PREFACE. vii 



quotation is nut my own. Special care has been taken to 

 ascertain and state systematically the recorded geographical 

 range of every species, aud the known localities have accord- 

 ingly been arranged uniformly throughout in the followino- 

 order, viz. : — 



I. South Africa. 



A. Great Namaqualaiid. 



B. Cape Colony (k. Western Districts, h. Eastern Districts, 



c. Griqualand West, d. Basutoland). 



C. Orange Fi-ee State. 



D. Kaffraria Proper.^ 



E. Natal (a. Coast Districts, b. Upper Districts), 



F. Zululand. 



G. Swaziland. 

 H. Delagoa Bay. 

 I. Inhambane. 

 K. Transvaal. 



L. Bechvianaland. 

 M. Kalahari. 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical (a. Western Coast, aa. Islands, ai. Western 



Interior). 



B. North Tropical (subdivided as in South Tropical). 



C. Extra-Tropical North Africa. 



III. Europe. 



IV. Asia. 



V. Australia. 

 VI. America. 



In this arrangement South Africa is, of course, treated more 

 in detail than other regions, and in the map issued with this 

 work the several territories south of the Tropic are denoted by 

 red letters corresponding to those above given. As regards the 



1 When this arrangement was planned, Kaffraria Proper or Independent Kaffirlaud 

 occupied all the territory between the Cape Colony and Natal, or, in other words, between 

 the Kei and Umzirukulu. Politically the whole of this territory, except the central coast 

 tract of Pondolaud and the small north-ea&t tract named "Alfred" annexed to Natal, 

 now forms part of the Cape Colony. The several subdivisions of the territory are named 

 Tembuland Proper, Emigrant Tenibuland, Fingoland, Gcalekaland, and Griqualand East. 



