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NOTKS Ox\ THE BUTTERFLIES OF MARGARITA ISLAND, CARACAS, 
AND CARITPANO, VENEZUELA. 
BY AUSTIN H. CLARK, BOSTON, MASS. 
In ‘'Bhe Ibis’ for January, 1895, Dr. P. L. Sclater suggested to ornithologists 
the advisability of turning their attention to the Island of Margarita as a field 
hitherto unworked. .As a result of this notice. Captain Wirt Robinson, U. S. A., 
visited this locality in the summer of 1895, bringing back an extensive collection 
of the birds of the island, a number of insects, and some mammals. Unfortu- 
nately, the butterflies were subsequently lost; but on working up the mammals 
and birds, no less than thirteen new species were discovered, two of the 
former, and eleven of the latter. 
Having determined to spend the summer of 1901 in zoological investigation 
in some little known part of South .America, I communicated with Captain Rob- 
inson, with the result that I decided to visit this locality, and make a study of its 
fauna, as complete as time would allow, to form a sort of supplement to his work. 
.Accordingly, on the 15th. dav of June, 1901, I left New York for La Guaira, 
en route for Margarita. At La Guaira I stayed a day and a half, leaving there 
for the more pleasant city of Caracas, to await the arrival of the steamer which 
was to take me to Carupano. During my stay of about a week at Caracas, I 
made daily excursions into the surrounding country for insects; but a combina- 
tion of circumstances prevented my making any captures while at La Guaira. .At 
Carupano also, while hunting up a small boat in which to make the journey across 
the channel, 1 could not spare any time for collecting, but on my way back I 
obtained a few specimens here. 
Reaching Porlamar, on the southern shore of the island, on July 3rd., I at 
once proceeded to the little town of El Amalie, situated about three miles from the 
sea, in a pleasant valley at the foot of the central mountain. This village is par- 
tially surrounded by groves of cocoanut palms, and is a very convenient place of 
residence, the climatic conditions being much more agreeable than in the towns 
nearer the coast, while it is easy of access both to the hot country near Porlamar, 
and the mountain forest. The region is peculiarly heathful, and too much cannot 
