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old tins, etc.:—The Lamellicorn, Trox denticulatus , Oliv.; the Hetero- 
rneron, Psammodes vialis, two dead specimens; the Weevils, 
Brachycerus glohosus, Eabr., one; Efims bohemani, Auriv., one; 
Sparticerus sp., four; and S. rudis, Fahr., nine. None of the last 
three species were represented in the British Museum; for weevils 
their integuments are but moderately hard, but, on the other hand, 
in the red sandy soil under the old tins, or among the roots of 
Composite plants, their rough surface as well as their colour make 
them difficult to see. Eight specimens of the Carabid, Baeoglossa 
melanaria , Boh., were found in holes in the ground under stones 
or tins; they ran fast when disturbed. It was noted that under 
the South African sun even large stones, not to speak of the omni¬ 
present rusty tins, afford so little protection from his rays that 
frequently insects were found lurking in holes in the earth beneath, 
so that they were doubtless often passed over. Besides the above 
beetles the stones and tins harboured a number of the Ant Mono - 
morium subopacum, Smith, race australe , Emery. 
Under a decaying calfs foot and pastern were three specimens of 
Necrobia rufipes, Fabr., a British insect; two of the cosmopolitan 
Bermestes vulpinus, Fabr., and another beetle not yet named. The 
Fly, Agria nuba , Wied., was captured in the same locality. 
At the Dutoitspan Mine we saw Pyrameis cardui, and took 
two SyncMoe hellica , one of each sex, as well as the Grasshopper 
Acrotylus sp. A Longicorn, Tetradia lophoptera , Guer., was seen on 
the wing, it settled on the light grey road of the compound and dis¬ 
appeared, being so exactly the colour of the dust that it was most 
easily found by feeling with the hand ! 
A warty, stump-tailed, but active Lizard was found under a stone, 
when caught it uttered a sound between a squeak and a hiss. 
It may seem a somewhat wild statement, but I was much struck 
by the fact that a Burchell’s Zebra in an enclosure near Kenilworth 
was not nearly as conspicuous on bare ground as the same beast 
would have been in England, its lighter parts seemed to harmonize 
wonderfully with the reddish brown soil. 
At the Wesselton Mine, on a weedy piece of waste ground, two 
specimens of a Lycaenid, so worn as to be scarcely recognizable, 
were netted; also two of a very elegant Bombyliid, Systoechus sp., 
which was only to be discerned on the wing as the light caught its 
long white pubescence. 
A dull, cheerless morning was spent on the golf links in sight 
of the Memorial to the Honoured Dead. There seemed to be nothing 
to do but turn over stones, which, though doubtless an annoyance 
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