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to spend the day-time lurking in the shelter of ' Ant-bear ' 

 (Orycteropus). I found the first quite by accident. When 

 passing one of these large tunnels I idly kicked some loose earth 

 down, and a number of things flew out which I naturally 

 thought were moths. They came back to the mouth of the 

 hole, and one after another settled there, or went inside. I 

 found they were a dull-coloured Skipper of the ' Dingy ' type* 

 Since then I have very frequently turned them out in the same 

 way, but they are not always catchable. I wonder if it is 

 a crepuscular or nocturnal species ? I have never seen it 

 elsewhere." 



The observation described in Dr. Carpenter's last paragraph 

 certainly refers to one of the species of Sarangesa mentioned 

 below. 



The first record known to Prof. Poulton was that of 

 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall, who, in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), II, 

 1898, p. 33, speaking of his experience in S. Africa, contrasted 

 Precis natalensis, Staud., which " frequents the highest points 

 in any neighbourhood," with the sesamus form, which "is more 

 partial to shady spots, and is to be found in ravines and sprints 

 spruits] or rocky wooded slopes, and shares with the Hesperid 

 Sarangesa motozioides, Holl., a marked affection for disused 

 mining-shafts and cuttings." The species of Hesperid was 

 subsequently identified by Dr. Marshall as S. eliminata, Holl. 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc, 1902, p. 422). 



The next record was by Mr. S. A. Neave, who, writing on 

 the butterflies of Northern Rhodesia inProc. Zool. Soc, 1910, 

 p. 69, stated of Sarangesa plistonicus, Plotz : — " This species, 

 as well as its allies, has a predilection for very shady spots, 

 as has already been pointed out by Marshall in the case of 

 S. eliminata, Holl. Jumping on the ground above a hole 

 made by an Ant-bear will often cause clouds of them to issue 

 forth." 



To these could be added two records as yet unpublished. 



In 1908 and 1909 Mr. Walter Feather had observed Saran- 

 gesa frequenting Porcupine as well as Wart-hog burrows at 

 Mandera (3000 feet), 47 miles S.W. of Berbera, Somaliland. 

 Mr. Feather had written — 



" I am certain I took the Skipper in Porcupine burrows, as 





