Notes 011 a Collectioii of Lepidoptera 



inade by William Doherty in Soiitlierii Celebes 



diiriiig August aiul September. 1891. 



Part 1. Khopalocera. 



Bv the Hoii1)l. Walter Rothschild. 



The Collection consisted of about 5000 Lepidoptera taken 

 at the following- places: — "Petuniiang Asui", Pengian, and 

 Bantimurang. west of the watershed, and Bingo and Laji in 

 the Bngis conntiy east of it near Tjaniba. 



After detailing a nnmber of misfortunes which i)revented 

 him carrj'ing out the original arrangement of si)ending July 

 and August in the Macassar region, and September in the 

 Island of Buton, Mr. Doherty supplies the following infor- 

 mation regarding his collecting tonr. 



'1 found it a very dry year at Macassar, only two 

 millimetres feil during August instead of the usual 80. So 

 the broods came out very early, and most of the butterflies 

 were old and worn, and in some species, which were really 

 common enough, the Cethosias for instance, the proportion of 

 worn specimens was so great that it seemed a waste of time 

 to catcli any at all. Finally the last stroke of bad luck came, 

 Avhen I was robbed in a peculiarly clever and daring manner. 

 We were all asleep. and although I suppose I ouglit to be 

 grateful foi- a whole throat. I could not lielp feeling the loss 

 of Sterl. 60 in money. nearly all my clothes, my watch, a 

 valuable microscope, patent lamp, and many other things, in- 

 cluding my numbei- 8-pins. 



The up-country trip was the worst of all. The country 

 was as dry as a bone and nothing flying but dust, and I had 

 not time to penetrate the wet strip of coast near Boni. On 

 the other hand the dry season was favourable to butterfly 



