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BIONOMIC NOTES 
I can find notes to that effect are the common, insignificant little 
G-egenes letterstedti, Wallgr., of S. Africa, Gymaenes silius, Latr., which 
I came across in Tobago, and the Canadian Atrytone hdbomok, Harr. 
Many species, such as Parnara mathias , Fabr., Notocrypta 
feisthamelii, Boisd., and Badamia exclamationis, Fabr. (Ceylon); 
Carystus coryna , Hew. (Venezuela), and Catia drurii, Latr. (Jamaica), 
settle with all the wings in the vertical position, the fore-wings being 
often much drawn back between the hind-wings. The Sinhalese 
Parnara colaca, Moore, holds the hind-wings in an intermediate 
position. 
In marked contrast to all those previously mentioned many 
Skippers settle with their wings spread out as flat as Boarmiid 
moths, such are: the S. African Pterygospidea Jlesus, Fabr., Bretis 
djaelaelae, Wallgr., and Sarangesa motozoides, Holland; the Indian 
Sarangesa dasahara , Moore, and Celaenorrhinus ambareesa, Moore; 
the Sinhalese Tagiades obscurus , Mab. ( distans , Moore); Caprona 
ransonetti, Feld.; Hantana inf emus, Feld.; and Celaenorrhinus spilo- 
thyrus , Feld.; the Jamaican Hesperia syrichthus , Linn., Anastrus 
simplicior, Moschl., and Ephyriades otreus, Cram., settle in a similar 
posture. 
Many species settle with the wings nearly but not fully expanded, 
such are the S. African Parnara fatuellus , Hopff. and our own 
Nisoniades tages , Linn., and Syrichthus malvae, Linn. 
Eudamus proteus, Linn. The rest attitude of this common 
species, as seen in Jamaica, is very striking. It was noted to rest 
with all the wings up, but partly open and with the fore-wings much 
sloped back. At the same time the conspicuous tails remain 
horizontal, nearly at right angles to the wings; for a great part of 
their length they overlap, but their extremities are divergent. If 
Mr. Knight’s drawings do not represent this attitude quite as clearly 
as I should have liked, it is because I was not able to supply the 
artist with adequate material. The tails appear to be an impediment 
to the insect’s flight, which is remarkably slow and quiet for one of 
the group. (See Fig. 10, p. 288.) 
I have described above (pp. 191, 192, and Fig. 7) the curious 
folding of the hind-wings in the S. African Bhopalocampta keithloa, 
Wallgr. Something of the same kind may be seen in the S. African 
Gegenes letter stedti, Wallgr., and Parnara fatuellus, Hopff., as well as 
in the Sinhalese Telicota bambusae , Moore, Parnara mathias, Fabr., 
Bibasis sena, Moore, and Badamia exclamationis, Fabr. 
All who have ever set Ntages must have observed that its 
ample wings are somewhat convex. The same characteristic is even 
