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the common South African P. demodocuz, Esp., proved much easier 
to capture, and between the park and the town two specimens fell 
victims to our nets; one of them seemed to have been injured by 
a bird. 
Satyrines were conspicuous by their absence. A single female 
specimen of the common, dingy, South African Skipper, Gegenes 
letterstedti, Wallgr. (hottentota, Latr.) was the sole Hesperid seen, 
but the Lycaenids were better represented by a solitary male of the 
far-ranging Tarucus telicanus , Lang, and several specimens of the 
“ amphisbaenoid ” 1 tailed and lobed Blue, Argiolaus silos, Westw. 
This has a rapid and jerky flight and is fond of settling high up, so 
that the observation of its false head and its attitude at rest was 
attended with difficulty, but a male and four females were easily 
taken off the red blossoms of a tall shrub. 
The only Moth captured was a male Lymantriid, Euproctis meso- 
zona , Hmpsn., which flew fast in full sunshine; this is a species 
represented in the National Collection solely by the type. 
Among other orders the Diptera were represented by an Idia and 
another fly; we did not take a single beetle, being indeed too busy 
with the butterflies. There were many small Grasshoppers in the 
coarse grass by the foul stream, the most striking being the common 
South African Catantops melanostictus, Schaum, whose red tibiae and 
striped femora render it conspicuous. The only Aculeate taken was 
a worker Belonogaster prannsi , Kohl, one of two seen on the same 
plant. This genus, very characteristic of the country, has an extremely 
long peduncle to the abdomen. We took a specimen of the Sawfly 
Athalia himantopus , Klug, a species that Colonel Bingham said was 
widely spread over the African continent. The Bug Atelocera 
stictita, Westw., was caught flying: during life its underside is 
covered with a white waxy substance. 
Among the things that we saw that morning, but did not catch, 
were a Chamxes, an Amauris (probably) and Atella phalantlm , Drury. 
Durban, Natal, lat. 22° 50' S. Sea-level. 
August 13tli—21st. 
At Durban we had the great advantage of an introduction to 
Mr. A. D. Millar. This gentleman and the members of his family 
are enthusiastic entomologists. It had been our intention to go 
northwards and explore the country about the mouth of the Tugela, 
but, acting on Mr. Millar’s advice, we decided to stay in Durban and 
1 The Amphisbaena is a legless Lizard which, it has been alleged, can move 
either backwards or forwards. 
