. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 202 Annals of the South African Museum. inhabitants, frequenting rich organic mud. The three Cape Pseudolimnophila bred by Mr. Thorne and the author occurred in rotting logs in forest areas. "Oudebosch" is the remains of a large indigenous forest which once skirted the foot of the Eiver Zonder End Range on the southern escarpment side. Fire due to the promiscuous veld-burning by the surrounding farmers or to the careless "smoking out" of wild bees' nests by coloured folk, and
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 202 Annals of the South African Museum. inhabitants, frequenting rich organic mud. The three Cape Pseudolimnophila bred by Mr. Thorne and the author occurred in rotting logs in forest areas. "Oudebosch" is the remains of a large indigenous forest which once skirted the foot of the Eiver Zonder End Range on the southern escarpment side. Fire due to the promiscuous veld-burning by the surrounding farmers or to the careless "smoking out" of wild bees' nests by coloured folk, and the systematic cutting of the principal. Fig. 64. -Pupa of Pseudolimnophila medialis (Alex.), a, female cauda (lateral view); b, dorsal view; c, male cauda (lateral view). trees, have taken their toll. Oudebosch, however, is still a paradise for the collector of Tipulidae, offering several different types of habitat within a small area—treeless Restio ridges, shallow purling mountain streams with sandy margins, mossy boles of trees, decaying logs and forest-clearings with a carpet of rotting leaves. Several decaying logs in the immediate vicinity of a small stream yielded the immatures of this species (January 1935). On the under- side of one decaying log resting just above the splashing stream were found several newly emerged adults of Pseudolimnophila medialis and numerous pupal exuviae; the latter with the anterior portion from the end of the tarsal sheaths projecting. From a similar log larvae were reared, these occurred to a depth of three inches, being confined to the softer saturated portions of the log. The type of tunnel eaten by the larvae and the mode of emergence of the adults as in Limnophilomyia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town :
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