorant Bay.
8. Lagoon, Cormorant rnay,rather common in old logs,low altitude.
9. Lagoon,Cormorant Bay,under stones ,high and low elevation., i
_ Isoptera high and low elevation,common in rotten elLelegssder -
mestid larvae under stale cow,crickets II00 ft.not common.
IO. Earwig not rare,high elevation,dermestid on Beach, larvallooft.

level under stoneshemiptera rare under stones1@@@ ft,spider 700 j1.

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Charles I. Cont'd.
Cis II. Quite common everywhere not near moist places,under stones.
I2. Very common at II00ft.,many under a single stone,rare below
about 700 ft.
I3. Under stones,etc not conmon ,Black Beach.
4. Cormon in rotten logs,600 ft ,above and below.
IS. Common under sto |
Ié. (Gray cockroaches 700)ft.,under leaves and logs in shade ;others tT
Tiph-and—-ow-areTttides . |
I7 Black beach in branch of a tree,’-700 ft.
I8. About 700 ft up bl«ck Beach Road,not common.

ow. Of es,700 to II00 ft.
20% rthoptera)in decayed wocdsCentipede(Chatham I.) saiuleiiadalaa

21f Under stones ,about I000ft.
Lhe Dead ,under stenes,smaller scarabeid alive ,800 ft.,remains
gormon under stones from 800 ft down, |

II. Galapagos Expedition Insects.

Charles I. Feb.'06.Cormorant Bay.
Evidence of a Cerambycid on thorny leguminus bushes.
White grub and pupa in Xylocopa nest in dead Bursera trunk, beetles under |
stones,just fresh,Rhyncophora on person, ?
| Black peach. Green carabids coming out,up to about >
400ft.,fairly common,big brown scarabeids se n dead plentiful though none
alive.Up at spring Hydrophilidae of last time not in evidence,though a few
of other kind.Much evidence of beetles in thorny legume,but evidence
mostly old.Schistocerca common gtrarer higher up, in copula.
Black Beach, Mar .'06,.

Deilephila lineata seen to I100ft. and P rustica galapagen-
sis I100 ft to sea level.Season at least three weeks later than ohn Chatham
No sphinx larvae but one snall D.lineata seen.

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vex black? beetle,2 spems found in a it «Cockroach Ne on tree near spring.
No hydrophilidae seen as on first visit ockroaches\exceedingly common on =—
surmit under manure,etc and at other levétse,
C1823 Under stones ,etc.,cemmon on summit under manuré,also at pass
(II00)ft under stones,etc.
24, 2 large celeoptera larvae under manure on sumnit,earwigs very
cormen at pass and summit under stones,two females with broods
observed,the young in the bottle are from the brood s which are
few in number and under and about mother in a little depression -
The broods are of about 8 apiece;large beetles rather rare,un-
der stones,and moss and leaves at spring (ot! "trees por alld pe
quite active.Water beetles common at spr ng under’ wet moss;leaves
etc little brown beetles,staphs,and one tiny convex beetlein old’
pecked hean-ped at spring; larvae} of little convex beetlealso
in bean pod . f

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I2. Galapagos Expedition Insects,

Cls.25. Remains of chafer cemmon fronm about 600 ft to summit,under

ae stones ,etc.;bug not very common ,at pass,under stones jelaters
elaters active and commen especially at summit,under and in old
manure and under stones;ants,some winged,at pass and summit un-
der material, few in a colony.

26 6 Large beetle under stones ,wood etc.,I000ft ;Coccinellid on lea,
side of surmit which is bald except for two species of helic- |
trope and another weed or so,ceccinellids on Heliotrope leaves,
ene found under a stone(I100FT), ;chyysomelids in feir numbers
on small heliotrope and a few on the larger sp§

"06.

Callydryas fairly cemmo m but passing season,Agraulis very
common ,especially on bald summit,alse passing season though some very
fresh,saw some of their food-plant near summit,Lycaenas vaxx quite plen-
tiful but in the middle of the season anyway;Eudamus rare ahd scattered.

_ Noctuids Meliopotis nigrescens very common and fresh,other noctuids com-

- mon,aiso the Tineid Atteva sp.,noctuid pupae under stones at high alt itude
S females and I male of prebus odora taken at the spring,is quite late for
the se¢,ail worn but one male ;they hide in hollows at the roots of trees,
and in dark places on stones.They feed o n the long podded bean tree at

the spring.The ravages of the larvae on the foliage were seen.At the base
of the small grove of these bean trees at the spring,and among the large
dry leaves many of the pupal shells of Erebus were found ,several found

in weak cecoons in these dried leaves. PO a Ne

It is getting dry here like in Oct.'05 Schistocerca
and young,cormen up to summit sSphinponotus) common up to oe ft. ln

May 232 Pound e's Serenata

-Found a couple of Erebus pupae on the

point of hatching,and several small and one pi larvagé at the base ,
of the treex.The well-eaten vinous: food-plant ofEpistor ugubris were wo.
found near the spring about the caves.0ne piece of what appeared to be

the pupal shell of Epister alse found here .Q@me spempof the palest sp. of
Protoparce seen dead icin places,lots of ground cherry on shore ;P rustica

alapagensis also pound Seed, plenty of, Latea cordia abuut=food plant
also the azalea like shrub upon which -itvalise feeds. At about 600 ft the

_ food-plant of P rustica nigrita seen but none of the insects ,mpxexthese
eccur here it is late for them.Dilophonota elle seen in small numbers
feeding in the afternoon,rather fresh.Many Agravlis seen dead
Lithosiidae? larvae found Seeding on a small sp of Heliotrope? which grew
near the shore.Asclepiad vine at low levels the foed of Dilephonota ob-=
scura but no larvae seen.

May 23,Getting dryer all the time.Around the

old emcampment at the beach lamding where there are remnants of old hides

these are dermestid eatenIn this lecality under stones the larger black

beeile (Stomion?) were ,some newly hatched and therefore brown in color.

Small black beetles found only one live dermestid found,and the bhack spi- .
ders which make webs under stones seem to feed largely en on beetles,

many elytra of the large rough tumble bug (Trox) under stones and in spi-

ders webs under stones .Wood-borers dead and in pieces in the thorny trees,

no adults seen alive.Fine silvery Eburia (as on Duncan) found dead ina

_ therny branch,alse James I brown Cerambycid found dead at the foot of a |
- well ~punctured long bean tree at the foot of the spring,tree probably FG

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infested with this beetle,as a few cerambycied larue were seen and many
eld borings found.The little flea-beetle which was found on the summit
ef Charles alse eccurs at sea level on Helioctrope.

Clas. 27. Scarabeids at shore,past season for them,under stones are many

elytra,larva same locality alse elaters and otjyer beetles,larva
: on helietrop8sp at shore.Cerambycid dead atgthere under bean
tree at spring,dascyllid?beetle in boles of trees under leaves one on
tree, afew specimens of these beetles +*seen at St.Thomas ,South Albemarle,
at an elevation of I300 ft.
28. High and low altitudes,at the some newly hatched brown beetles
found ,in some cases just beneath the soil .
29. Pupa of Erebus edora at spring,Chyysomelids seeahove notes,cric-
kets low altitude,carrion bectle at shore----- ‘
May 30--JUne 4,

Brown scarabeid larva full grown and half grown,one pupa
found,and several fresh beetles under stones and a few inches undr soil
among reots etc.On the weather rim of the broken crater (1650 ft.)=S.W.
sideSmall elaters and nebrienids on the summit under eld manure.Large
gray short -winged jand hemiptera found in the beards of lichen han-
ging from the Za lishes growing inside ahd on the sides of the crater
where it is rather damp. ,

Cls. 29. Hidden especially in lichen growing on Castela?bushes at high
altitude;found alao in woed,cenmon. ll —

30. Centipedes 600 ft.,Slevin cell. ,three spider like insects(Soli-»
pugid?) under stenes and in oblique heles in the trail and else-*%

where,one dug out,at the entrance te their burrows there is
much soil even blocking it ,the holes are several inches long
and deep..Hemiptera commo n on weather side of big crater in
castela? lichens,pupa and larvae of big brown scarabeid also,

these latter are at the roots of shrubs and a good ways in,the

soil being good here.

5I. All on summit of big mountain,elaterids common under old ma-
nure also larvae and under stones.Green beetle (Clerid?) on a
jaw bone elevation 900 ft..Dascillid-like beeile under stone,

high altittide,Slevin and Myself collectors.

52e Big ants common under stones on summit and weather side of sum-
mit crater under manure,cocoons of same.The colonies of these

queens seen;two ichneumon flies apparently living with the antS
the inhneumons live together in little groups among the ants,._
pupae of ants(same).Three curved beetle larvae under stone and
in soil ( 1poort ), Long larvae ubder stone,etc.Small ants ,queens
soldiers d workers in a big colony under rock and in gallery ,
pupae of same,ants sting and bite desperately,soldiers observeg
carrying pupae to safety;top of big mountain I760 ft,
55- Summit of mountain under old manure stones etc,very common,

ants are rather small,making galleries under stones,no big / .
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14. Galapagos Expedition Insécts.

Chatham Island,Oct .I4--I8,I905,
Drizzling every day One Pro.cingulata pupa found, Lycaena
- common around shrubbery,but rather late for these,Callydryas common, esp-
- ecially at I000 ft.level on road,Eudamus cormon at Ioooft .very swift,A-
_ graulis rather rare,#5 (Meliopotis nigrescens?) few seen, A
TeMhe Te Under stones ,low altitude;some of these meetles may be fromCls*’)
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. Jan 24--30 06.
5. Wreck ray,quite common under stones by the wayside near the

beach,found on different days under the same stones,a pair in
copula,two taken running up road 500ft.,all the rest were about
& quarter of a mile from the beach. ! |
‘ Cerambycid 350 ft,under bark of tree,centipedes under stones, =+
- Odonata about I000 ft elevation in pool by road many aquatic
plants therein,hemiptera at summit ,common,spiders and crickets
under stones.

8. Beetle common in rain puddles and more lasting water,from shore
to summit ,pools about summit more durable symany aguatic plants
therein.

9. A couple of water beetles in copula, beetles under stones, large
Bhyncophora on croton,etc. up to summit ,smm in copula, beetles
low altiyude,spiders on webs at an alt of Ioooft. near water.

