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THE SUDAN 
Tackysphex fluctuatus, Gerst.; a male of Odynerus (?) bellatulus , 
Sauss.; also a Pompilid, which puzzles Mr. Morice, but which he 
thinks may be Salius bretonii , Guer. There were also several Bees: 
a female Nomia edmtata , Moraw., and four Megackile (?) venusta, 
Smith. With these was the Egyptian Grasshopper, Ckrotogonus 
lugubris. 
We stopped at Tawila (185 miles above Khartum) to fill up with 
fuel. Fortunately, the process of “ wood-ing ” was a slow one, and I 
got ashore from 1.0 to 4.30 p.m. The terrain was covered with a 
scanty scrub just above the level of the river; the small trees were 
mostly Acacias, but all were exasperatingly thorny. Collecting was 
good, in spite of the wind, nearly all my captures being made at one 
or two late Acacias that were still in flower. The sense of hurry and 
the desire to catch as many things as the time permitted interfered 
with observation. In the midst of my work I tore my net very 
badly, but fortunately the steamer was not far off, and I ran back to 
get a new one; curiously enough, two of my best specimens were 
taken with the damaged net, in spite of a hole quite a foot across! 
Most of my captures were by this time old friends, e.g. Tarucus 
tkeopkrastus , two males and a female ; Belenois mesentina, a solitary 
male; Tevacolus protomedia , a male with a sweet scent; T. daira, 
three males and two females, one of each sex was unusually large, 
but on the other hand one female was a veritable dwarf; T. eupompe , 
seven males and one female; T. kalimede } var. leo , two males and 
one female. 
But besides these old friends I made some new acquaintances, to 
wit, Tevacolus phisadia, Godart, six of each sex. The male is very 
pretty and delicately coloured, being pink with a black border to the 
wings, one of them was noted as having a sweet, luscious scent; the 
female is sulphur yellow. I also got two T. Calais, Cram., a Delhi 
acquaintance, one of them small. Of Herpaenia eripkia , Godart, I 
took one of each sex, both quite remarkably small specimens. Two 
old South African friends also turned up, Leuceronia buguetii , Boisd., 
a female, and three Virackola antalus, Hopff. 
The only moth that I saw was Sterrha sacraria, Linn., which I 
kicked up. There were but two Aculeates in my bag: a male 
Eumenes tinctor, and a female E. lepelletieri. 
Late that afternoon we stopped at Eachi Shoya, on Abba Island 
(176 miles above Khartum), where the Mahdi used to live. I landed 
and collected from 5.15 p.m. till dusk. The following were for the 
most part disturbed from grass, etc.:—a nearly typical male Danaida 
chrysippus, only slightly dusted with white; it was tenacious of life 
