1^2 OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



•' Malewoon in Tenasserim, and Captain BiNGHAM informs 

 " me that he thinks he once saw it in the Thoungyeen Valley. 



*' It has been known to occur at Malacca, in Borneo, and in 

 " New Guinea. 



"This species is probably crepuscular in its habits ; and if 

 " this is the case its apparent scarcity is accounted for. An 

 "allied species in Africa feeds on bats. 



'* This Hawk has a remarkably narrow carinated bill, large 

 " eyes, a veiy wide gape and an elongated occipital crest." 



The Johor specimen is about i8 inches in length, and its 

 general colour is dark amber brown, almost black in parts; 

 the throat and upper breast are white. 



This is the only specimen of this bird in the Raffles Museum. 



H. J. K. 



A LARGE BEETLE CAUGHT IN A PITCHER 

 OF NEPENTHES. 



The greater number of the insects which find their death 

 in the pitchers of the pitcher plant (Nepenthes) are very 

 small, such as ants, small cockroaches and flies, and I do not 

 think that any insect has been found fairly entrapped as big 

 as a beetle which I found recently in a pitcher of the beauti- 

 ful Nepenthes sa7igui?iea on the very summit of Gunong 

 Ledang, commonly known as Mount Ophir. This was a female 

 of the brown stag-beetle, Odontolabris gazella, 2 inches in 

 length and i across the body, exclusive of the spread of its 

 legs. It was quite dead and floating flat in the water con- 

 tained in the pitcher, which was one of very large size. 



THE BIRD DROPPING SPIDER (ORNITHOS- 

 CATOIDES) IN JOHOR. 



Among the large number of curious and interesting spiders 

 in the Malayan region, few are more remarkable than the Orni- 

 thoscatoides, which is so coloured as to exactly mimic a piece 



