46 Dr. G. B. Longstaff's Notes on 



seen at Ramble and Walderston may have belonged to 

 this species or the next. 



A strong flier frequenting the tops of trees, especially 

 the Star Apple, ChrjjsopJnjlh/m miniio, Linn., on the leaves 

 and fruit of which it occasionally settles. More frequently 

 it is seen to rest on tree-trunks (in particular the Log- 

 wood, Hiematoxylon campeachian^im, Linn.), on posts or 

 buildings within a few feet of the ground, always with its 

 head downwards and wings closed over its back. When 

 thus settled it may be detected, when seen in profile, at 

 a considerable distance in spite of its cryptic coloration. 

 It is not easy to catch even when settled, and I spent 

 much time over it. One of my specimens seems to 

 show a bird-bite at the usual corner of the hind-wings. 



In the Jamaican specimens the fulvous band across the 

 fore-wing is much broader than in those from the main- 

 land ; there is also a tendency for the fulvous on the 

 hind-wing to be more extended. 



Ccea acheronta, Fabr. (cadmiis, Cram.). A broken fore- 

 wing of this species was picked up off the ground in a 

 wood above Constant Spring, January 5th, 1907. 



The Haiti specimens in the Hope Collection are more 

 fulvous than those from the mainland, and this fragment 

 appears to be of Haitian type. 



LYCiENIDiE. 



Leptotes (Tarucus) theonus, Lefebre,1856 (Plehciuscassius, 

 var. a, Jlo^'idcnsis, Morrison, 1874), 8 ^, 19 $ . Met with in 

 every locality that I visited : common at Mackfield ; 

 abundant at Constant Spring, Gordon Town and Port 

 Antonio. The excess of females taken may be attributed 

 to its superior size and attractiveness, but possibly it is 

 easier to capture. It is most often seen flying over shrubs 

 or near woods ; it has a quick jerky flight and appears 

 larger than it is, especially the female. After rain it is 

 about the lirst butterfly to come out. 



All my specimens taken in Jamaica are distinguishable 

 at a glance from those taken in South America, Trinidad 

 or Tobago. They are smaller and darker; the hind-wing 

 of the male is violet-blue instead of white ; the fore-wing 

 of the female is shot witli blue over at least two-thirds of the 

 fore-wing, and there is much less white in the hind-wing. 

 On the underside the metallic-centred ocellus is larger, and 

 there are diflerences in the dark markings of the fore- wing. 