Io, Two of the big Scarabeids in copula,alt aboutIO ft. under
stones and an old rotten gunnysack,some elytra under dung.some
of the beetles under the gunnysack were dug out of the ground

h from a depth of one or two inches,

; II. Very common in every puddle,

Pi I2. Brownish larva under stone ,low altitude,two black ones on vine
alt .250 ft.up road,vine common,

13. Biggest beetle dead in telegraph pole which was a sp of Legue

minous tree,¢yrinidae in pools at an altitude of about I8soo ft,

colonies not large,Dytiscidae common in pools at high and low
elevations, odonata Ioooft,elater under stone,carabid common in
or under grass of the grassy summit,

I4. Under stones ,low altihude,spider in web over water I000 ft,

el a ae Oy EAT alae

Ff 4 odonata and hemiptera I000 ft or more.
44 : Wet season,beetles numerous,rain pools full of water pee-

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| Lepidoptera,

Dilophonota ello larva found by Hunter up road¢at eleva-

tion of Im@exx $ 400 ft.It was fecding on Guava leaves.I put it in a bot-

_ tle without eabth,and the next day it had formed &@ weak cocoon by fas-

wor ae a few gue digg witn some strands of silk.The larva could :
not. be seen we and had changed color and so the following description ee
“must be rather poor:length about 2 inches,head large,well Pounded, vale aa
: re dee” hype uniform in thickness with a broken Ssubdorsal thread- ok
beg a dark color below which is a pale yellowish-green longitudi- oR
ay _Pand.Between 8€gs5e2 and 3 is a large oval pinkis sh spot, probably .

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some pink about stigmata.Body smooth and cylindrical, betwween subdorsal
bands it is pale green with whitish tinge,below this it is uniform leaf
green;short stout anal horn,possibly with tinge of pink or violet.Jan 2Y/ /%
. Noctuids and micros plentiful at low altitude.

ChaeI5. Calosoma running about ground, larva faitly common on Croton , mM
tiny beetlgas on beach in some drying seaweed,buprestid on Gif-
ford's hat,at beach, others under stones and boards ,fiying ants
aboard schooner at night

Sappho Cove ,Preb. 06.
Otiorhrnchus very common
I6. Elaterids Sad. Fla under side of leaf of croton, chrysomeléds
sometimes feeding on croton flowers(in bloom), but more often
congregated on food=plant=trifoliate legume,creeping or ascending, with a
yellow flower, beetles active leaping off plant and flying ,sea-
level or about 20 feet alt.

I7. Small beetle on my person,alt.#0 ft.,pupa of lepidoptera in
green spiny shrub of seashore in the old sawdust borrow of a
beetle Spiders numerous on webs,geometrid larvae common on cot-
ton,noctuid on croton,Xylocopa larvae from nest in limb of an
old Rursera tree,white parasite in one c@ll,other parasites
seen devouring larvae. :

Ig. Horsefly a pest to bathers, beetles readily attracted to light,
taken mostly at night, during the day they are under planks,etc
very active ,run and fly frequentzyy when disturbed. Habitat san-
ay places near beach,

Tg, Weevils exceedingly cormmon,usually on croton and copulating,gaxp
drop offleaf when approached, others under planks near shore.

The Py green calasoma was observed by Gifford to climb
stems of shrubs to aheight @f a couple of feet or so.Seen running about
during the day on lava, probably looking for caterpillars which were nue
merous on shofre

Lepidoptera.
: Bassa Point .Butterflies rather comuon,Meliopotis common.
aSphinx seen ,other noctuids common on larva.

Sappho Cove
4 Micros abundant,several kinds of Sphingidae seen flying
about the ship and ashore, but they could not be caught.Plain Protoparce
seen ,a mocking bird took one,and found one on tree trunk mimicking bark.

Wreck Bay,Feb 06. |

Agraulis fresh and plentiful ,likewise Lycaena, Skippers
rather old,Callydryas very common.Up near plantation gate caught some
sphingidae feeding on Azaleatlike flowers.Pro, Smaculata arther old, and
the commonest species,they come out before sunset in shaded places,Pro.

rustica not so common aid rather old,Dilophonota ello fresh plentiful and
8w ST SeDOny, Larvae everywhere from sea level to about 300 ft.On Portula-
2 tree) ane Euphorbiae larva of D.lineata fairly common,several pu-
sien . gut Brena oe ea tePr eas ion in soil with bike leaf drawn over it

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Wreck Bay,Feb.'06. Contd.
From 300 to 600 ft up rload (elevation) Ifound at night larvae of Pro.
rustica galapagensis in small numbers and in several stages,also one lar-
va of Choerocampa tersa.Mearly at the sea level the larva of the palest
colored Protoparce ,P.Leucophila?) was common on a solnaceous plant(not
Jimson weed,but the commonest and most variable sphinx larva was that of
Pro. cingulata on various sp. of Convolvulaceae which grew thickly by the
roadside and which were bare-stemmed by the larvae.On cotton and Euphor-
biae a pretty fed a pretty velvety black noctuid larva and another bluish
gray larva lying flat on the undersides of the stems of Acacia sp.,this
larva is probably that of Meliopotis nigrescens,larvae pupating at the
end of rebruary and the first hatching _— 8 ands 9 «Many day-flying
noctuids at low altitudes a150 MiCT QSE2agm 2 ..£ate, 60 elevation plen
ty of noctuids and micros at light Meveral kinds ° grasshoppers )at low
elevation
March 3 almost all noctuid and sphingid larvae had pupated,Dei.lineata in
a depression on top of soil and covered by leaf etc.,5-maculata and rus<-
tica mostly in ovai chambers underground,C.tersa in a depression on the

ground,while P.leucoptera died, Nuor 4
Pupae of sphinges emerged from Mar.9 =D.lineata,and later,about 7emerging,
Mer t«- mostly 5-cingalata,some leucoptera common on Chatham on Solnaceae

Meliopotis sp and other noctuids come out earlier,=about March 5 and on.
Sappho Cove ,Feb.06. .

Silver colored Eburia,the same sp.as on Hood and jyervis,1
larva cormonly feedig on Croton,were fund boring in the spiny sea shore
shrub(Discaria?) and in the tree Leguminous?( bearing winged seeds~~,and
walnut like leaves,the cotton plant also had evidence of a borer ar6-
bably the same sp..Cerambycid=Jam.#21 borings found in Bursesa.Cha.I7.=
beetle larva,probably Meloidae which I kept! twd of them) for several days
in loose sawdust and fed them Xylocopa larvae Se iek they ate readily/They
remain in a curved position.I inserted each of them in a’cell of Xylocopa

and within which was a larva.Feb 19,'06.

Wreck Bay, Feb.'06,

Big green mea everywhere at low altitudes,and devou-
ring living larvae(Sphinx and cat byl, tere hich they ripped up, they climbed
herbs ahd shrubs in search of larvaeThey were seen during the day,espe=-
cially in the late afternoon by the poadside,several may be seen eating
one larva.Bug also sucks juices of larvae.

Wreck Bay,Feb.'06.
Cha 19. Gyrinids heyond acienda= high altitude in a little pond(more
or less permanent ), scarce .Ryyncophora abundant all over ;piece
of beetle undre stone IIO0 ft;two longicorns at light,on beach as also
the two Light colored cearabeids?.
July 06 .Wreck hay

Quite dry,hills brown ,most ponds dried up.At an altitude
of about I800 ft a fine deep crater lake I of a mile across and very
deep.Agrionid larvae taken and several brown and red Libellulids seen.
Water beetles conmon.Big chafer apparently common in seaso n,they come
out of round hole s.These are sunk vertically and occur at high altitude

and are found especially on grassy hills as about the highest hill;the
holes are not closely grouped though rather near one another.In the burnt —

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I? Galapagos Expedition _nsects.«

districts dead chafers were common on nepfrolling grassy places.Lower le-
vel collecting now greatly inferior to early season collecting,many trees
leafless.Three larvae of the above mentioned chafer were taken at about
500 ft altitude at the beginning of the year,the beetles were rare be-

low 900 ft : pedes..common ,crossing the road at abou, we
500 ft.¢ jtaken at light at beach, ——T
rareThe t@ . wooaC oreo? the Acaciae?) infested by
two species of Cerambycids(bromn) see notes, only two living @nes seen &

and a few larvae ,many of the borings were blocked by dead adult Ceram-
bycids.IJpulled off some dead bark fronm the telegraph pole and found two
living adults of the Malodon, besides several dean specimens,these beetles

as I have observed them on this island commonly bore into the poison
tree Hippomane,which is common by the roadside.
Cha.20. Pretty common under stones,low altitude. /i

2I. Odonata on the road at low altitude.katydids chirp during the
night,below the sugar mill where it is moist,they chirp in al~
most one continued sound as in a cicada.they are common.
22 Larvae and pupae under moss,etc. on stone surrounded by shallow
water ,pupae in earthen cell,cormon Crater lake alt 1800 ft.Two scarabeid
larvae at about I000 ft,in earth under stones .Gyrinids ina sort
of pooly creek at about l1000ft,common,.
Lepidoptera etc .July '06.
Very poor collecting for lepidoptera a few specimens of
the four species of butterflies.A few micros at light and a sphinx or two
on schooner,.Mo larvae save that of one noctuid and two noctuid pupas.Big q
blue dragonflies occasionally seen o n roadside,I have observed a few _
specimens of a larger blue species on this island.Brown dmagonflies ra-
ther common on roadside at ahout 500 ft%
ChathamfWreck Bay)sept.'O06.Did no cobhecting ,except
of some beetle infested timber .Very Gry here but there are a few plants
budding.One or two fresh and a few faded Callydryas,a few Agraulis and
quite afew Lycaena seen.
Wreck Bay Chatham July 06.
# 22 entd.other water beetles under partly submerged log in the
crater lake,fairly plentifule oo
Cha.23. Elaters I1800-ft;crééping about,carabids up, if grassy places un-
der posts,@ealso in lichens,and by the crater lake on recks
near and partly in the water,common,. Bu
24, Common in the crater lake. 5
25¢ Two golden carabidsjust~ above the Hactenda=II00+ftyunder-gen”
large stone and a little ways i: good s0il.The beetle is slug-
gish and rare,afew remains seen.Minute water beetles fairly plentiful in |
crater lake;big carabids rare a couple crawling about and a few under

stones , 1000-1990 illiams and Hunter.
26 .Small commonI000-I800 ft,under stones,in cracks etc, also poe

earwigs;mantis 300 ft, on road,dytiscid in pail of water fetched b r
lige Flea “aig at altitude’ of loys ft, big dragonfly nymphs Loooft, lit - i
e crater i.Big spider common undeystones,it carries its e
its body*<O4 whip scorpion? under stone ag phew eon ae

[ 27 .¥ound by light at edge of beach,tenebrios apparently feeding com

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Indefatigable Is.
Kast Inderfatigable.oct '05,.

