and Captures in South Africa in 1905. 343 
Other lLycznids at the same flowers were Crudaria 
leroma, Waller., of which only two were obtained, together 
with single specimens of Tarucus telicanus, Lang, f, and 
Aloecides? taikosama, Wallgr., §. With these butterflies 
were a number of other insects, conspicuous among them 
the bright coral-red Braconid, [phiaulax whitei, Cameron, 
its smoky-black wings bearing a scarlet (or yellowish) 
triangle on the costa, and the large blue-winged peduncu- 
lated wasp Humenes dyschera, Sauss., var. §. Less striking 
hymenoptera were Jcaria cincta, Lepel., 3, and the new 
species Myzine rufo-nigra, Bingh., §. The Sphex Chalico- 
doma celocera, Smith, 9, was taken at a flowering shrub, 
whether Combretum or some other is uncertain, but be 
that as it may, the Combretwm certainly produced an 
unnamed bug and sundry flies: Rhynchomyia sp., Hxoprosopa 
sp., and L. ? lar, Fabr. 
Apart from those found on or about flowers, insects were 
scarce, and it took a good deal of work to secure the 
following butterflies :—Zeracolus topha, Wallgr., a female; 
T. antigone, Boisd., a female which flew slowly near the 
ground without settling; 7. ann, Wallgr., a female; 7’. 
achine, Cram., two males, and Veritas brigitta, Cram., a male 
and two females, the former less “dry” than the latter. 
Certain dark, yellow-striped orthopterous larvee were seen 
on the stems of Combretwm and other shrubs; they were 
very gregarious and were observed to advance and halt 
together as if drilled. 
On a stretch of somewhat lower flat country covered 
with coarse dead grass we saw many individual specimens 
of the Red Locust, Schistocerca peregrina, Oliv., but no 
swarms; we spent much time in endeavouring to catch 
these, for they are extremely wary and took to flight when 
approached within four or five yards. The general colour 
of the living insect is dark mahogany-red, with some 
greenish-brown shading, but the wings shine brightly in 
the sunlight, so that the insects a good deal resemble small 
flying-fish. 
On September 10th we had a delightful excursion to 
THE Martopos, a wild group of granitic hills about forty 
miles to the 8.8.W. of Bulawayo. The veldt may be from 
4,500 to 5,000 feet above sea level, the kopjes rising from 
100 to 800 feet higher. In the wider valleys are stretches 
of coarse grass, but for the most part the country is covered 
by somewhat open scrub and forest, not especially tropical 
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