FAMILY LYCAENIDAE 

 SUBFAMILY LYCAENINAE 



Thecla melinus Hubner. Common Hair-streak. Common 

 in city — very abundant along country road-sides. Records from 

 May to November. 



Thecla cecrops Hubner. Cecrops. Common. Records for 

 June only. 



Lycaena comyntas Godart. Eastern Tailed Blue. Sev- 

 eral specimens taken at Hampton Park during June. All spec- 

 imens recorded are about one-eighth inch smaller than called for 



by Holland. 



Jesse Sharpe. 



(To be continued.) 



DR. SEAMAN'S LECTURE ON AFRICA 



Charleston is situated so far from large centers of scientific 

 work that the Museum is seldom able to secure prominent men 

 for its public lectures. The lecture of Dr. Louis Livingston 

 Seaman on Friday evening, March 27, was therefore an event of 

 special interest. 



Dr. Seaman is a worldwide traveler, an author of note, and a 

 surgeon of high reputation. He was associated with Dr. Koch 

 in the investigation of sleeping sickness in Africa, and has made 

 several exploring and hunting trips into the interior of Africa. 

 His lecture was illustrated with many lantern slides from his own 

 negatives, and he discussed in a most charming way his hunting 

 experiences in the region which was subsequently visited by the 

 Roosevelt expedition. In fact, Dr. Seaman had reached Mom- 

 bassa at the conclusion of his last trip, just as Col. Roosevelt 

 was starting for the interior. 



In addition to describing the character of the country and the 



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