THF CARAIiTDAE OF 3ALISBUR1 ^> 



across it here. Like (!. iiia,s!iinnis ij sliows «»i-ejH varr 

 ability in tlie tint of I lie |ml>escene<* covering- tlie i!|»|»er- 



side. 



A ceilain amoiml of conliisioii exists re^ardinii llie 

 species of Piezia round here, wliieli are very nnrnei-ons 

 in individnals after th(^ early snnnner rains. Some of 

 them are found ou the sand belt (nily, others on every 

 kind of soil. 



After a great deal of collecting and c(»m])aring 1 have 

 eome to the conclusion that /\ inarshulVi, Per. and P. 

 dissidens. Per. are merely varieties of /^ inasJiinKi. Vvv. 

 All three are found together, on all soils, and the ditte 

 rences between them are very superficial and do ftot war- 

 rant us in regarding them as distinct species. P. vlrgulfera 

 and /*. lieifa are seen on the sand belt only, where both 

 are c(>mmon. Though closely allied, they are, I think^ 

 distinct. P. selousi is also confined to the sand belt, on 

 which it is common enough, and I believe it to be only a 

 local race of P. livingstoni, Chd. 



Tribe Anthiini. 



Of this very distinctive S. African Tribe we have 18 

 representatives at Salisbury, viz. Atractonota mtilsanti, 

 very common on the sand belt: the curious little 

 Netrodera formicaria, of which I have only taken two 

 examples, also on the sand; the mutilloid Eccoptoptera 

 ciipricolUs, which is moderately common on all soils 

 and is sometimes found hibernating under stones; eight 

 species of Polyhirma, and seven of Anthia. 



Polyliiniia gracilis is rare here and I have only met 

 with it twice in this neighbourhood. In Matabeleland it 

 is an abundant s])ecies. P. aenigma is one of our common- 

 est Polyhirmas, and is taken on all soils, being especially 

 plentiful in vleis. Of the rare P. perspicillaris, Chd. F 

 have received one example only, captured about twelve 

 miles north west of Salisbury. P. hilunata and P. ran- 

 zanii are abundant on the sand belt, but not seen else- 



