172 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



Laid up for some weeks from ulcerated wounds, I was 

 unable pereonally to do so much on the higher parts of the 

 Besagi as I could have desired. From what my hunters and 

 collectors brought in, it was evident that its elevation corre- 

 sponds very nearly with that of the Tengamus — about 7000 

 feet — in the Lampongs ; myrtles, ericas, rhododendrons and 

 moss-loving orchids, and high-growing species of Melasto- 

 maceee were among the most characteristic plants. It was 

 trying to the temper to hear accounts of abundant tracks of 

 the fine goat-like antelope (Capricornis sumatrensis) whose 

 footprints I had so wistfully followed on the Tengamus 

 without success. The return of my bird hunters, however, 

 was always for me the great event of the day. As birds 

 were very abundant, my collection increased rapidly. Among 

 the more interesting species may be mentioned Orescius gouldi, 

 one of the Trogons, the orange of whose breast washes com- 

 pletly out in spirit of wine ; Criniger gutturalis, two species of 

 Myophoneus [M. melanura and M. dicrorhynchus), which in the 

 evening ilitted about from stone to stone with a loud whistle, 

 the former quite endearing itself to me by its blackbird- 

 like form and habits ; Polyplectron clialcururus, one of the 

 Phasianidee ; and Arhorophila personata, a little j)artridge, 

 differing from the type in being more bluish-ash on the breast 

 and more closely barrred with black on the back. 



I was, however, able to entomologise among the sunny avenue-' 

 like roads that for several miles led away from the village, 

 where flocks of Cyrestes {Nymphalidse), spread their chastely 

 marked wings flat on the ground, and delicate Lycmnidw 

 disported in great numbers; of other Lepidoptera the more 

 interesting species may be named : Gallidula javanica, which 

 emitted a strong and disagreeable odour ; Melanitis suradeva, 

 on stumps of trees under the shade ; a fine new species of 

 Amnosia ; Eurhinia fulva, lately discovered in Tenasserim by 

 my friend Captain Bingham ; one of the prettiest species of the 

 Eeophoridse ; two new species of that curious genus named by 

 Butler Homopsyclie from their singular resemblance to a Romo- 

 pteron, and for which I at first took them ; and Botys deduetalis, 

 a species known also from Ceylon, an island with which Sumatra 

 seems to have many species in common ; in Telok-betong I 

 netted a small moth at light, Pentacitrotus transversa, also 



