56 Dr. G. B. Longstaff on some 



very small. I noted that the males were attracted in 

 numbers by the Howers of the Pineapple {Ananassa .sativa, 

 Lindl.) in the Government Bptanic Station. 



Phcchis agarithc, Boisd. 3 ^, 1 $. Common to the east of 

 Scarborough ; very showy on the wing, though very difficult 

 to catch, being not merely a strong tiier, but also Avary and 

 seldom remaining on a flower for more than a few seconds, 

 moreover it seems to like exposed places in the full blast 

 of the Trade-wind. Those taken were all small, one 

 male remarkably so; they are moreover much paler than 

 specimens in the Hope Collection from Barbados and 

 Venezuela. 



E'udamns catiUvs, Cram. One small specimen on the 

 shore to the west of the town. 



Pyrrlioiryge veneziiclm, Scudder. One at Cocoa Wattie. 



Hcsperia syrichthus, Fabr. Common on the coast ; one 

 example at Cocoa Wattie. 



CaUimormus coracles, Feld. Three at Cocoa Wattie. 



Systacca erosa, Hiibn. One at Cocoa Wattie. In this 

 species the fore-wings are remarkably convex. 



Epcus vcleda, Godm. and S. One at Cocoa Wattie. 



Megistias cortica, Plotz. (ejnberus, Mabille.). One at 

 Cocoa Wattie. 



CymiBnes silius, Latr. One at Cocoa Wattie. This 

 species rests with the wings in the same position as our 

 Pamfliila thaiimas and P. sylvanus. 



Of the 28 species in this list, 24 * are known to Mr. 

 Kaye as occurring in Trinidad ; those not met with 

 in both islands being Phoshis agarithe, Thecla mihes, Ejpeus 

 veleda and Ccdlimormus corades. None of these is recorded 

 by Messrs. Godman and Salvin from the Lesser Antilles. 



As regards the general abundance of Butterflies, Tobago 

 occupies a position between Jamaica and Trinidad. 

 Whereas eight days' collecting in Tobago yielded 28 species, 

 seven days' in Trinidad yielded 61 ; but it took ten weeks 

 to get together 47 species in Jamaica. On the other 

 hand, Venezuela proved much richer than any of these 

 islands, for 185 species were collected in fifteen days. 



In addition to the above I saw on the wing, about a 

 mile from Cocoa Wattie, Ctdigo sp. ; also Mr. Sworder gave 

 me specimens of Ithomia pcllucida, Hopff., and Ptermiymia 

 asopo, Feld., which he had taken at Cocoa Wattie, and he 

 showed me specimens of other butterflies which I did not 



* Of these 24 at least 19 also occur in Venezuela. 



