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oecurretl at about 8000 feet, whieli is interesting, as theyW ^ftfliigO ,^ 3^ 

 better represented in the Temperate Region. Xearh^ all the (Jurahiduc 

 taken were found running on fallen trees, or under bark, or getting into 

 erevices. The tine genus Catascujyus gave nie many anxious moments, 

 their great eyes seemed to see everything that was going on. The 

 terrestrial speeies are very scarce in the jungle eountr3^ The Cicin- 

 delidae are well represented on Matang, 14 species being taken in this 

 short time: C. aurulcnia F., common up to lOOO feet; C. versicolor 

 McL., rather scarce here ; C. lom/ipulpis Horn, apparently rare, but 

 V':ry small and difficult to mark down, as it a})pears to love dark damp 

 })laces, generally sitting on a wet mossj' rock. DUatotarsa tricondij- 

 loides Gestro, very rare in these months, only two being taken, in a verv 

 precipitous natural clearing made by a fallen giant. Odontocheila analis 

 F., very common from the foot tip to 1000 feet. Four species of 

 Therates were captured, all Hying up from jungle-paths, and, as a rule, 

 settling on ferns, between 1000-2000 feet seemed to be their chief 

 haunt : T. batesi Thoms. and T. crinys Bates, fairly common ; 

 T. dlmUliatus Dcj., very common ; T. spectahilis Sch., apparently 

 rare, as it is a fine, conspicuous insect ; also five species of Tricondyla 

 and Collyris, I took a great number of these later on at Quop as 

 they seem to prefer the low ground. But Tricondyla cyanea Dej., 

 subsp. wallacei Thorns., was most difficult to capture, as it always 

 chose the largest tree-trunk to run up and dodge round ; I found the 

 best way to catch specimens was to dab my handkerchief upon them, as 

 hard as I could, and they always came out undamaged. Twenty-four 

 species of Cleridac were taken, all, ■with one exception, on dead timber, 

 matching the bark most wonderfully. 



During the wet weather, a great deal of time was spent in shaking 

 dead leaves, etc., and examining Ants' and Termites' nests, which 

 resulted in 70 species of Pselaphidae and many other things ; and in 

 bark-hunting, the stripped-oft" sheets of which concealed many Clavi- 

 corns and Passalidae. Cases of Goleoftera. mimicking Hymenoptera 

 ai-e many. The small Cerambycid Epania singapitreiisis Thoms., when 

 on the wing, is hard to pick out from a small black bee, Melipona 

 vidua Lep., which haunts every clearing. I only captm'ed sixteen 

 specimens of the beetle and could have taken many thousands of the 

 bee. Many species of the genus Oherea mimic Braconidaey and 

 the rare Nedytisis ohreoides Pasc, when on the Aving, could not be 

 recognised as a beetle. A Mordella with liyaline elytra completely 

 deceived me, when it was buzzing about in tlie net, and, as it was 

 exti-emely active, T was afraid of being stung. 



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