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XIX. Entomological Observations and Captures during the 
visit of the British Association to South Africa in 
1905. By FA. Dixry, M.A., M.D., F.ES., and 
G. B. Lonastarr, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.E.S. 
[Read June 5th, 1907.] 
PLATE XXY. 
Cape Town. 
Lat. 34° S. Sea level. August 8th, 1905. 
SURELY no one who was on deck when the “ Kildonan 
Castle” anchored in Table Bay will forget the impressive 
scene. Behind the town-lights which gleamed along the 
front the grand mass of Table Mountain, clear cut against 
a streak of dawn, lay under the Southern Cross and 
Magellanic Clouds, while in the opposite quarter Jupiter 
and Venus shone brilliant beyond our experience, the 
latter reflected in the sea, and Orion standing on his 
head demonstrated that we were indeed in a Southern 
land. These astronomical facts had a bearing on our 
entomological operations, since we had to grow accus- 
tomed to the fact that the most promising hunting-grounds 
were slopes with a north-east aspect. 
Faithful to our own science rather than to the associa- 
tion of which we were members, we had decided to go on 
to Durban by the same steamer, and put in as many days 
collecting as possible on the Natal Coast. This left us 
but a day and a half at Cape Town, in which to get a 
glimpse of its fauna and flora, and we were truly fortunate 
in that the Southern spring smiled upon us and provided, 
if indeed few insects, at any rate what Mr. Boswell would 
have termed “some fine prospects.” 
We were aware of the poverty of the Cape Peninsula in 
Rhopalocera, and Mr. L. Péringuey, the obliging director 
of the South African Museum, impressed the fact upon 
our minds, yet we were hardly prepared to find butterflies 
so scarce as in fact we did. 
The best scheme seemed to be to drive to Camps Bay, 
stopping on the way to collect on the slopes of the Lion’s 
Head, above Sea Point. While waiting for the carriage 
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