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a different form to those of the other side, but the 

 females were so extremely rare, that I could only get 

 female specimens of five or six species, and not any 

 at all of those I wanted most particularly. I got 

 three females of Troides chimcera, two or three 

 Morphopsis ula and several Morpho tenaris nivescens ; 

 also three specimens of Morphopsis meeki, besides 

 several of albertisi. I also got three specimens 

 of Charagia. One of these specimens was rather 

 handsome, with green fore-wings and bright rose 

 patch on hind- wings. 1 



The Biagi moths were less disappointing than the 

 butterflies ; the number of species obtained was very 

 much greater than in any previous collection, and 

 the hawk moths were particularly good, with five or 

 six species new to me. 



The birds, however, like the butterflies, were dis- 

 appointing at Biagi. I found nothing at all new, 

 with the possible exception of one species of Parotia, 

 which I did not collect because all Birds of Paradise 

 were heavy in moult at the time. It is strange 

 that altitude makes such a difference to the moulting- 

 time of these birds, those at lower altitudes being five 

 or six weeks earlier in moulting than those of the 

 same species at higher levels. 



I note that a close observer at the London Zoo- 



1 The Charagia is CJi. eugyna, R. & J. (1907). Mr. Meek 

 obtained two males and one female ; the above-mentioned speci- 

 men with red hind-wing is the female. K. J. 



