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Fieris severina simply swarmed, and P. charina was fairly common, but I 

 only netted two P. alba and four P. gidica. Pontia alcesta was common 

 in one spot only, and I took four males and six females ; this fly greatly 

 resembles the British Leucophasia sinapis ; it has the same slow flight, and 

 is very easily captured. Four Atella phalanta gave me some trouble to 

 net, and I missed several others. Hypanis ilithyia were very common, and 

 I took six specimens, the under sides of which were all different to the 

 type. Of the Acrseas A. buxtoni was certainly the commonest, and I took 

 ten examples; also two of A. petrma, one only of A. nohara, and three 

 A. doubleclayi — one male a very beautiful red variety. Of the larger 

 kinds I was only successful in getting two Charaxes varanes, one very 

 chipped ; three Papilio cetiea, two males and one female ; the latter is 

 totally different to the male, and imitates for protective purposes 

 Amauriss echeria, of which I easily took eight specimens, five of the- 

 yellow and black, and three of the white and black forms. Two Mel- 

 anitis leda I obtained, after great trouble, and, for a wonder, in good con- 

 dition. Eronia cleodora also turned up at intervals, and I netted four, 

 after a good chase in every case. Four C. ediisa and two V. cardiii were 

 the only insects that occur in England that I saw, or in fact have seen 

 since my arrival here. Two P. natalica I found at rest, one in splendid 

 condition. Of the blues I captured four Hypolyccena buxtoni, two Lycana 

 bcetica, and a pair of Myrina dermaptera I took in grand condition in cop. ; 

 this is by far the prettiest blue I have yet seen ; it greatly resembles our 

 Thecla quercus, but is larger and has beautiful purple-red long tails. Two 

 Terias regularis and five T. zoe were all I captured, but the latter was very 

 abundant. Of the skippers I took eight Pyrgus vindex, two Hesperia fore- 

 stall, three Patnphila hottentota, two P. mohopaani, six Crenis natalenses, 

 and one specimen each of Neptis marpessa, Mycalesis safitza. Precis elgiva, 

 P. tukuoa, Teracolus anna (a beautiful var ), Euralia tarqiiinia, Charaxes 

 neanthes, and Salamis anacardii (mother of pearlj completed the butterflies. 

 Of moths very few are named here, but I took on the tree-trunks seven 

 Geometers greatly resembling our Boarmia consortaria, and also nine pupae 

 of the hawk-moth, Nephele hesperus [? argentifera), and five pupae of Macro- 

 glossa trochilus ; three of the latter have since emerged. I also dug about 

 thirty pupae of various Noctuas. I arrived home about 6 p.m., well satisfied 

 with the day's result, and all were taken in an area of half a mile square. 

 To any entomologist arriving from England, the great number of butterflies 

 on the wing in one spot is quite bewildering, and it requires great care to 

 net the one you desire to catch. I am sending home moths from time to 

 time to England to obtain their names, as it is almost impossible to get 

 them here, and many, I believe, are not known at all. I may mention that 

 collecting goes on all the year round here, and that this is considered to be 

 a very bad season, owing to lack of rain. I may mention that I took an 

 example of D. celerio on June 20th. — G. F. Leigh; Musgrave Road, 

 Durban, Natal, June 30th, 1900. 



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South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



June 14(/t, 1900. — The President in the chair. Dr. Chapman exhibited 

 bred specimens of Orgyia antiqua from the South of France, and noted 



