NOTES ON THE BUTTERFLIES
is hovering over a flower and the next has vanished.
Or you may come to a bush with blue flowers,
and here you may see a little crowd of Sphinx
moths almost identical in size and colour with
the English Humming Bird Hawk moth. These
are all the moths you will see. The hedgerows
will be absolutely free from any sign of them, and
the gardens will be no better. In towns and
villages along the coast the electric lamps in the
streets are similarly deserted. I cannot explain
it, but such are the facts.
 But, instead of moths making their appearance
when the sun goes down, certain kinds of butter-
flies which are never seen in the daytime suddenly
and mysteriously appear from nowhere and begin
to fly up and down the country roads, not in
large numbers or companies, but singly here and
there. These are the families of Taygetes, Caligo,
Opsiphanes and Eryphanis, mostly butterflies of
large size-and they continue to fly until darkness
hides them from view.
 You know what a common thing it is in England
when taking a walk anywhere by day to find
moths resting on walls, palings, tree trunks and
similar places. Quite a good collection may be
got in this way simply by using your eyes. But
in British Honduras you will look in vain for a
single specimen at rest in these situations. Not
one will be found.