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the male, but fully developed in the female. The species are 
of small size and delicate formation. They are of much interest 
but need not detain us long to-night as for the most part they 
are not conspicuous insects. The family is represented in Europe 
by one species only, the so called Duke of Burgundy fritillary. 
This butterfly which superficially resembles the true fritillaries is 
not uncommon on the continent but decidedly local in England, 
occurring in the New Forest and certain other localities. One of the 
commonest members of the family in Trinidad is Lymnas Jarbus 
locally called the Under-leaf from its habit of sitting on the 
under surface of leaves with its wings spread out flat. I must 
not omit to mention here the beautiful little Anteros for mom 
a tiny butterfly brown on the upper surface of the wings, and on 
the under surface cream coloured with massive projecting gold 
spots looking as if drops of molten gold had fallen on the wings- 
The third family of butterflies the Lycamidce is distinguished 
by having the front legs perfect in the female and front tars 1 
more or less imperfect in the male. It is well known in Europe as 
containing the blues, the coppers and the hair streaks. We have 
no coppers in Trinidad and of the blues we have only two— 
Lycoe.ua hanno and Lycoena cassius — both small and insignificant 
The former is commonly seen flying over grass. 
But of the Theclas or hairstreaks there are very numerous 
species in Trinidad. I find twenty one species of Theda in my 
list. They are very various in their marking but most of them 
have tails on the hind wings. Their habits are like those of 
the European Theclas. They may often be seen especially 
towards evening flitting round trees, often high up and out of 
reach. The most beautiful Trinidad species is Theda Many as , 
a large insect with wings of the most brilliant blue on the upper 
surface. This species is more often seen near the coast and is 
especially common i# Tobago. 
We now come to the Papilionidoe the most highly developed 
of the true butterflies. This family is distinguished by the fact that 
