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Banda. A small island devoted to the cultivation of 

 the nutmeg, and not likely to be very productive in in- 

 sects. I visited it on three occasions, but spent only one 

 or two days there on each visit. 



Goram, ManoivolJco. These small islands have scarcely 

 any forest vegetation, and are therefore necessarily poor 

 in insects. I collected for a week or two on the former, 

 and for a few days on the latter. 



Matahello. Small coralline islands, with no forest. I 

 spent a week there in April 1860. 



Ke. Islands chiefly of coralline limestone, covered with 

 a grand forest vegetation. I spent five days there in 

 January 1857, and tried to reach them again in 1860, but 

 failed. I believe they would well repay a thorough ex- 

 ploration by an entomologist. 



Morty. Mr. Allen spent about two months on this 

 island, and obtained a rather better collection than on 

 Gilolo, owing to there being some natives engaged in 

 clearing forest. 



Oilolo. I never myself found a good collecting ground 

 on Gilolo, and did not spend more than a month there. 

 Mr. Allen collected for about a month in the northern 

 part, but did not obtain a great number of insects. I be- 

 lieve it to be rather poor, owing to its volcanic soil, and 

 somewhat stunted forest vegetation. 



Ternate. This small volcanic island cannot be very rich 

 in Longicorns, and I believe that the number I obtained 

 is a fair sample of its productions. 



Mahian. The species from this island were obtained 

 during a few hours' visit. 



Kaioa Islands. During five days here in October, 

 1858, I collected about one hundred species of Coleoptera, 

 and saw a greater quantity of large and showy species 

 together than I have ever seen elsewhere. The islands 

 are very small, and consist chiefly of raised coral rock. 

 It was the dry season, and a patch of forest had been cut 

 down a few days before, and every trunk and branch 

 swarmed with beetles. I obtained forty -four species of 

 Longicorns, some of which seem to have been overlooked 

 in the catalogue as occurring in this locality. 



Batchian. I spent six months in Batchian, and worked 

 steadily all the time, yet I did not obtain as many species 

 as in Singapore in two months. I impute this to a real 

 deficiency of species in the Eastern compared with the 



