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Eiver, a delightful locality. It is approached by a pleasant walk 
over open downs where we met our old friends Synchloe hellica , 
Colias electra, and Teracolus omphale; after a mile or so the path 
enters a wood, and descends rapidly to a brawling stream, which 
follows an impetuous course to a fall into a tidal pool, beyond which 
is a flowery meadow forming the delta of the creek. The wider 
tracks through the upper part of the wood had a home-like feeling, 
and we almost expected to see Pearl-bordered Eritillaries disport¬ 
ing themselves about the flowers, but instead of these we found in 
moist places the pretty Satyrid, Pseudonympha cassius. These butter¬ 
flies were of less “ dry ” form than most that we had met with, the 
majority of them might be better described as intermediate. The 
more generally distributed and homely Mycalesis safitza was also 
common; a female exhibited a supplementary ocellus on the 
fore-wing. 
The commonest White was Pinacopteryx charina , but Eronia 
cleodora , Belenois zochalia and Mylothris agathina were all present 
in some numbers, and one M. trimenia was taken. Teracolus omphale 
and T, achine occurred in the more open places. 
The Acmeinae were conspicuous by their absence, but the 
Danainae were represented by Amauris echeria and albimaculata , as 
well as by Danaida chrysippus. 
The onlyNymphalines taken were ByUiagoetzius, Atella phalantha , 
and a solitary Precis archesia , a species which according to Mr. 
Brooking of East London frequents dark holes in rocks. 
Lycaenids were not common, a solitary Tarucus telicanus , and a 
couple each of Axiocerees harpax and Phasis chrysaor , Trim., one 
settled head downwards, were taken. 
We took four Hesperids, viz. one each of Hesperia spio, Eretis 
djaelaelae, Gegenes letterstedti , and Pterygospidea flesus. The last- 
named after dashing about wildly settled on the upper side of a leaf. 
But few moths were seen, and two specimens of Osteodes turbulenta, 
and the Syntomid mentioned below were all that we caught. 
The greenish-white flowers of a climbing Composite (? Seneeio sp.) 
that spread in dense mats over some of the bushes by the stream 
were very attractive to insects of more than one order. Two Acule- 
ates, Xylocopa divisa , $, and Eumenes tinctor , $, two, one of them 
a starved dwarf; the moth Syntomis huhlweini (one found to be in 
the tender embraces of a spider); the Ely Eristalis taeniops, the 
Beduviid bug Harpaetor erythrocnemis , Germ.; two Lycoid beetles, 
Acantholycus sp. and Ilaplolycus sp. (the latter numerous), and their 
mimic the Cetoniid Gametis balteata (referred to above) were all 
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