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good specimen is caught, as they are generally much — 
damaged by flying against twigs and branches. The e 
upper surface of the wings are of a dull metallic blue. 
The butterfly known as Colcenis Dido may be gene- _ | 
rally caught round flamboyant trees, at certain times. a 
The trees on the Brick-dam are favourite places for 
these. They are black with open green spaces on the 
wings. Papilio polydamus may also be seen hovering 
about places in which that peculiar plant, called com- 
monly the Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia trilobata) 
grows. The larve are so numerous sometimes as to 
eat every leaf of the plant, they are of a maroon colour, 
with black heads and markings of yellow, and grow to the 
size of half or three quarters ofaninch. The butterfly is 
black with chrome spots round the edge of the hindwings. 
Hard to net, but fairly common is the Urania Leilus. — 
The wings are black with stripes of bright metallic green, — 
with swallow tails; a good specimen of this inseét is 
a handsome addition to a colle€tion. 
Among the moths the Sphingide are conspicuous for 
their strength and swiftness of flight. The best known 
are the vine moths, of which there are the green vine 
moth (Argeus Labusca) the brown vine moth (Philam- 
pelus satellitia) and the striped vine moth (Ph. linnei), 
which are most delicately coloured, especially the striped 
vine moth; they may be caught in gardens or on walls — 
while resting in the daytime. The humming bird moth, — 
(Macroglossa sp.) so named for the resemblance it bears 
to the humming bird, is a small dull olive green moth 
with marking of greenish brown on the forewings and 
two silver spots in the centre of each forewing. I have 
caught them several times in one corner of the Public 
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