In 1921, MACLOLM BARCANT caught a pink "Jaune d' Abricot" butterfly in a neighbour's garden in Port of Spain. His catch led him to a fifty year freind-ship with the butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago.

In those years, Trinidad's capital was still a little wild, and the weeds and flowering shrubs in the backyards of the residents provided a sanctuary for butterflies. The Queen's Park Sabannah, an oasis in the heart of the city, was filled with flowering shrubs. Butterflies of all kinds, both common and rare, crossed the park in mumbers in all seasons.

Malcolm employed the "Riker Mount" method-encasing specimens on white wool pressed against glass. It was an ideal system in a moist tropical climate to prevent attacks from inscets and fungus.

The geat majority of the specimens on the collection was taken between 1946 and 1971. During the 1960's, Malcom Barcant also caught butterflies in the Trinidadian countryside, particularly in the area of Sande Grande towards the east coast if the island, and in the heights of Santa Cruz in the northern mountain range. In the collection, there are also thirty trays with Specimens from the South American continent.

Several extremely rare species in the collection have the distinction of being seen and captured only once and with only one specimen on record. Since 1974, this rare and significant butterfly collection has been on show at the House of Angostura.

"If it were possible for each of the 8000 specimens in the Angostura-Barcant collection to speak, they would bring tales of hours spent in the wild, and of patience at home. For each, its location its behaviour, its capture, tells a story all of them I do not wish to forget."

(Malcom Barcant)

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