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We stopped in Kisumii, because here it was possible to get 

 material in fishes of the Victoria Nyaiiza lake, as in this town 

 regular fisheries have been established for several years already 

 by a Dane, M-r Arap, and two or three other undertakers. 

 And indeed, during the 4 days that we stayed at Kisumu we 

 succeeded in getting some large carps, Silurus, Mormyrus, 

 Protopterus (those can easily be got here), and different 

 Acanthopteri; we also gathered plenty of endoparasites from 

 them. 



In order to get acquainted with the fauna of great heights, 

 we returned from Kisumu in the direction of Nairobi to the 

 station Molo (8000 ft. above the sea-level) which is situated 

 on the summit of the mountain ridge Mau. The difference in 

 height compared with the places we visited before (Kisumu 

 2400 ft., Mabira 2800 ft.) is at once noticeable in a colder 

 climate (only 9 — iP C. at 8 a. m.) and a different character 

 of vegetation. The slopes of the ridge are covered with dense 

 gloomy forests mingled with open lawns and meadows The 

 composition of the grass vegetation resembles the European 

 flora very much; in the forests abietic trees are predominant, 

 viz. junipers {Juniperus procera), but in some parts the 

 forests consist of bamboo exclusively. The fauna of Molo 

 proved to be very poor, so we shortened our stay here to 

 8 days. Especially flying insects that like the sunshine are 

 scarce at this place. There were few butterflies (Pieridae, 

 2 or 3 species of Papilio, several forms of Nymphalidae. Ly- 

 caenidae and Zygaenidae), still fewer bugs which were sur- 

 prisingly numerous in Uganda, and small unseemly Coleoptera. 

 More interesting collections could have been made only under 

 rotting leaves, under fallen trees and in the hollow^s of trees. 

 Besides ants and termites there are to be found here myria- 

 pods (Julidae, Strong ylosoma, Chilopoda), beetles, land plana- 

 rians, Phalangidae, Pseudoscorpionidae, spiders and earth- 

 worms. 



The dampness of the climate in the mountains favours 



