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of the Bornean Fauna, and for that reason are of some 
interest. 37 out of these 59 species are represented in 
the Sarawak Museum. 
(ii.) Bornean Helotidcz. This small Family of 
beetles, of which only 79 different species are known 
altogether, is represented in Borneo, so far as we know 
at present, by 6 different forms. They are small oblong 
beetles, usually prettily coloured with metallc markings 
on the elytra; their life history is unknown. 
The following species are known from Borneo:— 
1. Helota brevis , Ritsema ( Notes Leyd. Mas. xiii. p, 
199, 1891). Sarawak. 
2. Helota candezei, Ritsema (op. cit. xx. p. 199, 
1899). Sarawak. 
3. Helota magdalend, Ritsema (op. cit. xxxiii. p. 75, 
1910). Sarawak, Aft. Kina Balu. 
4. Helota vandepolli, Ritsema (op. cit. xiii. p. 197, 
1891). Borneo. 
5. Helota vigorsi borneensis, Ritsema (op. cit. xxxi. 
p. 183, 1909). Sarawak. 
6. Helota vigorsi, Me. L. var. Ritsema (Ann. Mus. 
Civ. Genov, xxx. p. 885, 1891). Labuan. 
Of the above, H. candezei and H. magdaleuae are 
recorded also from Sumatra, and H. vigorsi, Me. L. forma 
typica is found in java. Four of the above are repre¬ 
sented in the Sarawak Museum. 
IF ETH NOLO Cxi CAL. 
On Two Sea-Dayak Medicine Chests. 
Descriptions of three Dayak medicine chests (Inpong) 
have appeared so far as I know up to now. These are :— 
(i) “ On Two Medicine-Baskets from Sarawak,” by 
R. Shelford, in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 
Vol. XXXIII, January to June, 1903, pp. 74-81, plate 
XVI. 
(ii) “ The Contents of a Dyak Medicine Chest,” by 
Bishop Flose, in the Journal of the Straits Branch, Royal 
Asiatic Society, 1903, pp. 65-70. 
There is also an account of the charms usually to be 
found in a Dayak medicine-chest, given by Archdeacon 
J. Perham in an article entitled “ Manangism in Borneo,” 
in the Journal of the Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 
