Psammodea pierreti, 199.
scabriusculus, 199.
striatus, 54,199.
A prey to species of Anthia and
Manticora, 54.
Psammophis sibilans, 176.
Psepkus punctieollis, 195.
Pseudocolaspis sericata, 205.
Pseudonympha naryeia, 232.
vigilans, 232.
Psiloptera calamitosa, 195.
gfegaria, 195.
viridimarginata, 195.
Pternistes stoainsoni, 168.
Pterochilus insignia, 210.
Pterocles gutturalis, 168.
Ptychophorus leucostictus, 194.
Puff-Adder, 173.
Pycnodietya adustum, 54, 260.
obscura, 260.
Pycnonotus layardi, 166.
Pyralis farinalis, 153, 241.
Pyrameis cardui, 39, 68,153, 233.
Pyrgomantis singidaris, 258.
Pyrgtts diom.ua, 235.
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Pyromelana oryx, 167.
■Quaggas, 75.
Eailway-construction, peculiarities
of, 125.
Rains in 1890-91,40, 46, 47, 48, 50,
53, 60, 86,128.
Dana adapersa, 48, 173,176.
— angolensis, 176.
natalensis, 176.
Eeduvius capitalis, sp. n., 247, 255.
erythrocnemis, 247.
pidvisculatus, 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 Batracbia, 173.
Phabdotis aulica, 194.
semipimctata, 194.
sobrina, 194.
Ehaphidopsis «maria, 122, 202.
Rhinoceros, White, 5, 6.
Phinoceros simus, 5, 6.
Rhopalocera, 231.
Habits and distribution, 231,
232.
Rhynchota, 244.
Habits &c., 244.
Phyticoris terminalis, 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 South-African Ports to
the Transvaal, 6, 7.
Ruminants almost exterminated by
Boers, 12.
Putelidce, 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.
Saxícola familiaris, 166.
montícola, 166.
pileata, 166.
Scantius forsteri, 247.
Scaptelytra sulphureovittata, 195.
Scarabceidce, 46,190.
Scarabceus bohemani, 190.
convexas, 190.
hottentottus, 190.
interstitialis, 191.
Scarabceus nigroceneus, 190,
savignyi, 190.
Scarites rugosus, 188.
Schizonycha, sp., 192.
Schizorhis concolor, 112, 164,166.
Scopus umbrella, 169.
Scotch colonist in Natal, his 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.
Serrieornia, 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.
Siccia caffra, 237.
Silpha capensis, 189.
pemix, 189.
Silvius denticomis, 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.
Solpugse, 179.
Species found both in England and
the Transvaal, 67,152.
Spelonken, 96.
Sphceroderma 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.
Spree 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 sacrarla, 153, 240.
Stewart, Prof. C., 157.
Store- and Canteen-keepers, 130.
Strixflammea, 165.
Strongylium, sp., 199.
Sympetrum fonscolombii, 256.
Synagris mirabilis, 210.
Syntomis khulweinii, 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,
Tephrocorys cinerea, 168.
Teracolus achine, 234.
eris, 91, 234.
evenina, 91, 234.
gavisa, 234.
omphale, 234.
phlegetonia, 234.