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Papih'o aegeus aegens Don. ; both specimens were ragged and yielded 

 no recognisable odour. Terias herla McLeay was abundant; a captured 

 male was of the dry- season form. Specimens of T. lineataMX^Xv. were 

 dry or intermediate ; on scraping the scent-patches of a male, a faint 

 flowery perfume became evident ; after a few hours' interval this had 

 ceased to be perceptible. The female was tried for scent, with a negative 

 result ; and the same remark applies to Catophaga ega Boisd. ? , which 

 again, as in Magnetic Island, put in an appearance unaccompanied by 

 the male. The absence of scent in these two instances was only in 

 accordance with expectation ; but it would not have been surprising to 

 find an odour present in Danaida afinis Fabr. J' ; this, however, 

 appeared to be scentless. I failed also, as on previous occasions, to 

 detect any scent, agreeable or otherwise, in Chanapa corinna McLeay $ . 

 Other captures included the only specimen seen of Neptis consimilis 

 Boisd., a small Nymphaline marked with two shades of brown — pale 

 and dark ; a female Zizera ahuliis Herr.-Sch., caught and given to 

 me by Professor Armstrong ; and two males of Hypnlycaeyia straho 

 Fabr. The latter species was to be seen in some numbers flying 

 about and settling on low bushes which crowned the high slopes 

 overlooking the intensely l)lue waters of a charming inlet of the sea. 

 Tested for scent, both specimens of H. fitrabo yielded a strong fruity 

 odour, somewhat like that of a very ripe pear ; this was confirmed on 

 return to the ship. Dragonfiies were numerous everywhere ; two males 

 and two females of the dainty Neurotliemis stigmatizans Fabr. were 

 secured, together with a single specimen of Orthetrum sabina Drury,the 

 latter noted as not common. The handsome grasshopper Gastrivinrgns 

 pictus Leach, was plentiful ; it is active, and a specimen was captured 

 with some difficulty. Stropis brumiea White was also common. 



Collecting on Thursday Island, though in most respects delightful, 

 had, besides the roughness of the ground, another slight drawback, 

 viz., the annoying attacks of a large light-green ant, which swarmed 

 in the trees, and was only too ready to drop off on to the passer-by 

 and inflict a sharp and rather painful bite. 



Soon after leaving Thursday Island we entertained two visitors in 

 the shape of a pair of pretty little bee-eaters. They flew on board in 

 the afternoon, and roosted at night in the rigging, closely huddled up 

 together. In the morning they had disappeared, having, I hope, found 

 their way back to land. Once more we had to travel at night with few 

 lights, and those covered ; the portholes being all shut and ])lackeued 

 on the outside, it may be imagined that the warmth below was con- 



