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A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



When the locality Pretoria is used as a habitat for a species, 

 the town itself is not necessarily designated, but the district in 

 which the town is situated, and this bears a similar relation to 

 what the county of Yorkshire does to the city of York. I have 

 also included the species procured in Natal, but this locality 

 is always distinguished by italics. It must also be distinctly 

 understood that the localities given are not intended to convey 

 the impression that the species are not found elsewhere in the 

 Transvaal, but only that at those spots I made my captures. 



Many of the species have a very wide distribution, and I was 

 surprised to meet with some old English friends, of which a 

 list is added, though doubtless it could be considerably enlarged 

 by further experience. 



Species found in England and also by the Author in 

 the Transvaal. 



Mus rattus. 



MAMMALIA. 



Common Rat. 



Circus pygaryus. 

 Merops apiaster. 



AVES. 



Montagu's Harrier. 

 European Bee-eater. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Philonthus varians. 

 Dermestes vulpinus. 



Aphodius lividus. 

 Corynetes rufipes. 



Corynetes ruficollis. 



Black Staphylinid. 

 Destructive Beetle to hides 



and furs. 

 Dung- Beetle. 

 Beetle frequenting bones and 



horns. 

 Beetle frequenting bones and 



horns. 



Exochomus niyromaculatus. " Ladybird " Beetle. 



