far a larger. It often happens that it fixes upon 

 one already tenanted by anotlier of tin species, 

 and a desperate struggle ensues, which is rarely 

 discontinued until either one or both be disabled- 



The few shells that are to be found on the beach 

 in the Stmits are small and common, such as the 

 Sffim truncaiHS, or Truncated razor sheath*- the 

 Mifa fiicofmrii a, or Nlcc.bar trough shell, or gaper 

 —the Vtnus dcvussaia, or Decussated Venus— the 

 Murej-U ihuhu, or Thorny woodcock— the Murcv 

 rana, or Frog mu rex— the Afytilus plkatus, or 

 Plaited muscle,-- the Trochus indkus^ or Indian 

 lop, and Auris mirldf V(dida, Midas s ear volute. 



Tlic Entomology of tlie Straits presents a wide 

 field for the naturalis^t, but several circumstances 

 prevented my tuminjj my attention to it. The 

 few specimens that I had an opportunity of no- 

 ticing are, as follows, the Atlas moth— the Papiik 

 vwnnmt, or Memuun butterfly— the Pi3j3i7io 

 7itm, or Pamnon butterfly^-the Locusta cHmJhiia^i 

 or Lemonleafed locust— the Pht/llium mclfotui, or 

 Walking leaf—the Scant kcus rkinoccros, or Tlhino* 

 ceros beetle—the Libdlida davata, or Clubshaped 

 dragon fly, and the Libellida tncolorii, or Tricolored 

 dragon Hy, 



The botany of the Straits embraces a vast va- 

 riety of fruit and timber trees. Amongst the form- 

 er may be enumerated the Mang uskm-- th.e Doo- 

 ko9'-Ahe liambidfm-'-ihc Lameh—tliQ Tampooie 

 —the Tampoonk— the Mango, the Durian, and 

 a vast variety of other fruits, embracing upwards 

 of a hundred species. Sugar cane is a favorite 

 plant of the Malays, which they cultivate and 

 eat raw in great quantities: there are eleven va- 

 rielies of bamboos and seventeen of rattans* Of 



