120 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
the gaol of Hamilton a brownish butterfly, with a broad white 
or yellow margin to the wings. It was precisely similar to 
V. antiopa, the Camberwell Beauty of Europe, and the 
species being common in North America, I have always 
considered it to be a stray specimen imported in the pupa 
state with shrubs or flowers from that part of the world.” 
V. cenia is exceedingly abundant in the Bermudas, and is 
known to the inhabitants by the name of “musk butterfly” 
—probably from its apparent fondness for the melon 
patches, where it is generally to be found basking on the 
leaves. It is a most pugnacious little creature, and appears 
to love a quarrel, for you may see three or four of them 
ascending in the air and buffeting each other, now rising, 
now falling, unremittingly continuing their aerial warfare, 
till lost to sight behind some neighbouring cedar. This » 
Species 1s widely distributed, and is to be found in the 
tropical districts of both hemispheres. The specimens from 
the Islands of the Pacific are apparently more highly 
coloured than the "Mudian ones. This insect is often 
named V. orythia in cabinets. 
Terias lisa, of Boisduval, was first observed by Mr. Hurdis 
on 10th Oct. 1847, on which day it suddenly appeared in 
ereat abundance, hundreds being seen in every direction. 
Previous to that occasion he had never met with this 
butterfly, although accustomed to keep a good look. out. 
They all disappeared, however, in the course of a few days. 
In other seasons he considered them comparatively scarce, 
appearing for a few days only in September, October, or 
November. 
During our rambles through the cedar groves in the 
autumn of 1854, we observed on two separate occasions a 
