Notes on Gallus violaceus
This is a brief occasional note (p. 173) signed “H. N. R.” describing a spider of the genus Ornithoscatoides encountered on Gunong Panti, Johor, and comparing it to Forbes’ O. decipiens from Java and Sumatra.
Summary
The note records the author’s observation of a spider spinning a thin circular white film on a leaf of a wild plantain, mimicking bird droppings to attract prey. The specimen was found in the act of feeding on a captured red bug. The author compares it to Ornithoscatoides decipiens, described by H. O. Forbes and the Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge in Wanderings of a Naturalist, and concludes that differences in body colouring and structural points indicate the Gunong Panti specimen is probably a distinct species (p. 173).
Context
The document metadata assigns this page to “Notes on Gallus violaceus” by H. J. Kelsall, but the actual text is a separate occasional note on a spider, signed “H. N. R.” This suggests the page contains multiple short contributions and the metadata reflects a different item on the same page.