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sacraria, Linn., and Crambus tenuistriga, Hmpsn., and two other 
moths were taken at lamps in the town. The S. African specimens 
of the Sterrha are far less beautiful than European, as they lack the 
crimson. 
September 23,1905.— Warrenton Station, 28° 11' S., alt. 3930 ft. 
Hesperia spio, one at water. 
Pokwani, 28° 43' S., alt. 3650 ft. The ubiquitous Utetheisa 
pulchella . 
September 24, 1905.— Shanks Station (E. of Steynsburg Junc¬ 
tion), alt. circa 5000 ft. A Cricket was found under a stone, and in like 
situations six beetles, Trigonopus sp., not in the National Collection ; 
the Carabids, Harpalus xanthographus, Wied., and H. subaeneus, 
Dej.; and the Chrysomelid, Polysticta 2A-signata. Thunb., three speci¬ 
mens ; as well as a number of the pungent Ant, Acantholepis 
vestita. 
Hannington Station, alt. 5170 ft. The same Trigonopus , another 
Polysticta 24:-signata, and Harpalus fusco-aeneus , Dej., were found 
under stones. 
Contal Station, a few miles east of Hannington, alt. circa 
5200 ft. Under an old sleeper, three beetles were taken: the same 
Trigonopus that had been met with earlier in the day, Harpalus rufo- 
cinctus , Chaud. rufo-marginatus , Boh.), and a Carabid near to Percus, 
not in the British Museum. 
Stormberg Junction, lat. 31° 28' S., alt. 5300 ft. A few hundred 
yards from the station we saw swarms of a purplish-grey migratory 
Locust with yellowish-drab wings and yellow hind tibiae, Acridium 
pardalinum. We had seen several flights shortly before reaching 
the station, but now we got amongst them. They did not fly very 
far, and the swarms were many rather than excessively large. The 
wings of those captured were much frayed, presumably by long 
flight and knocking against obstacles, though it is possible that indi¬ 
viduals with damaged wings were more easily caught than sounder 
specimens. 
Turning over stones was fairly productive, as it yielded Harpalus 
rufo-cinctus, seven; IT. natalensis , Boh., four ; H. clavipes , Boh., two ; 
H. subaeneus , two; II. fusco-aeneus, three; two other Carabids not 
yet named; the red and black Hister cruentus, Erichs., four under one 
stone ; Polyhirma gracilis, Dej., one ; the two Weevils, Bhytirrhinus 
lituratus, Fahr., and Stramia (?) fahraei, Est., one each, as well as an 
immature female of (?) Blatta orientalis, and two very large Ants, 
Acantholepis vestita. A specimen of Pyrameis cardui was taken on 
the hillside, but the day was scarcely fitted for butterflies. 
