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were taken. P. sesamus was fond of collecting into little companies 
of three to five in narrow and somewhat dark dongas, apparently 
seeking shelter from the high wind; it oriented fairly accurately; 
and when settled with expanded wings closely appressed to the very 
dark coloured shale, it was by no means conspicuous. A male of 
Colias electra , and a female of Teracolus eris, Klug, were taken near 
the river. Single examples of Yphthima asterope, Klug, Zizera 
lysimon y and Tarums sybaris, Hopff., $, were secured, while other 
Lycaenids were seen, as also Pyrameis cardui and Danaida 
chrysippus. 
A specimen of the handsome Quadrifid Noctua, Acanthonyx 
praetoriae , Dist., was taken resting in the dry bed of a spruit; the 
nebulous Boarmiid, Osteodes turhulenta and other Geometers were 
kicked up, including a beautiful green one (with somewhat the look 
of Euchloris vernaria, Hiibn.) which got away into the undergrowth. 
An Ichneumon-fly and a common Honey-bee were also taken. A 
small Bug, Pododus sp. (not in the National Collection), was seen 
running on the sand; on being pinned it exhaled a strong odour of 
acetate of amyl. The Beetle Zophosis caffer while running swiftly 
on the sand was occasionally blown over by the wind. 
The electric lights about the town and railway-station attracted 
a fair number of insects, the commonest being the large flying Ant, 
Dorylus helvolus, Linn., a yellowish-brown insect with very flexible 
abdomen; its position in the insect world was at the time a puzzle 
to us. When pinned the thorax cracked and emitted a puff of white 
powder. The largest insect at light was the Lamellicorn, Oryctes boaz , 
Fabr., a rotten-wood feeder, of which two were taken. With these 
were the Noetuids Audea variegata , Hmpsn., Leucania (Borolio) 
melianoides, Moschl., Homoptera eanescens , Walk.; the Syntomid, 
Thyretes caffra , Wallgr., <$; three Phycids: Microthrix inconspicuella, 
Bag., one, and M. insulsella, Bag., two, and several other moths not 
yet named. 
Two moths, Plusia limbirena, Guen., and a Micro, were taken in 
the bedroom of the hotel. 
August 27, 1905.—An afternoon was spent on the north-eastern 
defences, The King’s Post, and The Devons’ Post, which were on 
low rocky hills with a little small scrub. At the latter, which runs 
out towards Lombard’s Kop, exposed to the cross-fire of two “ Long 
Toms,” the works were more solid and better built than any that we 
came across, whether built by Boers or Britons, and showed pretty 
plainly that there must have been skilful wallers among the Men of 
Devon. Single specimens of Precis archesia , the semi-transparent 
