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abundance. Its flight is slow and heavy, suggesting a pale, dingy 
Heliconius; nine specimens were taken, eight of them proved to be 
females. Among the last butterflies taken were Phyciodes liriope , 
Cram., and a tattered Hypanartia lethe , Fabr., both at about 750 ft. 
The Pyrale, Conchylodes platinalis, Guen., occurred near the same 
contour-line. The only insects of “ other orders ” taken were Synoeca 
cyanea, var. ultramarina, and a Canthon found by Mrs. Longstaff. 
At the decidedly dirty Hotel Neptuno, a fine specimen of the 
large Brassoline, Galigo memnon , Feld., was awaiting my arrival; it 
had been pinned upon the wall two days before by the obliging 
interpreter who knew my fancies. Another redeeming feature was 
the excellent coffee. 
The next morning was devoted to a stroll along the coast towards 
the east, anxiety as to the arrival of the steamer preventing any 
lengthy expedition. The best spot reached was a neglected cemetery 
by the sea-side, where we found Phyciodes leucodesma, common; P, 
liriope; Anartia amalthea, tattered; Terias albula, common, one very 
large; Pieris phileta (monuste), two males of the wet-season form— 
this species I have always met with close to the shore ; P. calydonia, 
a male; Nica canthara, two; Mechanitis veritabilis, one; Heliopetes 
arsalte, one; another Skipper was Bolla sp., of which three specimens 
were obtained (Mr. H. H. Druce says that there is one specimen of 
this species in the Godman-Salvin Collection unnamed); and Ageronia 
ferentina, settled on the pale grey trunk of a palm, which it closely 
matched in colour. Danaida archippus was seen a little way beyond 
the cemetery on a purple-flowered Asclepias. 
The Aculeata found in the graveyard were the Carpenter-bee 
Xylocopa aeneipennis, well protected in its hard integuments; the 
formidable dusky-winged Polistes annularis, and the tiny Social 
Wasps, Nectarina augusti, Sauss., whose brown oval nest, about 
4 inches by 2J inches, was on a shrub about 3 feet from the ground. 
Near the cemetery at La Guaira (as well as on the way down 
from Zigzag) Mrs. Longstaff took a species of Canthon, a beetle of 
which the British Museum has a plentiful supply but unnamed. 
While walking down to the ship I picked up from the pavement 
a fine Water-beetle, Hydrophilus insularis, Casteln. 
So ended my fortnight in Venezuela, yielding in butterflies alone 
492 specimens, of 124 species, of which 53 were represented by single 
examples. Let me add that I found the Venezuelans, more especially 
the country folk, civility itself, and my operations were in no wise 
interfered with. 
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