THE 
SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL 
Table of Gontents. 
PAGE 
I.—Prospectus Gryllacridarum Borneensium, by Dr. A.Griffini , 
R. Istituto Tecnico, Bologna,- Italy .. .. i 
II. —An Expedition to the Bah Country of Central Borneo, by 
R. S. Douglas, Resident of Bar am, Sarawak .. ..17 
III. —New Bornean Plants, by H. N. Ridley, M.A., C.M.G., F.R.S. 30 
IV. —The Ferns of Mt. Penrissen, by Cecil J. Brooks .. ..39 
V.—On Pepper-Growing in Upper Sarawak, by G. Dalton .. 52 
VI.—The Sea-Dayak Method of Making and Dyeing Thread from 
their Home-Grown Cotton, by the Rev. IV. Howell, of the 
S. P. G. Mission, Sabu, Sarawak .. .. ..61 
VII.—On a New Genus and Species of Odonata from Sarawak, 
by Dr. F. F. Laidlaw .. .. .. 65 
VIII.—A Contribution to the Study of the Insect Fauna of 
Borneo. A List of the Bornean Buprestidae (Part II.), 
by Ch. Kerremans, Bruxelles, with an Appendix by J. C. 
Moulton, Curator of the Sarawak Museum .. ..68 
IX.—Ethnological Notes. 
(i) Some Murik Words, by R. S. Douglas .. ..86 
(ii) A Note on the Origin of the Land-Dayak Villages 
of Sentah and Quop, from information supplied by 
the Revd. Ah Luk, of theS. P. G. Mission, Quop .. 88 
(iii) An Insect Omen, by J. C. Moulton .. ..go 
(iv) Trengs, by J. C. Moulton .. .. 91 
X.—Museum Notes. 
(i) On the Fungus Parasites of Insects .. 96 
(ii) Insects and their Enemies .. .. .. 100 
(iii) On the Bornean Species of two Families of Coleoptera 103 
(iv) On Two Sea-Dayak Medicine Chests .. .. 104 
(v) Some Stone Implements found in Sarawak .. 109 
XI —One New Genus and some New Species of Cassidae from 
Borneo, with a list of all the Species at present known from 
that Island, by Dr. Franz Spaeth, Vienna .. .. 113 
XII.—Correspondence. 
A Spider’s Web Weighted by a Stone, by E. J. M. Sawrey- 
Cookson .. .. .. .. .. 123 
Map.—Ivalabit Country in Ulu Baram .. facing p. 17 
Plate .—Metaphya Micans, Laidlaw .. .. facing p. 65 
