Insects were tolerably plentiful, but unequal.
Beetles, usually so numerous and interesting, were exceedingly scarce, some of the families being quite absent and others only represented by very minute species.

The Flies and Bees, on the other hand, were abundant, and of these I daily obtained new and interesting species.

The rare and beautiful Butterflies of Celebes were the chief object of my search, and I found many species altogether new to me, but they were generally so active and shy as to render their capture a matter of great difficulty.

Almost the only good place for them was in the dry beds of the streams in the forest, where, at damp places, muddy pools, or even on the dry rocks, all sorts of insects could be found.

In these rocky forests dwell some of the finest butterflies in the world.