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orange trees, and I asked for further information. " Ton ask about the 

 ' Soldiers.' I have only found them twice. The first, perhaps two 

 specimens, were at the Lantana, an aromatic shrub in full blossom. 

 The last on the orange trees, also in full bloom ; I beat them out of 

 the trees at night, using a lantern, and netted them. They are not 

 hard to catch, as their flight is heavy. I have only seen them at night, 

 and have an idea that they and many other species come from some 

 distance attracted by the scent, which is sweetest at night. I never 

 beat them out at dusk, but later ; indeed, I do not think that I have 

 caught one before nine o'clock." 



Hypocala deflorata. Fab. — " Along with the last I caught that 

 varied series of moths with yellow under wings ; but the latter were 

 the earlier to appear." 



This is also a remarkable species — a "yellowunder-wing " of 

 about the size and in some degree the appearance of Triphcena jan- 

 thina, Esp., or more resembling the smaller Gatocalcs with yellow 

 hind-wings. Its head is prominent, with the palpi rather long, very 

 thick, conical and conspicuously porrected. The yellow hind-wings 

 have the usual central spot black and very large, black clouds running 

 down the costal and dorsal margins, and the usual broad black band 

 on the hind margin, in which are two large yellow spots. But its 

 fore-wings are the most remarkable, from their strange variation. 

 Ordinarily they are of a rather uniform grey-brown dusted with ashy- 

 grey, either without markings or marbled with black, or in the middle 

 area with orange-yellow, or having the reniform stigma blackened or 

 black margined, with or without a yellow subterminal line. But 

 sometimes a large round pale yellow cloud lies behind the reniform 

 stigma, or a large similar oblong cloud along the discal cell, or both ; 

 while in more extreme forms the ground colour is whitish-grey or 

 yellowish-grey, and a very broad angulated and hollowed stripe, of 

 slate colour or grey-black, lies the whole length of the wing in zigzags 

 from base to apex. 



Margarodes unionalis, Hb. — " The first that I saw was in a quince 

 hedge by a stream at dusk, and when searching the orange trees in 

 the same garden at night I caught several. When I shook or beat 

 the tree they fell to the ground as though intoxicated, and I could 

 bottle them easily. The orange tree was in full bloom." These do 

 not differ from the very few British examples. 



Deilepliila capensis, L. — "These are the hawk moths that look so 

 lovely at night around the blossoming orange trees. Their eyes are 

 like living coals. I think that they like any blossoming trees. They 



