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as he expected; but he suggests that he went too soon after a 
very long hot dry season and would have done better if he 
had delayed his visit for a couple of months. Castile is a 
large open savannah with primaeval forest on one side, and 
it was on the edge of this forest that he made nearly all his 
captures. In the tracks through the dense forest he found 
hardly any Lepidoptera. The most interesting insects he took 
were Syntomid moths of wasp-like and fly-like appearance, 
which were present in abundance. At the edge of the forest 
were patches of a small shrub with white flowers, and it was 
on these flowers that he took nearly all his specimens. Dr. 
Davis says that he found the early morning hours, from 
sunrise to about 10.30 a.m., the best time. After that the 
sun appeared to be too hot for them, and, with the exception 
of one or two of the more brilliant species, they all disappeared. 
The species which simulate Aculeates and Diptera were found 
in abundance on the flowers before mentioned, and were 
easily captured. One of the most interesting moths sent is 
Amycles anthracina, Walk., which is a very close mimic of a 
wasp, a specimen of which Dr. Davis has sent, and I have 
placed the model and the mimic side by side for comparison. 
Both wasp and moth were very common, crawling together 
over the flowers, and, experienced as Dr. Davis is, he tells 
me that he made a mistake once and got a slight sting. 
Another insect of which Dr. Davis sent two specimens, is 
Chrysostola augusta, which was described by Druce in “ Biologia 
Centrali Americana,” from a specimen sent home without a 
body by Champion from Guatemala. This type specimen is 
now at South Kensington, and was the only one in the national 
collection until I presented one of those collected by Dr. 
Davis. Druce’s description should be completed as under :— 
Abdomen yellow, terminal segments black with purple 
reflections; a black dorsal spot on the first and second 
segments. 
The collection also contains an undescribed species of 
Loxophlebia, for which I propose the name davisi. Of the 
two specimens sent I hope to present one to South Kensington. 
The following is the description :— 
