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Piathicola torqaatus — South African Stone Chat. 

 Commou on both sides of the luoimtain. Breeding 

 season from SeiJtember to December. 



Cossypha caffra — Cajye Robin Chat. Exceedingly 

 common on both sides of the mountain. Breeding season 

 October to December. 



Phoenicurus familiaris — Familiar Chat. Common iu 

 the Game Reserve, where I have often found it nesting, 

 generally in a hole in a bank or on a ledge of rock. From 

 two to three eggs are laid, these being blue, spotted with 

 reddish brown. Breeding season October to December. 



Hoiv to Collect^ Preserve and Study Lepidopterous 

 Insects in South Africa, Part. II. 



By A. J. T. Janse, F.E.S. (Lond.). 



(Continued from p. 4S, Vol. I., No. 1, May, 1918). 



Setting. 



Setting requires great care if the best results are to be 

 obtained. Do not be in a hurry and do not lose patience. 

 Be sure that the insect is correctly pinned ; if this is not 

 the case the setting must be a failure. Study figures 7 

 and S (Plate II., Vol. I.) carefully, and see that the pin 

 is in the position shown by the dotted lines. Place the 

 insect into the groove in such a way that the roots of the 

 wings on the underside are just (m a level with the upper 

 side of the board. Place the first insect at ihe top of 

 the board, and when it is set, as indicated below^, the 

 next moth is placed a little lower down, so that the fore 

 wings of the second specimen do not overlap the hind 

 wings of the first. Fix a very narrow strip of tracing- 

 cloth with a pin quite near to the edge of the groove, 



