119 [May, 
next in order of abundance came Tmolus palegon, Cram., which 
frequented the flowers of a Composite shrub (? Vernonia scorpiodes, 
Pers.) ; of Thecla rufofusca, Hew., I captured two, but of the follow- 
ing only one each: 7. crolus, Cram.; TP. togarna, Hew. ; Theclopsis 
tephrea, Hiibn. (this had a peculiar, strong, rather disagreeable 
odour) ; Callipsyche thius, Hitbn.; and Catochrysops hanno, Stoll, 
this last sitting head downwards and opening its hind-wings at 
intervals. 
The Pierines were represented by a fair number of species, but 
few of them were common, indeed, of the following single specimens 
only were taken: Terias nise, Cram., a male; TZ. lewce, Boisd., a 
female, the only specimen met with; Z. elathea, Cram.,a male, an 
aberration with the black streak obsolescent ; Sphenogona gratiosa, 
Dbl. and H.,a female; Hnantia (Dismorphia) melite, Clerck, a male 
(two were netted, but unfortunately the female got away); and the 
“Black-White” Euterpe critias, Feld.,a male; as regards the last named 
I fear I did not notice at the time how closely it mimics some of the 
black and red Papilios, notably P. serapis, Boisd. (? tphidamas, Fabr.), 
a species that I took at Cartagena. The genus Terias was much to 
the fore ; in addition to those already mentioned several Z. albula, 
Cram., were taken, some of them remarkably small; also of 7. phiale, 
Cram., four males; and of 7. delia, Cram , three females, all of “dry ”’ 
type, and one of the extreme dry form named by Butler persistens. 
Two females of MJeganostoma cerbera, Feld., were captured; this 
species, of which Felder called the dry season form therapis, appears 
to me to be quite distinct from AZ. ce@sonia, Stoll. Of Daptonoura 
lycimnia, Cram., I took one of each sex. Altogether I took six speci- 
mens of Sphenogona arbela, Hiibn., four males of the ordinary yellow 
form (one of the form wxanthochlora, Koll.), and a female of the 
unusua] pale form. Undoubtedly the most conspicuous Pierine was 
the large and handsome ‘“ Brimstone ” Amynthia merula, Fabr. This 
was only seen on one especially hot morning (March 2Ist) when 
several of both sexes were observed flying strongly close by the 
Ithomiine locality ; 1 only secured one male, and as the day wore on 
the species disappeared. 
There was more than the usual crowd of Skippers; but in the 
Neotropical Region Skippers are so common, often so inconspicuous 
in colour, and the allied species so difficult to distinguish, that one is 
apt to neglect them in the presence of more attractive game ; for 
truly the most scientific Entomologist is but human ! 
Of the long-tailed Hudamas proteus, Linn., and EH. eurycles, Latr., 
