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orange-yellow species Gynopygoplax submacidata, Wlk., var. 

 borneensis, Bredd., and Opistkarsostheus simulans, Schmidt, the 

 common Suracarta tricolor basinotata, Butl., which is also found 

 in Sarawak, and is different to the northern subspecies, niobe, 

 Bredd., and borneensis, Schmidt (both of which, by the way, 

 were found together on Kinabalu, and therefore refute the 

 ordinarily accepted meaning of the term subspecies or local 

 race), Phymatostetha hilaris, Wlk., a mountain species, P. moultoni, 

 Dist., and P. borneensis, Butl., two Cosmoscarta species, C. 

 roborea, Dist., C. guttata, St. F. & S. 



Only a few Jassidcs were seen, the small Tettigoniellas being 

 particularly scarce. The large Tituria borneensis, Dist., was 

 taken on the summit ; others have been identified by Mr. Distant 

 as Ledra sp. and Bhandara picturata, Dist. 



The big Fidgoridce, F. gigantea, Butl., and F. stellata, Butl., 

 were seen on two or three occasions flying about our clearings, 

 and usually settled on tree-trunks well out of our reach. 

 The collectors brought in one Scamandra lachesis from the 

 summit.* 



The PentatomidcB produced some rarities, one a pretty green- 

 blue species which I had lately taken on Kinabalu in some 

 quantity from 3000 to 4500 ft. On this occasion, however, I 

 only found one, which I caught at 1600 ft. ; Mr. Distant has 

 identified it as Hyrmine chlorina, Stal. Of the others, Poscilocoris 

 pidcher, Dall., a typical mountain species, Tolumnia maxima, 

 Dist., Anacaflorens, Wlk., a fine big species with strong lateral 

 horns, Pygoplatys merinjakensis, Dist., sp. n., and the big 

 Eusthenes robustus, L. & S., another species we had found to be 

 common on Kinabalu, though on cultivated land instead of old 

 jungle. 



The curious subfamily Plataspidince was represented by the 

 jet-black Heterocrates marginatus, Thunb., which I caught by our 

 camp after bathing one day; it emitted a foul-smelling brown 

 juice which stained my fingers for some days. Others of this 

 subfamily were Merinjakia typica, Dist., gen. and sp. n. (two), 



:;; In the fam. Fulgoridce, subfam. Issince, I obtained a fine species, 

 wbick required the foundation of a new genus — Neodelia moultoni, Dist. 

 The new species of Rhyncbota obtained from Mt. Merinjak have been 

 described by Mr. Distant (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xiv. p. 383 (1914) ). 



