A study of the biology and behavior of the caterpillars, pupae and emerging butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in Trinidad, West Indies. Part I. Some Aspects of larval behavior

New York Zoological Society, at Simla, Arima Valley, Trinidad, West Indies.This station was founded in 1950 by the Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research, under the direction of Dr. William Beebe.It comprises 200 acres in the middle of the Northern Range, which includes large stretches of undisturbed government forest reserves.The laboratory of the Station is intended for research in tropical ecology and in animal behavior.The altitude of the research area is 500 to 1,800 feet, and the annual rainfall is more than 100 inches.[For further