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At the flowers of a yellow leguminous shrub two 
workers of Apis adansonii, Latr., were taken, together with 
three bees of the genus Megachile, all males, all distinct 
species and all apparently new! However, Col. C. T. 
Bingham says that it is useless in that genus to name or 
describe males without females. It was noted with sur- 
prise that the beautiful strong-scented golden yellow 
blossoms of the Protea, a shrub characteristic of the Cape 
Peninsula, attracted nothing but a few flies. At about 
1,400 feet Bombylius lateralis, Fabr., was met with, and 
the Satyrid Pseudonympha vigilans, Trim., up to 1,500 feet. 
The summit, 3,600 feet, was in dense cloud, for the 
“table-cloth”’ was spread, and the only insects taken at 
that altitude were hairy Hopliines; two Anisonyx lyna, 
Fabr., and one A. wrsus, Fabr.; of these two were on 
flowers, one on the wing. 
Turning over stones at the foot of the Lion HI, 
c. 300 feet, yielded two ants, Acantholepsis capensis, Mayr. ; 
the beetle Oncotus tardus, Sol.; a larva of Luciola sp. ; and 
the cockroach Temnopteryx phalerata, Sauss. 
The next day we took the train to Simon’s Town, 
which lies about fifteen miles to the south of Cape Town. 
Here our collecting was confined to a strip of sandy 
ground with eastern aspect, close to the shore and at the 
foot of the line of hills capped with sandstone crags 
perhaps 3,000 feet in height, which overlook Simon’s Bay. 
As we came out of the station a large blue-black 
Carpenter bee, Xylocopa capensis, Lepel., dashed at the 
head of one of us; forthwith his companion made violent 
efforts to catch the bee, and for some time the bewildered 
entomologist was in considerable peril between the swoops 
of the net and the assaults of the Aculeate! 
The Heteromerous beetle, Opatrwm ? arenariwm, 
Fabr., was common in a very sandy place under stones, 
and in like situation were single specimens of Harpalus 
fuscipennis, Wied., and the black and red Reduviid bug 
Acanthaspis lythrodes, Germ., of which the British Museum 
possesses but a solitary example. 
The dry sandy soil, scorched by the sun and exposed to 
the sea winds, is thoroughly suited to the taste of a 
Mesembryanthemum, which grew luxuriantly, its handsome 
flowers attracting many insects. Among these was a 
Hopliine beetle, Lepitrix lineata, Fabr., which was very 
abundant at one spot close to the railway-station, Unlike 
