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Cemetery, the other in the village of Sydenham (a mile nearer 
Durban), they were flying in full sunshine in the early afternoon. 
Of M. perspicua, Trim., three males were taken among dry grass, etc., 
near the before-mentioned spruit; they were rather common there, 
but of restless habits, so that it was very difficult to see them settle. 
It was interesting to find that on separation of the wings and stroking 
the patch near the costa of the hind-wings they gave out a very 
strong scent quite distinct in character from that of if. safitzd , which 
has one of the strongest scents known to me. 
Of Belenois severina, a male was taken, but B. giclica appears to 
have been commoner, since three males and a female were brought 
home. Three Pinacopteryx pigea , Boisd., two males and a female 
(near Sydenham village), and one P. charina , were taken. We met 
with but one Mylothris agathina , a male, but Bronia leda, DoubL, was 
not uncommon, flying rapidly along a lane near the Cemetery, often 
in company with Teracolus auxo , Lucas; it was hard to catch, but 
three males and a female were secured. The genus Teracolus was 
more dominant at Sydenham than at any other locality which we 
visited, the most abundant species, especially in fields, was T. auxo 
(the dry-season form called by Wallengren topha); the males of this 
species appeared to outnumber the females by two to one. On one 
occasion a specimen of auxo and one of Bronia leda, both males, were 
in the net together, they were duly pinched, and as the net was lying 
open on the ground another auxo (sex not known) came and settled on 
it close to the dead butterflies. The next commonest species was 
T. annae , Wallgr. [dry-season phase = wallengrenii , Butl.], of which 
thirteen males and one female were taken. On the other hand, 
of T. omphale we took but three males and one female, and of 
T. achine , Cram., a like number, while of the lovely T. phlegyas , 
Butl. [according to Trimen = zone, Godart], we secured but a single 
male, of which it was noted that the purple tip was not apparent 
in flight. Butterflies of the genus Terias were in abundance locally, 
the specimens brought home proved to be T. regularise four males 
(one of them intermediate in character, the rest “ dry ”), and T. 
senegalensis, Boisd., one male, “ dry.” The only other Pierine taken 
was Colias eledra } on the road about a mile on the Durban side of 
the Cemetery; the species was not common. 
One Papilio dardanus was taken at Sydenham, but P. demodocus 
was common; it flew fast but generally not very high, twice at 
least it was observed to flutter its wings when feeding, as its con¬ 
gener P. demoleus , Linn., had been observed to do in India. A 
specimen taken in Sydenham village was very small. 
