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entrance tunnel we encountered
some Glossopha and there were
many in the first ore cavity or
vein, When we looked about
more carefully we discovered
some Adiberts
in a little
dark pocket, for in the first
stoke or ore cavity there were
many exterior openings above
thus letting in much light.
By fixing our attention to our
Butterfly net we were able
to nally all that were clinging
to the little rocky pocket. Nos.
12179 to 12182 inclusive were
added to our collection. They
were males. We passed through
another short tunnel and to
reach the second stoke.
Clinging to the walls high
above and to poles, that
braced between the overhanging
wall and the foot wall, were
hundreds of Chilonysteris rubiginosa.
It was impossible to drive
them down to the little tunnel
where we had made a trap
out of our mosquito net. I
looked across a stoke that led
down to unknown depths and
saw what I thought to be