﻿and 
  has 
  been 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  on 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  occasion. 
  

   The 
  " 
  blue 
  butterfly," 
  stated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Vallentin 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   frequently 
  observed 
  close 
  to 
  Stanley 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  Island, 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  identified, 
  and 
  thus 
  remains 
  a 
  mystery. 
  

  

  The 
  butterflies 
  of 
  oceanic 
  islands, 
  as 
  defined 
  by 
  Wallace, 
  

   form 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  Address, 
  and 
  I 
  

   purposely 
  omit 
  any 
  allusion 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  such 
  island 
  groups 
  

   as 
  lie 
  near 
  the 
  great 
  continents, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  well 
  known. 
  Reference 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  permitted 
  

   to 
  the 
  Faroe 
  Islands, 
  from 
  which 
  no 
  butterfly 
  is 
  definitely 
  

   recorded 
  as 
  yet, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  probability 
  that 
  

   Coenonympha 
  typhon 
  at 
  least 
  may 
  be 
  eventually 
  found 
  there 
  ; 
  

   and 
  to 
  St. 
  Kilda, 
  where 
  C. 
  paniphilus 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  noticed. 
  From 
  the 
  Azores, 
  lying 
  far 
  out 
  in 
  mid- 
  

   Atlantic, 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Godman 
  has 
  recorded 
  nine 
  butterflies, 
  

   all 
  familiar 
  British 
  forms 
  except 
  Danaida 
  plexippus, 
  which 
  

   was 
  first 
  observed 
  there 
  in 
  1863, 
  and 
  has 
  occurred 
  subsequently 
  

   on 
  several 
  occasions. 
  To 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  the 
  little- 
  

   known 
  Safyrus 
  azorica, 
  Strecker, 
  which 
  is 
  perhaps 
  identical 
  

   with 
  a 
  Satyrid 
  butterfly 
  seen 
  in 
  October 
  1880 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  

   messmates 
  in 
  H.M.S. 
  " 
  Kingfisher 
  " 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  among 
  

   the 
  rocks 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  Caldera 
  of 
  Fayal, 
  3300 
  feet 
  above 
  

   the 
  sea. 
  I 
  ascended 
  the 
  mountain 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  which 
  

   was 
  unfortunately 
  cloudy, 
  so 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  butter- 
  

   fly 
  could 
  be 
  seen. 
  The 
  one 
  specimen 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  was 
  in 
  

   poor 
  condition, 
  but 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  nearly 
  related 
  to 
  

   Oeneis 
  than 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  genus, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  looking 
  

   for 
  by 
  any 
  entomologist 
  who 
  may 
  visit 
  these 
  interesting 
  islands. 
  

  

  Fourteen 
  species 
  of 
  butterflies, 
  according 
  to 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  E. 
  

   Verrill, 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  coralline 
  group 
  of 
  Bermuda, 
  

   which 
  is 
  fully 
  600 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  

   of 
  North 
  America. 
  The 
  record 
  of 
  three 
  of 
  these, 
  Vanessa 
  io, 
  

   L., 
  V. 
  polychloros, 
  L., 
  and 
  Dehis 
  portlandia, 
  F., 
  rests 
  on 
  the 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  single 
  specimens 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  

   islands 
  by 
  Canon 
  Tristram 
  as 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  1848 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  

   two 
  species, 
  to 
  say 
  the 
  least, 
  are 
  most 
  unlikely 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  

   their 
  way 
  from 
  Europe 
  to 
  Bermuda. 
  Vanessa 
  aniiopa, 
  L., 
  

   Callidryas 
  eubule, 
  L., 
  Colias 
  philodice, 
  Hiibn., 
  Pieris 
  rapae, 
  

   and 
  Papilio 
  cresphontes, 
  Cr., 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infrequent 
  stragglers 
  

  

  