some Butterflies taken in Jamaica. 45 



near Chichester Rectory, Ramble, two were beaten out 

 after sundown ; both settled almost at once, one on the 

 top of a grass stem with its wings up, the other towards 

 the top of a long green fern. The second very deliberately 

 set up its wings, then after an interval it retracted its fore- 

 Avings so as to conceal the large white patch. I failed to 

 find any naturally at rest. 



It may be noted that G. cana, Erichs., the representative 

 of G. dorcas on the mainland, lacks the conspicuous orange 

 brown of the latter species. 



Victorina stelenes, Linn. (So spelled by Linne ; Mr. 

 Kirby has it stenelcs; probably Linne meant to call it 

 after either Sthenelus or Sthenele, the other names are 

 meaningless.) 11 specimens. Widely distributed, but 

 not common. Constant Spring, Mackfield, Walderston, 

 Christiana, Spanish Town, Port Antonio. On the banks 

 of the Rio Grande, on 2nd March, I saw four or five 

 flying together about a bush of what I took to be the 

 Rose Apple (Jamhosa vulgaris, D.C. = Eugenia j'amhos, 

 Linn.). 



Cabinet specimens give little idea of the beauty of this 

 butterfly during life, since its lovely green fades rapidly. 

 Bold, like many of its family, it will return again and 

 again to the same perch, often a dark-green leaf at or 

 above the level of the eye. Sitting there with its wings 

 three-quarters open it is a truly beautiful object, yet not 

 nearly so conspicuous as might be thought, and this is 

 true whether its wings be open or closed, whether at 

 rest or in its rather slow flight. One courageous specimen 

 settled first at my feet and then upon my net ! 



In Jamaican specimens the fulvous spot at the anal 

 angle of the hind-wing is larger and brighter than in 

 South American ; there is also somewhat more fulvous 

 on the underside, the bands being broader. 



Aganisthos orion, Fabr. {odius, Fabr.). 5 specimens. 

 This very fine and robust Butterfly was only met with 

 to the west of Port Antonio near the sea-level.* 



It is quite probable that sundry large brown butterflies 



* Messrs. Godman and Salvin (" Butterflies of St. Vincent, Gren- 

 ada, etc.," Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1896), p. 515) say: " Grenada. Two 

 sj)ecimens of this common species, which is also found in Hispaniola, 

 but in no other West Indian island that we know of." It is, how- 

 ever, one of the few butterflies named by Gosse (" A Naturalist's 

 Sojourn in Jamaica" (1851), p. 99). 



