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hawk-moths, amongst them S. Convolvuli and S. Celerio being 
frequently, and C. Nerii rarely, taken. A. Atropos is common on 
walls, and the following English species occur :—D. pulchella, 
S. sacraria, and Heliothis armigera. Few of the butterflies or 
moths of Europe are to be found in Natal. ‘This is to be 
accounted for by the isolated character of Africa as compared 
with Europe and Asia, and the presence of the great deserts, 
which act as barriers to insect migration. During the remainder 
of my residence in Natal I intend devoting much spare time to 
the study of the moths, the several hundred species I have 
already secured being very interesting. 
Collecting here is very different from what it is in England. 
Oné has to be careful of not treading on snakes; this, however, I 
have done several times. And as for animal life, I have met with 
a leopard, bushbucks, iguanas, monkeys, crocodiles, pythons, 
imambas, putf-adders, &c., in my rambles. However, with a 
couple of loaded revolvers in my pockets, I never feel alarm, 
although one large forest on the coast is noted for its leopards. 
PS.—Since writing the above I have met with the following 
butterflies more or less plentifully :—Neptis Melicerta, Athyma 
Saclava, Pyrameis Hippomene, and Junonia Pelarga. I have also 
captured a hermaphrodite specimen of Anthocharis Antevippe, 
the right wings being male, the left pair female. 
Verulam, Natal, August 31, 1879. 
THE TORTRICES OF SURREY, KENT, AND SUSSEX. 
By Water P. Weston. 
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Sciaphila nubilana, Hub.—Common everywhere in June and 
July, flying at dusk over whitethorn (Crategus oxyacantha). The 
larvee feed in the shoots, and the pupze may be obtained by beat- 
ing into an umbrella about the middle of May. 
S. perterana, Guen.—Widely distributed, but local. It seems 
confined to chalk and limestone soils, and is much commoner by 
the sea-shore than inland. The imago appears in June and July ; 
the larve are to be found in May and June feeding in the blossoms 
of Chrysanthemum, Hieracium, and other Composite. Their pre- 
sence may be noticed by the flower-rays being carefully turned down 
