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am very glad that you were so pleased with //. doris and H. 

 leuce. These are both rather difficult insects to capture, as 

 their flight, though not rapid, is usually out of reach of the 

 net. H. petive7'anits is the common species here and varies 

 most remarkably in size. I have seen specimens scarcely 

 I in. in expanse of wing, and again othei'S 2^ in. to 3 in. in 

 expanse." 



One other insect in the drawer calls for attention, namely 

 the Lycaenid, Eamaeus tninyas. It is a delightful little 

 butterfly, and I wrote to my correspondent expressing my 

 pleasure at receiving it. He replied : " It is a beautiful 

 Lycaenid, I think, with its dark velvety-blue reflections. It 

 is common enough where it does occur, but it is very local, 

 and being weak on the wing is easily captured." 



There are one or two notes in Dr. Davis's letter with regard 

 to the localities in which he collects which may be of interest. 

 "Belize itself," he tells us, "is a most wi'etched place as far 

 as collecting goes. It is situated right in the centre of a huge 

 swamp in which nothing grows but mangroves and a species 

 of button-wood. The Lepidoptera are for this reason very 

 badly represented in this locality. I always like to go into 

 Guatemala for my annual vacation, for this is certainly a 

 naturalist's paradise. From Puerto Barrios, the Atlantic 

 port for Guatemala city, up the railway line one sees hundreds 

 of varieties of the most interesting butterflies an the flowers 

 hy the side of the line. Of course it is impossible to leave 

 the track and enter the forest, for there are no roads, and 

 without an axe or machete no one could pass through the 

 dense and thorny undergrowth." 



I think we shall agree that it is most interesting and 

 instructive to receive such notes as Dr. Davis has sent. They 

 record the experiences gained in the field by a competent 

 naturalist who has made careful observations on the insects 

 about which he writes. 



I append a list of the species received from Dr. Davis, 

 B. H. signifying British Honduras, and G. Guatemala. 



Damais plexippiis, L., (B. H.) ; Z>. cleothera, Godt., (B. H.) 

 I), berenice, Cr., (B. H.) ; Aeria pacifica, G. and S., (G.) 

 Mechanitis lycidice, Bates, (G.) ; M. doryssus, Bates, (G.) 



