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in colouring and pattern, do not occur in Sarawak, although all 

 three are found together in North Borneo. 



Lycaenids are disappointingly scarce ; an occasional Curetis, 

 silvery white below and coppery red above, gives a touch of 

 colour, as do the brass-green Arhopala eumolphus, which, how- 

 ever, keeps to the shady edge of the clearing rather than face the 

 full sunlight. Two males (the female is dull violet) have been 

 seen circling round one another above the stream. I caught 

 one ; the " widowed mate " tried to arouse the iridescent green 

 Dragonfly, Vestalis amcenus, for a game. Down by this shady 

 stream the big blue-banded Amathusiine, Zeaxidia aurelia, fell 

 a victim to a Dayak collector. This is a much prized rarity, of 

 which the Sarawak Museum had but four specimens, raked in 

 singly from various mountains. 



The white-banded Hesperid, Notocrypta feisthamelii, is a 

 regular visitor in the morning about 8 a.m. ; its rapid flight 

 makes it difficult to catch. A pretty Arctiid Moth is another 

 occasional visitor, of which I obtained a couple. At night a 

 few Pyralids come to the lamp, chiefly the white Glyphodes 

 laticostalis, but hardly anything else. A " Kosy Footman," 

 Miltochrista, sp., was annexed one evening. Coleoptera are 

 more conspicuous, though none too plentiful. The fine hand- 

 some Buprestid, Catoxantha opulenta, circles round the clearing, 

 with cream- white abdomen glistening in the sun. Unfortunately, 

 it is common in most clearings in Sarawak, and so is allowed to 

 circle on unmolested. It seems to settle always on leaves, and 

 especially on young leaves. Longicorns are naturally more in 

 evidence than others, especially the common Lamiids, Agelasta 

 newmani, and the pink-barred Syrrhopeus agelastoides, Pasc. 

 Their favourite place is a long streamer hanging down some 

 50 ft. from a branch ; there are nearly always half a dozen on 

 this— a smart tap jerks them off, not always into the net below ; 

 more often they fall a short way and then fly off comfortably out 

 of reach. Other streamers — really long roots from some parasite 

 which has lodged in the tree perhaps a 100 ft. above — usually 

 harbour one or two Longicorns. 



The little Chalcid (probably) Oncochalcis apicicornis, Cam., 

 swarms round the cook's department ; the common Wasp, Vespa 

 dorylloides, Sauss., is a frequent and unwelcome visitor to our 



