NEW PAPILIO 9 
purpose. He had, however, much benefited by the 
journey, and was nearly well when he left. The joss- 
house just mentioned is formed of a natural cave of 
great beauty and considerable size, the entrance to 
which is on the face of a precipice. Here I found 
growing in great luxuriance a variety of primula, the 
leaves of which are scented, and the flowers, which are 
borne singly, mauve. This grows in large masses and 
forms a most conspicuous object. The joss-house was 
certainly very damp inside, but was not considered to 
be unhealthy, and the chief priest has lived there for 
forty-five years, showing that it has not affected his 
health. It possesses a single bell of considerable, size, 
and the sound of its vibration and echo in the cave has 
a very weird effect. 
We lived entirely in the boat, making daily excur- 
sions into the glen and collecting Lepidoptera and 
Coleoptera, of which I found a fair number. Among 
the more striking plants is the bohenia, which grows 
in great profusion over the rocks and bears very pretty 
bunches of waxy pink flowers. Lilies abound, and 
their flowers are eagerly sought for by the commoner 
papilios. Among them, however, I was fortunate enough 
to capture a magnificent new species, which has since 
been named Papilio LElwesi. Clematis and various 
species of fern abound, and in the more shady places a 
