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Most attention has been given to the Coleoptera, and the difficulty 

 of identifying small forms awav from London ean be readily vmderstood. 

 My best thanks are due to the above-named entomologist for his 

 assistance in naming many of the insects mentioned in this paper. 



Coleoptera. 



The following species have been noted : Carabidae — Scarites politus 

 Boll., frequent ou the Cape Flats, under stones ; Camptoscelis hottentota Oliv., 

 abundant everj'where; Harpalus Jimentarius Dej. ?, H. fulviconiis Tliunb., 

 H. xant.horaphus Wied., and Abacetus wmutus Dej., in abundance ; Hystri- 

 chopus vigilans Sturm, under dry dung, Rapeuburg ; Chlaenhts lintbatus AVied., 

 common in damp places. Hydrophilidae — Sphaeridium caffrum Cast, and 

 various species of Cercyon, in dung; Dactijlosternum abdominale F., rarely. 

 Staphylinidae — Staphylmus hottentotus Nordm., abundant at Rapenburg on 

 the Cape Flats; and many small species in dung, at present unidenlitied. 

 HiSTERiDAE — Saprmus cupreus Er., plentiful in nearly every patch of excre- 

 ment ; Hister viduus FShr., ou the wing at the J5otanical Gardens, Kirsten- 

 bosche. CocciNELLiDAR — Chilo7nenes lunata F., abundant ; Uxochomus 

 nigromacidatus Goeze, also very common ; Scytmius casstroemi Muls., by 

 sweeping herbage, and iijany other species at present unidentified ; Epilachna 

 similis Thunb., on Plumbago. Cleridae — Opetiopcdpus coUaris Billb., under 

 dry dung, Groote-Schur. Tenebuionidae — Triyonopus striatus Quens., abun- 

 dant at Rliondebosche under dry dung, a beetle that stridulates loudly when 

 handled; Hopatrum arenarium F., yery common; Psainmodes striattis F., 

 Table Mt. ; Zophvsis, numerous species on the roads and paths. Lagriidae — 

 Lagria villusa F., under bark, Rapenburg. Anthicidae — Kotoxus thimberyi 

 La Ferte, common on sand ; Anthicus sp. ?, in plenty by sweeping on the 

 Cape Flats. Meloidae — Decatoma lunata Pall., on yellow flowers ; Ceroctis 

 capensis L., abundant on Plumbago. Chrysomelidak — CryptocepJiahts sp. ?, 

 moderately common, and a pale testaceous Galerucid seen in numbers on the 

 wing; Ilyperacantha pectoralis Jac. ?, in plenty at Kirstenbosche. Curcu- 

 LiONiDAE — many Brachycerids captured, but it was impossible to determine 

 them at Cape Town. Scarabaeidae — Cafharsius tricornutus J)e Geer, 

 Rapenburg, in dung, (S S commoner than § 5 ; Onitis ayguhis F., abundant, 

 and 0. caffer Boh., rarely, in cow-dung; Sisy^ylius sphiijjes Thunb., at the foot 

 of the Rhodes Memorial, Groote-Schur; Copris plutus F., Oniticelhis africanus 

 Har., and Onthophuyus giraffa Hausm., in dung ; Aphodius lividus Oliv., 

 A. JiiiniKS Pering. ; Harmoyasfer exarata Har. ; Drepanocanthiis comiexus 

 Pering. ? Dynastidak — Heteronychus arator F. Melolontiiidae — Heteio- 

 cheliis parilis Pering. 



Oetiiopteba. 



Ferijilaneta americana Ij., commonly, as in Europe; Lioyryllug bimacidatus 

 De Geer, in abundance under stones ; Entella delalatidei Sauss., the commonest 

 Mantid ; Triixalis nastitn L., a most bizarre form, in plenty ; Cyrtacanthacris 

 lineata StSl, seen freely, but difHcult to capture on account of its powerful 

 flight ; Gustrimarya wahlbcryi Stfd and Pycuodicfya obsciira L., both in 

 rumbers: Acrotylus deustus Timub., Cape Flats, 



