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Wijaya eventually became his virtual successor in the newly 

 founded capital of Majapahit. The Chinese and Javanese 

 accounts tally completely as regards all these personal names 

 and they are further continued by contemporary inscriptions. 

 So they may safely be accepted as quite certain. 



0. Blagden-. 



A Termite's Nest with Eight Queens. 



In the nests of Termes malayanus there is usually to be 

 found a large clay queen cell in the centre which contains 

 one queen with a greatly swollen abdomen, accompanied by a 

 single male. The occurrence of two queens in one cell is not 

 very rare and on one occasion while digging out a nest with 

 Dr. Haviland, in the Economic-Gardens, we found a queen- 

 cell containing six queens and as many maies. The males had 

 it appeared been righting together and had their legs and 

 antennas mutilated. This number of queens was the highest 

 record for a nest, till a few days ago (Dec. 14) a nest was dug 

 up in the Botanic Gardens a containing no less than eight queens. 

 The queens were rather smaller than usual, perhaps young, and 

 all were in one unusually large clay cell. This number must 

 be I think an unique one, and hardly likely to be exceeded. 



H. N. ElDLEY. 



An Insectivorous Hornbill. 



During a recent trip to Mt. Penrissen in Upper Sarawak, 

 Mr. H. B. Crocker of the Sarawak Government Service shot a 

 fine male example of Rhytidocerous undulatus, Shaw. On 

 opening its stomach I was much surprised to find two large 

 green Cetoniid beetles evidently eaten quite recently. The 

 Cetoniid proves to be Chalcothea planiuscula, Bates, which is 



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