OF BRITISH HONDURAS


with only a few specimens in the Western District.
It is a forest lover.

30. DISMORPHIA PRAXINOE (Doub).
 This is a bright and pretty little butterfly fond
of resting on the leaves of low-growing shrubs
with its wings fully expanded. It loves the shade
of the forest, and I have never seen it anywhere
else than in the woods. I have taken this insect
but only sparingly in the Southern and Western
Districts. It is entirely absent from the northern
districts.
31. DISMORPHIA MARION (G. and S.).
 This butterfly is exceedingly rare in the Colony
although I found it not uncommonly a little
further south in the neighbourhood of Puerto
Barrios in Guatemala. Its range seems to be
restricted to certain definite and limited areas.
As far as the Colony is concerned I have only
taken one specimen and that was at San Pedro
Sarstoon in the extreme south. The butterfly is
fond of flying around the tops of small trees and
high bushes after the manner of the Purple
Hairstreak, which is so often seen circling
over the dwarf oak trees in English country
lanes.
32. DISMORPHIA FORTUNATA (Luc).
 I have notes of this rare little butterfly only