380 Drs. Dixey and Longstaff’s Observations 
the Dicheli and Heterocheli they do not bury themselves 
among the stamens of the flowers, but are as active as 
bees, “flying very readily. A few specimens were also 
found in the spathes of the white arum, these curiously 
enough did not attempt to fly. On the other hand, some 
small black bees with white- ringed abdomen, Halictus 
albofasciatus, Smith, g, did bury themselves in the 
Mesembryanthemum, but nevertheless were so active as 
to be difficult to catch; associated with them, closely 
mimicking them, and almost equally hard to catch, were 
some flies, ? Ploas sp. and ? Prorachthas sp. The mimicry, 
especially in habits, was very striking during life, yet in 
the cabinet the insects look distinct enough. 
On other flowers such small things were found as six 
green beetles, ? Hedybius sp., the tiny Lury -ysthenes. balyi, 
Chap., a Butrapela sp., Which stands without a name 
at South Kensington; Attagenus sp.; Harpalus xantho- 
raphus, Wied.; Telephorus sp.; the Hophine Pachycnema 
obscurepurpuria, De Geer, a 9, also one of each sex of a 
small bee, Dasypoda sp., which Col. Bingham says is near 
to betica, Spin., but distinct, and the little Halictus 
terminalis, Smith, 9. A yellow lilaceous flower was 
tenanted by a small beetle, Notoxus inconstans, Lafert. 
The black and yellow Ceroctis capensis, Linn., was found 
in the yellow flower of a prickly composite, while in the 
flowers of Senecio ? concolor (a species with purple ray- 
florets) were numbers of a small Heteromeron, Votoxus sp. 
Close to the beach, running swiftly over the sand and 
taking the short flights so characteristic of the genus, were 
several Cicindela brevicollis, Wied. An Asilid, ? Dysma- 
chus sp., was also fond of settling on the bare sand. The 
Elater Qdistoma cuprea, Linn., was also taken on the 
sand; during life it was of an iridescent bronze colour, 
which proved very fugitive. 
On a tuft of grass, above the ground, a semi-papyraceous 
nest was found to be tenanted by a numerous community 
of ants, Cremastogaster stadelmanni, Meyr. 
Lastly, on the heathy scrub on the hillside at Glencairn 
two Lyczenids were taken, Phasis thero, Linn., and Cacyreus 
thesprs, Linn. With them was a fly, Hematopota sp. 
Just before embarking we drove down to THE FLATS, 
near Claremont, but the weather conditions were un- 
favourable and the results wholly disappointing. Pyrameis 
cardui and Pseudonympha cassius were the only butterflies 
