some Btitterjlies taken in Jamaica. 49 



A male taken above Constant Spring at about 1000 

 feet elevation on January 1st; another male taken near 

 Chancery Hall, 500 feet, on January 8th, approached the 

 form lydia, Feld., in having the longitudinal black streak 

 broader than usual. On the other hand, another male 

 taken somewhat below the first named and on the same 

 day has no hlacJc streak at all, merely the streak of orange. 



Terias clathca, Cram., 3 $, 1 $. Scarce. Constant 

 Spring, Montego Bay, Port Antonio (Shotover Hill). 



This butterfly appears to be specifically distinct from 

 delia. Cram., but is certainly very closely allied to it. The 

 females are difficult to distinguish, and some specimens of 

 the male sex not easy. In two males from Venezuela one 

 has the black streak obsolescent, in the other entirely 

 absent with indeed very little orange. 



Pieris phileta, Fabr, (monuste, Hiibn. et auct. nee Linn.), 

 4) $, 1 $ . Only met with at Montego Bay, and at Con- 

 trivance, Walderston. 



The flight of this butterfly is sometimes extremely 

 swift, and it exercised my active Portuguese servant and 

 myself very severely to secure three specimens near the 

 shore of Montego Bay. Sometimes it may be taken at the 

 flowers of Eupatorium odoratmn, Linn. During life the 

 clubs of the antennse are of a beautiful turquoise blue. 



Papilionin^. 



Papilio polydamas, Linn. (f. poli/crates, Hopfif.). 7 speci- 

 mens. Constant Spring (common), below Gordon Town, 

 Spanish Town. Not seen on the high land. 



Fond of flowers, especially Bougainvillea, fluttering as 

 it feeds, as many of the family do. A specimen observed 

 flying in deep shade about 5 p.m. settled on a dead leaf 

 and closed its wings ; the underside was distinctly cryptic. 



All my specimens are of the insular form in which the 

 marginal spots of the fore-wing are paler, those of the 

 hind-wing greener, than in South American examples : 

 the marginal pattern on the underside of the hind-wing is 

 coarser, with more brick-red and more white in it. 



Hesperiid^. 



Eudamus proteus, Linn. 9 specimens. Constant Spring, 

 below Gordon Town, Port Antonio (common). Has 

 a quiet flapping flight ; at rest all its wings are nearly 

 upright, but the fore-wings much sloped back, the tails at 



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