Coleoptera rather rarae,a lagoon furnished @ne species fh
the half fresh water.These beetles were found in water one inch deep, t&-
Kiattunder stones well imbedded in the mud.Big browm Scarabeid found by
Ochsner in the green zone where centipedes were common.Scorpions and
Pseudo scorpions in sand dunes,in front of lagoon under objects ,plants
etc and also in sand.Ant lions plentiful in their pits Odonat on in
lagoon ,as also hemipter (Corex( and one sp of mosquitoes Ong tabanid~)
seen near small ditch in lagoon area. ica

Lepidoptera. _
# I seen in small numbers at low elevation;#2 one spem at
beginning of green zone.A few of the Eudanus sp.-#? seen.patched pupae
#6 very common —-in- eand—in amd under lichens.noctuids taken on
shipboard,
Ind. I. Big Scarabeid at green zone(Ochsner); microscopic beetle on my
person;Rhyncophora in a damp decaying root of succulent brit-tic
greon leaved bush common on shores,borings in exposed root. j
Ze Common in lagoon ,some in copula,females observed laying eggs es
when in copula and when single. | - ae
3e Centipede at 600 elevation,scorpions under objects in sand |
dunes and under lava,@rthoptera) hibernating(?),in dead limb of tree.
4.Aquatic beetles tinder Sunken stones in a very shallow ditch,corixa
also there as well as larvae and millipede,latter probably not
aquatic.Water half salt.
5.6 Ants at 600 ft level under stone ;pseudoscorpions in sand dunes,

beetles under stones and weeds in sand dunesj;ant lion larva in
sand pit,

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Academy bay Nov (05s)

: Lepidoptera. 7

| #I common and fresh at higher altitudes(600) ft =green zon®
#2 one or two seen;#7 common at beginning @f green zone=400 ft+-,well in
seasonTried sugaring but to no effect ;alight attracted a few small moths
A small green sphinx larva fell into a fruit can,probably from a convol-
vulous vine overhead.Protoparce 5-maculata fresh and common,easily caught
on convolvulous,one seen in early morning,common in the evening.The very
swift little sphinx,Epistor lugubris observed but it rarely fed at flow-

ers ,0ne was seen to plunge out of sight in a co
sphinx also observed by others a E nvolvulous flower,this sp—

) t lower evevations ‘
pune shells seen under:stones at sea level — Conn a oe amet
“re ae Common Pe are logs ,green zone,none in pupal stage. ! ili
| ° | n rotten wood,carpenter bee pupae . |
8 .Cababiq-umder ead tortoise,300 ft two larvae in cote Deans

Zone 700 ft broken beetle te ilies sian in rotten wood,green

ond in size( black) sauna an Shere Dike re Daan vo ts #0G-

nes,small beetles

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Ind,10.
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14.Longicorns (?) at light near beach,pale bmam brown,two spotted sp. Onder ut

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Indefatigable Is.Academy bay=Puerta del Aguada.Nov(05.

Academy bay under stones ,elevation about 50 ft.
Under cacti,stones etc,S.W.SEymour ID.
North indefat igabley (Mantis) 500 ft elevation,elater at light
800 ft elevation,small”éTatér like beeta@e and tiny brown beetle

on my person (300) ft.two others in dead twigs =oval beetle a_
and little black beetle,
North Ind.Ants under and in log,small elater in twig .Other bee-
tle in red ants nest,some of these red ants are in the bottle.
All on sandy shore.Red ants have uncovered pupae.

on sandy beach running rapidly and burying themselves in the s
sand when disturbed=South S°ymour.

SSeymour.Under stones and cacti,diptera papa in rotten cattus.
Scorpions plentiful under stones etcin crater,also larger bee-
tle,smaller beetle in large numbers on sides (Insideon south
side)of island,also under cactus and apparently alw vs near
cacti.=Daphne Island.

North Indefatigable. The dry belt on this side of the is-~

land extends up to an altitude of at least 1600 ft.,at 800 ft microg e/adch*
were numerous and taken at light.

South seymour .Few noctuids taken at light ,also microsé/.:

) Daphne Island.Two sp of coapptera very abundant (Schisto-)
cerca fairly common gon sides. iy : |

z one,big cerambycid(6) larva common in green ZOne-y

Puerta del» Aguada,Nov.'05. prme is
Lower zone dry,few insects ,(Schistocerca)extends into green
one in pupal stage,

found in damp rotten logs ,two larvae of # 8 under bark of a rotten limb
into which #6 was boring in heart wood,elevation 650 ft.

Fossil Cove ,NiN.E. Ind.Nov 05.

| Low and dry wwith cacti and red soil between Lal¥a Gchiste)
cerca common, beetles very rare,under stones,a few scorpions. :

S.Seymour (near Indefat ,
Very much like preceeding pblace,ldéw island few yest len ae

most conmonunder dead and dying cactus leaves on the ground,also under /

stones om S.W.pt of island,

_coleoptera under stones,a fix few small species in
and an elater taken at light at 800 ft elevation

North Indefatigable?, Nov o5.
Dry region way up to about I600 ft.at least hardly any
d_a cerambycid

Schistocerce up to I000

ft and probably higher.A dragonfly (Libellulid) seéH Hout the salt

mangrove lagoon on the coastTabanid very swift ,conmon
sect inserts its proboscisbetween the plates of

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Was common ,chirping in the mangrove gs

in lagoon;this in-
a turtle and in its un-.

Erigketsy parts and sucks up its blood.It also attacks human beings.A gr
te @ Kets»

wamps but none could be

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20. Galapagos Expedition Insects.

Indefatigable Is.,Academy Bay=P.del Aguada.Jan06
Ind.I?. Dug out of a fallen tree composite (Scalesia) at the beginning
of the heavy green xone,at alt of about 450 ft..Beetles begin-

ning to emerge,many pupae and larvae ;heard¢beckles fly during

at about 500 ft alt.

Ig. Dermestid and larva on ship when sailing from indefatigable, ot
other beetle taken by King as it flew on him.Kimg was under the
Hippomene tree right near the shore.

19. Dug out of Guava tree at an alt of about 350 ft;the one spem.

| of little convex beetle and the other smal spems caught in t%&
the morning,flying close to the ground,alt 250 ft
A brown dragonfly seen on shore,etc.=Tuly 06.

the Si lower altitudesAn elater in the bettle? was found

SW . Indefatigable
Ind.17 Beetlesin shelf fungi growing on Scalesia Spein the green zone

which commenced at an altitude of about 700 ft.

I8. Moth common about camp in thetvgening,650 ft = almost green
zone,beetle in old Scalesia trunk, as well as itanxxn pupa, alt:
950 ft,the little beetles are of the shelf fungi sort=#17,lar-
va in Scale sia also.Small beetleat alt of about 50 ft., (Beck).

I9. Crickets common umi&txpunder stones,750 ftj;katydids in old wood
etc., 600-950 ft,big larvae plentiful,boring in Scalesia in the
their zom,two smaller larvae probably young of above, just under
Scalesia bark :

Notes.

Dry season; Big cerambycid mostly as mature larvae,one pup
and three beetles dug out,feed ahout altogether on Compositae=
scalesia.Hard wood tree(Guava) grows from an altitude of
about 300 ft toto as high as we went=I000 ft.This tree was per~ j
forated with beelle holes of a species of Pricmys?,omly the lar j
vae seen.J found this beetle elsewhere only on Chatham Is. and
there also in Guava,this tree however is common on Albemarle
and James Is., but no trace of the beetle was there seen.The
beetle does not appear common on Chathan but fairly_so on Ind-

efatigable. One spem of a wingless species of / opper)
s eenin the evening at an altitude of about 750 rb1 4
Halmenus

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N.Indefatigable.July 24,1906,

Cerambycid like beetles very active about the base of
Mangrove trees(Hunter) and the common Cerambycid= sp of S.Sey
mour,at nightin Nov.A few damk Tenebrédonid remains seen at shore

South Seymour =Indefatigable mark,July 06.
A low ,dry and barren 7s.A piece of wounded cactus. which
had become partly rotten and soggy and hollowed out,furnished

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via ious i. mt Seymour, contd.
b. ge f several species of beetles Tenebrionids and scorpior 2
_ fallen cacti,ete .Rhyncophora breed in cactus leaf and Sreeahen, heat ate
_ long galleries but short ones and pupate only a little ways inja sticky
exudation comes from these holes,beetle common, :
Ind.20.Big lepidopterous larvae which in mature is of a dirty white colsr
pinkish above and with wood brown plated bores in Opuntia(see wen
notes on Lep.),three flattened dipt-:rous larvae commondin rot-
ting cactus,occurring right in the liquid méess,three rhyncopho-
ra andone immature rhyncophora inhabiting cactus cemmon ,»pre-
sence/often detected by exudation.Small lepidopterous larva and
cecoonin old cactus feeding inside o n ti-sues,big tenebrionid
under goat head,others inde under Cactus .
aI. Faur "Jot in old cactus,others in damp

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notes above).All cactus referred to is Opuntia begy piece(see

Academy Bay, July 06.

Lepidoptera,etc. Eudamus fresh and common in path on shore and up as far |
as I went =400 ft=edge of grpeen zone,yycaenas seen on shoreand Callydryas f
fresh and oldfound especially above,sone feeding on -eliotrope,some sphinx .
seen in the evening by Gifford at elev of about 300 ft. : ce
S.W.Indef atigable,July 06.Callydrgas here and there at low altatude,also

Lycaenas an&x.Kudamus commonand apparently fresh.At altitude of 750 ft. a
the remains of a pupa ef Epistor lugubris seen and a couple of Dilophno- a
tas seen at our cam e at same altitude.Very dry low down,zood and wet |
at about 350 ft (Schisxocerca)common on plains near coast. _ ——
N.Indefatigable, Ju f,06.A micpolep og two seen and a couple of Cally- I

dryas and one old and one good Eudamus,all seen on shore.Several Xylocopa
(Bees) feeding at sesuvium on sand.Schistecerca common on sand to a ways
inland,very dry here. aon
§ Seymour, Jyl 06 (Sc! ni ské
lava piles; yonotusy? Ait

nigrescens séé
rotten cactus.0n the east side of the island,exposed to the strong S.E.

aymature and quite common,especially on Big
sTairly common in more sandy spots,etc.,Meliopotis —_
sre and there,also a few micrelep,one larva feeding in a

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trades two cactus larvae were taken from the antepenultimate branches of a
Opuntia and alse in a lower branch.Much searching only revealed these two e
(Melitira?sp.)which were found by the excrement at the mouth of their _
otherwise \jopen holes .These holes at their mouths are smaller in bore than :
the inside of the gallery..- =" These galleries opened in the meddle a
of the le and were line d\ °% S) weakly with fine silk ||) Galleries a
a few inches long,and the 1 were at the bottom.Iplaced one in alco- oe
hel and the larger one in a cactus branch. a
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22. Galapagos Expedition Insects.
Barrington Island,
Much like Hood in aspect ¢
lava streams destitute of vegetation(Sph
the larval stage in sand. co
Lepidoptera,etc.Two good pupae seen of small lichen feeding noctuid?( #6)
A few hatched pupae of a nostuid sp seen under stones,hatched pupae of #
6 very commonin chinks and under and inlichens on trecs .Twof#S seen on
wing
Bar. I. Light-colered ants rather common in branches of dead wood, dark
sp rarer ,under stones. | :

2. Ticks on rand Iguanas,small beetle on my hand ,elytra under ston®

Se Your light colored beetles found dead in a seal skull,other bee-

tles all unders tones.

