NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 15 



lines are distributed over it ; there is a dark spot in front of scutellum. 

 Wings with the costal spots much paler yellow than in the female ; 

 the first spot is very long, and commences fully two-thirds from the 

 base of the costa ; the second spot is small, and near the apex both 

 involve the costa to first longitudinal, the second involving also the 

 upper branch of second long vein. At the base of the second long 

 vein is a distinct patch of black scales, and a few are scattered along 

 the course of this vein. There is another patch at the base of the 

 third vein, and another near the base of fourth, and a very few along 

 the course of the vein. Besides these and the scaling on the costa and 

 subcosta and first long vein there are no other dark scales on the wing. 

 In the feathering of the hind legs and the markings of the legs 

 generally it resembles the female. Abdomen as in the female." — 

 (Leicester). Length 4 mm., male ; 4-3 mm., female. 



Observations — This species was taken in Ambang Jungle, six 

 miles from Kuala Lumpur, on the 27th of June. It is a very 

 distinct small Anopheline, the hind femoral tuft alone distin- 

 guishing it, and the wings have five noticeable black spots, four 

 prominent and true distinct yellow costal spots. The specimen 

 sent by Dr. Leicester is in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) 

 Collection (deposited).— F. V. T. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



In a letter from our colleague, Mr. W. G. Kirkaldy — who holds an 

 appointment in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry at 

 Honolulu — he mentions having seen ten species of butterflies, among 

 them being Pieris rapcB, Pyrameis cardui, P. atalanta, Lampides boeticits, 

 and Anosia archippus. P. rapcB has probably been accidentally im- 

 ported, and two species of Lycsenidffi have been introduced for experi- 

 mental purposes. 



Although the insect fauna of the Hawaiian islands has been pretty 

 closely investigated, there still remains considerable scope for further 

 research, especially as regards the important matters of life-histories, 

 distribution, &c. 



Cross-pairing of Zyg^na trifolii and Z. filipendul^e. — At the 

 end of July last, while investigating the lepidopterous fauna of the 

 Weybridge district, I came upon a colony of Z. Jilipendnla. on some 

 marshy ground. Among the specimens were several fine examples of 

 a form exactly identical with hippocrepidis, Steph., which occurs in May 

 and June in meadows at Northwood, and to which reference has pre- 

 viously been made (Entom. xxx. 181). Flying with the filipe7idid(B 

 were a few males of A. trifolii; but still more interesting was the dis- 

 covery of no less than four crossed pairs of trifolii and JilipendidtE, the 

 males in each case being referable to the first named. Some little 



