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- 
wings so as to conceal the large white patch. I failed to 
find any naturally at rest. 
It may be noted that C. cana, Erichs., the representative 
of C. dorcas on the mainland, lacks the conspicuous orange 
brown of the latter species. 
Victorina stelenes, Linn. (So spelled by Linné; Mr. 
Kirby has it steneles; probably Linné 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 (Jambosa vulgaris, D.C. = Hugenia jambos, 
Linn.). 
Cabinet specimens give little idea of the beauty of this 
butterfly during life, since its lovely green fades rapidly. 
Bold, ike 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 
specimens 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). 
