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next in order of abundance came Tmolus palcgon, Cram., which 

 frequented the flowers of a Composite shrub (? Vernonia scorpiodes, 

 Pers.) ; of Thecln rnfofusca, Hew., I captured two, but of the follow- 

 ing only one each : T. crolm, Cram. ; T. togama, Hew. ; Theclopsis 

 tepJircea, Hiibn. (this bad a peculiar, strong, rather disagreeable 

 odour) ; CaJlipsyche thins, Hiibn. ; and CatocJirysops hanno, Stoll, 

 this last sitting head downwards and opening its hind-wings at 

 intervals. 



The Pierines were represented by a fair number of species, but 

 few of them were common, indeed, of the following single specimens 

 only were taken : Terias nise, Cram., a male ; T. leuce, Boisd., a 

 female, the only specimen met with ; T. elathea, Cram., a male, an 

 aberration with the black streak obsolescent ; Sph<snogona gmfiosa, 

 Dbl. and H, a female ; Enantia (Dismorpltia) melite, Clerck, a male 

 (two were netted, but unfortunately the female got away) ; and the 

 "Black-White" Euterpe critias, Feld.,amale; as regards the last named 

 I fear I did not notice at the time how closely it mimics some of the 

 black and red Papilios, notably P.serapis, Boisd. (? iphidamas, Fabr.), 

 a species that I took at Cartagena, The genus Terias was much to 

 the fore ; in addition to those already mentioned several T. albula, 

 Cram., were taken, some of them remarkably small ; also of T.phiale, 

 Cram., four males ; and of T. delia, Cram , three females, all of " dry " 

 type, and one of the extreme dry form named by Butler persistens. 

 Two females of Meganostoma cerbera, Feld., were captured ; this 

 species, of which Felder called the dry season form therapis, appears 

 to me to be quite distinct from H. ccesonia, Stoll. Of Daptonoura 

 lycimnia, Cram., I took one of each sex. Altogether I took six speci- 

 mens of SpluEnogona arbela, Hiibn., four males of the ordinary yellow 

 form (one of the form xanthochlora, Koll.), and a female of the 

 unusual pale form. Undoubtedly the most conspicuous Pierine was 

 the large and handsome "Brimstone " Amynthia mcerula, Fabr. This 

 was only seen on one especially hot morning (March 21st) when 

 several of both sexes were observed flying strongly close by the 

 Ithomiine locality ; I only secured one male, and as the day wore on 

 the species disappeared. 



There was more than the usual crowd of Skippers ; but in the 

 Neotropical Region Skippers are so common, often so inconspicuous 

 in colour, and the allied species so difficult to distinguish, that one is 

 apt to neglect them in the presence of more attractive game ; for 

 truly the most scientific Entomologist is but human ! 



Of the long-tailed Eudamas proteus, Linn., and E. eurycles, Latr., 



