proached and captured. It proved to be the rare and
curious Charaxes kadenii, remarkable for having on each
hind wing two curved tails like a pair of callipers. It was
CA LLIPER BUTTERFLY.
the only specimen I ever saw, and is still the only representative
of its kind in English collections.
Tn.the east of Java I had suffered from the intense heat
and drought of the dry season, which had been very
inimical to insect life. Here I had got into the other
extreme of damp, wet, and cloudy weather, which was
equally unfavourable. During the month which I spent
•in the interior of West Java,- I never had a really hot fine
day throughout. It rained almost every afternoon, or
dense mists came down from the mountains, which equally
stopped collecting, and rendered it most difficult to dry my
specimens, so that I really had no chance of getting a fair
sample of Javanese entomology.
By far the most interesting incident in my visit to Java
was a trip to the summit of the Pangerango and Gedeh
mountains; the former an extinct volcanic cone about
10,000 feet high, the latter an active crater on a lower
portion of the same mountain range. Tchipanas, about
four miles over the Meganiendong Pass, is at the foot of
the mountain. A small country house for the Governor-
General and a braneh of the Botanic Gardens are situated
here, the keeper of which accommodated me with a bed
for a night. There are many beautiful trees and shrubs
planted here, and large quantities of European vegetables
are grown for the Governor-General’s table. By the side
of a little torrent that bordered the garden, quantities of
orchids were cultivated, attached to the trunks of trees, or
suspended from the branches, forming an interesting open-
air orchid-house. As I intended to stay two or three
nights on the mountain I engaged two coolies to carry my
baggage, and with my two hunters we started early the
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