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" On 27th August I examined one of the burrows and saw- 

 inside, at a distance of two or three feet from the entrance, a 

 number of Lepidoptera resting on the side walls. From the 

 position of their wings I took them to be Geometers, but on 

 catching one was surprised to find it was a dull, dingy Skipper. 

 On attempting to take more they mostly retired deeper into 

 the hole, but a few came out, immediately seeking shelter 

 under leaves in moth-like fashion. They were obviously rather 

 dazed with the light, and, when left undisturbed, gradually 

 returned to the burrow again. I took eight or ten ; then, as 

 the burrow was teeming with fleas, which soon harassed me, 

 I left them alone. Later in the day I opened up the burrow 

 and a number of the butterflies escaped. I have since looked 

 into various other burrows at all times of the day, and have 

 invariably found the insects. If one does not see any, a few 

 handfuls of earth thrown into the burrow always brings out 

 one or two. On the eve of Sept. 2, at dusk, I sat close to a 

 burrow and watched them come out and fly off, and there is 

 little doubt in my mind that they are nocturnal. I am wait- 

 ing for a moonlight night to make certain of the matter. 

 Yesterday I thought I would see how many I could get out of 

 one hole. Shortly after dawn I managed to take nineteen, 

 and there were a number more still which eluded me either by 

 retiring deeper into the hole or by coming out too suddenly 

 for me. At 1 p.m. I took another four, which came out when 

 I bombarded them with earth, and there still seemed to be 

 more. I have seen them still there with the setting sun very low 

 down. The other denizens of the holes include multitudinous 

 ticks, and the larvae of Auchmeromyia, two species, I think." 



It was clear from the above records from many parts of 

 Africa that this interesting habit was highly characteristic 

 of two types of Sarangesa — one including dingy forms like 

 eliminata, the other variegated forms like tnotozi. How many 

 true species were included would probably only be known 

 when the structural characters were worked out, and all the 

 above-quoted names of Sarangesas were employed with this 

 reservation. 



Mr. K. G. Blair and the Chairman commented on Prof. 

 Poulton's exhibits. 





