56 Dr. G. B. Longstaff on some 
very small. I noted that the males were attracted in 
numbers by the flowers of the Pineapple (Ananassa sativa, 
Lindl.) in the Government Botanic Station. 
Phebis agarithe, Boisd. 32,19. Common to the east of 
Scarborough ; very showy on the wing, though very difficult 
to catch, being not merely a strong flier, but also wary and 
seldom remaining on a flower for more than a few seconds, 
moreover it seems to like exposed places in the full blast 
of the Trade-wind. Those taken were all small, one 
male remarkably so; they are moreover much paler than 
specimens in the Hope Collection from Barbados and 
Venezuela. 
Hudamus catillus, Cram. One small specimen on the 
shore to the west of the town. 
Pyrrhopyge venezwelx, Scudder. One at Cocoa Wattie. 
Hesperia syrichthus, Fabry. Common on the coast; one 
example at Cocoa Wattie. 
Callimormus corades, Feld. Three at Cocoa Wattie. 
Systacea erosa, Hiibn. One at Cocoa Wattie. In this 
species the fore-wings are remarkably convex. 
Epeus veleda, Godm. and 8. One at Cocoa Wattie. 
Megistias cortica, Plotz. (epiberus, Mabille.). One at 
Cocoa Waittie. 
Cymeanes silius, Latr. One at Cocoa Wattie. This 
species rests with the wings in the same position as our 
Pamphila thawmas and P. sylvanus. 
Of the 28 species in this list, 24* are known to Mr. 
Kaye as occurring in Trinidad; those not met with 
in both islands being Phabis agarithe, Thecla nubes, Epeus 
veleda and Callimormus corades. None of these is recorded 
by Messrs. Godman and Salvin from the Lesser Antilles. 
As regards the general abundance of Butterflies, Tobago 
occupies a position between Jamaica and Trinidad. 
Whereas eight days’ collecting in Tobago yielded 28 species, 
seven days’ in Trinidad yielded 61; but it took ten weeks 
to get together 47 species in Jamaica. On the other 
hand, Venezuela proved much richer than any of these 
islands, for 135 species were collected in fifteen days. 
In addition to the above I saw on the wing, about a 
mile from Cocoa Wattie, Caligo sp.; also Mr. Sworder gave 
me specimens of Jthomia pellucida, Hoptt., and Pteronymia 
asopo, Feld., which he had taken at Cocoa Wattie, and he 
showed me specimens of other butterflies which I did not 
* Of these 24 at least 19 also occur in Venezuela. 
