138 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



were often the centre of attraction for quite a flock of a very 

 beautiful large butterfly, Euplcea oehsenheimeri, which would 

 fearlessly rest on their naked bodies and on my sweating 

 hands, whence they allowed themselves to be captured be- 

 tween the fingers in the easiest manner possible. Another 

 butterfly also, the Cynthia Juliana, was often caught at the 

 sweating bodies of the natives. 



