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INDEX. 



Antestia transvaalia, sp. n., 246, 251. 



Anthia aquilatera, 188. 



desertorum, 188. 



maxillosa, 50, 187, 188. 



mellyi, 188. 



thoracica, 50, 187, 188. 



Anthocomus, sp., 198. 



Anthropoides paradisea, 50, 108. 



Antipus rufus, 204. 



Ant-lion, 91. 



Anubis mellyi, 201. 



ApJielia apolinaris, 123, 238. 



ApTiodius lividtts, 152, 191. 



Aplasta dichroa, 194. 



Apples in Natal, 126. 



Devastated by Cetoniid beetles, 

 115, 126, 193. 



Aquila ivahlbergi, 163, 165. 



Arachnida, 179. 



Araneee, 180. 



Argentiferous wealth near Pretoria, 

 59. 



Argiope nigrovittata, 180. 



Arthileta cloeckneria, 236. 



Asbecesta cyanipennis, 206. 



Asio capensis, 112, 165, 



Feeding on large coleoptera, 112. 



Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris, 247. 



Aspongopusjapetus, 246. 



nubilus, 246. 



Astur polyzonoides, 165. 



Atetta columbina, 233. 



Athalia bicolor, sp. n., 211, 226. 



Atractonotus formicarius, 187, 188. 



Attagenus, sp., 190. 



Atylotus, sp., 244. 



Aulacophora vinula, 206. 



Aulonogyrus abdominalis, 45, 189. 



Auriferous deposits absent at Pre- 

 toria, 59. 



Austen, Ernest E., 244. 

 " Australian bug," 88. 

 Aves, 152, 163. 



The Transvaal avifauna already 



well worked, 163. 

 Axylia cinctothorax, 233. 



Azanus nesous, 234. 



Bagrada hilaris, 246. 



Bamboos, 121. 



Bananas, 121, 125. 



Basipta stolida, 209. 



Bates, H. W., ix, 41, 187. 



Beach Wood at Durban, 123. 



Belonogaster rufipennis, 210. 



Berea at Durban, 122. 



" Berg bas," 43. 



Biggarsberg, 9. 



Binna linea, 237. 



madagascariensis, 70, 237. 



Attacked by Cape Wagtail, 70. 

 Birds of prey around Pretoria, 55. 



Their extremely fat condition, 



57. 



Blue Cranes, 50. 

 Bluif at Durban, 122. 

 Boers, 20. 



As soldiers, 32. 



Farmers, 21, 22. 



Physical appearance, 35. 



Sobriety, 36. 



Theology, 23, 26, 33. 



Treatment of Kafirs, 24. 



Want of gaiety, 36. 

 Boers and English, 35, 90, 147, 



148. 



Boer War, 10, 31,32, 140. 

 Bolboceras batesii, sp. n., 191. 

 Boom, great, the, 145. 

 Boulenger, G. A., 173. 

 Bourgeois, Mons. J., 196. 

 Bowker, Colonel, 41, 121. 

 Brachinus armiger, 188. 

 Brachycerus apterus, 200. 



cancellatus, 200. 



natalensis, 200. 



Bracon fastidia tor, 211. 



flagrator, 211. 



Brady ornis silens, 167. 

 Bubulcus ibis, 169. 

 Bufo carens, 176. 

 regularis^ 48, 176. 



