INSECTA. 235 



Subfam. 



Papilio morania, Angas. (Jan.) Durban, Natal. 



Papilio demoleuSj Linn. (Sept.) Pretoria, 



(Jan.) Durban, Natal. 



Fatn. HESPERID^:. 



Cyclopides willemi, Wallengr. (Feb.) Pretoria. 



Pyrgus vindex, Cram. (Sept.) Pretoria. 



Pyrgus diomus, Hopff. (Aug.) Pretoria. 



Pamphila hottentota, Latr. (May) Zoutpansberg, 



(Oct.) Pretoria. 

 Hesperia forestan, Cram. (Feb.) Pretoria. 



HETEROCERA. 



In Sphingidse one is reminded of home when catching Proto- 

 parce convolvuli or breeding Acherontia atropos, but the hawk- 

 moths are not common, Macroglossa trochilus being the most 

 abundant species. Among the day-flying Agaristidae Pals 

 decora frequents the bare veld, but in single examples; the 

 genus Xanthospilopteryx I only found in the wooded districts 

 of Pretoria. Another moth that frequents the open veld is 

 Deiopeapulchella, remarks on whose habits have been previously 

 made (ante p. 68). Petovia is a genus not often found, but its 

 species have a slow conspicuous flight, and I took P. dichroaria 

 flying in the busy streets of the town of Pretoria. Many moths 

 come to light which are not seen otherwise, and, when making 

 long coach-journeys, I have frequently boxed a good specimen 

 at the lamp which illuminated the frugal meal obtained at 

 the lone posting-houses on the bare and dreary veld. Even 

 Saturniiclse come to light, as I found Urota sinope to do at 

 Durban. 



In the identification of the Heterocera I have received much 

 assistance from Messrs. Butler, Kirby, and Warren at the 

 British Museum ; and among the Micro-Lepidoptera, I have had 

 the great help of Lord Walsingham, and his Secretary, Mr. J. 

 Hartley Durrant, has described a new genus and species. 



