514 ME8SKS. GODMAN AND SALTIN ON [-^-Pr- 21, 



is a very poor one, and there is now no likelihood of any important 

 additions being made. 



In 1884 (P. Z. S. pp. 314-320) we wrote a short paper on the 

 Ehopalocera of the island of Dominica, and gave an account of the 

 27 species enumerated, together with a general view of the relation- 

 ship of the Butterdy fauna of the island to that of the adjoining 

 regions. The present list entirely coniirms the coiiclasions 

 arrived at and points to the great poverty of this portion of the 

 West-Indian fauna. The Danainfe are represented by two species 

 of Banais, the IthomiinsB being wholly absent. Of Nymphalinae 

 we find only eight species of six genera, all of them more or less 

 common continental species. HeliconinsB are absent, and so are 

 SatyriusB, Morphinse, and Brassolina;. Erycinidae are unrepresented, 

 but Lycsenidas show eight species, of which we now describe 

 three as new, aU of them slight modifications of widely 

 spread southern forms. Of Pierinse (seven species), Pieris mnjinia 

 is ther only one peculiar to the Antilles and is also found in 

 Dominica. The only Fapilio is apparently P. eurydamas, which 

 also occurs in Martinique. Of HesperiidsB we find thirteen species, 

 and of these we give new names to three, two of which have not 

 been found elsewhere. 



Comparing the butterflies of the two islands, we find little to 

 notice. Grenada has, as might be expected, a slight preponderance 

 of Bouthern forms, of which Gysiineura cana is an example. 



Danain*. 



1. Danais plexippus (Linn.). 



Danais plexippus, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ehop. i. p. 1 ; P. Z. S. 1884, 

 p. 315. 



Three examples from St. Vincent (both windward and leeward 

 sides), with white eubapical spots, agreeing with South-American 

 specimens. 



2. Danais eeesimus (Cram.). 



A South-American species of wide range, occurring in Hispaniola 

 and Jamaica. 



" Swampy forest by the sea-shore north of Granville, Grenada I. ; 

 common in this locality. Also Telescope Estate, windward side, 

 April." 



NyMPHALINjE. 



3. CoL^Nis JULIA (Fabr.). 



Several specimens agreeing with South- American examples, 

 having the oblique submarginal dark band on the primaries well 

 developed. The Dominica species is much nearer ' Cramer's 

 G. cillene, but differs in some respects. All these island forms 

 require revision. 



•'St. Vincent; very common in open lands below 1000 or 1500 

 feet." 



