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INDEX. 



Antestia transvaulia, sp. u., 246, 251. 

 AntJn'a (pqirilatera, 188. 

 desertorum, 188. 



- maxillosa, 50, 187, 188. 

 mellyi, 188. 



- thoracica, 50, 187, 188. 

 Anthocomus, sp., 198. 

 Anthropoides paradisea, 50, 108. 

 Ant/pus rufi/s, 204. 

 Ant-lion, 91. 



Anubis mellyi, 201. 

 Aphelia apolinaris, 123, 238. 

 Aphodius livu/Hs, 152, 191. 

 Aplasta dichroa, 194. 

 Apples in Natal, 126. 



Devastated by Cetoniid beetles, 



115, 120, 193. 



Aqtiila wahlbergi, 163, 165. 

 Arachnida, 179. 

 Araneae, 180. 

 Argentiferous wealth near Pretoria, 



59. 



Argiope nigrovittata, 180. 

 Arthileta cloeckneria, 236. 

 Asbecesta cyanipennis, 206. 

 Asio capensis, 112, 165. 



Feeding on large coleoptera, 112. 

 Aspilocoryphits fasciativentris, 247. 

 Aspongopus japetus, 246. 



nubilus, 246. 



Astur polyzonoides, 165. 

 Atella columbine/, 233. 

 Athalia bicolor, sp. n., 211, 226. 

 Atractonotus formicarim, 187, 188. 

 Attagenus, sp., 190. 

 Aft/lotus, sp., 244. 

 Aulacophora vinula, 206. 

 Aulonogi/rus abdominalis, 45, 189. 

 Auriferous deposits absent at Pre- 

 toria, 59. 



Austen, Ernest E., 244. 

 " Australian bug," 88. 

 Aves, 152, 163. 



The Transvaal avifauna already 



well worked, 163. 

 A.rt/lia cinctothorax, 233. 



Azamis iesous, 234. 



Bayrada hilaris, 246. 

 Bamboos, 121. 

 Bananas, 121, 125. 

 Easipta stolida, 209. 

 Bates, H. W., ix, 41, 187. 

 Beach Wood at Durban, 123. 

 Belonoffaster ritfipennis, 210. 

 Berea at Durban, 122. 

 " Berg bas," 43. 

 Biggarsberg, 9. 

 Binna liiiea, 237. 

 madagascariensis, 70, 237. 



Attacked by Cape Wagtail, 70. 

 Birds of prey around Pretoria, 55. 



Their extremely fat condition, 



57. 



Blue Cranes, 50. 

 Blufi at Durban, 122. 

 Boers, 20. 



As soldiers, 32. 



Farmers, 21, 22. 



Physical appearance, 35. 



Sobriety, 36. 



Theology, 23, 26, 33. 



Treatment of Kafirs, 24. 



Want of gaiety, 36. 

 Boers and English, 35, 90, 147, 



148. 



Boer War, 10, 31,32, 140. 

 Bolloceras batesii, sp. n., 191. 

 Boom, great, the, 145. 

 Boulenger, G. A., 173. 

 Bourgeois, Mons. J., 196. 

 Bowker, Colonel, 41, 121. 

 Brachinus armiger, 188. 

 Brachycerus apterus, 200. 



- cancellatus, 200. 



- natalensis, 200. 

 Bracon fastidiator, 211. 



-flagrator, 211. 

 Bradyornis silens, 167. 

 Bubulcus ibis, 169. 

 Bufo ccirens, 17G. 



- reffulfiris, 48, 1 70. 



