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and larg*e mimbers of Tripetidae. Occasionally Yernonias were 
dowering*, bnt tbey did not attract insects; the Lippias were the 
favourite resort of the few Lycaenids which I caught. 
Quite near the water holes, in the reeds, was a large vegetation 
of a Melastomacea ( Dissotis incana, Triana) in full blossom. It was 
avoided by insects. 
A good many Charaxes brutus and Ch. aethalion were on the wing 
practically at every camping place, and also in the middle of June 
Crenis natalensis was fairly common, but very difficult to catch. 
