INDEX. 



275 



Scarabfsus nigroeeneus, 190. 



savignyi, 100. 



Sea rites rugosus, 188. 

 Schizonycha, sp., 192. 

 Schizorhis concolor, 112, 164, 160. 

 Scopus umbretta, 169. 

 Scotch colonist in Natal, his experi- 

 ence, 147. 



Se basteos galenus, 191. 

 Secretary-bird, 68, 164, 165. 



Capable of running miles with- 

 out injury to legs, 69. 

 Crop full of remains of ortho- 



pterous insects, 69. 

 Sematocera, gen. n., 242. 



fuliginipuncta, sp. n., 243. 



Serica, spp., 192. 



Serpentarius secretarius, 68, 164, 



165. 



Serricornia, 195. 

 Shark, 4, 8. 



Hammer-headed, 8. 

 Sharp, Dr. D., 189. 

 Sharpe, Dr. R. Bowdler, 164. 

 Shelley, Capt. G. K, 165. 

 Shrikes, their food, 55. 

 Siccia caffra, 237. 

 Silpha capensis, 189. 



pernix, 189. 



Silvius denticornis, 244. 

 Sinoxylon conigerum, 198. 

 Sitagra caffra, 167. 

 Smuggling in the Transvaal, 11. 

 Snakes not abundant, 87. 

 Snow, 48. 



Social distinctions in Pretoria, 146. 

 Solpuga chelicornis, 179. 



Attacked by birds, 179. 

 Solpugfe, 179. 

 Species found both in England and 



the Transvaal, 67, 152. 

 Spelonken, 96. 

 jSpheeroderma indica^ 206. 

 Spheerotherium obttisum, 181. 

 SphenophoniS) sp., 200. 

 Sphex nigripes, 210. 



SpMngomorpha monteironis, 239. 



Spiders, 55, 67, 91, 179. 



Spilocephalus distanti, sp. u., 208. 



viridipennis, 206, 207. 



Spilophorus playosus, 194. 



Spined and hard-wooded trees, sur- 

 vival of, in the struggle for exist- 

 ence, 43, 44. 



Spirostreptus meinerti, 181. 



- transvaalicus, sp. n., 179, 181. 



(Odontopyge) pretorice, sp. n., 



183. 



Spreo bicolor, 164, 167. 



Spring in the Transvaal, 45, 46. 



Standerton, 118. 



Staphylinus hottentottus, 189. 



Starvation, no, in South Africa, 139. 



Steganocerus multipunctatus, 245. 



Sternocera orissa, var., 91, 195. 



Habits and singular mode of 

 capture, 92. 



Sterrha sacraria, 153, 240. 



Stewart, Prof. C., 157. 



Store- and Canteen-keepers, 130. 



Strixjiammea, 165. 



Stronyylium, sp., 199. 



Sympetrum fonscolombii, 256, 



Synagris miralnlis, 210. 



Syntomis khulweinii, 236. 



Syrichthus verus, 193. 



Tabanus socnis, 244. 

 Tanning as practised by the Boers, 77. 

 Taphronota porosa, 259. 

 Tarache caffraria, 238. 

 Tanicus telicanus, 233. 

 Tawotagus kh(yii, 201. 

 Tehphonus seneyalus, 167. 

 TepJircea morosa, 194. 

 Tephrocorys cinerea, 108. 

 Teracolus achine, 234. 



cm, 91, 234. 



evenina, 91, 234. 



ffavisa, 234. 



omphale, 234. 



phleffetonia, 234. 



