species of the ^'F amnion" group was more plentiful. One ^ , in beau- 

 tiful fresh condition, of a fine yellow OrnitJioptera, was the only- 

 specimen which I succeeded in taking out of several seen. The pretty 

 bluish-green and black JEronia Phocea was common among thick under- 

 growth along with a species of Pontia ; two or three species of Terias 

 swarmed among Leguminosce, notably a very striking and handsome 

 form with broad black inner margins to the fore-wings, while a fine 

 orange-tipped Hehomoia was more often seen than caught. Several 

 fine species of Danais were common, but Z). ArcMppus was not met 

 with, although its food-plant (Asclepias ciirassavica) was common ; 

 Euplcea, Diadejiia, Cynthia, Charaxes, Messaras, Mycalesis, Cethosia, 

 Neptis, Precis, Parthenos, and several other genera were observed, and 

 representatives of nearly all of them were taken. A beautiful form 

 of Melanitis Leda was abundant, chiefly about the edges of " paddy " 

 fields, and in the banana groves close to the town a big Amathusia (I 

 think A. Plddippus) was not uncommon flying out abruptly from amoug 

 the hanging dead leaves, and by no means easy to obtain in good con- 

 dition. A. Discopliora and a very large brown Sesperid frequented 

 similar situations, but both were somewhat rare. Of moths I saw but 

 few, though some fine larvae of Attacus Atlas were found on the leaves 

 of the custard apple, Anona muricata. 



As at Ternate, I found Coleoptera tolerably numerous among dry 

 dead leaves on felled trees, &c., and obtained some interesting little 

 Longicorns, &c., by beating them into my net. A large pubescent 

 species of Hylotrupes must be very abundant, as although I did not 

 meet with it myself, I had on two or three occasions a score or more 

 of living specimens evidently just caught offered for sale to me by 

 native boys. Some pretty little Heteromej^a were found under bark 

 and in stumps, a Pcederus on the banks of the stream, and a fine 

 Gopris in its usual habitat. On one occasion, while rambling about 

 in a grove of fruit trees, I had a narrow escape from a great swarm of 

 bees, which were densely clustered on a horizontal bough about eight 

 feet from the ground, and I had passed right under them before I was 

 aware of their presence, luckily without disturbing any. As it was I 

 was glad enough to give them a wide berth without troubling to as- 

 certain the precise species. 



After leaving Samboangan we encountered the north-east monsoon 

 rather strongly, our progress being in consequence not very rapid, and 

 we did not reach our next port, Manila, until the afternoon of De- 

 cember 7th. We lay about a mile and a half from the town, the 

 shores of the extensive Bay of Manila being very low, and apparently 



