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T. marcella, Feld — Cartago and San Jose ; also rather scarce. 



T. petreus, Bates. — One specimen from Guapiles. A continuous 

 occurrence of individuals of this species was observed by me one day 

 at San Jose, passing overhead, always in the same direction, though 

 not more than one at a time. Unfortunately they were invariably 

 out of reach of the longest handled net, which was all the more 

 annoying as they appeared to be in perfect condition, suggestive of 

 recent emergence. 



Eurema lethe, Fabr. — Taken only near San Jose. Not at all 

 common. 



Epiphile adrasta, Hew. — Only one taken at San Jose ; no others 

 observed. 



Junonia lavinia, Cram. — Eecorded only from San Jose, but I feel 

 sure I saw it in every other locality we visited. 



Anartia jatrophcs, Linn. — Common in one place just outside the 

 town of Limon. Occurred, but not very commonly, at Guapiles. 



A. fatima, Fabr. — Abundant everywhere. 



Anna ghjcermm, Doubld. & Hew. — Only seen near San Jose, not 

 uncommon, but rather difficult to catch, and often damaged. 



Caa cadmus, Cram. — One specimen only from Guapiles, where a 

 few others were observed. 



AmpMrene epaphus, Latr. — Scarce at Guapiles in May, but very 

 common at San Jose in June and July, especially on the Lantana 

 flowers, in the baranco near Santo Domingo. 



Ageronia ferentina, Godt. — One from Guapiles, and one from 

 Limon ; several others were seen. 



Gyncecia dirce, Doubld. & Hew. — I did not once see this butterfly 

 on the wing in Costa Rica, and am only able to include it in this list 

 because a small larva I found at Limon, feeding on the leaves of the 

 trumpet-tree (Cecropia peltata), produced a fine male of this species, 

 which was previously quite unknown to me : though some months 

 later in Jamaica and Trinidad, in localities where dirce was fairly 

 common, I bred a good many more. The larva is velvety black, with 

 two long, spiky horns protruding from the head, of a brownish-drab 

 colour, and it is ornamented throughout with spiky spiracles of a pale 

 lemon-yellow colour, changing to white in the immediate region of 

 the head. 



Smyrna karivinskii, Hiibn. — I took one specimen of this butterfly 

 close to the station at Rio Grande, while we were waiting for the 

 train to take us back to San Jose. It was so cryptic when settled 

 that had it not been for the sharp eyes of a small Spanish boy, who 

 earned a well-merited half-colon for his most desirable assistance, I 

 should never have detected it. The specimen was absolutely fresh, 

 but had two slight injuries to the lower wings, so entirely alike and 

 symmetrical that at first I thought it was their natural shape. 



Limnas pixe, Boisd. — First taken at Guapiles, fairly common at 

 San Jose in June ; but unfortunately I failed to discover that it was 

 not a moth till later on in July, when but few of the specimens were 

 worth netting. 



Nymphidium lyorias, Hew. — One from San Jose in July. 

 Euchenais aristus, Stoll. — Two from San Jose in June. 



ENTOM. — JULY, 1913. R 



