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were the only butterflies obtained; the latter was worn, and appeared 
to be of the wet-season form. An as yet undetermined Moth (? Pseudo - 
sterrha sp.), a Grasshopper and a few very ordinary Elies, Eristalis 
tenax , Catabomba sp., and Cailiphora vomitoria, Linn., were the only 
other things taken. 
Thus ended our eight weeks in Africa, resulting in the capture of 
some 2500 specimens of all orders. So extensive is the fauna and 
so far from being exhausted, that even in this scamper (for our 
journey may well be so designated) several new species were taken, 
while there remain a number of insects not yet worked out which 
almost certainly include several other novelties. 
During the voyage home, on the tenth day out from Cape Town, 
at about 10 a.m. on October 14th, I saw a small Pyrale on the 
hurricane deck; it looked like a species that I had seen in South 
Africa. It was in good condition, and appeared to be a feeble flier. 
Not having a box handy it was blown away before I could secure it. 
The “ Walmer Castle” was at the time about 2° north of Cape Yerde, 
and the land distant about fifty miles. The wind was westerly, 
squally with much rain. It is of course quite probable that the 
moth might have been disturbed from among the cargo or the ship's 
provisions. 
At Madeira on October 17th, at 10.15 a.m., in bright sunshine I 
watched a Convolvulus Hawk at the blue flowers of Plumbago. When 
feeding there were at least 2 inches of proboscis between moth and 
flowers. 
