60 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
attracted by the sight of the prey, would advance cautiously 
from the circumference, but generally stop short about half- 
way up the web, evidently afraid to come within reach of the 
owner, thus having to content themselves with looking at the 
provisions, like hungry urchins nosing the windows of an 
eating-house. Sometimes one would advance closer, but the 
owner would, when it came within reach, quickly lift up one 
of its feet and strike at it, like a feeding-horse kicking at 
another that came near its provender, and the little intruder 
would have to retire discomfited. These little spiders probably 
feed on minute insects entangled in the web, too small for the 
consideration of the huge owner, to whom they may be of 
assistance in clearing the web.”—P. 110. 
Tiger-beetles and Ants.—“In some parts brown tiger- 
beetles ran or flew with great swiftness ; in others, leaf-cutting 
ants in endless trains carried along their burdens of foliage, 
looking, as they marched along with the segments of leaves 
held up vertically, like green butterflies, or a mimic repre- 
sentation of a moving Birnam Wood. Sometimes the chirping 
of the ant-thrushes drew attention to where a great body of 
army-ants were foraging amongst the fallen branches, sending 
the spiders, cockroaches and grasshoppers fleeing for their 
lives, only to fall victims to the surrounding birds. On the 
fallen branches and logs I obtained many longicorn-beetles ; 
the wood-cutters brought me many more; and from this 
valley were obtained some of the rarest and finest species in 
my collection. On the myrtle-like flowers of some of the 
shrubs large green cockchafers were to be found during the 
dry season, and bright green rosechafers were to be found 
also common. I was surprised to find on two occasions a 
green-and-brown bug (Pentatoma punicea) sucking the juices 
from dead specimens of this species.”—P. 127. 
Migrating Butterflies.—“ As we rode along great numbers 
of a brown-tailed butterfly (Timetes Chiron) were flying over 
‘to the south-east: they occurred, as it were, in columns. 
The air would be comparatively clear of them for a few 
hundred yards, then we would pass through a band, perhaps 
fifty yards in width, where hundreds were always in sight, and 
all travelling one way. I took the direction several times 
with a pocket-compass, and it was always south-east. 
Amongst them were a few yellow butterflies, but these were 
