74 MfSCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. VI. Mummified specimen of Malay House-Swift 



( Cijpselus suhfurcatvs). 



On the 1st instant I visited Koh Luan, a small island near 

 Koh I'hai, in the Inner Gnlf of Siam, for the jnirpuse of collecting the 

 eggs of certain sea-bii'ds which were breeding on a small patch of 

 rocks at the end of the iriland and sepai-ated from it hy the sea. In 

 the roof of a cave, 20 ft. from the ground, was a cluster of three nests 

 of tlie Malay Honse-Switt, com])osed of flutsani, weeds and moss, and old 

 fragments of fishing line. Hanging from the nest was a liird, stiff and 

 dried, and the cause of death was obvious, as one of the bird's legs 

 was entangled in a thread, the other end of which was firmly embedded 

 in the materials of whicli the nest was comjwseil, 



I surmise that; the patch of rocks hAng practically free of 

 destructive insect life, the air of the Give (the roof of which, liavinu' 

 fallen in, allowed the sun to enter) caused the body of the bird to dry 

 up rapidly. 



The bird has been identified by Mr. W. J. F. Williamson. 



, C. H. Forty. 

 Bangkok, June 1916. 



No. VII. Some new Lepidoptera from Siam 



By Loiu) RoTuscHiLii, I'-.u.s., ph. d. 



With note by E. J. Godfrey, f.e.s. 



[From Aimals and MMgnziiie oF Natnral History, Series 8, Vul. 17, 

 No. 1(12, .Jime 19li;, p. 474. ] 



The two Siamese Am.vthl'sid.e were collected by Mr. fiodfVey 

 of Bangkok', who has presented the SticltopldJudma to the British 

 Museum. 



RlIOPALOC'ERA. 

 STICHOrilTllAI-MA UOUFKEYI, sp. n. 



c?. This very distinct s]iecies is nearest to Si. cauihodlii, Hew. 



Upper surfiii-e. — Head brownish rufous ; anieniiaj rufous ; thorax 

 and abdomen greyish brown, abdomen washed with blackish. Fore 

 wing: basal half greeni.-h steel-blue washed with olive-bi-own on costal 

 area and from the base distad ; outer half greenish white or white 

 tinged with Nile-green ; terminal band, apex, and submaiginal row of 

 large excised patches black-brown washed with steel-blue ; a post- 

 median band of dark grei'iiish steel-blue chevi'oiis joined into a cliain- 

 like band. Hind wir)g similar, only the submarginal band of excised 

 ))atches is replaced by a second row of chevrons and the white ground 

 of the outer half of tiie wing is sti'ongly suffused with greenish laven- 

 der-blue. Underside very similar to that of niiiilioih'n, but. mticli 



JDURN. NAT. HIST. i^OC. .SilAM. 



