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there were quills and dung in and close to the holes. I also 

 took it on one occasion in a Wart-hog's burrow. I should say 

 the species is Sarangesa eliminate/,, but will send the insects. 

 Nearly all my Sarangesa were taken from burrows, as I very 

 rarely saw the butterfly flying in the open. I have seen from 

 30 to 40 specimens, at the very least, come out of a burrow. 

 When left alone they used to return ; in fact, I have disturbed 

 them many times in succession at intervals of a few minutes 

 on purpose to see them return to the burrow. I remember 

 on one occasion only a few coming out on being disturbed. 

 I then got a longer stick, perhaps six to seven feet long, and on 

 pushing this down as far as I could reach, quite a lot more came 

 out. In British East Africa I used to take S. motozi and 

 ophthalmica under overhanging rocks in deep shade. They' 

 rested flat on the rock with outspread wings, and they too 

 returned after being disturbed." 



Mr. Feather's notes, taken at the time, recorded that on 

 " June 7, 1909, quite a small cloud came out of a Wart-hog's 

 burrow. They were very active." The animal was dug out; 

 so there was no doubt about the burrow. Feb. 20, 1908, and 

 July 2, 1909, were recorded in the notes as dates on which the 

 Porcupine burrow was visited and Skippers captured from it. 

 Several specimens of the Hesperids thus taken were sent by 

 Mr. Feather and identified as S. eliminata. 



Finally, Mr. W. A. Lamborn had written from British Central 

 Africa, Aug. 28, 1915— 



" A few days ago I made an interesting find — of a large 

 number of skippers, all of one species, resting by day in the 

 burrow tenanted by a Wart-hog, and this appears to be their 

 regular habit. In these burrows also are a great number of 

 larvae of the fly Auchmeromyia hiteola, F., so that it seems that, 

 though man is assailed by the grubs, the pig is the more 

 favoured host." 



Further details were received in a letter of Sept. 4. telling 

 of observations made at Monkey Bay, on the S. of Lake Nyassa. 

 A few additional details sent to Dr. Marshall have been in- 

 corporated. Examples of the Hesperid captured on Sept. 3 

 received in London and Oxford, were identified as Sarangesa 

 motozi, Wallengr. 



