. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . h <^iJ W o OO H Mmtem litli DRYIOPHIS OATESII. Mintei-n ijjos imp By J. O. Westwood, , , Etc. Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford. (Plates E—H.) The Collection of Insects formed by Mr. F. Oates, now inthe Entomological Museum of the University of Oxford,although not of considerable extent, fortunately comprisesexamples of many of the very peculiar groups and generacharacteristic of the
. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . h <^iJ W o OO H Mmtem litli DRYIOPHIS OATESII. Mintei-n ijjos imp By J. O. Westwood, , , Etc. Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford. (Plates E—H.) The Collection of Insects formed by Mr. F. Oates, now inthe Entomological Museum of the University of Oxford,although not of considerable extent, fortunately comprisesexamples of many of the very peculiar groups and generacharacteristic of the greater part of the African continent. The geographical distribution of animals has, duringthe last few years, attracted so much attention amongnaturalists, that a few preliminary observations on thesubject will not be considered out of place. M. Lacordaire, in the chapter on the geographical dis-tribution of insects, in his Introduction a VEntovwlogieldivided the African continent into numerous regions, asfollows :—I. Upper Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia ; 2. Thecountry south of the Atlas Range, as far as the GreatDesert, and including Morocco; 3. Senegambia ; 4. Thecoast
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