4. Not common,under stones.

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6. Scorpions cemmon under stones,centipedes rather rare.
Barrington,July06 Very dry and barren.Hardly any lepidoptera,ene yelio-~
potis nigrescens seen,also a few microlep..Schistecerca cemmon in places,
Sphingonotus rarer,

ca) not common,found on ——

npenotus\rare.Ant liens seen in <i

DaphnelIslet.
A coooon resembling that of bontanas lupini ef california,fairly common
on lichen bearing trees,but the pupa therein hatched.This is theMelitara,

sp boring in cactus#6 cecoons common but old.

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23. _alapages Expedition Insects.

Brattle Islet(Near Albemarle),oOct .30,05.
This is a small barren crescent shaped IsletDid not visit

the place Big schistocerca occear here.
outh Albemarle Island,Nov 05 (bl é

as. he Under stones.
"7 ae Li NON

Did not go more than 2 if/2 miles inland,where the elevatic

Water beetlesxxmmmmn in water soles up road.Near shore and on the lagoon
the peisenous Hippemane tree was cemmen.In the stumps of these trees were
found beetle borers and a few mature coleeptera under the bark.In the dead
branches of this tree near the shore were found larvae and imagines of
beetles and under ahe bark small beetles.The smallest water beetle speiin
salt marsh 1/4 mile from shore.The copntry is very flat herefSchis¥ecerca )
rather common onroadside, beetles fairly plentiful cpeautsrteiinder s

inder stones
It appeared te be the beginning ef the beetle season.Hunter saw some Ag
enidae (Odonata).In Lepidoptera nos I,2 and 3 were oherved (Lok up Nose
Some mosquito larvae in salt pool(Pool made for ebtaining salt).
S.A. I. Under bark ef Hippemane tree;early for them.

2 Scorpioms common under stenes,ortheptera always under bark or

in retten wood.
Be Not rage near ditches two miles up read.
4. Dytiscidae in water holes in vegetable gardenand I.1f2 miles up
road,commen.Hydrophilidae same lecality ,rarap.Odonata arvae in

: pool I.I/2 miles up read,this road = Villamil road te hacienda.
ae) Small blk hemiptera in same lecality,small beetles and larger
brown hemipterain brackish pool 1/4 mile frem sea.
5. Big beetle dead in pool,small beetle in insect box.Larger ants
cemmon under bark ef tree and in daed weod,smaller ants nest in

ground. :
6. Larvae bering in the wood and under the bark of Hippomane, bee~-
I tles found in the same tree,not rare but teo early for them.
i 7. Cemmon under stones, bark,etc.
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SA. 8. Two larvae and éne pupa (coleeptera) common in poisonous Hippe-
mane tredunder bark of rotten stumps onn readside and in twigs

eof this same tree.Sphinx larva on read.Small coleoptera larvae
under retten turtle shell that lay on the beachMinute convex
brown beetle under same turtle one ap. little convex black bee-
tlem on person,two other larger beetles under turtle.Largest sp
species of weevilsunder a dry gotten log near the beach, these
beetles in company with small elengateweeviks =gregarieus.A
third middle sixed speciesm of weevilin the succulent beach sku
shrub(net eak like),in old limbs also were a few of tne largest
weevils.

9. Pale cerambycid like beetles under legs near beach on sand, bee-
tlas very active and fly a little ways when disturbed.They often
conceal themsetves in numbers under legs and in chinks therei

: elaterids under stoenes,etc,water beetles in small spring I I/2

io milés up trail. : |

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24, nalapages Expedition Insects.

S.A.10,. Quite cemmon two méles up read under dead leave s etc and alse
found under shadv greve ef Hippomane trees.These beetles are
covered with 2 slaty blue pewder which rubs eff.

Ii Under stenes,legs,leaves,etc.

2. Bhyrridae? under legs etc by leng sand beach,these insects oc-
casienally crawl on ene when resting near sherguster trees ,ce~-
leoptera pupa a few inches in sand under leg.Active scavenger
beetles common under deat turtles. |

I3. Big larva and next in size(I) in peisenous Hippemane twig, Byrr-

idae and greem beetles,see above (I2).Small beetles{larvae and
pupa infesting mangrove peds and sometimes the young tendrils.

A great preportien ef the peds infested but some of these grew

neverthsless .Often the ped falls en shere and at high tide bee-
tles are killed.Little flat black beetles from unknown lecality |
in the Galapages,pessibly frem James Island 1905. ; |

14. Dermastids same general lecelity as above,pale peetles also un=
der turtles,and burying themselves whem disturbed,big scarabeids
alse in same lecality and usually}in depressien or slightyy bu-
ried. z

I5.Staphs en shipboard,pale beetles insame locality a: above,little
beetles and hard cerambycids on 'Hippemane tree,Cerambycids lie

clesely appressed to twigs and cling tenaceously when seized, |

they eere found in a small greve of these trees 200 yds from
the beach.The cleselg appressed insects mimic the bark fairly
well ray :

16. About’ S| iles belew Villanil,water beetles rather
scarce>in” reve swamps at high tide level.Swamp centains al-
seo a few other species ef shrubs and the swamp lies behind a (

:
4

bank ef sand and stenes Hemiptera cemmon en a sp ef Selmaceae,
Xyleocopain a dean Hibiscus,ether beetles under stones etc.Man-
rove, see] siialiiiaaaiit
Vilaamil,March 06 Schiste and ether species cemmen,fermer in cepula. |.
I did not reach any é6levatién and not more than twe miles inland.Xylecepa /
sp. hatchimg eut ef cells,many pupae but few larvaeOdenata common One A-
grienid seen.Meleoidae ?in the cells ef Xylecepa,mostly in Pseudepupae but }
a few in small larval stageThe pseudepupa lies in a branch cell ef their
ewn make and having its erigin from teiwithin the ne ag cell= (\ ()
Taken a few mnilws belew Villamil in Hibiscus Vkin tenelr- ee ee
Ne cré@tens seen at Villamil,but the large hdndsemex silvery Ebubia sp. el~
sewhere feeding en Creton taken on a Mangreve.Turtles killed by natives
aleng the leng sandy beach infested by Dermestidae and other -arabidae.
Lepideptera etc. Seasen late, yellow butterflies cemmen,many fresh, Agraulas
cermmener than last time.On fresh burre manure at lew altitude I caught
22Callydryas,several ethers escaping.Lycaena cemmon.Meliopetis cemmen ,
feeding at night en the retting Bananas hung astern on our Schooner .Larva ia

Ispem) taken in the second instar? on Hippomane tree.Young Preteparce ce.
rustica galapagensis taken on Azalea like plant (Cleredendren molle? ) 1g
up road Evidence ef a sphinx larva on sandy beach Cenvelvulous. rn

Cape Rese Albemarle March 06, f
Very rough country ,cellecting best near beach.Callvdryas
commen about beach,a few Agraulis seen.Lycaena cemmon fecding at climber
- Cardiospermum? and observed te lay its eggs on the young leaves of that
_ plant.Pretoparce cingulata seen during the afterneon feeding at Cordia

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25. Galapagos Expedition Insects,Cape Res» contd.

lutea flewers,they fly alse in cloudy weather .<Sphinges from my pupae e~
merge during the dark heurs.On a sp of Cempositae? with yellow flowers and

linear leaves a pretty smooth sphinx larva was found (=nigrita) by SlevinI
stunted from want

It went a little below surface of the ground,but being
ef food died/.arva=# 100,
! Uguana Ceve,March 06.
Dry and green zone intermix at the ver

}

5&8 ame locality ,no

et peggy “OS D4B482"s -enitdChleroedendror)”

coAel7. Female centipede found under rock under Hippomane tree,soil

poe ae Gano -here cage? scattered under her on earth?

| 18 ¢ atydids)jin dense foliage of Castela? near the cove ,they
apparently live here and eat the leaves,bug found sucking the

juices of larva of Pro.galapagensis,the green bugs treat the
smaller sphinx larvae likewise,holding them on their beak,lar-

I9, Spider found a}1l over the island on -verihcal

stone at cove gerd beetles under stones and loose earth,leaves

etc;all below I00 ft clevation and near cov.

***Took about IO pupae and afew abbréviated larvae of Dilop. ello.Arach-
nidae all over brush in webs,Pro.S5-miaculata and Epistor lugubris seen.A

brett cee

Seer ees

great many moths here ,mostly noctuids and geometers.

Tagus Cove ,Albemarle I.March—April 06.
Dry and hilly here,even to summit,+4000 ft,Euphorbiaceae common eveyy- :
where,this is the food plant of Deilephila lineata;when we arrived at the

_ cove on March 22,it was rather late for adult larvae of lineata.

5

8
Wk McA Wehr Se PO r Git cde 2 Li) URS Somali 5 ree ri joni i i ‘ i

shote,very verdant.
In grassy places are found Drasteria like moths ,als ectuids.Convolvula-
weae and another ,shiny leaved vine pl entifth,alse azalea like plant,C.

mehle,and a few selnaceae. Here the mountain is very steep and rises abrup
tly eut ef the ocean.On the fbewers of Clerodendron molle the sphinx P
5-maculata feeds ,even in the bright sunlight,alse the little Epistor
lugubris, this latter flies lika a bullet.Callydryas common ,alse Agraulis
though the aatter less se.Lycaena thick,Eudamus plentiful .Noctuid and gee
metrid larvae cemmen en cottom,etc. reen and black? banded little nec-
tuid larvaen fern 2 spomaye oe: «¥fmaculata larvae in about Srd stage
te full grewn and in pupa,dug eut a pupa ef this species and one of EN.

