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and P. liris ; the males of which are quite unlike each 

 other, and belong in fact to distinct sections of the genus, 

 while the females are so much alike that they are un- 

 distinguishable on the wing, and to an uneducated eye 

 equally so in the cabinet. Several other beautiful butter- 

 flies rewarded my search in this place ; among which I 

 may especially mention the Cethosia leschenaultii, whose 

 wings of the deepest purple are bordered with huff in such 

 a manner as to resemble at first sight our own Camberwell 

 beauty, although it belongs to a different genus. The. 

 most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows 

 (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lom- 

 bock and at Coupang, while others were new to me. 



Early in February we made arrangements to stay for a 

 week at a village called Baliba, situated about four miles 

 off on. the mountains, at an elevation of 2,000 feet. We 

 took our baggage and a supply of all necessaries on pack- 

 horses ; and though the distance by the route we took was 

 not more than six or seven miles, Ave were half a day 

 getting there. The roads were mere tracks, sometimes up 

 steep rocky stairs, sometimes in narrow gullies worn by 

 the horses' feet, and where it was necessary to tuck up our 

 legs on our horses' necks to avoid having them crushed. 

 At some of these places the baggage had to be unloaded, 

 at others it was knocked off. Sometimes the ascent or 

 descent was so steep that it was easier to walk than to 



