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a dark-green leaf at or above the level of the eye. Sitting there with 
its wings three-quarters open it is a truly beautiful object, yet not 
nearly so conspicuous as might be thought, and this is true whether 
its wings be open or closed, whether at rest or in its rather slow 
flight. One courageous specimen settled first at my feet and then 
upon my net. In Jamaican specimens the fulvous spot at the anal 
angle of the hind-wing is larger and brighter than in South American; 
there is also somewhat more fulvous on the underside, the bands 
being broader. 
Aganisthos orion, Fabr. (odius, Eabr.). 5 specimens. This very 
fine and robust Butterfly was only met with to the west of Port 
Antonio near the sea-level. 1 A strong flier frequenting the tops of 
trees, especially the Star Apple, Chrysophyllum cainito, Linn., on the 
leaves and fruit of which it occasionally settles. More frequently it 
is seen to rest on tree-trunks (in particular the Logwood), on posts 
or buildings within a few feet of the ground, always with its head 
downwards and wings closed over its back. When thus settled it 
may be detected, if seen in profile, at a considerable distance in 
spite of its cryptic coloration. It is not easy to catch even when 
settled, and I spent much time over it. One of my specimens seems 
to show a bird-bite at the usual corner of the hind-wings. In the 
Jamaican specimens the fulvous band across the fore-wing is much 
broader than in those from the mainland; there is also a tendency 
for the fulvous on the hind-wing to be more extended. It is quite 
probable that sundry large brown butterflies seen at Ramble and 
Walderston may have belonged to this species or the next. At the 
suggestion of the late Col. Bingham, I tried to attract this butterfly 
by over-ripe bananas, scenting some with alcohol, others with 
ammonia. I strolled off a short distance, returning from time to 
time, to find indeed no butterflies, but on each occasion fewer and 
fewer fragments of the fruit. On the last visit I found—an ass 
eating with much gusto the last piece. 
Coea acheronta, Fabr. ( cadmus , Cram.). A broken fore-wing of 
this species was picked up off the ground in a wood above Constant 
Spring, January 5th; 1907. The Haiti specimens in the Hope Col¬ 
lection are more fulvous than those from the mainland, and this 
fragment appears to be of Haitian type. 
Lycaenidae.— Leptotes {Tarums) theonus, Lefebvre, 1856 ( Plebeius 
1 Messrs. Godman and Salvin (“ Butterflies of St. Vincent, Grenada, etc.,” Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896, p. 615) say: “ Grenada. Two specimens of this common 
species, which is also found in Hispaniola, but in no other West Indian island that 
we know of.” It is, however, one of the few butterflies named by Gosse (“A 
Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaica ” (1851), p. 99). 
