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together with a community of the ant, Acantholepis vestita, 
Smith. The Heteromerous beetle, Zophosis caffer, Deyr., 
was caught running swiftly over sand. 
At INKWELO, under the shadow of Amajuba (Lat. 27° 
32’8., about 4,500 feet above the sea), a fly, Sarcophaga sp., 
was taken, but on this day at these altitudes the conditions 
were decidedly wintry, and the night of August 28th was 
cold. 
JOHANNESBURG, TRANSVAAL. 
Lat. 26° 10'S. Altitude 5,700 feet. Aug. 30th—Sept. 2nd. 
The weather during our short stay was chilly and almost 
sunless, while the time available only permitted of two 
short afternoon walks in the outskirts just beyond West 
Cliff. 
But three butterflies were seen, Pyrameis cardui, Linn.; 
Papilio demodocus, Esp.; and the Skipper Baoris ayresw, 
Trim., a species that does not appear to be widely spread. 
Moths were about as poorly represented by the cosmo- 
politan Nomophila noctuella, Schiff., by Sterrha sacraria, 
Linn., of the dingy South African form, and by that obscure 
Phycid, the almost cosmopolitan Htiella zinckenella, Treit. 
The most promising mode of collecting appeared to be 
turning over stones, old tins, etc., on the veldt ; this back- 
aching process yielded ants in great plenty, the commonest 
species being the big-headed Camponotus marginatus, Latr., 
which turned up in this locality only; close by, the more 
generally distributed C. maculatus, Fabr., was found, while 
the long black Plectroctena caffra, Spinola, the smaller 
Philodole megacephala, Fabr., and two Cremastogaster 
sordidula, Nyl. var., were also met with. There were in 
addition to the ants plenty of Termites. 
The beetles included several Carabids, viz.: Chlenius 
sellatus, Dej., two; another Chlenius that may possibly 
be new; Harpalus deceptor, Pér., nine specimens; H. 
angustipennis, Boh., two; Macrochilus dorsalis, Klug, one ; 
Trechus rufipes, Boh., one; then there were two of a 
Trigonopus that may possibly be new; the very distinctly 
marked Graphipterus cordiger, Klug; ‘an Opatrum that is 
probably arenarium, Fabr., six specimens; an unnamed 
Psaryphis; a Lamellicorn of the genus Aphodius that is 
not represented in the National Collection ; two weevils, 
Hipporhinus corniculatus, Fahy. ; and Brachycerus severus, 
