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rapidly through the interlacing twigs and foliage of the 

 jungle. 



Certain species conld always be found in particular spots ; 

 the orange and pumilow trees in the plantations always 

 abounded with the handsome large red and black Papilio 

 Memnon ; grassy nullahs sheltered abundance of small ocel- 

 lated species; Papilion Paramon floated over every hedge-row, 

 and certain bushes always harboured some swift-flying pale 

 yellow Pieris Namouna ; even a patch of sandy sea-shore 

 generally produced a large buff" insect (Charaxes), which was 

 fond of alighting upon it, matching it well in colour, so that it 

 was not difficult to secure it. But, without going into the jungle, 

 only about half a dozen common though handsome species 

 could be met with in a morning's ramble, unless, as when, by 

 a fortunate accident, I captured a magnificent yellow satin 

 Ornilhoptera, in a pleasure-garden. 



During a month I succeeded in taking upwards of sixty 

 species of butterflies in Labuan, a very respectable number 

 for so brief a time, and showing considerable richness of the 

 island in this respect. No complete collection has hitherto 

 been made, though I have seen about a hundred and fifty 

 species in one cabinet; but a gentleman of the garrison, who 

 has lately arrived there, after a long apprenticeship among 

 the Lepidoptera of Malacca, is now busy with his net, and 

 will doubtless soon make more species known. When the 

 road above mentioned was in process of formation through 

 the jungle, some years ago, butterflies were so abundant that 

 they are described as having flown about in perfect clouds, 

 and I am credibly informed, by Mr. Low, that as many as 

 two dozen could be taken in a single sweep of the net. For 

 the same reason probably, cleared ground near the jungle is 

 always most productive of butterflies ; and as it is well 

 known that wherever ground is newly cleared new plants 

 immediately spring up, so also, under similar circumstances, 

 a new species of butterfly is likely to occur in the first season 

 after a clearance ; but although it may be in profusion then, 

 it does not follow that it is so in succeeding seasons ; and 

 the opportunity of securing specimens should not be lost on 

 account of the insect appearing to be so common. As an 

 example of this it may be mentioned that when the com- 

 pound surrounding Mr. Low's house was cleared a beautiful 



