368 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



place the councils of the village are held, heads are preserved 

 hanging from the roof, women are usually forbidden to enter, 

 and here strangers are entertained. At Ketuh our baggage was 

 taken up to a very rickety head-house, whose supporting posts 

 inclined delicately towards the river. We magnanimously gave 

 this up to our followers and baggage, preferring for ourselves 

 a little hut a few feet off the ground by the river-bank. Here 

 we stayed quite comfortably for three days. 



At the back of our hut rose a sharp limestone hill some 

 800 ft., up which we struggled painfully and to no purpose. 

 Half-way up, however, we found a small clearing which pro- 

 duced some good insects — a Buprestid {Epidelus ivallacei), which 

 is covered with bright yellow powder when fresh ; the big Longi- 

 corn (Lamiid) Anhammus daleni, with antennae 5 in. long ; six 

 species of Glenea ; the little green Cetoniid Glycyphana pygmaa, 

 and the more common species Macronata saturalis. The extra- 

 ordinary little black ant-like Longicorn (Cerambycid) Clytellus 

 ivesttvoodi was obtained here on the 15th, and the next day the 

 collectors brought in the little black Anthicid Formicomus cor- 

 vinus, which is wonderfully like this Longicorn, and the two 

 together excellent mimics of a small black ant. Another small 

 Cerambycid obtained belonging to this group was the little black 

 Clerid mimic Halme cleriformis. In the next group we also 

 secured a small species, Cleomenes dihammaphoroides. 



One of the most interesting beetles obtained here was the 

 big Cassid Aspidomorpha dorsata, collected in Borneo for the 

 first time two years before by Mr. J. M. Bryan. Another smaller 

 species, Metriona obtiva, was also brought in. 



The collector secured a Bat in his butterfly net ; it seems to 

 be Vespenigo tylopus, a common Sarawak species. The only 

 birds shot here were the Flycatcher (Philentoma pyrrhopterum) 

 and the Green Barbet (Chotorhea mystacophanes), a common low- 

 country bird in Sarawak. 



Three snakes were also obtained, the rather scarce Coluber 

 tceniurus, Simotes purpurasccns, and the very common Dryophis 

 prasinus. Like the Dusuns in North Borneo, these Dayaks 

 seemed adepts at Frog-hunting ; we saw the boys roasting them 

 over a fire. One victim was identified as Rana glandidosa. 



The small boys of the village were temporarily attached 



