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him in the " Orchids of the Malay Archipelago" (Tab. 42). 



This plant belongs to the section of the genus in which 

 the umbrella-shaped leaf appears alone, and, after remaining 

 for a short time, suddenly withers and is followed by a stem 

 bearing one or more flowers. In this species the leaf is about 

 three inches tall, the blade being orbicular, cordate dark green 

 and more or less purple beneath. The flower stem is about 

 the same height, covered with sheaths, which are thickly 

 dotted with purple, whence the trivial name. It bears a single 

 nodding flower about an inch and a half long, with a purple 

 ovary and a pale glower thickly spotted all over outside with 

 purple. The petals and sepals are very narrow linear acute. 

 The lip is white with violet spots. The flower has a faint 

 scent of cucumbers. It never seems fully to open. Probably 

 it is not so rare as it would appear, for, without doubt, it 

 is an exceedingly difficult plant to find, as it is very incon- 

 spicuous and occurs apparently quite sporadically. I have 

 several times since hunted in the spot where I found this little 

 plant, and never seen any more. 



H. N. R. 



THE KERINGGA. 



Since writing the account of the Caringa (more correctly 

 Keringga) in the last number of the Journal, I have received 

 a letter from Mr. WATERHOUSE, of the British Museum, in 

 which he tells me that the specimens I sent him are CEcophylla 

 smaragdina and not Formica gracilipes. It apparently takes 

 its name of smaragdina (emerald green) from the curious 

 dusk-green colour of the winged female. It is identical with 

 the insect of Ceylon and Southern India. 



H. N. R. 



EUDROMIAS VEREDUS IN SINGAPORE. 



On the 13th of May, 1891, the Museum Taxidermist, 

 Mr. L. A. Fernandez, saw a Malay boy capturing birds by 



