23 [January, 1893. 



Mycalesis, and other interesting Satyridce, a fine species of Parthenos 

 occurred not rarely, but was almost always worn and torn, and by no 

 means easy to catcb. Sunny openings and paths in the nutmeg 

 groves and thickets swarmed with interesting butterflies ; the magni- 

 ficent Diadema Pandarus occurred once only, with three or four other 

 species of this fine genus ; while Cynthia, Uessaras, Precis, Neptis, 

 Oethosia (the gorgeous red and black C. Cydippe, L., being most con- 

 spicuous), i«o^o««, Elymnias, Delias, Callidryas, Hypoclirysops, Lyccena 

 (some very beautiful species), PampMla, and many other genera, were 

 more or less copiously represented. Among the numerous handsome 

 day-flying moths which were met with almost everywhere, the finest 

 and most conspicuous was Alcidis Orontes, L., which appears to fly 

 most freely about 4 p.m., and has verj'-much the look of a fine Papilio 

 on the wing. The equally large and handsome, but more soberly 

 coloured Nyctalemon Patroclus was also found, but more rarely, in dark 

 shady places. 



The Coleoptera, to my great disappointment, I found to be as 

 scarce and inconspicuous as the Lepidoptera were abundant and fine ; 

 had I been able to get right away into the forest, where new clearings 

 were being made, I should no doubt have done very much better, but 

 the only clearing within walking distance, although fairly extensive, 

 was very old and dry, and yielded only a few Phynchophora, &c., one 

 fine species of this group, with exceedingly long legs and rostrum, 

 being common enough on the felled timber, but very hard to catch, as 

 it took to wing with the readiness of a fly. I took only one Longi- 

 corn (a beautiful dark blue species spotted with white), and did not 

 even see a single Buprestis ! The only beetles that I found at all 

 commonly were an Opatrum ? and a pretty spotted Cicindela, both of 

 which occurred freely in the roads and pathways. On the rocky banks 

 of a fine clear stream, which formed one of my best collecting-grounds, 

 a beautiful dark bronzy species of Therates {Cicit}de}id(B) , with enor- 

 mously developed bright yellow labrum and mandibles, was not rare, 

 running rapidly over foliage and taking to wing with great readiness. 

 Hemiptera (with the exception of Cicadw, which were abundant and 

 extremely noisy) appeared to be almost as scarce as Coleoptera, but I 

 took the largest and finest, and I may add, the most powerfully scented 

 example of the Order which I have ever met with : a huge brown and 

 ochreous-yellow insect, an inch and a half long, allied to Pentatoma, 

 but with largely developed hind-legs. Flowers in open spaces 

 attracted large numbers of fine and handsome wasps, hornets, Seolice, 

 XylocopcB, and other Hymenoptera, which, next to the Lepidoptera, 



