NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. Ill 



Collection number, 695 «. 



One specimen of each sex from Kanshirei (1000 ft.)- The 

 male captured in April, 1907, and the female in May, 1908. 



Asura pica, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings blackish with a white hook-like mark as in 

 limbata, but the streak is more oblique to inner margin, and is twice 

 interrupted near the costa ; the white outer border of limbata is here 

 represented by four white spots — one on the costa before apex, one at 

 apex, one at middle, and one at the inner angle ; all four united by a 

 slender, wavy, submarginal white line. Hind wings blackish. 



Expanse, 18 millim. 



Collection number, 695. 



One female specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), September 

 22nd, 1906. 



May be a seasonal form of A. limbata. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Hydeilla palustris, &c., at Wicken. — Though it is, perhaps, 

 rather late in the day to tell of last summer's captures, it may be 

 well to record that I was fortunate enough during a visit to Wicken 

 in June to take two male specimens of Hydrilla palustris. I believe 

 four other specimens were taken about the same time by other 

 collectors. Considering the amount of wind, oftentimes from the 

 east, we had during our stay of nearly three weeks, my friend (the 

 Eev. J. W. Metcalfe, of Ottery St. Mary) and I did fairly well. 

 Arsilache albovenosa was not much in evidence, but I had never on 

 my two previous visits seen so many Macrogaster castanea (arundinis) 

 on the sheet, or such abundance of Meliana flamviea. Four hard 

 days' work at Tuddenham produced only about two dozen Acidalia 

 rubiginata between us ; Lithostege griseata was almost over, but 

 Agrophila trabealis was plentiful. In exploring for L. griseata we 

 came upon a fresh locaHty for A. trabealis which promised well, but 

 the presence of an irate farmer who would not listen to reason 

 made future visits undesirable. The pine ti'ees at Tuddenham are 

 well-known as the resting place of Hecatera serena, but our experi- 

 ence was that the trees were quite deserted for the flowers of the 

 viper's bugloss (Echiuvi vulgare) which was growing in great profu- 

 sion on the hillside. I took an entirely new series from the flowers, 

 the moths settling quietly in brilliant sunshine. The Rev. J. W. 

 Metcalfe was fortunate enough to take a specimen of Dianthcecia 

 irregularis in the same way. The weather was fine during the 

 whole of our stay except for one night when a thunderstorm was 

 imminent, so much so as to drive us home in haste, only to find that 

 it had left Wicken practically untouched in its course, and to have 

 the mortification of knowing the next morning that the previous night 

 had been entomologically the night of the season. The continuance 

 of wind, however, was a serious disadvantage. — Rev. J. E. Tarbat; 

 Fareham, Hants. 



