1901.] ON BUTTERFLIES FBOW BT. LUCIA. 711 



5. On some Butterflies from St. Lucia, W. Indies, collected 

 by Major A. H. Cowie. R.E., F.Z.S. By Arthur G. 

 Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., fee. 



[Received November 20, 1901.] 



The collection of which the following i- an account was for- 

 warded to me by our Secretary on September 4th of the present 

 year, with a request that F would send him a list of the species for 

 publication. 



The series of insects forwarded consists of 149 Butterflies, 

 2 Moths, a Locust. 2 Dragon Hies, and an Ant-linn. The .Moths 

 are identified by sir George Eampson as Mulelocha sp. and Ther- 

 mesia gemmatalis. Respecting the Orthoptera and Neuroptera, 

 Mr. W. P. Kirby reports that " they are all widely distributed 

 species in Tropical America, except Myrmeleon leachii, which 

 appears to be confined to the West Indies." 



Obthopteba i Fam. Phasgonuridse). 



Gonocephafau maeropterus Redtenbacher, Verb., z.-b. (r. Wien, 

 xli. p. 402 1 1891). 



Neuboptbba (Fam. Libellulidse). 



Trithemia umbrata (Libellula t*.)Liun. S. N. x. 1. p. .345 ( 1 7"> s ). 



i Fam. Myrmeleonidse). 

 Myrmeleon ls</c?iii (Formicaleol.) Guilding, T. Linn. S. Lond.xvi. 



p. 49. Originally described from St. Vincent. It also occurs in 

 Bermuda and Jamaica, and doubtless in other islands." 



The Butterflies now sent by Major A. 11. Cowie. R.E., F.Z.S., 

 cuiisist of examples of twenty-one species, of which one — Cystitu ura 

 cowiana — is new. There seems to be a considerable resemblance 

 between the Butterfly-fauna of this island and that of Dominica. 



The following is a list of the Butterflies : — 



Xwil'HAJ.ID.i:. 



1. AlNOSIA Ala II ll'l'i s, \ar. StEGALIPPE Jliibn. 



The specimens Bhow considerable variation in the black 

 bordering to 1 he veins. 



2. I'i.ij i- <.i.\m\ i \ \ ( Yam. 



Both Bexes agreeing perfectly with those Prom other Wesl 



I ndian island-. 



:;. \s\ktia lAimii'ii i: Linn., and var. 8ATUBATA Stgr. 



Judging from analogy the variety named by Staudinger should 

 be the wet phase of the Bpecies; those received in the presenl 

 collection are ral her Lntermndiate in character, the orange suffusion 

 mi the 'inter area- of the wings being verj slightly indicated, 

 though the markings below arc well-defined and the ocelli large 



