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form a complete oval on the top rather than on the side of the case. 

 These perforations are more symmetrical than those of E. fulicalis. 



Explanation of Plates. 

 Plate III. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 2. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 6 

 Fig. 7 

 Fig. 8, 

 Fig. 9 

 Fig. 10. 



Elophila fulicalis, larva. 



Elophila fulicalis, larva, labrum. 



Elophila fulicalis, larva, maxilla and labium in part. 



Elophila fulicalis, larva, head, dorsum. 



Elophila fulicalis, larva, labial palpus. 



Elophila fulicalis, pupa, ventral. 



Elophila fulicalis, pupa, lateral. 



Plate IV. 



Pupal case of Elophila sp. B. 

 Labrum of Elophila sp. B. 

 Abdomen of Elophila sp. B, dorsum. 

 Larval sheet of Elophila fulicalis. 



Pupal case and outline of larval sheet of Elophila fulicalis. 

 Pupal case of Elophila fulicalis. 

 Labrum of Elophila sp. A. 

 Mandible of Elophila sp. A. 

 Mandible of Elophila sp. B. 

 Abdomen of Elophila sp. A, dorsum. 



ERYCINID^ AND LYCffiNID^ FROM THE ISLAND 

 OF TRINIDAD. 



By William Phillips Comstock, 

 Newark, N. J. 



My attention was first attracted to this subject on receiving a 

 small consignment of butterflies from the island, all caught in one 

 day by H. S. Parish. He says of the collecting: 



"Trinidad lies about i6 miles from Venezuela eastward and is 

 just above the loth degree of latitude. Its average length is about 

 48 miles and breadth 35 miles. The largest town and principal port 

 is Port of Spain. Being so near Venezuela it is a very productive 

 place for the naturalist. I arrived just when the sun was rising, and 



