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74 ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. [part la
(Nymphalidae) a fine genus which has 4 Antillean species and
2 in Central America; Zwcmm (Nymphalidae) 2 species, confined
to Jamaica and Hayti ; and Kricogonia belonging to the Pieridse,
which has 2 West Indian species, while 1 inhabits Mexico and
Florida. Genera which show a special relation to Central
America are Euptoieta, Eumceus, and Nathalis. Almost all the
other genera are South American, the total number recorded in
each family as occurring in the West Indian islands, being, 3 of
Danaidse ; 1 of Heliconiidse ; 2 of Satyridse ; 18 of Nymphalidae
1 of Erycinidae ; 4 of Lycaenidae ; 6 of Pieridae; 1 of Papilio-
nidae, and 10 of Hesperidae. The genus Papilio is represented
by about 20 species, 2 of which are North American, 4 South
American, while the rest form little characteristic groups allied to
those of Central America. The most marked feature seems to be
the scarcity of Satyridae and the almost total absence of Erycinida?,
with a great deficiency in characteristic Neotropical forms of
Danai-dse and Nymphalidae.
Cdeoptera.—Cicindelidae and Carabidae are very poorly repre-
sented, by a few species of wide-spread groups, and hardly any
peculiar genera. No Lucanidae are recorded. Of Cetoniidae,
Gymnetis only appears to be represented. Buprestidae seem to
be more numerous ; 15 genera being recorded, but almost all
of wide distribution. One only is peculiar Tetragonoschoma,
found in Hayti ; Hetlecia is the only exclusively South American
genus ;
Chalcophora is widely scattered over the tropical regions
but is absent from South America, yet it occurs in the Nearctic
region and extends to Jamaica and Guadeloupe. We now come
to the Longicorns, the only group of Coleoptera which seems to
be well represented, or which has been carefully collected. No
less than 40 genera are known from the West Indian islands,
and 15 of these are peculiar. Prionidae are proportionately very
numerous, there being 10 genera., 2 of which are widely dis-
tributed in both South and North America, 1 is North American,
and 1 South American, while the following are peculiar,
Stenodontes (Hayti and Cuba) ; DendroUaptus (Cuba) ; Mono-
desmus (Cuba and Jamaica) ; Prostervodes (Cuba) ; Solenoptera
a,\id Materopsis, the two largest genera found in most of the