OF BRITISH HONDURAS


for instance, it took me many years before I
discovered, purely by accident, that the best time
for collecting many of the Syntomid family of
moths-that very interesting group which imitates
so closely bees and wasps-was in the early
morning before and soon after sunrise.
 At this time of the day I found many different
species of them, and found them abundantly,
quietly resting on the white flowers of low-growing
shrubs at the edge of the forest, but by ten o'clock
when the sun shone too fiercely they vanished,
and not one was to be seen where only a short
time before they had been so plentiful. Among
these Syntomids I was fortunate enough to
discover one which was new to Science-a
Loxophlebia.
 The sandy beaches of rivers and creeks are very
attractive to many butterflies in the dry season,
and especially to the Papilios and the Catopsilias.
The Hesperids, or "Skippers," and many of the
commoner species of butterflies prefer open country
exposed to the full blaze of the sun, but the
majority of butterflies are more at home in the
shade of the forest or where sun and shade mingle
as in forest roads.
 The greatest obstacle in the way of my collecting
I always found to be the sun, which produced a
very curious effect on me. I would start out in
the early morning full of life and energy, but after