N0TE8. 1()7 



On the Gill March, 1915, as I was retunilno- hom« at 

 midday, close ,to ii\y home on Ridge lload a hutteiHy 

 fluttered down at nu' feet from an Australian blackwood 

 tree, and on pickino- it up I found it to be remulus. Next 

 day being Sunday, T went to see if I could find more and, on 

 the same tree, found two females just emerged and drying 

 themselves ; I boxed these and proceeded to search further. 

 I then discovered eight pupa3 adhering to the trunk a few 

 feet from the ground. These I took home and all emerged 

 in a few days, four males and four females. Next day I 

 found the larv?e at the root of the tree, just ascending the 

 trunk. These I took home and all pupated the same day. 

 It is interesting to note that none of Ihese emerged, cA-ery- 

 one being parasitized by a very minute black fly. This 

 probably accounts for this butterfly's rarity. All along the 

 to[) of the Berea bush for some miles, I found ))upa3 and 

 skins during the next few days and took two more adults. 

 The mistletoe would appear to be the food plant of this 

 species. Next season (March and April 1910) I found no 

 trace of this species, although I worked hard to that end. 



A Question of Xaming. By S. G. Rich, B.Sc. 



We are now at tlie stage of biological advance in South 

 Africa at which the accurate characterization of species is 

 going on at a rapid rate. We are also confronted with chaos 

 in common names, and the absence of such for many connnon 

 plants and animals. 



I W'ish to suggest that in the choosing of specific names 

 the Native's names be used. In many cases they are ])leasant 

 to the ear, and their preservation is most desirable. We have 

 had an immense number of species labelled "capensis," 

 ''caffer," " natalensis," "africanus" and the like, until 

 w^e are overburdened with a few specific terms confusingly 

 repeated. 



I submit that such names as "umtsinsi^' for the tree 

 Eythrina ca ffra, " umwabe^' for Ghamaeleon pumilis, 

 "intotoviana'' for Zonocerus elegans,and the like, should 



