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of some five hundred Kaffirs who were hastening to the Zulu war. 
Modesty prevented me favouring the ‘‘ noble savage” with a 
specimen of the entomologist’s art. N. Xiphares is a fine black 
insect with violet suffusions. N. Ethalion is a black species 
which, after a short but extremely rapid flight, settles on the edge 
of shrubs a dozen feet from the ground. By cautiously waiting, 
and then striking rapidly, I have managed to take a small series 
of this insect. N. Brutus is another rapid flyer that it is waste 
of time to chase; it expands nearly four inches, and its body 
is remarkably robust, whilst its wings are strong and firm; thus it 
is peculiarly fitted for a rapid flight. Here I find the twenty-feet 
pole handy, and by this means have taken several. N. Zoolina, a 
white Nymphalis with dark brown markings, I have captured 
several times settled on the leaves of the mimosa tree. N. Neanthes 
has the habits of N. Hthalion; on August 15th, 1879, however, 
I took a female resting on the ground. This latter insect is 
reddish ochreous in colour, with developed tails. 
Philognoma Varanes is allied to Nymphalis ; it is a common 
insect, but owing to its great size and strength of wing is a most 
awkward “ customer” to catch. 
Cyllo Leda and Gnophodes Parmeno are not uncommon; the 
former flies by night, and comes to sugar like a Noctua. At the 
Inanda Hill, as previously mentioned, I captured a new Debis. 
The recorded species, Dendrophilus, I have never taken. 
Yphthima Hebe, an insect like Epinephile Tithonus in habits 
and shape, is a feeble flyer, haunting dark corners of woods. It 
is however, very local, since I have only taken it in one locality of 
limited extent. Mycalesis Evenus and Narcissus are butterflies of 
the Ringlet pattern and habits; their mode of flight is an exact 
imitation of H. Hyperanthus. Like Y. Hebe, they haunt dark corners 
and are not common. They appear generally in March and April, 
and M. Evenus especially has beautifully ocellate spots on the 
under side. Both species reappear very sparingly indeed in 
August, but then, in all the specimens I have taken, I notice 
the under side plain without the “ringlets.” 
Eurytela Hiarbas is a very common butterfly in woods, flying 
after the fashion of L. Sibylla; another species, 4. Dryope, with 
a yellow band, is scarcer. Hypanis Ilithyia is a most abundant 
butterfly, and appears in several forms, according, I presume, to 
the degree of temperature prevailing. In summer the under side 
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