lugubris fronm & little soil under the shadow of « reck,larva of E,.lugu-
bris cemmon en the shining green Bermaginaceous ?vine,seems late fer the
larva,some sma!l and some in last stage .On azalea like p

were larvae of Pre.rustica galapagensis,they were abundant and’parasiti-
zed,some larvae of this species went inte the earth on March 20,06..0n a
solnaceous plant the larvae of the palest sp ef Preteparce ,P.leuceptera?
fed;these temate? plants were few in number,and the larvae thereon fn the
last stage ,and some had already dissappeared,and ethers
were a-fwe fewHippemane trees right near the water ,on the ceve.0On these
trees the larvae ef Dilepheneta elle were cenmon,especially in the last
stage .There were two ferms of these larvae,one brewn,the other green.in

the leaf mould in the hollows under these trees,and under stones in this

lant ,C .molle,
Pas %

were young. These

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26. Galapagos Island Expedition Insects.
Tagus cove Contd Mar~Apr.
The larva of Protéparce galapagensis was very common on Cordia lutea,
a yellow flowered shrub,these larvae were mostly full grown,I obtained
some of the pupae by digging at the roots of their Boodplant.A few larvae
of P.5-maculata foynd well grown,one in the 4th stage or so.these are at
lower levels especially.P.galapagensis larva feeds on other plants than
Cordia as I found them at high altitudes on other plants as the slender :
leaved crotonand a composite: shrubwith small narrow leaves and mémulus f
like flowers,and on another shrub like tribulus,only it has dark sticky 7
leavesThis sphinx was found up to 3000ft.From this lavel to about I500 ft a
another kind of sphinx larva was seen =P.nigrita,but it was evedehtly
late for these as the I6 larvae taken are all we!l grown.The larvae were
taken amax on the slender leaved composite?,the slenderleaved croton amd
the tribulus like shrub and the two first species of plants were were
well eatenup.These plants were found down to about 600 ft ?.0n an AsclepP
dad vine at about I500 ft. the larva of D.obscura var was found,looks ~~~
much like the grey form of the larva of D.ello.At same altitudenoctuids
and a few species of Geometrids very common,and also at sea level.Cally-
arvas all the way to the summit, but common lewer down and resting tan in
dull weather on cotton bushes (Gossypia) and on Cordia lutea.Agraulis q
quite common,especially at 1500 ft or so, teh adult appeared to feed esp-
ecially on Tribulus,the noctuids also like it much.Lycarna and Eudamus
common and to summit.Eudamus fresh ,its larva probably eats a legume com-
mon,all the butterflées fresh here though some are old.Several pairs of
P.huntera seen at an altitude of about3500 ft,one was seen laying its eggs
on Gnaphalium.Agraulis larvae seen 1/2 grown seon feeding on a sp of pas-
sion vine,larva not gregarious ,pupa pendant,humped and wwod brown.D.ob- —
scurus var very common at I500 ft and also at sea level and taken at night
in tha Schooner's cabin.Up at I500 ft I took about 24 spems of Diloph.
obscurus var afew at dusk ,some between II.350 and I.#0 a.m. when we
had abright camp fire,many were taken between and 6 aem. at the fire.
They were caught on the wing and quite easily.At this date larvae of this
little sphinx almost all disgappeared,there are two forms of these as in
ello, one pupplish gray and the other plain green with no pink spot on the- «
racic third and férth.Evidences of their ravages see on an Asclepiad © | +
vine which grows abundantly ,especially o n lava,found at 1500 ft and a- |
bove and almost to sea level.4 or 5 adklts of Pro.5maculata and one of P
leucoptera?=palest sp. taken at I500 ft..Larva of Pro. Nigrifa found also
at about500 ft feeding on Compastte shrub with linear leaves(Pine leaf).
Odonata seen around the summit of Narborough (Beck).
The mountain at Bagus cove has an altitude of 4000 ft®At its summit is
a rather green zone,extending to a few hundred: of feet below.Not very
good place for colecoptera,Near the summit got a few flower bretles and
one coccinel ids,etc.
£.A.20, Buprestid in small canyon at head of cove.They frequent slender
leaved croton and rest on their trunks.They are active and run on the op-
posite side of the stem at ones approach and run up aways,just as Attidae
When you approach nearer they drop to the ground and fly away.About 6
- gpems seen .The specimens taken were captured on a hot morning.Fungus
beetle wena. fungus on a limb of a tBee,rare.
SA. 2I. Rhyncophora often in copuvlation,common on shrubs at high and lw
| altitudes,larva under stone-Coccinellid on summit,on a leaf ,only one

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27. Galapagos Expedition Insects, Tagus .Cove, cont'd

Ss observed Elaterids under leaves, etcon ground I500 ft,other lit-

Pp ‘Altre beetles under loose leaves etc.Flower beetles 3500=-4000 ft

mostly on the composite flower with the yellow discs and white
ray flowers.Staphs I5oo ft under leaves ,etc.
Carabids under leaves,etc,common,tenebrionids also at lower le-
vels under stones,etc.Gray powdered little beetles I000 ft. %
Calosomas rather plentéful--~sealevel and £500 ft at least.Big
larva I500 ft in Compositae,eggs I500 ft.Mantis low and high alt

22
236

Bank's Bay ,Albemarle.April 06, :
Callydryas very common »females raref,only one perfectly

fresh specimen of this sex seen,males common and many Sresh.They feed in :
numbers at Opuntia flowers »especially near the shore.Agraulis common and Ml
rather old.Eudamus common »& larvae found feedind on a trifoliate legume . i

afoot or more high(Low altiude).These larwe either in the last or ear-
lier stages , onepupa found on the ground.Some fresh Lycaenas (Not all),
common especially at low altitudes.All common and extending to 2300 ft ,
which m was as far up as we went.Too late for sphinx larvae.Afew found

at Asclepiadae which was very plentiful at low le vels and on flats,the
gray and the green forms,mostly mature »though a few hafl of less grown/ :

the little gray adult insect

maculata

larvae of P.gal
food plants common

occasionally seen

Ss left and still fewer of
-Geometrids

was very common and
as also its larva,mat

plentiful ,nocttids

attract ad to lights.P.%-
ure or young.BUt few ix

£.UWigrita,the larval

fairly so.

Narbwrough.April I8 06.N.Side
_caena fairly common,a few Cal

Cove Sc Ape SSeS oe) Matur
fae common=Sphinponotus\One

Bank's Bay Apr-I0. A Tittle

the coarse rough sand,above the

beetles run a Wats and then s
ambulations .Past
beach, very common.these were

Apr I2.In the evening I walked

ted at the waters edge and el

carried a light .The Scarabheids? of Apr.IlOth were

and about the low awter mark
Swift tiger beetle (Cicindéll
long the beach I
were attracted by the light ,n
taken,with some difficul , on
4n copulation.They would
up the wires,ete..On the
ran across

same
I saw none

the tiny black convex beet leg

fe,where it is ereen 1
fits 2 Chrysomelfac semen 4

of 3000 Ft

e ,fairly common,half

found also runnin

of these beetles and
25 .They appear therefore to 80 about in Eph

during the day .Three miles inland the

on my blankets in the
on person atsunset .Went up

a&aeNear shore the little érey flea beet
seen here on Croton,

at low aititude.Dry here
lydryas

seen,noctuids common and
grown young also,small hop-=

ava and brush.Ly-
like Tagus

redish species of Dragonfly common |

P#(
high-water line,found
for a moment,and then

convex Scarabeid

attracted bv
about a small

common running about
in the evening.These
res me their per-
€ and flying about
our big camp fire.
c@arse sand beabh, interrup-

sand g

sewhere by pebbles.IT soon grew dark and I

where the sand was
id)
about a dozen
or would they leave the

taken(It was low watera
dampI ran across a very
eThis one I caught.A little farther a~
put down my light and

all were
were seen

Small beach in two or three other Places I

James IS..One Green

») Calosoma

at the

rey Flee eaang
e like

told I secured about
small parties and are nocturmal,
green Calosoma

was fairy
early monning,
mountain to 2300

seen in

he one on Tagus cove

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Galapagos Expedition Insects .28. Banks Bay Contd.
A rough beach of pebbles and coarse sand,a couple of
miles of dry zone to the base of the mounytain up whétch we went about 1/2
way Saw but little in this green zone which commenced at about 700 f tee
IN a smaller species of Scalesia were the remains of burrows of a longi-
corm,and the croton lower down had larva and cerambycid burrowsand also
in the Cassia ?+= big leaved legame with the single yellow flowers .THis
‘ast shrub was a common and favorite food of grasshoppers which were &
mostly hatf grown and a few fell grown here.

S$ .A.24. Larva 1/2 mile inland ;chrysomelids on Croton (see notes) ;Ceras
bycid at Cactus flowers near shore gonly place thus observed;
minute black beetles on person (see aeeen)s

25. ##Kudamus pupa on ground three miles inland; in cocoon on branch -
others on beach(see notes). /
26. Rhyncophora on Créton near shore,fairly common;Ceaambycid at
beach,Cleridae three miles inland (see notes)j;ground beetles
three miles inland ;Cerambpvcid larva in a legume;EHudamis three
miles inland.
27 « Narborough ,North Shore.Only living one seen was under some
dead leaves over a little soil,a barren placej;remains of -Malle
don(iSp) seen in Scalesia? of the smaller kind;green Calosoma © My
7 elytra seen.
28.Larva (two forms),mature ,now almost all underground:-by now,a few
1/2 grown on Asclepiadae ,Calosoma pretty plantiful in green
spots All # 28 = Bank's Bay. “~~ ~—
-Old Cobos Settlement,Albemarle I.Apr.24-26,06.
Callidryas scarcer than last time ,and rather old,Agraulis
quite common and half or more of them fresh,Lycaena common but rather old,
Epistor lugubris quite common towards the evening,and especially about tke
beach.they are in fresh condition,they fly about the sand beach and over ;
the ocean a mile from shore or so,they fly about the sand and circle abot ‘
the wet sand in twoes or threes or singly,and skim but a few inche s over :
the sand and sea.QOne specimen of Protoparce rustica galapagensis? seen} b
in a worn condition.Though Epistor lughbris was common here the food plant
I could not find. :
§S.Ae Old Cobos Settlement.The old boring of Mallodon found in an Avicen-
nia tree which grow plentifully on shore line here.

§.4.28.Cockroaches very abundant,especially under old manure and under in

a soil;pieces of fungi infested by beetles,saw but two specimens

: of this fungi ,they were growing dn the expose d root of a Hip-

pomane treex in the shade,a few hundred feet fromm the beach,

brionida Unter stones andGid manure, e0uprs..ef ane BY oer

. ae a a ; 1 ag Milian, “oe ase : ac RRR ad gual aa OO aT et ll

kK orte®. tri gotie debts 6ontwined Amithie amet ENX “CrOGt CHeeTeh
old upr isht°Hippomene Branths_~

29 see 3 29 for beetles. Curved larva in slim Hibiscus,few seen;
long white larva under old manure;thich one with strong tho-
racic legs under bark of Hippomane;Otiorhynchus on shrub,elater
under stone,single brown beetle under bark of old Avicennia tree
inn the midst of a colony of red ants,which were about the same
Benghh as beetle ;the beetle may have been inna separate con=
partment however:staphs under old ox manure in the shade of Hp- |
pomane tree,not common;little slender more or less blackish bee i.
tle on Fungi#fes.Tiny convex pale Deen beetles under bark of ae

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29. Galapagos Expeditéon Insects.
Old Cobos Settlement ,Albemarle Contd.
S eAc2D Avicennia tree in the midle of a huge colony (of Ants?) ,which

extended gewral feet around the trunk under the bark inn old

Cerambycid holes?0ne little ant in the bottle with pale abdomen
;beetles common under and in old sawdust and encircled by ants
nest ;these beetles were few together or single and were not dis-
turbed by the ants.

