NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 291 



the cell, the smaller one nearest the base, and the larger one at outer 

 end of cell ; hind wings yellowish freckled with orange and brown ; 

 two, almost central, dark ringed grey spots, and a similar but smaller 

 spot nearer the base. 

 Expanse, 34 millim. 



Collection number, 31. 



One female specimen from Kagi (on the plains), November 

 24th, 1904. 



Closely allied to C. attemiata, Moore ; possibly a local form 

 of that species. 



Thyatira arizana, sp. n. 



(J . Fore wings smoky brown with five ochreous brown spots — 

 one at the base produced outwards and enclosing a small fulvous 

 cloud, one on the costa just beyond middle, a double one below it on 

 the inner margin, a large one at apex, and a smaller one at inner 

 angle. Hind wings and under side smoky brown. 



Expanse, 44 millim. 



Collection number, 1686. 



One male specimen, in rather poor condition, from Ariz an 

 (7300 ft.), September 15th, 1908. 



Tyana ornata, sp. n. 



<? . Head and collar pale pinkish brown, thorax green, abdomen 

 pale brown. Fore wings green, costa narrowly pale pinkish brown ; 

 a pale pinkish brown dot in the cell, and one below, both margined 

 with darker ; a series of similar dots forming a sinuous submarginal 

 band. Hind wings, and under side of all the wings whitish, silky. 



? . Head and thorax pale pinkish brown ; abdomen whitish 

 brown. Fore wings green, pale pinkish brown at base and along 

 edge of costa ; a pinkish brown dot at end of the cell, this is ringed 

 with darker, and between it and the inner margin are two more or 

 less confluent marks of a similar colour ; an irregular pinkish brown 

 patch on the outer marginal area, not extending to costa, reddish 

 points between the veins on the outer margin. Hind wings whitish, 

 silky. Under side whitish, fore wings tinged with fuscous. 



Expanse, <? 19 millim., $ 29 millim. 



Collection number, 71. 



One example of each sex from Kanshirei (1000 ft.) ; the male 

 captured July 6th, 1908, and the female in May, 1907. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSEEVATIONS. 



Zeuzera pyrina Larva attacking Jasmine. — In July last I bred 

 a specimen of Z. pyrina from a larva found feeding on the stem of a 

 yellow jasmine. — Alfred Sigh ; Chiswick. 



Forficuline Maternal Care. — At Hereford, some time, I think, 

 in the seventies, when entomology was almost laid aside, I made an 



