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Scarborough and along the coast towards the east, tearing about in all 
directions, but not at all common at Cocoa Wattie. Six $ and four ? 
taken, of these three were of the wet-season form, seven inter¬ 
mediate, but all were very small. I noted that the males were 
attracted in numbers by the flowers of the Pineapple in the Govern¬ 
ment Botanic Station. 
Phoebis agarithe , Boisd. Three <£, one ?. Common to the east of 
Scarborough ; very showy on the wing, though very difficult to catch, 
being not merely a strong flier, but also wary and seldom remaining 
on a flower for more than a few seconds, moreover it seems to like 
exposed places in the full blast of the Trade-wind. Those taken 
were all small, one male remarkably so; they are moreover much 
paler than specimens in the Hope Collection from Barbados and 
Venezuela. 
Eudamus catillus , Cram. One small specimen on the shore to 
the west of the town. 
Pyrrhopyge venezuelae, Scudder. One at Cocoa Wattie. 
Hesperia syrichthus, Pabr. Common on the coast; one example 
at Cocoa Wattie. 
Callimormus corades, Feld. Three at Cocoa Wattie. 
Systasea erosa , Hiibn. One at Cocoa Wattie. In this species the 
fore-wings are remarkably convex. 
Epeus veleda, Godm. & S. One at Cocoa Wattie. 
Megistias cortica, Plotz ( epiberus , Mabille). One at Cocoa Wattie. 
Oymaenes silius, Latr. One at Cocoa Wattie. This species rests 
with the wings in the same position as our Pamphila thaumas and 
P. sylvanus. 
Of the twenty-eight species in this list, twenty-four 1 are known to 
Mr. Kaye as occurring in Trinidad; those not met with in both 
islands being Phoebis agarithe, Thecla nubes, Epeus veleda and Calli¬ 
mormus corades . Hone of these is recorded by Messrs. Godman and 
Salvin from the Lesser Antilles. 
As regards the general abundance of Butterflies, Tobago occupies 
a position between Jamaica and Trinidad. Whereas eight days’ 
collecting in Tobago yielded 28 species, seven days’ in Trinidad 
yielded 61; but it took ten weeks to get together 47 species in 
Jamaica. On the other hand, Venezuela proved much richer than 
any of these islands, for 135 species were collected in fifteen days. 
In addition to the above I saw on the wing, about a mile from 
Cocoa Wattie, Caligo sp.; also Mr. Sworder gave me specimens of 
1 Of these twenty-four at least nineteen also occur in Venezuela. 
