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Psyche 
[Sept-Dec. 
THE LYCLENIME OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS (LEPI- 
DOPTERA, RHOPALOCERA) 
By Harry K. Clench 
Cambridge, Mass. 
So little has been written about the Lycoenidce of the Bahamas 
that it was thought advisable to publish some account of the 
species of this family that are known to occur there. 
Due to a lack of complete information, it has been impossible 
to work out distributions among the islands of the group. As 
a result, this paper will be limited almost entirely to a system- 
atic list of species, with such locality data as are available. 
The history of the recorded Bahaman Lycoenidce may be 
summed up as follows: E. M. Sharpe (1900, pp. 199-200), in 
her account of a collection made on New Providence Island, 
listed three species; M. Bates (1935, pp. 189, 195, 197, 198) 
mentioned an additional four as occurring in the Bahamas, but 
gave no specific localities; and lastly, the author (1941, p. 3; 
1941a, p. 407) added two more, bringing the total number 
known for the region to eight. An additional five in this paper 
raise that number to thirteen. This figure compares, now, 
more favorably with the sixteen species of Cuba. 
Of the thirteen Bahaman species and races in this family, 
two species and three races are indigenous. The latter, quite 
naturally, show affinities with both Florida and Cuba, but 
appear to be more strongly connected with the latter. 
The specimens upon which this paper is based are contained 
chiefly in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zool- 
ogy. The general arrangement follows Bates’ 1935 paper, 
“The Butterflies of Cuba.” 
Genus Eumaeus Hiibner 
1. Eumaeus atala Poey 
Eumenia atala Poey, 1832, no. 3, 3 figs. 
Eumceus atala : Bates, 1935, p. 189. 
