Lepidoptcra Uliopalocera of Trinidad. 189 



131. Nymphidium mantus. 



Papilio mantus, Cram., Pap. Exot., i, t. 47, F, G. (1779). 



Range. Brazil; Venezuela; Guiana. 



Taken in the Botanical Gardens in May 1898 ( W. J. 

 Kaye). 



I have seen several from Sangre Grande. 



132. Synargis abaris. 



Papilio abaris, Cram., Pap. Exot., i, t. 93, C. (1779). 

 Range. Guiana; Brazil, Amazons. 



One specimen only from Verdant Vale, June 1898. 



I have revived the genus Synargis of Hiibner to take 

 this species. The type of Synargis was lytia, a species 

 like aharis with a sexually different facies in the $. The 

 remaining species with ^^ differing from the <^^ all fall 

 into a group by themselves and have a far stronger flight 

 than the typical species of Nymphidium, they have broader 

 wings in the $ and have a less acute outer margin with the 

 costa. Aharis really stands out by itself with li/tia, orcstcs, 

 artos, apame, and others forming a group by themselves 

 with much more ample wings, and with the hind margin of 

 the $ rounded and not angled as in aharis. 



133. Theope thootes. 



Theopie thootes. Hew., Ex. Butt., ii, 1. 1, f. 9, 10 (1860). 

 Range. Brazil, Amazons. 

 Once in Cascade Valley in May 1898 ( W. J. Kayc). 



134. Theope foliorum. (PI. XVIII, fig. 2.) 



Theope folioriim. Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool., ix, 

 p. 407 (1868). 



Range. Brazil, Amazons. 



I am unable to distinguish punctipennis of Bates from 

 foliomm. 



Not rare. I netted several in June 1901, in St. Ann's 

 Valley, and as the larva lives on cocoa, it is probably 

 common if properly searched for. 



The myrmecophilous habits of this and the succeeding 

 species, as recorded by Mr. J. Guppy in the Appendix 



