AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT KIN A BALU. 



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had the one from the Malay Peninsula alive for several weeks, 

 and was able to watch the Kina Balu one for several nights, as 

 much of the material brought in had to be rejected and the larvae 

 were crawling about near our camp. 



A tabular statement of the chief points of difference may be 

 useful : 





M 



alay Peninsula form. Kina Bala form. 



Length : 









total 



-PJ i 



iim. (P) 41 mm. 



(S) 52 mm. 



thorax 



27 



25 



26-5 



abdomen 



22 



16 



25*5 



Width : 









metathorax 



20-5 



18 



abdomen 



10 



9 



12 



Tubercles : 









prothorax 





two near centre 



two near post. edge. 



mesothorax 





four do. 



four do. 



metathorax 





four do. 



four do. 



abdomen 





none 



two in first 8 segment: 



Antenna' : 









chitinous crown 



four lobes 



twelve lobes 



Colour : 









general 





dark chestnut 



light chestnut. 



edge of thori 



ax 



do. 



o7 ange 



tubercles 





black 



do. 



feet 





dark chestnut 



do. 



spines 





do. 



do. 



Occurrence : 





rare 



common (4200'. Marc 



1899). 



Note : 'P' and 'S' refers to the largest specimens obtain- 

 ed in Perak and Singapore respectively. 



On Kina Balu. 4200', I also found two specimens of another 

 form which bore some superficial resemblance to the larvte describ- 

 ed above, but which I now consider to be adult females of some 

 beetle, as they are luminous. Dr. Sharp (Cambridge Natural 

 Historv, Vol. VI, p. 251) refers to a paper by Haase (Deutsche 

 Ent. Zeitschrift, Vol. XXXII, 1888, pp. 145-167) where an ex- 

 traordinary light-giving larva-like adult female beetle from 

 South America is described (Pheiajodes hieronymi). The Kina Balu 



