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about the blue spp. of Crenis and Crenidomimns concordia, 

 Hopff. The country I was in appears to be the metropolis 

 of the genus Crenis, and they swarmed everywhere. I 

 liave taken occidentalhun, I\Iab. (scarce), ? omvlia, Cr. (very 

 abundant), rosa, Hew. (abundant), pediiiAi, Dewitz (very 

 abundant), and at least 2 spp. of the nataleiisis group, one 

 of which is remarkable for an under -surface exhibiting an 

 approach to the coloration and pattern of that of the blue 

 forms. I certainly be^in to suspect that the blue species 

 of the genus, if not the others, are distasteful. They ai-e 

 extraordinarily bold and fearless, and collect in very large 

 numbers wherever they can find moisture. They piay often 

 be seen, almost in hundreds, round a damp garment in one's 

 camp. Their mimic Crenidoinimas concordia I found much 

 scarcer, but with very much the same habits. They are very 

 puzzling things, because it must be rememliered that they are 

 also extremely addicted to fluttering round and settling on 

 tree trunks often some 10-20 ft. above the gi'ound, and under 

 these circumstances they are very very inconsjncnoiis. 



"The following groups taken on one day may be of interest : — 



October 2Gth, 1907, Lupepa R. 



Crp.vis pechieli, 5. Near Crenis nafalensis, group A (with 



bluish under-surface), 5. 

 Crenis 1 ainulia, 5. Xear Crenis nataleiisis, group B 



(without bluish under-surface), 3. 

 Crenidomimas concordia, 1. 



October 27th, 1907, S miles north of last locality. 

 C. rosa, 1. C. amtdia, 2. 



C. pechiieli, 1. Near C. natalensis, group B, 1. 

 Crenidomimas concordia, 1. 



October 30th, 1907. 



C. pechveli and C. concordia taken at the flowers on the 

 same shrub in two successive sweeps of the net. 



"The above groups hardly represent the true predominance 

 in numbers of the Crenis, at any rate at this time of the year 

 (the beginning of the rains). Last April and May at the 