30. Very shiny short elytra beetle under rather old manure,and in
a few cases in the same;biggest Scarabeid under manure or (an

(ae inch or so in the griund under the manure,the larva of thebeetle

~ still lower down,several were found,and adult beetles under en-
trails of a bull kil a and a half agojlarva apparently
mature and found in! entrails filled with grass etc.,larva
apparently about mature multitude ofScarabeids very common un-
der rather old manure,and in a few casesin recent manure,rarely
in fresh manure,and a little ways in the earth under the manure.
Tenebrionids under sténes and old manure,and a couple of the
larger bladk ones in the debris contained in the crotch of an
old upright branch of a Hippomame tree. 2

31f Spiders fairly common,orbs vertical;teneprionids under stones,
leaves,old manure ,etc.Dermestid larvae about the hide and bones
of the bhll,very few of tye adults;remains of Staphs seen, blue a
beetles very active but dont fly much,common about bones, hide,

etc. ,
326 Chrysomelieds on shrubs,flea beetles(Mordellids) found on suc ~ if
culent shore shrub,which is vine like and now rather past bloo-

ming;tenebrionids under old manure,two Dascyllids? ;the one mis-
sing an antenna between a fungus, other on Croton leaf.
Villamil, Albemarle, Apr--May,06. , ,
Getting late for Coleoptsra,plenty of mature(Schist.
and lit little bit of grasshopper(S ponotus }?,evidence of ear
for beetles seen from the number of dead specimens under ga¢bark and in
aka holes in bld cut off and limped Hippomane trees.
In the afternoon of April 30 and May I,Deilephila lineata
_seenjat latter date P.S-maculata;Epistor lugubris feeding during a cloudy
morning at Cordia flowers and cotton and vine,moth fresh and common ,not
as swift ,also feeds a little during sunshine ,not as swift during the
ee EE seen at flowers in the afternoon ,Rkomwamxuxxxx

Dilophonota elloresting on leaf of shrub in bright sunlight=4 P.M§Convol-
_ vulaceae all ov sandxxe@aohk near shore = foodplant of P.5-maculata

,»the vine was well eaten up and several grown larvae seen, probable most=
ly in the pupal stage;Callidryas old ,not common;Agraulis both old and
fresh,probably rather commonsome specimens seen fying about and alighting
on the harger species of passion vine? which was grawing on a fence ;Akken
Atteva rathe: gmmon and fresh;few noctuids seen.

$ A535. (Katydid\from te aGer fb wood,high altitude,big hemiptera on ——
8

sfligh alt..Cerambycids ,some dead under the bark of Hippo-
| mane treeand some also at the base of these dead and well bored
trees,two humpback beetles ina thorny shrub es lhcb rncnerghbne” 79
=leaf of Parkinsonia?,exit holes open,sy erfo:
a | ground beetles at about sea level ;Cockroac

secant on a
— ep - nme a
cmnmmaaiaiitis Ter

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50. Galapagos Expedition Insects.
Cowley Mt.,Albemarle Is.August 9+,06.

It is exceediggly barrem on the lower levels and up to at
least 250 ft.Lower levels pumice stone,sparse Opuntia and brush.At 250ft
a little moere brush and dry tufts of grass,dry season.At I200 ft it got
a good deal more grassy, Bursera,a few vines ,etc appeared.Compositae (Sca-
lesia perhaps )way down to shore where it is very sparse,the large hbectle,
Mallodon fotrowing itAbove I200 ft this small Composite is replaced by the
larger Scalesia.At 2000 ft is the Green Zone,where there are more vines ,
brush etc.At I800 ft there are lichens all over the trees.[put away two
pieces of Scalesia secured at I600-I800 ft,the first piece of wood con-
tained the big Faliocon larva which occurs to the shore,the second piece
contained hump backe eetles mature and probablf? also larvae..Placed a
dozen Cactus boring lepidopterous larvae with Cactus in a box.

At Iso0ft the Bursera trees are covered with lichens,at ti
this and lower altitudes I found a dozen or so ,good ttle white moth
chen cogeons under loose bark ,some also under lichens,some were hatched
but most good,found a few bld cocoons at 400 ft but not much food for
them there.Big noctuid at 2100 ft,and old noctuid pupae under stones in
gondii sells under sté@nes at same altitude.Abig sphinx seen in t e green

os a eg ee

a a eee anne Ske

zoneMilkweed Asclepiad commnn. ,

on Sa a Se et ae
—

<—.. On about sept 4,06 I opened up the box referred to above and
[ i) -found most larvae in recent cocoons.Callidryas rather sparse and
rather old,from the green zone to about 400ft level,some seen
KFS fluttering about its leguminous food pl ant;Eudamus at about 200
ft.,sparse and i: fair condition,it has the habit of alighting under or
on the side of a lava block,etc/;Lycaena in the green zone and extendin:
into the arid to about 400 ft;Agraulis appears.to be searching for a place
to oviposit,2000 1800 ft and a little lower (Sc. saaaree) very common in
the grassy district (About Isooft ),less abundant lower 1400 ft,and in
green zone it is not thickIn the arid districts =lower levels to sea it
is common in places,and here it is especially seen clinging to brush to
escape the strong pbrrese{ r very cormon from IIOOft and per-
haps a little higher,to shéreyH 1ugs> common in the green zone =2Ioo ft
where one pair taken in copula,a few specimens taken at I800 ft anda
couple at 200 ft ,but they were r below I800 ft.
SeA.54. 2 scarabeids from Charles Is.,they hatched from larvae taken at
- ann altitude of 1760 ft.Hatched in August(early).Cactus borer
Cowley Mountain at low altitud@Katydids hiding in and under ~~
lichens,gre n zone to low levels where they hide in Opuntia. 4
They mémic their surroundings ,but the excrement often leads )
to their discoveryj;spiders at about I500 ftSpondylid comes from
James bay ,James Is. '
35 6 Cowley mountain under stones,etc.,many dead ones »Slevin Coll,
56. Cowley mountain ,minute convex bestle on my person in the green oe
zone,2I50 ft.,Spondylid 2100 ft,Slevin Coll.,Rhyncophora feeds |
on cactus,found at low altitude hiding in old nest's edge close

to cactusj;ants and beetles at about 200 ft,Cowley.

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S51. Galapafos Expedition Insects.
Cowley Mt., Albemarle Is.
S$ .A.357. White lichen moth (see notes) I800 ft.,pupa under Bursera bark;
Tenebrionids not common,under stones,1400 ft.,Rhyncophora on
Opuntia;ants apparently living together in the base of an old

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38- Beetles from James’ Is.on my person,low attitude.Cacti larvae
taken towards the end of July near the shore****** b pupa of
same on Opuntia(cocoon on pin),see notes.

Villamil(sea level) and San Thomas(Green zone I300 ft)
Aug =Sept .06.

Scalesia trunk,altitude about 50 ft. } i

Villamil -~-The four species of Rhopalocera seen »Callidryas and Agraulis
not common,Eudamus common about some patches of black lava three miles in-
land,up trail,a few noctuids ,micros at light,an Atteva or two seen.

San Thomas.-It was very damp here,drizzling most of the time,except at the
very summit,where the cloud bank did not appear to extend ,»this was ob-
served at least once on Iguana Cove Mountain...

Callydryas on the way up to San Thomas and also at summit,an old speci-
men of eudamus seen at I300 ft,and some specimens at the top .Lycaenas

not at summit,two specimens of Pyrameis seen and one caught at the ddge

of tne crater which is at an altitude of about 3700 ft.,the food plant of
the Pyrameis seen=#P.huntera.White microlepidoptera common flying in the
daytime over and alighting in grassv spots near the summit,these insects
were noticed t@ extend down the mountain to at least San Thomas=I300 ft,
sminute microleps on road in places,noctuid larvae once in a while under
manure,etce,micros and noctuids common at light =San Thomas .Protoparce 5-
maculata imagines medium fresh at I400 ft feeding at flowers of Jimsom
weedin the pgm. Sept spit pera mostly in pupae and just hatching, imagos
common at light,they “ito light and then fold up their wings and keep still.
A mature larva or two'of this moth found under stones and bark of the

big tree (used for timber and peculiar to Albemarle ,»larvae about to pu-
pate.the cocoon s they form are very w:ak »white spiderweb like affairs,
like those of kmk arctians,cocoons found under stones,bark and in old bee-
tle holes,etc.,cocoons sometimes in small bunches and some hatched, from
this I would judge that it is the beginning of the season for them.Schis-
tecerca fairly plentiful on summit,less so in the more wooded region belww
and not plentiful at sea level »where however I did not hunt much;Halmen —
nus fairly plentiful in the greener places at the summit,etc.,a few at
about I500 ft .centipedes very numerous in damp places.

SxAxGRXX Apparently several months too early for cerambycidae, the
big Malloden grub nearly full-size in Scalesia on the trail, other spec=
ies found in Scalesia,and larvae of same in big new tree.Minute beetles
common as imagos under bark,etc,carabids common under stones,manure,etc.
At low level the pale beach Cerambycid?(heretefere taken under logs ,etc.

an beagh ,taken at light?7I/5 mile from beach,cemm@iin pools water beetles

were cermon,Goet nething at light.

S.A.39. Green Calosomas common a little ways above Hacienda, =I300 ft.,
_ they were found especially under cattle dung,(old),,some of the

from the intestine of a dead cow,the beetles usually under pieces
and also in pieces of it. ! mee

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beetles in copula and a few freshly dead.When the object is oe
turned over the beetlés beneat! remain quiet .Scarabeids taken. /7\-

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32. Galapagos Expedition Insects.

fe Villamil,S.Albemarle, Aug--Sept.'06.cntd.

$eAe39eThe green carrion beetle now aboard schooner ,Dermestids now pretty
well cleaned out of schooner,the green abovementioned beetle in
the ship's hold but not common, saw one or two about dead matter.

40, Centipedes common under logs, etc. I200 ft (crickets )also very
common,their young common j{echisx6: a.) (Halméfius)

4I, Cer ambycia larvae common if "orné“of the falléi few sp of trees,
it usually bores under the park, TO0Oft . ;Lithosiidae see notes,
under stones ,etc.;all from green zone 800-1400 ft..Little bee- ;
tles under bark of big new tree which was gama deadjthe one sp. :
of little cylindrical reddish beetles boring in the bark and wo ’
wood,cormmon ,presence detected by much dust,tenebrionids under :
stones at 600 ft.

42. Cerambycid taken by King at light at the sea level,the two big
specimens of Ptinidae? in the stems of the low altitude Scale-
Sia,much powder below indicates their presence;rest of the bee-
tles all under the bark of the big new tree at altitude of I200//

43.6 A few fungus Beetles on shelf fungus growing on a fence rail at
an altitude of [200 ft.;the two little carabids taken in the
evening running about the dried mud soil in a field on the shore;
water beetles see notes,one short elytra beetle under damp log
at I200 ft.

44, Staphs at 1200 ft.,about dead cattle;carabid larvae at 1200 ft,
under a stone ina shallow cave;of the two Ptinidae? the larger
was found in a composite shrub at 1400 ft/,the other also at :
high altitudej;larvae under bark of big new tree,alt I100ft.

