40 Dr. G. B. Longstaff’s Notes on 
displayed a greater wealth of flowers than I saw anywhere 
else in Jamaica, the dominant and most attractive being a 
species of Vervain (probably Stachytarpha jamaicensis, U.). 
It was a very hot day, with less wind than usual, and I 
was there from 11.15 a.m. to 12.30 noon. Dione vanille 
was fairly swarming, while Huptoieta hegesia, Cram., was 
scarcely less abundant, and among them were numerous 
Precis lavinia, Cram., and a few Skippers, Prenes nyctelius, 
Latr., P. ares, Feld., and Morys valerius, Mosch. Callidryas 
ewbule, Linn., was coursing about in all directions, often 
stopping to take a sip from the Vervain; but not a single 
White was seen; Colwnis was conspicuous by its absence, 
while Anartia jatrophe, Linn., if present did not obtrude 
itself on my notice. A hasty glimpse of a Papilio was 
obtained, also of a butterfly that suggested my South 
African acquaintance, Planema esebria, Hew. (2? Actinote 
sp.). Among the butterflies were a few of the beautiful 
Arctiid, Utetheisa bella, Linn. (speciosa, Walk.). Altogether 
it was such a sight as seldom gladdens the eye, but which 
happily lingers long in the memory. 
A few words on the localities visited -— 
Constant Spring (Dec. 31—Jan. 14); the hotel stands 
near the northern edge of the Liguanean plain, about 500 
feet above the sea. There is good collecting in the woods 
at the foot of the mountains up to Stoney Hill, say 1000 
feet. 
Gordon Town (Jan. 9); the bed of the Hope River below 
the town, which I visited once, is about 800 feet. 
Chancery Hall (Jan 8, also March 7), on the plain, is 
beside the dry bed of a stream, to the west of Constant 
Spring. 
Temple Hall (Jan. 11, 12), c 850, is on the road to 
Castleton, Jamaica. 
All these places are in St. Andrew Parish. Parishes in 
Jamaica take somewhat the place of counties in England, 
and as the names are in constant use it seems well to give 
them. 
Castleton, St. Mary Parish (Jan. 11, 12), is just beyond 
the height of land; the Botanic Garden is 500 feet above 
the sea. It proved a disappointing locality. 
Mandeville, Manchester Parish (Jan. 16-22), ranges 
from 2000 feet to about 2200 feet. It proved very poor. 
Mackfield and Ramble, close together, the former in 
Westmoreland, the latter in Hanover (Jan. 24—Feb. 2). 
