HUGE BUTTERFLY FOUND IN BRAZIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3339, 4 October 1911, Page 8

HUGE BUTTERFLY FOUND IN BRAZIL.

SPECIMEN AS BIG AS SPARROW . hl hawk.

" w. M. Mann and Frederick Bato, members of tlio Stanfoi j fcoploring expedition, " ho ’ . campus bind, have sent of from Maderna, on the discovery of a , hltJ J w e butterspecies of the morpho, a ? aS a fly. The new species i*> afe lai W> sparrow hawk, and cavutcd f: • var< j s fright to the members by flying them in an attitude of within a few feet of its . , strikes and soars to a height of or thirty feet, returning to P attack, several largo specimens of the insect have boon preserved, and nin be further investigated upon the pa t} - return to the campus. ,i Tho remaining members will trav 1 up the Amazon for a distance of. o 0 miles, and will gather specimens of animals and plants all along therou *. The river, after a hundred from the mouth, is so thickly, with crocodiles and large gar tnat battling in the river is ab&ilutely with any degree of safety. lhe <i lot diles are of the larger species of tlie •floating variety, and are dangerous. Fresh-water fish, such as carp and ca fish, which in this country do not excel in size, on the Amazon attain tne weight of from 300 to 500 pounds under the tropical sun. The struggle for existence of vegetation is indescribable, and the banks along the river is one solid mass or tangled vines, palms, mosses, and orchids. It is impossible to set foot oil the ground for a distance of a mile from the.banks. Monkeys, snakes, and parrots are the only animals which can exist in the dense clusters.