70 (March, 
by two low ridges that separate Cardecas from El Valle, but on the 
North it is dominated by a lofty range of mountains, which rising 
abruptly from the valley culminate to the North West in Silla, 
8760 ft., and Naiguata, 9300 ft. 
The Observatory commandsa grand prospect, but the path leading 
to it, was far from productive, yielding only Phyciodes anieta, Hew. ; 
Synchloé lacinia, Hiibn., the dark form ; Leptotes (Tarucus) cassius, 
Cram., both sexes; Terias elathea, Cram., a male, an aberration of the 
‘moderately dry ’’ form in which there was no trace of the usually 
conspicuous longitudinal black streak, and scarcely any of the orange 
border thereto ; also Hesperia notata, Blanch., the only example met 
with. 
The village of En Vatie stands at about the same level as 
Caracas, some four miles to the south, and as it is conveniently placed 
at the terminus of a tramway I visited it three times, but my first visit 
was spoilt by heavy rain A bluff on the outskirts of the village 
displayed sufficient flowers to attract a fair number of insects, the 
best of which was the large Skipper, Prenes evadnes, Cram., the only 
one that I met with, but a lane leading from the village southwards to 
a ford proved a better collecting ground. This lane, bounded on 
either side by a wet ditch and a flowery hedge, had an English look 
that was delightfully refreshing. Here were a number of the com- 
moner Butterflies, conspicuous among them the “ Brimstone,” Callc- 
dryas eubule, Linn. (f. senne, L.), of both sexes; Anosia archippus, 
Fabr. ; Actinote anteas, Dbl. and H.; the beautiful yellow and black 
Heliconius charithonia, Linn.; the brilliant red, black and white. 
Anartia amalthea, Linn., flying as usual close to the water, but 
unfortunately in poor condition; the dingy Satyrine, Huptychia 
hermes, Fabr. (camerta, Cram.), together with its more attractive 
white-striped congener, HL. hesione, Sulz.; there were also several 
males of the ‘‘Common White ’ 
Boisd., and a male of the common TZerias albula, Cram., a white 
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of those parts, Leptophobia aripa, 
member of a yellow genus. But besides these familiar forms there 
were several of greater interest, at all events to one new to South 
America. ‘The small Nymphalines, Phyciodes lelex, Bates, and 
P. liriope, Cram. ; a female of Terias nise, Cram. ; two male Spheno- 
gona arbela, Hibn., of an unusually pale form; a female of the fine 
Daptonoura lycimnia, Cram.; a specimen of the large Ithomiine, 
Mechanitis veritabilis, Butl.; the black and white Lycenid, Polyniphe 
dumenilii, Godt., and the Skipper, Chiomara gesta, H.-S. But there 
were in addition several Butterflies in that narrow lane which J did 
