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dark patch at the tip or edge of the leaf which might well be 

 taken for a piece eaten out of the edge or off the end of the leaf. 

 The females are less often seen, and I could make no observa- 

 tions on their rest attitudes. 



The large Nymphaline, Partheiws sijlvia horneensis, Stand., 

 occasionally flew by at a great speed. One example of another 

 swift-flying Nymphaline, rather Hesperid-like in flight, was 

 taken, Dicchoragia nesimachus mannus, Fruhst. ; this is a rare 

 species in Sarawak. Athyma nefte niviferay Butl., and A.ahiasa, 

 Moore, were common. Adolias canescens, Butl., was taken. The 

 celebrated leaf-butterfly, Kallima inachis buxtoni, Moore, was 

 seen to settle on the trunk of a tree, but it evaded capture. 



Lemoniid^. — Zemeros emesioides eso, Frust., and Laxita 

 orphna, Boisd., both common species, were taken. 



Lyc^enid^. — Megisba malaija, Horsf., Lyccenopsis plauta, 

 Druce, Neojnthecops zalmora, Butl., Lampides zebra, Druce, L. 

 coruscans, Moore, L. celeno, Cr. (a dwarf measuring only 21 mm. 

 across the wings), Everes argiades, Pall., Dacalana vidura, 

 Horsf. (a pair taken in cop.), two examples of Horaga affmis, 

 Druce, which is a rare mountain species confined to Borneo ; 

 and a male of the pretty little Sinthusa amata, Dist., also a rare 

 species in Sarawak. 



Papilionid.e.— The Pierines noted were Terias hecabe, L., T. 

 sari, Horsf., Catophaga plana, Butl., and Delias inetarete, Butl., 

 a specimen of this last species with a large piece removed from 

 anal half of right hind wing and anal quarter of left hind wing, 

 evidently bitten out by some bird or lizard enemy. Two species 

 of Papilioninfe, P. helenus palaivanicus, Stand., and P. nephelus 

 satiirnus, Guer., were frequently seen. A male of the former 

 was taken with a large piece removed from the greater part of 

 the left hind wing, and the inner margin of the right hind wing 

 also bitten away. Another Papilio, P. aristolochice antiphus. Fab., 

 was taken, showing a large symmetrical bite removing tailed 

 portion of both hind wings. 



Two Hesperids, Tagiades ivaterstradti, Elwes, and Parnara 

 moolata, Moore, were taken. 



The moths, so far as I can identify them from the collection 

 in the Sarawak Museum, include the following. There are, 

 however, many others which I have not been able to identify 

 up to the moment of writing. The majority of the following 

 were taken at light : — 



Syntomid^. — Syntomis egenaria, Wlk. 



Argtiid^. — Nishada rotimdipennis, Wlk., Ilema tortricoides, 

 Wlk., /. plagiata, Wlk., J. costalis, Wlk., /. apicalis, Wlk., /. 

 vicaria, Wlk., Padenia duplicana, Wlk., Darantasia cuneiplena, 

 Wlk., Chioncema jmdens, Wlk., C. conclusa, Wlk., C. subornata, 

 Wlk., C. bianca, Wlk., Asiira obsoleta, Moore, A. cuneifera, Wlk., 

 A. euprepioides, Wlk., A. stringipennis, Sch., A. bizonoidesy^lk., 



