— 82 — 



robi wo also made some entomological collections, but most 

 of the time went in preparing for the journey further. Our 

 plan consisted in first getting further into the interior of the 

 continent and then gradually returning to the sea-shore. The 

 town Entebbe on the northern shore of Victoria-Nyanza was 

 chosen as the extreme west point of the expedition. At this 

 place we remained about three weeks, having arranged a 

 laboratory on the wide verandah of the hotel .Victoria". 

 Collections were gathered partly in the Botanical garden, 

 partly in the woods of the neighbourhood, and on the way 

 from Entebbe to Kampala. We first of all succeeded in taking 

 a considerable number of parasites of birds and lizards here, as 

 well as some material on the embryology of chameleons and 

 ngamas (Chamaeleonidae and Agamidae). Besides, different 

 invertebrates were examined for parasites, and some interesting 

 gregarines were found in Myriapods (Julidae) and in the body- 

 cavity of a large Nepa. The Pseudoscorpionidae and PoUjxenus 

 which were found mostly on the trunks of date-palms provided 

 us with embryological material. In the Botanical garden laud 

 Planarians were found under fallen tree trunks. At the same 

 time we were occupied in collecting insects and spiders for 

 systematic purposes; the insect world at Entebbe is very varied, 

 as it may be seen from the rich collections of the local entomo- 

 logist, M-r Gowdey. The orders Rhynchota and Hymenoptera are 

 especially abundantly represented. Collections on lake Victoria 

 Nyanza gave us several samples of the plaucton, crabs and 

 fresh-water shrimps. From Entebbe we left for -Jinja with its 

 celebrated Ripon Falls, from which the Nile starts its course 

 from Victoria Nyanza. Without stopping at this place we 

 proceeded further north to the rubber plantation of the 

 Mabira Rubber Company, the manager of which, M-r Martin, 

 kindly offered us his hospitality. The plantation is situated 

 amidst a splendid tropical forest the fauna of which we 

 intended to make the object of our acquaintance. Beginning 

 Irom the plantation, which is situated on the summit of a 



