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Show 1884.] RHOPALOCERA FROM DOMINICA. 315 One species of Nymphalinae is apparently new, and belongs to the Antillean section of the genus Anaa, of which there is a species in Cuba and another in San Domingo. Pieris Virginia alone of the Pierinae has any claims to peculiarity : it has been several times noticed in the Antilles, but the islands not specified, with the exception of Cuba, where we rather doubt its existence. Bjipilio neodamas is in the same category as Pieris Virginia, and probably only found in the Windward Islands. Of the Hesperidae it is difficult to speak with certainty. Two species, both described in this paper, have probably the same range as the Papilio and Pieris. In conclusion, we may say that we still look for considerable additions to the present list; and these may fairly be expected to include peculiar species of Nymphalidse and Hesperidae, and perhaps of Papilionidae. The widely ranging forms, such as frequent the more open country, are probably most of them included in the following list. It is in the forests and in the older vegetation that novelties must be sought. 1. DANAIS PLEXIPPUS. Papilio plexippus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 767 Danais plexippus, Godm. & Salv. Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhop. 1. p. 1. This Danais appears to be common in Dominica, as there are many specimens in Mr. Angas's collection. These all belong to the form prevalent in the northern parts of South America, in which the spots in the apical portion of the primaries are purer white than in North-American examples. 2. COL^ENIS CILLENE. Pa nlio cillene, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 215 f. D, E. W e have already stated (Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhop. i. p. 168) that the Cuban species of this Colanis conforms best to Cramer's figure, though his specimen is stated to come from Surinam ! The examples in the present collection differ from the typical form of C. cillene in that the transverse band of the primaries beyond the cell is rather more strongly developed. This is apparently a common species in the island. 3. AGRAULIS VANILLA. Papilio vanilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 787. Agraulis vanilla, Godm. & Salv. Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhop. i. p. 171. A very widely ranging species, found throughout the whole of tropical America, as well as in the West-Indian Islands. |