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Acantholepis vestita, Smith; the tiny Pheidole irritans, 
Smith; and Zetramorium solidum, Emery. 
On the summit of the Hill, in an old Boer trench, looking 
down over the slopes on which many a brave soldier 
breathed his last, was Pyrameis cardui, Linn., the only 
butterfly that we saw that day. It may be remarked that 
it was bitterly cold when we reached Ladysmith a little 
before midnight. 
LapysmitH, Lat. 28° 38’, 3,300 ft., August 25, 1905.— 
The next day was devoted to Spion Kop, and naturally 
enough disputed questions of strategy and tactics diverted 
our attention from the Arthropoda. A specimen of Precis 
sesamus, Trim., was taken close to a Boer’s grave near the 
farm-house below the Aloe Knoll, while a conspicuous 
Larentid, Ortholitha pudicata, Walk., with reddish fore- 
wings and orange hind-wings, was netted on the top of the 
Knoll. The beetle Zophosis caffer, Deyr., was found just 
below, running on the path. A small grasshopper was 
brought from the summit of Spion Kop, and a larger 
species from the lower slopes on the north side; this last 
was coloured like dead grass on the exposed portions, but 
the lower surface of the abdomen and the lower edges of 
the femora were of a deep bright red. On the road back 
to Ladysmith, near the half-way house, the conspicuous 
Graphipterus cordiger, Klug, was taken under a stone, as 
well as the dingy Zophosis caffer, Deyr. 
August 26, 1905.—On our walk out to Waggon Hill and 
Czesar’s Camp we found under a stone on the open veldt 
a Carabid, Polyhirma notata, Perond.; when touched it 
emitted from its mouth a quantity of dark brown fluid 
having no perceptible odour. The dingy Boarmid Semz- 
othisa brongusarva, Walk., was common on rough bushy 
ground. 
The famous work at the western end of Waggon Hill 
was garrisoned by Precis sesamus, Trim., while the variable 
Geometer Tephrina catalaunaria, Guen., was taken close 
to the Earl of Ava’s grave. 
Within the trenches of Czsar’s Camp we took the 
Geometer Tephrina arenosa, Butl., as well as two Acridians. 
Returning to Ladysmith we found on the northern, 
reverse, slope of Czsar’s Camp, under large stones near 
the head of the (then) dry spruit, the curious cockroach, 
Homalodemas porcellio, Gerst. (= Derocalymna intermedia, 
Kirby). It is remarkably flat and sits closely appressed 
