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vegetable gardens, but apparently did none to the trees on 

 which they rested in millions. The crows enjoyed a feed of 

 them, but other birds did not appear to come out after them ; 

 probably they stayed quiet in the bushes catching all they 

 wanted there. The species was Acridium peregrinum, in its 

 pink and brown migratory coloration. 



The lovely green dragonfly Neurohasis chinensis (possibly a 

 distinct local race here) reminded me of many a tropical scene 

 in the interior of Borneo. The common Pierines, hrassicce, rapcB 

 and G. rhamni rudely jerk one into duller memories of Palas- 

 arctica. Then a large Tabanid fly, probably Pangonia longi- 

 rostris, thrusts a three-inch proboscis into a flower before me, 

 as much as to say, "What about me? Do I remind you of 

 East or West?" No, Pajigonia, you are new to me, and will 

 therefore serve as a good reminder of these wonderful Himalayas. 



A comparison of East and West in the entomological world, 

 as represented by the insects of this small portion of the 

 Himalayas, could provide material for a very lengthy paper ; 

 but I have written enough to record my own pleasant surprise 

 at meeting old friends of East and West, and I hope these notes 

 may be sufficient to rouse the interest or pleasant memories of 

 other entomologists who have had similar experiences. 



A country which offers the possibility of captures 7ra§a 

 TT^oa^oxiav is more than usually attractive to the entomologist. 

 Kailana, United Provinces, N. India, August 18th, 1915. 



NEW SPECIES OP NOCTUID^ FROM FORMOSA. 

 By a. E. Wileman, F.E.S. 



(Concluded from p. 196.) 



Ckusaris (?) angulata, sp. n. 



$ . Head white, thorax ochreous white flecked with brown. 

 Fore wings ochreous white finely flecked with darker brown ; ante- 

 medial line black, nearly straight, interrupted; postmedial line black, 

 deeply angled beyond end of cell, interrupted ; discoidal spot black, 

 almost round ; terminal lunules black. Hind wings rather white, 

 traces of a dusky discoidal dot. Under side whitish brown flecked 

 with dark brown and blackish ; all wings have a dusky discoidal 

 mark and a black transverse line beyond; the line on fore wings 

 angled and only distinct towards the costa ; the line on hind wings 

 wavy. 



Expanse, 17 millim. 



Collection number, 1391 a. 



A female specimen from Kanshirei, April 30th, 1908. Three 

 specimens from Kanshirei (Wileman) in the British Museum. 



