OF BRITISH HONDURAS


sand at the edges of rivers in the height of the dry
season, i.e., in March and April.
 The butterfly is very scarce and I have only
encountered solitary examples from time to time.
On one memorable occasion I saw quite a number
of them in company on the sandy beach of the
river at Benque Viejo, a town about twelve miles
from the settlement of the Cayo. There on the
moist sand by the edge of the river where it flows
through the town were a company of twenty or
thirty of them all settled down to feast with wings
quivering in the manner characteristic of this
family. Most unfortunately I had forgotten to
bring my net, and so I lost the opportunity, which
was never repeated, of acquiring a nice series of
this rare and interesting butterfly.
5. PAPILIO POLYZELUS (Feld).
 I have not observed this insect in either of the
northern districts, but it occurs rather commonly
in the forests in the Cayo and Punta Gorda Dis-
tricts, and also at San Pedro Sarstoon in the
extreme south of the Colony. At San Pedro I
took the butterfly in the month of August.
6. PAPILIO MYLOTES (Bates).
 A few specimens are recorded by me as
having been taken in the Western District. It
does not appear to be a common species in the
Colony.