﻿XXIV 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  Hesperidae 
  recorded 
  by 
  

   C. 
  0, 
  Farquharson, 
  J. 
  C. 
  Kershaw, 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Neave 
  and 
  

   others 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1917, 
  p. 
  Ixxvii 
  and 
  references 
  there 
  

   quoted) 
  seem 
  to 
  offer 
  strong 
  support 
  to 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion's 
  

   suggestion 
  (p. 
  xxviii) 
  that 
  the 
  flight 
  of 
  Calpodes 
  ethlius 
  was 
  in 
  

   search 
  of 
  water.] 
  

  

  (2) 
  "I 
  enclose 
  two 
  dark 
  slightly 
  metallic 
  Micro 
  lepidoptera 
  

   (marked 
  ' 
  gyrans 
  ' 
  on 
  the 
  label), 
  which, 
  with 
  their 
  relatives, 
  

   are 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  Their 
  remark- 
  

   able 
  characteristic 
  is 
  the 
  inability 
  to 
  move 
  any 
  distance 
  in 
  

   a 
  straight 
  line 
  (by 
  walking). 
  If 
  a 
  specimen 
  wishes 
  to 
  get 
  

   from 
  a 
  point 
  A 
  to 
  B, 
  usually 
  on 
  the 
  upperside 
  of 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  some 
  

   low 
  plant, 
  the 
  track 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  [a 
  drawing 
  was 
  here 
  given], 
  

   including 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  complete 
  turns 
  as 
  if 
  waltzing. 
  

   At 
  first 
  I 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  turns 
  were 
  always 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   direction, 
  but 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  so, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   same 
  individual 
  turned 
  indiscriminately 
  to 
  right 
  or 
  to 
  

   left. 
  I 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  group 
  must 
  be 
  well 
  known, 
  but 
  

   they 
  are 
  new 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  have 
  dubbed 
  them 
  — 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  

   a 
  better 
  name 
  — 
  Inehriatidae, 
  which 
  really 
  sounds 
  quite 
  

   scientific 
  ! 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  species 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Strohisia 
  group 
  of 
  Gele- 
  

   chiadae 
  [Tineina) 
  : 
  (1) 
  Holojjhysis 
  sp. 
  nr. 
  stagmatophora, 
  

   Wlsm., 
  from 
  Eio 
  Claro, 
  Trinidad,. 
  Apr. 
  27, 
  1916, 
  (2) 
  Systasiota 
  

   sp. 
  nr. 
  leucura, 
  Wlsm., 
  from 
  Issororo, 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  June 
  

   1916, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Durrant, 
  who 
  had 
  kindly 
  examined 
  the 
  

   specimens, 
  has 
  drawn 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  B. 
  Clemens' 
  description 
  

   of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Strohisia, 
  in 
  Stainton's 
  " 
  Tineina 
  

   of 
  North 
  America," 
  1872, 
  pp. 
  117, 
  118 
  :— 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  perfect 
  insects 
  are 
  most 
  commonly 
  found 
  in 
  shaded 
  

   places, 
  on 
  the 
  surfaces 
  of 
  leaves. 
  They 
  are 
  active 
  and 
  rest- 
  

   less 
  in 
  their 
  motions, 
  and 
  turn 
  in 
  circles 
  on 
  their 
  resting-places, 
  

   especially 
  after 
  short 
  flights; 
  withal 
  they 
  are 
  disposed 
  to 
  be 
  

   quarrelsome 
  and 
  drive 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  leaves 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  

   may 
  happen 
  to 
  be 
  enjoying 
  themselves, 
  other 
  ' 
  little 
  people 
  ' 
  

   of 
  the 
  shaded 
  wood." 
  

  

  (3) 
  " 
  A 
  remarkable 
  moth 
  that 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  with 
  

   two 
  protrusible 
  tails. 
  These 
  tails 
  are 
  apparently 
  hollow 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  straightened 
  out 
  ( 
  ? 
  by 
  pressure 
  from 
  within), 
  when 
  

  

  