MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 1.55 



web nor was there anything of a sticky nature on the flowers, whereas, 

 besides the latter and the butterlly, the net contained nothing else but a 

 large " Prej'ing Mantis " about 4 inches long and I am quite convinced 

 that it alone was responsible for the capture. 



I only regret I omitted to preserve the Mantis in order to ascertain its 

 species. 



L. L. FENTON, Lt.-Col. 



Marsh Hall, South Moltox, N. Devon, 

 22nd October 1916, 



No. XV.— SOME CEKAMBYCIDS FROM KUKSEONG, 



A miscellaneous collection of insects made by me in the Government 

 Forest at Kurseong (altitude 6,000' and over) include the following Ceram- 

 bycids. The numbers against each species refers to the same in the 

 Eauna of British India Series, Coleoptera Vol. 1, Cerambycidee by Gahan : — 



Sub-familj', Pkioninae. 

 o. Lophosternus indictts, Hope. 

 41. yEffosonia tibiale, White. 



Sub-family, DisxENiiiSrAE. 

 54. Cyrtonops punQtipennis, White. 

 57. Distenia kalidasce, Lameere. 



Sub-family, Cerambycinae. 



131. Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, Newman. 



133. Pachydissus parcicoUis, Gahan. 



Iy4. Rosalia hariola, Thoms. 



197. Rosalia for mosa, Saund. 



205. Zonopterus Jlavitarsis, Hope. 



220. Chloridolum nympha, White. 



263. Xylotrechus subdepressur, Chevr. 



374. Aylaophis fasciata, Thoms. 



E. A. D'ABREU, f.z.s. 

 Central Museum, Nagpur, 

 3rrf October 1916. 



No. XVI.— NOTE ON A FLIGHT OF SPHINGIDA^. 



On the 18th October at about 5 a.m., some 60 miles off the North- Western 

 Konkan Coast, (Lat. 19. 45 N. Long. 71. 40 E.) I was fortunate enough to 

 observe a remarkable flight of Lepidoptera. 



The vast bulk of these belonged to the Sphinyidic of which I took the 

 following species : — - 



Acherojitia lachesis . . Only one specimen. 



Protoparce convolvuli . . Six specimens. 

 Nephele hespera . . Eleven specimens. 



Choerocampa theylia . . Many hundreds. 



Choerocampa celerio . . About one hundred seen. 



Amongst the above at least one or two species of Choerocampa which 1 

 have not as yet identified. 



In addition there were many Noctuidop., Geometridoe, Bombycidoe, and a 

 sprinkling of butterflies amongst which latter I observed Tcracolus restalis, 

 Terias and a few Ilesperidw. Two species of Odonata and one Phasmid 

 were also observed. The insects had apparently been carried seaward in 



