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saw an odd specimen at Trincomalee. M. hector swarmed all 
over the water as well as land, all, or nearly all, in fresh con- 
dition, and nearly all of them males. On an island in the fine 
harbour I managed at last to catch Ornithoptera darsius (male 
and female). The island proved a first-rate locality for many 
things, and especially Hymenoptera. We had here several 
comparatively unsuccessful hauls with the seine-net, but, as we 
were under the guidance of a native, it is more than probable 
that we were not shown the best localities. Fish were extremely 
abundant, and any morning one could see the native fisher- 
men returning with well-filled baskets, containing everything 
from the Hammer-headed Shark to a fish no larger than a 
whitebait. 
We returned to Colombo before proceeding further East, and 
after remaining a short time there started for Singapore, with a 
stop at Pulo Way, an island off North Sumatra, for coal en route. 
This island is a Dutch possession, and the coaling company a 
private one; the same company owns the floating-dock, into 
which we went on our return journey. This enabled us to spend 
several days on shore, and a number of nice captures were made. 
The common Danais chrysippus, most cosmopolitan of butter- 
flies, and a species of Huplewa were in countless numbers along 
by the sea, many of them sitting on the wet sand. Many 
coloured fish of every kind were swarming round the dock, and 
Sharks were plentiful in the harbour. We made an expedition 
to the mainland one day by the small local steamer, which takes 
about three and a half hours to do the crossing, following close 
in under the island for the first hour or so, a most interesting 
looking place. There were some fine Turtles swimming about 
in the vividly clear water. Oleleh, the port for Kota Raja, the 
capital of Achin, is not an interesting place, but Kota Raja itself 
is a nice little town right under the mountains in which the dis- 
_contented Achinese dwell. Butterflies did not seem numerous, 
but moths were flying at some flower-beds in the public garden, 
amongst them Cherocampa celerio. The Sumatran Toad is 
apparently a very sophisticated creature, and we were much 
amused at the behaviour of certain individuals. The verandah 
where we sat after dinner was tenanted by several of them, each 
stationed under a lamp, and making a hearty meal off the insects 
