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two atlites were a worn “ wet,” and a fine intermediate “ dry ” speci¬ 
men. A female of the croccde form of Catopsilia pomona, Fabr., was 
secured. Catochrysops pandava , Horsf., the wet-season form, was in 
some numbers, as was also Terias hecabe, Linn., of which wide-ranging 
species two males and a female were taken, all of the wet-season 
form. All these were disappointingly familiar friends, but some¬ 
what more striking (because new to me) were Danais agleoides, Feld., 
and Danaida (Salatura) hegesippus , Cram. Of the former I saw but 
one, of the latter several in the outskirts of the garden. Perhaps 
the most lovely sight in this lovely garden was a pond filled with 
the sacred Lotus {Nelumhium speciosum, Willd.) in full flower; but 
those of the party who were not on entomology intent were hard 
to please; they complained (most unreasonably as I thought) of the 
excessive heat, and were glad to leave a place but 77 miles north of 
the Equator. 
Hongkong, lat. 22° 20' N. 
April 8th—19th, 1904. 
Hongkong is well known to be one of the most frequented ports 
in the world, but surely it is more than this, it is one of the most 
beautiful. The blue water of its extensive harbour hemmed in by 
mountains and dotted with rocky islets affords anchorage to countless 
craft sailing under every flag and varying in build from the clumsy 
but picturesque junk, and the snake-like destroyer, to the latest type 
of ocean liner and most modern battle-ship—the whole forming 
a picture not easily erased from the memory. Among the larger 
craft are countless row-boats, or sampans, navigated by women, 
who often have a baby strapped upon their backs, an arrangement 
apparently equally agreeable to both parties. The city of Victoria 
is divided into a European and a native quarter. The latter, in 
spite of the buildings being in great part of European type, is quite 
picturesque, its streets going up and down steps like Clovelly. 
The men’s hats are at least as wide as their shoulders, nearly flat 
with pointed crowns; but porters, the Chinese police, and other 
minor officials wear hemispherical hats bearing an ideograph with an 
English number. The men all wear pigtails, women who pretend 
to be at all above the ruck go in for “golden lilies” and hobble 
about in the most pitiful way on their little stumps of feet, often 
helped by women of a lower class, but with more natural organs of 
locomotion. Bluejackets of several nations hugely enjoy ’rikisha 
riding. Soon after S.M.S. “Hansa” came into the port an 
