Psammodes pierreti, 199.
scabriuscidus, 199.
striatus, 64,199.
A prey to species of Anthia and
Manticora, 54.
Psammophis sibilans, 176.
Psephus punoticollis, 195.
Pseudocolaspis sericata, 205.
Psewdonympha narycia, 232.
vigilans, 232.
Psiloptera ealamitosa, 195.
gregaria, 195.
viridimarginata, 195.
Ptei-nistes swainsoni, 168.
Pterochilus insignis, 210.
Pterodes gatturalis, 168.
Ptyehophorus leucostictus, 194.
Puff-Adder, 173.
Pycnodictya adustum, 54, 260.
obscura, 260.
Pycnonotus layardi, 166.
Pyralis farinalis, 153, 241.
Pyrameis cardui, 39, 68,153, 233.
Pyrgomantis singidaris, 258.
Pyrgus diomus, 235.
vindex, 235.
Pyromelana oryx, 167.
Quaggas, 75.
Railway-construction, peculiarities
of, 125.
Rains in 1890-91, 40, 46, 47, 48, 50,
53, 60, 86,128.
Rana adspersa, 48, 173, 176.
angolensis, 176.
natalensis, 176.
Reduvius capitcdis, sp. n., 247, 255.
erythrocnemis, 247.
pulvisculatus, sp. n., 247, 254.
rapax, 247.
sertus, sp. n., 247,254.
Religious beliefs and customs of
Magwambas, difficult to be explained
or understood, 104.
Reptiles, 87.
Reptilia and Batraebia, 173.
Rhabdotis aulica, 194.
semipunctata, 194.
sobrina, 194.
Rhaphidopsis zonaria, 122, 202.
Rbinoceros, Wbite, 5, 6.
Rhinoceros simus, 5, 6.
Rhopalocera, 231.
Habits and distribution, 231,
232.
Rhyncbota, 244.
Habits &c., 244.
Rhyticoris termincdis, 246.
Richmond Road, Natal, 126.
Rocky plain resembling old ocean-
bed, 97.
Roses, 18, 92,126.
Devastated in Natal by Mylabris
transversalis, 126.
Little visited by floral beetles,
92. •
Routes from Soutb-African Ports to
tbe Transvaal, 6, 7.
Ruminants almost exterminated by
Boers, 12.
Rutelidce, 47,192.
Immense numbers under stones,
47.
Salamis anacardii, 123, 233.
Salix gariepina, 17.
Saprinus gabonensis, 190.
natalensis, 190.
Sarcophaga, sp., 244.
Saussure, Mons. Henri de, 212, 257,
260.
Saxicola familiaris, 166.
monticola, 166.
——pileata, 166.
Scantius forsteri, 247.
Scaptelytra sulphureomttata, 195.
Scarabceidce, 46,190.
Scarabceus bohemani, 190.
convexus, 190.
hottentottus, 190.
interstitialis, 191.
Scarabceus nigroceneus, 190.
savignyi, 190.
Scarites rugosus, 188.
Schizonycha, sp., 192.
Schizorhis concolor, 112,164,166.
Scopus umbretta, 169.
Scotch colonist in Natal, bis experience,
147,
Sebasteos galenus, 191.
Secretary-bird, 68,164,165.
Capable of running miles without
injury to legs, 69.
Crop full of remains of orthopterous
insects, 69.
Sematocera, gen. n., 242.
—— fuliginipuncta, sp. n., 243.
Serica, spp., 192.
Serpentarius secretarius, 68, 164,
165.
Serricornia, 195.
Shark, 4, 8.
Hammer-headed, 8.
Sharp, Dr. D., 189.
Sharpe, Dr. R. Bowdler, 164.
Shelley, Capt. G. E., 165.
Shrikes, their food, 55.
Siceia caffra, 237.
SUpha capensis, 189.
pernix, 189.
Silvius denticornis, 244.
Sinoxylon conigerum, 198.
Sitagra caffra, 167.
Smuggling in the Transvaal, 11.
Snakes not abundant, 87.
Snow, 48.
Social distinctions in Pretoria, 146.
Solpuga chelicomis, 179.
Attacked by birds, 179.
Solpugee, 179.
Species found both in England and
the Transvaal, 67,152.
Spelonken, 96.
Spheeroderma indica, 206.
Sphcerotherium obtusum, 181.
Sphenophorus, sp., 200.
Sphex nigripes, 210.
Sphingomorpha monteironis, 239.
Spiders, 55, 67, 91,179.
Spilocephalus distanti, sp. n,, 208.
viridipennis, 206, 207.
Spilophorus plagosus, 194.
Spined and hard-wooded trees, survival
of, in the struggle for existence,
43, 44.
Spirostreptus meinerti, 181.
transvaalicus, sp. n., 179,181.
(Odontopyge) pretorice, sp. n.,
183.
Spreo bicolor, 164, 167.
Spring in the Transvaal, 45, 46.
Standerton, 118.
Staphylinus hottentottus, 189.
Starvation, no, in South Africa, 139.
Steganocerus multipunctatus, 245.
Stemocera orissa, var., 91, 195.
Habits and singular mode of
capture, 92.
Sterrha sacrario, 153, 240.
Stewart, Prof. C., 157.
Store- and Canteen-keepers, 130.
Strix flammea, 165.
Strongylium, sp., 199.
Sympetrum fonscolombii, 256.
Synagris mirabilis, 210.
Syntomis hhulweinii, 236.
Syrichthus verus, 193.
Tabanus socius, 244.
Tanning as practised by the Boers, 77.
Taphronota porosa, 259.
Tarache caffi-aria, 238.
Tarucus telicanus, 233.
Taurotagus klugii, 201.
Telephonus senegalus, 167.
Tephrcea .morosa, 194.
Tephrocoì-ys cinerea, 168.
Teracolus achine, 234.
eris, 91, 234.
evenina, 91, 234.
gavisa, 234.
omphale, 234.
phlegetonia, 234.