102 [October, 



quite distinct from sfipella, and a good species. Though furnished 

 like stipella with a broad yellow fascia and two large yellow spots, the 

 form of the dorsal spot is much more contracted, and for this there is 

 an evident reason, as its space is much more restricted, owing to its 

 being preceded and followed by slender silvery fascice (of these silvery 

 fasciae we see no trace in stipella) ; beyond the sub-costal spot are 

 also a few silvery scales, but I cannot see in them another fascia. 

 Staudinger also notices as a good character the whiter tips of the hind- 

 marginal cilia. 



In striking contrast to n(Bviferella, this new Nannodia does not 

 seem liable to vary at all, unless it be in size. Nannodia Eppelsheimi 

 feeds on Silene nutans (the Nottingham catchfly) in the leaves of 

 which plant the larva mines conspicuous W'hite blotches. The larvae 

 of the first brood may be found in the middle of June, those of the 

 second brood would probably occur in September. 



It is quite possible that if those who live where the Silene nutans 

 occurs would search for this larva, they might have the pleasure of 

 adding this pretty species to the British Fauna. 



Mountsfield, Lewisham : 



July 6tk, 1886. 



NOTES ON HIMALAYAN LEPIDOPTERA. 

 BY CAPT. A. GKAHAME-TOUKG. 



Arctia caj'ula, Staudinger. — As I was the discoverer of this insect, 

 a few particulars supplementing Dr. 'Staudinger's description (Vol. 

 xxii, p. 258) may not be out of place. 



I captured three specimens at Koksur, in Lahoul, in August, 1868, 

 and have found it more or less plentifully on each visit that I have 

 paid to Lahoul. In 1884, I found it in great numbers on broken 

 ground in front of the Koksur rest-house, 10,400 feet above the sea 

 level. I could have captured several hundreds, had I been addicted 

 to promiscuous slaughter ; as it w^as, I captured some 60 or 70, which 

 I forwarded to my correspondent, Captain Elwes, unfortunately there 

 w'as only one female amongst them. 



Captain Elwes is in error as to its range and habitat. It is only 

 found in the zone between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, indeed, its 

 metropolis seems to be a space of 2 miles, between the village of 

 Koksur, exactly 10,000 feet, and the rest-house, 10,400. Koksur is the 

 most easterly village in Lahoul. Outside these limits only a few 

 stragglers are very rarely to be met with. It seems confined to the 