45. Water bectles common,see notes ,minute spems common crawling a
ree algae,pools shallow,at sea level and affected by :

e Co

46. Searabeid larvae in the manure in the entrails of a cow,1200 ft/ —
see #39;large jawed carabid I000-1400Hft. under damp logs ,not
common ,others common at 1200 ft,unde Stones.

Red elater in the bunch 39--46 under log I2Q0 ft.

Cowley mountain cactus borers Melitara Pe. the larvae of
which with a cocoon or two which were boxed by me emerged in September
and october ,during the dark hours,probably during the early morning;the
- gcales of this moth come off easily, the-moth—is—fairly active;hatched
eoccons have one end slit but this cannot be well noticed.

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33e Galapagos Expedition tnsects.

James Bay,James Tsland ,Dec.2I-'05--~Jan.5-
Rather early for specimens : ,
late for these.Fine bectle collecting ,especia@fiy in | tal
more common on new lava fields on the south side of the island Xytecopa mannii
seen to summit .Hunter found two species of orthopter kKatvdid)\sp and S aaie

beetle #I,one each in the stomacho& a barn owl’ Ai wanaaul
A few EFudamus seen at high altitude;Callidryas extends

from the shore to nearly the summit,as also Agraulis;a few Lyc aenas higher 4
upeOchsner found a pupa under a fern root on a tree at an altitude of *
2750 ft=practically at summit,another also under a stone at 600 ft.,this :
latter hatched Jan7,06.=#10.#4=Melionotis nigrescens not rare ,hiding in
chinks of fresh lava on the south side of island.Observed Jam.3 as we :
were coming down lava fields.King observed a very large dark colored “a
moth flying with slow flaps at I2.30 p.m.=0n January I0, Off Indefatigable i
Jam. I, A common species at high altitude.Lava pupa and imago found in | i

the rotting trunks of the large Scale@ia;imagines plentiful, but

still rather early for the species.Larva bores (passages in

the wood and pupate therein in a chamber;a few larvae and pupae
Re attacked by a winged and a wingless parasitic Hymenoptera.A
few pairs of imagines taken in the same borings together but \
not in copula. ‘

Re Found in the same wood as precee¢ing butmuch less common, three
stages observed=larva ,pupa and imago,this insect possibly in
more rotten wood tamx than preeeeding.

Se Found in same wood as above species at an altitude of about 1400
feet,larva pupa and imago rare.

4, Found in dead branch of spiny legume with the spherical yellow

flowers,growing near shore.

w " Si) " th " > oa
larvae? rather rara.

i 6.In same locality as above,the holes in the branchesindicated exit

| of imago?,a few pupae and one or two larvae seen,the beetle is

probably fairly plentiful,I reared one from a pupa which hatched
from a pupa obtained the day before.The infested trees on Burro
lS trailsThe infested branches have the bark pulled off or the
wood split,and the animals broke or tore them,thus indicating
presence of beetles, 1h es
' 6e Boring in the dead trunk o’f a erythrina tree,a couple of pupae
foumd,the hogs inhabiting this island break off dead and rotten
wood to get at the grubs.Flevation about 500 ft. iSchistocerca
near the coast. —— poem

« Under stones,common,50 ft elev, |

¢ Ants common under stones ,taken from two nests,elev.2000ft,;

white grub larva of ichneumon(Wingless in bottlebk? with pointed
abdomen feeding on larva and pupa of #I and 2;staphs? under

bark of gcaleeia at about 2000ft elevation,little round beetlss
in Scalesia,under bark and in the wood,also single brown one;

Hordeilids not pare) on Er igeron? ,2000ft , also Single little

o oo

Io, Pupae of HT 04 withx
: y+, piece of shelf funpug "
: with beetles,only one inthe Curiae alta’ pricks es Pyabion
: (On next trip Jan 06, ,0UT Several taken

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34. Galapagos Expedition Inseets.

James Bay, James ng pal gl econtd,
Jam,.iiI. Crescent -shaped larva out of Xylocapa nest in wood;coleoptera |
larvae and pupae of #3 in Scalesia and Giveramunt a) un}
der bark;black beetles under stones ;at 2000ft elevationj;Ich =
neumons - in borings of #1 or 2 ,Lepidoptere larva(3) under bark | II
of Erythryna,.
I2. Taken from old branches of alwutl tedeur end: low alt.
| I3. Dermestid and carabid aboard;Buprestid? larva in Erigeron;smal~
| lest beetle active,under park of Erythryna,alt ahout 500 ft.;
larger brown beetles in borings in Erythryna ;;third beetle in
eae hii protruding wings) under stone at an altitude of about
300 ft.
4, Very cormon in Er igeron »ymaking much sawdust,larvae and pupae
: in same situation,
IS. | Shelf fungus #10 severaal spems seen infested,growing on pros-
hae eee ‘trate Scalesias at an altitude of ahout 2000 ft,
I6. Lower spems under fern roots growing on tree trunks,alt 2150 ft/
Lower? in holes in rotten wood at elevation of about I200 ft.
I7 . A few very minute beetles in a piece of Scalesia wood ,on sum- y

—= ———

mit,2750 ft.j;elateria larva under old bark,in damp rotten wood,
and * under a bed of fern roots growing ona "Scalesia, summit of
mountain; beetle larva and pupae in dead scalesia wood. ,

T8 .Carabid at ‘summit ,under roots of tree;Jam I8 =# I and 2 up to
summit,crickets plentiful under stones ,mostly immature} they
ehirp at night like the ealifornian one but rather weakly.

9. Gerambyx in a rotten twig of a Scalesia,on summit;two elongate
larvae under stones,2150 ft.;Rhyneophoré/larvae and pupae in damp
rotten wood and in old borings in the same wood 2150 ft.;staphs

I from 2000 ft to summit;tree-hopper near summit (HunterColl);
small convex beetles and brown ones under bark,other two small
but larger than preceeding on my person altabout 2250 ft,

20. Hemiptera under fern roots growing on Scalesia where be-tles wre
vale 2150 ft . one elater found in rotten wood.Rhyncopho-
ra =#1I9,

2I. Mostly in larval stage but some pupae and some beetles.Pupae in
chambers .Larva makes more or lwss horizontal galleries.They wer

dug out of a dead and fallen Sealesia,jan 2,06, at altitude of

| 1500--I800 ft.. One Male from Indefatigable I.Jan 06/

P This last sentence probably does not mean that the insect is in

this bottle , but is merely a record. ” !
R26 Large beetles in green zone ;small ones in Scalesia ,1200 ft.
Note on Jam#2I.

| From a dead Scalesia tree at an altitude of

1500 =-I800 ft.I dug out 5 pupae =3 females and 2 males whieh

were enclosed in cells made by closing and rounding out larval passage |

- Two shortened larvae.Qne larva changed into a male pupa some time on Jan.

06,and on the same day ,between 6 and I2 in the morning a female a female
pupa produced a peetle.The freshly emerged beetle when wing covers are xaxy
long is quite soft and has a long protruding body of light yellowish co-
lor darker on the back and on flap over anus.Wing covers creamy white ,
’ head and ab@dmen and legs dark brown,thorax lighter on edges also head sean
" near occiput,wings extend beyond wing covers .The newly emerged beetle lics

high up .I found(Low alt.) some in holes in branches(Erythryna) some adult
_ found togethere.g.j;one nest contained a couple of grown larvae,another
nest one pupajand several adults and another had one imago and some pollen
and an egg..In old rotten Erythryna branechI found a sp of hymenoptera in
larval stage in brown eocoons and remains of clusters of flies,evédently
the food of the larva mes

ther female emerged ,somewhere about noon time.

van Bayspun a cocoon ahout Aug.71in a box between a cactus leaf and wood.

plant cormon;a few new and old Callydryas seen,also EKudamus.An Asclepias

oan oo _ — — a — . _ . — € Jpomeern are Sane
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specimens,

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35. Galapagos Expedition Insects. James I. contd. a

flat and quiet and exuded some drops of water-like substance eJan.IO,ano~

\

James I, ,Aug 06. .
Put away 6 pieces of infested wood/to wit:2 Erythryna branche ea
which were on the ground below the thee ,these trees having soft wood ta
are especially chosen by Xylocopa for their nests,found a couple of Coleo-

ptera pasasites in other logs and put these away on chance (See if these

are not mistaken for Xylocopa parasites);larva in quiescent state.A lit-

tle ways in Scalesia belt were big Mallodon and minute coleoptera ; ‘

: id pu

away one Scalesia .Two Acacia branches affected with cerambycids,many trees

thus infested;one @roton.IJt is the dry dormant season now,not much of a-

nything around, ,

Jame23, Big and little ceramhycid larvae common in Scalesia in green
zone,theyb are also found lower dowm én but also high ,in big J
Bursera.Xylocopa larvae in Erythryna at 50 ft alt.

24, Two hemiptera,larva inside cocoon ,probably hibernating,referred

to in notes;wireworms taken out of rotten punky Bursera stump, [/

(Cricket) fairly plentiful and very active,in old wood,I200 ft. 2

ants in deserted beetle galleries in Acacia at low altitude.

26. All under loose bark of dead Erythryna/the bark and soft wood
beneath is dotted with beetle holes,made by brown beetle in bot =
tle,alt about 50 ft.

N.K.James =Sullivan Bay.July --Aug 06.
Lepidopterous cactus berer fairly plentiful in Opuntia near
shore&u,some full grown ,also 1/3 grown several of their old cocoons ,one
eocoonn with a larva inside,,the cocconnwas between cactus branches and

on the bark,etc.,=protective mimicrymueh like that of Merolonehe lupini

of California..It is dry and unproductive én this side of the island;a

few Eudamus ,Callydryas ,Agraulis and Lycaenas seen higher up and a noctidi

or two,nothing taken at light near the shore.Schistocereca up to 700 ft.,

rather sparse,Sphingonotus rare and near shore,.Am rearing Lepidopterous
cactus borer,cocoon taken ahove cut open and pupa put in alechol.Infested
cactus leaves and branches placed in the big bom ..One larva from Sulli-

25 6

: James Bay .Aug.06,
| Lycaenidae common and rather old,and flying about theirxfmal
food plant=a vine which grows especially on lava,low levelhatehed Lycae~
ha eges common on the leaves of this vine;Agraulis fairly plentiful,food F

very cormon.Female Xylocopas common at low altitude about acacias,also

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Insects may be packed in a close tin or wooden Ferry Building, 2d Floor.
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36. Galapagos Expedition Insects.
Duncan ysland,Dec.I+}I8, 05.

