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=i=* Abdornen without ventral fold. 

 f Tibise white-ringed. - - - 34. funereus, ?>h — 1\ lines [h). 



\\ Femora and tibiae red. - - - 39. alticola, 0| — 7^ Hues. 



Section 3. — Scutellum more or less pale ; abdomen black ; apical 

 segments generally pale. 



A. 6th and 7th segments of abdomen white, a ; or 7th only more or less 



white, b (females). 



a. Hind femora black; til)i8e white-ringed. 8. oratorius, 6 — 7|- lines («). 



b. Femora and tibiae red. - - 13. subsericans, o^ — 7 lines [s, a). 



B. 4th to 7tli segments with white apical lines ; femora and tibiae 



fulvous (females). - - - - 11. atratorius, 6^ lines. 



Section 4. — Scutellum pale, or with pale marks; some of the segments 

 yellow ; apex black. 



A. Hind femora red ; tibiae pale (males). 



a. 3rd segment with two basal lateral spots, or a basal band (or 2nd and 



3rd more or less yellow, and one var., 1st, 4th and 5th extreme 

 apical margins pale). Gastrocaeli small. Metathoracic areje, five. 



12. notatorius, 1 — 9 lines [h, a). 



b. 2nd and 3rd segments orange ; 2nd to 6th apical margins pale 



yellow (this species varies much, to abdomen quite black). 

 Gastrocaeli moderate. - - 35. Panzeri, 6 lines [l, a). 



c. 1st to 4th segments pale orange, base generally black. Gastrocaeli 



small; metathoracic areae, five. 15. equitatorius, 5 — 6^ lines. 



B. Hind femora black (males). 



a. 2nd and 3rd segments, sometimes partly the 4th, yellow. 

 * Face yellow, sometimes black in the middle. 



16. lUic/losus, 5^ — 7 lines (t). 

 =:"!'• Face black ; orbits of eyes occasionally yellow. 



24, conspurcatus, 7 — 7|- lines [h, t, a). 



b. 2ud and 3rd segments orange. 



-1= 1st to 5th segments, with the apical margins yellow (very rarely 

 obsolete). . . . . 7. amatorlus, 7^ — 8|- lines. 



■''■'- 2ud to 6th segments sulphur-coloured at the apical margins ; 2nd and 

 3rd sometimes black; apical margins sulphur. 



35. Panzeri, 6 lines (/, a). 



c. 1st to 4th segments yellow, base black or red ; remainder vari- 



coloured, yellow or red and black. 



14. crispatorius, 6 — 8 lines {t, I, a). 



d. 2nd to 6th segments with yellowish margins. 



10. Jiavocinctus, 6 — Q^ lines. 



BUTTERFLY HUNTING IN NATAL : ON THE COAST-LANDS. 

 By William D. Gooch, C.E. 

 A FINE morning, a cloudless sky, and a shimmering haze over 

 everything far and near, — which foretells a good day to see 

 butterfly-life at its best. The summer heats are over, and the 

 rains in late autumn have, but a few days finished, left Nature 



