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On the short voyage from Port of Spain to Scarborough we had 
been disagreeably impressed by the odour pervading our cabin, but 
did not learn till some days afterwards that it had been subjected to 
disinfection after the removal of a man suspected to be suffering 
from yellow fever ! When the small steamer reached Port of Spain 
on its return from Tobago, the porter of the excellent Queen’s Hotel 
was there to meet us with the cheery message that the best hotel in 
the West Indies had been closed by order of the Governor, in conse¬ 
quence of two deaths from yellow fever. The obliging' porter took 
us to hunt for quarters, since there was no possibility of getting away 
for four days, when the “ Orinoco ” would be due homeward bound. 
The second-best hotel was, as might have been expected, absolutely 
full. The best boarding house in the town had also been closed in 
consequence of a case of fever, but we ultimately found quarters at 
the Colonial Hotel, of which all that I need say is that it was 
distinctly better than the Neptuno at La Guaira, although my wife 
did have to sit up half the night in active pursuit of Arthropods 
belonging to orders in which, greatly to Mrs. LongstafFs annoyance, 
I declined to take any interest, possibly because they took but little 
interest in me. 
A male Danaida archippus , the only insect of its group, was 
taken at La Brea. Near San Juan, I took four specimens of Tithorea 
megara , Godart, three males and a female, they were flying slowly in 
a shady wood ; the males had a strong, sweet, flowery scent, like that 
of Stephanotis , but with a spicy element; I thought it was associated 
with the tufts. A single specimen of Ithomia pellucida , Weymer, 
occurred in a wet place on the Ariapeta path at an elevation of about 
500 ft. 
The Satyrines, though confined to one genus, were somewhat 
numerous. Euptychia hermes was extremely abundant; of E. renata , 
Cram., several, and of E. hesione many were met with on the Ariapeta 
Road, the latter did not seem to mind rain; one example had 
suffered a symmetrical injury to both hind-wings; again, at about 
500 ft., I came across two E. penelope, Fabr., also two of the 
delicately beautiful E. ebusa , Cram., which is almost black, with 
violet hind-wings. 
At San Juan an aberrant specimen of Actinote antaeas was 
secured; the wings were all paler than usual, and the intermediate 
black lines on the hind-wings wanting. 
The two very similar, and almost equally handsome scarlet and 
black Heliconii—hydarns hydarus and euryades , Riff., were both 
captured. The former was rather common above St. Ann’s, at about 