, ‘Too early for most things;#3 (beetles) hiding in branches
or one or two under fern roots and soil on rocky summit;insect rather
swift #4(pupae)rather common ,only in dead croton ,produces slate-colored
cerambycid with golden spots.Found the remains of a small me¥allic bupré5~
tid in croton stems and twigs near shore gSchigt@cerca) common ,especial-
ly higher up in valley and on summit,copulatt” lying singly agains ¢
wind.
Lepidoptera--Specimens taken at light,a sphinx seen and two pupal shells
of a Protoparce,also numerous pupae of noctuids(empty).#6 here and there
during the day,a few dead and two live pupae of same.Lupini like cocoons
=Cactus wilitara,sp. common and excrement of larva ?(Perhaps Locustid)
on lichens the latter ats very abundant.Lycaena 3I rare;rematns of #3 sees
micros ,but too early for Lepidoptera.

p at an elevation of 800 ft.,elater at fireside,Rhynco-
under bark of dead croton? bush.

ats (Four casts) common under stones, bramches,etc.;light
(small colony) in dead branches on trees.Beetles under stones
setles very commonron summit(I270) feet,under moss,fern roots,
etc.;nemiptera rather rape,dead specimens commoner ;scorpions
fairly conmon, ae

Pupae at base of. and in croton bush ,one specimen to a bush;
Larva in Croton.Cerambycid and Buprestid (dead) in croton;other
beetle on my person,

Pubes Fe" anenst T4=-I5,06. :

Collected up to about; 900 ft but mostly near shore.Croton
infested with beetles.Tropidurus(lizards) feed greatly on grasshoppers,
and the elytra of a buprestid was found in the stomach of one.No living
buprestids seen though several dead ones were extricated from old borings
in Croton.This plant appears rather unhealthy here,there being Mgmy dead
and dying plants.Near shore I collected several stems of croton that
appered infested with buprestids,clerids cerambycids and smaller beetles.
Duncan fuil of lichens at all altitude,these grow especially on dead and
dying trées or shrub bearing the yellow squash-like flower=the conmmonn
Cordia lutea.Examined lichens and found a few fine beetles concealed there-
in.Few bectles under stones and at low altitude.

Lepidoptera--Two Eudamus seen on mountain side.Schistocerca abundant and
rather wild ,everywhere ,they conceal themselves in bad weather and at
night under lava,ete..A few green Attevas seenjseveral old cactus borer
cocoons seen=Melitara@sp. at 600 ft., and a few good lichen moth cocoons
lower down.Under stones at low altitudes were many pupal shells small and
more or less striped almost all one kind, this is probably the Lithosiid
of vil’amil San Tomas etc..Prosopsis dulcis bean pods aét+eeked have their
beans attacked by a beetle? and their pith by a micro moth,the dead stems
of croton bored by a small lepidoptercus larva.A few micros about eJsland

on summit.A few
Dun. le At e¢

Yrather dry though the summit is about the same as in Dec O05. Oct 06 a~« 8

beard Sc.Academy.Micros from pods of Prosopsis emerged OcT/8,9,etc. and a-

little earliersjlarger dark sp.from pods-- -,smaller onesin larger box also ~

containing Cowléylt! Cactus,therefore may have come from cactus leaf, but

_ there were no suck external signs Mordellid Oct%,also early in month but
_ about played out now=lith. b

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Insects may be packed in a close tin or wooden erry 3;
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357.6 Galapagos Expedition insects.Duncan Ts contd.Oct 06.

“A gage hag | take readily to flight.

Dun, I.Aug’O6 .Mimute beetle in croton? ;minutest (cylindrical )under old
Croton bark,a few seen.Buprestid dead,in croton,two elaters hi-
ding in lichenjslenderer larva boring in old Croton,apparently
in old holes;other darker one in Prosopsis dulcis pods , feeding
on pulp.

Ze Ptinidae in Prosopsis twigs at 200 ft,one larva of same,empty
pupa cormon under stones at low altitude;2 Rhyncophora in old
hole in Croton,seen from exterior ;other larvae=2 Prionids®? and 2 Clerids
eormon in Croton,little red Ptinidae in Croton and also in Pro-
sopsis twigs but dead. ,
Se Tenebrionids under stones yrare, low altitude;Das cyllids?? in

: lichens searched up to 300 ft and found them especially near
coast.

Jervis Island,Dec,.05,.
, I lost my bottle of beetles overboard;the small grooved ont
black Tenebrionid was found. under stones,the larger one(found an all the -Stom’r’”
_ islands)here alsog y a)rape and hard to capture,
Lepidop.-Hatched pupae 6f #6 cormon;,one noctuid seen but could not be
caught,it was different from any others seen :
Jer. I.,Apparently a little too early for this species,a few larvae ,& pu-
pa or two found in the dead branches of Croton=they are not

found at the base portion of the bush as in the following sp.
f Le raken by splitting up Croton stems ,where fine sawdust on the

ground directly npg esag person evidence of Coleoptera.Rather
early for this sp also/larvae and pupae more plentiful than
aduyt and almost always found at the base of the main stem and
even lower,at the beginning of the roots.eHoles showed where the

imago had emergedjusualily one grown larva to a bush;fairly com-

} | Tower Island.Sept.06,. :
A cerambycid larva in Bursera,probably same as in Croton elsewhere,
Little shiny Rhyncophora on my hand.Unfortunately the bot~
tie containing my collection here (in part) was broken and several new
minute beetles were lost ;lost=A little staph was cormon(very common ) in
damp rotting cactus leaves,the cactus here rather decumbent ,staphs small,
rather thick and brownish ,»on an bld cactus leaf;three exceedingly minute
convex shining black beetles were taken,.Under bursera bark ,tree punc-
tured With beetle holes,two swift pale brown »Somewhat elaterid like hee-~
tiles ,flat and with thin elytra,were found;two little short--- beetles
under bark,
Ground beet
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aestly under cactus leaves or debris-rare..

fairly common under leaves,etc.,very active ;ground
peetles under leaves etc.,rare,
4 big beetles and 4 short elytra ones( black )in rotting cactus,
yg ” msg yah: Phd fly larva;big beeties rare and right

1 the damp esmaiier ones common and in fhe febre: L

read eh beetles under bursera barktelsige). and ie ide hcecane
‘Oie@8 therein and in wood;brown ones common under bark,also pupae

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38. Galapagos Expedition Insects,
Tower I.contd,
Tow.2.contd.
of same.Remains of the cactus Rhyncophora and green Calosoma Rw,
: dé.

/Schistaterca ) fairly common ;big crickets and little wing-

less ones under “Caé@tus*TeGves ,etc..Cactus decumbent and affording shel-

ter for insects by reason by reason of the nomber of fallen leaves,etc.,
A noctuid or two seen ,one taken;lichens (coarse green and softer gray)=

food for unseen lLarvae;old cocoons under lichens,probable the small wikxx

whitish lichen moth,and same style between cactus leaves,etc..Remains of
a protoparce (probably rustica) found under Cordia lutea tree.

Bindloe Island,Sept.o6,.
A dry and barren island.

SolipugidBb,2 scorpions and some centipedes{Schistocerc
reported common on summit by Eeck.Green Atteva seen,also a Tew other small
moths Lichen moth cocoon s common under Bursera bark,etc,only a few of

_ these good ,others all old.Fvidence of cactus borer(Melitara) rather rape
one large larva of this insect taken and placed in cactus leaf.

Bi. I. Tenebrionids very scarce ,under Bursera logs etc.;elaterids
common under chips of Bursera bark and often in bunches,I coun ~
ted I6 together and so close as to touch one another;one ceram~
bycid larva found in the basal bark of the stem of Ruphorbia-
ceae =same cormon weed as at Tagus cove where Deilephila lineata
larva feeds upon it¢Cr Jeormmon under bark.Fish moths (not
in bottle) very common and swift,under stones,etc.Rhyncophora
larva in decaying cactus.

Remains of the green Calosoma seen,

Abingdon Is.,Sept.06.

A rather open country with much cactus and a good green
zone .
Scorpions and centipedes seen(the large and the small elongate species )
;and near the shore on the sand Solipugas common under logs etc.,also in
e..bplack staphs under bark and rotten wood at altitude 6
< RLentiful ,barren places best for them,one ta-
ret B} 1ittle young seen her ek and there,adults
6Tl up the mountain. . )
| Geospiza habilis dig @@ melitata larvae out of the Cereus
and likewise the Ptinidae? from the thorny legume (prosopsis? }).Fvidence

of this work plain.
_Lepideptera))~-Lycaenidae rather rape, some seen at the flowers of Helio-
trope at the pale green zone and at the beginning of the green xgone.A cou-~

ple of Agraulis seen by ‘Beck and Hunter .Way up green zone ,just below

the fern belt which covers the summit micros are found ,one sp of Pyralid
Yather cormon and active.A pupa found under some fern roots at I800 ft?
and the moth,a noctuid emerged therefrom OctI approx..Young Melitara lLere—-

vae seen,these inhabit the thinner leaves,the crown larvae....weeeen in

the trunks of small plants and thick leaves here and there,they pupated

in Sept ©

At the beach a sp of dipteroud midge blentiful and microleps and some &
small geometride common common at light ,feeding probably on the bushy |

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39. Galapagos Expedition Insects, Abingdon contd.

- yine like plant cormon an all beaches.Atteva rather sparse ,feeding espe~
@ially ay Scalesia flowers.A yellow noctuid seen at low altitude it being
- aroused during thenhday,it flew far and could not be taken. |
Hemiptera in the green zonc little Cicindellidijust below the
fern belt which covers the top,the beetle was found under some
6la barktof a tree ,another apecimen of the same species seen
at I700 ft which is the very damp green zone,larva at same al-
titude ina rotten Castela(what we caljed Castela at the time )
limb. y ae Ge
Spider at about 700 ft elevation;elaterid rather rare ,hiding
under stones*cacti,@#e.3all the other beetles and larvae infes~-
ting rotten cacti,but not so common as on Tower I.,staph is the
same as the lost species on Tower I.,low dry>zome alt about 100fT
Cormonest beetles under stones around roots of cacti ,etc,they
penetrate well into the green zoneja few of the larger tenebio~
nids seen on leaves,commonest perhaps at an elev of aboyt 500 ft.
which is below the green zone. ©
Solpugid,see notes,common; pseudoscorpion under bark; Longicorn-
like beetles nocturnal ,taken at light,2 Bactus borers ,midges —
at light ,very common on beach;two species of Ptinidae ? common
sent had of Prosopsis,lots of saw dust at borings,imagines evi-

dently, just emerging,low alt.

Noel t light on sand beach,very common,larvae scooped out of
Ants under cactus leaf,rhyncophora on beach,under big piece of
timber ,where the two species were in separate bunches,in this

piece of timber were holes the size of the width of the beetles

diptera at light.

Wenman Island.Sept 06. .
4 N.N.W.? plateau of Islet about 200 ft high.A micro lep of
_ two seen.sHalmenus taken under stones,some in copulajn a limited space.
| What locked like 2 a new pale brown mordellid was taken by Slevin on hés
person but I lost it in the Ken bottle as the insect was very small .Stayed
but a few hours on this Islet. °. —<_ -

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bie Stayed here 3 hours.The remains of the green Calosoma were
seen here.Beetles not uncommon und £Ones e bottle for Culpepper. .A

microlep or two seen also some big reddish centipedes,also larval shells
of dermestids. 3 ! | .

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