NOTES ON THE BUTTERFLIES


27. GONOPTERYX MAERULA (Fabr).
 This is a very powerful and rapid flyer. Wet
sand and the margins of mud puddles have a great
attraction for it. Here these insects may be seen
sometimes in swarms settled down to their feast
in company with many other species.
 At Salt Creek in the Belize District I once saw
a cloud of these butterflies in the month of
August. Countless numbers of them were flying
in the direction of the prevailing wind, which was
from the north-east. They were all flying steadily
with no inclination to settle.
 The butterfly is generally distributed and even
common, and is most abundant in the months of
June, July and August.

28. GONOPTERYX CLORINDE (Godart).
 This is much less frequently seen than the
preceding. Its habit of settling to drink at moist
places is similar to that of G. maerula and, like it,
its flight is rapid and strong. It is found sparingly
through the Colony but appears to be most in
evidence in the Corozal District.
 This butterfly and the preceding are robust
and compactly made, very much after the model
of the female Brimstone butterfly of England.

29. KRICOGONIA LYSIDE (Godart).
 This is a very uncommon insect and I have met