BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 7: 1994 



Fig. 5. Kent Li and Paul Waring collecting moths at night at lights of a public lavatory 

 at Tai Po Kau woodlands. 



Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) 



Although the flight season of C. aegrota was obviously well underway at the 

 Tai Po Kau woodlands during the whole of our stay, it was interestng that it was 

 not seen at any of the other sites except nearby Hong Lok Yuen. Tennent (1992) 

 recorded it at seven widely scattered sites from the Sai Kung peninsula in the east 

 to Lantau island in the west but our total of 27 in two nights is almost equal to his 

 total of 33 for Tai Po Kau in 27 nights over an 18 month period. This suggests that 

 our visit coincided with the peak emergence of this species. 



K. L. has collected adults in April and July at Tai Po Kau, Hok Tau and Sai Kung 

 Country Park. He found two eggs and two larvae in the woodlands at Tai Po Kau 

 on wild coffee, Psychotria rubra Poir. (Rubiaceae), a common shrub which grows 

 in shade on forest margins and paths at this site. 



Acknowledgements 



We would like to thank the following: John Tennent, for his helpful advice in 

 planning our trip; our main hosts and travelling companions Chris and Carole Baker 

 for all their help and hospitality which made our visit to Hong Kong so pleasant and 

 interesting; Mike and Freida Bascombe for their generous hospitality and the loan 

 of a light trap and generator; Tony and Jan Galsworthy for their hospitality, help 

 with logistics, loan of trapping equipment and assistance with identifications; 

 Dorothy Li for the hospitality at the family home; Lew Young and all the staff of 



