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CHAPTER V 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1905 
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British Association—Port Elizabeth—Strange Vegetation—East London— 
Glimpse into a Butterfly Paradise—Durban—Teracolus and Acraea— 
Mimicry—Attitudes of Skippers—Yellow Butterflies seeking concealment— 
Day-flying Moths—Colenso and Ladysmith—Battlefields—Vitality of tails 
of Lizards—A protected Grasshopper—Johannesburg—Geology of the Veldt 
—Kimberley—Bulawayo—The Matopos—Chamaeleons—Victoria Falls— 
Hippopotami—Visitors to Electric Lights—Rain Forest—Locusts—Back to 
East London—Weevils—Legs used as jaws—Table Mountain.178 
CHAPTER VI 
WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AMERICA, 1906-7 
Barbados—Yellow Butterflies and yellow leaves—Snails’ eggs—Trinidad— 
Wealth of Butterflies—La Guaira—Savanilla—Iguana—Puerto Bello— 
Colon—Windbound—Cemetery—Jamaica—Vegetation—Humming Birds— 
The Great Earthquake—Personal experiences—Psychological results—The 
Negro—Butterflies—Their relation to those of the Spanish Main—Moths— 
Beetles—Fireflies—Other Insects—Waiter hands a Locust new to Science 
—Land Mollusca—Panama—Caracas—Number and beauty of Butterflies— 
Clouds of Ithomiines—Butterfly Scents—Abundance of Skippers—Moths 
at Light—Easter Monday at Port of Spain—Yellow Fever—Tobago— 
Parasol Ants— A new Hairstreak—Gulf-weed.252 
CHAPTER VII 
CEYLON, 1908 
Mount iLavinia—Crows—Coast and Inland Butterflies compared—Tenacity of 
Life—Kandy—Snakes, Lizards, and Geckos—Rattan Palm—Snails—Scents 
in Danaines—Big Butterflies—Brilliant Blues—Scents as diagnostics— 
Species of Terias—Moths—Whip-Scorpions—Haragama—Numbers of White 
Butterflies—“Follow my Leader”—Butterflies drinking—Dambulla— 
Anuradhapura—Fireflies—Trinkomali—Doubtful Naval policy—Land 
Leeches—India : Matheran—Wonderful mimicry of Wasps by Flies . , 335 
CHAPTER VIII 
EGYPT AND THE SUDAN, 1909 
Dynastic Butterflies—The Nile—Scarcity of Insects—Khartum—Mirage—Bees 
and Wasps—The White Nile—Cranes, Crocodiles, and Hippopotami—The; 
persistence of the Wooden Pillow—Peculiar Fauna—Arabic—Cairo—Great 
Pyramid—Petrified Forest—Effects of an Earthquake.394 
