NOTES AND QUERIES

Plate 4. A-Lichen Aspicilia sp. (ca. natural size)

B-Lichen Xanthoparmelia sp. (ca. natural size)

C

The grasshoppers Gastrimargus sp. and Patanga sp. The body of Patanga (r.h.s.) is about 6.5 cm long; the yellow and black pattern on the hind-wing of Gastrimargus (l.h.s.) is characteristic of the genus.

Plate 5. A-terraces on slopes above the Kadoorie Experimental and Extension Farm.

B-view of the stone retaining walls; note that the terrace is not flat but slopes from rear to front and from one side to the other.

Yuen Long Shek Kong Air Strip & Camp Old Shek Kong Camp Kadoorie Exp. & Ext. Farm 1958

300 900 800 0480 700 + 600 500

Points visible from Stop

Deep Bay old S.K. Summit of Kadoorie

Airstrip

Camp & Exp. & Ext. Farm,

and Terraced Hill-sides

Lan Tau

Island

Tsing Yi Island

Castle Peak

Tsing Yi Island

·Route Twisk

Tsuen

Нап

Town/

-Tarık

Farm

300.

P

Tai Po

via Lam Tsuen Valley

Kowloon

Kn.

+

N

Figure 1. Sketch map of Tai Mo Shan complex, showing the contours in metres.

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