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place for Satyrines, which were fairly numerous, being represented 
by Euptychia saturnus, Butl., three, a species that I did not find else¬ 
where ; E. hermes, five; E. pharella , three ; and Oressinoma typhia, 
three, one of them very small, this is a butterfly that is by no means 
fastidious, often flying when the sun is not shining. 
Nymphalines were quite unusually scarce, the only species 
captured were Phyciodes lelex, and P. anieta. The sole Lycaenid was 
Polyniphe dumenilii. No Papilio was taken. 
Of the Pierines, those taken were Pseudopieris nehemia, six males 
(with a slight, or moderate, flowery scent), and a female; Sphaeno- 
gona arbela, a male of the usual yellow form; also three males of 
Terias phiale, one of them an aberration having more black than 
usual on the hind-wing and but little yellow. 
Heliconius was poorly represented by a single charithonius, but 
the Ithomiines were more numerous, and included Ithomia andromica, 
Hew., two; Aeria eurymedia, Cram., one; Eypoleria ocalea, Dbl. & H., 
one; and Athesis dearista, Dbl. & H., a female. 
Actinote antaeas was of course present, and there were a few 
Skippers, to wit, Hesperia syrichthus, one; Eudamus eurydes, one ; 
Hesperia uniformis, Plotz, one (a species recorded by Plotz from 
Brazil) and a worn insect that is probably Chiomara gesta, H.-Schaff. 
I also secured specimens of the pretty orange, black-bordered, 
day-flying Geometer, Devarodes hypocritaria, Guen. (simulans, Walk.), 
and of the smoky, black and white Oenochromiid, Phaeochlaena cir- 
cumfumata, Warr.; together with these was a Uraniid, Epiplema 
obliviaria, Walk., of which there are but two worn examples in the 
British Museum. A beetle, Euphoria (?) morosa, Jans., was taken on 
the wing. 
But I reserve to the last my favourite hunting ground at Caracas, 
which I visited altogether four times during my short stay. A few 
minutes’ walk beyond the Puente 9 de Febrero brings one to the 
closed Cementerio Hijos de Dios, to the right of which the path 
crosses a deep “ barranco ” (ravine) where there are usually a number 
of Actinote anteas : this is an unmistakable Acraeine; it has a slow 
flight, and when at rest the fore-wings are always drawn back com¬ 
pletely within the hind-wings, so as to give the insect a very long, 
drawn-out look. It is tenacious of life, but I did not detect any 
scent. An aberrant specimen had no ferruginous at the base of the 
fore-wing and very little ochreous about it. 
Beyond the barranco the path leads across a field past a cottage 
and round the head of another smaller barranco—where the effects 
of denudation with fairly well-formed earth-pillars may be studied 
