364 MISS E. M. SHAEPE os^ [May 3, 



upon the mottled grey bark, which it exactly resembles in colour 

 and markings. When disturbed it flies rapidl)' to the next trunk 

 aud disappears, and it is only after a prolonged examination of the 

 bark that it is seen again, in the same position with its wings 

 open but higher up the tree. The least movement of the net and 

 away it goes again. — C. C] 



11. TisiETEs CHinox (Fabr.). 



[Not noticed before May, then met with in the mountains near 

 La Vega, frequenting open stony places or patches of wet shingle 

 hx the side of the Tuna river, in parties of three or four. 



This Butterfly is exceedingly difficult to take. One swoop of 

 the net and the whole party has vanished like magic. Although 

 struck at each time they will return to the same spot over and 

 over again. After expending a deal of energy on several occasions 

 I only managed to obtain one specimen. — C. C] 



12. ViCTOEINA STENELES (Linn.). 



[Xot noticed before April. Then fairly common at La Yega. 

 A quick and high-flying insect, frequenting any open glade or 

 favourite hedge and offering battle to any large insect, or even a 

 small bird, that may come near. The pugnacity and strength of 

 wing of this species is extraordinary, and even when it has to fly 

 with hardly " a stitch of canvas set " its impudence is undiminished. 

 A perfect specimen must be a great rarity. — C. C] 



13. Apattea thoe (Godt.). 



[One specimen caught in April. The only one met with. — 

 C. C] 



Family L x c je n i d. 



14. Tahucus monops Zeller. 



[Very common during March and April. — C. C] 



15. TAEUcrs CASSITJS (Cram.). 



[Not common. Two specimens taken in February and one in 

 April.— C. C.J 



Family Pieeid^e, 



16. DiSMOEPHIA SPIO (Godt.). 



[One specimen brought to me in April. — C. C] 



17. Eubema midea (Menetr.). 



[Very common at La Vega in April, flitting over the savanas 

 and open grassy places. — C. C] 



18. Etjeema LISA (Boisd.). 



[Possibly as common as E. midea, but I was unable to distinguish 

 them on the wing. Two of the four specimens taken in February 

 at Sanchez. — C C] 



