JAMAICA—BUTTERFLIES 
285 
cassius, Cram., var. a, floridensis, Morrison, 1874), 8 <£, 19 ?. Taken 
in every locality that I visited: common at Mackfield; abundant 
at Constant Spring, Gordon Town, and Port Antonio. The excess of 
females taken may be attributed to their superior size and attractive¬ 
ness, but possibly they are easier to capture. It is most often seen 
flying over shrubs or near woods; it has a quick jerky flight, and, 
especially the female, appears larger than it is. After rain it is 
about the first butterfly to come out. 
All my specimens taken in Jamaica are distinguishable at a glance 
from those taken in South America, Trinidad or Tobago. They are 
smaller and darker; the hind-wing of the male is violet-blue instead 
of white; the fore-wing of the female is shot with blue over at least 
two-thirds of the fore-wing, and there is much less white in the hind¬ 
wing. On the underside the metallic-centred ocellus is larger, and 
there are differences in the dark markings of the fore-wing. 
In my opinion it is specifically distinct from P. cassius , Cram., 
but if not distinct it is a very well-marked local race. The earliest 
description of the form that I can find is that by Lefebvre, and it 
should, I think, bear his name. 1 
Catochrysops hanno, Stoll (? monops, Zeller). 11 specimens. 
Abundant at Constant Spring, also met with at Mackfield, Walder- 
ston, and Port Antonio. Its small size and insignificant appearance 
probably cause it to be often passed over. It frequents small 
Composites by the roadside, especially Distreptus spicatus, Cass. 
Callipsyche thius, Hiibn. A single very fine male near the Jam 
Factory at the foot of the hills, Constant Spring. On the wing I 
took it for a Skipper. This and the specimens from Jamaica in the 
National Collection lack the white mark at the tip of the fore-wing 
of the male seen in Venezuelan examples. 
Galycopis pan, Drury. Three specimens, taken in the garden at 
Walderston by my Portuguese servant. The lobes of the hind-wings 
are everted as in the Indian Aphnaeus and the South African 
Argiolaus. 
Pierinae.- — Callidryas eubule, Linn. (f. sennae, Linn.). 17 £, 14 $. 
Constant Spring (common), Gordon Town (abundant), Castleton, 
Temple Hall (abundant), Mandeville, Mackfield (common), Montego 
Bay (common), Walderston, Christiana, Spanish Town (abundant), 
Port Antonio (abundant). 
If not actually the most abundant, it is at all events the 
1 Ramon de la Sagra, “Historia fisica, etc., de la Isla de Cuba,” vii., p. 611, 
1857. Edited by H. Lucas. In “ The Butterfly Book,” 1899, p. 270, Dr. W. J. Holland 
calls it Lycaena theonus, Lucas. 
