22 Vallentin, Notes on the Falkland Islatids. 



garden near the house, an attractive little Fritillary 

 hovering over a flower. Later, I noticed numbers of the 

 same species round the house, and also in the vast 

 enclosures on Mr. Bertrand's property. The bright 

 flowers growing in the sheltered corners of the garden 

 seemed very attractive to these butterflies, and without 

 any difficulty I captured a nice series of them. This 

 species, Argynnis siga, seems to be. very locally distri- 

 buted over these islands. Specimens have been seen at 

 various places on the West Falklands ; and the single 

 specimen in Dr. Dale's collection, and presumably 

 captured near Darwin, must have been a stray specimen 

 blown thither by the wind. This specimen is the only 

 one recorded from the East Falklands. 



Another Fritillary has been seen by several people in 

 the West Falklands. They all described it to me as 

 being larger and a faster flyer than A. siga. The mark- 

 ings on the wings were also more pronounced. As this 

 butterfly has only been occasionally seen in the north-west 

 portion of the West Falklands, it seems to be most 

 probable that it has been wafted thither from the South 

 American continent. The blue butterfly noticed in my 

 previous notes appears to be quite extinct. Like Dr. Dale, 

 I did not capture a single specimen of either Sphinges or 

 Bombyces. 



The following list has been made out for me by a 

 gentleman in the insect department of the British 

 Museum. The best of my specimens have been incor- 

 porated with the national collection. 



Argynnis siga, Hiibner. 



Euxoa falklandica, Hmpsn. 



Feltia capnistis, Hmpsn. 



F. dariviJii, Hmpsn. 



Pachnobia dalii, Butl. 



